We Are Americans First In Arizona Editorial Reprint
A transient notice quotes an editorial urging strict American neutrality in European conflict. It emphasizes Americans must avoid entanglements at home, remain neutral, and prioritize America's safety over European wars. The piece urges vigilance against insults to national symbols and stresses loyalty to the United States.
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Arizona
United States
Chicago Herald
Atlantic
Europe
America
Treasury Department Moves to Prevent Funds Shortage
The Aldrich-Vreeland currency law authorizes 500 million in banknotes to bolster domestic exchange and gold availability. Banks will substitute notes for paper currency, keeping gold certificates out of circulation while meeting crop movement demands and daily interbank settlements.
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Treasury Department
Washington
United States
Congress
Aldrich-Vreeland
Treasury
National Currency Association
Judge Loucks and Installment Fines in Grand Rapids
In Grand Rapids Judge John Loucks uses installment payments to collect fines. Since the program began over a year ago, about thirty offenders per month have paid fines of 50 cents to 2 dollars weekly, with only one failure. A sample case involved 18 dollars, paid as 17 weekly dollars after a dollar upfront.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
John ©. Loucks
Loucks
World War War Footprint and Global Population
The text notes that eight nations England Russia Germany France Austria Belgium Servia and Montenegro are at war with a combined free population of 837,417, while forty-five other nations total 682,733,000 people. It warns that if the war spreads, 67,142,000 more would be drawn in.
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England
Russia
Germany
France
Austria
Belgium
Servia
Montenegro
Ara
It Will Change Nations In A War Of Destruction
The St. Joseph News-Press describes a war with no glory or heroes. It foresees no easy triumphs or diplomatic settlements and warns that combatants must destroy or be destroyed, promising unprecedented human and property devastation.
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St. Joseph
Postal savings rules limit monthly money orders to $100
The post office highlights that deposits to postal money orders sent to Europe are restricted. Many deposits were refused because no more than $100 can be received from a single depositor in a month. Instructions forbid issuing large sums for speculative use or for sending to Americans needing funds to return home.
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Postal Savings Bank
With
Man Fights Catfish During Humboldt River Swim
Fred Houser was pulled under water by a large catfish while bathing below the Neosho river dam in Humboldt Kansas. He wedged his hand in the fish’s mouth and with help from swimmers and a rope, the sixty seven pound fish was hauled ashore. Houser sustained a lacerated arm but survived the incident.
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Humboldt
Kan
Fred Houser
Neosho River
Houser
Army Schools A Success Brave Mounted Service Education
Washington reports the War Department has created an extensive educational system for new officers including technical schools nationwide. Fort Riley and Fort Leavenworth host divisions for field officers, engineers, signal, medical, and horseshoeing training, with Fort Riley’s mounted service school emphasized as essential and technical.
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Field Service and
West Point
Army Staff College
Signal
Telligent Enginger
Fort Leavenworth
Washington Barracks
Fort Riley
Kan
Pearls Reported in Flounders Off Stonington Coast
Pearls varying from birdshot to large pea sizes have been found in flounders near Stonington, Connecticut over the last two days. Fishermen claim they are real, brownish white pearls located along the backbone. Local jewelers note some lighter specimens are variable in color. Fishermen meanwhile clean the pearls themselves rather than deliver whole fish to dealers.
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Stonington
Conn
Fsh
Monkeys Inoculated With Pellagra By Sand Flies
In Topeka Kansas Professor HJ Hunter at the University of Kansas reports a monkey was inoculated with pellagra using sand flies. The Kansas board of health confirms eight pellagra cases in southeast Kansas. Experiments will continue as the monkey showed disease symptoms after biting Pellagra patients.
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Topeka
Kan
University of Kansas
8. J. Hunter
Kansas Board of Health
Kansas
Hunter
Lightning Strikes Ring From Finger in Amarillo Storm
A freak lightning strike during a storm near Amarillo Texas knocked a ring from the finger of Misa Mary Jennings a Canyon City resident. She felt a jerk as the ring left her finger but reported no injury.
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Amarillo
Tex
Misa Mary Jennings
Canyon City
Five Indian Skeletons Uncovered During Wisconsin Excavation
Workmen at East Cook Street in Portage uncover five Indian skeletons during the digging for J W Smith’s new residence. Relics include a large red pipe stone pipe once used by chiefs. The skeletons lie near the 1904 Paquette remains unearthed nearby.
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Portage
Wis
J. W. Smith
East Cook Street
Pierre Paquette
Foresight Phrase Echoes From Chicago News
Quote joke about foresight and melon cutting appears as a humorous exchange between father and son in a Chicago publication. The bit reflects a playful wordplay line attributed to the paper.
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Willie
Chicago News
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