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Statesmanship praised for Aldrich Vreeland act relief
The article lauds Congress and Senate leadership for amending the Aldrich Vreeland act to ease emergency currency. It credits Representatives Underwood and Glass and Senators Owen and Reed for a prompt, broad plan enabling banks and trust companies to issue notes up to a set limit within fifteen days, highlighting financial expertise and nationwide cooperation.
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Aldrich-Vreeland
Messrs Underwood and Glass
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Glass
Federal Reserve System
Owen Ad Reed
Mesars Underwood
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War and Merchant Marine Policy in World Conflict
The article analyzes how alliances and territorial changes sparked by the conflict shaped European instability, noting Bosnia and Herzegovina’s annexation as a key provocation. It then discusses U S efforts to boost the American merchant marine by permitting foreign-built ships to sail under the U S flag, examining risks, neutrality rules, and economic implications for British, German, Russian, and Japanese trade.
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Congress
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
United States
South America
South
Pacific
Europe
War in the Air Describes Garros Triple-Descent Duel and a Hero Emergence
The article recalls French aviator Roland Garros in a first air battle against a German dirigible. Garros rammed his monoplane into the envelope, causing both aircraft to crash and deaths to result. It frames a new kind of hero amid evolving military tactics and heroic duels.
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Lookout Mountain
Monitor
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Tennyson
David
Goliat
Nations
Calmness urged as war spreads across Europe and markets reel
The piece argues for calm amid European conflict and a financial scare. It notes the NYSE shutdown, emergency currency debates, and banking steps under McAdoo and Aldrich-Vreeland. It stresses moderation, warns against overreaction, and praises the new banking law as a stabilizing tool. It cites Minty-tinged observations on war rhetoric and responses.
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Congress
Treasury Department
New York Stock Exchange
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Festus J Wade
St Louis
Washington
McAdoo
Chicago
Philadelphia
Federal Reserve System
Europe
Jaures Seen as Secret Ruler Ahead of French Crisis
The Paris assassination of Jean Jaures is shown as a pivotal moment in French life, revealing his hidden control over cabinet matters and how wartime unity suppresses party rivalries. The piece contrasts France with Britain, notes Jaures as a dominant political figure, and touches on his influence within the Doumergue administration and Calliaux affair. It also clears up rumors about the dancer Gaby Deslys, identifying her true origins and aliases.
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England
Westminster
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Home Rule
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Great Britain
France
Germany
Paincare
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Doumergue
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Why He Avoided Him On A Rainy Day
A brief exchange in the Kansas City Star depicts two men dodging a man named Baker in inclement weather. One mocks Baker for lacking an umbrella, prompting the other to hurry away, fearing recognition of the umbrella.
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Kansas City Star
Congress Condensed Senate Ends Voting Time War Trade Bill
Senate moved to vote on a New lands trade commission bill before 6 welock tonight. Appropriations ordered a 2,500,000 relief appropriation urged by the President. Warburg and Delano nominated today for Federal Reserve Board. merchant marine bill favorably reported. Aldrich Vreeland amendment agreed. mediation for European war urged. House recess 1:14 pm to 1 pm. president’s 2,500,000 Europe relief referred to appropriations.
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Newlands Trade Commission
Committee On Appropriations
House
Banking Committee
Paul M. Warburg
Frederic A. Delano
Chicago
Federal Reserve Board
O Gorman
McCumber
United States
Lb & m
Europe
Appropriations Committee
Harrison
Adamson General Dam
Cost of Dying Recorded in 1801 Hopkinsville Ledger
From an old Hopkinsville Kentuckian record book we summarize a court entry at December 1801 for John Clark. It lists payments for boarding and attending Francis Leafton while sick, days of care for a foundered chore, riding on Leaftus bustdens, doctor fees for writing and finding for the doctor, burial costs including planks coffin liquors and victuals, totaling several dollars. The fragment shows early 19th century costs for medical care, burial, and attendant services.
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Opium Smuggling Ring Busted Near Yacoma Oregon
Federal authorities arrest William Givens a colored man and say a smuggling system fed opium into Taroma for years. Crude opium allegedly arrives by steamship from the Orient and is hidden on the Givens ranch near Yacoma. Officials plan to plow the land to uncover buried drug sources and end the operation.
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Seattle Times
William Givens
Taroma
Givens
Yacoma
Givens Ranch
He Was Proud of His Shame
A London Chronicle anecdote recalls a Vol turna survivor boasting of a past lifeboat incident. A public librarian shares a man who sought a book on shipwrecks and then claimed to be the seaman who was shot by the captain to prove his boast.
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London Chronicle
Volturna
Boys Find Silver Bars in Weeds Along Railroad Track
Two boys playing near Rock Island railroad tracks discover two large bars of silver bullion valued at about 5000 dollars. The bars had been stolen from a carload destined for the Omaha smelter. police believe thieves discarded them thinking they were lead and planned to return.
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Rock Island
Omaha
Armed bandit kicked from car in two attempted holds
A highwayman attempted two robberies on an electric car line near Monmouth. He produced a revolver but was kicked off by conductor Joseph Terwilliger and motorman Charles Hulse. He then tried to stop the next car, but conductor George Hackett and motorman John Decker forced him to flee. No passengers were aboard.
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Red Bask
New York Sun
Joseph Terwilliger
Monmouth
Charles Hulse
George Hackett
John Decker
Hat Joking Wife Iodine Prank Ends In Hospital
Mrs Mary Towl wife of Frank Towl of 12 Midland Avenue Yonkers sprinkled iodine on her face to fake suicide to frighten him into buying a new hat. The prank burned her skin and Dr Farr sent her to St Johns Hospital where she is expected to recover.
