Joffre Sees New York City As Nation’s Strength Revealed
The French general Joffre views New York Harbor and its skyline as a monument of American innovation and power. He is struck by the city's scale and industrious spirit, contrasting Paris and London with the vast metropolis of the United States. He leaves speechless, inspired by a nation built on liberty equality and justice.
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Balm in Gilead and a Potatoes Peck
A tragic youth pleads for balm in Gilead while a cheerful companion jokes about action and a dance. They plan to visit Hector's, debating what the future holds as they linger at a flat door and discuss a first peck of potatoes.
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Standard Oil price control dispute flares after court order
The FTC reports that Standard Oil still wields influence through stock, despite the Supreme Court dissolution order. Bedford insists dissolution is obeyed while oil and gas customers say they are harmed. Critics deride lawyers and call for genuine control of prices and competition.
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Editorialettes Au 8 Socialists and War Bonds
A collage of quotations and brief items: the Kaiser, Countess of Warwick, and English landlords urged to cede estates to the government, a 6 cent verdict for Henry Lane Wilson, calls to pay with one cent stamps, Labor and arms talks, Parkhurst praise, women as war victims, warnings about luxuries and Liberty Loan promotion, and notes on ex pacifists growing.
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Dandelions and Draft Talk Stir Wartime Washington
A jumble of comments and questions about draft administration, price regulation, Fathers Day, and public sentiment during wartime. The column includes remarks to readers, requests for opinions to Theodore Roosevelt, and colorful riffs on patriotic themes and Irish imagery reflecting the political climate.
Emblem of America Rallying Cry from Wartime Letter
A handwritten wartime dedication extols the American flag the Blaze and the Stripes and calls for showing the Kaiser the strength of Yankees. The author Oscar Blakeley of Beattie Washington pledges peace but warns the nation can fight when angered.
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Kenneth Wilcox Payne to report Europe for The Star
The Star announces Kenneth Wilcox Payne a trained writer with Western Reserve University and Sorbonne studies will cover London England and Europe for the newspaper enterprise. Payne’s background includes diplomacy training at Paris and a Wisconsin University stint to sharpen democratic reporting for the World War era.
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How French Citizens View Americas War Entry
Paris May 16. Reporter Kenneth Wilcox Payne surveys ordinary French people from a waiter to a mother, a guard and a surgeon to gauge how they feel about America joining the war. A striking consensus emerges on Uncle Sam’s aid and timing.
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Frustration and Resolve Reported Over German Defeat
The text portrays a shift from euphoria at a probable German defeat to relief and fatigue among observers. It notes praise for American soldiers and a pledge that France will support them, even if winter campaigns occur.
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France Expects Aid in Money and Munitions This Summer
French citizens anticipate American support chiefly as money and munitions. They believe aid will curb German food and supply leaks, and expect victory by summer, with troops possibly delayed but the war’s end in sight. Public sentiment centers on economic and material help, not a rapid massive deployment.
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Indignant Woman Proposes Armed Defense for Women
A reader urges women to carry bludgeons to fend off attackers on dark streets in Seattle and King County, claiming many crimes against women go unpunished and calling for equal physical power to defend themselves. The letter labels male assailants as degenerate and urges immediate action.
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Under Two Flags Sees Cecil in Chambree Drama
Cecil, now a carved artisan in the Chambree, earns the contempt of Colonel Chateauroy while a noblewoman, Mme la Princesse, moments later eyes his ivory and walnut chessmen. She offers aid, but he refuses favors, seeking only to be forgotten and to be treated as a gentleman, not a paid servant.
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Princess Corony d’Amagne Card in Paris and Algiers Clue
A narrator refuses to retract and offers to recommend the valet to the king. He receives a card reading Mme. la Princesse Corony d'Amagne with Hotel Corona Paris and Villa Aiaussa Algiers, hinting at a continuing intrigue in the next installment The Gold Bug by Edgar Allan Poe.
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Horner to Speak on Hohenzollern Policies at Meeting
Thos RK Horner will address the King County Democratic club at the noon meeting held at the Good Eats cafeteria on First Ave and Cherry St this Saturday. The topic is Hohenzollern policies.
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Italians Advance. Austrians Evacuate Tsonzo Front
May 18 report says Austria orders civilian evacuation of the Tsonzo area as Italian troops push forward. Trieste faces panic as Italian forces seize 4,021 prisoners so far in the campaign along the Austrian lines.
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