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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1914
Page
11
The piece discusses Allied and German forces near Paris, weighing the costs and strategies of a prolonged siege. It notes German numbers versus Allied resilience, the potential drain of sending troops from other fronts, and the risk of Paris falling to a siege that could exhaust both sides.
Senator Hampton Tews urges absent Democratic senators to return this week to Washington for conference on antitrust and securities bills. The administration aims to move Clayton antitrust and Risbun bills, while fears rise over Rayburn tax changes triggering market turmoil and the broader financial world. Party leaders and businessmen press for a real understanding and swift action on the pending measures.
The writer argues against hiring costly lawyers to interpret laws, urging business leaders to focus on productive aims. He cites expanding export markets, tackling financing ventures, and seizing opportunities as priorities for business energy and funds.
The article urges the U S government to buy merchant vessels and place them in service to free seas for American commerce. It argues private capital is unwilling or unable to fund large fleets, notes foreign subsidized fleets undercut U S shippers, and calls on Congress and the administration to act now to acquire ships to build an American mercantile marine with reasonable rates and national control.
The piece argues Americans should maintain calm, trust legislation should move prudently, and the nation must adjust to war economies. It notes rail securities reform, readjustment to wartime values, and aims for expanded foreign commerce, especially with South America, leveraging aloofness and natural advantages for global and national interests.
An opinion piece argues the Panama Railroad shows government operation incurs high costs, low efficiency, and heavy staffing. It cites payrolls, per-mile expenses, taxes, and location costs as evidence that privately owned railroads outperform the government line despite high rates and strong signals.
Bernhardt Dernburg the former secretary of state for the colonies arrives in New York quietly via the Duten Line. His mission reportedly aims to sound New York financiers about a German loan secured by the state railroads, contingent on peace. The trip follows his reorganized colonial department and links to American financial interests. he has built a career in Deutscher Bank and the Frat Trust Company.
In Brookline New Hampshire a local scene drew visitors as a hen tended four newborn swallows rescued from a chimney. The birds thrived for five days under the hen but died on the sixth, raising debate whether overfeeding or excessive handling caused the deaths.
Glen Alleyn residents report a duck named Clarence, raised by Mrs Greavenor Marshall, insists he is a chicken and joins the hens at the Lop perch. His nightly roosting causes sleep loss, sleepless hens, and weakened chicks, prompting isolation and a stall for Clarence.
A berry-picking party near the cemetery heard a child’s cries then discovered a lifeless form stretched on a lower pine bough about 100 yards from town. The search halted as the grim sight was found and the party returned, footsteps and scattered tracks marking their retreat.
A dramatic rescue at the end of a pier unfolds as Ted the Scotch terrier dives into the sea to save a cat clinging to a piling. Capt Walter and King, the master, command the dog who swims to shore with the frightened cat in its jaws.
Mother and daughter from 230 Delgany street lassoed two wild boars that escaped City park zoo in late June. They tracked the animals across three miles, notified police, and earned a $10 reward from the park department under Commissioner Thum.
A village tale centers on Zeke Bilikinis son who, after a late night confession in a heated meeting, vows to speak the truth. The father, moved by the admission, expresses pride as Zeke continues feeding the chickens long after midnight.
A fragmented historical piece links war imagery with political street scenes. It contrasts fallen soldiers with parade and voting day, noting women voting access and police commentary on election crowds and gatekeeping. The poem blends martial sacrifice with civic participation and social performance.
Benjamin Moyle of Perkasie is dead after a dynamite blast. A 7 foot fuse and 2 caps were bought last week to blow a stump for a Rockhill Township farmer. Police search for a daughter in Philadelphia. coroner to investigate. lembro
In Shamokin Pennsylvania a 14 year old girl Kath yn Shultzs tries to elope with William easy to Philadelphia aboard a freight train. Police arrested them in the Reading yard but released them after Easy promised not to pursue the relationship.
A magistrate discharged a group of offenders brought before him after Patrick Case for How ve ever appeared previously. The judge noted no prior face recognition and dismissed the case, then called the next.
Charles F Davis of Corning and HB Currier of Boston resist lowering the legal death fee from 50 to 150 dollars. A new executioner, Thomas F Mannion of Yonkers, is assigned to perform two Hangings at Sing Sing Prison this Wednesday at 156 dollars each.
A general corrects an orderly amid hospital chaos as soldiers rush with steaming soup. The general declares the bowl tastes like dishwater and orders the orderly to remove the mid of his pall, then halts the request.
An actress recounts a military drill anecdote where a sergeant instructs recruits to load and aim, then shouts Fire at will. Private Lunn hesitates as his gun misfires and he asks which one is Will, highlighting a comic moment in training.
The fussy lady complains about spitting on a streetcar platform and asks the conductor to intervene. The conductor denies allowing spitting, but a taunting remark follows about doing so if the lady wishes.
The uhlan cavalry unit has drawn praise for its fighting in Liege and along the front. Originating from Hungarian and Polish military terms, the unit symbolized twenty men to one lancer, a practice dating back to Mathias Corvinus. Highly efficient, the ubiquitous uhlan earned renown in wars past and present.
An English explorer notes that a slit skirt is an ancient style worn by women in a remote Papua region visited by Judge Murray's expedition. He records that in one tribe all women wore the garment, a practice said to predate civilised contact and to have persisted for years.
British empire needs men for general service a three year term or until victory age 18 to 65 information available at post offices and recruiting depots in the kingdom God Save the King
Fragments describe a fatal Reading Railway accident where a man named Frank Barbsar fell asleep and was struck by a train. He died and others were injured as authorities investigated the scene.
A scrambled weather page fragment describes temperatures, wind, and conditions across multiple regions. It mentions thunder threats, warming trends into Monday and Tuesday, and alerts for the Northeast and Rocky Mountain areas with notes of rain and possible cooler northwest regions.
West Virginia's prohibition results receive praise from Go Hatfield as a successful model. Governor Wilson notes the law’s effectiveness, with enforcement praised and no serious incidents reported. The piece also references ongoing state efforts and public sentiment supporting prohibition.
An 18 inch sandpipe incident sends a newborn calf-like baby through an underground irrigation conduit. The tense note details a falls, a fraught rescue, and a bleak execution scene with unrelated historical anecdotes and scattered data points.
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