Control of the Sea Sees Britain to Grip World Trade
Washington Post notes Maximillian Harden argues Germany must break British sea power to win the war. He cites potential Indian revolution, Suez Turkish action, and possible sea battles as ways to shift leverage. The piece compares German naval pressure with Allied logistics and questions U S congressional focus on navy building.
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Washington Post
Maximillian Harden
Europe
Die Zukunft
Germany
Russia
Siberia
France
England
Harden
India
Suez
Britain
Japan
London
America
New Rural Credits Law Expands Farm Financing Across Nation
The act creates twelve Federal land banks and allows unlimited joint stock banks to loan on farms at low long terms. Loans up to 50 percent of land value and 20 percent of permanent improvements, with 6 to 40 year mortgages and small regular payments. Borrowers become stockholders and share in profits. Federal Farm Loan Board enforces rates and fees. Printing costs push newspaper prices upward, with papers raising subscriptions from 1.00 to 1.50 or 2.00 as costs soar due to higher material and labor costs.
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Federal Farm Loan Board
National Farm Loan Associations
Federal Land Banks
Farm Loan Board
Glenwood
Wakeup Call Echoes in a Quiet Home
Mrs. Willis urges Mr. Willis to wake as she fears a harsh noise at the door. He dismisses it as a rat or imagination, while tension hints at a potential break-in during a domestic scene from a life in progress.
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Mr. Willis
Mrs. Willis
Thought for the Week on happiness and breadth of heart
John Galaworthy argues happiness is not wealth or freedom but inward breadth of heart. He defines it as the freedom to understand feel and help others and ties it to justice love and sacrifice guiding human life beyond mere efficiency.
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John Galaworthy
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claims Cure All Stages
A medical ad proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole available remedy for catarrh, a constitutional disease, asserting internal action on the blood and tissues. It offers a $100 reward for any case failing to cure and invites readers to request testimonials from J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
Thors
River social glances and village notes from Mason county
A long list of residents and visitors in Mason and Fredericksburg share river outings, family visits, and local gatherings. The piece records travels by W. Bede, J. Weise, Lang family, Rothmann and Lehmberg kin, plus a moonlight picnic with a mix of Misses Buchholz Holly Ebeling Rothmann and others.
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W. Bede
Bartlett
Rom Tunchon
G. Sulitiee
Heda
Anyonind
Walter Crosby
Mason
F. BE. Tuchhols
Ranesom Russell
JM Poryenn
Thesday
Georgetown
Mro
Reseda Holly
Gertrude Ebeling
Nell Buchholz
Myrtle Rogers
RosaHe Buchholz
Esther Dalehan
Bill Moerner
Alton Dalehan
J. B. Oliver
Tyler
Studebaker
BR. A. Lang
Russell Keyser
Max
Ida Rothmann
Austin
Miss Rothmann
Fred Lange
Baby
Liono
Otto Weise
Dibail
Bernice
Nettie Puryear
Shine
Kidd
Nell Letharberg
Hetle
Missey Nell Buchholz
Miytie Rogers
Esther Lehmberg
Rosalie Buchholz
Nell Lehmberg
Damon Rain
Missey Wola
George Rothmann
At- Yon Dalehau
G. M. Knox
On Account of the War Poem Reflections in New York Sun
A poem mocks wartime price hikes and shortages as excuses like on account of the war. It lists debts and rising costs from bread to shoes and drugs and ends by asking what people will do after the war when all are forced to pay. The verse notes anti prohibitionists and sea serpents confined to wet communities as a satirical aside.
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New York Sun
John Grown
Lines to General Humidity
A terse editorial blast from the Boston Globe using mock military cadence to urge removal of humidity controls and moisture issues, urging decisive action and persistence.
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Gwan
Boston Globe
Bad Feeling Grows Across Nations Says Albert Stroud
Albert Stroud argues strong sentiment has built between Germany and England over two years noting Germany changed the English term golf to locherballspiel. He cites linguistic shift as a sign of rising tension between nations.
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Albert Stroud
Mr. Stroud
Germany
Freckles Prompt Ignites Misses Quip About Books
A lady hosting her daughter’s caller who has just returned from a summer outing asks if he has read Freckles. He blushes and replies timidly that his are the brown kind.
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Mr. Johnson
Harold Feasts Then Requests Gentle Bed Time
Harold had eaten much during a day of feasting and merriment and curled up by the fireplace to sleep. When carried to bed he opened a sleepy eye and warned, Put me to bed, but don't bend me.
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Harold
Land of Nod
A Hint to Himself
Dialog fragment shows Lapleigh urging Miss Ethel and Miss Bright responding on pace and running freely in a Boston Transcript style exchange. Names suggest fictional conversational snippet likely from a humor or social note column.
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Lapleigh
Miss Ethel
Miss Bright
Boston Transcript
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