Passing of the Progressive Party and its Political Aftermath
The piece argues the Progressive party’s rise and collapse, noting how Democrats adopted Prohibition and woman suffrage planks. It highlights cross party endorsements in the 28th Congressional district for Beshlin Ferringer Neilly, and predicts shifts in Warren Venango counties with Ferringer as a strong contender.
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Progressive Party
Heroh
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Egypt
Prohibition
Prohibition Party
United States
Messrs
Beshlin
Ferrnger
Neilly
Warren
Venango
W. P.ferringer
Assembly
Reform Party
Rong Domnant
Let Them Learn English
The piece notes anti German sentiment rising across the country pushing English study and German literature into focus. It argues the trend, though prone to excess, may correct prior overpraised German culture and lead to a balanced, sane view.
Let Germans Learn English, Not Germanize Americans
A critic argues against renewed German studies in the U S postwar climate. The piece endorses Americanizing Germans, asserts English dominates global use, and contends Germans will learn English if business calls for it, preferring English as the world language.
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France
Germany
America
War Garden Drive Urges Allotments To Grow Food
The War Garden Committee stresses every parcel should be cultivated for food despite publicity. Families failing to work a plot may face winter shortages and higher prices, while gardening offers health and financial benefits with available help and common sense guidance. No lot should go begging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Garden Committee
Public notices and political commentary on holidays and reform
The piece urges readers to buy a Memorial Day flag and warns against liquor slush funds in politics. It notes Red Cross opposition to wartime imagery, celebrates a self managed Fourth of July, and mentions a union push to organize the Chester Times with William Sproul as a key stockholder. A telegram seeks a Harrisburg meeting with the Eastern Pennsylvania Typographical Union.
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Wiliam C. Sproul
Penrose
Pennsylvania
G. A. R. Ball
North Third Street
Harrisburg
Chester Times
Sproul
From Other Viewpoints on War and Society
A collection of brief editorial snippets notes General Foch valuing territory over troops and cites German sentiment. It also includes a quip about a woman’s response to a man tipping his hat during the flag’s passage and a Toronto streetcar job outlook noting women entering service as a positive change.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Toronto
Toronto Mail
Empire
Who Should Eat the Substitute We or They
An editorial urging Americans to sacrifice wheat for the Allied war effort. It argues households must curb wheat use to aid France Britain and Italy, urging Americans to take less for comfort and allow more grain to reach soldiers and allies. It cites France cutting bread and compares fuel and income burdens to stress the call for national contribution.
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America
France
England
Italy
Ritory
Oklahoma students prepare prize hogs for Red Cross drives
Oklahoma school children plan to raise prize hogs this spring to raise funds for Red Cross auxiliaries. Girls organized benefits to buy pigs for their schools while boys built pens and cared for the animals during winter.
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Oklahoma
Tropics
Red Cross
Government Needs More Women Help during War Effort
The United States government reports a surge in civilian federal staffing from 36 000 to about 70 000 in the first year of the war, with over 25 000 new women. The Civil Service Commission seeks women for 60 plus job categories including stenographers, clerks, nurses, draftsmen, and inspectors to keep the war machinery running efficiently.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
War and Navy Department
United States Civil Service Commission
Commission
Ags
Civil Service Commission
Pledges For Armenian And Syrian Relief Reach 1.2 Million
The War Council of the American Red Cross authorizes monthly support totaling 1.2 million for Armenian and Syrian relief through July 1. February allocations provide 400000 for February and March, with another 400000 now available for April and May payments.
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War Council of the American Red Cross
American Committee For
Asia Minor
Red Cross War Council
Caucasus
Armenia
Red Cross
Clarevoyant Percy's doubtful dinner banter
In a brisk exchange, Ushicky Clairvoyancy Percy boasts he can read minds while Prudence teases, revealing a strained domestic mood and a joke about a vanished appetite. The dialogue hints at chaos in the house and a sharp, humorous tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ushicky
Percy
Prudence
Red Cross Seals sales smash all previous records 1917
National Tuberculosis Association announces 1917 Red Cross Seals results with Broadview Montana leading per capita sales at 4.76 and Wyoming Minnesota Wisconsin posting top per inhabitant rates. Over 160 million seals were sold nationwide, a 50 percent rise from 1916, with numerous towns earning pennants for first and second places across states and cities.
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RED Cross Seals
New York
Wyoming
Minnesota
Wisconsin
National Tuberclosis Association
Red Cross
Broadview
Montana
National
Boston
Arizona
Connecticut
Broadview, Mont
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Uncle Sam
Joseph F. Guffey
Foch
Springfield
Strome
Ker
the Evening Times’ Food Dept
Belgium
Ter
Everett True
Ben
Greerin
Red
Food Administration
Wealy
White Sulpher
Big Timber
Mont
Lamberton, Minn
Wellogg
Idaho
Harlowton
Dillion
Marville
Wis
Phoenix
Ariz
Bartelsville
Okla
Tulsa
Charleston
W. Va
Oklahoma City
Fort Wayne
Ind
Minneapoli
Louisvill
Buffalo
N.Y
Milwakee
Chicago
Sm Ames Ne
Leagues of Modern Health Crusaders
Crusaders
Omak
Wash
Bothell
Fe ‘Independent School Dist
San Anselmo
Cal
Donora
St. Joseph County
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