Justified War Move Pressures Railroad Control
The author argues war measures justify government control of railroads, predicting end of private competition and stable dividends. Expect rail firms to focus on moving trains while labor questions and possible line reductions may reshape communities, with bridges and sidings repaired as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
United States
Robin Wood
Wall Streets
New York
Lake Michigan
Germany
Hay
Altoether
Lawful Zone Postage Threatens American Newspapers
A legislative proposal doubles as a zone based postal tax harming magazines and papers after July 1, 1915. It would force issue by issue postage rates and require inspection of reading versus advertising content, endangering the newspaper industry and public opinion channels. Proponents argue fairness. opponents call it confiscation and treasonous folly.
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Congress
New York
California
Colorado
Pennsylvania
American News Company
United States
New York Times
Don CL Selly
The
New York World
James Keeley
Chicago Herald
Chicago
Daily Mail
Kk. PT
Meredith
Wilson
Refugee Trotzky sparks debate on democracy and Russia
Various editors discuss Trotzky in New York seeking asylum, his alleged ties to German socialism and the Bolshevik regime, and the stance of American aid to Russia. They criticize Bolshevik leadership, Germany’s wartime influence, and future Russian prospects amid postwar uncertainty.
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New York World
Trotzky
Leber Braunstein
Europe
New York
America
Rock Island Union
Bloomington
Germany
Peter Decides to Hold His Tongue
Peter the Rabbit learns to keep quiet after fearing Johnny Chuck is dead. He visits the Old Orchard seeking truth and discovers Johnny is in hibernation. The tale highlights the wisdom of speaking only when certain and the patience of nature.
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Peter
Thornton W. Burgess
Eter Rabbit
Johnny
Brier
Johnny Chuck
The Gray Terror In Heligoland Sabbath Times
In Heligoland the Sabbath begins at 6 pm Saturday as church bells ring and ends the same hour on Sunday, marking a strict weekly rhythm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heligoland
Turks execute 30 in the Holy City
New York dispatch reports 30 Jewish men and women were executed by the Turkish army after Jerusalem fell to General Allenby on December 10. Among the victims were prominent Holy City residents including relatives of Aaron Aaronsohn. 12,000 Jewish survivors flee northward. a Palestine relief fund plans at least 30,000 dollars monthly aid.
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New York
Jerusalem
Allenby
Provisional Executive Committee For
General Zionist Affairs
Holy City
Aaron Aaronsohn
Palestine Agricultural Experiment Station
United States Department of Agriculture
Aaronsohn
Washington
Galilee
School Night Movie Turned Riotous German Theme
In our school Thursday night the Town Hall showed a film about Germans attacking the United States. A rock shattered the screen and Constable Stuffy Balch warned arrest, but Andy Anderson admitted he threw the rock to defend against a German advance. The game of taunts between Ex Brigham and Fatty Vellowes ended with Fatty angry and leaving, while Ex claimed it was all in fun.
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Enited States
Balch
Constabule
Town Hall
Andy Anderson
Andy
Ex Brigham
Fatty Bellowes
Fatty
Kaiser
Arrest German Socialists in Berlin Crackdown
More than 300 members of the German socialist party were arrested on Christmas Eve by German military authorities, according to a Zurich dispatch released via wireless press.
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London
Socialist Party
Zurich
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Alcorn & Henkel
Marbridge
Peoples Gas
Quincy, In
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Whig
In Blessing Hospital
By Webster
H. T. Webster
Russia
Burlington Gazette
Chicago Tribune
Gray Terror
Women’s Fashionable
Serge
Quincy’s New Store
Hampshire Street
American Clothing Co
Ricker National
Quincy
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