Wilson as World War I Leader and Peace Advocate
A compact appraisal of Woodrow Wilson's role in the World War I era, detailing his diplomatic approach, advocacy for a just peace, and the paradox of his fame abroad versus political opposition at home. It notes his efforts to secure the League of Nations, the Fourteen Points, and the lasting impact of his leadership on democracy and international order.
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Mr. Wilson
Paris
League of Nations
Taft
Roosevelt
Lodge
Securari
Johnson
New York
Clemenceau
Wilson
Lloyd George
Orlando
Congress
Inheritance Wealth and Destiny in Public Debate
Washington essay explores whether unearned money helps or hinders success and happiness. It cites Charles Garland who refused a quarter million and Marshall Field's grandsons restricted until age 50, arguing wealth can spoil or support ambition. The piece weighs heredity versus environment, cites Alfred Russell Wallace and Frederick Adams Woodson, and concludes ability matters more than money.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington
Charles Garland
Marshall Field
Garland
Field
Alfred Russell Wallace
Darwin
Frank Harrin
Nou
Frederick Adams Woodson
Woods
Europe
Portugal
Countes
Answers to Questions from The Daily Mei Information Bureau
The passage presents a Q A format from The Daily Mei Information Bureau with readers asking on topics from damaging Texas winds to the first republics, starch history, why tanks are named so, Gothic architecture, usage of farther and further, US troops overseas, and a note on pan waves passing through wood.
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Texas
Rocky Mountains
Live Up to Your Obituary a Finder of Character
An essayist recalls a ship captain who vanished and reappeared, then chose to live up to the obituary his family and community had drafted. He urges readers to act with honor before death, arguing obituaries come too late to inspire living virtue and asking each person to live true to their remembered self.
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New England
King in Winter-House Reads Bible Verse With Penknife
A passage from Jeremiah 36 notes a king seated in his winter house in the ninth month with a fire in the hearth as Jehudi reads aloud and the king cuts the scroll with a penknife. The revised Bible uses brazier in place of hearth.
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Jehudi
Wisconsin college fights bootleg liquor at prom
Madison authorities crack down on bootleg liquor supplying University of Wisconsin students. Four coeds accused of drinking face resignation. suppliers implicated as officials enlist courts and the DA in a major drive. Juniors warned no bootleg liquor will be allowed at the junior prom.
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International News
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Mqnor
Clemenceau declines canned talk for phonetic institute
International News from Paris reports efforts to record voices of France's great men. Former Premier Clemenceau refuses to speak, saying his voice should die with him. He notes people heard enough of it during life and would not care to hear it again later. More attempts will be made after his return from India next month.
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International News
Paris
France
Clemenceau
India
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United States
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