Foreign orders mount as American goods see rising demand
The New York Herald reports a surge in orders for American products, with estimates of at least 200 million dollars in recent contracts. Banks and agents fund commissions for European governments, many payments made in cash before ships sail, while cotton hopes to ride the wave as war boosts demand and mills struggle with limited supplies.
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New York Herald
Financial Authority
New York
Sze Heralds China Peace Efforts and Service Record
London dispatch notes Alfred Sze, newly appointed Chinese minister, leaving Peking with pledges to Britain not to bow to German pressure. It highlights his US education, Cornell ties, work with Dr. Jenks on a gold standard plan, and plague relief in Manchuria.
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Alfred Sze
Peking
Great Britain
China
Japan
United States
Court of St. James
Sze
Ile
Cornell
Jeremiah W. Jenks
New York University
Roosevelt
Jenks
Manchuria
Germany’s Barriers Frustrate American Press
A Brooklyn Eagle correspondent reports Germans block fair access for American reporters in Berlin. He notes endless bureaucratic red tape, lack of clear authority, and two weeks of talks yielding only ordinary passport restrictions. Germany withholds front-line access while feeding America news via its Berlin legation and Sayville channel, often less trustworthy than sensational war fiction.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Berlin
Germany
Foreign Office
Secret Service
America
France
Great Britain
Paris
London
United States
Washington
Sayville
Mole St. Nicholas
Bible and War Quoted in Policy Debate in Louisville
Secretary Bryan cites Isaiah to defend Wilson era foreign policy amid world war. The Brooklyn Eagle notes Kaiser quotes Joel to urge war while Louisville Post warns Old Testament verses can be taken out of context. A history of scriptural wartime justification is examined.
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Louisville
Bryan
Wilson
Isaiah
Brooklyn Eagle
Joel
Israel
Kaiser
Louisville Post
No Tricks in Baseball and Massachusetts City Manager Vote
Ban Johnson vows vigorous measures to curb innovations in baseball after emery paper abuse by a Yankee pitcher to alter ball curvature. A league rule would suspend and fine $100 for sandpaper use, with the National League implied to follow. Norwood adopts a city manager charter by a 660 to 403 vote, effective January 1 1915.
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Ban Johnson
Yankee
Athletics
Johnson
National League
Ed A. Goeney
Leslie
Norwood
Mass
Bay State
Uncle Sam's Moral Standard
The United States has paid for all its acquired territory and kept treaty promises across eras and conflicts. From Louisiana and Florida to Mexico, Alaska, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Panama, it notes payments and commitments while citing responses to Cuba and China. The piece lauds equal tolls for American shipping and frames U S conduct as a standard of world morality.
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United States
Star
Louisiana
Florida
Alaska
Porto Rico
Philippines
Republic of Panama
Cuba
Mexico
China
England
Wilson
Kansas City Times
Cochrane's Prize Promotes Diversified Farming in Sumter
The Geiger Times praises John T. Cochrane of the A T and N Railway for offering prizes to entice farmers to reduce cotton acreage and grow profitable crops. It urges every Sumter County household to participate, noting successes in cattle, hogs, alfalfa, and a hoped return to wheat and self sufficiency.
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John T. Cochrane
A. T. and N. Railway
Cochrane
Sumter
Refugees to Find Homes in U S Farms Says Enquirer
The Cincinnati Enquirer argues for relocating up to a million European war refugees to United States farms. It calls for state and federal cooperation, farmers’ groups, and navy transport to provide homes and work, boosting agricultural labor and national prosperity.
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Holland
France
England
Germany
Europe
United States
Great Britain
United States Navy
Cincinnati Enquirer
Locating the Goat in Germany Blame Shifts to Chancellor
The New York Telegram notes influential circles in Germany begin to lay blame for the war on the chancellor as a peace awakening appears.
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Germany
New York Telegram
Roosevelt Calls Sulzer a Crook
The Columbia State notes front page attention given to Roosevelt accusing Sulzer, suggesting the GOP is pressing harsh measures to regain prominence in the press.
