Cotton Fashion Show Aimed By Washington Women
A national cotton fashion show to be held in Washington during the first week in October will feature gowns designed and worn by leading society women under Miss Genevieve Clark. The movement, started in Washington and spreading nationwide, aims to boost cotton dress goods amid rising food prices and drought of exports. The piece contrasts U S production strength with high prices, notes England’s lower prices, and cites a London notice urging housewives to report price gouging.
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Genevieve Clark
Champ Clark
Washington
Washington Society
United States
Mobile
Europe
Department of Commerce
America
England
London
Board of Trade
Gwydyr House
Whitehall
Salutary Effects of Music
An article discusses why music pleases and may benefit health. It cites Darwin and the Journal of the American Medical Association noting music's regular vibrations soothe the brain, reduce depression, and could even aid nourishment via nervous system pathways.
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Darwin
Journal of the American Medical Association
Pensacola merchants protest new Louisville and Nashville freight rates
The Alabama Railroad Commission condemns the L and N rate cut to Mobile, halving charges from Pensacola on all classes and threatening export cotton handling. A Pensacola mass meeting urged action before the Interstate Commerce Commission, arguing Alabama towns face Mobile monopoly and wholesale shifts.
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Alabama Railroad Commission
Mobile
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Pensacola
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alabama Railway Commission
Louisville and Nashville
Alabama
South Alabama
Louisville
Nashville
Florida
War Costs Forty Billion Dollars in Human Lives
A detailed historical tally assigns up to 40 billion dollars and about fifteen billion human lives lost to wars since ancient times. It breaks down casualties and expenditures by major conflicts from Napoleonic wars through the Russo-Japanese war and notes vast additional costs from minor wars and imperial expenditures.
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Benjamin F. Trueblood
LL. D
England
United States
Mexico
France
Piedmont
Turkey
Russia
Schleswig-Holstein
Denmark
Austria
Prussia
Italy
Morocco
Cochin-China
Lebanon
Paraguay
South Africa
Great Britain
Germany
Spain
Cochin- China
Philippines
Edward Atkinson
Japan
South
Central America
India
The Peasant Soldier
A London Chronicle excerpt depicts a nameless peasant soldier who bears no ambition or hatred yet follows the battle cry to march and die. He seeks no glory or spoils, leaving behind only the toll of war as he meets the hillside battlefield with calm, unquestioning resolve.
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Man
Let the People Rule
Editorial noting that Nicky Willy and Georgie influence millions while the public largely accepts their leadership and policies as described by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Nicky
Willy
Georgie
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Paris interview gets state approval
The state department stamps Ambassador Sharp's Paris interview as approved though the response falls short of a true encore, per the Pittsburgh Gazette Times.
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State Department
Ambassador Sharp
Paris
O. K
Pittsburgh Gazette Times
Germany Will Now Get a Taste of Real War
English agents are buying Missouri mules as Krupp guns won’t be in it. The Columbia State notes Germany will face a real war now.
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Missouri
Germany
Columbia
Ain't it So John Lind Silent on Envoy Sharp Word
Chicago News notes that John Lind did not echo Envoy Sharp’s statements despite public discussion. The item frames Lind’s silence as a contrast to Sharp’s remarks.
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Envoy Sharp
John Lind
Chicago
Roose velt Exits Politics Rumor From Maine
Reports from Maine claim that Franklin D Roosevelt has stepped back from political life as speculation swirls in Baltimore American coverage. It notes public reaction and potential implications for national leadership.
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Maine
Roosevelt
Baltimore American
Miss Anna Boulet Named Social and Women’s Editor
Miss Anna Elizabeth Boulet is appointed social and women’s editor of The Item. A Mobile native, Barton Academy graduate 1912, she contributed to Bartonian and Old Barton’s Boys and Girls in high school and won the Julia Tutwiler scholarship at Alabama.
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Anna Elizabeth Boulet
Boulet
Item
Society
The
Blackfriars
Miss Boulet
Sigma Delta Phi
Barton
Kappa Delta
University of Alabama
Responsibility for War Placed by Official Dispatches
Sir Edward Grey reports to Sir A Nicolson on Servia Austria Hungary tensions. Servia is willing to meet reasonable demands if kept juridical. rejects coercive political ultimatums. German backing of Austria is noted. Russia’s role hinges on its foreign minister. The piece reflects diplomat correspondence before World War I.
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Edward Grey
Crackenthorpe
Foreign Office
A. Nicolson
Servia
Austria-Hungary
Sarajevo
Austria
A. Nicholson
M. Boschkovitch
E. Grey
Russia
Moscow
France
Germany
London
Belgrade
Servia crisis sparks Austrian threat of war
Telegraph dispatches from Vienna report Servian replies unsatisfactory and the Austro Hungarian minister has left Belgrade. War is believed imminent as Vienna notes Russia likely to remain quiet during AustroHungarian chastisement of Servia.
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Belgrade
Silk and Potash Industries on US Advances
Washington letter notes potential US growth in silk and potash sectors spurred by wartime disruptions. Japanese silk worm colonies in North Carolina hint at domestic raw silk capacity, while kelp beds from California to Alaska offer a 25 percent potash source. Carl Vrooman urges developing these kelp resources to reduce reliance on Germany and meet global demand.
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Victor
Washton
United States
Europe
France
Germany
North Carolina
Orient
Washington
Carl Schurz Vrooman
Pacific
North America
California
Alaska
Vrooman
Mr. Vrooman
German Teutonic Image and World Purpose challenged
The Florida Times-Union critiques the German claim of Teutonic destiny urged by Prussia and defended by Burgess. It contrasts old German culture with the new militarized Reich and questions divine right to dominate Europe, urging Britain and Russia as historical allies while warning against coerced Teutonic ideals.
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Germany
Burgess
Continental
Europe
Prussia
Austria
Goethe
Schiller
Junkers
Napoleon
Britain
Russia
England
William II
Napoleon I
Charlemagne
Holy Roman Empire
America
Berlin
Krupp
Florida
Come Hither Eyes and a Juicy Bottle of Medicine
A teacher warns Johnny after repeated misdeeds. She retrieves a black bottle shaped like a strap and uses it to discipline him, fixing her gaze as he dashes for the door. The scene ends with him complying under her stern stare.
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Johnny
Mae I Rescues Man From Drowning Incident
Mae I found herself in an embarrassing position after she had to rescue a man from drowning who was teaching her to swim. Judge remarked on the odd scenario this morning.
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Mae
Fae
Celina Couple Celebrates In September Wedding
A radiant September morning lit a Celina ceremony as the couple began their life together. Obie Standard reports a joyful event with neighbors and family in attendance.
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Celina
Celing
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