Texans call for matching dollars with world for defense
J. B. Cullinan chairman of the Texas Economic League urges preparedness as essential, arguing government must protect citizens by force. He proposes twenty one republics split years of service, universal military training, expanded navy, and matching defense spending with other nations to secure peace and liberty.
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J. S. Cullinan
Texas Economic League
Western Hemisphere
Houston
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Canada
Congress
Astonishing Iron Power Said to Strengthen Nervous Seekers
New York physician describes iron deficiency as common and claims ordinary nuxated iron can boost strength by 200 percent in two to four weeks. He cites blood tests, tests of walking endurance, and reports of nervous, run-down patients improving after taking iron. Manufacturers offer a $100,000 challenge and money-back guarantee if results fail.
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New York
M. D
EB. Sansr
H. L. Wagner
Sheep Starve in Forests Near Kiev Amid Government Row
About 8000 sheep roam forests between Bielitch and Pustsha Voditzka near Kiev. Hunger cold and wolves claim many, purchased from farmers fleeing interiors. Zemstvos funded by government not reimbursed. minister of agriculture refused feeding funds. Duma to debate the matter.
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Stockholm
Petrograd
Bielitch
Pustsha Voditzka
Kiev
Zemstvos
Duma
Black Prince Honored Paris Amid War Service
The Cross of the Legion of Honor was awarded to Prince Ouanito, son of ex king Behanzin of Dahomey, who serves in the French army after practicing law. Two of his brothers died in battle. Queen Renavalo, Madagascar’s ex-sovereign, nurses in Algiers, while Princess Marie-Louise Bazafinandriamanitra tends to the wounded at Petit Lycce hospital.
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Paris
Ouanito
Behanzin
Dahomey
France
Renav&lo
Madagascar
Algiers
Marie-Louise Bazafinandriamanitra
Petit Lycce Hospital
Baker Asks Permission Then Takes War Post
Newton D. Baker, popular Cleveland reformer, becomes secretary of war under Wilson after refusing an initial offer. His rise from city solicitor to mayor and national figure is outlined along with notes on his oratorical skill and Phi Gamma Delta ties.
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Newton D. Baker
Wilson
Villa
Columbus
N. M
Mexico
Cleveland
United States
Baker
Mr. Baker
Garrison
Woodrow Wilson
Tom L. Johnson
Johnson
Martinsburg
W. Va
Episcopal High School
Washington
Johns Hopkins University
Beta Mu
Phi Gamma Delta
Frederick C. Howe
New York
Johns Hopkins
Law Department
Washington and Lee University
R. Y. Barber
San Antonio
San Antonian
Barber
Pile Sufferers Offer Home Treatment and Free Trial
An ad touts a home treatment for hemorrhoids, promising quick relief from itching bleeding and protrusion. It claims 650c per box at all druggists, with a free sample and booklet mailed in plain wrapper upon coupon request.
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Pyramid Drug Company
Pyramid Bidg
Marshall, Mich
Schoolmaster Holds Private Interviews Over Flirtation
A schoolmaster warned senior boys about improper flirting after reporting an incident the previous evening. The headmaster did not name the offender but invited the culprit to a private room after class. Six crestfallen boys appeared for questioning that afternoon.
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Gailty
Terrible Alpine Fighting Report From Stelvio Front
A Swiss editor attached to a frontier regiment describes daily bloody Alpine battles between Italian and Austro-Hungarian troops near the Stelvio pass. Italian gunners blow up Austrian batteries, but Austrian counterfire devastates Italian positions. Tyrolean sharpshooters rack up dozens of Alpini casualties with precise, deliberate fire.
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Zurich
Stelvio Pass
Germans Preparing for Action in Upper Alsace
Germans mass near the front in Upper Alsace as villages are cleared and residents, mostly old people and children, ordered to flee. Over 6000 evacuees from Jungholz Rimbach Zell Walnheim Wattweiler Uffhola Rollwelier were moved to Colmar and then on to Stuttgart for temporary housing in Württemberg.
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Pper
Basle
Colmar
Jungholz
Rimbach
Zell
Walnheim
Wattweiler
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