National insurance urged to back up steel supply
Richard Hedmonds of The Baltimore Manufacturers' Record warns that relying on Lake Superior iron ore risks catastrophic shortages in war. He cites Alabama and the southwest as future sources, urges government to develop iron and hydroelectric capacity and a domestic nitrate supply to avert paralysis of arms and industry.
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National Insurance
Richard Hedmonds
Baltimore
Iron and Steel
United States
Lake Superior
Ridmonds
Alabama
Canadian
Chile
Georgis
Tennessee
Germany
Tuskegee's New Head Major Moton Chosen to Succeed Washington
Major Robert R Moton, a full blooded black educator from Hampton Institute, is named head of Tuskegee Institute succeeding Booker T Washington. White southern support, mutual respect, and continued ties to Hampton and Manassas programs are cited as key to advancing education for the colored race.
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Tuskegee Institute
Jats
Booker
Washington
South
Robert R Mpton
Hampton Institute
Tuskegee
Frissell
Wtnte
Maton
Booker Washington
George Gordon Battle
New York
Democrat
New York Evening Post
Deenl
Pratt
Trobert Moton
Tuskegee Institution
la Mentel Booker
Washington Hooke
Motona Vlewa
Tuskeres Institute
Manassas Industrial School
Mr Battles
Government must firmly secure southern iron and coal plants
The author argues for rapid establishment of iron and coal plants in the southern and southwestern fields. He warns that without action by current mine interests the government will step in for self protection, a course he deems necessary and proper.
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Edmonds
Women Patriots March to War in France Carded as Uniformed Volunteers
A Paris scene reports 20000 Frenchwomen marching into the chamber of deputies to offer services as combatants. They wore uniform attire with short coats, belts, and leather pouches, resembling a regiment. The piece notes similar demonstrations in England, cites Mlle Emylene Moreau as a war hero at Loos, and comments on patriotic fervor and possible future sacrifices amid war anxieties.
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England
Famed Poems and Reflections From a Page Fragment
A jumble of verse and prose hints at a poetry page with lines from In Flanders Fields, lines invoking memories and blessings, and a note on life, faith, and farewell. The fragment references Ike a prayer and a torch handoff echoing classic war poetry themes.
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Flanders Fields
Untitled Mature Verse and News Notes From a Beach Scene
A scattered Omaha area column blends verse fragments by James Whitcomb Riley and Henry Watterson with notes on a beach film honoring their literary mark. It mentions a live image at the beach, a war poem, and a humorous aside about a frostily winter to spring transition.
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Wren
Autos Open Mountain Country Tourism Boost Seen
The mountain region of North Carolina experiences its most Prosperous year as new highways improve access to markets. Governor Locke highlights the impact of the improved roads on mobility and prosperity, with four major routes cut across the Blue Ridge attracting hundreds of motorists from near and far.
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Irium
Locke
Raig
North
Carolin
Wilson Will Be His Own Successor Says Hemphill
A column argues Woodrow Wilson should secure renomination as the Democratic choice, praising his leadership while critiquing opponents and defending his cabinet picks, White House access, and policies on Mexico, Britain, and war munitions in a period mood of partisan debate.
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Wilson
Hemphill
Andy Jackson
General Jackson
Nobuddy
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Hender
Champ Clark
Presidents
Mr Wilson
Underwood
Harmon
Kern
Josephus Daniels
Baltimore
Indiana
Lia
St Loma
Washington
Bryn Mawr
Princeton
John Lind
William Bayard Hale
Colonel House
Hus
Ohn Lind
Wiliam Bayard Hale
Wrouse
Ute Eoontrs
Bryan
Redfield
Lansing
McAdoo
Garrison
Lane
Houston
Gregory
Daniels
Knox
McVeagh
Stimson
Ballinger
Fisher
Wickersham
George von T. Murer
Jean
Ufe
Mount Pleasant
Lawn
Mount Cleasant
Great Britain
United States
Huerta
Madero
Mexico
United Statia
Europe
Foods They Build or Destroy Chapter One
Alfred W. WeCann argues that pure food knowledge is vital for all, from infants to stock farmers. He warns ignorance harms families and livestock, urges education, and previews a campaign to expose deadly food abuses and reform. This start outlines the need for clear nutrition laws and housewife empowerment.
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Jess
W Ley
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Calinet
Mans Ierest
Belive
Laois
Howe
Mother
Womena Clubs Church
Tate
Whch
Polites
Glover
Southern cotton prices and British demand evolve in 1916
The author praises southern farmers for sticking to fair cotton prices as Britain delays purchases, predicting a shift toward higherSouthern selling. The letter stresses the South's control of cotton value, likening it to wheat pricing and urging diversification to boost national wealth.
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Minnesota
Arizona
South Atlantic
Liverpool
Chicago Board of Trade
South
MAX Bergstrom
Chicago I
Urges Tax on Land Values As Real Remedy of Trouble
Editor Constitution discusses poverty and sanitation with Surgeon General Gorgas urging a land value tax as the key sanitary measure. The remarks, echoed by scholars, link poverty to disease and critique property hoarding that leaves land idle, warning of broader social and health harms.
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Clincal Society of Surgeons
Washington DC
William C Gorgas
Havana
Fanama Canal Zone
Gorgas
America
Europe
Buster Daly O
The
Atlanta Journal Record of Medicine
Moat Apth
Seakis
Georgie Aed
Becaue
Jana
Sertaln Regislativ
Iets
W C Bryant
Atlanta, Ga
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Roby Robinson
Albert Howell Jr
P Black
W Grady
Atlanta Ag
Atlanta
Holliday Constitution Building
John Corrigan
Constitution
New York City
Had” Holahnes
Broadway
Forty Second Street
Times
Thirty Eighth Street
Ameri
WOMEN
Patriots
Constantine
Ike A Millionaire
Panama Side
Ohio
Georgia
Rome
Plala Park
Polk
London
Blanders Fields
Blandera Fields
Uncle Jules
Saint An
WFM
Arkhansan Gazette
Gover
George Bailes
Iowa
Houston Post
Thia
Kentucky
By Alfred W. WeCann
Urope
Vexlceo
Senate
Republic of Mexico
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