Mexico Orders Fast Action on Foreigner Attacks
Mexico's Secretary of State Manuel Aguirre Belanga instructs all state governors to push promptly every case where foreigners are attacked. He says speed is essential to improve relations across the Rio Grande and with Europe, noting reports of outrages are exaggerated but true enough to justify decisive action.
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New York Times
Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Manuel Aguirre Belanga
Rio Grande
Europe
Archduke Joseph Hints Hungary’s Future Gov’t Undefinable
Archduke Joseph, newly named Governor of State in Hungary, says it is impossible to predict whether Hungary's future government will be monarchical or republican. The National Assembly, to be elected after Romanian departure, will decide. He questions which people will decide the fate, democracy or royalists in disguise. He notes a possible intent to remove the Romanians and aligns with peace conference aims. Hungary may muddle through despite handicaps.
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Archduke Joseph
Hapsburg
Hungary
National Assembly
Boston
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Farmers Voice Conviction in Arbitration for Global Food Supply
A Hindi federation of farmers condemns railroad threats to President Wilson and urges arbitration that ensures justice and fairness. The farmers pledge to resume work pending a fair decision, stressing that the world’s hungry rely on agriculture, thrift, and resourcefulness.
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Ams
Hindians Federation of Farmers
Wilson
Italian Leader Seeks Stronger Ties With America
In a diplomatic bid Prime Minister Nitti urges closer friendship between Italy and the United States. He emphasizes shared democratic values, peacetime collaboration, and mutual benefits after the war. He rejects claims of conflicting interests despite postwar tensions.
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Itti
Italy
Croakers
America
Nitti
双方协力期望和平共处以促互利
文字摘录显示双方表达合作愿望以实现和平与理解。双方希望通过对话与共识提升互惠效益，推动区域稳定与长期关系改善。
Pressure mounts to end railroad shopmen strike
The piece argues the strike is unauthorized and harmful, urging shopmen to return to work. It cites the President’s stance that wage issues won’t be settled while striking, notes rising living costs, and appeals to public, organizer, and official support for resuming normal transportation.
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United States
Hines
Accuracy in criticism of the President urged
The piece argues Mr. Wilson did not refuse to appear before the Senate foreign relations committee since the committee never asked him. It cites his July 10 address offering full services and information to the committee and calls for precise criticism of the President.
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Mr. Wilson
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Mr. Lansing
New York Herald
Wilson
Senate
United States
Opposition to Shantung agreement questioned by Tokyo press
The Associated Press reports from Tokyo that Japanese press sees U S Senators opposing the Shantung settlement as acting for political gain to discredit President Wilson. The piece notes hypocrisy in critics who did not protest the 1898 German theft of Shantung when in Congress.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Shantung
United States Congress
Japan
Wilson
China
Germany
Congress
Kolchak Beaten by Bolshevik Forces in Siberia
The report declares Admiral Kolchak’s All Russian movement in Siberia crushed by Bolshevik troops led by German officers who fled Russia after the armistice. It notes Kolchak’s unlikely chance and questions allied options for restoring control.
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Siberia
Kolchak
Russia
Allied World Readiness Question Hints at Grave Implications
The prompt questions whether Allied World is prepared to act, framing the issue as a grave concern about readiness and potential consequences.
Carnegie’s Life of Work and Generosity Remembered
Obituary tribute to Andrew Carnegie highlights his hard early years, decisive leadership at Homestead, and lasting impact through philanthropy. It notes his balance of toil and wisdom, his support for libraries colleges pensions, and his belief in self made success through personal judgment and initiative.
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Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Homestead
Witness to Paris prison abuses fuels call for Army reform
The piece recalls Walter C. Mahan’s exposure of cruelties in a Paris military prison and urges War Department action. It questions the necessity of violence in discipline and demands accountability for officers involved, urging official hearings and punishment where warranted.
