Jamaican banking trade urged for American branch growth
American Vice Consul A J Bundy reports Jamaica offers a fertile field for a reliable American banking house. With Bank of Nova Scotia Bank of Canada and Colonial Bank present, exchanges are set by London and New York, rates near 6 percent, and US trade accounts for about 60 percent. He notes shipments touch Kingston Montego Bay and other ports, sees no current moratorium, and flags opportunities for closer U S involvement in Jamaican commerce.
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Jamaica
A. J. Bundy
Kingston
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Washington
Bank of
Nova Scotia
Montego Bay
Sala Mar
Port Antonio
Black River
Ort Maria
St. Anns Bay
Mandeville
Bank of Canada
Colonial Bank
Port Maria
Savanna la Mar
Falmouth
New
United States
Bundy
Seeberg
U. Fruit Company
England
Europe
Music in Public Schools ends with music as vital subject
The U S Bureau of Education reports 119 of 433 grammar schools can sing an ordinary hymn at sight, about 75 percent. Will Earhart notes most schools require music, but few grade teachers are tested in it, with limited piano and organ access and music’s popularity rising from recreation to education.
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United States Bureau of Education
PD. Claxton
Will Earhart
Pittsburgh
Earhart
Missioner Claxton
Cotton sacks urged to boost U S cotton demand
National Wholesale Grocers Association committee meeting in Chicago heard R D Bowen of Paris Texas urge cotton sack use to raise home consumption and restore trade. Resolutions call promoting cotton in wrapping for staples and urging wholesalers and packers to specify cotton bags where feasible. A Mobile county mill exhibit at the Mobile Cotton Exchange praised. samples may be submitted for review.
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United States
Chicago
R. D. Bowen
Paris
Tex
Cotton Growers’ Association
Europe
Mobile County
Mobile Cotton Exchange
National Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Good Roads Plea Echoes in Orlando Citizen Rant
The Orlando Citizen lampoons local roadwork calling out goody-good roads as make shift and scraped together. The piece urges common sense repairs to fix deteriorating Orange County highways before the next rains wash away more sections.
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Orlando
Florida
Orange County
Boss Croker Weds Cherokee Princess Sequoyah Bride
Boss Croker aged 73 rejoined the benedicts, marrying a Cherokee Indian maiden named Bula Benton Edmondson. Her Indian name Ketaw Kaluntuchy and title Princess Sequoyah mark a notable union as Croker, longtime leader in New York politics, celebrates a new bride.
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Boss Croker
Tammany
New York
Benedicts
Bula Benton Edmondson
Ketaw Kaluntuchy
Princess Sequoyah
Ohio youths to tour New York with Governor Cox and officials
Eighteen hundred Ohio boys and girls, led by Governor Cox and U S Senator Pomerene, plus four state agricultural commissioners, will visit New York City next week. The party includes prize winners from Corn Club contests and Domestic Science champions, showcasing this season’s contests.
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Ohio
Cox
United States
Pomerene
State Agricultural Commission
New York City
Her First Attempt Long Silence Triggers a Call
An elderly woman alone in a house hears the telephone ring repeatedly. She answers for the first time and declares nobody is at home. The incident unfolds as she hangs up the receiver in a restrained, uneasy moment reported by the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
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Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
World Improving Amid War and Freedom Push
The Brownwood Bulletin notes a trend toward universal freedom and education while war rages in Europe. It emphasizes growing brotherhood and rising Christian influence as civilization advances globally.
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Europe
Brownwood Bulletin
Fragmented Pervasive Phrases From a Deteriorating Mind
A garbled text mixing phrases about soldiers, commissaries, China wealth, rats, Vesuvius, Italy, optimism, and a London seceecole, ending with a suggestion to consider actions. The piece reads as a collage of disjointed statements lacking clear narrative or context.
Road Congress Produces National Road Policy Body
The Fourth American Road Congress in Atlanta formed a national correlating body of state highway engineers and officials to shape policy. A second Washington meeting set for December 12 will review bylaws. a permanent legislative committee will map road laws across all states with the U S Office of Public Roads. Fairfax Harrison leads the American Highway Association as president with a slate of new officers and a reappointed executive team.
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Atlanta
United States
Washington
Committee On
W. S. Keller
Alabama
Messrs
Charles J. Bennett
Connecticut
Henry G. Shirley
State Roads Commission
Maryland
American Highway Association
Organized Road Movement
Great Road Congress
U. S. Office of Public Roads
Road Congress
Fairfax Harrison
Southern Railway
Logan Waller Poe
Lee McClung
Col. Wm. D. Schier
California Highway Commission
Richard H. Edmonds
Manufacturers’ Record
E. J. Mehren
Engineering Record
8. E. Bradt
Illinois Highway Commission
W. Tom Winn
Georgia Association of County Commissioners
I. S. Pennybacker
Charles P. Light
Knocker who hired a hall stirs New Orleans debate
A prominent New Orleans figure hired a hall to vent long criticisms about the city. He argues such open complaint can energize progress and attract attention. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes knockers as builders shaping cities, contrasting New Orleans and Kansas City with broader civic vigor.
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New Orleans
Cit
Dead Sea
Jericho
United States
Chicago
Kansas City
Willey
St. Louis
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Snooping at Dinner Table and Prohibition’s Backlash
Editorial from the St Louis Post Dispatch argues that California voters rejected prohibition by 200,000 and condemns a proposed clause punishing a second wine serving conviction at home. It warns the fanatical temperance push erodes personal liberty and could extend to medicine education and religion.
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California
America
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Bible Sheds Light On War And Culture, Cadman Says
Dr. S. Parkes Cadman told a Bedford Y M C A audience that European hostilities stem from moral failings and could have been avoided if rulers followed biblical teachings. He argued the Bible inspires all great music and literature and opposes reliance on Krupp arms. He praised the Bible as an unmatched work of literature.
