Anarchists Fail to Halt Seattle Strike in 1919
Seattle mayor Ole Hanson describes a failed radical push amid a 1919 strike. He recalls 15,000 workers rising to 65,000, radicals and I W W members seizing unions, and a government-style bid to shut down city services. Hanson vows unconditional surrender to traitors and calls for cleaning unions of anarchists while warning of a broader revolutionary threat.
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Ole Hanson
Seattle
New York Times
Wash
American Federation of Labor
Russia
American Federation of Labor Unions
Central Labor Council
Macey
Petrograd
United States
Tax deductions under the 1918 act for net income and losses
The 1918 income tax provisions define net income as gross income minus specified deductions. Allowable deductions include business expenses, salaries, rent, losses from profitable outside ventures, depreciation and amortization, and charitable gifts up to 15 percent of net income. Not deductible are personal living expenses and certain taxes.
Property expense items for depreciation and insurance
The list covers expenditures for new buildings or permanent improvements, restorations or exhaustion restoration with depreciation allowance, and life insurance premiums on officers or financially interested persons when the taxpayer is a beneficiary.
Friend’s Recommendation Notes Foley Kidney Pills
J N Tohill clerk Lottie Hotel Evansville Ind reports six weeks of constant thigh muscle pains. After a friend's suggestion she tried Foley Kidney Pills and felt relief almost immediately. The ad notes the product stops backache rheumatic pains soreness and stiffness and is sold by Lemmon's Drug Store.
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J. N. Tohill
Lottie Hotel
Evansville
Ind
Foley
Lemmon’s Drug Store
Advt
Davis County Board Accepts Federal Aid for Road Building
Davis county supervisors announced acceptance of federal road funds totaling about 29000 dollars to construct a federal highway. The Daniel Boone trail from Bloomfield to the Wapello county line will receive upgrades including grading and straightening over Corkscrew hill near Soap Creek, with new bridges required. The project will connect Bloomfield and Ottumwa via a better dirt highway.
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Bloomfield
Board of Supervisors
Davis County
Soap Creek
Ottumwa
Foreman Demands Big Wages At Hog Island Shipyards
Foreman steel workers at Hog Island shipyards demand raises from 64 to 70 dollars weekly for higher grade work and from 52 to 55 dollars for lower grade work. Charles Piez director general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation offers 66 and 54 dollars respectively with time and a half for overtime and double time on Sundays and holidays. The offer mirrors a prior bid from the American International Shipbuilding Corporation which the workers rejected before striking.
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Washington, D. C
Hog Island
Charles Piez
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Piez
American International Shoibuilding Corporation
Three men file for Fairfield mayor in March election
Fairfield Iowa politics heats up as three candidates declare for mayor. Dr W H Conner and incumbent Mayor R H Munro seek reelection with support noted. Charles Lyon also agrees to stand. mass conventions will form Citizen and People tickets with possible Independent contenders. The ballot will include mayor two at large councilmen treasurer assessor and park commissioner.
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Fairfield
W. H. Conner
R. H. Munro
Charles Lyon
Jefferson County Community Club
Farmers oppose daylight saving plan in Iowa
MT PLEASANT Iowa March 3 Telegrams were sent by the Henry County Farmers union to Senators Kenyon and Cummins and Representative Kennedy protesting the daylight saving plan to be in force again beginning March 1 Resolutions endorsed James A Pierce editor of the Iowa Homestead for betterment of Iowa conditions Plans for grading and marketing wool directly to the factory discussed secretary C E Carnahan instructed to contact factory for information.
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MT. Pleasant
Henry County Farmers Union
Kenyon
Cummins
Kennedy
Iowa
James A. Pierce
Iowa Homestead
State Council of Defense
C. E. Carnahan
State v Junkins case on this week in Bloomfield
Judge Seneca Cornell presides in Bloomfield this week with State of Iowa v Jessie Junkin set for trial. Junkin, a colored man, is charged with murder for the October 1918 craps game shooting near the Wabash stock yards in the west part of Bloomfield. A large number of witnesses are subpoenaed by both sides.
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Bloomfield
Seneca Cornell
State of Iowa
Jessie Junkin
Hunter
Fred Cummings
Wabash Stock Yards
Rail Casualties Rise in 1918 Across American Railways
Washington report shows 1918 rail fatalities reached 9,567 with 70,970 injuries. Grade crossings caused 3,673 accidents killing 1,777 and injuring 4,356. Trespassers totaled 4,242 deaths and 3,892 injuries. train workers 1,492 killed and 47,887 injured. passengers 201 killed and 7,682 injured.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Farmer Byrd Hicks Ends Life Over Farm Change
Jefferson Louisiana March 23 Byrd Hicks a young farmer near Parlin killed himself in a barn after moving to an eighty acre farm. He was missing after leaving for his implements and was found hanged in the hay mow. He left a widow and four children.
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Jefferson, la
Byrd Hicks
Parlin
Hicks
Eight Hundred German Prisoners to Be Released in France
Eight hundred German prisoners captured by American forces near Tours at St. Pierre de Corps are to be released. All are from Alsace or Lorraine and constitute the first German Army captives freed by the Allies.
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Paris
St. Pierre de Corps
Tours
Alsace
Lorraine
Names of All Slackers on Draft in Iowa
The War Department and Justice Department survey draft records to identify Iowa men who failed to respond to local boards. Deserter designations will be posted publicly. investigation aims to distinguish those already in service from true evaders and to aid roundups and punishments.
