Chicago Nerve Center Claim Faces Skepticism
An editorial criticizes Will Hays's claim that Chicago serves as a Republican listening post and nerve center of the nation. It argues that Chicago's political climate, with Mayor Thompson renominated and likely reelected, undermines Chicago as an emblem of America and questions the reliability of the listening post designation.
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Republican National Committee
Will Hays
Thompson
America
Hays
Unsigned German Delegation To Sign Treaty In Versailles
The article argues the German commissioners should not be allowed to Paris to sign the peace treaty, asserting Versailles as the fitting scene to confront memories of German aggression. It recalls the 1871 coronation and calls for humiliation and accountability as the sign must occur in the hall that witnessed the empire’s decline.
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Paris
Versailles
France
Finland to Become Republic in World Democracy
The article notes Finland's popular vote favoring a republic over the Grand Duchy status, with the Diet to act in April. It cites a population of about 3,000,000 and annual trade near $100,000,000, praising Finland as a solid, well‑educated self governing nation joining the democratic world alliance.
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Grand Duchy of Finland
Diet
Finland
Republic of Finland
World Alliance of Democracy
Who Owns the Trusts and Small Investors Rise
The 1918 annual report of American Telephone and Telegraph shows 26,000 new stateholders, totaling 112,000 investors plus about 14,000 employee stockholders. Women comprise over half of investors, many holding small par values. similar patterns appear in Pennsylvania Railroad and United States Steel, with large numbers of owners and employee shares.
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American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
United States Steel Corporation
American Sugar
New Haaven
Railroad
Government and Big Business Need Each Other
The passage argues that hundreds of thousands of investors, multiplied by five for the average family, show that government matters affect ordinary citizens. It contends cooperation between government and big business is essential for the country’s general welfare.
Taft Spiked Two Guns at Once in League Speech
In a New York Economic Club address Taft rebutted Senator Knox and William J. Bryan over the League of Nations covenant. He argued the executive council is advisory, not a war-empowering body, and that U S actions depend on the covenant not council rulings. The remark loaded with emphasis closed by noting the council cannot force war.
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Economic Club of New York
Taft
Knox
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Executive Council
United States
Secretary Lansing Urges Generosity Toward Conquered States
Lansing argues for a generous approach in postwar adjustment and a permanent system created by the people themselves. He notes Germany’s autocracy ousted and military disbanded, with social disorder and economic hardship affecting industry, farming, and returning soldiers. He says aiding this population serves allied interests and civilization.
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League of Nations
Lansing
Germany
Beethoven and Liberty Echo in Boston Concert Contrast
The piece notes Walter Damrosch canceled a New York Beethoven tribute to soldiers hidden behind public fuss. It recalls Beethoven as republican and anti autocracy, once disowning Napoleon after his imperial crowning, contrasting Boston’s calm embrace of his music with modern protests.
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Walter Damrosch
Beethoven
Napoleon
Bonaparte
Boston
Senator Lodge Denies Paris Peace Conference Plot
A Boston newspaper story claimed a mysterious Paris source asked Senator Lodge to submit a League of Nations plan. Lodge denied the allegation, calling the report silly and untrue.
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Boston
Paris
Debate on league constitution and presidential role
The senator deflects questions noting he would keep matters private if involved. Senator Lodge may clarify his view in next Wednesday night’s debate with President Lowell, while no cause is seen for a “silly season” over the league. Any American amendments will be presented by Woodrow Wilson and no other.
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League
Lowell
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Rhode Island Moves to Fight Mosquito Menace
A Rhode Island Legislature proposal requests 25000 dollars from the state to match local funds in a campaign against the so called Jersey and Rhode Island mosquitos. The plan cites General Gorgas’s Panama success and aims to suppress the pest at its origin to benefit New England coastal resorts.
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Atlantic
Jersey
Gorgas
Panama
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Humbert I of Italy Birth and Brave Acts in 1844–1900s
Humbert I of Italy born March 14 1844 in Turin rose from captain at 14 to army commander at 22 and king in his 30s. He funded private charities spending about half a million dollars annually and helped Ischia earthquake victims and Venice salvage efforts. He aided cholera victims and survived three fanatic assaults before being assassinated in 1900.
