Increase the Army and Navy and Strengthen Coast Defenses
The editorial urges rapid expansion of military power and coastal defenses in response to German aggression. It argues the president and cabinet must consider facts but stresses immediate readiness, warning that without strength the United States risks losses and unwanted entanglements. It cites examples from Britain, Germany, Turkey, Belgium, Chile, and China to justify preparedness for war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
United States
Great Britain
High Seas
Theresident
Nic
Turkey
Italy
Tripoli
Belgium
Chile
China
Japan
Korea
Carranza Appeal and American Recognition Debate
The statement on behalf of Gen Carranza says US recognition could restore tranquillity in Mexico within months. Such recognition risks provoking further outrages by Villa. Recognition of any Mexican faction is viewed as unwise and likely to worsen U.S. safety and regional instability.
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Carranza
Gen. Carranza
United States
Mexico
Carranga
Jess
Villa
Provoke Carranza to Prevent Wider Mexican Revolt
The speaker warns that provoking Carranza risks triggering mass revolts by numerous leaders. anarchy would prevail, soldiers become outlaws, and the public becomes serfs. Without outside intervention, Mexico's perspective and faith in leaders collapse, delaying any near-term solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carranza
Mexico
Call in the Strongest Men as Counselors
An appeal argues that nations unite parties in wartime and urges the United States to call upon its wisest Americans regardless of party. The piece asserts patriotism, national unity, and executive strength, urging bipartisan counsel for the President to meet the emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Germany
France
Russia
Italy
United States
America
Permysl or Przemysl Name Clash on Eastern Front
The piece debates whether Permysl will be renamed Przemysl after capture, notes the symbolic weight of city names in warfare, and foresees hard times for both sides on the eastern front as misidentification could have lasting consequences for soldiers and neutrals alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permysl
Przemysl
Permayl
Israel
Clever Housewife Labels Jars T. M. and T. M.
A local housewife labeled her preserves jars with T. M. standing for Tis Mince and Taint Mince to avoid mixing them. The playful system helped her distinguish between similar jars without confusion.
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T. M
T.M
Entangling Alliances and Neutrality in American Policy
The United States maintains strict neutrality amid war, praising the President for a pro American stance. It rejects foreign alliances, stressing independence, liberty, and the avoidance of becoming a pawn in European conflicts. If drawn into war, it must defend American rights only.
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United States
Europe
America
Peace, War and Preparedness Across Nations
A 1920s reflection argues Americans favor peace but insist on readiness for war, citing the Church Peace Union poll opposing armaments and noting Japan’s aggression toward China. It highlights Belgium’s fate, warns against weakness as protection, and critiques pacifist rhetoric while advocating national preparedness.
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Church Peace Union
Andrew Carnegie
China
Japan
Peace Union
United States
Belgium
Lady Cardigan Dies at 91 Recalls Balaclava Fame
The elderly Lady Cardigan, once famed as Countess of Lancaster, has died aged 91. Her long life included ties to the Cardigan name, Queen Victoria’s envy over incognito titles, a famed tomb by Sir Edgar Boehm, and a controversial duel scandal involving Captain Harvey Tuckett.
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Cardigan
Queen Victoria
Willam Henry de Horsey
Algernon de Horsey
England
Royal Yacht
Bquadron
Cowes
North Pacific
Pierolas
Lady Cardigan
Deene
Northamptonshire
Edgar Boehm
Earl of Cardigan
Itheneas
Leicestershire
Melton Mowbray
London
Marquis of
Allenbury
Hart of
Saldanha
Countess of Lancaster
Countess of Balmoral
Seventh Earl of
Eleventh Haesars
Crack Corps
Harvey Tuckett
Tuckett
India
Capt. Tuckett
Wimbledonf
Lord Cardigan
Prince Consort
House of Lords
Crying Over Spilt Ink in Fittsburgh Chronicle
A humorous child story shows Tommy crying after spilling ink on a plush tablecloth while his aunt sends away a visitor. A kindly remark about not crying over spilled milk is met with Tommy's quip that only a cat or his mother can lick up this mess, highlighting a playful misinterpretation.
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Fittsburgh Chronicle-Telegrap
Tommy
Alexander the Great wept over untraveled conquests
A teacher tells children of Alexander the Great who wept after India conquered. A boy named Tommy suggests perhaps the conqueror did not know the way back, revealing a child’s humorous misreading of history.
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Alexander the “Great
Alexander
India
Tommy
Goethals Confused by Letters and Orders
A fidgety subordinate visits Goethals in the Canal Zone. He insists the colonel wrote a letter about Miraflores work, but Goethals corrects him briskly as ordering the work. The man realizes the mismatch and leaves quietly.
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Gol
Miraflores
No Storied Stones for Graves I Seek Only Love
Alfred Hustwick in Los Angeles Times reflects on fame, memory, and the wish for constancy of love over monuments after death. M E Bubler in the New York Sun shares a plea for divine guidance, peace, and light to end national peril and grief.
