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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1914
Page
13
A fragmented section from a 1914 Washington Post page lists subscription terms by mail and carrier delivery in Washington and Alexandria. It mentions monthly and yearly rates, prepaid postage, and payment methods, with addresses for postal offices and advertising representatives.
The text discusses sacrifices and the impact of policy on British ships. It contrasts daring losses with ships gathering barnacles, arguing even partial loss would cause chagrin to loyal subjects and raise concerns about empire’s handling and valor.
Congress should expand navy personnel to 18 000 more sailors and repurpose merchant mariners. Critics note 60 000 sailors exist in the merchant fleet, many foreign born or unfit for service, so a reform to training and seamen’s legislation is proposed to feed the navy with qualified Americans through a year of naval training and certificates.
The article discusses pressure in Britain for cabinet and admiralty changes over the war at sea. It notes Winston Churchill’s self effacing stance on retirement if Premier Asquith demands it and cites public doubt over the fleet’s inability to defeat German submarines. It highlights calls for leadership overhaul amid submarine losses and delayed sea battles.
The column argues U.S. policy toward Mexico has failed since 1918. It condemns Madero era agents and Taft administration interference, urges decisive action by the United States to restore order. It insists Carranza Zapata Villa factions need American policing and a closure of arms to Mexican turmoil.
Congress members reportedly aim to renew the half-and-half system of District appropriations. The District's excess revenues above its share total about $2,000,000 annually, funneled to the sinking fund with federal matching funds, though last year a proposal suggested sending the surplus to the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
An analysis of 1913 world crude oil production shows the United States leading with about 65 percent, followed by Russia and Mexico, as Allied powers gain strategic advantage. The piece discusses oil as war materiel, routes of supply, British seizures of cargoes bound for Germany, and Ro manian oil importance, with tangential notes on neutrality, diplomacy, and figures like Carnegie.
In the District the half and half system persists and taxation remains high. Government land and improvements escape local taxation, stalling revenue. District residents pay for federal needs yet lack local control, risking continued unfairness unless taxpayers receive greater liberality.
Hubert Cunningham Graham, chosen to head a British commission buying horses in Argentina and elsewhere, is a nephew of the 14th Lord Elphinstone and a claimant to the earldom of Menteith. The piece traces his lineage to the historic earls, marriage ties, and the legal path through the House of Lords committees, noting his unbroken line to the seventh and eighth holders and the act of settlement that complicates the claim.
From the Chicago Herald a stray dogs story sits in the city pound after being removed from 308 West Lake Forest. Amelia Ludwick cried as she watched the dogs depart with some refusing to board the wagon. Meanwhile Miss Anna Shaw’s seven cats remain at home, their quiet figures described as eight shape figures amid neighborhood gossip and melodrama.
A Brooklyn letter to the clergy prompts Trinity and St Pauls vestries to protect migratory birds. Miss Elizabeth Day reports 27 species visiting the yards and pleads for four weeks of careful stewardship and daily water for the birds to reduce cat predation during migration.
John W Stewart, Vermont's only living ex governor, observed his eighty ninth birthday quietly. He said he may return to law practice, and after admitting seven decades of smoking will give up tobacco, and also plans to quit bridge as he nears his birthday.
An ostrich nine feet tall at a Bloomsburg farm caused chaos when it attacked night watchman Albert Olda and escaped through an open pen door. A bloodhound trail led to its recapture as workers labored to regain the bird.
San Francisco Chronicle reports Capt Pedersen of the Herman describes a dramatic shoal in the water between Hog Island, Amaknak, and Taland. He notes depths dropped from nine and a half fathoms to about two fathoms at high water, likely due to volcanic activity from Hogostof and Makushin. The Nome rush passage, once navigable by large ships, is now impassable.
A Pasadena incident described in detail when a Black Angora cat named Blackie was mistaken for a coon by Carmen Runyon’s colored chauffeur and his bulldog. The chase ended with the dog tearing the cat’s fur, causing neighbors to react with shock and grief as the pet had been a ten-year family companion.
James Hilty a Salem township farmer bought a large gander and placed it in his chicken coop but robbers still struck stealing all poultry and litter of fine pies. He considers installing an electric burglar alarm after the loss. In a Kansas City Star wrestling item a cafe patron is annoyed by a tablemate’s crude eating and asks him to remove a bone from the mat.
War empties the Marne districts and Argonne forests of game driving birds inland and forcing poaching bans. Markets show scarcity as France restricts sales, with imports and substitutes amid hopes of repopulation and long term gains in game abundance.
Miss Anna Strouble a teacher from Fields Station assisted in a deer hunt by laying torn paper bits along a field route to guide hunters. The buck was seen near the road as she returned to fetch more help, and her students aided the pursuit until the animal was overtaken and killed by the hunter, her brother.
Justice of the Peace McKay in Russe Creek hears his first case in ten years after the election time. The fee filed by McKay is noted though no prior cases existed, and a medical practice charge against Turner was moved to McKay. The trial is scheduled for tomorrow.
Today's sun and tide details appear with rises and sunsets for Mun and TIn Tia, plus low tide at 1m 133. A Washington weather bulletin notes partly cloudy skies across the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, with east winds and cloudiness, a high pressure system moving away, and a forecast of warmer, unsettled conditions into Wednesday. The interior remains fair but cooler Tuesday, with wintry risk not yet clear, while the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers are reported as clear.
Delegates returning to Washington voice melancholy over crop troubles and rising costs. Farm economists and politicians from Oklahoma Arkansas Georgia and Alabama discuss cotton prospects price shifts and possible reductions in cotton acreage next year amid social and political unrest.
A Chicago View commentary argues Prosperity will fade if foreign loans and war demands bite the United States. It cites Europe and Germany as the world’s backbone, warns against overreliance on foreign finance, and predicts tough days ahead as global conflict reshapes markets and industries. It urges caution and a measured approach to trade and securities.
A tale of a small Iowa town once thriving with a high school band and local merchants. Growth from mail order sales shifted spending away from home shops, hurting farmers and local businesses. Stores cut offerings and people traveled to cities for goods, depleting the town’s prosperity and nearly eroding its community.
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