London envoy's diary claims Germany sought war in 1914
Prince Lichnowsky's London mission diary asserts German government pressed for war, blames Berlin for the catastrophe, and recounts Asquith's broken stance in August 1914 while condemning his own policy as a sin against the Holy Ghost.
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Prince Karl Lichnowsky
London
Prince Lichnowsky
England
Germany
Asquith
Berlin
Count Berchtold
Limmweil
War Meaning And Citizenship Oath By Elihu Root
The speech argues that Americans must fight for liberty, insists naturalized citizens must honor their oath to renounce foreign allegiance, and frames World War I as defense for national liberty. It condemns those obstructing the war effort and emphasizes defense, foresight, and timely action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Teachers Plattsburgs train 800000 for patriotic education
The National Security League plans summer Teachers Plattsburgs across the United States. Training camps aim to fight German propaganda and build American citizenship by educating teachers who will pass lessons to students nationwide. Dr. Robert M. McElroy directs the program with a national patriotic faculty and hundreds of speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Security League
Plattsburgs
League
The
Security League
Robert M. McElroy
National Patriotic Education Faculty
Flattsburgs
Security Leagues
Germany
America
Doctor McEirey
Gorky on Anarchy in Russia Reported by Novaya Zhizn
Maxim Gorky, activist for ultra socialist aims, reports dire conditions in Russia. He cites famine, peasant plunder, division of property, slave trade rumors, and brutal class warfare in Sebastopol Simferopol Eupatoria and Petrograd amid revolutionary upheaval. The piece critiques the claimed path to Communism and notes growing discipline and wage threats in factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Maxim Gorky
Rusvia
Novaya Zhizn
Asia Minor
Crimea
Theodosia
Sebastopol
Simferopol
Eupatoria
Germany and Austria-Hungary Pact Prompts Moral Battle Quote
A long excerpt from the Deutsche Verfassung article outlines a 25 year military alliance between the German Kaiser and Austria Hungary, detailing joint troop organization, shared armament, officer exchanges, and common war preparations. The piece ends with a quoted defense of faith over force by Herbert Kaufman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Karl of Austria
Deutsche Volkezeitung
Prussia
Austria
Hungary
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Teachers Against German in St Louis Schools
The Principals Club of St Louis public schools adopts resolutions to suppress German teaching in all schools and to provide special English schools for Germans who cannot speak read or write English. Abolition of all German newspapers is urged. The club cites German language use at home and in newspapers as hindering Americanization of children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Principals Club of
St. Louis Public Schools
State of Siege Declared in Moscow
A state of siege has been declared in Moscow according to a Helsingfors telegram forwarded by the Copenhagen based Exchange Telegraph Company correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow
Helsingfors
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Offers $100 for Cured Cases
State of Ohio Toledo Lucas County confirms oath by Frank J. Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney & Co promising $100 for every catarrh case cured if Hall's Catarrh Cure fails. Notary A W Gleabon attests on December 6, 1886. Cure claimed to work through the blood and mucous surfaces with testimonials offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Frank J. Chen
A. W. Gleabon
Hall
J Y & CO
le Fats
Italian Queen Bees Available from Mount Airy Yard
Fred L. Johnson of Mount Airy North Carolina offers Italian queen bees bred from high quality stock. Prices include one queen for 1.00 six for 5.00 and twelve for 9.00 with satisfaction guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Johnson
Mount Airy, N. C
Timber Logging Contract for Mount Airy Power Plant
Wanted to contract logging and sawing the timber for Mount Airy town power plant. Work to begin July 15. For particulars see John Banner, Chairman, or Lt. Barber, Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
John Banner
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Elihu Root
Elinu Reet
Russia
Surances
Revolutionary Army
Mrs. Beecher
Stowe
Armenia
Belgium
Ola
Herbert Kaufman
Cosmopolitan
Wood
T.W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen
Richmond, Va
Barber
Orchard Street
W. E. Barnard
Surry Mercantile Company
West Buffalo Street
Concord
N. C
R. M. Taylor
Territory Unlimited
Atlantic Coast Realty Company
Petersburg
Greenville
N.C
Virginia
North Carolina
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