Copper Purchase Bill Sparks Satirical Response
A 1930s satire comments on a bill to authorize buying up to 15 million pounds of copper for Michigan smelters, identical to a Senate proposal. John A. Day mocks the plan by comparing it to hogs and cotton subsidies, while hinting at wider questions of government benevolence and stockpiling.
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Congress
Representative MacDonald
Michigan
Ashurst
John A. Day
Iowa
United States
Uncle Sam
American Express to Extend Trade Links in South America
The American Express Company through its foreign department plans a thorough study of South American market opportunities to boost transport and financial facilities. Representatives James Thane and A. B. Howard will sail from New York aboard the S S Vestris around October 1 to visit Brazil Uruguay Argentina Chile and Peru, with return calls at Panama and Colon. Local manufacturers and exporters are urged to contact the company for trade inquiries and assistance.
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American Express Company
Foreign Department
James Thane
A. B. Howard
New York
South America
S. S
Vestris
New York Central Lines
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentina
Chile
Peru
Panama
Colon
Blow to Prohibition War Revenue Bill Unlikely Pro_ab stances
Washington reports that the war special revenue bill undercuts federal prohibition by blocking tax collection on liquor while restricting its use. European conflict arguments strengthen opponents, and Democrats in the house favor delaying action by submitting an amendment to deflate push for prohibition for now.
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Washington
War News Echoes of Propaganda Across Nations
Analysis notes how Huerta’s regime and German official reporting shaped public opinion in Mexico and Germany. It warns that misleading wartime communications misinform masses despite literacy differences and notes the risk of a clash between absolutist rule and democratic ideals as truth emerges.
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Huerta
Mexico
United States
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Huerta Publicity
Germany
Europe
England
Canada
New York
Sayville
Associated Press
Berlin
Russia
France
London Times
Ireland
Congress
Wilson
Siege of Paris refracted through ordinary life insights
In Arnold Bennett’s The Old Wives Tale the siege’s impact on Paris is shown through Sophia and everyday life. Prices fluctuate as milk and meals rise while markets collapse, shells fall, and fear and humor collide as residents endure the duration and aftermath of occupation.
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Paris
Pari
Arnold Bennett
Rue Notre Dame de Lorette
Sophia
Louvre
George H. Doran
Shipping revival seen in Mobile trade circles
Belief in Mobile's commercial scene centers on a soon resumption of active operations and ships for Europe beginning to take cargoes. The prior stagnation from the enforced halt of steamship movement to Great Britain Europe and South American ports is considered to be rapidly waning.
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Mobile
Europe
Great Britain
Continent
South American
Faith and War: Pope and World Press Critique
A New York World editorial laments ongoing bloodshed and asks whether Christianity has failed to restrain war. It questions church leadership and rulers for blessing arms and calls for a Christ of peace guiding nations to end conflict.
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Earth
New York World
Tribute to John Teasdale and demand to finance cotton
Letter from J I McCants of Birmingham dated Sept 12 1914 praises John Teasdale for exporting Americas first bale of cotton in 1784 and urges a south wide buy a bale campaign. He argues cotton exports drive US trade and employment and calls newspapers to finance surplus cotton, favoring 10 cents per pound as a minimum and restricting purchases to farmers unable to finance themselves.
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John Teasdale
America
Charleston
S. C
Manchester
England
J. J. Teasdale & Co
United States
South
South Carolina
J. I. McCants
Irmingham
Warehouse Receipts and Collateral Value Discussed
The opinion before the legislative committee states receipts under current warehouse law are as binding and negotiable as those under any future bill. Bankers cotton men and farmers differ on necessity, but agree proposed laws won’t make warehouse receipts better collateral than now.
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Legislative Committee On
Fort Worth
War’s Geography Teaches Odd Trade Truths
A Memphis Commercial Appeal quip notes that geography in war reveals unlikely origins with French wine in California and Turkish cigarettes from Richmond, reflecting wartime resource puzzles and regional supply quirks.
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California
Richmond
Memphis
Call for Scientific Reform of Property Valuation Across Cities
The article argues for a scientific method to reform tax assessments by adopting a consensus based valuation model. It advocates Somers tables to determine street frontage value and city site factors, enabling uniform methods across assessors and commissions. It cites W. W. Pollock praising consensus as a near infallible guide to relative values.
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Mobile
Somers
W. W. Pollock
Manufacturers’ Appraisal Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Geographic Society War Primer Highlights French and Central Europe Towns
A geography feature surveys French towns such as Soissons Senlis Abbeville Chalons sur Marne Vitry le Francois Vesoul and Czernowitz along with Elbing Liegnitz Lodz Vilna and Czernowitz in eastern Europe. It notes locations populations industries and historic sieges and captures through the centuries.
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Soissons
Paris
Compiegne
Aisne
Senlis
France
Nonette
St. Lizier
Bourges
Henry I
Francois de la Noue
Abbeville
Somme
English Channel
Amiens
Chalons-sur-Marne
Nancy
Chalons
Attila the Hun
Marshal McMahon
Sedan
Vitry-le-Francois
Marne
Charons
Francis I
Charlies V
Vesoul
LaMotte Hill
Durgeon
Alsace
Elbing
Danzig
Frische Haff
Depnanenank
Sweden
Schichau Works
Spanish General Defeats Moor Army at Abd-El-Haman
Madrid announces that a Spanish column commanded by Gen. Sylvestre inflicted a severe defeat on Moor forces at Abd-El-Haman with heavy losses. Spaniards suffered one officer and four soldiers killed and two officers and twenty-five men wounded. Communications between Larache Tangier and Tetuan are now assured. Minneapolis plans to appoint women to the police force.
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Madrid
Sylvestre
Abd-El-Haman
Larache
Tangier
Tetuan
The Kaiser's War and War Censorship Across Nations
The article argues censorship is strict to protect strategic surprise in war. It cites US field service regulations on gathering intelligence, reconnaissance, and secrecy. It notes spies, deserters, and reports leak risks and explains delayed dispatches amid wireless telegraphy.
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Field Service
United States
General Staff
Buy a Base Movement Could Boost Cotton Buying Power
Dr. O T Dozier proposes grouping buyers to leverage credits against cotton purchases, multiplying warehouse notes to lift the market impact. W M Cosby suggests boosting demand by using cotton bagging and urging cotton covering over hemp or wooden cases to lift cotton consumption. Birmingham News reports the ideas as practical, aiming to relieve Southern farmers.
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O. T. Dozier
Smith
W. M. Cosby
South
Birmham News
Canals and Dreadnoughts Compare Peace and War Profits
The Sault Ste. Marie canal, the world’s busiest artificial waterway, cost about $10,600. Authorities estimate it has saved $2.7 billion in freight costs, a figure dwarfed by a single battleship’s cost of about ten million dollars.
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Sault Ste. Marie Canal
Sault Ste. Maris
Chicago Journal
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