Colby to Testify Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bainbridge Colby, nominated by President Wilson to be Secretary of State, agreed to testify Thursday before the Senate committee on questions delaying his confirmation. Secret hearings prompted the action, with work at the State Department stalled due to the vacancy and passport signings. Committee members signaled possible further witnesses and no early vote, depending on Colby’s Thursday statement.
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Washington
Bainbridge Colby
Wilson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Colby
State Department
Songs of Sunshine by the Bentitown Bard
A 1920 verse piece depicts snowy lilies, roses, lilac, and buttercups in a sunlit scene. It describes gates of green and men and women in sunlight guiding readers to golden dreams and sunbeam wine. A note mentions wide black lacquered ribbon on dress hats.
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Bentitown Bard
Southern Press Syndicate
Gates of Green
Fish dealer's love romance ends in court ruling
New York March 16 The romance of Charles Hifert a wealthy fish dealer faced court after Miss Ethel Cozzens testified to daily love notes via a dumbwaiter. Hifert admitted being in love but denied insanity. magistrate ordered Bellevue Hospital observation while declaring love can be insanity.
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New York
Charles Hifert
Sweetser
Ethel Cozzens
Eifert
Bellevue Hospital
Hifert
Illiterate Italian Bride Admitted Under Temporary Order
Maria Baraceseco, an Italian woman who arrived Jan. 5 on the White Star liner Cretic from Naples to marry Gaetamo Mascarelli, was granted liberty under a Washington temporary arrangement after failing a literacy test. Five hundred dollars in Liberty bonds were paid as appearance surety, with a stipulation she must not marry yet. Congress is considering a bill to admit illiterate women marrying U.S. soldiers, which would allow the marriage once law, or allow her to learn English to pass the test. Mascarello operates a Omaha business and awaits word for the wedding.
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Maria Baraceseco
Cretic
Naples
Gaetamo Mascarelli
Washington
Sheais
Congress
Young Mascarello
Omaha
Neb
Sam
Preventative Laxativa Brom Quinine Tablet Ad
A small ad notes LAXATIVA BROMO QUININE tablets offered at 30 cents. It mentions seeking BE. W. GROVFE signatures on the box as part of the sale or packaging claim. The line suggests a medicinal product and preliminary credibility check.
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BE. W. Grovfe
Budget Boost for Bunker Hill Monument Passes
Representative Mellen of Charlestown won approval to raise the Bunker Hill monument improvement budget from 10000 to 25000. He warned the monument is deteriorating and approaches are slovenly, with support from Murphy Doyle and others. The Ways and Means chair said 10000 sufficed for year one with 20000 more for maintenance. The rise to 25000 passed 88 to 34.
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Mellen
Charlestown
Bunker Hill Monument
Francis
G. F. Murphy
Doyle
New Godford
Lyman
Easthampton
Ways and Means Committee
Nichols
Fitchburg
Springfield Worcester street railway resumes after blizzard
Service on the Springfield Worcester street railway line was resumed today for the first time since February 4. The line had been opened as far east as Brimfield, about 25 miles from Springfield, but snow and freezing kept sections east of the city closed. Several branch lines east of Springfield have not yet resumed service.
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Springfield
Springfield-Worcester
Brimfield
Hnes
Clarifying Ruth Naomi Kinship and Mandalay Reference
The letter asks for Naomi’s relation to Ruth in the Bible noting Naomi is Ruth's mother-in-law and Ruth a widow after her husband dies. It also confirms Mandalay as a major town in Upper Burma along the Irrawaddy River mentioned in Kipling's poem On the Road to Mandalay and cites the opening lines.
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Naomi
Ruth
Boaz
Sir
Mandalay
Kipling
Moulmein
Sea
Upper Burma
Irrewaddy
Tin and zinc contrasts and Thatcher's Woe tale
The letter discusses zinc vs tin hardness and color, noting zinc is bluish white and common in galvanized iron, with tin known for canning. It then explains Thatcher's Island in Massachusetts is nicknamed Thatcher's Woe after Anthony Thatcher and his wife survived a 1635 wreck, a story echoed in Whittier's poem Swan Song of Parson Avery.
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Sir
Sir—Why
Thatcher
Massachusetts
Anthony Thatcher
Cape Ann
Whittier
Parson Avery
Language questions and a World War I fact check
The letter asks about kicking against conditions as slang with Eliot’s praise cited. It then quotes a War Department estimate of 1,200,000 US troops in the Argonne and Cuba’s small naval and army totals, plus noting Cleveland’s bachelor status before his 1886 White House marriage.
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George Eliot
Silas Marner
United States
Argonne
United States War Department
Argonne Forest
Meuse
Sir
Buchanan
Cleveland
White House
Frances Folsom
Dandruff Remedy Promises Hair Boost With Liquid Argon
An old column extols liquid argon as a cure for dandruff claiming four ounces nightly dissolves and destroys all signs of flaking. It promises itching stops and hair improves, noting argon is inexpensive and available at drug stores.
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Hallian
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Bellevue
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