Shipping talks at Spa break off over food guarantee
German wireless reports say the Spa talks on shipping stalled after the Allies demanded unconditional surrender of German merchant ships without guaranteeing food supplies. Germany insists on a firm food delivery of 2,500,000 tons until the next harvest as a condition for yielding ships.
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London
Spa
Germany
Entente
Pasis
Armistice Commission
Geneva
Switzerland
Across the Rhine
Austria
Hungary
Washington, D. C
Hurley
Shipping Board
Bremen
Hamburg
Mr. Hurley
Strike in Spain Spreads Across Regions
Madrid federation of workmen votes to strike on March 10. The movement begins in Madrid and spreads to Catalonia and other regions as workers press for action and solidarity.
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Spain
Madrid
Federation of Workmen
Cataleon
Wilson Declares Peace League Backed by Majority of Americans
President Wilson told 5000 at the Metropolitan Opera House that a clear majority of Americans favor the league of nations and urged commitment to peace. Taft endorsed the plan, urged enforcement, and discussed the covenant as both practical and essential to curb imperial aggression.
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New York
Paris
Wilson
Metropolitan Opera House
League of Nations
Mr. Taft
Taft
League
Conference of Peace
Fourteen Nations
Germany
Serbia
Foreign Office
Europe
Honeymoon Express Airplane Exhibit in New York
The Springfield Republican notes the honeymoon express a elaborately upholstered airplane on display in New York. It features a telephone between a bridegroom and pilot a two windsheild and other novel fixings highlighting an inventive whimsical exhibit.
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New York
Springfield Republican
Cuticura Talcum Powder Advertises Scented Convenience
An advertisement touts Cuticura Talcum Powder as a versatile antiseptic and perfumed powder for face skin baby and dusting. It claims economical use and that it renders other perfumes superfluous as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio with Soap Ointment and Talcum.
Inexpensive Tonic and a Witty Exchange
A humorous exchange features Smith asking for the best appetizer. Jones replies with the quip that the best appetizer is the absence of the price of a meal. The brief joke centers on frugality and timing.
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Smith
Jones
Cole's Carbolisalve restores skin health for burns
An advertisement promotes Cole's Carbolisalve claiming rapid relief from burning itching and skin diseases with no scarring. It markets two sizes 26c and 6c and urges buyers to send 25c to The J W Cole Co Rockford Iowa for a package.
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Cole
J. W. Cole Co
Rockford
A Profitable Pen
A brief quip depicts a speaker who makes a living with a pen, but reveals the twist that they are a chicken fancier rather than a writer, highlighting a humorous career misdirection.
Vowels Reimagined as Chickens in Word Play
A playful exchange where the examiner asks about vowels and a boy answers with a pun. He declares vowels are chickens, offering a humorous mishearing and simple wordplay.
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Vowls
Zur
L'Arm
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Offers Cure for Deafness
Catarrhal Deafness cannot be cured by local applications. A constitutional remedy is needed. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to cure by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. The ad promises one hundred dollars for any case not cured, with circulars available from F J Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
A Far Goal
A dialogue hints at a man chasing a living unseen yet persistent. The exchange questions the man's true trade as he pursues success without clear capture.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Mother Gray
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Mother
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