Eclipse of the Big Three Leaders in World Politics
The piece argues that Clemenceau Lloyd George and Wilson have fallen from their peak and face heightened criticism at home and abroad. It discusses Wilsons illness and potential third term, party dynamics, and the strategic calm expected from a strong yet cautious president amid Republican factionalism and looming campaigns.
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Clemenceau
Lloyd-George
Wilson
Poincare
South
Clark
Kitchin
Hoke Smith
Woodrow Wilson
Grover Cleveland
Democratic Party
Humphreys
Mississippi
White House
Open The Books On Wood Campaign Funds
The New York World notes Burke’s phrase on honor and scorns General Leonard Wood’s reply to Senator Borah's charges about campaign funds. Wood defends inquiries into expenditures while critics call for full disclosure and open books for all candidates to prevent money from steering the nomination. Washington and Indianapolis figures feature in separate civil suits and damages, with hotel disputes over a sweetheart remark and Prince Joachim von Hohenzollern facing a debt claim.
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Burke
Leonard Wood
Borah
New York World
Michigan
United States Army
Wood
General Wood
United States
Garden Friends Rally in a Whimsical Plot
A playful scene unfolds with Brother Rake Aunt Weeder and a chorus of garden tools and sprites. They gather trash and debris for burning, discuss using stones for borders, and share humorous exchanges about tears and weeds. Uncle Garden Fork leads a spry splashy finale as a cheerful garden tale continues.
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Rake
Garden Manual
Big Sister
Cousin Trowel
Sister Watering Pot
Big Boy
Garden Fork
Cecilia Reynolds Robertson
Billy Whiskers in a City Town Adventure
Day fears the town with no grass or trees while Night eyes fruit at a stand. The farmers wagon stops by a wide river bay as they travel toward the wharf, recalling the father’s warning from past town visits.
Children Explore a Ship and Taste Oranges from a Market Wagon
Night and Day explore a ship with a farmer loading vegetables and sacks of potatoes via a wobbling gangplank. They fear nothing, enjoy running about, and briefly witness a crash as a wagon drops a large orange crate, then marvel at the rolling fruit. The dialogue captures curiosity and discovery aboard.
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Night
Goosie
Night and Day Taste Sour Oranges Aboard Ship
The passage recalls Hugh reacting to a nasty sour orange while Day discovers a peel stuck in her tooth. The two children rush to find water on the ship, eventually returning aboard in search of a drink. Tomorrow the kids face a surprise.
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Hugh
Saalfield Pub. Co
Akron
Centenary Birth Anniversaries and Trade Fair Openings
Today marks Laura Keene and Harriett Prescott Spofford birthdays while John Burroughs turns 83. Belgium opens its first large postwar commercial fair in Brussels as a Canadian W C T U delegation sails from St John for London to attend the world convention.
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Laura Keene
Harriett Prescott Spofford
John Burroughs
Belgium
Brussels
Canadian Woman's Christian Temperance Union
St. John
N. B
London
John Burroughs Celebrated as National Nature Interpreter
John Burroughs, now aged 83, is lauded as the finest interpreter of nature in the United States. Raised in rural New York, he taught school eight years and worked as a department clerk after the Civil War. In 1884 he left banking to become a country dweller overlooking the Hudson.
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John Burroughs
United States
Thoreau
Concord
Mr. Burroughs
New York State
Washington
National Bank
Hudson River Valley
Anniversaries and historical notices from 1880s to 1918
A mixed set of brief items noting dates and events: Tom Taylor born and died in 1880. Hanlon wins Tyne sculling title. Planters Hotel fire in St Louis with four dead. Nihilist printing ring in Warsaw discovered. New Jersey notary public bill for women approved. Boston testimonial for Dr. S F Perea hymn author. Reichstag moves to review German empire constitution. Dr Carl Mutok ordered interned as alien enemy.
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Tom Taylor
London
Hanlon
Toronto
Planters Hotel
St. Louis
Warsaw
New Jersey
Office of Notary Pub
Boston
S. F. Perea
Ameron
Reichstag
Carl Mutok
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Commission absolves Germany in Fryatt execution
One year has passed since the commission investigating the 1916 execution of Capt. Charles Fryatt concluded the act did not violate international law. The ruling leaves unresolved questions about wartime conduct and maritime justice.
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Charles Fryatt
Birthdays for Harriet Spofford and John Burroughs
Harriet Spofford born in Calais Maine 85 years ago today as one of America's oldest women writers. John Burroughs a famed naturalist is also noted in today's birthday observances.
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Harriet Prescott Spofford
Calais
Maine
John Burroughs
Notable Birthdays Today Mark Stage and Media Figures
The text notes May be dated on a newspaper page listing birthday anniversaries for Margaret Auglin an Ottawa born actress Bud Wisher a San Francisco born comic artist and a Maine born actor linked to a Wat Poland Missouri origin.
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Dat
Ab Bina Ah
Snie “Fern
Unite
Bratey Behator
Maine
Poland
Margaret Auglin
Ottawa
Ont
Bud Wisher
San Francisco
Winter racing and athletic meet listings headline the day
The calendar lists racing, amateur and university meets across cities including Philadelphia Newark Belfast and Detroit. Events span boxing gymnastics cross country and track with major championships noted and a Secretary of Agriculture quote on farming incentives.
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Newark
N. J
University of Ilinois
University of California
Berkeley
American Legion
New York City
Belfast
Ireland
Detroit
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Philadelphia
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