Letter Seeking Specific Policy Stance From Wilson Critics
A group of writers pressures a political opponent to publish clear, specific differences with President Wilson. They challenge him to state actions he would take on issues from Belgium and Lusitania to naval policy, Mexico intervention, ship subsidies, and preparedness funding, listing names of signatories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Belgium
United States Navy
Lusitania
Germany
Congress
Huerta
America
Mexico
New York
Oliver Herford
Lewis Johnson
Richard Lloyd Jones
Peter B. Kyne
Percy Mackaye
A. J. McKelway
Bacil Newley
Meredith Nicholson
Albert Jay Nock
Harvey J. O'Higgins
Charles Johnson Poe
Eugene Manlove Rhodes
William McLeod Raine
Boardman Robinson
John Reed
Opie Read
Edgar Selwyn
William Leavitt Stoddard
Lincoln Steffins
Augustus Thomas
Frank Vrooman
George West
Seeress on White Mountain Weather Tales
A field note from Walter Pritchard Eaton recounts an old woman on the White Mountains who trusted keen observation over barometers. She foresees a storm after noting a cloudless day and the mountain winds, a prediction that proves accurate with the next day’s deluge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Mountains
Timber Line
Martineau
Walter Pritchard Eaton
Harper’s Magazine
Tobacco in Tibet Earlier Than Columbus Says Tibetan Texts
Dr. Barthold Laufer notes that Tibetan sources date tobacco to 377 B C, from a Tibetan-English dictionary and lama writings. He recounts a discussion with Sarat Chandra Das in Darjeeling confirming parallel traditions on tobacco’s ancient appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Tibet
B. C
The
Geographical Review
Barthold Laufer
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
Sarat Chandra Das
Lhasa
Das
Darjeeling
Peter the Great Forces Reforms in Russian Marriage Customs
The article recounts how Peter the Great overhauled traditional Russian marriage practices. It notes prior customs of arranged meetings, harsh punishment for wives, and the introduction of six weeks betrothal and extended education for his daughters. The czar is portrayed as both reformer and stern ruler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Peter the Great
Peter
Painful Reminiscences by a City Star Figure
In a nostalgic aside from the Kagnusas City Star, Wesley Prodd laments the old fashioned practice of buying clothes oversized for children to "grow into." He recalls the humiliating effect as garments bag and flap, while the boy both grows into and out of them over time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Wesley Prodd
Bou
Kagnusas City
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Ramble Peerless
Stoddardyton
Peryone
Pri
Duplex Motor Car Company
Michigan Avenue
Roseland
Grant Bros. General Machinists
Riverdale
Indiana Ave
West 137Th St
Frank C. Ott
Chicago Street
Dolton
Henry W. Schnoder
Edward F. Dillner
Chicago St. Dolton
Chas
Lockard
I. Lilth
G. Gallegos
Mordtran
Leyden Ave
Robert Hanschmann
Park Ave
Frank Seestadt
137Th Street
F. J. Higgins
Westdene
Phuwue Wabash
Webster
LaSalle St
WM. C. Zesch
Leyden Avenue
Chauncy Ave
Grand Crossin
Gus. Nordhoff
Indians Ave
Riverd
Charles E. Hughes
White Mountain
Roseland Auto Sales
Eo R. J. Ton, Pres
Cor
110Th Street
Michigan Ave
Hudson
BUICK
Fordtran Studio
Hillstrom Auto Sales Co
Rose
Henry Hahn
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
Kensington
Vanerwarf
115Th Street
Dolton and Harvey
West Pullman
Harry Hirschberg
Michigan Avenue Roseland
Lincoln & Forrest Aves
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