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Make It Unanimous Air Fleet Debate Delays Allowing Secrecy
Senators debate the airplane appropriation bill amid calls to delay for full details of the plan to command air power. Critics warn disclosure could aid Germany, arguing aviation should remain under military or naval control and cautioning against a separate aviation department. The piece praises a hidden, massive air fleet and urges swift passage to secure victory.
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Protecting Recruits Near Navy Yards
Secretary Daniels urges governors and mayors to enforce laws and tighten moral protections around navy yards recruiting offices cantonments and training stations. He notes prior letters to Rhode Island and Pennsylvania reveal gaps and calls for vigorous local action to shield soldiers and sailors from vice and moral decay.
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Neutrals and the Atlantic War Effort Alarms
The United States can curb Germany by tight food exports to neutrals and by closing neutral waters to submarines. British naval expert Arthur Pollen accuses Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Holland of tolerating German submarine activity. The piece urges Allies to block Baltic routes, mine neutral waters, and compel neutrals to end German aid or face consequences.
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Government duty to meet high test by officials
The text stresses that federal guardianship of young men is matched by heavy duties on municipal and State officials. If officials cannot meet the test, they should yield to others who can and view the duty as a patriotic obligation to fulfill.
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Inventions and the Edison Promise of Modern War
The piece muses on American ingenuity and the lure of new weapons, citing Edison and Tesla as voices shaping public awe. It argues the nation’s sanguine temperament fuels belief in formidable inventions, noting a massive $640 million appropriation to build 22,000 airplanes as evidence of bold progress and control over rebellious elements.
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Fusion in New York blocks Democratic mayoralty bid
Republican leaders in New York City agree to another fusion pact, making it unlikely for the Democratic organization to win the mayoralty in November. The maneuver complicates the political landscape as factions seek strategic advantage.
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Fusion Nominates Mitchel to Balance City Politics
Publicans push a straight ticket while fusion leaders renominate Mayor Mitchel to create an even two party balance in New York City. The contest will pit Mitchel against Tammany’s strongest candidate in a fair, issues driven decision on efficient administration.
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Brother of Constantine Exiled From Greece After Abdication
High Commissioner Jonnard ordered Prince Nicholas to leave Greece though he aided Constantine's faction and mediated with Russia. Nicholas, a skilled artillery officer, is married to Grand Duchess Helen, sister of Cyril and Boris. The piece recalls Nicholas's restraint during Salonika 1918 when Greeks threatened Bulgar under fire. It also notes Alfonso XIII's conferment of the ducal title Miranda on Don Luis de Silva y Carayajol and details royal court rank and marriages among the Spanish nobility and Bavarian ties, including morgantic matches and the Talavera duchy grant to Infanta Maria Therese’s confidante.
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What Is a Horse Laugh from Portland Oregonisn
A horse laugh is a loud boisterous coarse laugh likened to a horse. The term appears in Pope Epilogue to Satires and Goldsmith Good-Natured Man, with later uses by Richardson and Dickens.
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District Chosen as Seat of Government 127 Years Ago
The District of Columbia was established as the U S seat of government by Congress on July 16, 1790. Washington selected the Potomac site, with the Capitol, President’s House and other buildings later rebuilt after the 1814 fire.
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American Literature Is Poor A Tolstat Theory
Tolstat argues American literature is weak due to sparse bookshops and poor translations. He contrasts this with Russia and Singapore where affordable editions enable broad reading. He cites Pushkin, Dickens, Shakespeare, Dante, Cervantes, Goethe, Tolstoy, Heine, Hugo and others as accessible to the poor.
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Philadelphia idea blends piano and cleaning device
A Philadelphia inventor attaches a dust filtering unit to a player piano, allowing a housewife to play the piano while vacuuming. The bellows drive the vacuum via a pipe, enabling music and cleaning in one activity, with household chores and entertaining combined.
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Macedonian Humor Amid War Tales in Slivitska
In Slivitska a Serbian officer questions a wounded prisoner as rain falls on a dim constable’s court. A pope, a cheerful French detachment, and a poor peasant recount Bulgarian cruelty and a doomed plan to hang the pope at noon delayed until 4 o'clock to allow hill folk to view the execution.
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War Call and Crime Tale in Kreolite News
A battery of wartime verse asks if men heed country sacrifice and duty as veterans’ families weigh the boys who went. The second item reports a mock arraignment where a judge reveals a personal grievance and doles out mercy with a $30 payoff after a confession about a wife.
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Burglar Proof by the Montreal Visitor at St Francis Hotel
Arthur Metland registered at the St Francis Hotel from Montreal and, after finding only 52 cents, opened a hidden pocket in his artificial leg to fetch money for his room. He offered no explanation beyond being from Montreal and intending to go to High Point North Carolina after trams.
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Suffragists Rise Amid War Patriotism Compared to Pankhurst
In a Charleston News and Courier item a speaker praises suffragists in the United States who, like Mrs. Pankhurst, show patriotism during wartime before asserting suffrage aims. The remark notes Mrs. Pankhurst shifted from suffragist to wartime patriot, illustrating evolving roles.
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From the Baltimore American, a brief note on Germany's fixation with democracy alongside retaining the Kaiser, illustrating the enduring clash of opposing aims and the improbability of a quick solution.
World travelers debate war and city life in capital lobby
In Willard Hotel lobby discussions, an American says Germany’s wartime efficiency outpaces allies and American drift, while Parisian observer James Fontaine compares Washington to Paris, praising architecture but lamenting scarce public seating. Other speakers critique youth ideals, the aging of achievement, and census methods affecting Western cities amid war.
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