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Roosevelt
Sulzer
T. R
Columbia State
Gardener’s War Readiness Critique Sparks Roosevelts Roar
The Kansas City Journal notes Congressman Gardner warned the nation is unprepared for war while Colonel Roosevelt counters that claim, urging vigilance and readiness amid looming international tensions.
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Gardner
Roosevelt
Kansas City Journal
Doc outlived usefulness sparks introspective jab
Washington Post column notes Doc Osler’s perceived decline as Hugo Munsterberg questions why the medical pioneer should have aged. The remark places Osler in a humorously softened light as the two contemporaries debate enduring relevance.
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Doc
Doc. Eliot
Hugo Munsterberg
Doc. Osler
Washington Post
No Place for Congratulations
A satirical New York American line mocks a father with seventeen sons. It notes most fathers of that size deserve sympathy rather than congratulations.
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Wilson
New York American
Demand for New Structures in War Time
Professor Jenks states that war aids all art and design. Louvain and Rheims examples illustrate how conflict spurs architecture and construction during wartime.
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Jenks
Louvain and
Rheims
Philadelphia Record
Refuse to be Kicked Around in War Commentary
A Binghamton Press take on Allied strategy stresses unity against the Kaiser and his war dogs. The piece argues the allies must find a method to restrain German aggressors and sustain public resolve during hostilities.
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Binghamton Press
Navy food no experiments says Paymaster General orders
Washington Oct 29 The Paymaster General issues orders to naval officers stating enlisted men must have wholesome food and that any testing of food products will be suppressed. The directive also urges caution on waiving competition and to stand by the lowest bidder, noting government red tape is acceptable when it prevents obstructions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Naval
McGowan
Navy
Million and Half in British Army on Rolls and Drilling
London reports the British army in the United Kingdom totals about 1.5 million, with roughly 800,000 in Kitchener's army and 600,000 territorials. The force includes reserves and regulars. territorials are praised as the finest, many ready to go abroad. The Canadian contingent is not counted.
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London
United Kingdom
Lord Kitchener
Mississippi fair draws out record livestock show
The Mississippi state fair reports record livestock, with cattle diversification and a standout hog judging by George Clayton formerly of the Kentucky fair. Homebreds matched northern show herds, while southern exhibitors are learning grooming for future prizes.
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Mississippi Fair
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
George Clayton
Kentucky
Times suggests mines off Ireland by neutral-flag ships
The Times editorial argues mines off northern Ireland may have been dropped by North Sea trawlers flying neutral flags. It says Germany violated international law and questions closing the North Sea to neutral traffic, while noting such a step may be impractical.
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Thinks
Ireland
Associated Press
London
the Times
Northern Ireland
North Sea
Admiralty
Interstate Commerce Commission Lowers Flour Freight Rate
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a reduction of 2 1/2 cents per hundred pounds for flour and 2 cents for bran and shorts shipped from Inman Kansas to destinations in other states. The existing rates were deemed unreasonable and new rates are fixed for two years.
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Associated Press
Washington
Inman
Kan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Raising Ships at Antwerp Reopens River Trade
Antwerp reports that several ships sunk in the war at Antwerp have been raised and the river is navigable again. The Antwerp government has invited bids to raise the remaining sunken vessels.
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Antwerp
Amsterdam
Lonjon
Ledyard Sees Regulation Ahead for Cotton Exchanges
Mobile Cotton Exchange president E Dargan Ledyard delivered a lengthy annual address praising past efforts and predicting regulation and a return to normal markets. He cited closures of New York and New Orleans futures, urged federal supervision, and noted Augusta convention support for the Lever bill to regulate future trading. Local interest centered on Mobile potentially becoming one of five spot markets.