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New York Tribune
Mary Towl
Frank Towl
Midland Avenue
Yonkers
Change of heart ends engagement request
The woman reports that Jeaen Feentne Bast asked her to marry him last week and she refused. She texted that she had changed her mind, and he replied that he had changed his.
Fickle Bedfellows These Nations Change Partners
A Philadelphia Record summary notes how European powers repeatedly swap alliances driven by dynastic, economic, and racial aims. From 1816 to recent times Russia, Prussia, England, Austria, France, Italy, and Turkey have realigned around Napoleon, the Hapsburgs, and new empires. The piece predicts another rapid switch may occur in coming days.
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Hera
Russia
Prussia
England
Austria
France
Napoleon
Hungary
House of Hapeburg
Francis Joseph
Italy
Gadowa
Berlin
Germany
Stricken Driver in Auto Crash Near Welsh Road
Robert Robertson, 63, of 214 Mercer Street Trenton, suffered apoplexy while driving his car on the Basticton pike near Welsh road and was critically injured. His wife escaped serious harm as they crashed into an iron fence. both were taken to Frankford Hospital after police found them. Mrs Robertson reported they were traveling at a high speed when Robertson groaned and collapsed.
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Basticton Pike
Welsh Road
Robert Robertson
Mercer Street
Trenton
Robertson
Sani
The Jealous Wife
A dramatic vignette of Ethel H Welt watching the city at night while consumed by jealousy. A husband once loving grows distant as mistrust and duty replace affection, leading to a life of fear, silence, and estranged paths.
TERSE ESSAY ON TREATIES
A rough essay defines treaties as language permitting nations to escape from formal agreements. It compares treaties to insurance policies, arguing both are opaque concepts. treaties invite misinterpretation and can trigger wars. The piece notes treaties serve to advance diplomacy, law, and editorial pretensions while masking real motives.
Crabtree dies before his famed pacing team
Jayloreville owner John Crabtree, 67, died instantly when his skull was crushed in a freight car door during a flying switch in Indianapolis. He owned the world’s greatest pacers Tady Maude and Hedgewood Boy, had estranged his family for years, and left a wife and one child.
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Chicago
Tohn Crabtree
Tady Maude
Hedgewood Boy
Indianapolis
Crabtree
It Was It and a Tales of Blue Bloods and a Box
An abbreviated recount from Strand Magazine recalls honeymoon travel to a ruined castle where a custodian linked to the noble owner serves as guide. A courteous exchange about tipping reveals a jesting heresay about marriage for money and the misperception of a Boston Transcript report on She People.
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Joss
Hun
Boston Transcript
Kaiser Trusts Hollweg After Five Years In Office
Berlin August 4 Dr von Bethmann Hollweg imperial chancellor has held the post five years amid speculation of resignation. He retains the Kaiser’s full confidence despite criticism and mistakes. His record includes arming the empire, aiding peace with France in 1911, and fostering Germany Britain understanding, though he has few warm political friends.
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von Bethmann- Hollweg
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Prince von Buelow
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France
Germany
Great Britain
Veda McKown Seiner Returns with Few Mackerel After Bad Luck
The Hort on Globe reports the schooner Veda McKown reached the fish pier with 6000 large and 127 barrels of salted mackerel after an eight week Cape Shore voyage. A broken seine cost about 2000 dollars and while chasing a large school, the seine broke, letting 1500 mackerel escape and leaving only 20000 fish in the water.
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Horton Globe
Cape Shore
Nova Scotia
Veda McKown
Defends Chance To Die In Brooklyn Shoemaker Attack
A Brooklyn shoemaker, Joseph Finkelstein, slashed his throat with a knife yesterday in his Lorimer Street shop rear. Neighbors Morris Schaed and Louis Steckler dove in as Finkelstein attacked them, then he hacked at his own throat. Patrolman Kunzweiler overpowered him and he was taken to Eastern District Hospital. Magistrate Reynolds held him for examination on a charge of attempted death by own action.
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Joseph Finkelstein
Lorimer Street
Brooklyn
Morris Schaed
Louis Steckler
Wallabore Street
Finkelstein
Kunzweiler
Clymer Street
Finkestein
Eastern District Hospital
Reynolds
Manhattan Avenue Court
Baby Owl Partly Monkey At Perkiomen Creek Camp
Campers near A L Overholtzers Crist mill report a queer bird animal in Norman Detweiler woods. It has an owl body with a monkey like head and hair, feathers on the body, and no ears. The mother owl feeds the strange offspring beside a cage outside the camp.
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Oyapeich
Philadelphia
Perkiomen Creek
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Sun and Tide Table and Weather Summary
Weather notes from Washington and nearby areas describe a northwest Canadian disturbance bringing thundershowers to parts of the region with a general trend of warmer conditions in the East and cooler in the Northwest for Wednesday and Thursday. Temperatures rise regionally with highs near 79 and lows around 64, and humidity around 72 percent. sunshine expected in some areas. River bulletins cover Potomac and Shenandoah rivers at the helper ferry in West Virginia with nearby reports.
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Pathe
Vailer
Mississinpi
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Democrats Face Tight Battle in Maryland Fifth District
Interviews with voters and candidates describe Dick Johnson gaining ground in Maryland's Fifth District. The race pits Johnson against Rep. Smith with Johnson backed by old guard factions while Smith is supported by Senator Blair Lee. Johnson’s personal appeal and momentum are noted as critical factors in the forthcoming Democratic contest.
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Shorenam
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Dick Johnson
Washington
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Johnson
John Walter Smith
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Maryland Democracy
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