Heidemann Pledges Wilson Program for German Unity
Basle report of Weimar address shows Chancellor Heidemann urging restoration of peace through adherence to Wilson’s program and equal rights in the league of nations. He outlines domestic reforms, demobilization, and higher taxes to fund social measures while asserting era of world domination is over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basle
Naonal Assembly
Weimar
Philipp c Heidemann
Wilson
Germany
League ‘Nations
Ermany
Ceidemann
Err Scheidemand
Presi
Ald
German Union
Midemann
Ainst
German unit repels surrender face Polish lines
A German force under Lieutenant Partherheimer refused to return to Brom in the face of warnings and was attacked from three sides by Polish forces. The company was nearly wiped out with Partherheimer's unit annihilated as German troops regroup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frlin
Ger
Parheimer
Brom
Tageblatt
Partherheimer
Leaders Arrested as Lisbon Dispatch Reports Republic Restored
A Lisbon dispatch received in London says republican forces restored the republic in northern Portugal and that leading figure Pavia Couceire has been arrested. The report notes political turmoil and royalist actions amid efforts to halt deportations and tax changes in 1921. Militants face deportation proceedings and legal avenues are explored in Washington and London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ndon
Ial
Lisbon
Lega- Pavia
No Yanks to Russia Declares America Will Send Neither Men Nor Money
London reports Premier Lloyd George in the house of commons declares America would send neither men nor money nor material to Russia. He says any intervention would rest with Britain and France, notes no peace proposal to recognize anarchists, and discusses the brutal yet efficient anarchist regime and allied aims to keep rich Russian territories from Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Lloyd George
House of Commons
America
Germany
House Passes Navy Bill with Three Year Build Plan
Washington reports that the House approved a naval expansion policy and a three year program to build ten battleships and ten scout cruisers. The naval appropriation bill passed 281 to 50, totaling 771 million dollars for the next fiscal year with 179 million for unfinished parts of the 1916 program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Congress
Naval Establishment
France offers site for monument to American soldiers
Washington reports that France proposes to erect a monument on French soil to Americans who died on the field of honor. Edouard de Billy, via Secretary Baker, relays Andre Tardieu's Cablegram noting Clemenceau and France's offer of ground for the monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
France
United States
Edouard de Billy
French High Commission
Secretary Baker
Andre Tardieu
Commission
Paris
de Billy
M. Clemenceau
Imported Clothes Rise in Price for Next Season
New York reports that American buyers returning from Paris expect women's imported apparel to cost more next season than at any wartime period. The forecast reflects higher prices anticipated for fashion imports from Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Womten
Paris
Steamer Rick Sinks After Mine Near Norwegian Coast
The Dutch steamer Rick, sailing from Rotterdam to Bergen, struck a mine three miles off the Norwegian coast and sank. The crew was saved and landed at Christiania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiania
Rick
Rotterdam
Bergen
U S Reds Cause Chaos in Russia
Senate judiciary subcommittee testimony by Rev. G A Simons links Russian anarchist success to aid from New York Citys lower East Side and the Yiddish influence there. He cites Rand School materials as seditious and notes a Petrograd governing body with many New York residents and one self described American negro Professor Gordon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Lower East Side
New York
G. A. Simons
Methodist Episcopal Church
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
United States
East Side
Doctor Simons
Simons
Petrograd
Gordon
Rand School of Social Science
King Ferdinand Shot As Roumanian Uprising Bites
A Vienna dispatch says a general insurrection is under way in Roumania. King Ferdinand was lightly wounded while fleeing Bucharest with the royal family as workers blockaded the palace road toward Jassy. Rebels clashed with troops, producing many casualties and cries for a republic amid bolshevist propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Roumania
Vienna
Ferdinand
Bucharest
Jassy
Republic
Ebert Elected President of German Republic
The Weimar assembly elected Friedrich Ebert president by 277 of 379 votes with Ebert accepting. Count von Posadowsky-Wolmer received 49 votes. A fourteen-member ministry was agreed, with Philipp Scheidemann as chancellor and ministers for economics labor defense justice, and a provisional constitution was unanimously adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basle
Switzerland
German National Assembly
Weimar
Friedrich Ebert
German Republic
Herr Ebert
Count von Posadowsky-Welmer
Philipp Scheidemann
August Mueller
Herr Bauer
Herr Landsberg
National Assembly
Free 25 hunger strikers released after four day sentence
