Virginia apples and Satsuma urged in Buy-a-Bale era
The Richmond Virginian backs Buy-a-Bale and Buy-a- Barrel movements to aid Virginia apples especially Albemarle Pippin amid a shift in American tastes. The Roanoke World-News notes success of crop promotions and suggests a Sug-a-Crate-of-Satsumas campaign as nearby markets show strong citrus interest. A local banker supported recent efforts. wider adoption could boost both crops.
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Virginia
Richmond
Press of America
Daily Press
America
Roanoke World-News
Nec
Mobile
Satsumas
Get Back to the Old Days
Secretary of Agriculture David Franklin Houston urged farmers to swap acreage from cotton to food crops to stabilize next season’s prices. He cited bank pressure on Dakota and Minnesota wheat growers and argued for nationwide agreements to reduce cotton and boost corn and meat production. He claimed Southern interests would not suffer and reminisced about a self sufficient plantation era.
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David Franklin Houston
Wilson
Houston
Dakota
Minnesota
South
West
Joy Spreading in Chicago Tribune Good Fellow Department
The Tribune highlights its Good Fellow Department in Chicago, sharing photos of destitute families and misfortune to spur reader donations. Reporters document each case, snapping pictures and printing findings, as the Legion of Joy Spreaders grows and readers see what a single dollar can achieve.
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Chicago
The
Tribune
Legion of Joy
Safety First Boosts Worker Safety at Perth Amboy Plant
A Raritan Copper Company report from Perth Amboy New Jersey shows Safety First principles reduced accidents by 34 percent in the second half of the year. Shop committees composed of workers, meeting quarterly, led the effort in cooperation with management to improve safety.
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Raritan Copper Company
Perth Amboy
N. J
Setting a Good Example for Wheat in Crenshaw County
Crenshaw county plans to plant one hundred acres with seed wheat funded by the board of revenue and distribute it free to farmers. Captain Reuben F Kolb, Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture, has long urged wheat growing. The piece argues for diversifying crops, boosting corn oats peas and potatoes to lessen dependence on cotton amid the South’s large cotton crop and disposal challenges.
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Crenshaw
Board of Revenue
Crenlaw
Reuben F. Kolb
Neat
Alabama
South
Recognition of public service in Wilson era appoints
The text notes honors and future appointments during President Wilson era, naming individuals such as Hon. Richard W. Walker to a federal bench and Hon. Peter Joseph Ham as a potential judge in Porto Rico. It reflects acknowledgment of merit and fitness for high office among prominent figures in Birmingham and related federal posts.
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Woodrow Wilson
Richard W. Walker Ats
United ‘Fifth Circuit
Ima
Peter Joseph Hamas
Porto Rico
Birmingham
Court of Claims
Washelof
Federal Reserve Board
Georgia editor questions cotton stocking pledge
A Georgia editor, proud of the Goober state, asks whether the public will trust the girls who pledge to wear only cotton stockings for a year, given prevailing fashions and the ease of deception.
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Georgia
Courthouse to Add Third Story and Elevator
The Mobile county board of revenue and road commissioners plan remodeling the courthouse to add a third story and install an elevator. The Covington project aims to make the building more commodious and accessible.
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Mobile County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Covington
Calamity Howlers and Hard Times in Meridian
Meridian Dispatch urges readers to ignore chronic complainers and join in progress. It rebukes critics who blame wartime conditions on Southern cities and calls for unity, patriotism, and shared effort to speed prosperity in Mississippi.
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Ike Micawber
Meridian
Europe
Mississippi
Meridian Dispatch
Financing Latin America and the gold standard crisis
An analysis arguing the United States must extend credit to Latin America to expand trade. It criticizes reliance on European financing under a weakened gold basis, noting US banks cannot presently finance Latin American credits without more currency, and calls for expanding domestic credit to become a global creditor.
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South
Central America
United States
Latin America
Europe
Cincinnati Enquirer
Czar and Austrian Proclamations Target Jews For War
The St. Louis Republic notes the czar of Russia and an Austrian proclamation promise Jews rights in exchange for enlistment. It argues both nations lack real intent, comparing with a Virginia politician’s appeals and warning that upon peace Jews may face broken promises and hardship.
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Russia
Poland
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Kishiner
Gomel
Bialystok
Sedlee
Virginia Backcountry
Austria
St. Louis Republic
The Cocktail Legend Emerges From Mrs Flanagan’s Inn
The story credits Elizabeth Flanagan widow of an Irish Revolutionary War soldier with inventing the cocktail. She ran a Four Corners inn in New York during 1779 where fashionable guests allegedly drank the new beverage, later described by the Philadelphia Evening Ledger as colored like a game cock.
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Elizabeth Flanagan
John D. Rockefeller
Unclear congress absence questioned by Farmer Countessel
Fragmentary exchange shows Farmer Countessel asking about staying away from congress and a statesman replying that it was penalized. The text is largely garbled and cannot establish full context, participants, or event details.
