Welcome Balfour in Washington as Security Ramps Up
Washington welcomed British foreign minister Arthur Balfour and the British commission with heightened security and ceremonial guards. Police lines and cavalry escorts restrained crowds while detectives surveyed for danger as trains arrived in bright spring sunshine.
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Union News Service
Washington
D. C
Arthur J. Balfour
Union Station
Wilson
Lansing
Second Cavalry
Fenton
New York Publishers denounce espionage censorship
The New York City publishers’ association adopted resolutions condemning the censorship provision of the espionage bill as an assault on free thought and speech. They urge state senators and representatives to oppose the measure and defend universal press freedom and truth in reporting.
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New York
Publishers’ Association of
New York City
United States
Coast Ships May Boost Trans Atlantic Tonnage
Washington officials and railroad and steamship representatives will meet with the council of national defense to discuss moving coastwise vessels into trans Atlantic service. If ships can leave coastwise trade with little rail disruption, many will shift to transporting Allied supplies. The government plans to boost available trans Atlantic tonnage by using damaged German and Austrian ships.
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Washington, PD
Railroad and Steamship Line
Council of National Defense
Wilson urges national effort to supply food for war and allies
President Wilson calls on all Americans to unite in boosting food production and efficiency across farms, factories, and transport. He appeals to farmers, railways, merchants, miners, and advertisers to forego profits, speed shipments, and ensure ample food and materials for troops and allied nations.
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Europe
America
South
Urgent Drive for More Corn Across Ten States
Secretary of Agriculture urges maximal corn production this year across major growing regions. He notes corn is America's key cereal, adaptable to many lands, and urges use of virile seed, timely replanting, and continued cultivation to boost yields amid varying conditions. He lists counties in Illinois Iowa Nebraska Missouri Indiana Texas Kansas Kentucky and Oklahoma as areas of focus.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
America
Elephant With Toothache At New York Zoo
Alice the elephant suffers a toothache at the New York zoo. Keeper Charlie Snyder calms her by showing where medicine was rubbed, then Alice stands quietly with head in the fodder pile as he assesses her ailment.
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Charlie” Snyder
New York Zoo
Alice
Ife
Mr. Snyder
Wife longs for tales as sailor returns from voyage
A seaman arrives with four crew mates after a three month cruise chased by a German raider. His wife greets him at South Street after a Sea men's Institute farewell, but he laments wishing his wife were a sailor so he could tell more adventures.
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Seamen’s Institute
New York
South Street
Simon
Julie
German Care of the Wounded Policy in German Army
An American reporter in Germany praises the army medical system for life preservation. He notes high success: among wounded men sent to field hospitals in four weeks only 17 died and only one limb was amputated, with surgeries performed only on clear necessity by senior surgeons.
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Germany
Indianapolis Star
Apples for Sleep and Digestive Health
Apples aid insomnia and nervous dyspepsia and are nutritious and medicinal. They improve digestion, clear the voice, balance stomach acidity, and help rheumatism, insomnia, and liver troubles. An apple provides substantial nourishment, comparable to a potato, on a pleasant farm.
Comparisons in a Witty Exchange of Woes
A playful dialogue contrasts abrupt departures with sharper losses. A narrator laments a butler leaving unexpectedly while another line quips that worse fates exist, noting someone left without spoons as a humorous exaggeration of missing comforts.
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