Subscription Rates And Publicity Critique
The text outlines subscription rates for Daily and Sunday delivery in Washington and Alexandria and questions government publicity on American incidents in Mexico. It argues officials are not keepers of the people’s conscience and calls for full public disclosure of cases involving American vessels, citizens, and women, criticizing the State Department under the current administration.
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Washington
Alexandria
Mexico
Congress
United States
State Department
Westminster Gazette
American Protest Demands Neutral Rights At Sea
London reports relief as a friendly American note is published and urges Britain to withdraw interference with neutral cargoes. The United States insists on strict adherence to international law, rejects British presumptions of German sympathy, and warns that warlike measures must end or American commerce will abandon the seas.
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London
United States
England
Germany
Great Britain
Japan and the Philippines debated immigration and policy
The Senate debated an amendment to exclude aliens except Caucasians, risking a treaty clash with Japan. The vote defeated the measure, while discussion revealed support for Japanese exclusion. A former Philippine official urged against independence, warning of foreign occupation risks. The piece surveys U S policy in the Pacific, Mexico, and the Philippines amid broader foreign relations anxieties.
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Senate
Japan
United States
Philippines
Pacific Ocean
Mexico
Pacific
Philippine
Korea
All English Arm to Thwart Enemy Movement
English public supports volunteer training corps for home defense led by Lord Desborough to deter German invasion. The Central Association Volunteer Training Corps will recruit civilians, in uniform, for local defense, approved by Lord Kitchener and authorities despite being nonregular.
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Wegland
Zard Desborough
Central Association Volunteer Training Corps
Lord Kitchener
Germany
Mexico situation an increasing danger to the United States
The article argues U S inaction worsens Mexican turmoil. Villa seizes Monterey as Carranza troops clash with Zapata and others in Puebla Tlascala. Deser tions to Villa rise while rival factions eye leadership. It urges recognizing Carranza or backing Villa, warns foreign powers will react, and says the U S must respect others to enforce its own rights.
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Mexico
Villa
Monterey
Carranza
San Luis Potosi
Tampisco
Hill
Maytorena
Sonora
Zapata
Puebla
Tlascala
Gutierrez
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
United States
Great Britain
Publicity and Trust in Open Government Discourse
The Westminster Gazette urges daily ship stop notices to the American Ambassador and broad information to American press to resolve questions. It argues openness in European correspondence would prevent wars and condemns prolonged concealment of social reports of murder.
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Westminster Gazette
United States
London
Post
Europe
Suicide and homicide figures rise in 1914 report
From the Obicage Tribune the 1914 data show total evicreeds at 13 968, up from 13 103 in 1913, with self murders increasing to 18 965 versus earlier years. Men outnumber women in personal crisis reports, physicians head the professional group, and deaths by own action rise due to ill health.
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Obicage Tribune
Lynchings Rise in 1914 In Chicago Tribune Survey
The Chicago Tribune notes lynchings rose to 54 in 1914 from 48 in 1913 and 64 in 1912, listing by state counts led by Louisiana and Mississippi with 13 and 7 cases respectively. Of 54 total, 50 occurred in the South and 2 in the North. 49 victims were Black and 5 White. Crimes cited include murder, night riding, rape, and other charges, with four victims being women.
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Chicago Tribune
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Miners
Kentucky
Louisafans
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
New Mexico
Oregon
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Texas
Anesthetics for Plants and Plant Consciousness
The Philadelphia Public Ledger reports that during a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Prof J Chunder Bose of Presidency College Calcutta administered narcotics to rare plants from University of Pennsylvania collections causing loss of consciousness akin to humans. Bose and wife wore native dress as he demonstrated plant energy currents via electrical recordings, drawing parallels between plant and animal nerve movement.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
American Association For the Advancement of Acienca
J. Chunder Bose
Presidency College
Calcutta
India
Bose
University of Pennsylvania
Hose
Bore
Aeroplane Engine Drives Sled Through Callao Streets
A large bob sled was propelled by a nine foot blade aeroplane engine through Callao yesterday. Victor Grove a sawmill worker built the craft in Chariton valley. The propeller was mounted high with a six cylinder aeroplane engine. The operator steered with a motor car style wheel and the sled traveled about thirty miles per hour.
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Maron
Kansas City
Persimmon vs Silver Maples in Gas Claim Suit
Mrs Bila R. Chew of Commercial township sues Commercial Gas Co over a leaking main that killed six trees. Attorneys note persimmons are less valued than silver maples. claim focuses on five maples. Jury awards zero dollars for the maples.
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Port Norris
Philadelphia
Bila R. Chew
Commercial Township
Commercial Gas Company
Bandits Stole Victims In Carney Bank Hold Up
Two unmasked robbers held up the Carney State Bank in Carney Oklahoma and forced two bankers and three customers to march a quarter mile to a waiting conveyance. The robbers escaped in the hired vehicle, abandoning it half a mile away and disappearing into the woods with about $2,000.
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Carney
Okla
Kapsag City
Carney State Bank
Unnecessary Effort From Life and Its Wife
A newspaper column mocks an army of 100,000 men wrecking a Belgian railroad as wasteful. A railroad magnate laments the same outcome, suggesting a board of five directors would have done it just as thoroughly.
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Belgium
Wrist Watch for Police Up to Date in Kansas City Post
Patrolman Joe Enright, known as Original Joe, solved the Union Station clock problem by wearing a compact nickel watch on a leather band. Travelers had long relied on him for the time as the station clock failed to run, saving wear on his pockets and keeping his uniform neat.
