The New Bismarckians in United States Policy
A Des Moines Register piece argues three wartime bills push militarization a step toward a go it alone policy. It warns that opponents of world peace seek national arms and draw parallels to Germany under Bismarck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
League of Nations
America
World Organization For Peace
National Organization For War
World For Peace
Bismarck
Cormany
Lottery to Pay French War Debt Proposed by Le Fevre
The French chamber is urged to raise a 60 billion franc lottery loan over 20 years. It would issue 120 million coupons worth 11 dollars each, with daily prizes of 250000 dollars for two years and weekly prizes thereafter. Critics warn gambling is immoral, but supporters hail high risk high payoff.
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New York Sun
Andre le Fevre
Paris
Europe
Scandinavia
France
Monte Carlo
le Fevre
Brazil
Central America
Democratic homage to royalty in Ottawa’s royal visit
A New York Times reflection notes Ottawa’s restrained civic tone yet recalls a riot of acclaim at the young prince’s appearance. It questions democratic appetite for royalty and recalls locals who greeted the prince at Manotick with simple acts like offering an apple.
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New York Times
Ottawa
America
Tage
Maetertneck
Ginghan
Tatow
Manotick
Mexican Agriculture Report Shows Crop Totals Dip From Small Producers
The Mexican secretary of agriculture and development reports principal crop production for IMS. Totals, excluding tobacco, exceed last year by 2 to 5 percent, though many small producers did not file returns. In pounds the crops listed include corn, sweet potatoes, sugar cane, and henequen fiber among others. A second portion quotes Omaha World-Herald observations on wage inflation harming workers and families, noting the impact on daily necessities and the elderly.
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Secretary of Agriculture and Development of
Mexico
Corton
Omaha World Herald
Yeober
Batx
Mae
Questioy
Ute
Carnegie's Last Letter Revealed by Milwaukee Journal
The Milwaukee Journal published what is believed to be a root letter from Mr Carnegie addressed to broker Charles C. James. The communication hints at support for his view on the League of Nations and expresses personal sentiment about public reception.
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Carnegie
Milwaukee Journal
League of Ne
Charches C. James
Labor unrest flares as AFL organizers fined in Pennsylvania town
A Pittsburgh dispatch notes four organizers of the American Federation of Labor including Mother Jones were fined ten dollars each by Mayor Crawford for holding a steel workers meeting without a permit. The piece argues permits are practically unattainable in steel towns, denouncing petty tyranny that spurs Bolshevism and Anarchism and asserting workers’ right to peaceful assembly in America.
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Milwaukee Journal
Pittsburgh
American Federation of Labor
Jones
James 8. Crawford
Duquesne
News Dispatch
Pennsylvania
America
Fifteen Dollars a Week in New Hampshire Rural Schools
A New York Times reprint notes a call for 100 young women to teach in New Hampshire rural schools at fifteen dollars weekly. It argues teaching is vital to the state’s future and hopes for eventually adequate pay, contrasting with factory wages.
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The
New York Times
Io New Hampshire
Manchester Union
New Hampshire
Manchester
United Blalex
It Just Takes Nerve Pelgrade Special
A 12 year old orphan at a local facility pleads for a better life to Prince Regent Alexander after seeing his automobile outside a military hospital. The prince invites him to the palace but the boy runs away the next morning, seeking admission to a royal officers training program.
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Pelgrade Special
Alexander
Berbian
Can. Guaetinne
Orpiano
Intervention in Mexico Debate Captures Capital A Headline
The Topeka Capital and The Daily Mail discuss possible U S or allied intervention in Mexico. Reports note British shipping plans to allocate German prize tonnage under a relief or salvage committee.
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Topeka
Wall Street
Mexico
Interventiom
Uncle Sam No Slacker Governor Goodrich Remarks
Indiana Governor Goodrich of Indianapolis urges continued national duty after the war. He warns against peace terms that would undermine allied unity and cautions that Germany must not be granted a “strap of paper” peace. He emphasizes America’s obligation to maintain linkage with allied nations and restore order from wartime chaos.
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Goodrich
Indiana
Iodanapolla
Germany
America
Prohibition and Jewelry
Franklin P. Adams notes conflicting dry and antidry statistics and asks how prohibition affects jewelry purchases. He cites a jeweler in Kansas and compares wealth, luxury spending, and wedding rings to New York, predicting the jewelry business will suffer from prohibition.
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Franklin P. Adams
Kansas
Mr. Adams
New York
Wichita
A Man Chooses Death With His Wife in Public
William Tanner, the Chicago husband, quotes vows to die with his wife before a train. The passage speaks of shared fate and a rendezvous with death as they face danger together. A reference to a feature on a woman in the Philadelphia Public Ledger appears.
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William Tanner
Chicago
The
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Costs of Liberty Bond sales tally in Oregon Journal
The Oregon Journal reports sales costs for the first four Liberty Bond issues totaling 2 763 576, 95 639 002, 3 293 615 and 68 727 668 dollars. The Victory Bond marketing expense is extra. The rate is small compared with other governments and with marketing commercial bonds.
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Oregon Journal
Tired People and Law in Early 20th Century Discourse
Hon Kiihu Root challenges endless statutes and political substitute for common sense. The piece contrasts weary public with dull legal overload and recalls artist anecdotes about public life and immigration detention of a 12 year old mascot of the Fifth Marines, plus a Detroit Red Cross worker seeking to adopt Alm.