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Alfred Hustwick
Los Angeles Times
M. E. Bubler
New York Sun
Motives of Patriotism in a London Tit-Bits Tale
A school teacher asked pupils about motives for war and a boy answered locomotive pride. The response cited the railway send off of the local regiment as the motive, saying locomotives moved patriots to fight for their country.
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London
Territorials
Boy Drowns In Harlem Pool Rescue Fails To Elicit Response
A four year old boy fell into the Harlem Mere in Central Park. Bystanders pulled him out after he swallowed water. At Knickerbocker Hospital Dr Frascella treated him. the boy remained deaf and did not answer questions. His sister Bernhard Elsin identified him and took him home. Life reports gloomily that Randalls-Delaney does not care about dying and Rogers suggests seeing a specialist.
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New York World
Harlem Mere
Central Park
Knickerbocker Hospital
Frascella
Bernhard Elsin
East 107Th Street
Bernhard
Prick Poet Sorrowing Self Reflects on Life
A fragmentary meditation speaks to fear of legacy and the urge to cherish life. The speaker addresses a friend urging gratitude for being alive despite what has been written. The tone is intimate and introspective, emphasizing resilience amidst creative doubt.
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Prick
June a Month of Battles as Well as Roses
A list of notable battles and military events that occurred in June across centuries. From Naséby and Bunker Hill to Waterloo and Little Big Horn, the compilation names fights dated in June, highlighting key engagements and outcomes.
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Roses
Naséby
Bunker Hill
Marengo
Water
Lord Howe
Shannon
Chesapeake
Blake
van Tromp
Hobson
Santiago Harbor
Kibber
Altenkirchen
Memphis
Tenn
Sebastopol
Jerusalem
Bonaparte
Gutetadt
United States
Rattlesnake
John
Ruasta
Napoleon
Hielsburg
Khiva
Charles I
Naseby
Cromwell
Friedland
Raab
Bluecher
Ligny
Marahail Ney
Quatre Bras
Frederick the Great
Kolin
England
Waterloo
Joseph Bonaparte
Jourdan
Vittoria
Spain
Wellington
Lord Clive
Plassy
India
Custozza
Little Big Horn
Bannockburn
Richmond
Denmark
Silistria
Fort Moultrie
Charleston
8.C
Monmouth
Petersburg
Girl's Hair in a Blaze Victim Is Saved at James Home
A Santa Ana dressmaker Miss C Palmer suffered severe burns to head back shoulders and arms while washing her hair at the W H James residence. Roomer Miss Stroshein wrapped a blanket and saved her life as gasoline sparked the fire. Palmer formerly taught in London and her parents live near Santa Maria.
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Santa Ana
James Home
Miss Palmer
London
Santa Maria
Enthusiastic Fan Falls From Streetcar After Billy Sunday Skit
Elizabeth Umberfeld of Peekskill, fired up from Billy Sunday’s Paterson service, acted out David and Goliath on a streetcar platform in Peekskill and toppled off, breaking her arm and sustaining injuries.
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David Goliath
Peekskill Dispatch
New York
Billy
Trusty deer refuses to roam wild in Mission Canyon
Ada Kirkpatrick of Mission Canyon kept a deer on a fenced ranch for three years. She opened the gates to let it roam the mountains, but each night the tame deer returns to be shut in again. The creature comes when called despite its freedom. The item ends with a quip from the Yale Record about a kiss expectations.
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Santa Barbars Dispatch
Los Angeles Times
Ada Kirkpatrick
Mission Canyon
World travelers meet in capital hotel lobbies
In Washington, Chilean lawyer Heraclio Martinez outlined how Chile can profit by selling light wines like aubernes and clarets directly to the United States, denouncing bulk French labeling and noting the Panama Exposition visit. Caldwell Hardy praised Latin American willingness to trade with the U.S. and urged a permanent Treasury committee to foster closer ties. Local anecdotes recount West Virginia’s old days of “wet” revelry and a comical court sentence fining a sheriff with a dozen beers.
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Heraclio Martinez
Valparaiso
Chile
United States
San Francisco Exposition
France
Europe
Caldwell Hardy
Norfolk National Bank
American Bankers’ Association
McAdoo
Shoreham
Hardy
Secretary of the Treasury
Latin America
West Virginia
Bry
W. A. Summers
Parkersburg
Raleigh
Huntington
Judge Summers
Ham
Sleepwalker in Wheeler treks cemeteries in slumber
Mrs. Frank Fornwalt of Wheeler, under a physician’s care, walked in a heavy rain while asleep from her home to Hill Grove Cemetery two miles away to gather pansies, then to Chestnut Hill Cemetery to visit her husband’s grave, and back to Mrs. Watson’s home before dawn, all without waking.
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Connellsville
Frank Fornwalt
Wheeler
A. G. Watson
Hill Grove Cemetery
Harvard Men Wear Bangs
Cambridge undergraduates adopt bangs as a new style amid changing fashions at Harvard. Students notice lack of rules banning bangs as commence events approach. A brief note reflects fashion shifts and a general revival in English literature echoes elsewhere.
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