Open Covenants and a World Peace Program
President Wilson outlines fourteen points for a just peace including open covenants, free navigation, removal of trade barriers, armament reductions, and national self determination. He calls for evacuation of occupied territories and a general association of nations to ensure lasting security and equality among all peoples.
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Montenero
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Lnto
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Retchstag
Mmilitary
United States
Heroes of the Great War Describe Brave Frontline Roles
Article honors frontline soldiers in World War I detailing active combatants who face fire with rifles and grenades and the quiet valor of ambulance crews and supply teams. It notes both active fighters and those with passive roles, emphasizing energy and determination as pivotal to the war effort.
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Mine near Ching Mei xi o to be opened with shovels
A major new mine project is planned near Ching Mei xi o and will begin mining after removing the overburden. A Wisconsin inventor claims a chair that lets the user massage their own back via lever operated rubber rollers. The New York State Banking Department reports 35,000 long unclaimed accounts in the state, mostly small but totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Jones
Andy Tree
Ming
Tee Teen
Ching Mei Xo
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New York State Banking Department
President Outlines Government Control Of Railroads Plan
President Wilson in a joint session urged immediate government administration of the nation’s rail and water transport systems to achieve full mobilization for war. He praised railway executives for cooperation and called for prompt legislation guaranteeing fair treatment of securities and orderly financing during federal control.
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Wilson
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Senate
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Owzh
Wir
Hnes
Tam
America
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Rallway
Aetia Coordination
Directton
Tessie
Hem
Pern
Federal Treasury
Secretary of War
William G. 3Fe- Adoo
Fragmented What I Read From an Old Newspaper Page
This passage surveys varied topics including dance history the minuet legends a court ruling on spousal provocation during marriage disputes and scattered notes on religious figures agricultural topics and forestry. It reads as a mosaic of clipped items with partial phrases and mixed sources.
Fragmentary Quote on Prison Populations and Reformatories
The text cites figures on incarceration in the United States with 166472 prisoners and juvenile delinquents, noting ten times as many males as females. It presents a general statement about reformatories and repeated phrasing about yearly admissions.
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United States
Age of the Fountain Pen Referenced in 1784 Shorthand
The fountain pen is not a modern invention, noted in Samuel Taylor’s 1784 Universal System of Shorthand Writing. This reference places early pen history in a late 18th century context.
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Samuel Taylor
Barbarous slave drivers blamed for German deportations
A June 1916 dispatch describes German forced labor and deportations in occupied Belgium and northern France. Officials, including Commandant Lille, order mass relocations, confiscate baggage, and separate families. Belgian and French authorities condemn the brutality, citing deportations of women and girls to inland farms and factories, with widespread misery and hunger.
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Lille
New York
Doran
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Raymond Poineare
Parle
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Rancy
Halluin
Tourcoing
Roubaix
Inge
Ardennes
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Ardennals
Knickerbockers
Iivaded
Paris
Rue Talbout
Op Dehal
Touleménile
Charles Drouiers
Leon Hatine-Dazin
Louis Lorthiois
AMPLE PROOF OF ATROCITIES Belgian War Committee Report Details German Crimes
A Belgian government appointed committee collected explicit evidence of German war practices. The report names cities and dates and charges include mass killings of civilians including women and children, rape, and looting. It describes soldiers entering towns to raid taverns and private cellars, drunken excess, destruction, and sacrilegious acts.
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Betevnn
Mockery of Suffering Under German Requisitions
A distorted report quotes United States Minister Whitlock condemning harsh German requisitions during wartime. The piece alleges officials issued German language icons for items from sacks to beds, with arbitrary values and confusing tests for soldiers, highlighting widespread hardship for civilians.
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Whitlock
Eorler
Eziile
Beyenil
Bane
Hoover Warning On Atrocities Pamphlet Speech
A pamphlet on German atrocities quotes a statement attributed to Mr. Hoover. He laments the world’s awareness of suffering and urges immediate action, arguing that defending Belgium remains essential even if Atlantic defenses fail.
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Committee On Public Information
Hoover
Woman Wins City Park Case in Cleveland Suit
In a United States circuit court of appeals ruling, Mrs Viola M. Nichols of New York won a challenge to the April 5, 1883 charter creating Cleveland park commissioners and the power to condemn property for parks. The court nullified the net, dismissed her petition seeking property possession and $25,900 in rents and damages, and warned the city to proceed properly to appropriate the property. Meanwhile Cleveland merchants face possible loss of stall permits at city market houses if reduced prices are not passed on to consumers.
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Wikeen
United States
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Rey Wold
Guemanz
Hermaney
Germany
Russia
Hye
City Park
Cincinnati
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Viola M. Nichols
New York
City of Cleveland
Board of Park Commissioners
City of
Cleveland
Felow
Mra Nichols
Devis
Cuyahoga County Food Administration
Train Wrecks Houses In Navarre
A Seventeen cars of the Wheeling and Lake Erie freight train left the track in Na varre on the Cleveland Canton line. Two houses were wrecked and debris blocked traffic for 18 hours. Residents Michael Serrel and Aaron Roderick were in the homes when cars struck. The Serrel family escaped with no serious injuries while the Rodericks were bruised and shocked. Officials cite a loose rail as cause.
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Navarre
Third Street
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Aaron Roderick
Serrel
Brig. Gen. McCook Dies in New York City
Steubenville reports Brig. Gen Anson George McCook died at his home in the metropolis of pleurisy He was born in Steubenville Ohio on October 10 1825 He organized a volunteer company at Civil War start that joined the Second Ohio infantry and fought in several historic battles McCook later represented the eighth New York district in Congress from 1877 to 1883.
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Anson George McCook
New York Law Publishing Co
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Second Ohio Infantry
Eighth New York
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