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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1915
Page
1
A St Louis man reports 135 operations yet remains movable. Rising living costs are predicted. In Jeff City Democrats debate policy while a school fund fight unfolds. A St Louis woman grows paralyzed after hair dye. Eye wash has caused similar oddities. East St Louis teachers are allowed to use harsh words in class.
In a grim note the article laments France exhausting male manpower and urges conscription of younger boys, suggesting a prolonged conflict could leave Europe populated by women only in an Adamless Eden scenario.
The article notes a claim that Germany resumed submarine attacks in November, sinking 56 British ships, while newspapers portray booming prosperity and readers doubt the press. It contrasts public perception with the wartime reality and critiques newspaper coverage.
Four Germans have been convicted in the federal district part of New York for furnishing supplies to German warships early in the war but no action has been taken against suppliers of English warships at the Panama Canal ports. The piece also discusses opinions on President Ford and Wilson's plans, defense spending, and Roosevelt's political influence.
The piece argues Republicans should seek a middle course between progressivism and conservatism to avoid another Democratic presidency. It questions Wilson’s neutrality stance, recalls calls to recall German attaches Boy-Ed and Von Papen, notes perceived pro British activity, and critiques the logic for building a large transport fleet for an invasion scenario versus domestic defense.
Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo argues in favor of the government ship purchase bill, stating such vessels could always be used for transport and conveyance of troops when needed. The statement emphasizes fleet readiness and national defense implications of expanding naval resources.
The Central Pacific Railway drilled one of the first cheap wells in the West near Huxley Nevada in 1881 seeking water. Drilling reached 2,750 feet with unsatisfactory water. At 1,700 feet a bed of petrified clams appeared and at 1,100 feet redwood timber was found, according to the Overland Guidebook of the U S Geological Survey.
The County Court of Washington County Missouri on November 1 1915 ordered a special election to decide if intoxicating liquor may be sold within the county. The vote set for December 10 1915 covers the whole county excluding incorporated towns with populations under 2 500. Ballots must mark Against the sale or For the sale of intoxicating liquors. Public notice to run four weeks in Washington County papers.
A fragmentary report notes a protest to Rogland over British orders harming neutral rights. It claims failure to secure a minimum program at a conference of neutral nations would have averted the Lusitania disaster, and quae the administration’s commerce stance as unclear.
A fragmented essay argues that prompting workers with intrinsic motivation differs from coercion. It notes children at play resemble workers more than adults under orders, urging teachers and employers to align daily tasks with natural drives, citing Mill and the Pay instinct as guiding ideas.
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