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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1917
Page
9
The Washington Post lists daily and Sunday delivery options with varying terms and prices. Rates include daily and Sunday together, daily with Sunday extended, and Sunday only, with yearly, monthly, and weekly terms, plus by mail options prepaid. Remittance methods and post office details are provided, with executive address and foreign advertising reps noted.
Germany faces growing demand in the Reichstag for ruthless submarine action against England despite neutral protests. German leaders push toward forceful measures, while Swiss fears rise as border tensions loom. Diplomacy falters as military authorities dictate foreign policy, threatening Swiss defense with aid from France and Italy.
A historical defense of cornmeal praising its nutrition and wide use in the North and South. It traces cornmeal’s social links from hoe cakes to mush, notes pellagra debates, and recalls 19th century water ground varieties and memorable preparations.
The passage recalls simple morning meals, noting generous portions of fried mush and ham gravy, and the habit of breaking a fast with maple strup. It contrasts those “good old days” with modern times when many new distractions and items demand attention, while cornmeal remained a staple.
The article argues existing federal law covers interstate conspiracies to raise prices but fails for local price manipulation via cold storage. It urges states to act and notes federal grand juries are examining food and coal price conspiracies in major cities. It also suggests extending federal control over cold storage to curb abuses.
An editorial argues against lifting the arms embargo to Carranza’s regime in Mexico. It warns shipments aid Villa and threaten U S border security, noting Japan supplied munitions machinery and Manzanillo could boost Carranza forces. The piece asserts Carranza remains hostile to U S interests and urges continued embargo.
The Johns Hopkins Medical School faces a controversial blood transfusion appeal. More than 100 down and outs gather at a Baltimore branch seeking to donate for a $25 upfront payment and $1 daily until needed. The piece questions ancestry and circumstances behind blue blood notions while noting debatable ethical features.
The passage discusses transfusion concepts and interbreeding of blood lines as a natural, though socially charged, process. It notes a broad, somewhat unconscious application in medicine and hints at aristocratic and middle class advantages tied to healthy stocks and lineage.
An interview from Spokane reveals ex boxing star Robert Fitzsimmons plans a pulpit career following a Sunday inspired format. He expects Eastern doctors and lawyers to help prepare lectures, with Fitzsimmons adding personal experiences and stories of his prize fighting life to engage audiences.
A large Peace meeting in Philadelphia urged immediate creation of a United States department of peace with a secretary ranking with the Secretary of War. Resolutions propose funding from war appropriations and sending copies to the President, Senate, House, and nations. The piece questions practical function and notes quips about peace advocates and contemporary events.
Prince Emmanuel Bibesco, a popular Roumanian parliament member and brother of Antoine Bibesco, arrived in New York aboard the Finland. The Bibescos trace line to Wallachian rulers and Brancovan princes, with pivotal ancestors including hospodar George Bibescu who modernized Bucharest and abolished slavery. The article notes disputes over noble titles after Roumania’s reforms and references Bibesco family connections to French and Roumanian affairs.
The London Chronicle reports on a sweeping prohibition of high-legged bocha styles and notes Mexico's closest parallel. It highlights hats of cartwheel shape favored by sailors in ragged clothes, where some wear hats valued at $26 or more. Yucatan is cited for a law fining anyone wearing a hat over three inches in diameter.
A teacher urges world art knowledge as essential as math rules while recounting Rodin’s Fire Thinker. A pupil asks what the statue contemplates and a girl quips that the thinker has lost his clothes and wonders where to get more.
President Wilson pressed for faster legis lation and program execution at the Capitol. Senators discussed executive session disclosures and nominations, with Grayson’s promotion facing opposition. Congress considered universal training, a Guilford County park, and a constitutional amendment affecting states’ representation. House actions included shipping board nominations, a Dewey funeral committee, and a vetoed omnibus building bill.
John Philip Sousa, 62 but looking 50, arrives at the Hotel Muehlebach after traveling from St. Joseph. He remains a public figure admired for The Stars and Stripes Forever and continues composing three marches this year along with acts of opera, a legend, and a song. His works for the New York Hippodrome include The Path Finder of Panama and The Boy Scouts march adopted as the Boy Scouts of America official march.
English papers reveal the surrender of Cornwallis and the collapse of British efforts to subdue the American colonies. Lord North and Parliament react with despair as news reaches Downing Street, the king’s peers, and the London Chronicle details. A shift toward peace grows after debate, a Paris treaty in 1783 recognizes U.S. independence, and hostilities end with the eight-year mark since Lexington.
The article praises new battle cruisers as the most novel ships since the dreadnought era. It describes their size forty to fifty feet between perpendiculars, broad beam of 91 feet, draft over 30 feet, and 34,800 tons displacement. Comparisons note length, speed, and gun power against Lusitania and Imperator, with sleek hull forms and fine entries fore and aft.
Wella Brewster of Waterbury Conn speaks at the Ebutt on preserving Japan's rare old art amid European influence. The piece covers postwar business competition, government aid for exporters, and forestry concerns voiced by leaders including Frisbie and Packard about market pressures and the white pine disease impact in New England and Canada.
A reflective meditation on memory and loss as a city and its people confront a figure from the past. The narrator recalls Yor Medine, once hidden in a cave, now returned in aging, broken by suffering and economic hardship. The piece laments how life’s opportunities fade and the relentless wheel of fate reshapes lives into empty shells.
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