Peace Debate With Wilsons Plan Dominates Global Assembly
The article reviews reactions to Secretary Bryan's peace treaty proposals amid distrust from major powers. It notes Britain and Japan unlikely to endorse new pacts and questions any treaty restricting armaments for a year. It also discusses silk tariff debates and early banking and currency reform plans under Wilson, including district reserve banks and asset currency proposals.
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Bryan
Diplomatic Corps
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Japan
States of the Union
Wilson
Congress
Owen
Banking and Currency Committee
Senate
Senate Committee
House
Central Reserve Bank
Aldrich
Representative Glass
Line heart and the door in a verse of longing
A fragmented poem segment depicts someone indoors all day, grieving, listening for work, and haunted by the ache of idle time. The speaker wonders about distant footsteps and external sounds, while yearning for purposeful labor.
Back to Reality Dining: A Food-Only Restaurant Planned
A New Yorker notes the city’s famed cafes blend burlesque, waxworks, and music with exotic interiors. A genius plans a counter experiment a restaurant where only food matters, with skilled cooking and dignified service, no gimmicks or entertainment.
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New York
Milo
Millie
Atlanta Hosts Opera Omnipresent As City Bets On Talent
Press agencies note Metropolitan Opera Company performances in Atlanta. Pasquale Amato shines in Traviata, prompting audience ovation and a call to repeat aria. Atlanta papers credit a second rate tenor in the cast, while the city’s $90,000 grand opera guarantee is viewed as advertising more than artistry.
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Metropolitan Opera Company
Atlanta
Georgia
Pasquale Amato
Campaign to eliminate offensive stage burlesques by Chicago Jews
Chicago Jewish groups press a campaign to end stage burlesques deemed offensive. Directors have written to major managers including Shubert, Klaw and Erlanger, William Morris, Cort, Cort notes limited legitimate drama and urges reform among vaudeville managers. Rape travesties are cited as a frequent problem.
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Chicago
Shuberts
Klaw and
Erlanger
William Morris
John Cort
Martin Beck
Cort
Manc
Mountain whites shown learning in night schools in Kentucky
A Burns of the Mountains letter highlights a night school in Rowan County Kentucky where a Baptist minister and an 86 year old woman study reading and writing. He notes grown men and women over fifty attending, plus a mountain girl seeking tuition to join Professor Burns's program at Oneida.
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J. A. Burns
Kentucky
Stewart
Rowan County
Oneida
Strides of Entomology and the Malaria Link
The essay traces entomology from collection and classification to experimental biology. It notes 1900 as a watershed when Sambon Low and Manson Warren showed Anopheles transfers malaria and Stegomyta transmits yellow fever. The modern field is a growing, golden era of insect borne disease research.
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Sambon
Low
Manson
Warren
Man
American Commission
London Spectator
Elephant's ears indicate matrimony in Mongolian fashion
A description of Mongolian head-dress shows women shape hair into elephant ear styles to signal matrimony or a tail to indicate spinsterhood. The process uses fish glue and grease, with clips and ornaments of silver or gold and sometimes precious stones, taking a full day to complete.
Domestic Treasure Hortense Sings and Sways at the Piano
Hortense moves into the house and unsettles the quiet with constant music and dancing. She sings loudly and plays the piano, provoking neighbors and a quarrel with Brutus the dog, while Martha mildly manages lessons and the household chaos continues.
Learning to Say No Pleasantly and Plainly
The piece contrasts tactful refusals with blunt outspokenness, noting that diplomacy often defuses anger and preserves relations. It cites those who value firmness over conciliation, while acknowledging sometimes sympathy and open view of opposing points aids fair decisions.
Farmers of United States to get low interest loans soon
Washington notes a growing push for European cooperative lending ideas and state aid to help farmers access credit at low rates. Congress and states explore amortization loans and season financing to relieve short term land mortgages and fund crop needs.
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Washington
United States
France
Germany
Austria
Belgium
Ireland
American Bankers Association
Congress
Europe
Southern Commercial Congress
New Zealand
Australia
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Uncle Sam Praises the South in 28 Page pamphlet
The Manufacturers Record published Uncle Sam's Views of the South a 28 page pamphlet praising Southern land deals by early brokers and the Army’s role in the Civil War. It argues Southern energy helped expand the nation and notes migration north and west from 1865 to 1900 while highlighting current South manufacturing, banking, and education gains.
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Uncle Sam
Manufacturers Record
Baltimore
South
Sam
Old South
Continental
United States
Providence
Pacific Coast
Ote
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