Wilson and Hughes Face Intensifying 1916 Campaign
Portraits of Woodrow Wilson and Charles Evans Hughes frame a looming national fight as voters prepare for the November 7 election. The piece details Wilson’s exacting White House routine and Hughes’s candid remarks on ambition and reading, revealing a clash of style and philosophy in a pivotal campaign year.
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Wilson
Hughes
Woodrow Wilson
Charles Evans Hughes
Europe
Mr. Wilson
Grayson
White House
Congress
Galt
Philadelphia
Grayson Wedding
Hotel Astor
New York
Catherine
Church
Regular Army Officers In Charge Of Rookies
Major Peter Murray U S A commands the Plattsburg training camp in New York this summer taking over from Major Harry Handhultz who went to Mexico. Captain Halstead Dorey assists, with attendance projected near 10 000 and more camps planned nationwide as Congress funding may expand the program.
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Ajor Peter Murray
Plattsburg
N. Y
Harry Handhultz
Mexico
Thirtieth Infantry
Murray
Halstead Dorey
Lake Champlain
New York
Congress
Union
United States
Crown Prince drives front line ride in German letter
A field artilleryman from near Cologne recounts a ride with the crown prince on the western front. He describes a tense reveal when the chauffeur is revealed as the imperial envoy, and the prince asks if the rider recognizes him before the auto departs.
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Cologne
Goa
Alloy Mimics Gold Used as Substitute for Gold
A mix of copper ninety four parts and antimony six parts plus a touch of magnesium carbonate yields a alloy that can be drawn wrought and soldered like gold and takes on a golden polish. Its value is about 25 cents a pound.
Two Great War Figures Brussiloff and Scheer Highlighted
The piece profiles Admiral Reinhardt Scheer and General Alexis Brussiloff as pivotal war leaders. It notes Scheer as a top German tactician steering the fleet and Brussiloff directing the Russian push against Austria with a history of extensive maneuvers and cross border experience. The narrative includes a personal reminiscence from Mrs. Charles Johnson about Brussiloff and a glimpse of wartime engagements and exchanges.
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Reinhardt Scheer
Jutland
Alexis A. Brussiloff
Admiral Scheer
General Marine Department
Admiralty
Charles Johnson
Brussiloff
Grand Central Palace
New York
India
Lublin
Grand Duke
France
Oth
Cited Mexican War veterans count and timeline noted
A newspaper note recalls 568 living veterans of the Mexican War. It marks seventy years since the war began and sixty eight years since its official end on July 4, with 105000 U S troops reported in the two year conflict.
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Mexico
United States
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Washington
Oelock
Welock
Huces
Herbert Spencer
Gibbon
Walter Savage Landor
Thomas Carlyle
Kent
Darwin
Huxley
Haeckel
Locke
Mr. Hughes
Dumas the Elder
Gaborian
Henry James
Mr. James
American Press Association
Regular Army
Major Murray
Plattsburg Camp
Captain Dorey
Prince
Brussilofi
Scheer
America
Alex A
Kissingen
Manchuria
Veterans OF Mexican War
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