Washington Post Subscription Rates and Notices 1917
The Washington Post outlines carrier and mail subscription rates including daily, Sunday, and weekend options. It warns subscribers to update addresses to continue service and reminds renewals should be prepaid with dates and delivery terms clearly stated.
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Germany’s Insisting Peace Talk Is Futile War Rhetoric
A heated U S critique denounces German peace proposals as absurd and morally degenerate. It portrays Germany driven by greed and hunger, unable to curb expansion or placate a starving populace, and argues America must decisively disable Germany to secure lasting liberty. The piece asserts no peace while Germany threatens U S independence and vows continued war until victory and unchallengeable freedom.
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Erman
America
Germany
United States
Western Front Shifts As Allies Gain Ground In Europe
The narrative portrays Allied advantages in Europe despite Russian retreats. It highlights a major German setback in Flanders, British artillery superiority, American arrival, and rail and logistics improvements that could turn the war, with German hopes of offensives dampened by Allied air scouting and manufacturing edge.
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Europe
Flanders
America
Germany
France
Russia Awakening and the Rise of Democratic Spirit
An American financier returning from Russia argues that a genuine democratic awakening is taking root among Russians. He credits Kerensky with instilling patriotism and intends to replace czarist rule with clear democratic aims, while noting the shift from brutal army leadership to leaders who embody democratic ideals. Germany misreads the change, overlooking the spiritual and intellectual awakening that strengthens Russia, signaling trouble for autocracy.
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Russia
Berlin
Germany
Kerensky
Czar
America
Wood and Steel Ship Program Takes Shape
The reorganized Shipping Board seeks to build as many wooden ships as possible and to assess lumber and steel supplies for future production. Southern yards have already launched wood ships and Europe has welcomed their cargoes. The board favors both wooden and steel ships, prioritizing plant capabilities and voluntary cooperation from lumber interests while government authority over distribution remains unresolved.
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Shipping Board
Southern Shipyards
Europe
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Gulf Porta
King Alfonso Court Loses Influential Dignitary Marquis de Viana
A major shift at the Spanish court follows the Marquis de Viana losing his post as grand master of the horse and huntsman. He departed to England amid reports of a quarrel with Queen Christina and concerns over court influence. The king's decree limits royal offices to four-year terms, signaling a broader reorganization.
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Red Cross Society
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Red Cross
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Wemyss Castle
Capt. Wemyss
Randolph Gordon Erskine
Randolph Wemyss
Paulet
Lilian
Marquibh DE Fonthnoy
Splinters of a Brunswick Winter Wedding
A young girl named Ginter married Wood in Brunswick last winter. The couple now has a sweet little splinter in their family, a charming addition to a small celebration.
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Brunswick
Wood
Army Orders Major Frank B Watson Assigned to Fort Oglethorpe
Army orders list duties and deployments for multiple officers including Maj Frank B Watson to Fort Oglethorpe Ga for duty at the war prison barracks. Also detailed are coast defenses posts for Lieutenants Vogel Pogue Seaman Englehart Gibson Harrison Waddell and others, plus promotions for infantry majors and transfers within the corps through Sept 1917.
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Philippine Scouts
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George H Rrett
Signal Corps
Coast Artillery Corps
Lisut
Berthold Vogel
Coast Defenses
Portsmouth
Des T Pogue
Coast
Key West
Evan C Seaman
New Bedford
Alva F Englehart
Richmond T. Gibson
Edward 8. Harrison
Long Island Sound
James C. Waddell
W. D. Evans
Narragansett Bay
G. W. Hovey
W. W. Irvine
Sandy Hook
A. M. Jackson
C. R. Adama
The
Delaware
C RR. Crosby
H. J. Rechsteiner
Baltimore
C. G. Benham
Chesapeake Bay
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Erswell
Charleston
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Pensacola
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Army
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Fort Monroe
Thomas F. Maginnis
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Corps of Engineers
Hamilton
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Presidio
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Cal
Guy L. Edle
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Prohibition and suffrage actions move in Congress briefed
Proceedings note adjournment at 5 37 pm and votes on amendments. The prohibition amendment passed 66 30 with two-thirds margin, Harding amendment tied to three fourths within six years—passed 56. Newlands amendment distills spirits rejected 87 22. Cummins seeks to discharge Senate woman suffrage committee. McCumber resolution authorizes negotiations with Allied powers to draft their nationals in U S army. Conferees on food bill reach agreement. House to act on report. Finance subcommittee outlines tax plan near 2 000 000 000. Fletcher presents rivers and harbors conference report for printing and possible Senate action. Nominations: Roland S Morris for Ambassador to Japan confirmed. Baxter and Starcher named for South Dakota posts.
