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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1915
Page
9
The Washington Post advertises mail and carrier subscriptions with daily and Sunday editions. Rates include monthly, weekly, six month, and yearly plans, prepaid, with delivery to Washington and Alexandria and options for out of city mailing and address changes.
Pan American appeal mobilizes nine Mexican state governors to back peace and a provisional government. Carranza’s response remains pivotal as Gen Scott faces Gen Obregon. leaders must override personal feuds to form a workable plan or risk outside intervention and the annihilation of Mexico’s nationhood.
Twelve hundred prominent young business and professional men train civilians for army service at Platteburg camp. Over a month they learn digging trenches entanglements drilling shooting bayonet use and health under outdoor conditions. Officers led by Gen Wood say these picked men grasp military duties faster than average recruits.
The piece argues that volunteers alone cannot replace trained officers and that four years at West Point is needed to produce capable leaders. It warns that without officers to train volunteers, the nation risks being overwhelmed in war, and endorses Plattsburg as a proven path to a disciplined, capable force.
A court decision suggests that a family man may not swear in public but may vent words within the home. The piece argues for limited profanity as art, cites historical figures, and notes parental control of a loud temper while mentioning Brer Rabbit as a cultural reference.
A Boston Transcript correspondent signing as Clan Fhearghuis of Strachur argues he is the hereditary chief of the clan and holds honorary life memberships in Gaelic and national Scottish leagues. He cites patrons including Sir Alexander Macdonald, Mackintosh, and MacLeod, and contrasts formal titles with practical substance.
Fragmentary remarks debate the fate of hereditary leaders as thrones crumble. A grand display mocks titles from Strachur to distant rulers while warning of rising judgment that may overwhelm even famed lineages.
The article discusses Europe’s strained finances due to wartime expenditures. It notes Britain’s heavy cash and credit burdens from aiding allies like Belgium Serbia France and Russia, with huge monthly war costs and large imports vs exports. It warns US avoid entanglements while European finances deteriorate.
The Holy Gold Fund of Russia is vast and largely hidden from Western budgets and estimates. It accumulates from weekly church offerings, state gold mines in Siberia and the Urals, noble and Demidoff mines, holy candles traffic, and major fairs like Nijni Novgorod. The fund, guarded by the procurator general of the holy synod, underlines Russia’s hidden wealth and debunks claims of national poverty.
In flooded wheat fields near Quenemo Higgelton farmers harvest channel catfish weighing up to five pounds. Anglers spear the fish with pitchforks as trains pass by and onlookers crowd car windows to view the unusual scene. Local note from the Milizian and Gricage Tribune adds a humorous aside about a sunlit milk delivery.
Martha Johnson, 73, of Wisconsin, wandered Broad Street Station with a suitcase containing about $20,000 in cash and valuables. The AFL aided her to the detective bureau where she could not recall her destination. Relatives in Ambler were alerted and Detective Benz escorted her to a train for Ambler to attend her sister Agnes Kehr's funeral.
Gertrude Pugh 38, of 250 Brook Avenue Bronx, dropped a nickel buying salt then fled home with Elsie Jones 2, planning to run away. Witnessed by Rainy streets, patrolman found them near 136th and East River and housed them at Alexander Avenue station until mothers arrived.
A fragment from the Chicago Public column laments blame for war as denials fly and citizens ask who pays the bill while nations wrestle with peace expressed in scattered lines. The passage shifts to a New York Sun excerpt voicing longing for dew, distant blue places, and the solace of nature as mornings bring new days.
At the University of Washington the leaky copper roof of the engineering building was sold for about 8700 dollars, near the price of three new roofs. Bursar Condons aimed to save by replacing it with asbestos roofing, using profits to fund a new roof.
A frayed post card dated June 20 from Avonmouth England reaches Mrs John Klar via Indianapolis and her son Joseph Young Klar writes of distant voyages toward Australia Africa and home. He recounts being torpedoed by German submarines twice and hopes to return one day while continuing life at sea for the British admiralty.
The article recounts the Bennington battle of August 16 1777 in which American forces under General Stark defeated a British and Hessian assault. It describes troop movements including Nichols Herrick Hubbard Stickney and the critical bayonet charges and final British defeat near Bennington Vermont as night fell.
Detroit Journal notes a village hosts four men who show potential for statewide renown in competitive eating. One man claims he can store a beer case inside his body, another ate 27 bananas when 24 were owed, and a third consumed a 39 pound watermelon with rind and seeds as part of a balanced many dinner.
Detroit attorney Frank R Martin sued John H Kane for six cents and won before Justice Marschner amid costly legal wrangling. Kane had previously engaged Martin to represent his wife in a divorce case and allegedly called him a carrier who ruined his home, prompting the slander suit and final 6 cent award.
In St Paul the South Dakota idea uses beer kegs as mobile axles to move a wheat binder across soft fields. A blacksmith bored holes and inserted a metal axle, enabling the binder to travel thanks to the keg wheels.
A New York observer comments on Italy bringing its Alpine campaign to a close by early October due to snow and fog, praising Italy’s army and wartime position. Dallas figures discuss Texas senatorial contenders, cotton prospects, and government loans, while New York figures recount ships Texas and Maine and praise American leadership in art amid war.
In Lindens township Police Justice Milton Lowden resigns to make way for a younger appointee. Peter Lundy, 87, selected as his successor, with Benjamin Cavenly, 78, among early supporters. Lowden served over 30 years, while Lundy vows continued service as youth takes the post.
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