Financial plan debates wartime finance and credit use
The Omaha World-Herald discusses The New York Bankers' Magazine April issue arguing against borrowing by the government to fund war. It cites alternatives like bond payments, greenbacks, and gold reserves, urging us to avoid taxes on the poor, cut parasitic spending, and fund rapid production through government credit.
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New York Bankers’ Magazine
Bankers’ Magazine
Icreve Conkling
Gelling
Aaron
Moses
England
Napoleon
Europe
Allison
Bank of England
Oqmahba World-Herald
Money Power Denounced in Nation’s Slur on Republican Admin
A quotation rails at the “money power” and warns the nation against dishonor under a Republican administration. The remark reflects party rhetoric amid partisan tensions and ongoing debates over fiscal policy and governance.
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Senate
House
Miocrat
The Rain Prayer that Saved Coweta County
In Coweta County Georgia a severe drought prompted farmers to pray for rain. A hard shell Baptist preacher asked for a gully washer and pine knot floater, and within 36 hours a record rainstorm lasted three days, washing fences away and destroying bridges, though some residents blamed the preacher for the flood.
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Georgia
Coweta
Tord
Chattanooga
Wry aphorisms on truth virtue and time
A collection of sententious maxims from Bulwer Cowper Rochefoucauld Maintenon Franklin and others on truth conscience pride vanity and the value of orderly time. The quotes warn that tardiness wealth power and pleasure alone shape a life and that mischief follows the tongue.
Nicknames Assigned to Civil War Generals
The historical list cites famed names and epithets for figures such as General McClellan known as Little Mac General Sheridan called Little Phil General Hooker Fighting the Hooker General Thomas Hook of Chickamauga General Wayne Mad Anthony Wayne General Taylor Old Rough and Ready General Washington father of his Country General Grant conditional Surrender Grant General Logan Black Jack Old War Eagle General Sherman Uncle Billy and Old Tecumseh, reflecting contemporary slang and mentorship.
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Trooker
Hooker
Thomas
Hook
Chickamauga
Wayne
Anthony Wayne
Taylor
Washington
Grant
Logan
Sherman
Uncle Billy
The Sword in Warfare Through History and Legend
A survey of swords as ancient weapons and symbols from biblical times to Napoleon and beyond. It notes famous blades, regal accoutrements, battlefield roles, and the ritual meanings of breaking or yielding a sword in defeat or farewell.
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Saul
Israel
Absalom
Auterestiner
David
Napoleon
Jadou
St Helena
Custer
Grant
Washington
Bunker Hill
George Washington
Montenegro
Flags for British warships produced in government docks
All flags for British ships of war, except royal standards, are made in Government dockyards. The scale is vast, with about 18,000 flags produced annually at Chatham alone.
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Chatham
Empress of Austria's Decline Described in Portrait
A Europe famed beauty, the Empress of Austria, is portrayed as pitifully thin and prematurely aged. Once avid in outdoor sports, she now shows waning interest and endurance in activities she loved.
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Empress of
Austria
Europe
China’s land girdle spans 12000 miles with foreign boundaries
Of the 12,000 miles forming China’s land girdle, 6000 touch Russian territory, 4800 touch British territory, 400 touch French, and 800 are doubtful. The figures outline imperial boundary reach patterns.
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China
Ironical IFS and social say ings from a 19th century text
A fragmented passage offers ironic maxims on gender roles, marriage, and self praise. It critiques pretensions, suggests caution in judging others, and humorously notes how people use hyphens to invent distinguished names. The tone mocks social pretensions and human vanity.
French Inconsistencies and the French Character Examined
Analyzed is the paradox of France: a national integrity kept by destabilizing forces, emotional eruptions, and a culture of aestheticism. The piece notes a scholastic influence on world learning without reform, a courage offset by self reflection, and a liberty theory worn as intolerance. It discusses governance strained by public opinion and republicanism yielding to military hierarchy.
Courage on the British Army
A writer on military courage cites Gen. Sir Henry Havelock saying a British regiment has 100 men who would storm hells gates 800 who would follow 100 who would skulk in ditches and about 30 who skulk elsewhere The piece then ranks Americans and Englishmen as equal in military courage with Germans French and Russians following in that order.
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Henry Fravelock
Hell
Growth of Socialism in Germany through the Decades
The German socialist vote rose from about 100000 twenty eight years ago with only one deputy to a strong force by 1894. By 1890 the party held 35 deputies. in 1894 it had 48. Currently it commands 2000000 votes and 58 deputies in the Reichstag.
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Germany
Memoir Passages on Napoleon and Proverbial Sayings
The excerpt surveys Napoleonic era perceptions and a quoted 18th century phrase about driving through an Act of Settlement. It references Oldmixon and Stephen Rice, notes on satire of Ireland, and mentions ages of sleep remedies with coltsfoot and lettuce. It ends with a long list of motherhood advice reminders.
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Napoleon
Magenta
Solferins
France
Ireland
Oldmisxon
Stephen Rice
James II
William LII
Oldmixon
Somfort
Rouzz
Iloscorides
Phiy
Britain
Imeeff
Elphiz
Galen
Claudius
A. Lenus
Frost-Fighting Machine Demonstrated in California Orchards
A new frost-fighting machine used near San Jose Calif shows success against frost damage. The sled furnace spreads moisture packed straw and brush to generate smoke and fog through multiple chimneys, enveloping orchards to raise temperature and protect fruit crops.
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San Jose
Cal
Nothing Extraordinary In A Sentry Report
A Scottish subaltern defends a bleak sentry report after a brother officer dies in a 400 foot precipice fall. The brigade major probes for drama, but the reply remains calm and practical noting there is nothing extraordinary about the incident.
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Rock of Gibraltar
Lone Juror Holds Out In Powell County Trial
In Powell County Kentucky the trial proceeded with one juror after others were excused. After evidence the judge sent the sole juror to deliberate and he returned after more than an hour reporting that the jury had failed to agree on a verdict.
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Powell County
Hold on to Your Big Toes
An English study reveals the great toe and its metatarsal head form the real foot tread. If the tread is damaged, discarding the whole foot is advised as the remaining toes offer little walking value.
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England
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Silver Lake
Indiana
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Conner
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Silver Lake, Ing
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