Kipling and the East West Debate in The Daily Press
The Daily Press editorial lauds Kipling for shaping public taste and exposing readers to his sharp view of East and West. It notes a stormy nationwide backdrop and reflects on civil service rules about ministers in county institutions, asserting ministers are exempt from civil service. The piece also remarks on human envy of notable figures and quotes fragmented passages about summer and ordinary people.
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Kipling
Daily Press
M Kinling
Ohio
Mayor Gaynor on corruption in small towns and cities
In an interview, New York City Mayor Gaynor disputes Prof. Brooks on corruption levels. He argues small communities show comparable graft and crime, reserves judgment on democracy versus monarchy, and asserts overall political improvement despite rural malpractices. The interview ends with note of the mayor’s assassination.
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United States
Gaynor
Brooks
New York
When Hammond Was "Broke" at the Press Club Tale Night
John Hays Hammond and Frank Miller joined a Washington Press club storytelling session. They heard odd tales of reportorial hardship before Mil lee challenged Hammond with a ten dollar bet that he had never been broke, prompting a humorous exchange.
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John Hays Hammond
Frank Miller
Press Club
Washington
Millee
Paris Meal Quest Hardship Cited By Engineer Ambassador
The mining engineer and special ambassador recalled a Paris episode on a return from South Africa. He said he once had only $1.50 and could not find a place to eat in Paris, illustrating how tough he had it on the road.
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Paris
South Africa
Washington Dispatch
New York World
Atchison
Africa
Time to Seed Wheat in Ohio Along Jointworm Pressure
Ohio agricultural notes say seed timing shifts earlier due to jointworm in western wheat fields. Early seeding by 1 week to 10 days helps curb damage, with September 10 to 20 typical in the north and October 1 along the Ohio river. Fertilizers and seed bed prep aid early harvest.
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Ohio
Ohio River
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Bulletin
Ohio Agricultural Station
Globe Lights humor and wry maxims from Atchison Globe
A column of light verse and quips on manners, slogans, and social foibles. It ribbed topics from promise keeping to cat care, postcards to beach-comber refinement, and jokes about wives, tobacco, and children. The tone is satirical and locally flavored.
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Philosphy
Quaker Meditations From the Philadelphia Board
A fragment from a Philadelphia Board meditation collection discusses gender roles and social foibles. Wry maxims lampoon relations and human folly, noting how envy and vanity shape conduct. The piece ends with a whimsical observation about a centipede and its many legs.
Doubtful Kicking and Wordplay Across Jokes
A collection of quips and humorous exchanges touching on belief, hearing, jugglers, wealth, and procrasti nation. Dialogues contrast quick wit with delayed action and poke fun at phrases about making hay while the sun shines.
Journal Entries From Topeka Journal Observe Human Folly
The excerpt reflects on human behavior with maxims about peace in large families, work engagement, truth in storytelling, noise in arguments, holiday overindulgence, bluffing, housework, fitting in, seeking applause, and the value of laughter. It presents general musings rather than a news event.
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Topeka Journal
Reflections of a Bachelor From the New York Press
A satirical column on social norms and human foibles. It riffs on money, marriage, honesty, and the quirks of women and men with pointed witticisms. The piece comicly notes how wealth inflates envy and how cheerful liars mistake themselves for clever.
Pointed Paragraphs from the Chicago News
A collection of social quips and maxims on marriage, vanity, manners, and gender dynamics. Witty observations include firemen, love through Lake Michigan, old fashioned men, hair oil, ailments, mock hammocks, and a remark on prolonged piano playing.
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Chicago News
Lake Michigan
A Latent Almanac of Ailments and Courtship
The piece notes that listening to people yields tales of ailments and that a man who values truth over power gains a reputation for honesty. It also mocks a conceited youth who believes every engaged woman would end an engagement after meeting him and suggests women assume such advances early.
Decline in British Shipping Losses by Mines Reported
London reports a weekly admiralty statement showing sixteen British vessels sent to the bottom last week. Twelve vessels over 1,600 tons and six under 1,600 tons were sunk, alongside four fishing vessels. The figures mark the smallest large-vessel losses since February and follow a prior peak in mid March.
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London
Germany
Aviators Die in 400‑Foot Aerial Collision Near North Island
San Diego Calif Sept 13 Fadaward M Walsh Jr of Oakland and Theodore B Lyman of St Helena Cal privates in the United States signal corps were killed in a dramatic aviation accident at the North Island aviation school. Their planes collided 400 feet above ground and burst into flames. Both men died. Officers say each pilot may have failed to see the other.
