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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1919
Page
4
A critique of how November was the moment to present terms after the armistice. The piece argues delays, speeches, and wrangling harmed Germany and delayed peace. It warns future negotiators to avoid protracted parleys and to pursue decisive action.
The end of daylight saving triggers a sharp clash of progress versus tradition as lawmakers ponder sun time versus Congress time. Supporters tout lower lighting costs and longer summer evenings while dairy and farm workers face early hours and disrupted schedules.
The author argues the Calder act could have allowed later start and finish times, contending its prejudice inflated into a grievance. He says it was killed by psychological suggestion, noting the substantial good it achieved was outweighed by minor conveniences and hurtful animosities, an irrational clash with human nature.
Report on Edward TH Wilson's mischaracterization of an Edward Knox address from 1910. Wilson questions Knox opposition to world federation while Knox sketches leagues acceptable to him. Debate centers on covenant and peace positions, with accusations of misreading and deceit.
Miss Margaret Wilson recalls seven months in France observing French and American relations. She notes overcharged traders, friendly yet cautious storekeepers, and the mix of thrift and humor. Frustrations fade beside memories of smiles, flowers from children, and acts that cement mutual friendship between Americans and French people.
The army is to adopt a dual role as both military force and educational institution. The plan, praised as a great advance, aims to provide extensive training across forty callings, blending theory with practical work. Recruits, including veterans, respond to this educational approach, contrasting with past drill focused leadership.
The text argues that professionals may not judge wisely on all matters and that army extension courses could reform single men in barracks. It notes prejudice against the army from old methods and suggests that a boy once seen as worthless may improve when educated and skilled. The Baker experiment is deemed worth trying.
North Dakota Federal judge Amidon dismisses a suit challenging North Dakota Nonpartisan League legislation tied to the state industrial program. He warns against revolution and urges change by law and the ballot. He defends liberty under law and cautions against Bolshevik rhetoric and mob pressure. The ruling emphasizes that private property and statutes govern conditions of holding property and that government should not yield to strife but seek orderly change through the ballot.
Fragmentary lines describe airborne collisions and a claim that there is never enough room for air, noting odd phrasing about contact surfaces waste and encan limits without clear context. The text lacks coherent events, names, dates, or locations to anchor a fuller summary.
A letter urges newspapers to publicize official citations from the War and Navy Departments rewarding employers who reemploy discharged soldiers and sailors. The writer asks editors to publish names of firms and individuals supporting veterans, noting most returnees have prewar jobs. The June 19 1919 note explains the citation is official, engraved, and free of strings, and invites applications for eligibility.
A fragment from The Conning Tower notes humor in Lardner Wilson and Marquis while spoofing umpires at Philadelphia Cricket Club. It recalls a runaway town incident and references Della Fox and Blanche Ring in a garbled society column tone.
A collage of quotes and verse runs through an American Magazine ad parody and miscellaneous notes. The piece cites Putnam's Phrase Book on politeness and apology and satirizes advertising claims about gloom and wealth. It references the era’s literary figures and debates public behavior and privacy in a busy urban setting.
An interview with Witos, head of the Piast peasant group, outlines his program to place land in peasants' hands, nationalize railways and salt mines, and push eight hour workdays. Other leaders, including Grabski and Lutoslawski, shape the Paderewski government as Poland faces Bolshevik threats and Allied aid shortages.
Books TL Rogers, famed monologist turned film star, offers a collection titled The Peace Conference. The narrative traces his career from cowboy rope tricks to vaudeville, notes his habit of using current events, and reflects on how Rogers’ stage persona translated to print. It also surveys Leonard Merrick and others, contrasting commercial success with serious literary aims and noting Dreiser and Chambers as examples of varied authorial paths.
A Paris correspondent notes changes in leaders at the peace talks. Clemenceau shows marks of wounds and shock, Wilson appears aged and balding, Lloyd George maintains a strong head and stomach, and Puch Doullens shows lines since past duties. The marshal smiles more, and critics hear him say I told you so.
Algernon Lee of New York questions Alderman Quinn’s claim that no good Irishman is an Internationalist. He cites Daniel O Connell John Mitchel Feargus O Connor Bronterre O Brien Michael Davitt James Connolly and Francis Sheehy Skeffington in defense of Irish national and international ideals.
The Arkansas Gazette recounts Sergeant York’s wedding to his boyhood sweetheart at their Tennessee home. York wore a colonel’s uniform for life on Governor Roberts’s staff who performed the ceremony. The piece warns against misnaming him as Sergeant York or Colonel York.
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