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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1914
Page
11
The readable fragments describe a local notice about staying informed at the capital and mailing addresses. It mentions a date with 4 and references to payment and mailing, but details are unclear. No specific names, places, or concrete actions are identifiable.
The administration plans to defer conderution of railroad securities until the next Congress. Congress is unable to legislate on such questions now. The Senate is divided over antitrust measures like the Clayton Act and the uncertain effects of its framing. With Europe’s turmoil and yearlong strain, lawmakers are exhausted. Early adjournment and coordination with the public are urged before pursuing foreign or domestic experiments and wartime act revisions.
Foretelling a costly struggle, dispatches report steady Allied pressure toward Paris while German forces push closer to the French capital. Analysts warn a decisive battle may still lie ahead as casualties mount and the Kaiser's troops maneuver toward the Channel, aiming at Ostend and Calais.
The article discusses strategic hazards for Britain if German troops menace the coasts and hamper new expeditions. It notes Russian progress in East Prussia drawing headlines comparable to France, and German officials downplay concern while claiming they can stop incursions at Vistula forts.
The Treasury Department action after talks with cotton merchants and bankers avoids valorization. Notes secured by warehouse receipts may back 75 percent of face value, providing a safety margin and relief to farmers. Bankers may advance on cotton to eight cents per pound, while planters expect reduced acreage next year due to fertilizer costs and German potash import suspensions.
Experts cite history to argue control of the sea shapes outcomes yet aerial craft introduce a new factor. The article questions whether Zeppelins and planes will decisively alter warfare, noting limited confirmed destruction and England's contemplated aerial towers to defend against invasion as tensions rise with German troop movements toward Belgium.
A historical critique argues that war pressures and German military thinking warned of invasion risks to the United States. It notes advisory assertions by Gen von Hoelsheim about Atlantic coast invasions and the need for stronger mobilization, while discussing anti monopoly and patent contract issues in Congress and the Clayton bill.
Long narrative recounts the wounded Young Lord Leven serving with the Scots Greys in Belgium and France. It contrasts him with his elder brother, the eleventh Earl, and traces the Melville and Leven lineage, banking ties, and notable ancestors. It notes American visits by family members, a hint of aristocratic public life, and a digression on Lord Alcester in Egypt.
Congress debated the Clayton trust bill and failed to agree on a vote amid a caucus plan to revise the program. Amendments to the Seamen’s Service bill were disagreed to, Norris chosen as conferree. McReynolds confirmation opposition continued in executive session against McReynolds, with recesses noted. House and Senate action included postal savings law conference, merchant marine bill hearings postponed, and a final vote planned on the war risk insurance bill.
Lucas H Bushnell of 909 South Tenth Street is called to join his older regiment bound for Quebec to join Britain’s forces. Aged two and a half, he claims five prior flags and a life of combat from Riverside Military Academy to St Mary’s cadets, then adventures in South America, Nicaragua, China, Mexico, and with the constitutionalists in Mexico. He has been wounded several times and seeks more battles.
Theodore the mule at El Monte ranch attacked Field Officer H Kelly of the Posadens Humane Twenty. Kelly saved his head from a deadly lunge and the mule chewed a hat as he taunted the officer. Kelly was sent to Lamanda Park to assist with a heavy hay wagon.
Chicago golfer Vilas arrived by hydroaeroplane for a golf contest at the Fike clubhouse on Take Michigan lake. The 63 mile flight took about 64 minutes and drew thousands as the plane landed safely after the match.
A frightened mother, reaching from a six foot worm bin area, fires her revolver at a blacksnake after seeing her child playing with it. She had never discharged a weapon before, but hit the snake four times in five attempts.
Rev W T Alana Presbyterian minister who recently warned of a European war and the Pope's death predicted last night that within three years a great earthquake would destroy the Panama Canal and the isthmus forever, with no possibility of rebuilding. Greenside Pay Depart to Chicago Tribute.
London Chronicle notes authorities prohibit war related pictures in cinemas. Managers warned isolation of this order will risk license cancellation. In other items, humorous vignettes depict everyday social scenes such as a party hostess and a city resident reacting to nature outside.
A homesteader near Aliver Lake watches two cats corner a diamond rattler. The snake battles ants and sagebrush, repeatedly strikes but fails to reach the cats, then sinks fangs into its own body amid the buzzing red ants as the struggle ends with the reptile dead.
Regna Canada reports the arrest of A. J. Crisler for the murder of Brown, a northern Star district homesteader. Brown’s body, found in a shallow grave near his claim, was dragged and buried after being killed in his sleep. Crisler, driving Brown’s team, drew suspicion as the missing man’s fate came to light. The crime occurred last April. Brown’s mother had a dream predicting the killing, prompting the discovery two days earlier.
A fragmented, censored poem collage quoting lines about poets, soldiers, battles, and censorship. The piece blends references to Montazaze, Balaclava, Bozzaris, Bingen, and Algiers with redacted terms, suggesting censorship shaped public perception of literary works.
A garbled OCR passage lists numerous historical and mythical figures such as J Meaves Juda Adam Hercules Socrates Samson Fonce de Leon Capt Klad Raul Revere Benedict Arnold Miles Standish John Alden and others in a disjointed sequence with no coherent narrative or clear event.
A Pittsburgh visitor learns of a no tipping hotel on Madison Avenue near Madison Square Park. A waiter explains that management pays a monthly wage, covers meals, and denies tips to all staff. He contrasts it with typical hotels where tips supplement low wages, noting most waiters still earn modest sums. The visitor, surprised, vows to seek fresh air after the encounter.
George Calkins and a laborer unearthed earth near Jericho Corners Insane county claiming a hermit hid a fortune 114 feet long box 13 feet deep. Highway Commissioner JW Might halted the hole fearing a cave in and ordered all earth replaced. Calkins said the dig traced the treasure to a spot on Henry Mitchell’s roadside farm, with plans to resume and finish soon.
A Houston road Radnor resident and relatives, four carpenters, and a domestic quarrel at Starr home ends with cook Katie Kelly jailed for fifteen days. Police from Radnor township arrest her after she scratches and scalds officers while defending her employer. Peach brandy sent from New York by Mrs Starr must be replaced before the cook can return to her duties.
The fragmentary report blends sun and tide data with unsettled forecasts for New England and the Rockies, noting cooler spells and possible showers. It references Canadian troops mobilizing toward Winnipeg and a broader wartime mood, alongside scattered U.S. crop and weather notes and local temperature readings.
Paris Correspondence notes a booming fake snail trade using shells bought from dustmen filled with cat meat or lights and sealed with fat. Restaurants buy these sham snails cheaply while a white and a garden variety appeal to different social classes. The industry remains largely secret despite a factory accident revealing its existence.
Interviews depict the heated fight over the Ferris Lane bill to conserve water power, pitting Pinchotites and western reformers against water power trusts. Debates center on Alaska and Pacific Coast policy, with reformists claiming the bill benefits public interests and opponents warning of consolidation and monopoly.
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