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San Diego
Cal
Fadaward M. Walsh, Jr
Oakland
Theodore B. Lyman
St. Helena
United States Signal Corps
North Island Aviation School
Nearing Completion at Camp Sherman Rushed Construction
Chillicothe Ohio reports construction at Camp Sherman is near finish with an expected Sept 19 completion for the main work and Oct 1 for final orders. Daily layoffs reach 400 to 500 as workers quit or are released. Rail and building firms rush to hire, aided by the state employment agency. Army officers prep for the next draft quota, with rations for 149000 meals and a full stock of blankets in place.
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Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
State Free Employment Agency
Crowder Defines Ohio Exemption Pleas Rules
Ohio officials report a surge of draft exemptions directed to Washington. Crowder clarifies that appeals can only be filed with district boards on agricultural or industrial grounds and cannot be made to the president or other figures.
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Crowder
Columbus
Congress
Washington
Ohio
Senate Military Committee Reports Adversely Hardwick Bill
Washington Sept 13 The senate Military affairs committee reported adversely on Senator Hard wick's bill requiring consent of every drafted man before service The committee led by Senator Chamberlain of Oregon argued the selective draft is constitutional and aligns with American ideals and denounced anti draft agitation as paralyzing the president's right arm.
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Senate Military Committee
Hardwick
Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Congress
Chamberlain
Oregon
Military Affairs Committee
America
Fifty Lives Lost Liner Minnehaha Sunk Off Ireland
New York reports that the Atlantis transport liner Minnehaha, with 14 000 tons of munitions on each voyage, was sunk by a submarine off the Irish coast last Friday. Fifty officers and crew died. The ship had recently departed New York five weeks earlier for London, then was bound back to this port with a small cargo.
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Minnehaha
New York
England
Atlantis
London
Ireland
New British Mission Reaches Capital Escort Led by Lord Reading
Lord Reading, chief justice of England, arrives in Washington with Colonel E D Swinton assistant secretary of the British war cabinet and J M Keynes of the treasury. He says the commission represents the British cabinet on finance and related matters.
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Lord Reading
Washington
Jeri
England
E. D. Swinton
War Cabinet
J. HM. Keynes
Treasury
Ex-Grand Dukes Placed Under Guard in Petrograd
In Petrograd on September 13 the government ordered ex Grand Dukes Michael and Paul Alexandrovitch moved from Gatchina residence to the interior ministry. Michael, a brother of the deposed emperor, served briefly as regent after Nicholas II abdicated. Paul, an uncle of the former emperor, is also held under guard following a counterrevolutionary plot investigation.
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Petrograd
Michael Alexandrovitch
Paul Alexandrovitch
Gatchina
Ministry of the Interior
Michael
Nicholas
Paul
Tobacco for soldiers and sailors in France
Soldiers and sailors in France need tobacco to ease homesickness and fatigue. A 45 cent package lasts about a week and 25 cents covers one week, while a dollar a month funds a soldier for the war. Postcard receipts can be sent to donors as a souvenir. movement endorsed by Army and Navy Departments.
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France
Army
Navy
Enchanting Goddess Annette Kellerman at May open house
Annette Kellerman stars as the goddess Enchanting in A Daughter of the Gods, William Fox's $1,000,000 motion picture spectacle. The lavish film promises kaleidoscopic locales, ornate costumes, and dramatic heart throbs, with critics praising its beauty and realism for Monday and Tuesday, September 17 and 18.
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William Fox
May
Mary Edith Butler
Annette
Plow Evolution From Wood to Steel Tool
The plow evolved slowly from a crude wooden instrument to a steel implement. In many regions a primitive wooden plow remains in use today.
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B. Geiger
Pp. Prince Jr
Pigus
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Russia
New-York Times
Hammond
Solomon
Association of American Dairy,Food and Drug
Association of Official Agricultural Chemists
Bureau of Chemistry
Federal Department of Agriculture
Atchison Globe
Philadelphia Board
Tick
Kay's Opera House
Maude
Gotrox
Tommy
New York Press
Morison
Cleveland
David R. Morison
Stark Electric Railway
Bankers
W. A. Blicker
Bucyrus
M. R. Denver
Wilmington
Council of Administration
W. C. Mooney, Jr
Woodsfield
Fred C. Croxton
Wilson
Our Boys
West 44Th Street
Cit
Annette Kellerman
Enchanting
Goddess
W. B. Reduso
Preduso
Chicago
W. B. Inform
San Francisco
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