Women Emancipation Bill Moves in English House
Reports say the second reading of the Women's Emancipation bill in Parliament would remove legal disabilities on women, allow them to hold civil and judicial posts, and permit women to sit and vote in the Lords, drawing mixed reactions from Conservative peers and observers. The piece notes rapid changes in England as the discussions unfold.
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England
House of Commons
House of Lords
Old
No Recognition for Bolshevik Russia Yet
Washington states that President Wilson has not favored recognizing the Soviet government of Russia and has no intention of doing so at present. The article notes that the United States has shown no sympathy with the Bolshevik rulers, and only if the Soviets stabilize into law and order would recognition occur as normal international practice.
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Washington
Wilson
Russia
United State
Quite a Contrast Erzberger’s Peace Terms Analyzed
Herr Landauer cites Mathias Erzberger as author of a 1914 peace terms outline calling for Belgium annexation French Normandy and southeastern English towns plus eastern frontier territory and a large German colonial empire. It proposed war indemnity to cover early wartime costs. Now Erzberger chairs the armistice commission.
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Munich Soldiers’ and Workmen’s Council
Mathias Erzberner
Germany
Belgium
Normandy
England
Mathias Erzberger
German Armistice Commission
Settlement rumors calm Senate tensions amid party power shift
Hopeful Republicans claim no war in Senate once session opens under presidential call. Reports say Penrose will be named chairman of the finance committee due to seniority, challenging LaFollette who opposes the Pennsylvania boss. The fate of the party rests with LaFollette’s stance on the leadership choice.
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Senate
Penrose
Finance Committee
LaFollette
Pennsylvania
Notable Warning About Possible Private Insurrections
The remark notes concern that private insurrections may emerge and become troublesome. It emphasizes foreseeing potential trouble without detailing specific actors or locations.
Burden of debt questioned as war gains shift
A columnist argues war debt will not impoverish Americans, noting payments go to US bondholders and that real losses occurred during the war through munitions and wartime production. The piece emphasizes demobilization will end direct losses and highlights the return of servicemen.
Detroit plan for childless family only apartment house
A Detroit proposed $600,000 apartment building would exclude families with children under a Methodist missionary centenary project. The executive secretary says crowded city housing harms childrearing and many families cannot avoid such living conditions, promising to care for as many children as possible.
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Detroit
Make Them Pay Tax Push Shames Aliens Leaving New York
New York reports a surprise move by about 4000 aliens who seek passports home but will not depart until they pay income tax or prove exemption. Officials estimate over $1,000,000 in taxes lost as foreigners exit, prompting a hard line to recover revenue.
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Mars
United States
New York
Homecoming Echoes Across Harbor After Long Absence
Enthusiastic welcome greets returning servicemen as thousands more are expected aboard the Agamemnon and in successive divisions. The scene marks a memorable season of reunion with heartfelt appreciation and joyous displays.
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Oversea
Agamemnon
Tupon
Record of Popular Demonstrations in New England
The article notes patriotism and a sense of duty amid and after war related disturbances. It highlights grateful joy for restoration and renewal of social and community conditions impacted by wartime calls.
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New England
Not Too Old to Fight for Country in France
Colonel Asher Miner, 58, of the 109th Field Artillery earned the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism at Apremont, France on October 4, 1918. He led his regiment under heavy shellfire, later losing a leg, and proved bravery and devotion cross age lines.
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Asher Miner
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Miner
Governor’s Island
Thomas H. Barry
Department of the East
Apremont
Boston unveils new centre-entrance street cars
Boston introduces 250 new centre-entrance street cars starting today between Andrew Square and Milton. The cars seat 62 and can accommodate 159 with crowding, prompting General Manager Emmons to note a geometry theorem on capacity as riders anticipate fuller cars.
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Boston
Andrew Square
Milton
Emmons
Birth of William Wordsworth A Poet of Nature
William Wordsworth born April 7 1770 in Cumberland England to a well connected family. He lost both parents young faced financial and personal challenges, traveled and wrote before settling into poetry with Coleridge and later becoming poet laureate.
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England
France
Dorothy
Coleridge
Wordsworth
Notable Global Yet Fragments From World News
News notes cover diverse topics from Kaiser era schools removing royal portraits in Prussia to McGill University welcoming Sir Auckland Geddes as new principal. Other items include a Mars globe gift by Miss Ingeborg Brun, King Khama’s stance on prohibitions, and Cambridge Massachusetts theater group The 47 Workshop.
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Montreal
Sir Auckland C. Geddes
M. Flammarion
Mars
Ingeborg Brun
Do not lash out at your boss behind his back
A speaker urges workers to be loyal to their employer or resign. He criticizes muttering, backbiting, and hostility toward management, advising to confront issues in the office or leave the business. He notes the weekly envelope funds a worker's family and warns against undermining the boss.
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Newadealer
Nowaday
Edwin A. Grozier
Tall
Amusing Classified Ads Prompt Arithmetic Puzzle
A Maine ad offers four bulls two yearlings and two years old, provoking a reader to puzzle their combined ages. A second clipping from Massachusetts seeks 200 volunteers to eat cooked meals at a cafeteria, with humorous self commentary on the job appeal and potential wages.
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Maine
Mass
Boston
Chaperones at Dances Question Etiquette Answer
A Miss Alice Stuart column discusses dance etiquette. It states a strict rule that a young woman must be escorted to her chaperone’s side at the end of each dance and remain there while not dancing, shaping conversations in public.
Nero Era Banquet Depicts Decay of Roman Drunkenness
The passage from The Goths in Rome describes a Nero age banquet where guests arrive from chariots and recline to dine as wine floods the room. Wealthy hosts boast of generosity while slaves pour and parade prized vintages as orators harangue and a hog is carved amid revelry.
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Nero
Rome
Petronius Arbiter
Observant Citizen notes on spring weather and local life
The Observant Citizen surveys spring signs in Boston suburbs, noting light building activity, unfinished wartime houses, and relics of earlier construction. It smiles at ducks eggs, moccasins for the Army, cranberry dye plans, a century old wedding cake, and reports on sleighing and early migratory birds.
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Boston
Cambridge-Watertown
Boston Weather Records for Early April
The record notes Boston coldest and warmest temperatures on April 7 in 1881 1895 and 1909 with 7 degrees as a warm day. It also lists no precipitation in 14 years except 1910 1913 1914 1916 and 1917 and cites official figures from the era.
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Boston
8Th
Massachusetts
Matanzas
Uba
14Th Infantry
Meade
United States Merchant Marine
Proverbs and War Quotes Questioned in Readers Letters
Readers ask about the origin of the proverb heap coals of fire and whether Sherman ever said war is hell. They also discuss biblical wives for Cain and Abel and a Boston ice venture to tropical India.
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Dorchester
General Sherman
Sherman
Henry van Dyke
St. Gaudens
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Boston
New England
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