French imperialists face backlash over Rhine and Adriatic claims
The writer blasts French, Italian, and Romanian expansionist aims as dangerous echoes of Alsace Lorraine and Bismarck era policies. He cautions against pushing frontiers on the Rhine and Saar valleys and notes Mr. Balfour’s assurances that no French statesman intends to enforce such demands.
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United States
Bismarck
France
Prussia
Germany
Lord George
Rhine
Adriatic Sea
Bessarabia
Alsace-Lorraining
M. Pichon
Russia
Lorraine
Saar
Balfour
Profiteering Critique of War Price Marks Up Government Costs
The piece denounces profiteering as government and private actors profit from wartime sales and auctions. It cites a Camp Bowie horse auction where mounts sold for far above their government cost, condemns high post office building prices, and questions why federal expenditures often seem inflated both in war and peace. It calls for bids and accountability amid shifting government roles from buyer to seller and asks who will curb federal excesses.
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Camp Bowie
Quincy
Republic
Washington
Legisland
Lowden
Illnois
What Shall We Do With Our Ex Kings
Dr Frank Crane argues the US should harness successful business leaders for public service rather than hand power to politicians. He cites Baruch Hoover Schwab and others, contending democracy cannot easily recruit or elect such figures and warns against transferring stockholders wealth to political run systems.
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Frank Crane
Frank Crerne
Turing
Baruch
Hoover
Neanderlip
Willard
Ryan
Schwab
Iman
Burleson
Theodore N.V
Mr. Vail
United States
Almiost
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Hig Ptee
Havemeyer
Duke
Sergios
Taft Defends League of Nations Debate in Senate
The Washington Star defends Taft as open discussion on the league of nations proceeds. It argues senators must examine the treaty on its merits, public minds deserve transparency, and political slicing should not taint the peace proposal. The piece urges frank, collective scrutiny before any ratification.
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Washington Star
Taft
League of Nations
Senate
Congress
Mr. Taft
America
Versailles
Peace Commission
Units sail for home from overseas duty in January
The War Department announced early convoy home for about 10 000 American Expeditionary Force troops including the 131st 132nd and 133rd field artillery and the 11th ammunition train of the 36th division. Ships transporting officers and men from France to New York Newport News and other ports carried battalions squadrons and medical detachments with dozens of units bound for Fort Dix Camp Logan McArthur and Fort Terry among others.
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Washington
War Department
132Nd
133Rd Field Artillery
Texas
Oklahoma
89Th Aero Squadron
20Th Engineers
61St Field Artillery Brigade
321St Field Battalion
Signal Corps
President Grant
Montana
South Dakota
Comfort
France
New York
2Nd Field Artillery
Llst Field Artillery
83Rd Field Artillery
Ndquarters
8Th Field Artillery Brigade
Camp Dix
Kentucky National Guard
56Th Coast Artillery Regiment
47Th Aero Squadron
Forts Crockett
Logan
Newport News
Georgia
Kansas
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Local Reader
Noted in a Quincy household the Doan's Kidney Pills are praised for relieving disordered kidneys backache and urinary issues. Mrs N G Thompson of 810 North Twelfth street says the remedy provided consistent relief after attacks and recommends it to others. Price 60c at all dealers.
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Doan
Quincy
N. G. Thompson
North Twelfth Street
Wells confirms resignation as St. Louis Fed chief
Governor Rolla Wells of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and the Eighth District confirms reports of his resignation and says he has been notified a successor will be chosen soon.
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Louis
Rolla Wells
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Eighth Federal Reserve District
Delayed Mobilization Hinders Peace Conference Plans
Reuters notes that a general demobilization cannot begin before the peace conference adjourns. Officials stress an efficient army must stay intact to handle any contingency, delaying reductions and mobilization steps. The report reflects cautious wartime planning amid diplomatic efforts.
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London
Reuter
Mitted
Daring Fears Recited By Allied Pilots At Chamber Meet
Major Sir F H Sykes recounts bold aviation feats before the chamber of commerce. He cites cross channel trips by Paul Cravath and Oscar Cosby in four hours twenty minutes, 207 trips from July to October, 8,805 miles flown with 1,843 passengers, and 340 officer deaths since Jan 1 1916. He surveys future aims including a weekly mail service to India and routes Cape Colony to Cairo. A Zeppelin mission in Africa is noted as a cautionary example.
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Associated Press
Ndon
F. H. Sykes
Chamber of Commerce
General Sykes
Paul D. Cravath
Oscar T. C.osby
Inter-Allied Council
England
Paris
Sykes
English Channel
India
Cape Colony
Cairo
Bulgaria
German East Africa
Africa
Boatmen Vote Strike After War Board Impasse
New York boatmen vote to strike at six this morning after the war labor board failed to broker a settlement. The board blamed employers for refusing arbitration and urged action when talks collapsed.
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Hboatmen
New York
Boatmen’s Union
War Labor Board
Miss Pickford Improves After Influenza Illness
Los Angeles January 9 Miss Mary Pickford motion picture actress who had been ill with influenza since Monday is reported improved by her physician She is said to be out of danger The Rev Dr William T Manning rector of Old Trinity New York proposes free seats and notes rented pew policy has stood in Trinity Church for 221 years
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Miss Pickford
Los Angeles
Mary Pickford
William T. Manning
Old Trinity
New York City
Rinity Church
Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Karz
Old Man Coyote Leaves Black Pussy Safe With Bowser
In Thornton Burgess Animal Stories, Black Pussy hides in a tree as Old Man Coyote flees a yet unseen danger. Bowser the Hound appears, an old friend from Farmer Brown's, offering safety as the trio’s next chapter begins.
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Lack Pussy
Black B Pussy
Old Man Coyote
Black Pussy
Porky
Cat
Coyote
Bowser the Hound
Farmer Brown's
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