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Weer
Kansan
Union Station
Joe
Enright
Patrolman
Patrol
Bridegroom Kidnapped After Canadian Wedding
Walter C. Stevens of St. Catharines was kidnapped after his Pittsburgh wedding to Milas Haves Crosby of New Alexandria. He claims three men robbed him of 480 dollars, wedding presents, and the ring, then locked him in a house in Oakland. Stevens initially thought the incident a prank and delayed reporting it. He had planned to arrive in Pittsburgh Tuesday morning, and had received a warning letter from Canada.
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Romeo
Pittaburgh
New York World
Milas Haves Crosby
New Alexandria
Walter C. Stevens
St. Catherine’s
Can
Stevens
Oakland
Pittsburgh
Canada
Regal Conflict in a Skyward River Fashion Show
A poetic tableau portrays Eva Dean admiring the Sunset and the River wearing striking colors. The River mocks the Sunset as both vie for splendor, while the Sunset plots with holes in her veil to glimpse through. A tiny man below contemplates human vanity amid timeless celestial rivalries.
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Flppant
Would It Trouble Humanity by Horace Keller
A verse asking whether humanity would be troubled if captive birds and zoo animals were left in their natural habitats. The poem contrasts cages with forests and questions kindness to animals as equal to human treatment, urging respect for each creature in its place.
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Horace Seymour Keller
The
New York Times
Dena
Barber’s Bet On Funeral Ends In Extravagant Burial
Walter Campbell a Negro barber in Little Rock Arkansas wagered his life of shaves against a sumptuous burial in Philadelphia records. He died and his funeral featured the most elaborate casket from the largest local undertaking establishment with a hearse and procession of carriages. The bet tied to the Jeffries Johnson fight specified conditions: if Jeffries won Campbell would shave the undertaker for life. if Johnson won Campbell would receive a new funeral.
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Little Rock Ark
Philadelphia
Walter Campbell
Jeffries
Campbell
Real Virginian Weds in Reno According to Tribune
The Virginian is portrayed as Walter Dean Duke of San Francisco and Nevada, a cattleman and clubman, who will wed in Reno in a conventional ceremony. Misa Reta Bradley is cited as a society figure who muses on the tale’s wooing and compares fiction to fact.
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Owen Wister
Reno
Ocklard (Gal.) Tribune
The
Owen ‘Wister
Misa Reta
Bradley
Miss Head
Berkeley
Eset Bay Society
Walter Dean Duke
San Francisco
Nevada
Miller & Lux
California
A Thousand Hills
Wistde
Cowboy Ufe
Dustin Farnum
Mies Bradley
Soldier declares alive after 17 years missing in service
William Sprong, gone for seventeen years while serving in China and the Philippines, has returned to his mother in Thorntown and petitioned Boone circuit court to overturn a claim of death used to settle his late father’s estate. His absence left an $89 share distributed to relatives. He had served with American troops in China during the Boxer uprising and later lived in Honolulu before ending up in San Francisco.
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Lord Douglas
Lord Alfred Douglas
Robert Baldwin Ross
Oscar Wilde
Lord Alfred
Marquis of Queensberry
Alfred Montgomery
London
Lord Alfred J
Istter
Lord Queensberry
Marquise DE Fontsnot
Brentwood Company
China
Philippines
Lebanon
New York World
Wiliam Sprong
D. M. Sprong
Thorntown
Boone Circuit Court
Borong
Iie
Honolulu
San Francisco
Gambler scheme targets Union County prosecutor at ponies race track
The New York World reports Howard Burrs and James McConnell sought insider tips from Al Stein, Elizabeth New Jersey prosecutor of pleas, offering a cut of winnings in a Charleston race scam. They visited his office but were intercepted by police after entering Elizabeth.
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New York World
Howard Burrs
James McConnell
al Stein
Elizabeth
N. J
Xow
Union County
Charleston
Burns
Part
Greene Place
Brooklyn
McConnell
Chicago
Weather and tides for Washington DC region and surrounding areas
The notice provides sun and tide times, high and low tides, and a detailed weather forecast for the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, and the Northeast. It notes a northwest disturbance bringing snow to the Northwest, warmer Atlantic states, and colder New England, with general fair conditions nationwide. Temperature readings, rainfall, and sunshine data are listed, followed by a Potomac and Shenandoah rivers update.
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Ontario
Athnesota
Wisconsin
Lake Reggion
Lake
Vallesye
Osertla
North Pacific States
Upper Lake
Lake Regiona
New Wingland
Joca'ly
Midge Allanile
Vancouver real estate man foresees Canada's booming era
Paul Stephenson of Vancouver predicts a vast prosperity for Canada as Europe seeks peace, citing double-tracked Grand Trunk rail lines, government guarantees on bonds, and expected European immigration. He highlights the Peace River valley development and railway reach into the heart of China district, alongside tales of Hagenbeck family prominence in Germany and the unusual Waxenbeck farm zoological wonder.
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British Columbia
Canadian Northwest
Paul Stephenson
Vancouver
Washington
Willard
Canada
Europe
Ocean
Grand Trunk
Uns
Peace River Qualley
Qina
Mithel Hockerton
New York
Hagende
Kripps
Hagenberg
Germany
Carl Hagenbeck
Chicago
Hanada
Belove
Carl Hagenberl
Coalhaven
Carl Hagentrex
Hasenbeck Place
Stellinge
Waxenbeck
Rpproeinig
Australia Seeks New Trade Markets for Butter and Meat
Melbourne leader Speaks on shifting prices and quality of New Zealand and Australian butter beef and mutton across Pacific markets. He notes lower costs on coast, higher east prices, and potential fair competition if importers and retailers avoid price inflation. Also reports New Mexico Republicans celebrating November victory and legislative patronage plans amid Western market challenges.
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Canada
Wold
Lam
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