Johnson to Fight for Russian Probe in Senate
Senator Johnson demands Foreign Relations Committee review of documents on U S policy toward Russia. He notes lawmakers lack official data and warns against war aims tied to suppressing revolutionary agitation. He contends a league of nations could become a holy alliance if driven by such motives.
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A Warrant to Mr Hohenzollern in Washington Post
A brief note from the Washington Post hints at a warrant involving Mr Hohenzollern, with a remark on Holland’s small size and the constable knowing where to locate the former imperial highness when allies seek his person.
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Siberian Campaign Veteran Named Chief of Staff
Colonel Edwin Landon, veteran of the Siberian campaign, is appointed chief of staff to Major-General Clarence R. Edwards, commander of the Department of the Northeast. Landon arrived in Boston to assume duties and warned that U S press and public underestimate Allied efforts in Siberia.
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Trolleys and Railroads Fare Question in Boston
A Lowell Courier-Citizen note examines why trolley transportation costs more than railroads. It cites rail rates at three cents per mile and higher in street cars, with eight cent fares in the Boston district after December. The piece highlights short-haul ridership from Roxbury Longwood Cambridge Somerville and heavy boarding near Park Street and analyzes elevated line profits and crowding.
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Weekly Market Letter Optimistic on Postwar Prosperity
Richter & Company notes optimism in investment and business circles despite near term cloudiness from peacetime readjustment. Banks enabling loans could lift stock buying, signaling forthcoming prosperity. Local market steadies after two months of advance and may advance further. Insurance and indemnity stocks remain in demand with recent sales in Travelers, Aetna Life, Aetna Casualty, Hartford Steam Boiler, and Connecticut General Life. fire stocks firm. bank stocks unchanged. public utilities active. manufacturing firm.
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Connecticut General Life Imsurance Company
George Washington Completes Nine Day Atlantic Passage
The presidential liner George Washington sailed from Hoboken New Jersey at 10 40 a m December 4 and reached Brest harbor at 12 45 this afternoon, marking a voyage just over nine days to France.
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France
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French Press Eulogizes Wilson in Paris Papers
Paris papers dedicate their first pages to President Wilson with long dispatches from Brest and double column editorials. Vendors in the boulevards sell thousands of American flags as the week closes with coverage of his death and public mourning.
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Paris
Brest
Missouri Mule a Pacifist Goatslegislation Spark
Kansas City state lawmaker Tom Shepard proposes a mule conservation bill to curb selling Missouri mules for war except for U S or allied military service. He argues mules should not be soldiers, while a Missouri farmer questions the scope and intent and farmers’ votes. The columnist notes grass roots sentiment and anticipates farmer reaction.
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Kansas City Star
Tom” Shepard
Kansas City
Missouri
Shepard
United States
Public sentiment and the Missouri mule simile
A fragment notes the phrase We may have the wrong pig by the ear as a metaphor for public opinion toward the Missouri mule, reflecting editorial tone on political themes and regional symbolism. The line suggests critique or uncertainty about prevalent views in the era.
Jam tart gag at sailors' rest sparks tract pile
Dame Agnes Weston tells a pluck anecdote from the Daily Chronicle about jam tarts and Christian tracts. A helper placed tract stacks on the buffet with a "Please take one" card. Sailors moved to the buffet took tarts and left the tracts untouched, producing a playful scene.
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Christian Science Monitor
Daily Chronicle of London
Agnes Weston
The Wrong Direction. London Answers.
A teacher urged starting at the bottom to do well, but a back-row student asked about swimming, challenging the lesson. The anecdote captures humor in classroom exchanges.
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London
Not Even So Much As That Washington Star Poem Tone
A fragment from a Washington Star poem reflecting fervent animosity toward a former Kaiser. The speaker admits dreaming of punishment, waking to find no apology granted, expressing ongoing personal wrath without restraint.
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