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S. Parkes Cadman
Central Congregational Church
Bedford, Y. M. C. A
Europe
Dr. Cadman
Hypnotism Scheme Aims to Free Science Healer Wife
New York report details a divorce case in which Mrs. Hester A Laflin Jones seeks separation from Gardner Jones, a Christian Science healer, and $50,000 in Diamond Match securities. Relatives considered hiring a Dr. Quackenbush to hypnotize Mrs. Jones to counter her husband, with a letter from Louis Laflin’s sister describing efforts to protect her from his influence. The referee’s report covers counsel fees. Mrs. Jones did not mention hypnotism in her testimony.
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New York
Hester A. Laflin Jones
Dr. Quackenbush
Hattie
Dr. Q
Josephine Laflin
Louis E
Switzerland Orders Aviators Violating Neutrality Shot Down
The Berliner Tageblatt reports that Switzerland has ordered all aviators flying over Swiss territory shot down on sight. The note cites a fear that repeated violations by France or England could prompt Germany to disregard Swiss neutrality on the Belfort frontier.
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Associated Pres
Amsterdam
London
Berliner Tageblatt
Friedrichshafen
France
England
Germany
Belfort
Swiss Federal Assembly
Japanese Lecturer Yutaka Minakuchi to Speak in Mobile
Yutaka Minakuchi, noted Japanese lecturer and former International Men and Religion Movement figure, will lecture at the Mobile YMCA starting Sunday. Topics include Pre-Eminence of Jesus, American Japanese Relations, Japanese Life in City and Country, and The Vital Needs of the Age. He resides in Baltimore and has recently been a Birmingham YMCA guest.
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Mobile Y. M. C
Yutaka Minakuchi
Minakuchi
Jesus
Baltimore
Birmingham Y. M
Evans
Magic City
Engagement with Turkish forces near Jusveran reported
An Associated Press dispatch from Paris cites Petrograd stating that November 27 saw a significant engagement with a Turkish column to the west of Jusveran, while other sectors on the Caucasus front reported only minor actions.
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Associated Press
Paris
Petrograd
Caucasus
Jusveran
Floyd of Meridian Admits Connection with Sons of Plato
Sam H. Floyd a prominent Meridian figure testified in a Mississippi cotton seed hearings that he was a member of the Sons of Plato. He described regular meetings and price fixing of raw products sent to mills and agents. Floyd said he joined under urgent solicitation and posted forfeiture bonds to enforce compliance. He identified letters and documents including the organization's oath.
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Associated Press
Meridian
Miss
Sam H. Floyd
Mississippi
Sons of Plato
Plato
Sons of
Italy waits to strike as war looms in Europe
London reports an Italian observer says Italy will join the Allies in spring after biding time. He predicts Germany will be weaker by then, with Italy arming and Britain ready to lead, as the great war culminates on Western Front.
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London
Italy
Turkey
Germany
France
Russia
England
Roumania
Balkan States
Spain
Austria
Westphalia
Berlin
Navy Turns to Britain for Ocean Charts
Captain Thomas Washington, navy hydrographer, says the U S navy cannot move outside American waters without British admiralty charts. The office is reproducing these charts by sincography, needing 1 752 copies, hoping to rely on domestic chartmakers soon for safe navigation in peace or war.
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Associated Press
Washington, Navy
United States Navy
Thomas Washington
Navy
United States
Death of Marquis Venosta Former Italian Foreign Minister
Rome reports the death this morning of the Marquis Visconti Venosta born in Milan in 1839. He served prominently in Italy's diplomatic service and remained active in 1912 in talks with Austria.
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Associated Press
Rome
Marquis Visconti Venosta
Marquis
Milan
Italy
Austria
European War Interest Boosts National Museum Mail Wagon Exhibit
Washington notes three German mail wagon models donated by the post office department attract attention in the foreign section. The four-horse coach, painted yellow with German arms, was made by Dresden craftsman Robert Liebscher in the late 1800s, with two smaller mail carts also on display.
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Victor Elliott
National Museum
Germany
Post Office Department
Robert Liebscher
Dresden
Deutsche Post
Cyrus the Elder
Caesar
B. C
Britain
Cicero
Rome
Diocletian
Theodoric the Great
Charlemagne
Marco Polo
China
Mexico
University of Paris
France
Louis XI
Austria
Lombardy
Maximillian
Franz of
Thurn and Taxis
Vienna
Brussels
Charles V
Christmas Shopping Ahead Promoted By Brooklyn League
The Brooklyn Times notes praise for early shopping and reports the Brooklyn Auxiliary of the Consumers' League urging December 15 start dates and shopping before 5 pm. It favors reserving 5 to 6 pm for workers and advocates COD deliveries only when someone is home to receive them.
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Brooklyn Times
Lne
League
Cc. O. D
Lesson of the Lark and the Farmer Moral for Self Help
The Fort Worth Record recalls a fable where a farmer’s decision to act alone prompts the lark and flock to respond. It teaches Southern cotton farmers to rely on themselves to secure aid, noting the government won’t lift him out of the wet and he must build his own raft to cross the stream at high water.
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Fort Worth
The Best Prescription Roosevelt Says He Takes A Little Sum
The Columbiae State editorializes that Colonel Roosevelt uses a small amount of medicine by doctor's prescription and would keep the old scout’s fountain pen moving at this moment if he were Theodore.
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Roosevelt
Theodore
Columbiae
Nothing to Brag About In Quip on Fifty Cents
A Manchester Union remark questions Bill Sulzer's brag about taking thirty cents from T. R. and notes that Bill himself does not look like a bonanza.
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Bill Sulzer
T. R
Bill
Manchester Union
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