Wilson Inauguration Marks Second Presidential Start
Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated for a second term as president with Thomas R. Marshall sworn in again as vice president. The广ceremony features a largely military parade, grand lights over Washington, and solemn regard for foreign affairs shaping the tone of the day.
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World News Snapshots From Across Markets and Events
A Spanish merchant spotlights American petroleum and machine oils while a Dutch buyer seeks ten thousand pounds of oiled worsted yarn. Japan’s cocoon harvest reached 9,472,600 bushels as Hawaii calls for American shoes. A Lima aviation school is planned and a Cairo museum houses a 17th century B C fan. A Cleveland accident killed two horses when a 14 ton shovel struck a trolley wire.
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German Plot With Mexico Seeks Alliance Before War
Zimmermann telegram outlines strategy to the Mexican foreign minister. It proposes Germany and Mexico join in war with the United States, with Mexico to regain lost lands and receive financial support, while aiming to pull Japan in and push England toward peace.
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Germany Urged Mexico and Japs to Fight America
Washington reports reveal Germany planned to ally with Mexico and Japan to attack the United States. Mexico would reconquer Texas New Mexico and Arizona with German financial backing, while Japan was to join after mediation. The Zimmermann instructions, via Von Eckhardt and Von Bernstorff, link Mexico’s motions to Carranza and Gulf of Mexico submarine bases.
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What Will Congress Do About Germany's Machinations
The article discusses Congress future actions in response to Germany's alleged plans and influence operations in the Americas. It cites German agents in Mexico and Central America, mentions Mexican officials Rafael Zubaran and Luis Cabrera, and reports a Japanese authority dismissing any German alliance proposal as preposterous while stressing Japan’s desire for friendly U.S. relations.
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Prison for False Reports in Espionage Bill
Washington reports that the House Judiciary Committee added a drastic feature to the senate espionage bill. A false statement about any controversey with a foreign country would face up to 10000 dollars in fines and up to two years imprisonment or both.
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Vienna Note Denies Sinking of U.S. Schooner Lyman M. Law
The Austrian government informed the U S State Department via Ambassador Penfield that the American schooner Lyman M Law was not sunk by an Austrian submarine The foreign minister said all Austrian submarine commanders have been accounted for and heard from
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Congress Ends With Vast Naval Build Up and Reforms
The Sixty fourth congress leaves a legacy of national preparedness with a massive naval expansion and a three year building program including battleships and submarines. It also boosts the army, passes a ship purchase law, eight hour railroad rule, and immigration and rural credit measures while several senators retire from the chamber.
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Writers Behind the Times and Dialect Change
A Toledo Blade letter discusses shifting dialects from London to South American and Appalachian speech. It notes humor magazines and plays use outdated language and suggests forming a committee to urge editors and writers to use living speech.
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Walnut trees and manganese output across regions
The text notes the walnut tree's former prevalence in Palestine and coastal growth near the sea of Tiberius, reports 1916 manganese ore output at 27 000 tons triple the 1915 figure, and mentions advances in machinery, food, aviation, and agriculture including a bladder stuffed plum pudding, a ten cylinder aircraft engine, a detachable basket handle, and a brown Egyptian cotton variety.
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Women of Middlesex County Endorses Pinkham Remedy
Lowell Massachusetts resident Mrs. Margaret Quinn reports relief from Change of Life symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. She lists nervousness headaches backaches and dizziness and urges others to seek confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Rough On Rats Should Core Sends Decline of Divorce in Japan
Maynard Owen Williams argues in The Christian Herald that Japan faces anxiety over divorce rates as population aged twenty to sixty five grows and the ratio of divorces per thousand declines from 3 to 114, highlighting societal concerns in a mid century context.
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Dodd's Kidney Pills Praised by Kerrville Man
Mr. S. P. Benton of Kerrville Texas writes that years of kidney and rheumatic trouble left him bent and cane bound before using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He claims the remedy restored his health, allowing him to stand straight again at age 64 and credits the product highly.
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Three Deer With One Shot Record Cited
John Carleton of Newark asks if two deer with one shot has been surpassed. The Massachusetts fish and game commission report for 1912-13-14 notes John Rider of Plymouth killed three deer at one shot in 1830 during a rye-dominated summer season. the court excused him to protect standing grain.
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Trade tensions loom with China and Germany
The dialogue suggests a looming split between China and Germany, with commentators predicting a major disruption if such a break occurs. The exchange underscores fears of a significant realignment in industrial and diplomatic ties.
Self-made compliments from soap king to stage beauty
A London Answers quip frames a clash of vanity and luck with a stage beauty declaring face as fortune and a self-made soap magnate replying that he extends the praise of a self-made man to a self-made woman.
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