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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1915
Page
11
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The Made in U S A League led by prominent women argues the U S market is vast, about 34 billion dollars annually, far larger than exports. They urge buying American goods to boost jobs and wages, warn protection is needed to keep prices competitive, and cite education campaigns to favor domestic products.
The article analyzes a 4,000-strong group of mothers at a Woman's Conference of Peace in Washington arguing for education in peaceIdeals and critiques the idea that women alone can end war It discusses women's roles in wartime traditions from mother’s care to enlistment tokens and knitting to support soldiers while questioning the effectiveness of a movement aiming to abolish war entirely.
The piece argues that Britain seeks to impose search rights on American cargoes, undermining neutral trade and U S sovereignty. It contrasts U S rights with British interference, urging President Wilson to stand firm and defend neutral commerce against unlawful seizures. It also recounts Johnny Appleseed’s modest legacy and the call to plant enduring seeds of goodness.
An Ohio professor leads a movement to raise 1000 dollars by May 1 to erect a monument over Johnny Appleseed's grave near Indianapolis. The effort, headed by Wendell Paddock and the horticultural society of Ohio State University, seeks to honor the famed frontier figure whose burial site is unmarked.
The article argues that Latin American credit needs block American entry, noting Europe’s entrenched systems. It urges sustained U.S. effort through cooperation in selling, banking, and credit to supplant European influence, warning that inaction leads to disappointment and that victory requires a long, disciplined approach.
A long, critical piece notes German foreign service tensions over marriages to Russians and Britons, citing Hana von Flotow and Countess Keller as influential figures. It details Hindenburg’s English wife Marie Hay, her lineage, and the impact of marital ties on Rome embassy loyalties amid WWI era diplomacy.
A quirky courtroom scene features Forethought and Feam Judge arguing about a punctual husband. The joke centers on a poodie trained to hunt down collar buttons, adding whimsy to the exchange.
Legislative roundup notes actions in the House including a District of Columbia intermarriage ban and annual real estate assessments, with leaders scheduling a vote on the woman’s suffrage amendment. Resignations, hearings closures, and various bills on exports, tolls, and river projects are listed along with adjournment times.
Joseph K Miller 21 of 106 Lawrence street Camden confessed to starting two fires at J B Van Sciver Co furniture plant in the week before Christmas. He claimed to have aimed to win promotion and was committed to county jail by Recorder Stackhouse without bail on arson charges. Fire alarms were triggered as automatic sprinklers limited damage. Detective Painter pursued the case until Miller admitted he staged the blazes to seek recognition.
A poem from The Worldis A bride this morning as winter crowns the scene. A fair young bride decked in white, yet trembling at the cold kiss of the groom. The speaker contrasts shy winter bloom with memories of June and summer, as a distant youth’s warmth glows beyond the snow.
Mrs Katherine Quersola on 145 Bleecker Street smelled smoke and fled with her three year old son Leon to a fire escape. Police Officers Joseph Cunningham and Bartholomew Lane aided in the dangerous rescue, Lane swinging the child through a window and both women to safety from the adjacent building.
In a village meeting house on Lapperal Ridge Brother Sim Leatherman urges aid for heathen causes amid a modest collection. He recalls rural poverty, a widowed tax collector, and a boy without socks, urging charity that percolates softly and endures, not grand gestures.
Boston dispatch reports the Bell-in-Hand tavern in Pie Alley off Newspaper Row closing its doors after 130 years. Started in 1735 by town crier Jimmie Wilson, the building will be torn down for a modern office block. The interior featured carved furniture and a ceiling painted with a 800 year old John the Baptist image.
Coroner Hoffman visits the hovel where truck farmer and hermit Joseph Lansrath was slain. He describes a stacked one room home housing a feath bed with two pigs four cats a bull dog and a wife in an over chicken coop. Decayed vegetables and cramped space hinder any footprint analysis.
Boston faces a bean shortage as prices jump sharply with widespread talk of substitutes. New York beans cost about 3 a bushel, California beans rise, and local merchants balk at proposed prices. Some locals contemplate boycotting beans and importing Philadelphia scrapple to cope.
In a mock court at the State cheesemakers convention closing session, Wisconsin manufacturers were ordered to produce Swiss cheese with triangular holes to fit a war fashion. Officials said odorless limburger is being trialed, while the 1215 model of fashion for Swiss cheese will emphasize three corners like the triple entente.
The weather bulletin from the U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau reports rain or snow for Tuesday in the District of Columbia and Maryland with a likely shift to fair weather Wednesday. Virginia also expects rain Tuesday and fair conditions Wednesday with strong northerly winds. Temperatures across the nation show little change in the north, slight cooling in the south, and storm warnings posted along the California coast and Atlantic coast from Fort Monroe to Jacksonville and Gulf coast from Punta Rassa to Cedar Keys. Local readings note midnight to 10 p m temperatures in the 20s to 80s range with a maximum 87 and minimum 25.
Massiglia Italian Minister to Santo Domingo arrives in Washington and stays at the Willard Hotel. He declines interviews, saying his visit is private and not as a government representative. Elmer Dover of Tacoma, former Republican secretary, optimistic about two year prosperity and GOP gains. He notes business revival in Washington and predicts Republicans win if party factions unite.
Representative-elect William W. Wilson of Chicago endorses James R. Mann for the Republican presidential nomination, praising his knowledge and leadership. Wilson predicts a decisive GOP win if Mann is nominated and notes the Progressive amalgamation with the old party. He also cites business revival signs and bankers’ optimism in Chicago.
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