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New York Sun
Kiihu Root
American Bar Association
Mr. Root
Fifth Marines
Henrik Gilman
Belgium
Mins Sorenson
Detroit
Red Cross
Alaska Gold Fever Prices Shock Outsiders
A clipped note recalls Dawson during gold fever with sugar at seven dollars a sack and eggs at about one dollar each. It mentions a reader selling a hall reading for a dollar and drawing about five hundred men to a crowded venue.
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Alaska
Dawson
Lawson
Eight-Wheel Auto Seen as Future Car
The Christian Science Monitor reports an eight wheel car in service, arguing weight distributed over eight tires halves wear per tire and improves ride on uneven roads. If one tire fails, drivers continue with the rest, giving the vehicle a centipede like advantage.
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Christian Science Monitor
Tao
Municipal control of public dance halls debated in 1919 letter
Dr. M. Walton argues against privately run dance venues and for a city owned pavilion placed away from residential areas near water or civic centers. He distinguishes jazz as disruptive and defends the violin as the basis of real music, urging municipal ownership to curb perceived naughtiness and noise.
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Neurasthenia
Balanca
Dr. M. &. Walton
A True Artist In Lunatic Asylum Portrait
A London Tit-Bit excerpt notes a painter of the impressionist school confined in an asylum. His visitors glimpse a bare canvas and hear his claim it depicts the passage of the Jews through the sea. The dialogue shows comic misinterpretation of the supposed masterpiece.
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Sted Sea
Bald Man Scored One From Taft Speech and Cadet Seaplane Tale
The Argonaut recalls William H Taft’s maiden speech where a heckler shouted You're wrong, sir. Taft retorted and pressed on as the crowd roared. A Miami naval aviation cadet assigned a seaplane stayed airborne an hour but landed early after a jokey exchange about air and blackbirds in town.
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Argonaut
William H. Tafte
Taft
Everyoouy 5
Miami
Pia
A New York Times Ad Calls for Window Cleaners
An ad in New York announces window cleaners are valued at 41.50 per day, promising ample hiring. The piece contrasts wages with academic salaries, noting full professors earn far more, while young instructors and associate professors face limited prospects. The writer questions whether the trades will drain clergy and educators from service.
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New York
United States
Tull Protesasora
Staal College
Exchange Rates Still Fall On European Markets
The New York Post notes continued decline in exchange rates on belligerent European markets. Declining rates increase import costs for European buyers and reduce home prices for exporters, altering trade dynamics and consumer prices in the United States.
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The
New York Post
American Cone
Amora
Loans to Europe Highlight U S Financial Ties
The Springfield Republican lists U S loans to Europe totaling 9.67 billion dollars to Britain France Italy Belgium Czecho Slovakia Romania Liberia and Greece. It warns that defeat of the treaty or league could jeopardize this nine and a half billion exposure and asks what would happen if America “eats loose.”
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The
Springfield Republican
Europe
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Romania
Liberia
League
America
Lodge Reservations Death Sentence for Irish Cause
The Springfield Republican argues that Lodge’s reservations to the League covenant would bar Ireland from international consideration. It contends Britain would accept reservations only if Ireland is shut out, effectively ending Irish hopes within the League. The piece warns such limits would undermine Ireland’s prospects and strain Anglo-American friendship.
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Lodge
Springfield Republican
Lodge Committee
Ireland
Britain
League Assembly
League Council
League
Assembly
Council
America
Mr. Lodge
United States
Assembly of the League of Nations
Grand Council of the Nations
Senate Committee
Treating Strangle Disease and Mucous Colitis Causes
A reader asks for a long article on mucous colitis outlining cause symptoms and treatment. The piece notes nine tenths of cases in nervous women, links to constipation, and a faulty secretion in the large intestine forming casts. Treatments include enemas, high water intake, and avoidance of opiates.
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Intervala
Andreas
Walter
Epcom
Kusemaul
Cultivation of Courage From the New York Herald
A fragment reflecting on fear in man, noting past terrors banished and present anxieties about art and Richtning. The text contrasts old fears of forest, solitude, fog, and gods with ongoing fear of something named Richtning.
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New York Herald
Richtning
Courage as a cornerstone of life and faith
The text reflects on fears from disease to public opinion and ridicule, urging courage in war and peace. It asserts courage sharpens our powers, makes life endurable, and is essential to religion, citing a Chronicle writer who says to deal courageously and be with the Lord.
On Being Fat Poem of the Obese Bard and Social Mockery
An obese narrator laments public mockery for weight and pain. The speaker contrasts sympathy shown to a thin sick person with laughter toward the fat man, noting society’s callous reactions and the lack of care when he falls.
Out of the Dim Past
The article humorously notes a visiting scientist discussing ancient mosquitos and the Miocene period 2,000,000 years ago, offering biased relief amid labor strikes and societal tensions. It contrasts modern agitation with past burdens borne by distant eras.
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Los Angeles
Mistreatment and racial tensions in Knoxville incident
A fragmented report describes mistreatment of Mexicans and racial conflict involving a Black person in Knoxville. The text references confusion over a control, a World publication, and local reactions, highlighting hostile dynamics.
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Wien
Daily Mail
London
England
Ministry of Shipping
Uncle Sam
Slacker
John Hassall
An & Wheeled Motor Car
Tit-Bita
American Legion Weekly
Boston Transcript
Sandy
Janet
New York World
Ransa
Knomville
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