Alabama School Survey Highlights Rural Funding Gaps
A U S Bureau survey led by Alabama Superintendent W F Feagin contrasts dilapidated country schools with well equipped jails, noting low teacher retention and high auto upkeep costs. Officials say rural districts show public indifference to adequate school support and urge reform.
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W. F. Feagin
Alabama
United States Bureau of Nation
Feagin
Game County
State Education Department
Claxton
United States
Tennessee
Una
Suffrage Campaign Attacks Draw Fire Across States
Critics in North Dakota and Montana condemn suffragist tactics as insulting and demeaning to opponents. The theater Herald notes the propaganda has been debasing and highlights anti-suffrage speaker Mrs Oliphant’s accusations as part of a broader pattern of vilification in politics.
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Anna Shaw
North Dakota
Montana
Oliphant
New Jersey
Theater Herald
Governor O Neal appeal for Belgians Thanksgiving relief
The governor of Alabama Hon Emmet O Neal appeals for funds to aid Belgian refugees, urging Americans to donate as part of Thanksgiving charity. Two million displaced and homeless Belgians, many in England France and Holland, need aid. subscriptions will be received and acknowledged by The Item.
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America
Europe
Belgium
Louvain
Alabama
Emmet O’neal
England
Holland
France
Mobile
The New Europe and the Peace Settlement Ambitions
Sydney Brooks argues in the North American Review that Allied and neutral opinions will back punishing Germany for Belgium and restoring Alsace Lorraine to France. Schleswig Holstein, Kiel Canal, and Danish neutrality complicate terms with potential internationalization of the canal and Dutch compensation expectations. Britain favors a settlement that limits German power without humiliating its people.
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Europe
Sydney Brooks
North American Review
Germany
Belgium
Alsace
Lorraine
France
Schleswig-Holstein
Denmark
Kiel
North Sea
Baltic
Holland
Roumania
The
Hague
Great Britain
London
What Does Wealth Mean to You
A Hammond Indiana steelworker Mathias Constante inherits seven million dollars from Greece and hires five friends at five thousand dollars a year to help him spend it. He views wealth as appetite and display rather than responsibility, asking what dreams could be funded with such a fortune and what wealth would mean to ordinary people.
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Hammond
Ind
Greece
Mathias Constante
Mathias ‘Constante
T—Collier’s
Malvern Fire Department Appoints Assistant Marshals
At a regular meeting Chief Worts named two assistant marshals to aid during fires. Their duties include controlling the scene and keeping civilians from the fire zone at Malvern, Louisiana, as reported by the Malvern Leader.
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Malvern Fire Department
Worts
Malvern
Appeal to the press for Belgians relief in 1914
An appeal endorsed by Associated Press officials urges U S editors to publish a letter by Percy Bullen and promote the Dollar Christmas Fund to aid starving Belgians. The message cites Rockefeller support, fundraiser details, and suggests readers contribute through collecting cards or reader donations before December 20.
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Melville E. Stone
Associated Press
Belgium
Mobile Item
Adolph 8. Ochs
New York Times
William C. Reich
New York Sun
Henry Clews
Rockefeller Foundation
Europe
Percy
Bullen
New York
Bullenin
Percy Bullen
Broadway
London
At the Bier of the Bull Moose in 1916 Atlanta Life
The Atlanta Constitution reviews Roosevelt and the Bull Moose party after the 1916 campaign. It notes waning support, strong opposition in the Midwest and Northeast, and questions whether Roosevelt will step back or seek continued influence. It praises the American voter rejection of third-party glitter and hints the Democratic party laments the Bull Moose collapse.
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Roosevelt
Middle West
Pennsylvania
New England
Bryan
Woodbine
Democratic Party
Atlanta Constitution
Fur nace dispute sparks home peace and humor
A Pennsylvania couple argued over who should start the furnace, a quarrel noted for its domestic humor. The Louisville Courier-Journal comments that resolving such quarrels may promote peace between housemates and companions.
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Pennsylvania
Louisville Courier-Journal
Nine Months More of War is Favorite Bet
At a British base in mid October observers favor a nine month war extension, noting reshuffled troops, improved revolver practice, and fewer wounded. Optimism remains despite Germany’s likely endurance, with weather and logistics seen as delaying factors and a possible spring renewal after any December push.
