Welcome Signs Scarce In Washington As Visitors Face Tight Access
Washington, D C shows strict access rules with required marriage certificates and vaccination marks for many sights. Rockefeller Jr. group toured the Treasury before closure to the public as gates clamp down on White House grounds. Picketing continues outside while credentialed guests pass through with royal courtesy.
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Ashington
Washington
John J. Rockefeller, Jr
Treasury
White House
Charlotte Corday
Executive Mansion
Kentucky
Willing to Enroll Yet Commissions Attract None
A House member reports 3000 district letters from men seeking army commissions, none with real experience and most aiming only for officer ranks. Critics note many applicants are unfit dreamers, while recruiting stations sit idle awaiting genuine volunteers to replace talk with action.
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House of Representatives
Karl Godwin
The
Star
Wilson
United States
Army of the
Congress
Bunker Hill
Soldierettes at CapitaI Stationed Women Train For War Time Duty
Soldiers at the capital invest in discipline as “Soldierettes” reject marriage proposals. Mrs George Barnett serves as commissary general for campus rations. Dewey hall, donated by Admiral Dewey’s widow, hosts speakers. Plattsburg sits on 24 acres of government reserve with a field bakery teaching food economy. Notable figures like Miss Eudora Clover and Miss Katherine Brooks hold key roles in camp administration and nursing classes fill to overflowing.
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George Barnett
Marine Corps
Admiral Dewey
Dewey Hall
Plattsburg
Quartermaster's Department of the Army
Eudora Clover
Elizabeth Ellicott Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Katherine Brooks
Washington
Harrison
Blanchard Scott
Army
Natalie Summer Lincoln
Mugging for ID passes at government buildings
Strangers given photo IDs to enter state, war, navy, treasury, and White House areas. Officials, clerks, reporters must face camera as guards and police enforce credential checks, with Secretary Lansing even stopped at White House gates before verification.
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Washington
War
State Department
State
War and Navy
Treasury
White House
Lansing
Mr. Lansing
France Russia and Austria Hungary in a week of upheaval
The past week saw Hungary's Count Tisza ousted, Austria ready to abandon Balkan claims, and talks of concessions to Russia. Russia faced mutinies and peacetime debates while France and Britain pressed offensives on the Western Front. The United States moved to curb neutrality violations and prepare for war financing with a giant tax bill and Liberty Bond push.
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Austria-Hungary
Kaiser Wilhelm
Count Tisza
Hungary
Zita
Vienna
Austria
Russia
Balkans
Italy
Trieste
Trentino
Germany
Transylvania
Sontay
Mediterranean
Switzerland
Hudson Maxim
Lewis Herzog
William Marconi
United States Army Engineers
London
France
American Hospital Corps
England
Tractor power and efficiency offer for Ford cars
LUCE AUTO POWER & TRACTOR CO advertises a tractor attachment that lets a car harvest sow and cultivate, promising larger profits and quick setup in 2 minutes for $16 complete. A one year guarantee and agency opportunities are noted from 55 Liberty Street New York City.
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Auto Power
Warmer
FORD
Luce Auto Power & Tractor CO
Liberty Street
New York City
Seeds Reused as Fuel From Peach and Apricot Hulls
Hundreds of tons of peach and apricot seeds from California canning factories are now sold as fuel. Previously considered too hard, the seeds pop open when heated with hard coal and ignite, burning with a glow like anthracite and producing little smoke while providing a strong, steady fire.
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California
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Freezone promises painless corn removal
A Cincinnati authority promotes freezone as a cheap, painless way to remove corns and calluses. Apply drops directly to tender spots. it stops soreness, loosens the corn or callus so it can be lifted out with the root. Drugstores sell small bottles. if unavailable, ask your pharmacist to source one.
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Cincinnati
Gardener's motives teased in backyard observations
In a quirky exchange a speaker admits uncertainty about a man’s digging, weighing two motives. The dialogue suggests curiosity about whether the activity stems from love of gardening or a sense of patriotic duty as observed over the past week.
Daily Cuticura Ad And Yonkers Statesman Exchange
An old Cuticura advertisement touts skin care routines with soap and ointment and a free sample by mail. The text shifts to a brief Yonkers Statesman exchange featuring a light dialogue about truthfulness and a caller named Katie.
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Dept. L
Boston
Kilmer Swamp Root Ad Promotes Kidney Remedy in 1916
A Plymouth Massachusetts druggist testimonial endorses Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as the best seller for kidney liver and bladder relief. The letter from Herbert Maxwell notes eight years handling the product and urges readers to prove its benefits by requesting a sample bottle for ten cents and to mention the local paper.
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Plymouth
Mass
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Seventh Daughter’s Prophecy in a Comedic Bargain
A playful exchange features a self-styled seventh daughter claiming prophetic power. She boasts she can reveal anything while a skeptical man asks for future shoe price specifics tied to his wife’s purchase. The teaser ends with a humorous dynamic about foresight and commerce.
The Oatmeal Demonstration at the Grocery
A light note praises a grocery demonstration of oatmeal while remarking that wealthier people find it easier to identify enemies than friends, suggesting social irony in everyday shopping scenes.
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