Inflammatory World War News and Global Dispatches
A broad digest reports Turkey satisfies Italy over the Yemeni consulate incident in Hodeida, and the Lusitania sailed with the American flag to Liverpool. It covers battles in Poland, troop movements, British trade shifts, bread rationing in Berlin, and Austro Russian clashes along with policy notes from Berlin and Lisbon. It notes arrests, searches, and social conditions in the US, plus cultural and political items from Tennessee to Rome.
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Rome
Yemien
Hodeida
Washington veers on embargo and flour price protests
Telegrams from New York officials to President Wilson urge an embargo on wheat and flour exports and federal prosecution of wheat speculators amid fears of food shortages and protests over high bread prices.
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New York
Wilson
Washington
Bankers Advance 30 Million to Bulgaria Reported From Berlin
Berlin reports a syndicate of German Austrian and Hungarian bankers advanced 150000000 francs about 30000000 to Bulgaria. The same dispatch notes Rome royal decrees delaying return of certain classes and expanding export bans on meat and other foods. Deputy Altobelli questions alleged foreign ambassador interference in Italy’s policy.
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Berlin
Teutons
Rome
Altobelli
Chamber of Deputies
Salandra
Bulgaria
Teutons Break French Line at Bagatelle Battle
German forces attacked Bagatelle near Paris early Sunday and again at dawn. French defenders held the first line at dusk but finally bent under massed infantry incursions. Germans swarmed into exposed trench sections as French lines retreated to the second works.
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London
Bagatelle
Austrians Reported to Violate Roumanian Neutrality
Paris reports that Austrian troops tried to force passage through Roumanian territory in the Danube valley near Turnu Severin, twenty miles east of the Iron Gate. Fighting followed as Romanian forces, reinforced, drove back the Austrians who carried off their wounded.
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Paris
Danube Valley
Iron Gate
Journal
Turnu Severin
James C. Fargo Dies, Noted Express Official
James C. Fargo prominent American express executive died at his home Monday night in his eighty sixth year. He led the American Express, National Express and Westcott Express firms from 1881 to 1914. Born in Pompey New York, he began in Buffalo at age fifteen and later served in Detroit and Chicago.
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New York
James C. Fargo
America
Americanexpress Company
National Express Company
Westcott Express Company
Mr Fargo
Pompey
N. Y
Buffalo
Detroit
Chicago
Post Office Appropriation Bill Receives Senate Report
The annual post office appropriation bill was reported to the senate by the Senate committee on post offices and post roads. The bill totals 817,948,869 dollars, 3 770 105 less than the department estimates, and cites three year village letter delivery experiments costing 150 000 dollars per year versus the house proposal of 200 000 dollars for that item.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Post Office
Senate
Senate Committee On Post Offices and Post
House
Myths of Famous Figures Through Time and Legend
The article surveys how myths persist about historical figures and events. It cites Bonaparte possibly visiting London in the 1790s, De Wet mistaken for Parnell, Ney alive in Georgia, Louis XVII theories, Archduke Maximilian in Mexico, and Nero not in his coffin. It notes how popular belief endures despite contrary evidence.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
London
George Street
Adelphi
Matthews
James Col- Man
Leicester Square
Strand
England
Archangel
Ireland
de Wet
Charles Stewart Parnell
Parnell
Marshal Ney
Gerome
Georgia
Eleazer Williams
Putnam’s Magazine
J. H. Hanson
Prince
Louis XVII
Trieste
Pola
Richard F. Burton
Maximilian
Mexico
Nero
Porphyry
Suetonius
American Sugar in Moist Climates Report
Consul Wesley Frost in Cork notes American sugar has entered Ireland in quantity since the war began but humidity hampers dryness. A drier sugar could sustain the market postwar until beet sugar areas fully productive. refiners may extend processing to achieve dryness, reducing reliance on American sugar if possible.
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Ireland
Wesley Frost
Cork
Queenstown
Great Dressmaker an Englishman
The Paris dressmaker Worth rose to fame through Princess Pauline de Metternich and her influence at Napoleon III’s court. Born in Bourne England in 1825, he died in Paris in 1859 and became a leading figure in French fashion due to royal patronage.
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Worth
Pauline de Metternich
France
Napoleon III
Eugenie
Charles Worth
Bourne
England
Paris
Land reforms in British Honduras aim modern farming
Productive land is described as a natural green house capable of growing many foods, yet the country currently imports most of its sustenance. Local natives lack agricultural knowledge, prompting the government to designate land for modern farming under the guidance of experienced practitioners.
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British Honduras
Oversea
Etiquette of the Droshky from Across Siberia Alone
A Siberian riding custom requires a gentleman to hold a lady in the carriage by wrapping an arm around her waist. The practice, though odd to Western travelers, stems from safety to prevent being thrown out. An American recounts a mishap until the woman physician demanded proper hold.
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Droshky
John Clarence Lee
Siberia
Russia
China
Puzzled youth in dental chair prompts gas joke
A humorous quip from the Philadelphia Public Ledger describes a loud youth with a hat pushed back who sits in a dentist chair. The dentist jokes about being afraid to give him gas and wonders how to tell when he's conscious.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Quotations on Love and Marriage From a Jestful Exchange
A playful exchange between Tom and Bill about love and commitment. The men joke about affection and idealism before marriage, layering wordplay on romantic expectations.
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Lusitania
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Liverpool
Mersey
Czar Nicholas
Kaiser Wilhelm
Poland
London Board of Trade
Greater Berlin
Bzura
Warsaw
Petrograd
India
British Isles
Germany
Vienna
Tarnow
Lisbon
Angola
Portuguese West Africa
Kunene
Missende
The
Argonne
War Committee
Zwickau
Saxony
Lokal Anzeiger
Henry C. Coe, Jr
Allan Ainslee
Duluth, Minn
Henry C. Coe
Doctor Coe
Fire Island
Indianapoli
Terre Haute
Anderson
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Carnegie
United States Commission On Industrial Relations
Tennessee
Chicago & Northwestern
Missouri River
Daily Chronicle
Ernest Shackleton
South Georgia
Antarctic
St. Peter’s
Benedict
God of All
Rufino Vicente
Navotas
Manila
Asama
Turtle Bay
San Diego
Cal
Stork
Cecelie
Bloomington
Th) Baseball Association
Charles Gurtz
Corydon
Ind
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Britain
United States
Osborn
Internal Revenue Bureau
Champer of Commerce of the United States
John H. Fahey
Boston
John A. Patten
Chattanooga
Tenn
Methodist Book Concern
Methodist Episcopal Church
Patten
Italy
American, National and
Westcott Express Companies
Post Office Bill Reported
Bonaparte
Charlies S. Parnell
Warners
Warner
Warner's Safe Remedies Co
Rochester, N. Y
Tom
Bill
That
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