Wilson Urges Rapid Action on Rail and Trade Legislation
President Wilson addressed Congress urging immediate passage of railroad reforms and a stronger Interstate Commerce Commission. He backs an eight hour day for railroad workers, public review of disputes, and government control in war or national need, plus bills on foreign commerce and Puerto Rico reforms.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
United States
Porto Rico
Labor Ny
Bound to Make Good in the Drug Store
A well-dressed stranger enters a drug store and asks proprietor Mr. C- to consult the directory. He praises Mr. Quorn as a reliable contact and mentions stamps and railway time tables as available items for purchase.
Franklin County City Proud Of Its Status
In a reflection on Franklin, a county seat with a college, factories, flour tills, railways, interurbans and a newly acquired Masonic home, a visitor at a Methodist conference in Indianapolis learns Franklin’s prominence. A Presbyterian delegate misreads Hopewell for Franklin, underscoring Franklin’s self‑regarding stature.
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Franklin
Indianapolis
Hopewell
Methodist Church
Indianapolis News
Deaf guest retells same story at New York authors banquet
Irvin Cobb, home from Europe, attends an authors banquet in New York. A deaf guest near Cobb tells a funny yarn louder and longer than others. The toastmaster agrees and the deaf man rises to recount the same tale told earlier at the table.
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Irvin Cobb
Europe
New York
Denfon
Cobb
Chantala
Undertaker prompts tributes at funeral with climate quip
In a funeral scene mourners hear the undertaker invite remarks for the deceased. After a brief silence a young man rise asks if anyone will speak. He then requests permission to praise southern California and its climate, sparking the moment.
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Southern
California
Roumania Fails to Check Teutons Near Bucharest
Berlin reports Teutonic forces pursuing defeated Roumanians before Bucharest as western Romania remains in central powers control. Russian counter-attacks in the Carpathians and Transylvania have receded, with 20,724 Romanians captured between November 29 and December 3.
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Petrograd
Ploedhti
Bucharest
War Office
Carpathians
Berlin
Roumania
Teutonic
Tergovistea
Danube
Carpathian
Albert-Warlencourt
Russia
Wallachia
Roumuania
Argeciu River
Entente
London
Vossische Zettung
France
Watson Seated in Senate After Tight Vote
Senate action ends Reed of Missouri bid to block seating of Indiana’s Senator elect James B. Watson. The vote 32 to 24 seats Watson to replace the late Senator Shively’s vacancy. Reed had urged reference to elections committee. Also notes Federal Council of Churches in America opening its five day session in St Louis with 600 clergy and laymen from 83 denominations totaling over 18 million members.
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Washington
Senate
Reed
Missouri
James B. Watson
Indiana
Watson
Thomas Taggitt
Shively
Senate Committee On Elections
Churches of Christan Convention
St. Louis
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Cegnell Jenh Association
Mere
Mystery Love and Ambition In a Nurse's World
Le Moyne the famed surgeon drops from fame to start anew in a small town with Sydney Page a hopeful nurse. Their romance unfolds amid harsh realities of love work and ambition revealing strong youthful joys and troubles. Mrs Rinehart builds a vivid tale of longing and resilience.
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S. le Moyne
Mrs. Rinehart
Sydney Page
Sydney
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