HANDWRITING ON THE WALL WRITEUP ON DRY PROHIBITION LABOR
The article notes that prohibition created a shortage of able workers in county correction facilities, forcing outside help to handle work, with sober disciplined inmates preferred. It argues dry states show labor shortages offer food for thought for lawmakers on national policy. It also discusses wartime taxation, stating taxes will cover about one third to one half of current war costs, with future needs prompting possible tax rises to avoid burdening future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshir
House of Correction
Bite
Cousty
Secretary of the Treasury
Chiildren
Europe
Submarine Image Shaped By Fiction And War History
The piece traces submarine myth from Jules Verne to real war craft, noting early peaceful visions gave way to aggression. It cites legends from Alexander the Great to Delpeuch and Bushnell, and describes 16th to 18th century experiments, naval tests in Brest, and Napoleon’s era fears, ending with a hope for peaceful, citizen access to submersibles.
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Jules Verne
Nemo
Arronax
Davy-Jonesland
Atlantis
Christian Science Monitor
Holland
Alexander the Great
M. Delpeuch
Cornelias Drebbel
James I
Thames
England
Plymouth
Way
Zeavid Bushnell
Sergeant Lee
New York
Lee
Robert Failou
Paris
Europe
Brest
Enston
Flags and fighters mark a wartime mood in 1918 tone
A patriotic wartime column notes marines profiting against German troops earning the label devil dogs. It cites Russia’s crisis, American logistics, spy arrests in New York, and a bridge project near the Allegheny river as symbols of national resolve and progress. It also mentions ex-presidents mending quarrels and public works shaping morale.
From Other Viewpoints In The News Clippings
A collage of brief quotations from various papers comments on currency decline Bolshevik Germany navy jobs bankers and wartime social changes. Notable items include the German aristocracy being eroded and a bank renaming to National Bank of Commerce.
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Germania Bank of Milwaukee
National Bank of Commerce
Albany Argus
Taide Se
National War Savings Day Must Be Made a Big Success
The National War Savings Committee urges a countrywide drive to pledges for War Savings Stamps by June 28. Home front workers are called to sacrifice and conserve resources, urging others to do their part to reach a $2,000,000,000 stamp goal for 1918 and support the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National War Savings
National War Savings Committee
France
High Seas
Congress
Weather Watch Across Oceans From Western Front
Washington reports that U S weather is monitored from France with daily US forecasts to aid Army operations. The communication notes how hemispheric conditions affect European weather and how forecasters assist aircraft and artillery planning on the front lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
France
United States Weather Bureau
Europe
Real Compliment From a Convicted Man for Billy Sunday
In Philadelphia Sunday visited Moryamensing prison and spoke with a housebreaker who vowed to reform after release. The criminal said Sunday’s piercing talk turned him inside out and made him sick of himself, praising Sunday as a winner and part of the reforming group.
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Billy Sunday
Philadelphia
Sunday
Moryamensing
Write Letters That Smile Plea for cheerful Army Mail
A World War II era appeal urges readers to write more letters to soldiers and sailors. Roger Daniels of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew emphasizes smiling letters bring comfort and morale, urging timely, cheerful home messages from civilians to those in uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Roger Daniels
Army and Navy Department
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Hospitals Multiply Across United States Army System
Over twelve months US army hospitals grew from seven to sixty two and beds from 5,000 to 58,400, adding 30,000 beds in total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Crop Report Praises Pennsylvania Agricultural Outlook
The United States Department of Agriculture reports improved conditions across crops in Pennsylvania. Winter and spring wheat show growth, spring acreage rises sharply, oats face wet delays, and hay yields look strong. Apples suffer from rain and storms but the season may still average, while peaches face winter damage but promise fair yields in much of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Baldwins
Camp Lee Blue Sundays End as Quarantine Eases
Camp Lee Petersburg Virginia June 9 soldiers from Pennsylvania and Virginia and West Virginia conclude Blue Sundays quarantine period. Beginning tomorrow groups two weeks confined may be released gradually. Depot Brigade replacements to stations drill under Regular Army officers and officers. Camp Lee Stockade nears completion with 10-foot wire fence and guard stations. Capt O Mara leaves Camp Lee to serve as judge advocate for Fort Washington while a veteran of Spanish American War and former Illinois lieutenant governor is noted.
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Camp Lee
Petersburg
Virginia
West Vic
Liberty
Cage
Smileag
Smileage
Richmond
Camp Lee Stockade
Sto Kade
O’mara
Fort Washington
Thirty-fifth Heavy Artillery
O'Mara
Illinois
Quichl Demonstrated First Coed Women Always Contradict Each Other
The report notes ongoing disagreement between the initial coed group and the second coed group as they confront each other. A Punch Bowl scene is referenced, indicating a social or informal event surrounding the dispute. The fragmentary text highlights contrasting positions and a hint of social friction.
What the Cow Testing Association Cannot Do
The U.S. Department of Agriculture notes the association cannot compel a dairyman to dispose of poor cows or force him to feed for 40 production, nor require scrubbing his herd, planting legumes, or building silos. It never will compel but will encourage economical herd and farm improvement.
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U. 5S
Department of Agriculture
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Houston Post
Germany
North
Amercan
Navy
Chicago Herald
Florida Times-Union
Baltimore
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Everett True
Correa
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Awe Gwan
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