English Women and War Job Fight Sparks War of Wages
AP reports in London on 1.5 million unemployed English women from munitions work facing a return to private life after the war. Observers warn of a possible 40 percent wage shift as new unions, led by Lady Rhondda's Women's Industrial League, mobilize to defend women's industrial positions despite skepticism from labor leaders.
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Associated Press
London
Lady Rhondda
Woman's Industrial League
Plana
Marion Phillips
Labor Party
Lady Rhondda‘s
League
Heating and Humidity in a Cottage Home Experiment
Dr. Hayhurst of Columbus Ohio tested heating and humidifying in a two story cottage with a hot air furnace and basement laundry. Experiments in January and February 1915 showed comfort based on temperature humidity and air flow using a humidifier water spray auto device and an electric fan. The study recommends 68 F max 40 to 60 percent humidity and air movement about one foot per second for comfortable living room conditions.
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Hayhurst
Columbus
Ohio
Miseinalpp Valley
Keeping Abreast of Books in The Bookman
A fragmented notice reviews Arnold Bennett's Bookman column on methods to identify notable books from a vast publishing year. The text hints at expert guidance, literary taste, and the challenge of selecting worthy reads amid excess.
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Arnold Bennett
Tagen
Fragmentary chat excerpt with unclear speakers
The text is a garbled, incomplete exchange lacking identifiable persons or events. It appears as a distorted transcription with stray phrases and no coherent actions or context to summarize meaningfully.
Suffragists Who Won Vote Hold Unique Place at Jubilee
At the Jubilee Convention in St. Louis, a group of Victory presidents from states where women won full suffrage last November holds a special role. Mrs. John J. Pyle of South Dakota leads the women through campaigns and defeats, while Miss Katherine Pierce of Oklahoma City is the youngest state chairman in the national association. Mrs. W. E. Burkley of Lincoln recounts Nebraska’s 1917 victory with a long referendum battle that ended in 1919 when fraudulent signatures sinks the petition and suffrage is secured.
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St. Louis
Wemien
Huron
Campen
Pyle
Percy Farrell
Richard Edwards
Henry Youmans
John la Pyle
W. E. Barkley
Katherine Pierce
Presbyterian Church
Percy J. Farrell
Detroit
Michigan Caaipaign
Michigan
Oklahoma State Suffrage Committee
Oklahoma City
National Association
W. E. Burkley
Lincoln
Nebraska Association
Nebraska
Senator Penrose backs referendum idea despite constitutional limits
The New York World suggests senators oppose the League of Nations should resign and seek a people’s vote. It argues a presidential referendum is impossible, but a resigning senator could face a double referendum via primaries and the general election, aided by direct nomination changes.
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Renrese
New York
League of Nath
Pane
Pennsylvania
Wilsga
Penrose
United States
Conkling
Platt
Garfield
Port of
Fragmented Rants on Signatures and Readers’ Gripes
A noisy reflective piece rails at illegible signatures and the vanity of penmanship. It contrasts civic cheer with frustration at cluttered autographs and skewed typography, referencing maritime notices and a distant warning from Point Judith.
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Eros
Saftes Peters
Newport
Gtting
Judith Light
Soa
Judith
Notable English Poet and Playwright Davenant Biography
A fragmented recounting covers William Davenant born at Crown Inn Oxford and his rumored paternity by Shakespeare. It traces his shift to theater under Puritan laws, his early court connections, sailing to Virginia, and later life including Milton's alleged intercession, plus a satirical New York Times letter and Army Health tips from World War I era.
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Shakespeare
Boston Post
William Davenant
Crown Inn
Oxford
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Snn
Hin Hides
Devanant
T Devenant
Frien
Virginia
Harape
Milton
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The President as an Instrument of World
An officer in France writes from Paris praising President Wilson as a pivotal world figure guiding the peace conference. He argues the president must remain in role, defends his strategy, and calls critics in America traitors to humanity while urging unity and prayers for successful diplomacy.
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Wilson
France
the Tribune
Belgium
Italy
Balkans
Hindenburg Line
Roumania
Paris
Sam
America
Mareh
Baker
Germany
Echoes of War and Peace Across Allied Ties
A wartime column from Chicago contemplates postwar unity and the dangers of renewed old resentments. It contrasts spiritual warfare for peaceful cooperation among nations with fear of reviving enmities and advises vigilance against domestic demagogues and punitive sentiment as the dust settles.
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Chicago News
Pershing on the Move through Missouri Depot Midnight
A fragmentary Chicago dispatch recounts General Pershing riding in a private car near La Clade Missouri at midnight. At the depot, porter Jordan Parks recalls Pershing pausing half an hour and exchanging words before the train moved on. A rock is alleged to have been thrown as he departed.
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Pershing
Chicago
General Pershing
Washington
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Jordan Parks
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Uncle Jord
John
Jen’ Ke
The French Woman in a World War Reflection
An Indianapolis News piece cites Gertrude Atherton on French independence after war. It notes American soldiers may marry French women, praising less flashy, steady peasant figures while contrasting perceived American female stereotypes.
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Indianapolis News
Gertrude Atherton
China’s Forests Signed Away Amid Corruption Scandals
A harsh exposure complains of Japanese loans funding corrupt officials and governors while claiming funds meant for troop mobilization are diverted. It highlights alleged entanglements over a 15 million to 25 million dollar loan and land concessions in Manchuria, extending to a large northern region.
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China
Dole
Japan
Heolungkiang
Kirin
Eywe
United Ae
Slaine
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