Notice to Subscribers for The Washington Post 1917
Washington Post notice advises subscribers to update addresses to keep delivery, specifies methods of payment and advance remittance, and notes expiration dates appear on address labels. It directs mail subscriptions and renewal timing for daily and Sunday options and mentions foreign advertising offices.
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Pro German Neutrals Pressure Britain to Stiffen Ally Stand
Analysis argues that neutral powers in the North Sea region enable German operations by tolerating or profiting from submarine and merchant activity. The piece urges the United States to press Britain to harden positions against Sweden Norway Denmark and Holland, warning of famine and sovereignty violations. Dutch profiteers are accused of profiting while the poor starve, while Britain patrols neutral waters to curb German incursions.
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North Sea
Atlantic
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Holland
Seismic Disturbances Signal Shifts in Europe’s Governments
A wartime panorama shows cabinet upheavals across Britain Germany Austria Russia China and Turkey. Winston Churchill becomes minister of munitions as Britain’s war council leans conservative. Germany elevates Dr Michaelis and reacts to peace party momentum. Enver Pasha’s position weakens in Turkey, Young Turks oppose him. Russia sees resignations amid Ukraine policy disputes. China restores a republic with a new premier. Analysts view these moves as Germany’s broader fault line across Europe and beyond.
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Winston Churchill
British War Council
Dr. Michaelis
Germany
Austria
Enver Pasha
Turkey
Russia
Ukraine
China
Europe
Germany’s New Chancellor and the Truth War
The German chancellor Michaelis is presented as a tool of the warlords, pledging policies that will belie his words. The piece argues Germans rely on falsehoods to sustain expansionist aims, condemns air raids and bomb plots, and predicts a painful awakening to reality comparable to that of historical peoples before gaining knowledge of the white man.
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Dr. Michaelis
Germany
Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Berlin
Bethmann Hollweg
Michaelis
Reichstag
Kaiser
Germania
America
Empire
McGuffy
Cleveland
J. Smith Pritchard
Shoreham
Turnverein
France
Turnvereine
Mr. Pritchard
Red Cross
Political fault lines threaten long term stability
The passage argues disturbances are readjustments toward eventual stability, contingent on correcting faults in the artificially adjusted political structure. It likens political laws to natural laws, noting leaders rise and fall while people endure upheaval during the process.
Mushroom Buildings and the Capital's Architecture
The piece warns that wartime building expansion in Washington produces cheap, mismatched private structures clashing with national monuments. It urges officials and Congress to enforce harmony with existing DC architecture, favoring simplified, site-appropriate designs over conspicuous modernism.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Fine Arts Commission
Congress
Odd Notes on War, Politics and Industry
Kentucky statisticians warn conservation in corn liquor saves little for colonels. George Windsor signals a strong omen despite stigma. Crown Prince Witte calls U boat warfare the last argument of kings, a stance likely to fail. Meanwhile Bob La Folletta opposes aviation program as Fried richshafen rushes heavy airplane construction.
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Witte
Bob la Folletta
Senate
Kaigsér
Friedrichshafen
Pocket Stoves for Soldiers in Nippon and Russia
From the Bulletin of the Japan Society the article notes historic use of akwairo pocket stoves by Japanese soldiers in the Russo Japanese War and describes current Russian importation for troops. It explains stove fuel is sausage shaped, packed in a tin like a cigar case, and lasts about three hours.
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Bulletin
The
Japan Society
Nippon
Russia
A Napoleon Anecdote From the Globe Democrat
The Saint Louis Globe-Democrat recounts a Napoleonic tale showing the Little Corporal’s quick wit. At a review he drops his hat and a sergeant asks his regiment. Napoleon replies with a sly joke about the guard, and the captain earns his commission the next day.
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St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Napoleon
Sussex County Farming Report from Philadelphia Ledger
Farmers in Sussex county Delaware report caterpillars harming apple leaves. snails damage cucumber roots. moles kill potato plants. wild garlic taints milk. cool nights slow vegetable growth. Grape berry worm, cut worms, wet weather affect grapes tomatoes strawberries and corn. Despite troubles, county expected to raise large crops with rust in wheat outside these issues.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Sussex County
Del
Famous stamp collector who renounced fortune dies in Lausanne
Lausanne report says 68 year old Emilio Ferrari once a Paris professor and Genoa scion, renounced wealth and dukedom to pursue socialism. He owned Rothschild stamps, a vast library, and a fortune tied to the Galliera title. Serbian lawyer handles will. fate of his collection unclear.
