Library of Congress reports near two and a half million books
In the fiscal year ending June 30 1916 Librarian Herbert Putnam notes the Library’s growth to 2 451 974 books up 88 101 from the prior year with maps charts music and prints totaling over 1 700 000. He highlights major purchases via Dr Walter Swingle including early Chinese Japanese and Korean works, Lincoln documents, Latin American files, and ongoing efforts in illustration and Yiddish Ladino literature, plus cataloging reforms and depository card efficiencies.
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Librarian of
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Walter T. Swingle
Bureau of Plant Industry
Far East
Swingle
Confucius
Kaibara
Benjamin Franklin
Japan
Lincoln
Clarence L. Hay
John Hay
Helen Nicolay
E. M. Borchard
Reinero Ottens
Ottens
New Ae
Massachusetts Historical Society
Burge
Prints
Coness
Rhineland
Poland
Europe
United States
Library of Congress
Library
District of Columbia
Legislative Reference Division
Czernin Becomes Minister and Joint Council President
London reports Count Czernin von Chudenitz has succeeded Baron resign minister, per Wiener Zeitung via Reuter's despatch. He becomes president of the joint council of ministers and previously served as minister to Romania before the war. Also, a Blue Ridge train wreck near Pendleton, W. Va left sixteen injured.
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London
Czernin von Chudenitz
Aaron von Chudenitz
Baron
Reuter
Amsterdam
Vienna
Wiener Zeitung
Czernin
Joint Council of Ministers
Romania
Epidemic Disease Figures in German Army Decline Sharply
Official figures show 90.2 percent of treated sick and wounded in German military hospitals are fit for duty, 1.4 percent died, 8.4 percent unfit or dismissed. Hygienic measures and vaccinations reduced epidemics toward vanishing point. Medical losses listed, Berlin doctors raising funds postwar, and fees increased for consultations and night calls.
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Germany
Berlin
Kuratorium
Journal
Speculation Will Be Forestalled By British Officials
Government to take drastic action on food supply in England due to shipping shortages and wartime labor losses. Plan includes appointing a single food controller, penalizing waste, restricting milk for pigs, banning white flour milling, and enforcing minimum straight bread flour yields. Food tickets and price controls likely, aimed at increasing bread output by 260 million loaves.
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England
German Liner Floated From Sandin Stranding By Blockade
A Copenhagen dispatch reports the North German liner Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm, stranded near Samsoe Island, was floated on Friday. Berlin says she broke through the British blockade after leaving Odde near Bergen, arriving at Stavanger escorted by a Zeppelin and two submarines. Earlier, on December 19, she was stranded off Samsoe.
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London
Copenhagen
Reuter’s
Prinz Friederich Wilhelm
Samsee
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
Berlin
Odde
Bergen
Stavanger
War Stocks Tumble on Berlin Exchange
Berlin notes a stock decline after President Wilson's note with war stocks driving down prices while peace stocks gain strength. American, German, and foreign exchanges show mixed moves as shipping, potash, cement, and bank shares rise, while Japanese and other papers fail to find buyers. Russian consuls report solid demand.
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Berlin
New York Stock Exchange
Wilson
New York
U S Postal Banks Reach $108 Million in Deposits Nationwide
The postal savings system shows rapid growth with deposits at $108,500,000 across 8,403 stations in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii. November gains reached $4.25 million, with thirteen offices holding over $1,000,000 each. New York heads with $22,762,679, followed by Brooklyn and Chicago, as Detroit climbs past Boston.
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Uncle Sam's Savings Bank
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Wees
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Judge Lindsey to Tell About His Arraignment
Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver will speak at the Lyric theatre tomorrow afternoon recounting his grand jury prosecution and the charges against him. The event, part of a Y M C A men’s meeting series, will begin with doors at 3 and the program at 3 30.
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Ben Lindsey
Denver
Lyric Theatre
Lindsey
Dried Persimmons and Noted East Asian Oddities
China has created a seedless dried persimmon prized for drying, resembling a dried fig with grape sugar coating. The fruit is air dried on bamboo sticks, then cured under matting to form the sweetness. Also noted are singing frogs in Japan, and the potent aroma of fresh asafetida juice when used.
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China
Japan
Cautious Father and Suitor in a Playful Exchange
In a fragmentary London Today excerpt, a playful dialogue features a wary father, a young aspirant asking for support, and a witty exchange about ambition or marriage. The scene hints at social negotiation, propriety, and humor, with a porter's heavy luggage and a snuff request adding local color.
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Puck
Sandy McNab
London
Solemn Ceremony At Sunday Services
Johnny asks why people look sad as they drop money in the collection plate during Sunday morning services, a moment noted in the Chicago Tribune.
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Papa
Johnny
Chicago Tribune
Wry Quips on Matrimony and Blessings
A compact collection of satirical quotes on marriage and happiness from Smart Set Schiller and Chicago News. The pieces lampoon wedding tightness, domestic intimacy, and the paradox of blessings, delivering witty reflections in a brief, period voice.
Making Umbrellas The Frame Assembly and Covers
The article outlines umbrella production from rib and stem sourcing to frame assembly. Workers attach wires into rib ends, group parts on the main rod, and fit ferrules. Cloth pieces are cut from five-fold layers and hemmed by machines at high speed. Triangular panels are sewn, then covers join the frame in twenty one attachment points before handles are glued on, and the final pressing and inspection occur.
Early Railroad Fliers Nostalgia on Twelve Miles per Hour Nonsense
Remark on early rail history contrasts the 1825 England line with a two hour twelve mile run to mock prior fears. It notes 1829 and 1830 locomotive trials in the U S, Peter Cooper’s experiments, and gun-barrel boiler anecdotes from the New York World. Christmas trees appear in the ad footer.
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England
Wood
Peter Cooper
B. and O
Cooper
York World
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