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Food Inquiry Aims At Educational Impact On Prices
The FTC and Agriculture Department will investigate food costs, likely yielding educational results rather than immediate price cuts. Reforms can be adopted quickly by agencies, while state enforcement should be accelerated. Causes include European demand, a weight car shortage, and ship shortages amid port congestion.
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Federal Trade Commission
Department of Agriculture
M Europe
Germany
Shipping Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Criticism of Federal Reserve Board on House Floor
The House floor critiques of the Federal Reserve Board focus on its experienced membership and merit based appointments. Supporters claim the currency law has improved the banking system, earning broad approval from businesspeople and bankers alike with political influence largely absent.
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Federal Reserve Board
Lame Ducks and the Fate of Faithful Public Servants
An essay argues that capable and loyal lawmakers often lose reelection to flashy yet inexperienced challengers. It notes British practice of reassigning statesmen vs US reluctance to preserve service, suggesting appointive posts as a remedy and praising congress for attempting to place defeated colleagues.
Notable exiles in Congress urged for public service value
The article argues that defeated House members with strong legislative skills and public interest protection should be valued for appointive offices. Their experience is a national asset not to be discarded or dismissed as mere lame ducks.
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Congress
Universal Military Training Seen as Urgent Need
The piece argues for universal military training as essential to end reliance on a makeshift army. It notes the Senate has reported a bill but faces slim chances of passage, risks from current ignorance of militia strength, and the need to act before war.
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Senate
Mexican
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What Would the Fathers Do in This Day
A reflective column contrasts Washington Jefferson and Adams era guidance with modern views. It questions pacifist trends, entangling alliances, and media shifts, noting how public discourse and institutions would respond today. The piece riffs on historical figures, media outlets, and cultural changes with satirical tone.
Air Lord of the Admiralty Named in New British Air Ministry
Commodore Godfrey Marshall Paine is named Air Lord of the Admiralty and will represent naval aviation in the new air ministry. Lord Cowdray heads the department, which Parliament made a full state department, with Maj. Gen. Lawrence Baird as spokesman in the Commons. The air ministry team also includes Lieut. Gen. Sir David Henderson and Sir Paul Harvey, a longtime government official involved in finance and health insurance reforms.
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Field Marshal Lord French Praises Col Sir Douglas Canson
Field Marshal Lord French lauds Col Sir Douglas Canson for organizing reserves raising reinforcements and inspecting vulnerable points in UK defenses. Rumors of his resignation at court are denied noting his continued comptrollership of the lord chamberlain's department and active military duties. Sir Douglas, a guardsman with global service and ties to Lord Cremorne, remains watchdog of English society while maintaining court access. MARQUIAN DE FONTENGY.
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Department store distances and the shopper’s wanderings
Simeon Strunaky explains in Harpers Magazine how a male shopper navigates a department store’s layered geography. He notes elevators invert expectations and how season, status, and biology drive item placement from basements to upper floors. The essay playfully tracks a family shopping arc across departments and ages.
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Shaw Critics His Critic in The New Republic
George Bernard Shaw rebukes Dixon Scott for valuing style over substance in an attack on his own work. He recalls reading Scott’s The Bookman essay with amusement and then condemns the critic’s misreading of manner versus matter, calling him a conceited young whelp.
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The Religion of G B Shaw as Religious Man
The article discusses George Bernard Shaw's religion, noting he rejects labels of agnostic or atheist. Shaw calls God a living reality, and his religion demands active effort. He envisions a world driven by a creative will, advancing toward higher knowledge, power, and eventual omniscience.
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Old Women Abounded in 18th Century Social Life
Indianapolis News summarises Hugh Stokes view of 1700s manners. The Glorious Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire appears amid top aristocracy. Marie Antoinette at 29 debates youth dress with Rosa Bertin. Georgiana laments aging. the French ambassador retorts that in France at 20 a woman is elderly.
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Horace Walpole
Gibbon
Samuel Johnson
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Louis XVI
Rosa Bertin
France
Cider Petition Presented by British 1766 A Milestone
On February 26 1766 thousands of Englishmen signed and presented the cider petition to the House of Commons as a tax on cider was challenged. The affair boosted public meetings and helped birth a platform for public opinion shaping liberty and representative government. The event underscored that British freedom began with the cider barrel and the right to privacy in one's home.
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American standard for a true citizen in Emile Boss piece
The New York Sun essay argues that an American is defined by action not words. It praises practical democracy, preparedness, respect for institutions, fairness to labor, and inclusive patriotism across races and creeds.
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Edison Birthday Dinner Quietly Celebrates Holison
Thomas A. Holison marked his seventyth birthday with a dinner hosted by 2000 employees at Edison. President Wilson sent congratulations. No speeches or cigars. clay pipes and pipe tobacco were served as workers from all levels mingled, highlighting a democratic gathering.
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Automobiles as Mobile Army in National Defense
The article argues for using privately owned cars and trucks to mobilize troops quickly in emergencies. It envisions registering vehicles with their owners ready to donate time and transport, coordinated by the American Automobile Association in Washington.
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How Wars Have Started from Leslie's Weekly Analysis
The piece surveys how wars began across history, noting key triggers and dates. It cites events such as the 1812 U S conflict with England, the New Orleans battle, the Crimean war, Fort Sumter, and Franco-Prussian tensions, and speculates on a potential German war starting with a U-boat act.
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New World
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Strangest of Sea Animals Walruses of old navigators
From National Geographic Magazine. Walruses or sea horses are bizarre sea mammals with large heads tusks and hairless wrinkled skin. Males weigh 2000 to 5000 pounds females about two thirds. Eskimo hunters from Cape Vancouver and Bering Sea pursue them in kayaks with spears and sealskin floats. Mothers fiercely defend their young charging intruders. some old females patrol the ice roaring and menacing threats.
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Cape Vancouver
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He Didn’t Get Shaved in Tony’s Barber Shop Twist
Michael Sullivan, a Pittsburgh Dispatch figure, visits his favorite barber Tony but meets a stranger claiming to be Tony’s brother. The man jokes that Tony has gone mad and is in a crazy asylum after shaving his best friend, then ushers Sullivan into the chair before revealing himself.
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Pittsburgh Dispatch
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Trammel to Succeed Bryan in Near Congress
In a capital hotel lobby, Florida figures discuss Seansto m elect Park Trammel as the future U S senator, noting his rise from the Florida legislature to attorney general and governor. He backs the party and President, hopes to avoid a war, and pledges Florida’s full troop share if needed.
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Trammel
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Americans in Germany mostly German in ties and loyalties
About 2000 Americans in Germany split between 1500 settled long enough to be more German than American and 500 who are visitors or firm representatives seeking return to the United States. Many may stay, while a few plan to move on after German consular checks. The German authorities require aliens to report and stay under observation for two weeks before exit to strip risk of pleas.
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H. Whitney
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