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London
Winang
1916
Germany
Rhine
Russia
Berlin
Emperor Yoshihito funds St Luke's hospital in Tokyo
Emperor Yoshihito donates 50000 yen toward St Luke's international hospital in Tokyo, to be run under the Episcopal mission. Count Okuma announces the gift at a luncheon with leaders including British and American ambassadors in attendance. The project aims to cost about a half million dollars and boost medical research in the Far East.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Japan
Yoshihito
St. Luke's International Hospital
Episcopal Church Mission
Rudolph Teusler
Count Okuma
William Conningham-Greene
George W. Guthrie
Far East
United States
Wilson
Bryan
Tsing Tau
Europe
France
Mayor of Rheims Honored by Premier with Legion of Honor
Premier Viviani awarded Rheims mayor the Legion of Honor for heroism during the fighting. The ceremony included generals and dignitaries as Viviani spoke on assessing damage and rebuilding efforts for areas not yet invaded.
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Rheims
Legion OF Honor
Associated Press
Paris
Viviani
Chalmette Sugar Refinery Reopens Amid French Order
New Orleans reports the Chalmette plant of the American Sugar Refining Co will reopen to melt 5 million pounds of sugar. A 7 500 ton or 15 000 barrel French government order drives the restart, with 100 000 barrels stored awaiting market and about 10 000 tons still at Chalmette.
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New Orleans
Chalmette
American Sugar Refining Company
Witherspoon
McPetridge
Albert Breton
Canal Bank
Louisiana
Chalmete
Campaign to Raise British Pensions Higher
London report on M P G N Barnes proposal for a minimum one pound weekly pension for widows dependents and wives of soldiers and sailors, plus increased for mothers and disabled veterans and double child allowances. Advocates say state support, justify via public cost, oppose as potential income tax burden on wealthy.
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London
G. N. Barnes
M. P
Barnes
Hopeful mood spreads through Mobile Cotton Exchange
The Mobile Cotton Exchange opened with optimism as Liverpool already started and New York and New Orleans offices due next week. Traders saw a cautious pace due to low Texas and Carolinas prices and little local arrivals, though an undercurrent of smoother activity was anticipated ahead.
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Liverpool
New York
New Orleans
Mobile Cotton Exchange
Texas
Carolinas
Framed Franco Prussian War Paintings at Corcoran Gallery
Washington critic surveys four Franco Prussian War works in the Corcoran Gallery. Detaille’s The Passing Regiment and French Cavalry portrayals lead a set that includes Champigny and a Lenbach portrait of Bismarck, highlighting detail, mood, and historical context.
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Washington
Corcoran
Bismarck
Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille
France
Port Martin
Port Denis
Detaille
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
Little Masters
Alphonse Marie de Neuville
Meissonier
Corcoran Gallery
Ose
Gambetta
Paris
Brussels
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Champigny
de Neuville
General Bazaine
Napoleon Til
Metz
Sedan
Franz Lenbach
Lenbach
Quarantine Believed Wise Amid Foot and Mouth Outbreak
The Dallas News argues quarantine measures against foot and mouth disease are prudent. The outbreak in the Central Western states raises demand and price pressures while restricting supply, but government action aims to prevent nationwide spread despite price impacts.
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Europe
Dallas News
Sultan Mehmed V Reshad Birthday Calculations
The Orient notes Sultan Mehmed V Reshad was born on the 20th of Shewwal 1260 and last Saturday fell on 20 Shewwal 1332, making him 72 lunar years old. Solar reckoning puts him at 68 lunar years, not 70 until November 3.
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Sultan Mehmed V. Reshad
Shewwal
Orient
Constantinople
Jeffersons Monticello features described with two dumbwaiters
The Boston Globe notes Thomas Jefferson designed Monticello with original features including two mantelpiece dumbwaiters that reach a wine cellar below and remain in perfect condition. The item also mentions Mr. Bryan showing interest in buying the estate as a country home for U.S. presidents.
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Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Bryan
United States
Boston Globe
Killing Off the Race Counts Wars Through History
The piece cites historians noting fewer than two hundred forty wars in Christian era history and estimates that about seven billion deaths occurred in battle by the mid nineteenth century, a figure near five times the world’s then population.
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globe—Christian Herald
Etiquette Moment at Church Wedding
A young man in a church wedding hands an usher a present tied with a red ribbon. The usher cautions him about bringing gifts inside. The man insists the gift is allowed by his invitation ticket as described by the judge.
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