Stop Seizing Mail Policy Clash With Britain and France
The United States protests British and French seizure of mails and parcels on seas. Robert Lansing warns that neutral rights must be restored and belligerent control reined in to prevent further losses to American citizens and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of State
Washington
London
United States
Europe
the Hague
High Seas
Great Britain
France
Unece
French Republic
Church Doubles Pension Fund Campaign Goal
The general conference authorized a campaign to raise 10 million dollars for a pension fund for retired Methodist ministers and their widows. The effort, begun eight years ago, seeks an adequate competence fund for clergy no longer able to work. Four years earlier the goal was 5 million. Plans were adopted to finance the campaign.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
General Conference
Mrs Sophia Chellew Loses Suit Over Stratton Estate
Colorado Springs Judge Kinney ruled Mrs Sophia Gertrude Chellew not the widow of mining magnate Winfield Scott Stratton. The court found Stratton in Colorado Springs from late 1873 to early 1874, Chellew’s first husband died in 1875 making her Mrs Poor, and she was not married to Stratton in Texas on January 1 1874. The decision ends the suit unless an appeal is filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Sophia Gertrude Chellew
Winfield Scott Stratton
W. P. Kinney
Stratton
Texas
Sugar Company Buys Coast Plant Near Huntington Beach
Holly Sugar Company has gained possession of the Southern California Sugar Company plant twelve miles from Huntington Beach California. The purchase price was about 75000 dollars.
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Sugar Company
Coast
Colorado Springs
Holly Sugar Company
Southern California Sugar Company
Huntington Beach
Cal
Salem cigar dealer Kills Wife and Daughter Then Himself
William L. Paterson a Salem Oregon cigar store owner shot and killed his wife and their infant daughter and then killed himself. He died soon afterward in the tragedy.
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Salem
Ore
William L. Paterson
Dairying in Western Canada Points to Prosperous Future
The Western Canadian cheese industry flourishes due to war demand and high prices. Calgary based P Burns data shows steady monthly hog prices. Alberta farmers report record hog sales. With cheap land, good feed, and cool nights, the region is poised to become a major cheese producer and profitable stock farming area.
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Canada
Western
Alberta
Denmark
Rockies
P. Burns Company, Packers and Exporters
Calgary
Monarch
After the Accident
A Florida Times-Union brief recalls a crash victim asking about the car and hospital stay. The driver’s car is described as a Blank-Blank, referred to as the finest car made, highlighting public fascination with the vehicle involved in the incident.
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Florida Times-Union
Fragrant emollients offer skin care samples by mail
Advertises Cuticura skin and scalp remedies for pimples, redness, dandruff, and chapping. Free sample by mail with postcard request to Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Red Cross Bag Blue Ad Offers White Clothes Solution
An old advertisement urges readers to buy Red Cross Bag Blue from grocers for bright white clothes. It cheekily notes that what you do not understand is often none of your business and comically reminds men to know their own business.
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Adv
Wilson outlines terms to end war and support peace
Wilson declared before the League to Enforce Peace that the United States would join any feasible international body to secure a common order and peace. He urged absolute seas freedom, territorial integrity, and political independence, and proposed U S mediation only with consent and for mutual interests.
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Washington
Wilson
League
United States
Association of Nations
Germany
Great Britain
Europe
America
Asia
William H. Taft
Marshall
Congress
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Henry Cabot Lodge
Taft
Marburg
Alton B. Parker
Wife Too Ill to Work Rewarded by a Cure
Mrs. Wa Green of Indianapolis credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after months of illness and weakness. She states she gained weight and can now perform household tasks, praising the remedy as a godsend and urging others to seek guidance from the Pinkham company in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Indianapolis
Indiana
Wa. Green
Addison Street
Ndiana
Ee E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Umpires Mocked Over Libel Suit Potential Gains
A courtroom discussion jokes about libel and damages as a man questions whether accusing someone of theft is libelous. The exchange suggests ball umpires could profit from suing for defamation, given the strong legal stance in the dialogue.
Kansas Druggists Endorse Kidney Medicine
A 1915 testimonial from L. J. Haines, a Galena Kansas druggist, praising Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney liver and bladder issues. The ad promises a free information booklet and offers sample requests plus bottles priced at fifty cents and one dollar at local drug stores.
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L. J. Haines
Galena
Kansas
Bee
Inghamton
N.Y
Adyv
Not a Cause for Worry Money Follows the Man Who Makes It
A lighthearted column notes wealth seems to shield concerns as a businessman pressed by money smiles through his day. It hints that prosperity may temper risks and affect outlooks, while everyday anxieties appear minor to him.
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U. 8
Britain
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Alfies
Hague
Murat
Robert Lansing
Sophia G. Chellew
U.S
Uniomn News Service
Dr. Kilmer
Dr. Kline
Kline Company
Ed Bank
Reddy
Cigar Store
Pearl St
Boulder
Colo
Doan
Carter
Carters Tittle Nes
Fallstone Remedy Co
Dent
Dearborn St
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