Compromise and postwar diplomacy amid Wilson era hints
Fragmentary report notes possible 46 compromise with Wilson and Allied leaders ahead of a treaty conference. It mentions May timing, a special session, and expectations Germany may test terms. references Polish Juco Fiume and Great Ser routes, plus ongoing Allied demands and a shipboard call from Washington.
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Wilsor Jr
Washington
Germany
Juco
Fiume
Kaly
Jugo
Tax on Unsavory Ceramics and Secret Medicines
The passage describes a general tax on mouth washes, tooth pastes, aromatic cations, toilet powders other than soap and similar preparations. It also imposes a tax on medicines marketed with claims of secret formulas or occult art for making or preparing them.
National DAR elects officers at annual congress
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution announced results from its annual election. Mrs Edmund P Moody of Delaware was elected historian general, and the seven vice president general posts went to Mrs Isaac L Tatterson Oregon Mrs John P Hume Wisconsin Ms James I Smith Texas Mrs Frank W Babn sen Illinois Mrs William H Wait Michigan Miss Louise H Coburm Maine and Mrs William D Sherrerd New Jersey. The day included balloting and a Mount Vernon wreath ceremony.
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Tax Congress
Edmund P. Moody
Delaware
The
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Ofice
Isaac L. Tatterson
Oregon
John P. Hume
Wisconsin
James I. Smith
Texas
Frank W. Babnsen
Illinois
William H. Wait
Michigan
Louise H. Coburm
Maine
William D. Sherrerd
New Jersey
Mount Vernon
Washington
Methodists Plan Temperance Saloon Network for Boston
The Methodist Centenary outlines a plan to fund and establish temperance saloons to replace alcohol venues with soft drinks and coffee. Community houses, poor man clubs, and Sea vey Settlement facilities will offer libraries, dining, barber services, dormitories, and entertainment spaces in Boston and other New England cities. Detroit already begins dry operations.
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J. L. Bartholomew
Great Boston
New England
Morgan Memorial
Seavey Settlement
Temple Street Church
State House
Detroit
Michigan
Good Fellowship
Different Kind of Coughs and Relief from Honey and Tar
The article lists cough types from dry to winter cough and bronchial cough, noting Foley’s Honey and Tar as relief for all. A reader from Athens Ohio, T. J. McCall, endorses using the product at home for coughs, colds, and croup with children.
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Iley
T. J. McCall
Athens
Foley
BUILD MEMORIAL PARK
Reading residents used a holiday to build a memorial park in one day. A memorial boulder with fallen Reading soldiers names was dedicated in silence, a volley fired, and a memorial tree planted for each casualty. Boston figures aided in planting walks, driveways, trees, and shrubs across the town.
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Reading
Mass
Sons of Reading
Boston
Antiseptic Money at New York New York Restaurant
A New York New York restaurateur offers what he calls antiseptic money for change. Coins are polished in a silver machine and soaked in antiseptic solution before being handed to customers. He emphasizes cleanliness over germ theory and likens it to a horse not being kicked by looking at it.
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New York
Portland Water Board Reelects Offiers at Sixth Annual Meeting
The sixth annual meeting of the Portland Water Board was held yesterday with all old officers re elected. Governor Morris designates May 4 as Arbor Day. The tariff income tax feature is denounced. A four pound shad was caught in Little River at East Berlin. The Middletown Club held a house warming after a new front was completed at the old lumber yard.
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Portland Water Board
Little
East Berlin
Luren B. Morris
Frank C. Hilbert
Juul Street
Scully
McDougall
J. A. Broatch
Main Street
John H. Griffin
Hubbard Bros
Court Street
Middletown Club
Business Men’s Association
Richard L. DeZong
Mt. Vernon Street
High Street
Mt. Vernon
Paul Revere Ride Recreated in Lexington Patriots Day Observance
In Lexington Massachusetts on Patriots Day April 19 a rider in colonial costume portrayed Paul Revere riding from the Charles town shore near Boston through Middlesex village to Lexington. He paused for historic exercises at five en route towns with a Victory Loan courier. The event marked the 154th anniversary of the war’s opening as veterans of the Great War and other wars joined parades in Lexington and Concord.
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Paul Revere
Lexington
Mass
Charlestown Shore
Boston
State Guard
Concord
Noted Architect J Cleve land Cady Dies at 82
New York on April 19 Dr J Cleve land Cady an architect who designed the Metropolitan Opera House and the American Museum of Natural History in New York City died at his home 244 Riverside Drive yesterday. He was 82 and had served as president of the Skin and Cancer Hospital.
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New York
J. Cleveland Cady
Metropolitan Opera House
American Museum of Natural History
Yale University
Riverside Drive
The
Skin and Cancer Hospital
Ton Firmly Opposes Ship Sales As National Resource
In a letter to chairman E. N. Hurley, Hampton argues ships listed by the Shipping Board must stay public property. He notes 700 wooden ships totaling about 2.6 million tons and valued at 430 million dollars, needed to feed Europe. He warns Congress should decide policy before any sale and accuses the board of subsidizing shipping interests.
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Army
Navy
Congress
Hampton
Shipping Board
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