Wilson Addresses Congress on Preparedness and Hemisphere Policy
The President urges national preparedness and a unified Western Hemisphere security plan while stressing U S independence and liberty for all American republics He calls for a merchant marine to boost intercontinental communication and for strict action against disloyal citizens He questions tax increases to fund anticipated expenditures and notes internal party opposition to the plan.
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Wilson
Congress
United States
America
Atq
Debating National Credit and Defense Financing
The passage argues against borrowing from abroad and supports using national credit to fund defense and infrastructure. It asserts that funds would be borrowed by the people from themselves, through their government, with no foreign expenditure or interest leakage. It praises defense, Pan-American ties, merchant marine, and efficiency in transport, while opposing external borrowing.
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United States
King Constantine Speech and US Neutral Rights Debate
A lengthy critique argues the Greek king’s interview reflects US public opinion on neutrality and freedom of the seas. It condemns Allied policies denying neutral nations trade, cites British inspired invasion folly, and urges preparedness against naval assertiveness by Britain and allies. The piece contrasts historic American naval valor with current vulnerabilities at Boston and in European hotspots.
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Greece
State Department
Constantine
United States
Europe
Great Britain
France
Russia
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Holland
Switzerland
Saloniki
Boston
Canada
Edege
Brussels
Chile
Baloniki
Paul Jones
Britain
Wasteful Economy in River and Harbor Improvements
The annual report of the chief of engineers shows Treasury Department estimates for river and harbor work are too low. Delays force higher appropriations, asTreasury cuts mask true costs. Army engineers warn that small yearly sums delay completion, causing endless shoaling, higher maintenance, and greater overall expense.
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Chief of Engineers
Treasury Department
Army Engineers
Congress
Comprehensive river and harbor program urged for long term growth
A call to replace pork barrel funding with a nationwide river and harbor plan spanning five to ten years. The piece argues piecemeal appropriations waste resources and that lower taxes depend on Congress taking responsibility for large, strategic investments to avoid eventual waste and extravagance.
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Congress
President Poincare Loser by Promotion of Gen Joffre
A lengthy discussion of Gen Joffre's appointment to supreme command of all French armies, detailing opposition by President Poincare and War Minister Millerand, and arguing the move unifies French and allied forces under one head. It notes prior failures, cabinet disputes, and the shift toward Joffre as generalissimo, with comments on British participation.
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Poincare
Gen
Joffre
Jofre
France
Homde
Morocco
Gallient
Millerand
Jottre
Bowatbie
Tor
Barrall
Hin
Epite
Sarrail
Vivian
Gallipoli
Balkans
Meaiares
d'Amade
Eastern Front
Miller
Hig
Dardanelles
Petrograd
Engliah
Sir John French
John French Haa
Joffré
Germany
John French
Marshal MacMahon
Republic
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Brentwood Company
Boy falls 76 feet at sugar factory roof
Einar Gjelsteen among a party that climbed the Menomines River sugar factor four stories high. During tag a boy chased him, he ran into steam, lost sighted footing, and plunged 76 feet. He escaped with a fractured left wrist.
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Menomines
Mich
Dispatch
St. Paul Dispatch
Einar Gjelsteen
Menomines River Company
Einar
Park Falls lumber camp strikes over new comfort methods
Lumberjacks threaten walkout after Park Falls Lumber Company outfits camps with electric lights and heated bunk cars. They protest steam rooms and weekly cleaning orders, arguing the changes upend traditional coal lighting and pipe use. Industrial commission orders workers to resume duties.
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Park Fals
Wis
Philadelphia
Bacord
Park Falls
Wwood
Industrial Commission
Prisoner Starved in Apple Box Car Escape Attempt
James McMahon, a Kansas laborer, endured nearly a week in a dark two car box train loaded with apples, surviving on fruit before being discovered by Jerome Hodson in Chicago yards. McMahon had tried to cut through the door with a razor and was arrested.
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Kansas City
New York
James McMahon
Jerome Hodson
Chicago
Alton
Hodson
McMahon
Herington
Kans
Runaway Crashes Takes Miss Remaley Plunging Across Road
Miss Jean L Remaley 19 daughter of Penn township principal was driving toward Greensburg when her horse bolted. In a second runaway a wagon team dashed past in the opposite direction and she was thrown into the air landing in the wagon amid boards. The horse ran off. Remaley suffered injuries but escaped more serious harm.
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Uamurg
Phila
Jean L. Remaley
P. F. Remaiey
Penn Township
Greensburg
Misa
Remaley
Mias Remaley
Mias Hemaley
Photo Leads to marriage in New Mexico ranch match
A Denver Dispatch from the New York Sun reports a photo of a mantelpiece beauty in the Sewell home at Chama New Mexico sparked a romance. Miss Blanche Kauffman of Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania married Miguel A Gonzales a wealthy Abiquiu New Mexico cattleman after seeing him in the same image. He said he would fall in love if he met her. Last June she visited her sister Mrs Sewell, stayed in the West, and wed the photographed groom.
