Merchants’ Exchange pushes two cent rate with Jamaica
The Merchants' Exchange of Jamaica urges U S support for a two cent postal rate between the United States and Jamaica. The appeal argues lower rates would boost trade, aid Jamaica product marketing in the U S, and help American manufacturers and exporters access the island. Mobile interests are urged to join the effort to widen commercial ties and improve transport links.
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Merchants’ Exchange
Jamaica
United States
Republic
United States Department
United
England
New York
United Kingdom
Chamber of Commerce
The
Mobile
Optimism in Banking After Reserve Openings
The First National Bank of Mobile reports improving trade conditions and rising employment with twenty five percent of idle labor returning to work in mills. It credits the Federal Reserve Bank openings and large reserve releases, notably over 165 million in New York, for lifting sentiment and mobilizing rediscount facilities across financial circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of Mobile
Federal Reserve
New York
Sublime Poesy From Maumee Advance Era Editor
The excerpt criticizes florid verse from Maumee Ohio editor praising a sunset over Perrysburg and Presque Isle Hill. It laments excessive romantic phrasing and likens it to an axe-worthy overshoot while labeling the region’s landscape as oddly seductive.
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Maumee
Ohio
Perrysburg
Presque Isle Hill
Big Farmers Movement Aims National Marketing Plan
The American Farmers Federation proposes a national market clearing house for farmers at a December 10 12 Omaha meeting. About 10 000 farmers organizations exist, with many already linked to state or national groups. A two cent per acre levy would fund an efficient marketing system uniting organized and unorganized farmers. Local cooperatives already span the country, showing success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Farmers’ Federation
Omaha
Federation
Enterprising Montgomery Journal Introduces Sunday Edition
The Montgomery Journal debuted a Sunday edition of thirty eight pages with abundant wholesome reading and advertising. Editor Hood and staff are praised for a brilliant start, aiming to keep pace with Montgomery’s growth and represent it at home and abroad.
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Montgomery Journal
Montgomery
Hood
Newsp Perdom
Mean man in Chicago trapped by own schemes
A Chicago man and his wife clash over a spate of petty schemes. The husband advertised lost articles and directed claimants to his wife, sometimes with a police escort, causing humiliation and annoyance as the law moves in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Windy City
Prosperity Victory Signals Shift in U S Policy
The electorate has voted for conservative prosperity, reducing momentum for trust busting and railroad disruption. The piece credits new federal reserve banks and President Wilson for supporting business, urging stronger emphasis on pro business policies ahead.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Banks
Wilson
Cotton market says acreage cut will lift prices next season
The piece argues ginning totals beat 1911 records but wartime costs suppress price drops. It forecasts a sharp fall in next planting due to Southern banker pressure, urges diversification, notes heavy exports to England, and warns American spinners to stock up via New York options to guard against future price spikes.
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Henry Clews & Co
New York
England
Great Britain
Manchester
Lancashire
Deaths by Own Action Decline in American Cities Study Says
Frederick L. Hoffman reports in Spectator that death by own action shows a national decline across 100 cities. San Diego records the highest rate at 47.7 per 100,000, while Manhattan and the Bronx fall to 17.8 and Gloucester, Mass reports the fewest suicides. The analysis notes 4,470 personal crisis reports in 1918 and links lower rates to general prosperity and social conditions.
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Frederick L. Hoffman
Spectator
United States
San Diego
Cal
San Francisco
Sacramento
Manhattan
Bronx
Gloucester
Mass
Hoffman
Dreamers of Dreams and the Wealth of Justice
The article argues wealth in a community goes beyond material assets. Real riches lie in justice, idealism, and spiritual appreciation that resist destruction. Great minds contributing to this wealth attract others and strengthen the community, urging readers to keep perspective on life.
Arkansas Campaign Teaches Self Feeding for Survival
The Arkansas initiative urges residents to learn self feeding as a core state effort and argues that food security is the primary concern of life. The Memphis News Scimitar endorses spreading this propaganda to other states.
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Arkansas
Memphia News Scimitar
General Joffre Receives Paris Newspaper Men At Headquarters
An Associated Press report from Paris notes General Joffre welcomed a group of Paris newspapermen at his headquarters the first press visit since the war began. The general spoke of saving the country as reporters toured his modest schoolroom office and observed his energy and resolve.
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Associated Press
Paris
Havas
Joffre
Poincarre
Anti-Tuberculosis League Seeks Funds Through Christmas Seals
Alabama campaign expands with Christmas Seals as primary revenue. Ida V. Clay leads Montgomery efforts with county health aims, including nurses and county hospitals. Rev N N Matthews chairs Talladega, Etowah leads Gadsden. ministers urged to educate on prevention and cure beyond sermons.
