World beet sugar shortage worsens in war economy
Allied beet sugar production falls by about one third from prewar levels. France yields only 29.1 percent of its prewar average due to factory cuts and labor losses. Italy faces labor shortages as thousands of workers enter military service, while Java and Cuba cane supplies remain distant and shipping slow.
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Sugar Ships Hope for Victory as War Ends Near
Propaganda slogan links sugar production to shipbuilding and soldier morale, urging labor and resources for victory. The message frames a wartime economy where sugar exports fuel ships and troops, bolstering morale and national effort.
Proposed Amendments to the Pennsylvania Constitution for Highway Bonds
The General Assembly proposes an amendment to article nine section four authorizing up to fifty million dollars in bonds to improve and rebuild state highways. The measure also adjusts current debt limits and directs submission to voters at the next general election. Cyrus E. Woods, Secretary of the Commonwealth, publishes the proposal.
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Pennsylvania proposes amendment to section sixteen of article three
A joint resolution proposes amending section sixteen of Pennsylvania's article three to require appropriations by law, specify amount and purpose, and limit timing of expenditures. The measure advances through the General Assembly as required by the state constitution.
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Senate of Representatives
Pennsylvania
House Commonwealtheral Assembly
Sugar Exports to Neutral Nations Light in Early Year
Only 797 tons of refined sugar were shipped from America to neutral nations in the first five months, equal to 3.2 percent of total exports. Mexico received more than half of the neutral shipments.
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America
Mexico
Election Day Vote on November 1 1918 Amended Text
The document announces a first Monday of November 1918 election to decide approval or rejection of an amendment. It specifies polling places and hours per Pennsylvania election laws and states the amendment will be printed on ballots as prescribed. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. L is referenced.
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Pennsylvania
Cyrus E. Woods
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Commonwealth
Pennsylvania constitutional amendment on debt limits for municipalities
A proposed amendment to Article Nine Section Eight would cap county, city, borough, township, school district, and other municipal debt at seven percent of assessed property value, with Philadelphia allowed up to ten percent. New debt or increases above two percent require state approval and language specifies public money disbursement by the State Treasurer on Auditor General warrants.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Constitution Section on City Debt Limits
Section eight of Article nine amended to cap county and district debt at seven percent of assessed property value while Philadelphia may exceed to ten percent. Provisions allow two percent additional debt with elector consent, and require deductions for debt financing of public improvements or utilities yielding revenue beyond operating costs. Philadelphia may issue long term notes up to fifty years with sinking fund payments.
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Senate
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Amendment to Pennsylvania Constitution on taxation wording
An 1919 joint resolution proposes amending section one of article nine to allow graded or progressive taxes while preserving exemptions for public property used for public purposes religious worship burial places and purely public charity Institutions and public religious uses are specified for tax exemption with the amendment to be printed on ballots for the November election following the first Monday.
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General Assembly
Pennsylvania
Cyrus E. Woods
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Commonwealth
Philadelphia Debt Exclusion and Public Improvements Provision
The text describes excluding from Philadelphia debt calculations any public improvement debt funded by net revenues, capitalized from the prior year, with interest and sinking fund provisions. It allows 50 year maturities and a sinking fund to retire bonds, detailing tax requirements and containment within Pennsylvania constitutional articles. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 3 is referenced.
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Pennsylvania
Cyrus E. Woods
the Commonwealth
More Fruit and Less Sugar Guide
A concise guide outlines methods to reduce sugar in fruit products. It emphasizes increasing use of canned fruit dried fruit fruit butter fresh fruit while decreasing jam jelly preserves and sweet pickles to balance flavor with lower sugar content.
L. C. Eddy Attorney Advertises General Law Services
L C Eddy Attorney at Law offers general law services with prompt collections and office at 410 Pennsylvania Avenue West.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Food Shortage Crisis Between Germany and Russia
Washington reports an acute Russo German food situation with both nations facing shortages. Dispatches from the state department warn that provisions are limited and decisions on allocation have reached a critical stage.
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Germany
Russia
Washington
State Department
German HQ denies Hindenburg illness rumors
An official communication received at Amsterdam from German main headquarters states Field Marshal Von Hindenburg's health is excellent and denies circulating rumors about his condition.
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