Trusts and war news cross the Atlantic in mixed columns
The Monroe Journal reports on federal trust legislation and the wartime scene. It notes public debate over antitrust policy, references mobilization in France and England, and cites Canadian volunteers and German ship concerns amid a mixed domestic war outlook. A fishing schooner reports poor returns off Nova Scotia after a rough season.
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Cape Shore
Nova Scotia
Veda McKown
Canso
Monocle as a Courage Inspirer in War Tale
English artist Jack Heaton Armstrong returns from Albania with a tale of a monocled officer's awe among rough soldiers. He commanded a field gun against rebels, kept firing despite intense heat, and inspired locals with his fearless stance, linked to Prince William's secretary's family.
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Jack Heaton Armstrong
Albania
Armtrong
Prince William
Alesso
T'renk
India
Prenk
Armetrong
Toder
Armstrong
First Wireless Newspaper At Sea Pioneered By Inez St Paul
Newa on the Ocean notes that Inez St Paul became the first to publish a newspaper made up of wireless items. It recalls 14 years ago when Mr. Marconi directed the first issue of Transatlantic Times aboard a vessel. Wireless papers now include Daily Bulletin Cunard Das Atlantische Tageblatt Hamburg American Ocean Times and more with Cape Cod and Poldhu stations supplying shore news.
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Alaska
Wireless Heralda
Poldbu
Cape Cod
Footwear Extravagance Prompts Fashion Debate
A fashion note urges women to spend freely on shoes this season, arguing that footwear choices dictate overall style. It links the salt of selecting products to the result in appearance, stressing the visible impact of feet on attire.
Mourning Colors in Fashion Notes from Vienna Letter
A Vienna letter criticizes fashion commentary on mourning trends. It argues black remains dominant for hats skirts and attire while white as mourning color is not accepted. It notes sleeve bands and mourning stationery as the main visible signals and laments the idea of white mourning on paper.
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Vienna
Persevering Japanese tycoon. Wakao Ippet’s late rise to wealth
Persevering Japanese magnate Wakao Ippet, the wealthiest man in Yamanashi, learned to read at sixty and once worked as a mig picker. His first profitable venture was buying crystal balls. After sixty he studied Chinese classics, continuing until age ninety. Now ninety three.
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Wakao Ippet
Yamanashi
Japan
Youth in the pulpit fourteen year old preacher Forbes
A London Stratford tabernacle revival features fourteen year old Charles Forbes son of Rev. Charles Forbes who began preaching at nine and has toured American towns. The piece places him among a line of young preachers such as Nellie Coulthard Libby Coulthard Evan Roberts Claude Cooke Colin Livingstone Fitz Wood Willie Parling and early George Fox and John Wesley noting the pattern of early ministry and its mixed success.
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Charles Forbes
Stratford Tabernacle
London
England
Young Forbes
Helen Coulthard
Nellie
Miss Coulthard
Libby Coulthard
Bolton
Libby
Ike
Helen
Becan
Francis Storr
Holloway Hall
Evan Roberts
Claude Hanbury Cooke
Jack” Cooke
Manchester
Colin Livingstone
Fitz Wood
Willie Parling
Croydon
Spur
George Fox
Society of Friends
George White
John Wesley
Old-Fashioned Courtship Tale From The Telegraph
A Philadelphia Telegraph excerpt recounts a shy suitor John Henry pursuing Myrtle with plans to ask her father for marriage. Myrtle chides him for being old-fashioned, prompting a witty exchange about directly conveying intent rather than seeking consent by formal visit. The piece humorously contrasts timeless courtship with contemporary expectations.
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Clinton Grey
New York Court of Appeals
John Henry
Myrtle
Cupid
Dearest
Philadelphia Telegraph
Laurence Irving and Mabel Hackney Die Together in Empress of Ireland
Laurence Irving and his wife Mabel Hackney perished in the Empress of Ireland disaster. Irving stood out as a cultured, genteel actor of wide range and simple values, known for exacting workmanship and a beloved, generous nature. He spoke Ruslan fluently and left a great name in English theatre.
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Chume
Laurence Irving
Mabel Hackney
Growth of Germany Through the Century
A century ago Germany consisted of smaller states with total wealth and income far below France. Now united Germany holds an estimated income near 16 billion dollars and wealth around 0 billion. Population rises from 24 million to over 67 million, a gain of about 180 percent.
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Germany
France
Roosevelt’s Odd Native Football Played With Heads
Theodore Roosevelt notes a tribal game where players use the head to propel a hollow eight inch rubber ball. Teams of eight or more chase the ball like football, with no hands or feet used. The ball rises and travels via head contact, then is returned by head butts amid shouts of triumph.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Scribner's Magazine
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