Curb the Spenders and curb profiteers
The New York Times notes four main lines of nonessential business jewelry musical instruments automobiles and tobacco. Extravagance drives up living costs as people spend on luxuries while essential goods rise in price. The Washington Herald cites higher taxes and persistent demand for luxury services. Curb profiteers and spenders alike to ease the burden on poorer and formerly comfortable households.
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New York Times
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Washington Herald
Eminent domain homes spark North Dakota controversy
The state socialist regime in North Dakota backs a law allowing groups of ten men to seize land under eminent domain with state financing up to 10 000 dollars. Opponents call it unconstitutional and radical, arguing private land ownership is undermined as nine willing men can appropriate land for a favored homeseeker. North Dakota leads amid debate, with other states watching and the Non-Partisan League defending the plan.
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North Dakota
League
The Increasing G A R at Columbus Encampment
Reports from all G A R departments at the Columbus encampment show higher membership than last year. Veterans who never joined before now apply, stirred by renewed patriotism as many older members pass. It is a welcome surprise that more survivors remain than expected.
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Columbus
Grand Army
Pan German league demands Kaiser’s return amid postwar debates
The Pan German League voices strong demands for the Kaiser’s return as political factions argue over the peace treaty provisions. An international sanity commission is proposed within the treaty framework to monitor postwar stability and compliance.
Congress Often Delays On What It Has Not Done
The remark notes how the legislative body frequently spends more time detailing what it has failed to accomplish than outlining completed actions. It underscores frustration with procedural delays and incomplete funding or policy measures.
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Congress
Pershing Philosophy: A Creed for Sleep and Duty
The article extols General Pershing's calm creed of not worrying, doing a good day's work, and then sleeping. It recalls his burdens abroad in the Argonne and Chateau Thierry, noting the heavy decisions and personal sorrows, and argues the philosophy could help anxious readers and insomniacs.
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General Pershig
General Pershing
Argonne Forest
Chateau Thierry
Maine carnival strikers clash with rival acts over pay
The Fat Lady and the Wild Man of Borneo strike for higher pay to meet the H. C. S. while the Live Skeleton resists joining. Herbert Hoover predicts lower prices for food, Julius Barnes anticipates higher wheat. Public belief remains personal and selective.
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Fat Lady
Wild Man
Borneo
Maine
Herbert Hoover
Julius Barnes
Death Claims Toll in Coastal Storm Reach
Reported from the town as a northbound train from St Louis moves toward bring aid from Laredo. The North Beach residential area was swept clean except Spahn sanitarium and one frame house. most beachfront structures and boats were destroyed. Gale winds 65 to 70 mph flooded Chappariel and Mesquite streets. tide depth cited at 10 feet 6 inches, with some saying 16 feet on the beach. Military rule imposed as the storm began Saturday night with a rising north wind and swelling tide.
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Brownsville
Mexico
Laredo
North Beach
Spahn Sanitarium
United States Public Health Service
Chappariel
Mesquite
North Beach Rips Through Coast as Storm Wrecks Hotels
North Beach faced severe peril as high surf and rain battered the district. Residents fled to the business area while rescue teams evacuated women and children. Thirty five patients were rescued from Spohn sanitarium. Neuces Hotel windows shattered and four feet of water flooded the lobby. Pavillion Hotel swept away with one fatality. Refugees numbered about 250 under care at the public health service hospital. A northbound train relieved fear for towns along the St Louis Brownsville and Mexico line, but Port Aransas remained cut off with reports of destroyed docks.
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Spohn ‘Sanitarium
Public Health Service
Neuces Hotel
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Mexico
Here
Port Aransas
Weather Bureau
Coast Guards
Port Aransas A
Trustees Meet in Twin Falls During Institute Week
County Superintendent Brittomart Wolfe announced that the trustees will convene in Twin Falls on October 14 during the teachers institute. Plans for the meeting will be set soon. The aim is to strengthen efforts for better county schools.
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Brittomart Wolfe
Twin Falls
Teachers’ Institute
Bay Rum Fines Drunk Mexican Then Bans From Town
Nicholas Sonarita a Mexican, was fined $50 yesterday morning on a drunkenness charge. He faced a choice of paying the fine, serving jail time, or leaving the city by 4 o'clock. He chose to depart, with the drink said to have caused the intoxication in his possession.
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