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Washington, D. C
Iowa
War Department
Department of Justice
Spring Cleaning Time Ad for Foley Cathartiec Tablets
An advertisement urges spring cleaning for the human body after indoors and heavy winter meals. It promotes Foley Cathartiec Tablets to cleanse stomach and bowels and tonE up the liver, offered by Lemmon's Drug Store.
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Foley Cathartiec
Lemmon's Drug Store
Advt
Cobb urges national modesty about war credit
Irvin Cobb, in Marshalltown, warns against overcrediting the U S for WWI victory. He notes nations shared the win and argues modesty is wise even as America built a massive army, aided by allies, to reach a rapid end to the war. He cites coordination flaws and late promises to the allies.
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Irvin Cobb
Marshalltown
United States
Serbia
France
England
Altho
Cobb
Germany
Pershing
Alta to Host Welcome Home for Returned Soldiers
Entertain returned soldiers and sailors in Alta Louisiana with a community welcome home reception on March 8 as part of ALTA activities. The event aims to honor veterans and provide light refreshments and social gathering for local service members.
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Alta
Zemo Promises Clear Skin With Easy Application
An advertising claim from the E. W. Rose Co. of Cleveland Ohio touts Zemo as a clean antiseptic liquid for pimples blackheads blotches eczema and ring worm. The product is sold at drug stores in small or extra large bottles for 50 cents to 1.00 with easy application and no greasy residue.
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E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Local youths return from camps as more arrive
In the vicinity on March 14, about seventy boys have come back from the camps and overseas, with more expected each week.
Spring Shooting Declared Illegal by Iowa Letter
George T. Fletcher of Des Moines sent the following note to duck hunters asserting spring shooting is illegal. He cites federal and state laws showing game birds may be killed only from September 16 to December 31, 1918, with no take from December 31 to September 16, 1919, and references the Bureau of Biological Survey in Washington, D. C.
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Des Moines
George T. Fletcher
Seventh Street
Iowa
Bureau of Biological Survey
Washington, D. C
Four Suit Cases Contain Bottled Whisky Seized At Depot
Chariton Iowa March 3 Sheriff Lyman and deputy seized four suit cases at the C B Q depot containing 1006 pints of whisky. The owner, who expected to claim them, was prevented by officials and the contraband goods now rest in the jail where the owner can not claim them.
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Chariton
Lyman
Iowa Man Works Through Holy Land
Frank T. Slayton a former Iowa railroad man now in the Holy Land supervises putting American locomotives in commission for transporting army equipment in Palestine. Slayton born and raised in Iowa Falls now served as superintendent of motive power for the Virginian railroad in the east.
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Iowa Falls
Frank T. Slayton
Iowa
Holy Land
Tax Returns Due March 15 in Dubuque
Dubuque March 3 Collector Louis Murphy announces all income tax returns must be filed by March 15 with at least one fourth of the tax due. He notes some counties may not reach by March 15 but returns are due on or before that date. He adds officers will still go out to receive late returns for those needing help or habitually late filers.
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United States of America
Labor Union Record
Seattle
Northwest
Dubuque
Internal Revenue
Louis Murphy
Yankee Doodle and a Moodus Fife and Drum Band
The piece recalls the enduring martial tune Yankee Doodle as a premier morale booster for American troops, sung by Moodus Connecticut’s Fife and Drum corps in uniform reminiscent of Continental era fighters. It notes the song’s historic rarity among current war renditions and its faded presence in schools.
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New England
Southhampton
England
Tipperary
Moodus
Connecticut
Moodus Fife and Drum Corps
Cold remedy offers rapid relief claims
An old family remedy touted for coughs colds and bronchial attacks gains popularity. The ad claims quick, dependable relief and notes prices of 60 cents and 1.20 dollars, urging readers to keep it in the medicine cabinet.
Dr Kings New Life Pills Promise Quick Digestive Relief
An old advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a safe comfortable remedy to regulate bowels. It claims to ease biliousness headache sour stomach and tongue coating by eliminating bowel clogging for 25 cents.
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Dr. King
France and America Singalongs in Wartime Memory
The passage discusses a folk song once sung in US kindergartens and known in France yet rarely sung there. It questions whether respect for Allies or fear of altering words kept the tune from being shared, noting the Continental version and Yankie Doodle’s feather as contrasts.
In his hat or plain neglect in Stars and Stripes
A brief note from the Stars and Stripes raises questions about whether an incident was due to deliberate neglect or an oversight. The fragment hints at an action connected to a headwear item, without providing full details.
Shields Protect Propellers From Nets in Columbia Waters
Boats operating on the Columbia River and near its mouth use propeller and rudder shields to avoid entanglement with the many salmon nets. The shields allow vessels to pass over nets safely.
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Columbia River
All Choked Up With Catarrh Cure Ad From Swift Specific
An old advertisement urges stopping surface treatments for catarrh and claims S. S. S. clears the disease germs from blood. It promotes medical advice from Swift Specific Co. and lists Atlanta Georgia as the contact location for readers seeking guidance.
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S. S.S
S. S
Swift Specific Co. Dept. B
Atlanta, Ga
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Wiil
Income Tax Returns
Mannhardt
Formu
Brassieres
W. B
W. B. Reduso
Weincarren Bros., Inc
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Carter
Carters
Arter
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