Germany stands firm on Frye dispute with U S over treaty rights
Germany refuses to accept the Frye sinking as a treaty violation and offers to pay damages fixed by two experts while preserving that the payment is not a satisfaction of rights. The note suggests arbitration at The Hague if parries cannot agree, framing the dispute as one of damages within the 1799 1828 Prussian American treaty.
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Union News Service
Washington
Germany
William P. Frye
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
South Atlantic
United States
Foreign Office
State Department
the Hague
Hague
Hermore
Frye
England
Britain Denies Order in Council Illegality in Note
Washington reports Great Britain rejects the claim that orders in council are illegal and asserts international law allows its blockade. Sir Edward Grey defends measures as a modern adaptation of blockade, cites Belgian atrocities and wartime needs, and notes arbitration is offered for U S disputes. The Neches case is also released alongside 7000 words of correspondence.
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Union
Washington
Great Britain
United States
London
Neches
Rotterdam
Belgium
Germany
Austria
Edward Grey
Page
Sir Edward
German
Africa
Flanders
Sir Edward Grey
British West Indies
Supreme Court of the United States
Lindsey Guilty of Contempt in Juvenile Court Case
Judge John A. Perry of the West Side Criminal Court finds Judge Ben B. Mindesy of the Juvenile Court guilty of contempt on the pleadings, condemns conduct as most reprehensible, delays sentencing five days, and notes appeal by Lindsey's attorney. Case stems from trial of Mrs. Berta Wright, accused of killing her husband John A. Wright.
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Perry
Denver
John A. Perry
West Side
Lindsey
Berta Wright
John A. Wright
Man Escapes Tobacco Bondage With Dericotinized Pipe
The London Chronicle reports M Maeterninck frees himself from tobacco by a dericotinized, tasteless substitute. His biographer notes smoking once spurred inspiration but now disturbs it, so he uses an alight pipe as a harmless subterfuge to satisfy a craving while writing.
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M. Maeterninck
M. Gerard Harry
London Chronicle
Brass Industry Concentration in Waterbury Territory
Eighty two percent of the brass industry in the country is located in the Waterbury Connecticut region. The United States brass industry accounts for about two thirds of the world’s brass production. A twenty five year old scientific investigator isolated the typhus germ, the scourge of Serbia.
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Waterbury
Conn
United States
Serbia
The Charm of Motherhood in Lydia Pinkham Ads
The piece discusses motherhood as a pivotal life epoch and warns of unprepared childbirth. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for nervous strain and poor health, claiming it helps women become normal, healthy, and strong. It invites confidential letters for advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
The Imitative Hawk Described Like a Modern Plane
The Ohio State Journal notes a hawk soaring with precision as if it were a state of the art airplane. A companion observes the bird’s flight resembling the latest model, reflecting on human conceit and nature’s engineering.
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Ohio State Journal
Gas Plate For Kitchen Cupboard With Shelf
If a gas plate is used you will gain a cupboard with a shelf for the plate on top. It will be handy as the oven can be kept there and ready whenever wanted. A door and finish matching the kitchen will make it a great addition and help.
Fragmentary note on Save the Babies and skin effects
A garbled snippet references Save the Babies, mentions blood pores of the skin, and allegedly soothes feminine fenthida idinans ceatlanedans, but the text is unreadable and lacks coherent facts or debatable entities. No verifiable events, persons, or organizations can be identified from the fragment.
Submarine Blockade Feasibility Across British Ports
A 294 submarine force would be required to blockade all 49 English, Scottish and Welsh ports. With 147 on station at any time, plus passage and overhaul times from Zeebrugge, totals rise to 294 submarines to close all ports, assuming three boats per port and limited sea time between trips.
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Zeebruggs
Great Britain
England
Scotland
Wales
Faith and Good Works. Parson and wagon tale at church
A punctual country woman arrives late to church after the horse nearly runs away. The parson urges trusting Heaven, but she retorts that she did until the harness broke and she jumped. The tale blends faith with practical humor.
A Foolish Woman Jealous of Others Wage Earners
A remark defines a “foolish woman” as one jealous of any woman near her wage earner. The statement contrasts cultural views and references Egypt possessing more than 1,500 miles of railways.
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Egypt
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N. U. Denver
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National
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ME Beetoam Mgr
Mead Cattle
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