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Paris
Walter C. Mahan
101St Regiment
Mahan
War Department
Notable Figures and Events Span Crime, Opera to War Echoes
Astream of brief notes covers Archibald Roosevelt in Chicago for trench fever treatment, Ellen Dolossy preparing a New York opera debut with Herma Dolossy coaching, and summer sites of Melody Manse Hollette Gilbert and George Copeland. It also notes Andrew Preston’s Boston wedding anniversary to Frances Gutterson and Holcombe Felton’s marriage at Hamilton Massachusetts, plus biographical glimpses of authors and wartime ties among Atherton Rinehart Scott Morris, King, Beach Hughes Morris and the Foch lineage in France’s military leadership history.
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New York
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Herma Dolossy
Melody Manse
Hollette Gilbert
George Copeland
Andrew W. Preston
United Fruit Company
Frances W. Gutterson
Weymouth
Mr. Preston
Bay State Road
Boston
Arches
South Shore
Conway Felton
Marie Agasaiz
Rudolph L. Agassiz
Calumet & Hecla
Massachusetts
Mrs. Felton
Hamilton
Europe
Gertrude Atherton
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Leroy Scott
Gouverneur Morris
Rupert Hughes
Middle West
Basil King
Rex Beach
Mary Rinehart
Montana
You can judge what's in a man's head by his words
Newton Newkirk quotes a provocative line about truth and character, asserting that a person's thoughts reveal themselves through spoken language. The remark frames integrity and honesty as visible in conversation.
Far From A Square Deal Burglary Targets Chicago Officer
A Chicago patrolman was robbed while asleep in his home at 2 a m. A burglar took the sun watch a scarf pin a loaded six shot revolver and $24 in bills from the officer and his only pair of pants. The piece mocks the thief and laments the loss describing the incident as a pitiful tragedy.
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Chicago
Cooper Shop
Observant Citizen Reflects on Hawaii History and Venus Sky Show
A column blends history and astronomy noting Hawaii’s territorial status in 1919 and Venus at its brightest, with reader letters about debt and a quirky wartime helmet proposal. The piece preserves period voice and local tidbits, including dates and figures from 1919.
Is an Alarm Clock Furniture or Nuisance
A reader debates whether an alarm clock counts as furniture noting it wakes a person each morning and plans an invention to silence alarms. The column also covers Army surplus sales, Boston Elevated executives, garden pests, police recruit training, swordfishing profits, and local notes on the Bunker Hill Monument, weather observations, Winchendon pail industry, and Paul Revere capture myths.
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Newt
Tangle
Boston
Bunker Hill Monument
Metropolitan Park Commission
Revere Beach
Herbert W. West
Revere Beach Division
West
Etiquette Dilemmas On Pie and Personal Letter Writing
A discussion weighs table etiquette against pie cutting practices, concluding forks are standard for pie while spoons may be argued for juicier bites. In personal letters, typewriters are preferred for business. some use them for casual notes, though formal correspondence favors handwriting.
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Herbert Fioover
Prize Sealed for First to Circle Eiffel Tower in Half Hour
The Aero Club of Paris offered a $20,000 prize from Henry Deutsch to the first pilot who leaves its grounds, circles the Eiffel Tower, and returns within thirty minutes. Albert, a Brazilian aviator, made early attempts in 1901, with a 15 hp motor, enduring crashes, gas losses, and rescues, ultimately achieving the feat after ten tries. He faced multiple dangers and the era’s dirigible risks as Santos-Dumont earned royal fame and generous purses.
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Aero Club of Paris
Eiffel Tower
Henry Deutsch
Albert
Aero Club
Prince of
Monaco
Severo
Paris
Baron Brodsky
St. Louis Exposition
America
France
Boston Weather Records August 12 Warmest and Coldest
Official figures show Boston’s warmest August 12 were 94 degrees in 1907 and 90 in 1891. The coldest 12 August was 6 degrees in 1913. No rainfall on this date in the past decade except in 1916.
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Washington St
Boston
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