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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
9
Parasols on the square headline describes summer parasols now visible, noting their dirty appearance and new generation of round shapes observed by shoppers. The brief mentions confusion and a shift away from previous display styles as parasols appear in various states of cleanliness.
The piece warns that mockery wounds and divides friends from foes. It cautions readers to observe if others laugh with them or at them, noting laughter reveals care and loyalty. It urges restraint and reflects on the power of ridicule, linking it to social danger and moral truth.
An old ad promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a scientific medicine to clear the kidneys and restore health. It describes symptoms like backache, fatigue, and bladder issues, claiming renewed vigor after using the product priced at $1.00 and produced by Melniyre Deus Co.
Dorothy Dix argues humor shapes society, noting how cartoons and theatre sanitize offenses, encourage contempt for sacred marriage, and normalize infidelity. She warns that mockery of virtue dulls moral sense, advises discerning laughter, and links public taste to social harm.
Washington June 1 troops in training at home are being honed for open warfare as allied armies prepare for a forward push after Germany's offensive abates. Division commanders are ordered to emphasize field battle skills over French warfare details, with long marches and target practice to harden men for combat.
A German woman in Beran today described wartime losses to the Associated Press. She said twenty-five of her relatives have been killed, four are invalids, and another family member is missing, underscoring severe casualties among German families.
Mim. Vickers, a Red Cross nurse just back from the Battle of France, appeals at a public meeting for more support for front line troops. She recalls personal losses, noting seven of her uncle's sons served and six died in two months, and cites German casualties since the March offensive.
An ad fragment describes hot sulfur water at Clay's bath cottages and warns bathers to use caution to avoid colds after bathing. It mentions a Mr Doe and his brother hurt from a misunderstanding of the waters and urges readers to inform a life insurance agent after bathing.
Associated Press reports a German assault against French positions near Locre was repulsed with the attackers taking Locre hospice after heavy fighting. The struggle centered on Mont Toule, the village, hospice, and surrounding slopes with German forces briefly holding the hospice before retreating.
Secretary McAdoo recommends a $5,000,000,000 loan plan and a high rate war profits tax to capture excess profits, plus heavy taxation on unearned income and luxuries. He proposes taxing 1915 expenditures, raising about $20 to $40 billion via taxation, and strengthening the normal and excess income tax structure to support Liberty loan sales. He argues excess profits taxes miss wartime gains and urges government taxation on excess profits after contract profits, with emphasis on broader income taxation to sustain the war effort.
Treasury tax experts draft amendments to excess profits and income tax measures to fund the war. McAdoo seeks to avoid appearing to dictate revenue legislation while lawmakers weigh higher taxes on war profits and income. Separately, 140 million pounds is reported spent on railway materials for France as nine railway regiments head overseas.
Five new regiments organized for duty reported from Washington during the ongoing mobilization. The War Department detailed the formation of the regiments alongside nine others in various states, aiming to expand manpower for national defense.
Senators Lewis and Lodge voiced complete confidence in the Navy's readiness to meet submarine threats during a Senate debate sparked by Brandegee's editorial. Secretary Baker sought 18.006 million for 16 air and hillden stations to bolster Atlantic defenses, as Acting Secretary Roosevelt disclosed a prior broadcast warning to rail and sea routes about possible submarine activity along the Atlantic coast.
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