Neutral United States urged to defend seas rights
A historical plea calls the United States to maintain strict neutrality while asserting freedom of the high seas for American commerce. It argues against belligerents mining routes, demands clearing mines, and suggests a naval convoy to protect neutral trade with western Europe.
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United States
High Seas
Germany
Great Britain
Japan
Russa
France
Turkey
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Spain
Denmark
Brazil
Argentina
Great Firitain
Europe
Caiser
Permanent Pan American Committees Call for Real Work
Secretary McAdoo will appoint permanent committees to build durable ties between the United States and South America. The panels will promote closer relations, encourage U.S. bankers to finance ventures, and spur American business to expand into South America under a new interpretation of federal policy.
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United States
South America
An Hardis
South
Central America
United States to Back South American Trade Finance
The United States should become the financier of South America. Any banker funding Latin American trade can count on Federal Reserve backing. Practical methods are in place and a real increase in commerce with South America is in prospect.
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United States
South America
Federal Reserve Banks
The New Policy Toward Mexico
The piece lauds President Wilson for redefining U S policy toward Mexico, predicting peace and stability through American influence and Mexican empowerment. It notes investment growth in Latin America, urges Mexican factions to unite, and warns that reform must come from the Mexican people with U S help, while criticizing opportunistic leaders. It also critiques a Georgia moral anecdote about a privileged woman’s charity choices and the social expectations of wealth.
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Mexico
United States
Tierra del Fuego
Cube
Wilson
México
The Automobile Speed Limit Regulation Change
A district opinion urges scrapping the 12 miles per hour speed limit as impractical and unsafe. It argues traffic would flow with discretion and harsher penalties for reckless driving, citing Paris London and Mexico as models. The piece contends pedestrians would be safer with fewer restrictions and more driver responsibility.
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Paris
London
Mexico
Heir To 3 Million Estate Shakes Off Brewer Wagon Life
A fragment describes a brewery wagon driver celebrated for fortune stories while a poor seamstress learns she has an estate of 3 million dollars. The prose hints at contrasting fates and the lure of wealth versus everyday labor. The tale pivots on dramatic inheritance revelations and the tension between fantasy and reality.
Next Years Campaign and the War’s Aftermath
The article argues that a year ahead, the European war may still unfold but likely won’t shape the U.S. presidency. It predicts Republicans will favor a peace-preserving diplomat if war continues, or prosperity will dominate if war ends. It notes tariff issues spur business and worker concerns, yet citizens remain patriotic and prepared to support the administration in foreign crises while voting on domestic tariff matters.
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United States
Lloyds
Useless Treaties and Shifting Global Winds
A reflective overview notes treaties may bind only if advantageous, citing Italy's one sided alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary as an example. Public opinion now drives policy in Rome, with anti Austria sentiment rising and traditional loyalties dissolving amid broader geopolitical shifts.
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Italy
California
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Austria
Rome
Eighth Earl of Jersey rises in English turf circles
Lord Villers newly crowned Eighth Earl of Jersey is a noted figure in turf and banking. He leads the historic Childs Bank at Fleet Street and sits on the Jockey Club stewards panel that governs racing and social conduct. The Jersey family history ties to banking, grafted by a dramatic love match and a long line of aristocratic influence.
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Lord Villers
Hari Ofsersey
Conroy
Haris
Jersey
Monte Carlo
England
Jockey Club
Lkenlge
Cox
Thias
Newmarket Heath
Jockey Clubs
Paris
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Union Club
Berlin
Lord Jarsey
London
Childs Bank
I Fleet Street
Temple Bar
Indead
Childs
Lord
Westmoreland
Sarah Ann
Robert Childs
House of
Lord and Lady Westmoreland
Barah
Childa
Osterley Park
Sarah Childs
Fifth Earl of Jersey
Burdett-Coutts
Coutie Bank
Whale carcass sighted as gulls drive vast buoyant drift
New York Herald reports a 256 foot whale carcass drifting 60 miles off Capt Henry as Olinda from Cuban ports nears New York. Passengers and crew describe a vast carcass roped by thousands of feeding gulls, fading to a silver speck on the blue sea.