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E. Dargan Ledyard
Mobile Cotton Exchange
New York
New Orleans
Cotten
Ledyard
Augusta
Congress
Representative Lever
Senate
Mobile
Agricultural Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Federal Agricultural Department
Led
Count de Chambrun Firing On Own Chateau Amid Frontline Battle
Paris October 29 The Countess de Chambrun formerly Clara Longworth sister of Nicholas Longworth has received a letter from her husband a former Washington mill attache now an artillery officer at the front He writes I am directing artillery fire against our own chateau near St Mihiel and take pleasure as piece after piece falls The chateau sits in a region where German forces have fought six weeks of stubborn battle since occupation at that point.
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Paris
Countess de Chambrun
Clara Longworth
Cincinnati
Nicholas Longworth
Washington
Count de Chambrun
de Chambrun
St. Mihiel
Miss Sue Gibson Dies As Second Victim In Forest Auto Wreck
Forest Mississippi, Oct 29, a second victim died from injuries from a Sunday automobile wreck. Sue Gibson died at 4 o clock yesterday. Charles Freeny and Mattie Gibson are recovering at home in Leake County.
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Gibson
Forest, Miss
Berlin denies Angola invasion reports from Lisbon
Berlin officials announced that no knowledge exists of German troops entering Angola the Portuguese colony. The Wolff bureau released the denial after dispatches from Lisbon Madrid and Paris claimed a German invasion and noted Portugal planned sending warships and troops to Angola.
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Berlin
London
Angola
West Africa
Wolff Bureau
Lisbon
Madrid
Paris
Portugal
Strengthening Hawaii via ship cargoes from Norfolk
The collier Mars and Hector sailed yesterday for Hawaii via the Panama Canal. The Hector carries a submarine torpedo boat on her deck and structural steel for buildings to be erected at the Pearl Harbor naval station.
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Hawaii
Norfolk
Mars
Hector
Panama Canal
Pearl Harbor
Naval Station
Democratic Rally to Feature Marshall and Senators
In St Louis on October 29 Vice President Marshall will lead a major Missouri campaign rally. Senators William J Stone of Missouri and James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois will address the same audience.
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Marshall
ST. Louis
Missouri
William J. Stone
J. Iamilton Lewis
Illinois
Rate hike on refined petroleum freight suspended
Washington on October 29 a proposed 5 cent per hundredweight rise in refined petroleum freight from Coffeyville Kansas to Missouri and other states was suspended by the Interstate Commerce Commission until February 28 to allow an inquiry.
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Washington
Coffeyville
Kas
Missouri
Interstate Commerce Commission
Collegiate Body to Meet in Chicago in December
The National Collegiate Association announces a December 29 meeting in Chicago. It will mark the first time the gathering is held in the Western U.S.
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Chicago
National Collegiate Association
West
Government plan to breed army horses proposed
Washington reports that the bureau of animal industry urges Congress to appropriate 250000 dollars to encourage blooded remount production. It would purchase 100 stallions and distribute them in key states to raise army horse numbers and improve local breeding standards.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
United States Army
United States
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Congress
New England
South Central
Vermont
New Hampshire
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
New York
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Montana
Oregon
América
Army
What defines true greatness in a nation's history
James Bryce argues in the New York Times that true greatness comes from moral character and sacrifice, not size or wealth. He cites U S and British actions in Cuba Mexico and South Africa as examples of restraint, self-government, and respect for others.
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United States
Cuba
Mexico
Great Britain
India
James Bryce
New York Times
Remaining Remedies and Cotton Credit
The Dallas News notes that many cotton holders store bales at home with bank support and reserve banks pending. It argues agitation in Washington and state capitals frightened bankers, curbing credit and harming debtors. Confidence pressure wanes as cotton demand rises and united action could curb market oversupply for broad benefit.
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Washington
Dallas News
Please Don’t Groauines Likely Census Pastiche
A fragmented verse about a slender young woman in Chauines who claims thinness yet gains attention for her shape. Local men remark on her appearance with surprised commentary, reflecting a window into social commentary in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
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