Twenty five members of the national woman's party were released from prison after serving four or five days for burning President Wilson in effigy. The women conducted a hunger strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Woman's Party
Wilson
U S Paymasters Robbed in Brooklyn Cash Heist
Two assistant paymasters were robbed of $12,000 in cash near Clinton and Carroll streets in Brooklyn as they traveled to the Brooklyn navy yard. The robbery occurred when they were approached by taxi bandits driving a taxicab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
New York
Clinton and
Carroll Streets
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Yanks in Russia Report From Washington
Capt. Oliver T. Logan of the American Red Cross medical service reported to headquarters that after leaving Vladivostok, American troops in Siberia were well provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Washington
Oliver T. Logan
American Red Cross Medical Service
Vladivostok
Siberia
German President Says Bernstorff Will Not Attend Peace Conference
Weimar February 15. President Friedrich Ebert announced to reporters that Germany plans complete disarmament and demobilization, envisioning a people's army by conscription while a cross-party commission works on a new government program. Bernstorff will not go as German delegate to the peace conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count von Bernstorff
Weimar
Friedrich Ebert
Germany
Men
Friederich Ebert
Ebert
Tax Bill Waits for Wilson
The senate adopted the conference agreement on a war revenue bill authorizing six billion dollars in taxes this year and four billion annually thereafter. After signing by Vice President Marshall and Speaker Clark, it goes to President Wilson for approval. Treasury officials plan tax collection based on the proposed rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Marshall
Clark
White House
Wilson
Treasury
PLOTTED TO KILL WILSON IN 1920 PLOT REPORT
Kansas City agents say Pietro Pierre, an alleged I. W. W. leader, was sought in a Cleveland arrest connected to a conspiracy against President Wilson. Federal officers report Chicago as the plan origin and say the outcome depends on the ongoing secret service inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Pietro Pierre
W. W
Cleveland
Wilson
Chicago
Secret Service
Paris Military Governor Digs
Paris report says General Moinier, the military governor of Paris, died suddenly during dinner at the home of former foreign minister Jean Cruppi. The incident occurred on February 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Moinier
Jean Cruppi
British Air Service Plane Sets Paris London Record
The British air ministry said a service aircraft flew from Paris to London in one hour and fifty minutes. The record marks a milestone in transcontinental air travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris-London
London
British Air Ministry
Paris
Do Not Pray for Easy Lives Quote Card
A reflective aphorism attributed to Phillips Brooks urges prayer not for easy tasks but for strength and grace to match one's duties. It frames daily work as the pathway to becoming a miracle through divine gift and perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Brooks
Fellowship and fellowship in Christ’s fellowship
A devotional line emphasizes that those who follow Christ are blessed with fellowship with Christ and with others. It echoes the idea that where there is fellowship, there is fellowship among believers.
California Syrup of Figs Ad for Children Laxative
An advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for sick or constipated children. It describes tongue signs, symptoms like feverishness and irritability, and claims a teaspoonful will move waste without griping. It warns buyers to seek the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
California Fig Syrup Company
Adv
Growth on Tree Puzzles A Spiral in Alaska Spruce
A cross section of an old spruce from Alaska reveals a spiral growth pattern labeled robolz on the lower trunk. Foresters in American Forestry suggest the tree tilted on a glacier edge, rotating slowly as it grew, producing a continuous spiral from center toward the bark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Right at Home
A short quotation from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes a suitor courting a daughter spends much time at the family home reflecting a traditional view of domestic life. The line echoes common 19th century sentiments about home and marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Gibbs Wife Riddle Sparks Witty Exchange at The Clubfellow
A sharp barbed exchange unfolds as Gibbs boasts his wife is beyond trickery and is met with a sly counter from The Clubfellow. The banter highlights clever wordplay and social wit in a compact club scene.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boe
Les
HUN Force
Jan
TORE
Portugal
Hist
Twe
Eld Ig Island
Ashington
Capt
Hugo Sunstedt
Atlantic
Bayonne
N. J
U.S
Senate Committee of Conditions
Scheidemann
F. B. Harrison
Philippines
Archibald Harrison
Moses
Israel
Aaron
Levi
Pierro Pierre
P. B. Fitzwater
D.D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Gibbs
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!