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Philadelphia
Japan
Kirk E. Baxter
South Dakota
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S&s Dak
Edwin M. Starcher
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House Adopts Naval Insurance Advances Infantry Transfers List
The House convened at noon adjourning briefly, with the administration food bill conference report on deck. A long roster outlines navy officers and enlisted men insured for loss of personal equipment, a 40 cent ration, and numerous promotions and transfers across infantry units from Twenty-ninth to Sixty-fourth, including detailed officer lists and quartermaster corps moves.
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Eel River
California
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House Naval Committee
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Frederick G. Knabenshue
Thomas J. Powers
James B. Bell
Martin L. Crimmins
James M. Love, Jr
Paul H. McCook
Frederick W. Coleman
Quartermaster Corps
Frederick 8. L. Price
Fifty-ffth Infantry
George B. Pond
Forty-seventh Infantry
Dana T. Merrill
Alexander M. Wetherill
Frank W. Rowell
Hugh A. Drum
General Staff Corps
James B. Allison
Signal Corps
John L. da Witt
Twentieth
Charles EF. Morton
Garrison McCaskey
Clifton C. Kinney
Woodson Hocker
James S. Young, Jr
Charles B. Clark
George 8. Simonds
Halsey E. Yates
Clement A. Trott
Wilson B. Burtt
Laurence Halatead
Frederick W. van Duyns
James Hanson
Fourteenth Infantry
Forty-flost
Fred R. Brown
Bureau Insular Affairs
William T. Merry
Fifty-ninth Infantry
Fifty-ninth
Lawrence D. Cabell
Clyfford Game
Oliver & Eskridge
Joel R. Les
George FE. Stewart
Alden C. Knowles
Henry A. Hanigan
Hjalmer Erickson
James W. Furlow
Quartermaster
Reuben Smith
Chase Doster
Howard Gc, Price
Eldred D. Warfield
Walter B McCarkey
Oliver HL Dockers
Jonn Ro Thoman, Jr
Jonn Ro Thoman, Jr, Fifty-fifth Infantry To Fifty-fifth
Ofantry
Milton A Bbiett
Meers' Hat
Tserge D Freeman Jr
Views of world travelers meet in capital hotel lobbies
In Washington the crowd discusses politics and possible mayoral contenders including Billy Murray of Benton. Murray hints at ambitions without confirmation while others praise President's handling of the international situation and Massachusett's unity. A Scotch officer comments on German soldiers and the likelihood of revolt within Germany, noting discipline and the potential for revolution if started.
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Billy" Murray
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Billy” Murray
Mr. Murray
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Willard
Germany
Farm Labor Great Problem For Western Farmers
A. Jones of the National Grange at the Raleigh warns the Western farmer faces a severe labor shortage as crop yields rise. He notes Kansas farmhands have commanded up to five dollars daily, with many youths joining wartime industries, drawing labor from harvest work.
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United States Treasury July 1917 Revenue and disbursement figures
Treasury report outlines daily and monthly revenue receipts and ordinary disbursements for July 1917. It lists fiscal year totals, last fiscal year totals, and general fund balances with gold and silver holdings, bank notes, and Treasury assets.
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