Weather Report and Local Sales Notice Fragment
May 15 vicinity unsettled with possible late showers and morning showers Friday. Temperatures vary with 48 to 66 degrees in listed cities. forecasts mention partly cloudy to cloudy skies along the Atlantic coast and inland regions with unsettled conditions prevailing in the Rocky Mountains and upper Midwest.
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Ippi
Showlake
Atlantic
Maine
Atlantic City
Block Island
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
Itford
Jack- Mile
Nantucket
New Haven
New
Norfolk
Pittsburg
Portland
St. Louis
Mt Higby Weather and Notes From the News
Mt Higby weather report at noon shows a maximum of 75, minimum 43, 69 at 12 m, 58 barometer 29.68 and wind from the north. The rest of the excerpt covers varied items from war news to exams, fashion, alcohol laws, and civic plans, including debates on peace treaty signings, Austrian envoys in Paris, streetcar stops in Youngstown, fashion changes, and references to nurses and Army fundraising drives.
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MT. Higby
Railroads blamed for actions harming steel prices and American civilization
In a strong critique of the railroad administration, the piece calls their steel price maneuver a damaging act that harms wages and threatens American industry. It argues private control would avoid such shortsightedness and urges a quick reversal to protect business and civilization.
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R. R. Administration
Railroad Administration
Nero
Rome
America
Critic Says Wilson a Dogmatic Partisan Leader
A London Morning Post reprint presents an American independent journalist’s frank critique of President Wilson. It accuses him of dogmatism over idealism, partisan favoritism toward the South and Western Democrats, reliance on a few party allies, and treating cabinet members as clerks. It notes his opposition to preparedness and Roosevelt, plus mixed public popularity.
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United States
Andrew Jackson
New England
New York
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Roosevelt
France
Aed Ose
Middletown Parade Committee Calls Veterans to Welcome Home Day
The Middletown Welcome Home Day parade committee urges ex soldiers and sailors to join the May 30 event. All veterans should assemble at South Green at 2 o clock for quick organization with the ex 26th division leading, Marine Band providing music, and a townwide pictorial record to capture eight hundred local veterans in uniform or civilian dress.
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Marine Band
South Green
Co. C
Middletown
Say Yes to Love in the Cottage and Beyond
Poem by Henry Polk Lowenstein urges discernment when temptation tempts with showy fashions pleasure and flirtation. It contrasts temptations from Old Temptation Dame Fashion Wiseful Pleasure Shy Youth and final moral reckoning at St Peter's gate with a call to answer yes to devotion in love and marriage.
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Henry Polk Lowenstein
St. Peter
Open Counsel Why and Wherefore An American Guard
Editor argues against a military youth group for boys aged 14 to 18. He cites risks of war preparation and training for warfare, favors athletic and character-building outlets. He notes Boy Scouts and YMCA as existing options and urges careful consideration before creating a new organization.
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Evening Press
United States Army
Intelligence Department
Middletown
Boy Scouts
Departed Spirits Mystery At Pembroke Liquor Case
Six weeks earlier police seized two five gallon cans of high wine and two five gallon kegs of Scotch from a Pembroke express office and stored them in the town hall cell. A Toronto order directed division among local hospitals. Transfer to glass bottles revealed the kegs held water, prompting officials to seek Inspector Connolly’s inquiry into who moved the liquor from the jail and when.
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Pembroke
Town Hall
Carroll
Connolly
Toronto
Federal Land Bank Springfield Operations Highlighted
The Federal Land Bank of Springfield is described as a busy institution focusing on its leading operations and functions within the rural credit system.
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Federal Land Bank
Federal Land Bank of
Springfield
Prohibition Petition From Taunton 1704 Emerges In History
The piece notes a 1704 Taunton petition protesting rum traffic, drawn by Frederick A. Kennett. Signed by John Dana John Macomber Isaac Doane John Wilboro Joseph Hall Eleazer Comer Samuel Blake Increase Robinson Robert Crosman James Walker and others, urging licensed tap houses near the meeting house only, reflecting early colonial temperance efforts.
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Frederick A. Kennett
Hampden County
Taunton
Springfield Republican
Kennett
John Dana
John “Macomber
Isaac Doane
John Wilboro
Joseph Hall
Eleazer Comer
Samuel Blake
Increase Robinson
Robert Crosman
James Walker
Fruta tives Liver Tablets ad from Ottawa reader
An Ottawa reader testifies to relief from hours of sickness after using Frusta tives Liver Tablets. Walter J. Marriott reports improved health and clear thinking after years of fatigue. Advertisement lists price 50c per box, six for $2.50, trial 25c, available at dealers or Fruit-a-tives Limited in Ogdensburg, NY.
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Ottawa
Walter J. Marriott
Fruit-A-Tives Limited
Ogdensburg
N. Y
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