Colonel House The Silent Power Behind Wilson In Crisis
Washington, Feb. 17 reports that Colonel Edward M. House, the president’s trusted adviser and “silent partner,” guided Wilson through the January crisis over German submarine warfare. A Texas rancher turned diplomat, House has long shaped policy from behind the scenes and remains central to the White House’s approach in this period.
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E. M. House
President Wilson
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania
New York City
Washington
White House
Ben
Berlin
Texas
Colonel House
Wilson
Edward M. House
House
Adviser and Thinker of the Administration
He has served as the adviser and perhaps the thinker of the administration. He has settled party quarrels among the senators and congressmen. He has been ridiculed by the press, but he cares not for ridicule, he has other matters of commerce to pursue.
Margarette and Mother Prefer Vicks VapoRub for Colds
North Vernon Indiana girl Margarette More dislikes nauseous medicines and her mother credits Vicks VapoRub Salve with relief from chronic bronchitis and catarrh. The family endorses the product as a cure, noting application to throat and chest and inhaled vapors. Three sizes priced 25c 50c and 1.00.
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Miss Margarette More
Native Texan Recalls Early Life and Founding Ambitions
Born in 1858 in Houston Texas the subject grew up amid frontier era figures and hardships. He studied in New Haven where he befriended Ollie Morton son of Oliver P Morton and learned power behind the throne shaping his view of government. He concluded a statesman’s path was not for him preferring to win a place through other means.
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Colonel House
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Houston
Sam Houston
Bowie
New Haven
Conn
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Oliver P. Morton
Washington
James G. Blaine
Young Morton
Young House
United States
Senate
Congress
Stuart's Calcium Wafers Promise Clear Skin
Advertisement touts Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a quick blood cleanse to remove pimples blotches eruptions and liver spots. Claims the calcium sulphide formula purifies blood and improves overall health with visible facial clarity in a few days. Offers a 60 cent box and free sample via coupon.
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Stuart
Free Trial Coupon for Stuart Calcium Wafers Offered
A request advertises a free trial package of Stuart’s Calcium Wafers from F A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan. The coupon asks for return mail delivery of a trial pack to the requester with name street city and state.
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F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Stuart
Calais Havre Remain English Stronghold Says War Correspondent
A Zurich war correspondent argues the British will not give up Calais and Havre again unless forced. He notes Calais functions as an English city with docks warehouses and administration under British control. He cites billions in war materiel and a six month supply for Germans if they capture the base. He adds two million British troops in northern France and Flanders, expected to grow to three million by late winter.
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Zuericher Post
Calais
Havre
Calaig
France
Flanders
Fearful fate of Mme Dasays sparks Swiss inquiry
The Swiss minister in Paris was ordered to seek details on Mme Dasays who was sentenced to death for espionage by a French military court on November 20. It is feared she was executed. Born in Paris in 1870, she had a German mother and Luxembourg father and married a Swiss citizen about twenty years ago.
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Berne
Paris
Mme. Dasays
Switzerland
Russians' Losses Heavy Since Brussiloff Offensive
Berlin February 17 report says since June 1 last year Russians have suffered 2,027,853 casualties in dead wound and missing. Central bureau in Kiev also notes 208,953 Russian officers killed or missing since the war began.
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Berlin
Brussiloff
Kieff
The New Edison Phonograph for Home Music Rebirth
The article extols a home music breakthrough, praising Edison’s phonograph as capable of reproducing the human voice and all forms of music with naturalness. It promises skeptical readers that listening will prove the device’s extraordinary realism and emotional impact.
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Mr. Edison
New York Globe
Edison
Railroad valuation controversy tests Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission conducts long hearings on how to value American railroads. Debates pit railroads seeking high valuations for higher rates against state regulators pushing for lower valuations to keep rates down. Major issues include valuing lands, tracks used but not owned, and tracks owned but unused. The ICC aims for a fair middle ground amid cross currents from many stakeholders.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroads fight over intangible value in court battle
The railroads urge valuing goodwill and securities by market worth and construction costs, predicting a court fight as the dispute likely heads to litigation. In Munich, volunteers for auxiliary service exceed expectations, halting enlistment of under seventeen and over sixty. Berlin notes plans to mint iron coins and Luxembourg adopts Belgian zinc coins. A Louisville Courier Journal quip about lavender paper crosses the page.
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Bavarian War Ministry
Berlin
Berliner ‘Tageblatt
Germany
Luxembourg
Belgium
Putin
Dodson's Liver Tone touted as safe calomel alternative
An advertisement warns that calomel is dangerous mercury causing severe side effects and bodily harm. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless, vegetable liver cleanser backed by a money back guarantee and claims it cleanses the liver without salivation.
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Cnlovel
Saaeen Saas
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