New York Tribune on Taxation and the Goose That Wilts
The New York Tribune argues for steep taxes on incomes and excess profits, and heavy consumption taxes on luxuries to fund the war effort. It warns against believing wealth conscription can pay for war, cites Russia as cautionary, and highlights the American Cooked Food Service led by Miss Jessie Bancroft as a model to keep homes intact while women work during the war.
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Congress
Hoover
Russia
New York
The
American Cooked Food Service
Jessie Bancroft
Upper West Side
Food Service
Red Cross
Treasury urges citizens not to quit Liberty Bonds
The Secretary of the Treasury warns against selling Liberty Bonds, calling bond sellers unpatriotic quitters. He stresses every bond sale harms the U S credit and backs the war effort over there. Mentions upcoming school term, General Bernardise, and manning camps Forrest Gs and Camp Sherman with state quotas, noting many recruits hail from western counties.
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Citie
Zens
Secretary of the Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Forres T. Gs
Camp Sherman
Ohio
England Greeted 200000 American Troops En Route to France
English port views show 200000 American soldiers passing through in July on the way to France. An old general praises their spirit as bands play Over There. A young feverish rider begs to go aboard with his unit, later placed in a camp ambulance. The eight American troop ships form a “picnic” voyage as crowds cheer along the harbor and rest camps rise in the city parks.
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America
France
England
United States
California
Uncle Sam
Lieutenant Woods
New York
United States Army Embarkation
Pleaze
Woods
Ant Woods
Jack Tar
Great Ship
Dacs
Stars and Stripes Over English Village Camp
A large American aviation camp near an English village opens with the Stars and Stripes flying atop the hill. About 3,000 Yank aviators pass through weekly on the way to France. The camp features Red Cross bath houses, an officers club, and nightly gatherings as dignitaries attend the dedication.
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William J. Butler
N. S
England
Stars
Aviation Service
American Aviation Service
Onte
America
France
Petr
Ages Gr
Theatres County Tras
Cer
Aaj. Page
Ambassador Page
General Biddle
Ap Royees
Eveland
Ambass Page
General Livingston
Great Britain
College Green
Jeneland
T. TP. Toole
Imess Oficer
Columbus
Ohio
American Association
International News Service
Corresident
Red Cross
Ammy
Red Cross Nurses Train In French At East Camps
Red Cross nurses preparing to serve in France are receiving intensive training at base hospitals in major eastern cantonments. Along with nursing technique they learn French, with one MCA supplied class of 100 nurses.
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Red Cross
France
Department of the East
Potatoes Keep You Fit and Ready for Work
Potatoes are marketed as an inexpensive, healthy staple to keep the body strong for hard daily labor. The text urges buying potatoes to save money and sustain stamina, and to request new potato recipes from the United States Department of Agriculture.
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United States Department of Agriculturl
Bay Thrift Stamp War Era Motto Stirs Support
Wartime plea urges citizens to buy Thrift Stamps as a small price for liberty. Poem by D. Phillips from Carver House calls boys crossing the sea to fight Kaiser and urges collective effort under the red white and blue banner.
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Bay
D. Phillips
Carver House
Hopeless Fate Hangs on a Chair in Baltimore Show
A fragment from the Baltimore American quotes a distressed line about fate tied to a chair. The exchange shows a dialogue of concern and disbelief as a character grapples with an overwhelming situation.
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Bala
Baltimore
Enigmatic English Script Sparks Confusion at Gateway
Downtown street features a massive old English stone gateway with a statue of William the Conqueror and a United States flag. Three Yankees puzzled by a carved inscription mistake Chaucer for a warrior, debating whether the figure is Henry the Eighth Cromwell or Chaucer himself, revealing unfamiliarity with medieval writers.
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William the Conqueror
Henry the Wighth
Cromwell
Chaucer
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G. Lindenstein, Inc
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