President asks power to guard rights of United States
President Wilson urged Congress to authorize arming American merchant ships and using armed forces to defend neutral rights. He cited German submarine actions, called for armed neutrality if diplomacy fails, and sought a defense credit and insurance to protect ships and citizens at sea. He framed the move as defense of fundamental human rights and peace.
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U. S
Congress
United States
Washington
Wilson
The
Houses of Congress
Great Britain
Ireland
Atlantic
Europe
Mediterranean
Lyman M. Law
Frye
Palermo
Germany
America
Garrison
Representative Hay
Virginia
House Military Committee
Continental Army
National Guard
Hay
Doings of the Late Congress Authorized A Great Navy
The Sixty fourth congress ended with vast naval and military expansion. It authorized and funded a three year building program creating battleships and submarines, doubled the army, and enacted ship purchase, eight hour rail labor, child labor, literacy immigration, rural credit, vocational education, and Porto Rico reorganization laws. Sixteen senators retired, with Johnson Kellogg Knox among new arrivals.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Uncle Sam
Great Britain
Representative Kitchin
House, Ways and Means Committee
Porto Rico
la Follette
Hiram Johnson
Poindexter
Norris
Clarence D. Clark
Wyoming
Senate
Moses E. Clapp
Minnesota
Luke Lea
Tennessee
James E. Martine
New Jersey
John W. Kern
Indiana
California
Frank B. Kellogg
Trust Buster
Philander Co. Knox
Pennsylvania
Farm Loan Act aids farmers with self help and long term credit
The Farm Loan Act creates amortizing mortgages of five to forty years to finance land, livestock, improvements, or debt relief. Borrowers must use funds for productive purposes, limit loans to 50 percent of security value, and reduce indebtedness over time. It aims to encourage businesslike borrowing and financial independence for average farmers.
Writers Behind the Times Dialects Change Over Fifty Years
In an essay comparing London and American dialects, the author notes major shifts in speech from De Morgan era slang to modern stage and humorous press usage. He observes British dialects evolving while American dialects appear more fixed, and suggests forming a committee to approach editors and playwrights.
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Joseph Vance
de Morgan
London
Gunn
Stage
Great Cliffs
Masurian lake region in East Prussia described
The Hes im Masurenland area in East Prussia features hundreds of lakes linked by a 100 mile canal system. The region covers districts around Sensburg Oletzka Osterode Allenstein Roessel Ortelsburg Lyck Loetzen and Neidenburg and notes lakes with varied shapes and radiating channels.
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Hes Im Masurenland
East Prussia
Sensburg
Oletzka
Osterode
Allenstein
Roessel
Ortelsburg
Lyck
Loetzen
Neidenburg
Mauer
von Hindenburg
Philadelphia Evening Ledger
Simple Lamb Mutton Skewers with Gravy
Prepare mutton strips about three inches by one and a half inches without fat. Season with pepper and salt, roll, and skewer. Bake in a pan with barely enough water for half an hour. Remove, thicken gravy, and serve with mashed potato.
Te Clean Knives Mix a Little Baking Soda with Bath Po
A brief note describes using baking soda for cleaning knives and suggests mixing a small amount with bath water. The fragment hints at household cleaning steps but lacks full context or clear actions.
Investment contrasts in Saskatchewan land values and returns
Mr. George H. Barr of Iowa owns seven Saskatchewan sections that yield 2 to 3 percent annually, yet a 1915 crop produced 85 bushels per acre yielding 2 563.08 from 1 643 bushels at 1 56 per bushel. He notes yearly costs and land value differences and cites other settlers turning to farming and livestock.
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George H. Barr
Iowa
Saskatchewan
Barr
Charles Haight
Device to save overshoes prompts new umbrella idea
A short note describes a spring metal and wire device meant to encircle a person’s feet to prevent overshoes from being lost. The piece suggests Gotham could adapt the concept to stop losing a fellow’s umbrella as well.
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Church
Gotham
Cascarets promise quick relief for digestive misery
An old advertisement extols Cascarets as a cure for headaches biliousness indigestion and sour stomach claiming the product cleanses the stomach removes sour fermenting food reduces liver bite and carries out constipation and poisons from the bowels. It notes a 10 cent box and adds a final tidbit about strawberries once sold on straws.
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Supreme Court
Taft
Cleveland
Reed
Missouri
Farm Loan Act
Frank R. Wilson
Federal Loan Bureau
Washington, D. C
Table of Payments
Behind the Times
Little
Western Canada
Fletcher
Allen
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