Press promotes war effort and beer aboard German ships
The Cumberland Press discusses American support for war with Germany and contrasts U S naval restraint with German practice. It recounts Kronprinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Friedrich crews drinking beer at sea and ashore, noting beer shortages during wartime and official provisions aboard.
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Kronprinz Wilhelm
Newport News
United States
Kronprinz
Prinz Eitel Fried
United States Navy
Daniels
Y M C A Glee Club to give free Riverside park recitals
The Y M C A Glee Club plans two or three free summer recitals in Riverside park to entertain the public. Secretary W H Baxley and director Prof Frederick Foster Snow lead the effort, a community asset aimed at fostering musical culture in Cumberland.
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Riverside Park
Silent Fifth Avenue Parade of 5000 Bluejackets and Marines
Rain did not damp a Fifth Avenue march by more than 5000 bluejackets and marines with officers and sailors, ending in a record finish. The display inspired awe and hope with Father Knick-knocker offering blessings and Herman Roelcker defending American naturalization as German shooting societies linger in Cincinnati.
One Hundred Years Ago History Noted And Then
A daily lesson in history recalls events from 1815 to 1890 with details of alliances, diplomacy, and notable figures. It notes Wellington’s British army guarding the Netherlands, Prussians defending the Rhenish provinces, a U S Hanover treaty in 1840, death of Senator William K Sebastian in 1865, and Garfields burial in 1890.
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Napoleon
Wellington
Kingdom
The
Netherlands
Rhenish
United States
Kingdom of Hanover
Berdin
William K. Sebastian
Arkansas
Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Lines Worth Re Membering by Harriet Winslow Sewald
Poetic couplet laments a dim outlook around a figure named Harriet Winslow Sewald, noting absence of light and joy and emphasizing the need to remember lines that endure.
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Harriet Winslow Sewald
Presbyterians in Council Open Annual General Assembly
Rochester May 20 with all high officers and leading ministers in America present the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America began its annual assembly. The morning featured the farewell sermon of retiring moderator Maitland Alexander of Pittsburgh.
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Presbyterians In Council
Rochester
N. Y
Church In
Union Theological Seminary of New York
Idaho State Attorney General on Trial for Embezzlement
State Attorney General Joseph H. Paterson faced trial in Boise on charges of embezzling state funds. The indictment, returned January 16, cites about $600 obtained from State Treasurer C. V. Allen on Patersons personal note as part of a broader probe into Allen and other former officials now imprisoned.
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Idaho
Boise
Joseph H. Paterson
C. V. Allen
Allien
Paterson
Beginning Falaba Inquiry Opens in London Caxton Hall
The Board of Trade inquiry into the sinking of the British passenger steamer Falaba, which occurred March 28, opened today at Caxton Hall in Westminster London.
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London
Board of Trade
Caxton Hall
Westminister
The Wonderful German Housewife Excerpted Attitude Toward Waste
An article from 1915 contrasts American and German practices in kitchen economy. It notes Americans waste leftovers while German households preserve scraps for future meals, with Rosika’s careful handling of potatoes lettuce and scraps and the von Hoffmann household showing disciplined thrift. A second item reports a New England college heads conference at the University of Maine with leaders from Yale Harvard Brown Dartmouth Amherst Bowdoin Wesleyan and Williams.
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Mabel Potter Daggett
Pictorial Review
Mrs. A
Mrs. C
New York
Chicago
Mrs. E
Thas
Jean
Germany
Rosika
von Hoffmann
America
Franlin
New England College
Orono
New England
University of Maine
Yale
Harvard
Brown
Dartmouth
Amherst
Bowdoin
Wesleyan
Williams
Elimination Trials Open At Indianapolis Speedway
A score of famed auto racers gathered at the Indianapolis speedway for three days of elimination trials to reduce entrants to thirty two for the upcoming 500 mile race. The trials begin the effort to select finalists by month's end.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Speedway
Advice and jokes from a bygone press humor page
A miscellany of quips and anecdotes about publicity, business woes, and daily life. It includes capitalist wisdom about advertising, light verse, and observations on marriage, propriety, and social quirks from an old newspaper column.
90th Birthday of Noted Woman in Elizabeth New Jersey
Elizabeth New Jersey May 26 Dr Antoinette Brown Blackwell pioneer woman suffragist and temperance advocate celebrated her ninetieth birthday today. She resides in the city except two months each summer at Martha's Vineyard and remains active in public work including sermons and addresses for suffrage and temperance.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Antoinette Brown Blackwell
Blackwell
Martha's Vineyard
Johns Hopkins Inaugurates Dr Prenk J Goodnow President
In Baltimore on May 20 Dr Prenk J Goodnow inaugurated as president of Johns Hopkins University succeeding Ira C Remsen. The ceremony drew a large attendance with delegates from major educational institutions and over a thousand alumni.
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Johns Mopkine
Baltimore
Prenk J. Goodnew
Columbia University
Republic of Chine
Jephns Hopkins University
Goodnow
Ira C. Remsen
Johns Hopkins University
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