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Denver Dispatch
New York Sun
H. D. Sewell
Chama
N.mex
Blanche Kauffman
Mechanicsburg
Miguel A. Gonzales
Abiquin
N. Mex
Gonzales
A Real Grievance About Paying the Rent
A poem in a Chicago Daily News column reflects sighs about months dragging by and the burden of rent. The speaker longs for rest but laments the cycle of responsibilities, noting the recurring need to pay rent and the lack of leisure. The verse contrasts desires for ease with the inexorable demands of daily life.
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Chicago Daily News
Love Through Friends Wins The Hungarian Chinese Wedding
A Detroit Free Press item reports Chin Wah, 27, and Mary Vaszkabine, 25, married in Cleveland despite language barriers. Mutual friends translated love letters. the couple’s courtship and ceremony took place with interpreters and observers noting the unusual languages.
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Cleveland Dispatch
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Chin Wah
Mary Vaszkabine
Chit
Chin
Somers Brig Pirates Tragedy and Court-martial Controversy
The Somers brig of war, en route from Liberia to the United States, faced a pirate plot led by Midshipman Philip Spencer. A court-martial acquitted Commodore Mackenzie, while public opinion split, amid later debates and his death in 1848. The 1848 gale later sank the Somers, claiming many crew members.
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United States Navy
Vera
Crus
Mexico
United States
Somers
Liberia
Africa
Alexander Slidell Mackenzie
Philip Spencer
John C. Spencer
Samuel Cromwell
Boatawain
Elisha Small
St. Thomas
New York
Charles Steward
Jacob Jones
Alexander J. Dallas
Ogden Hoffman
Commodore Mackenzie
Mackenzie
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Circuit Court of the
Betts
Tarrytown
N. Y
Love Kiss Sparks Suit for Separation in New York
Ada Brown Ketchum of Stamford Connecticut testified before Supreme Court Justice Blanchard that a single kiss ruined her marriage to Everett P. Ketchum a Philadelphia lawyer. She alleges cruelty and abandonment as grounds for separation dating from their marriage on December 28 1914. The testimony recounts marital tensions from the first days after the ceremony including a harsh remark by the husband about wishing he had never married and preferring to live alone.
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New York Dispatch
Philadelphia Inquirer
Ada Brown Ketchum
Stamford
New Kind of Flim Flam in Chicago Exchange
A Chicago call leads to a humorous tale at police headquarters. A beggar with a wooden leg sleeps on Stoney Island Avenue near Sixty Seventh Street as onlookers laugh. A bystander exposes the peg, prompting a collection for the man, raising questions if the leg graft is a new scam.
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From
Chicago Exchange
Chicago
Stoney Island Avenue
Sixty-seventh
Cleveland’s Cigar Found in Old Grover House Razing Tale
A Caldwell New Jersey dispatch reports laborers razing Grover Cleveland's ancestral home uncovered a cigar tucked behind a partition with a date over five decades old. Louis Courter smoked it and found it strong while Augusta Berger noted the well preserved wood will be moved to Dennville for a new two story dwelling.
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Grover House
Caldwell
N. J
New York Sun
Grover Cleveland
Augustua Berger
Louis Courter
Grover
Denville
Me Too from Life and dialogue about lending money
A brief humor vignette shows Randall borrowing $5 from a friend and Rogers seeking the borrower’s address. Rogers jokes that a man who lends money to you would lend it to anyone. The Boston Transcript lines feature banter about a character named Grump, who borrows only trouble, implying that is all there is to lend.
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Randall
Rogers
Boston ‘Transcript
Grump
Democratic delegates eyed as Indiana and Minnesota set primaries
In 1916 Indiana and Minnesota schedule state primaries shaping national convention plans. Tom Taggart confirms Indiana March 6 ballots include presidential and vice presidential names. Minnesota votes on the second Tuesday in March. both states ratify primary choices at conventions and direct delegates. Indiana favors Marshall for VP. speculation links Gov. Ralston to the vice effort, while Indiana is deemed likely to support the Democratic nominee.
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Minnesota
Indiana
Tom Taggart
Teeman
Hoosier
Taggart
Marshall
Washington
Gov. Ralston
Bankers Call for Preparedness and Defense Support
Cor nelius A. Pugsley of Peekskill urges American Bankers’ Association to engage public questions as guardians of finance, savings, and republic security. He backs national defense and warns against warlike postures while stressing prudence and support for the Washington administration. Representative Phil Campbell of Pittsburg notes Democratic optimism and predicts a Republican Missouri convention outcome, arguing past leaders failed yet Republicans can win with a strong nominee.
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Publc
Cornelius A. Pugsley
American Bankers’ Association
Peekskill, N
New Willard
Republic
John Hay
United States
Washington
St. Louis
Phil Campbell
Pitsburg
Kana
Shoreham
Clay
Webster
Sherman
Lincoln
Blaine
No Haircut Till Peace Ends War St Paul Man Keeps Tawny Mane
St Paul man William A Fishbach vows not to cut his hair until the European war ends. He has not shaved for a year and wagers he will stay unshaven until peace is restored, proudly comparing his tawny mane to Turkish defenders at Constantinople.
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St. Paul
New York World
William A. Fishbach
Fishbach
Constantinople
Two neighbors dispute whose father towers over wall
In London Opinion a light exchange unfolds as two youths debate which father is taller. The first boasts his father can see over the garden wall while the second challenges and finally concedes only when the other’s father is described as tall as he wears a dais hat.
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London
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