World News Roundup From Across The Globe
A long dispatch from Mar detailing locust invasions in the Bouches du Nhe region and troop calls to curb spreading damage. Reports cover famine in Russia, disarmament talks, and economic tensions between Germany and France. Also noted are scientific debates on climate, industry moves in Chemnitz, and social scoops from New York to Paris.
School Medical Inspection Reduces Autumn Contagion
The article argues that ongoing school medical inspection shifts illness later in the year, reducing fall contagion but pushing some cases to winter and spring. It notes fall sickness declines and overall yearly totals dip, while pneumonia and cough rates rise in late winter and spring, urging teachers to track contagion and send symptomatic children home.
Nightly Kiss Beneath a Sleeping Child Poem
A writer reflects on kissing his sleeping child and predicts the child’s future sorrow and memory. He speaks of tears, a calm face in eternal sleep, and urges the child to recall the kiss long ago when that time comes. The poem conveys enduring parental love and foretaste of loss.
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Kbugene
Short Story Makers Protest Editorial Trimming
Readers are told letters to the editor expose abuse in the literary world. Writers claim 4100 words were cut from an 8000 word story and the printed version is muddled. They allege editorial mayhem, lack of legal redress, and wasteful magazine practices with no outlets for trimmed material.
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America
Ku Klux in Business and Sunday in the News
The New York World reports on Ku Klux activity in business, arguing the 100 percent American ethos promotes insider spending among Klansmen and criticizes anti Jewish prejudice. It notes Ku Klux recruitment profits via fees and equipment sales and mentions Sunday opinions. The piece also covers German pact sentiment in the Senate and Massachusetts wage enforcement news with employer noncompliance and public notices.
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Mire
Elnabeth Tyler
Ku Klux Klan
Tylor
Ku Klux
How Justice Grows
Essay on justice by H. W. Beecher argues that justice expands with practice and experience. It deepens as a person lives rightly, involving more duties and finer discernment over time.
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H. W. Beecher
Fight on Maternity Bill Provokes Heated Debate
Norman Hapgood of Universal Service criticizes opponents of the maternity bill as vacuous and alarmist. He notes misquotes by Catholics and a charged anti suffragist climate in Boston. The bill aims to provide poor women with better access to medical guidance and professional care.
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Norman Hapgood
Universal Service
Washington
Alice Robertson
Boston
Trotzky
Lenin
United States
Lfe
Night Poem by Carolyn M. Lewis in New York Times
A reflective poem contemplates a two oclock night scene under moonlight. It images a strange earth, dew kissed air, distant clock chimes, and wind moving through trees as the speaker seeks divine peace and understanding in nature. The lines evoke celestial imagery and a sense of quiet revelation.
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Carolyn M. Lewis
New York Times
Handicapped Teachers and Health in Schools
The piece notes growing health protections for children but few for teachers. A study of 677 girls entering teaching showed high rates of menstrual and digestive issues, back problems, gland enlargements, ear trouble, and flat feet. Most needed care or glasses, with many at risk of reduced efficiency over time.
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Jin
Smugness That Needs a Job From the Hartford Times
A Hartford Times column rails at smug critics over Philippine self rule and British 18th century parallels. It argues the United States bought the Philippines but cannot claim sovereign authority beyond its original aim to prepare a self governing setup. The piece dismisses claims on Filipino fitness and condemns empty rhetoric from pundits.
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General Wood
Philippines
Detroit Free Press
Manila
General Gage
Massachusetts
Boston
Gage
Spain
the Times
Japan
Decisive Chats From London And Boston Medley
A collage of imagined exchanges depicts a girl declaring a decision last week and a father promising to be first to kiss, followed by a playful argument about dogs, breakfast manners, and a child asking why Pripee growls at Finnie during meals.
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London Mail
Boston Transcript
Howton Transcript
Little —Hess
Littleese
Pripee
Finnie
Longest Hawaiian name on record for adopted girl
Honolulu correspondence notes a San Francisco Chronicle report about a Hawaiian adopted girl named Patience Kimau Kam bhousokawenauloakian Wigwin. An oral rendering renders the third name as the haughty eyes reflected from the heavens. The piece discusses Hawaiian naming traditions and the child’s parents Manry Veashona Wiggin and Meary.
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Honolulu
San Francisco Chronicle
Islands
Patience Kimau Kambhousokawenauloakian Wigwin
Manry Veashona Wiggin
Meary
Exporting Capital and Foreign Investment Ideas
The piece argues that trade and investment follow national interests and capital outflow is essential for sustaining foreign commerce. It contends balanced exchange as the foundation of durable trade, warns against relying solely on domestic ventures, and suggests investing in the partner country’s industries to maintain reciprocal buying and selling.
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Great Britain
Alaska Gold Draws Interest as New Prospects Open
Reports from the Ibur Creek district north of Fairbanks Alaska indicate miners push for higher gold yields though no definite data yet confirms a world supply increase. Analysts warn a single nugget does not prove a robust mine and prices may rise only with reliable figures. Three to One, Knick, In-Wihi) is cited as a rule of thumb guiding expectations.
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Christian Defence Monitor
Ibur Creek
Fairbanks
Alaska
Arin Aw
White Coal for Black in the Outlook by Harrington
John W. Harrington argues in the Outlook that white coal powered by water could replace coal for light heat and power. He cites the US Geological Survey superpower project, electrified railways, and hydroelectric ventures in New York and the West, noting foreign loans for electrification and global interest, with Canada and South American nations pursuing water power.
