Inside the United States Assay Office Busy with Gold Shipments
The article describes the bustling New York facility handling large foreign gold shipments for munitions payments. Guards stand at entrances as iron-bound boxes are weighed, melted, and cast into bars. The process uses precise scales and chemical and electrical methods to separate metals and prepare refined gold bars for the mint.
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Wall Street
New York City
United States Assay Office
New York
France
England
Psychology Bump Sparks NYC Police Psychology Plan
New York aldermen oppose funding to teach psychology to the police. The police commissioner appointed two doctors to train uniformed officers to read minds by outward actions. City officials question paying for psychologists while asserting cops should preserve peace, not probe minds.
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New York
Humorous Wallace Howells Meant Mead Illustrates Books
A tale shared by W H Sherwin links sculptor Larkin Mead to author William Dean Howells. Mead allegedly refused to illustrate Howells books, joking he would have to read them and be hanged for it.
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Larkin Goldsmith Mead
William Dean Howells
W. H. Sherwin
Kansas City
Howells
Mead
Soldiers in Mesopotamia Tiff as Mosquitoes Threaten
Narrative recalls British troops marching through a sun parched Mesopotamian valley long rumored as Eden while they contend with fleas fires and Turkish and Arab resistance. A soldier quips about Garden of Eden and mosquitoes adding to hardships.
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Persian Gulf
Tommy Atkins
Gand
Bill
Sausage’s Decline: From Glorious Peak to Modern Palate
A Minneso la Journal reflection traces how sausage rose to culinary prominence in winters past and how commercialism and changes in meat mixing have eroded its former luster. It laments the shift from sage aroma and crispy bites to a uniformed, ordinary food.
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Ben Harrison
Minneapolis Journal
Time-schedule Indicator Aids English Street Car Motormen
A clock based time-schedule indicator is used on an English street car line. The device centers on an ordinary clock with a large circular frame and a cardboard ring divided around its face to guide motormen.
Clock ring timetable aids motormen in schedule tracking
A Popular Mechanics description explains a clock ring device with 60 equal segments marking stops around a circle. The minute wand aligns with the starting place, revealing if the trip runs ahead or behind schedule, with optional reverse side for return trips and a second ring for journeys over one hour.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
War drives up drug costs amid European conflict
The war in Europe has pushed up drug prices by 25 to 300 percent as supplies shrink. Providers impose prohibitive figures to conserve scarce staples for emergencies, with remedies like antipyrin scarce and priced high.
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Europe
A Humorous Book Agent Encounter
A book agent presents a set of books “every home needs.” The householder retorts without reading time, hating book agents, and the agent jests that the books would be handy to throw at the next agent.
Yale Graduate Decorated Military Cross Recipient
Second Lieutenant Arnold Whitridge, Yale class of 1914, has been awarded the Military Cross. He served with the British artillery since early in the war and is the son of F. W. Whitridge of New York. The decoration was presented by division general Whitridge.
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Arnold Whitridge
Yale
Whitridge
F. W Whitridge
New York
Parrot Sale Sown From Domestic Quarrel in Court Tale
A humorous fragment shows Mra Blinks selling her talking parrot to avoid tempting her husband. The judge notes the exchange while a larger church task is discussed and a future win is anticipated, highlighting comic domestic satire.
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Blinks
Fly Complaint and Summer Illnesses Mentioned
A Kansas City Star note discusses summer intestinal infections once called fly complaints now linked to houseflies spreading germs to babies. It cites Panama Canal area improvements defeating disease and urges screening homes to prevent fly breeding and save lives.
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Panama Canal Zone
Kansas City Star
Harmless Cheer and the Optimist Card Trick
In a brief dialogue Coyote Joe questions optimism while Broncho Bob explains how an optimist reads two deuces as three kings and chooses not to bet on the hand. The exchange captures frontier humor and the thinking of confident dreamers amid risk.
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Bob
Coyote Joe
Broncho Bob
Greed and monopoly blamed in cotton manufacturers stance
A 19th century critique denounces the American Cotton Manufacturers Association for extortion and tyranny in its tariff and trade positions. The piece argues the group uses fear to justify harsh policies, equating corporate greed with war and condemning child labor limits, Philippine independence, and foreign trade controls.
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American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Athinta
John Hampton
Philippines
Europe
Pity the Poor Steel Trust Analysis Cites Record Unfilled Orders
A Chicago Journal excerpt discusses the National Bank of the Republic's analysis of the steel business. It notes record unfilled orders as of February 29 and a demand doubling productive capacity. Pig iron output is near 40 million tons annually with six months of contracts ahead. The piece ponders the steel trust's future without a mortgage on the White House and tariff power amid postwar reconstruction.
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The
National Bank of the Republic of
Steel Trust
Pow Steel Trust
White House
United States
Chicago Journal
Democratic view of tariff voiced by Senator Underwood
The article cites Senator Underwood, a House member involved in framing the original tariff, stating that the tariff has produced revenue and reduced duties. He adds that any mistakes reflect headwise errors rather than heart.
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Underwood
House
Not An Idea Cry on 1916 Presidential Issues
An editorial from the Indianapolis Star critiques those who demand clear issue positions from potential 1916 nominees. It argues readers should specify the actual issues rather than vague demands, suggesting this would lead to more intelligible debates.
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IYI
Indianapolis Star
Perpetual Candidate Ends Nomination Speculation
Ambiguous notes discuss the absence of current Republican nominees and reference Senator Pomone as a possible lone candidate. The fragment hints at an ongoing debate about acceptance of the term and the usual candidate.
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Pomone
Oyster Bay Theory and Roosevelt’s Vision for America
A brief critique of Theodore Roosevelt’s manifesto as a future U S plan under Woodrow Wilson. The piece argues Roosevelt’s loyalty to the nation and predicts his leadership of a renewed United States, warning of hostile actions toward the president and armed forces if the Oyster Bay theory dominates.
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Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Sherty
Jay Hawk
Army
Navy
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