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Ranieri Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando ‘Ekugenio Humbert
Humbert I
Italy
Turin
Sardinia
Solferino
Ischia
Venice
Largest Governor Salary Seeks Elite Post In America
The successors of Governor Sproul of Pennsylvania will receive the largest salary paid to an American Governor, $18,000 a year, while Illinois pays $12,000 and Nebraska the lowest at $2,500.
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Illinois
New York
California
New Jersey
Ohio
Nebraska
Boston Weather Record on March 14 Noted by Oldest Inhabitant
The Oldest Inhabitant recalls Boston coldest 12 above in 1895 and 13 above in 1885 for March 14. Warmest on this date was 61 degrees in 1903. No rain or snow in the past decade except 1910, 1916, 1917, and 1919.
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Boston
Newton Newkirk Calls All Sorts to Sing for ecolyum
Newton Mass writer Carol Vox replies to Howe De Dew urging All Sorts bards to revive verse for the ecolyum. He recalls gardening woes and a carrot joke that left a garden uproarious, ending with a witty nod to old readers and a quip about hammering ideas outside.
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Howe de Dew
Bertie Bertram
Carol Vox
Newton
Fnte
Speak Health Not Sickness Says Humorous Exchange
An old acquaintance Vinegarspiller scolds the speaker for contagion of gloom and urges a doctor visit. The speaker retorts with bravado and mocks the critic while urging positive talk and hopeful outlook in conversation.
Impediment to navigation debate in a Brockton dispute
In Brockton Massachusetts Bill asks Sam which is the greater navigation impediment bow-legs or knock-knees. Samuel Geenhilliker notes no clear answer without specifics and suggests the question hinges on whose navigation is meant and how it would affect others versus the individuals involved.
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Brockton
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Bill
Samuel Geenhilliker
Hill
Remarkable Woman Botchkareva Narrates Her Life
She led the Death Battalion of Russian women and now tells her life story for the first time. The account promises moving, thrilling detail and will appear in next week's Boston Sunday Post.
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Botchkareva
Boston Sunday Post
The Esths of Estonia and Their Struggle for Nationhood
The Esths, a Finnic people in the Baltic region, have formed an Esthenian republic after Russia's collapse and German retreat. Despite harsh rule by German nobles and vast land holdings, land reform has begun with peasants buying 500000 acres. They face a bleak landscape and climate yet show strong agricultural progress and rising literacy as they seek enduring nationhood.
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Esthenia
Livonia
Russia
Germany
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Rhode Island
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Necticut
Reval
That's Me All Over Mable returns to daily Post pages
A nostalgic column notes Dere Mable will be a regular feature in the Post, with a popular bring back from a best selling book and new jokes. The piece also comments on Hoover’s call for private life, wartime figures, and diverse observations.
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Post
Mable
Former City Mission Leader James F. Allen Dies
News from Rutland reports the death of Rev. Dr. James F. Allen at about 65. Former superintendent of the Methodist City Mission, he joined the New England conference in 1882 and preached in West Worthington Newburyport Ipswich Lynn Leominster Lowell Park Avenue Church Melville Winthrop. He led the city mission for about a dozen years.
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James F. Allen
Methodist City
Allen
New England Conference
West Worthington
Newburyport
Ipswich
Lynn
Leominster
Lowell
Park Avenue Church
Melville
Winthrop
Reader Q&A on Elevation Capitals and Punctuation
A compiled snippet from letters and reader replies covers Springfield and Worcester elevations, Bunker Hill height, Lodge candidacy curios, capitals of Alaska North Dakota South Dakota and Washington, automobile totals, syllable stress in advertisement, apostrophe usage in contractions and possessives, and John L Sullivan birth details in Roxbury with Boston boundary context.
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Theunker Hill
S. D. Springfield
Bunker Hill
Sir
Alaska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Washington
Juneau
Bismarck
Pierre
Olympia
John L. Sullivan
Boston
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