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Super Power Survey
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United States
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
New York State
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Pennsylvania
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Great Falla
Mont
Superpower Survey
Mississippi
Rotremisa
Switzerland
Atlantic
Canada
The Body Built for Work Dictates Our Health
Forbes promotion extols constant work as natural and beneficial. It celebrates the heart beating 72 times a minute, the body designed to carry heavy loads, and the joy of labor as a key to happiness. It argues worry and troubles fade when engaged in demanding tasks.
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Forbes
Railroads cut freight rates to boost foreign trade
Railroads east of the Mississippi are authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission to reduce freight charges on iron and steel products for export by 29 to percent. The move is meant to stimulate foreign trade, but the author questions why a similar cut in domestic rates wouldn’t boost American purchases, calling the rule poor and one‑sided.
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The
Mississippi
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ame
The World Loves a Title from the New York Herald
A reprinted editorial reflects on democratic nations in Europe and America and the universal human craving for respect and status. The piece argues titling and prestige cross borders, revealing a broad view of social desire across humanity.
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The
New York
The Price of Coal Foresees News on Market Control
The September advance lifts anthracite coal to near post spring levels after the 60 cent cut last spring. The rise may spur midsummer buying, while highlighting the tighter control over coal resources by railroads, producers, and sales firms in concert with one another.
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United States
Secret of John Calvin's Grave Revealed by Last Descendant
In Geneva an elderly man, last of his family to guard a 400 year old secret, decides to disclose the burial location of John Calvin. He says Calvin rests in a public cemetery outside the city center, with historians previously unable to identify the exact spot. The motive for keeping the secret remains unclear, but the world is urged to mark the resting place.
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Kansas City Star
Geneva
John Calvin
Calvin
Pialn-Palale
September Musings On Weather And World Events
The piece reflects on cool September mornings in Maryland and the clash of seasons as summer wanes. It notes May frost risk, fruit yields, and migratory birds before shifting to global topics including Governor Miller of New York denouncing labor activity and a proposed resettlement plan in Australia with a large fund to be allocated by Australia and Britain.
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Curle
Tovlow
Mme. Covie
Werner Becauve
Russia
New York City
Hoover
Massachusetts State Commission of the Necessaries of Life
Whittler
Barbara Frietchie
Maryland
Frederick
Miller
New York
Joseph Careruthers
Australia
Austratta
Think for Yourself Notions on Individual Judgment
An Address by A. Lawrence urges readers to resist crowd conformity and rely on personal reasoning. It warns that crowd clamor can masquerade as sound opinion and cautions against equating organizational power with truth.
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A. Lawrence
L Baer
The Garage and the Bedroom in urban housing trends
The New York Post notes more homes for cars than people in the United States last year per labor department reports. In New York rising rents push families to suburbs, increasing garage birth rates and prompting a return to extended family living in cities.
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New York Post
United States
Department of Labor
New York
Brooklyn
Queens
Knickerbocker Press
Albany
New York City
Yap Dispute Settled Promising Smooth U S Japan Ties
The Manchester Guardian reports the Yap disagreement between Japan and the United States has been settled with scope for better relations. The supreme council backed Japan, while President Wilson sought an internationalized Yap cable station. Japan challenged that view and called on British and other governments to verify the proceedings. The issue matters as the San Francisco China cable runs via Guam to Yap, with Japan now gaining control of the Yap end.
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Yap
The
Manchester Guardian
Japan
United States
Pacific
Supreme Council
Wilson
San Francisco
China
Guam
Germany
America
German Money and Price Rise Reflected in Exchange
The article argues the cheap German mark signals price increases as currency depreciation shifts costs to German producers. It notes that regardless of the mark’s value, export prices rise as German manufacturers must pay more marks per unit, causing temporary foreign exchange and domestic dislocations.
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The
New York Post
Germany
High Praise for General Wood From Manila Times
The Manila Times lauds General Wood as the greatest governor general we could hope for. Lord Cromer, renowned for modern Egypt, calls him one of the greatest colonial administrators, matching praise from another eminent figure in colonial governance.
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General Wood
Manila Times
Lord Cromer
Egypt
Ume
Ephemeral Tariffs Recalled By Postmaster General
The postmaster general cites a permanent tariff bill as lasting many years, yet emphasizes the enduring instability of such laws. The remark underscores public concern over fleeting tariff measures and the political hope for durable trade policy.
Her Way Out
A Birmingham Age-Herald reader recounts a séance request to contact Julius Caesar’s shade to learn what he said at Brutus stabbing. The medium hesitates to repeat the vulgar line, noting she is a lady and cannot repeat such language.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Julius Caenar
Caenar
Brutus
Alr
Two Miners Witness Amateur Golf Hole In One
In a Milwaukee Journal vignette two miners watch a fat unskilled golfer struggle in a bunker. After seven failed tries, the eighth shot lofts the ball to the green and into the hole as a surprised miner exclaims that he has a deuce of a job now.
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The
Milwaukee Journal
Itural Weekly Reports War Losses of Land and Forest
The issue notes Germany looted 407000 acres of land amid the war and the United States lost 48007 acres of forest land by conflict. It calls these acts a national tragedy and frames them as the worst enemy actions in the war.
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Germany
United States
Fren
Clergyman quips on empire and wives labor debate
A dialog remarks on British reach and the need to trust an Englishman. A discussion notes housewives seeking legal recognition from Prussia and questions if wives are employers or employees. Milwaukee officials address crowded courts and a call for fire escape protection.
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Don Werd
Clergyman
Gover
Milwaukee
Sasaunie
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