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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1922
Page
1
The piece argues timid humility can be powerful in persuading audiences, citing Clemenceau who downplays timidity to gain credibility. It contrasts aggressive posturing with subtle, sympathetic approaches in sales and courtship, noting diplomacy often succeeds with velvet rhetoric over force.
Rodger Dolan recalls a lost teenage love that drove him to despair and fainting from heartbreak. A reunion years later reveals the girl has changed, and he realizes his youthful ideal was mistaken. He counsels that life offers many others who can reciprocate true love.
Analyzed remarks by Colonel Leonard W. Ayres on cyclic prosperity and downturns. The piece argues that the economic system is man-made and should be controllable, with aims to blunt fluctuations caused by factors like overproduction and crop shocks.
The writer argues distribution breaks down and proposes grand public works or dollar stabilization as routes to relief. He questions perpetual hard times, warns against collective fatalism, and urges readers to devise plans rather than accept a lingering mood of recession.
A Cleveland Trust Company statistician Colonel Leonard W Ayres explains that over 60 years two of every five years are hard times and one year is boom. He urges individuals to build reserves for lean periods, noting economies cycle from May 1920 and that hard times return.
Dr. Frederick J. Hoffman, consulting statistician for Prudential, reports that 1920 murders in 28 major US cities with 20,568,770 people imply over 10,000 known US murders in 1921. He notes many killings remain concealed from police reports, likely numbering in the thousands, mocking Armenian massacres in tone.
The piece contrasts brutal murder statistics in the United States with a bleak European scene, noting 1921 US murders around nine per 100,000 and lifetime risk near one in 100, while praising the safety of criminals spared by law. It also comments on European famine, a Swiss capital tax vote, Ku Klux fears at Harvard, and Bolshevik activity in America, highlighting a broad, alarming view of crime and upheaval.
A fragment accuses a small group of pushing a fake Wilson fund through schools to influence public opinion. It condemns the effort as partisan and manipulative, urging the public to view the scheme with skepticism and discourage its spread.
Senator elect Fess is praised for clear thinking and analytical reasoning as critics urge not to divert relief efforts for political gain. The summary highlights Secretary Mellon’s wartime Treasury record as a clear factual presentation of actions and reasoning, arguing for experienced leadership at the Treasury during the war rather than a political appointment.
A distressed New Yorker proposes drastic limits on motor traffic in Manhattan. He urges banning passenger cars downtown and in uptown areas, with sealed regulators at ten miles per hour and only direct routes for travel, penalizing drivers who delay pedestrians.
The passage proclaims that the nation no longer serves events but directs them. It asserts global dominance, rejects the notion of might makes right, and claims a historic victory authorizes dictating terms of peace without compromise. It frames power as the basis for worldwide influence.
The article reviews The Life and Letters of Walter H Page, American Ambassador to England, with Burton Hendrick as editor. It details Page’s praise for Wilson, tensions with Bryan and House, and the letters showing Washington struggles, inefficiency, and policy confusion during the war. The volumes, now in public libraries, offer a blunt, unflattering view of the administration.
An American discussion divides into three views on Britain’s blockade and neutral trade. The piece recounts British policy, American reactions, and a candid Balfour Polk exchange, then notes U.S. shift from neutral rights to wartime actions. It concludes that Wilson’s administration abandoned its high minded principles for practical wartime gains.
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