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Congress
Farmer Countessel
Responsibility for War Placed in Official Dispatches
Foreign Office telegraph dated August 1 1914 reports M Sazonof message on Austro-Servian tension. It notes revised English proposal allowing examination of Serbia's satisfaction without harming sovereign rights and Russia awaiting. Count Mensdorff notes Berchtold telegram to soothe St Petersburg about no plan to infringe Serbian rights or seize territory.
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Edward Grey
E. Goschen
Foreign Office
M. Sazonof
Count Benckendorf
Austria
Russia
Count Berchtold
St. Petersburgh
Austria- Hungary
Austro-Hungarian Amb Regent Discuss Serbian Ultimatum
M de Etter relays a telegram from M. Sazonos dated July 31 stating Austria Hungary agrees to discuss the substance of its ultimatum to Servia. Sazonof favors talks in London with Great Powers and hopes Britain would steer them. He urges Austria to suspend military action during discussions. The message has been communicated to the six Powers.
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M. Dé Etter
M. Sazonos
Servia
M. Sazonof
London
Bertie to Grey on German mobilization and peace hopes
Paris informs Sir Edward Grey that Germany seeks to push Russia into mobilization while Austria acts first. Russia contemplates talks with Germany to preserve peace. France aims for self defense with a cautious mobilization and hopes to avoid war.
Germany orders mobilization after Russia fails to respond
Berlin reports that Germany, pressed by Austria and in response to Russia's mobilization or lack of answer, has ordered general mobilization. The German foreign secretary argued Russia's delay created a state of war, despite claims mobilization need not mean war.
British mediation proposal on Austria Serbia conflict
Sir Edward Grey reports a reliable source saying Austria would consider mediation with Serbia if Russia halts mobilization. Austria would continue military actions for now, with Britain urging Russia to stop mobilization to preserve peace. German and Russian discussions anticipated.
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Edward Grey
G. Buchanan
Foreign Office
Russia
England
Austria
Servia
Galicia
French Mobilization On Frontier Warned By War Minister
Sir F Bertie reports to Sir Edward Grey that at 3 40 pm orders were given for a general mobilization of the French army under Kriegszustand. Germany has already called up six classes, three for war strength and three in reserve. A 10 kilometer zone is set between French troops and the German frontier while the French move is described as defensive and not an offensive act.
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Republic
Russia
Austria
France
Germany
F. Bertie
Edward Grey
Paris
Trops
Austro-Hungarian Telegram Substance Reaches Sir Edward Grey
Sir Edward Grey reports to Sir M de Bunsen that he met the Austro-Hungarian ambassador who provided the substance of a telegram from the Austro-Hungarian minister for foreign affairs. The telegram details the current diplomatic communications.
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Edward Grey
M. de Bunsen
Foreign Office
Russian Britain and Austria clash over Serbia crisis
Dispatch from St Petersburgh dated August 1 1914 reports no progress after telegrams between the Russian and German courts. Sazonof notes Austria-Hungary may crush Serbia or leave it independent. He warns war with Russia would follow any Austrian attack on Serbia and condemns Austrian policy as tortuous and immoral.
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G. Buchanan
Edward Grey
St. Petersburgh
Russia
M. Sazonof
Austria-Hungary
Servia
Austria
London
Belgrade
Balkan
Netherlands
Germany
Great Britain
Old House Rules Clash Over emergency bills and debate
The piece traces partisan clashes over rule making in the House. Democrats complain of Republican gag rules while Republicans defend expediting emergency measures. It recalls past eras under Cannon and Dalzell and notes current leaders admit to using rules to speed votes, with mixed reactions from lawmakers.
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House of Representatives
Republican Rules Committees
House
Underwood
Democratic Rules Committee
Sereno E. Payne
Payne
Cannon and Dalzell
Rules Committee
Dalzell
Jack Garner
Ways and Means Committee
Republican Rules Committee
Completion of Lock 17 on the Warrior River
The Birmingham News reports that despite limited river and harbor funds, Army engineers will complete Lock 17 on the Warrior River. The $750,000 needed is viewed as worthwhile given long-term goals to connect Alabama’s mineral regions to tidewater, with broad support and no opposition voiced.
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Wilson
Army Engineers
Lock 17
Warrior River
Warrior
Alabama
Tidewater
Birmingham News
Lefferts Park Seeks New School as Crowding Grows
In Brooklyn’s Lefferts Park district children carry camp chairs to public School 178 while nearby School 112 already has 300 children in attendance. The Lefferts Park Improvement League demands a new school and criticizes City Superintendent Maxwell for inaction on facility expansion.
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Lefferts Park
Brooklyn
Henry W. Pfalzgraf
Illusion and Anxiety in a World of Bureaucratic Overload
A fragment reflecting concern over overwhelming bureaucratic clutter and the imagined flood of paperwork that accompanies modern systems. The tone conveys alarm at the scale of official material overwhelming daily life.
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