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Birmingham
Ala
Anti-Tuberculosis League
Montgomery
Ida V. Clay
Talladega
N. N. Matthews
Gadsden
Etowah
Alabama
George Eages
League
Alimony Set at Twenty Percent of Husband Salary
New York Nov 30 Justice Guy rules against 50 50 alimony in the Berry divorce case awarding Mrs Pauline Berry $10 a week from a $50 weekly salary. The judge says alimony should keep the machinery in working order to avoid discouraging work.
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New York
Supreme Court
Guy
Pauline L. Berry
William Harrison Berry
Justice Guy
Frigate Independence Heads to Coal Barge Conversion
The 100 year old frigate Independence left Mare Island navy yard to become a coal barge. Its first voyage since 1867 was greeted by ships and whistles as it towed toward San Francisco for fitting out, marking the end of its naval career.
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Vallejo
Cal
Independence
Mare Island Navy Yard
Navy Yard
San Francisco
Indiana town reopens district after closure
Gary Indiana officials reopened the restricted district last night after months of closure begun July 29. The city's policy of suppression was declared no longer viable and the area resumes operations under new guidance.
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Associated Press
Gary
Ind
L Y
Radical reform urged for Detroit public schools by National League
Mrs. Young calls for varied subjects and earlier exposure to physics chemistry and modern languages to win truants back to school. The conference endorses probation through centralized family courts, uniform marriage and divorce laws, and stronger literacy requirements for workers.
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Detroit
Mich
Phaenacae
Chicago
National League of Pine Gpiine
League
John B. Quinn
St. Louis
T. P. Twiggs
Committee
Census Bureau
Home education bureau aids mothers in remote districts
Washington dispatch notes the bureau of education extends help to parents for home education and moral training. It lists aims, partnerships with organizations, and a roster of about forty thousand mothers seeking guidance on literature, reading courses, home crafts, and child nurture. Kentucky launches literacy push with a state commission and moonlight schools teaching adults to read.
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Bureau of Education
United States
Cation Division
National Congress of Mothers and
Parent-Teacher Associations
Bureau
McCreary
Kentucky
Missouri voters reject Full Crew Bill by wide margin
Missouri voters refused the Full Crew Bill in the November 3 referendum. The measure failed 824086 to 159593, a margin of 164492, with farmers opposing it and St Louis defeating it by 18417 votes. Officials say the act would have cost railroads half a million dollars yearly.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Face May Be Fortune for Harvard Law Grads
In Cambridge Massachusetts on November 30, Harvard Law School faces a new fortune as Richard Ames secretary of the faculty requests every first year man send a photo to aid in identifying students. The photos will help the faculty become acquainted with the class and assist in recommending students for positions, with facial maps arriving for Mr Ames.
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Associated Press
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Law School
Richard Ames
Ames
Kowalsky Dies in San Francisco Palace Hotel
Colonel Henry L Kowalsky, once internationally famous, was found dead from a heart condition at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco on a Saturday. Details of the death were not released.
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Kowalsky
Frisco
San Francisco
Henry L Kowalsky
Palace Hotel
Colonel Kowalsky
Evidence of Negligence in Potato Cultivation Across Nations
Hugo Schweitzer notes in Popular Science Monthly that Germany’s long practiced potato cultivation now yields two distinct classes: carbohydrate rich for fermentation and nitrogen rich for eating. He explains U.S. seed stock loss and importing German seed due to degeneration, while chemistry boosts fertilization and artificial fertilizer production making German soils more productive than virgin soils in the United States and Canada. Deserted New England and New York farms are cited as a contrast to German efficiency.
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Germany
United States
United
Canada
New England
New York
Empire
Hugo Schweitzer
Popular Science Monthly
Splendid Idea Urges Nonresistance by Yale Professor
Yale professor William Lyon Phelps argues in the North American Review for ethical non-resistance to war. He envisions the United States, if insulted or damaged, refraining from retaliation and letting protests suffice. He cites hypothetical invasions and punitive moves by Japan Germany and Mexico to illustrate his point.
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William Lyon Phelps
Yale
North American Review
United States
Phelps
Japan
California
Bombardment Impacts Ypres Echoed in Springfield Report
A Springfield Republican summary notes Ypres endured heavy bombardment and civil disruption as the front lines shifted. The report highlights wartime strain on residents and ongoing defensive measures amid the siege.
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Mobile, Ala
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Lytton Building
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Associated Press Report
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Assn
U. S
NET
Big Farmers’ Movement
Frigate Independence
Indiana
Victor Elliott
Harvard Law Grads
Ak Tae
Ypres
Springfield Republican
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