Need More Men at the Front Defers to Lord's War Mobilization
King George's Men in France total about 150,000 with six divisions in France and two cavalry divisions. Field Marshal Kitchener told the House of Lords that more troops are needed as two new armies are formed and Indian divisions move forward. He noted a long war ahead but confidence remains, and emphasized steady reinforcement and expansion of expeditionary forces through territorials and overseas garrisons.
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Earl Kitchener
House of Lords
England
God Growiny
France
Egypt
Malta
Gibraltar
John French
John
Earl ‘Kitchener
Prench
Fort
Kitchener
Brokers Protest Tax On War Revenue
Brokers protest a proposed 350 annually added tax in the war revenue bill arguing exemptions due to closed stock exchanges and a demoralized market. They point to uncertainty about when exchanges will reopen as the Ways and Means Committee waits treasury estimates on revenue from special and stamp taxes.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury Department
War News From Europe Across Fronts and Paris Edicts
Twelve hundred prisoners reached Rennes and were sent to Brest as Brest as part of a war dispatch. Assatians signed a foreign legion agreement and were released. French forces repulsed advances from Noyon to Nancy over about 150 miles. Between two and three million combatants surge in a ferocious struggle rivaling Marne. Belgians refuse to treat a prisoner of war while Antwerp courts martial Meune for war infractions. Paris orders restrict automobile movement to military and official traffic. Adrienne Buiet of Dames du Sacre Coeurs is killed near a battlefield. Tokio says a Japanese bomb set a German ship in Kidwachau Bay. attempts to wreck the wireless station there have failed. Jules Vedrines and Blériot are noted in aviator exploits as German machines are pursued above the range.
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Rennes
Havas
Brest
Noyon
Nancy
The
Marne
Tokio
Kidwchau Bay
Market Quotations Across Cities Hogs and Cattle Prices
Market reports from Chicago Pittsburgh and Cleveland show hog receipts around 26 000 and cattle receipts about 21 000 with varied price ranges. Prices cover hogs sheep cattle and calves along with butter eggs and milk products across multiple markets and quality grades.
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Chicago
Rittsburgh
Cleveland
Wilders
Memory of Henry Barnes Fills Young's Hotel Lobby
The Boston Journal recalls Henry K. Barnes of Young's hotel a beloved benefactor to staff and guests. For 40 years he supported many workers from the lobby to the head waiter George Betts, leaving generous bequests and memories. Employees recount taxi rides home for rain soaked stenographers, postcards from distant trips, and Christmas and ordinary gifts that linger after his death.
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Young's Hotel
Boston Journal
Henry K. Barnes
George Betts
Mr. Barnes
R, Hk, Barnes & Co
Young's
Evening fixing and a roof garden tale in 1914 humor
A Boston physician promotes ice cream as a remedy for alcoholism at a luncheon while recounting a wife and roof gardening tale. The piece moves to a British Naval Annual 1914 report describing the Leon torpedo mine capable of hovering at set depths and delivering deadly force to ships in open sea or tidal harbors.
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A. F. Christian
Boston
Fim
Practical Danish Schools and Folk High Ideals
Denmark’s schools teach reading and spelling as arts in themselves but incidentally, with no separate spelling. Commissioner Claxton’s observers note how education here aids character development. Men attend mainly in winter and women in summer to learn daily work skills in folk high schools.
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Denmark
Mien
Claxton
No Piker and the Finishing School Billing Feud
A quirky exchange shows a finishing school head charging Mr New Rocks for the curriculum. He quips that he’ll pay and add it to the bill, highlighting a humorous dispute over the student’s education and charges.
Radium Deposit Found in Jamaica by English Expert
An English expert reports a large radium deposit on a Jamaican mountain after prolonged prospecting. A sample sent to the United States for analysis has been deemed satisfactory.
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Jamaica
United States
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Antwerp
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Dames du Sacre Coeurs
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Vedrines
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Standard of America
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