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Emilio Ferrari
Lausanne
Paria
Lord Rothschild
Galliera
Gregory XVI
Ferrari
Genoa
Ferraris
Republic
Paris University
Galilara Palace
Rue de Varennes
Faubourg St. Germain
de Brignole- Sale
Quartier
Austria
Serbia
Belgrade
Duke of
Infanta
Eulalie
Prince Anthony of
Bourbon-Orleana
Anthony
Duc de Montpenafer
Prince Anthony
Italy
I Tallan
Duchess of
Duc de Montpensier
Ferdinand
Comtesse de Paris
Anthony of Bourbon
America
Spain
Christopher Columbus
Marquish DE Fonthnoy
His Little Joke in Wisconsin Village
A traveling salesman posing as a government official ordered German origin amusements banned in Wénewee Wisconsin. Pinochle and schafskopf were halted and German speech faced scrutiny. After days the faker failed to return and was exposed as a mere salesman.
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Milwaukee
Wénewee
Wis
Oklahoma Society Item from Antler Times-Record
Smith's orchestra provided music for a society item in the Antler Times-Record. A notable feature of the grand march was the increased number of dress suits.
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Antler Times-Record
Smith
Second War With England Declared 105 Years Ago
In May 1812, Madison was nominated for reelection by the congressional caucus. Henry Clay and followers pressed for war with Great Britain. The House and Senate passed the war bill, signed June 13, and hostilities began. The era saw calls to end humiliation and defend national dignity, with leaders like Clay Calhoun Grundy and others urging a strong republican response amid British intrigue and embargo actions.
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Madison
Great Britain
Henry Clay
Clay
Young America
Congress
America
United States
France
John C. Calhoun
William Lowndes
Feix Grundy
Langdon Cheves
England
Tippecanoe
John Henry
New Hingland
Henry
James Craig
Canada
Haatern
Hunger and pseudologia fantastica in modern life
A mixed clippings style item noting Amelia Burr’s poem fragment about hunger from The Bellman and a Chicago Daily Journal column explaining pseudologia fantastica as a clinical term for pathological lying. It includes a Vancouver Province quip about a gown incident and witty exchanges.
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Chicago Daily Journal
America
Hotel la Salle
Frank P. Ely
Des Moines
Iowa
Carlyle
Proceedings in Brief From Congress and Committees
Debates resume with amendments on food control and war measures. Pomerene seeks power to pool or regulate coal and petroleum via the trade commission, while Kellogg proposes a $2 per bushel wheat floor. Nominations, allocations for fertilizers, and defense contracts are discussed. adjournment set for Saturday noon.
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St.h
Trade Commission
Coal
Kellogg
Council of National Defense
Senate
Secretary of War
Tillman
Smith
South Carolina
War Department
National Guard
Hardwick
Owen
la Follette
Chamberlain
Weeks
United States
Grant
Albert Schoonover
Los Angeles
California
Charles W. Lapp
Ohio
Kentucky
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Finance and Agriculture
Smoot
Shipping Board
Hollis
King
Jones
Kenyon
Center Market
Army Orders Elevate Coast Artillery Officers to Fort Sill
The corps officers listed are ordered to Fort Sill Omaha for instruction at the school of fire for field artillery. Additional duties include assignments to Des Moines Iowa the Fifth Regiment Sparta Wisconsin and Plattsburg New York. Aeronautical and teaching roles are noted for several officers with retirements and transfers specified.
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Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Sill Oxia
School of Fre
Field Artillery
Capta
Peter H. Ottosen
Edgar H. Thompson
John B. Maynard
Laurence T. Walker
James A. Brice
Henry H. Matlven
Jir
Charles B. Meyer
Frederick A. Mountford
Failip
Clement C. Heth
Charles E. Ide
George F. Moore
Richard 8. Dodson
Philip M. Liungatedt
Joseph F. Cottrell
Edward L. Dyer
Willard K. Richards
Frederick A. Holmer
Charles A. Chapman
John T. H. O'Rear
Edward Rothie
George W. Easterday
Wilmot A. Danielson
Edgar B. Calladay
Raycroft Walsh
Delos C. Emmons
Signal Corps
Western Department
Richard D. la Garde
Gonnaga College
St. John's College
Army
Navy Preparatory School
Washington
Henry L. Newbold
Seventeenth Field Artillery
Sparta
Wis
Harold R. Bull
Infantry
Aid-De-Camp
F. H. French
Citizens’ Training Camp
Plattsburg
William H. Gary
Quartermaster
World travelers discuss war farming and labor at Willard
A group of Western growers, railroad men, and German heritage residents gathered at the Willard Hotel to share views on war crops and transportation. Speakers noted large spring wheat prospects, bumper food crops, and the need for steel and rail logistics to move harvests and supplies.
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William Jermerth
Moline
Willard
Butterworth
Council of National Defense
Benjamin Butterworth
Ohio
West
Southwest
T. M. Davenport
Clovis
N. Mex
Ebbitt
United States
Berlin
Fnstance
France
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
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