Politeness Pays in Life and Work
The column argues politeness is more than veneer, shaping character and success. It cites a Cleveland streetcar conductor who earned better assignments through courteous service, boosting mood and luck. It urges appreciation of mothers and wives, notes youths' drift to unworthy crowds, and ends with a call to push when others are in need.
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Quincy Journal
Cleveland
Queru
Lous
John
Wahioen
Washington News Letter and Economic Outlook Sketched
Washington notes show President Wilson at his Cornish summer home during the heat wave with return hoped for late this week. Also reported: Berlin clerk Harry L. Wilson released to return to the U.S. amid passport case. auto routes expanding to 208 rural mail lines. Treasury views merchant marine buildup debated. Pacific Mail steamers face era end under new sea laws. labor secretary likens the sea act to Magna Carta. The Brain & Co verse lauds relentless industry and Reason as foreman in a whimsical ad poem.
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Cornish
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Washington
Harry L. Wilson
Berlin
United States
Germany
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Pacific Mail
Prohibition Debates and Anti Liquor Push Across States
The Illinois Steel Company plans lectures on prohibition backed by physicians and chemists while U S Senator A B Davis voices support for ending liquor traffic. Governors, editors, and Confederates weigh in on temperance as the nation moves toward statewide or national prohibitions. Public displays and court rulings shape enforcement.
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Illinois Steel Company
Chicago
Barer
United States
Seitor
A. B. Davis
Montpelier votes to outlaw saloons after long era
A Montpelier Indiana precinct joins a regional reform push by voting out saloons on July 6, ending over seventy years of drinking establishments. The piece links prohibition trends, auto waste concerns, and rural town decline while urging broader social reform and youth-friendly amusements.
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Montpelier
Ind
Blackford County
United States
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