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New York Herald
New York Harbor
South Pole
Marinéra
Olinda
Munsom Ling
Cuban
French officer shows what if US troops join allies
A French staff officer assesses the hypothetical American intervention as a single brigade's arrival could matter more than numerous victories. He cites India's 16,000 troops and Canada's 20,000 as mood-altering precedents, estimates a brigade could be placed between Belgians and Canadians, and warns a brigade without reserves would endure at most three German attacks.
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U.S
India
Canada
France
London
Flanders
Fiei
Europe
Belgium
Boulogne
England
Atlantic
Hne
Nes
Ypres
la Basnee
Lizerne
United States
Fiandera
Tam
Gan Joffre
Amering
Veer Canal
Praise Secretary McAdoo at Tennessee bankers meeting
Tennessee Bankers Association in Nashville lauds Secretary of the Treasury William G McAdoo for relief during the financial low mood and distress caused by war conditions in Europe. Resolutions commend his devotion to duty and express sincere appreciation for his valued services and distinguished ability.
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Tennessee
Nashville
William G McAdoo
Treasury
The River's Story by Frank L Stanton
In this fragment from the Atlanta Constitution the poem paints the river as central to joy and memory. It contrasts fame and glory with simple pleasures, noting fish biting fine and a tranquil, untroubled scene away from the wars and mortal loves.
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Frank L Stanton
The
Atlanta Constitution
Accused man acts slaying at Pikeville court
Lexington report says John Hall, accused of murdering Mil ton Butler, reenacted the quarrel in court, claiming self defense and wounding Butler as spectators watched. Hall then acted the sequence with an imaginary foe and pistol, aiming as Butler supposedly fled, assuring his aim to win freedom. Austere scene drew a stunned audience. In other item, a village joke about Aaron's marriage circulated.
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Lexington
New York World
John Hall
Milton Butler
Pike County
Pikeville
Butler
Hall
Mare Wired Up In Dairy Wagon Misadventure
Centerville tale describes Genevieve the mare injuring dairy wagon workers after a kick that sent 92 quarts of milk flying. A swollen rib area revealed a metal wire fragment from a hay bale that the mare had consumed, triggering a short bout of misbehavior before calm returned.
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Centerville
New York Herald
Genevieve
Lopes
Lopez
Froy
Fuller
Desert woman’s plea for support in Philadelphia court
Alexander McKeowan testified in domestic relations court that he left his wife after May 17 due to her fondness for Monday film showings. She accused him of beating her, but he said he only shoved her in the face. The judge ordered $7 weekly support for wife and children.
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Terim
Philadelphia Inquirer
Gilpin
Petitton
Alexander McKeowan
McKeowan
Two Half Portions Wed in Hannibal Marriage Card
Hannibal Missouri dispatch reports Mise Mary Forter and James E Burton wed at Holliday near Hannibal. Combined weight 147 pounds with a total height under 8 feet. Bride 76 pounds and 47 inches tall. groom one inch taller and seven pounds heavier at 40 and 26 years respectively. They plan travel with shows and will reside on Mr Burton's farm.
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Hannibal
Views of Capital Visitors on Interesting Topics
Democratic committeeman Dr J W Coughlin predicts Massachusetts will back Wilson for the national ticket and notes strong party support. A Buenos Aires observer decries woman suffrage as unsuitable for American women, arguing native women are content and that suffrage harms families and home life.
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Buenos Aires
Felipe Castro
Haleigh
Movement For Rights of Women
Man Hit By Bullet Amid Junk Pile Incident
Constantine Faurask was sorting junk at a smelting plant on Orthodor street near the Delaware River when a cartridge in the metal pile exploded. A bullet lodged in his abdomen and he was left in two critical conditions at Frankford Hospital.
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Philadelphia
Constantine Faurask
Orthodor Street
Delaware River
Fauraski
Frankford Hospital
Views on official comity at Oakland bank supervisors meeting
The Oakland Tribune reports a clash between federal officials led by Comptroller Williams and the Riggs Bank of Washington over a bank supervision dispute. Delegates at the National Association of Supervisors of State Banks faced pressure to take a partisan stance, provoking criticism of impropriety and urging an orderly, legal resolution rather than public appeals.
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Oakland Tribune
National Association of Supervisors of State Banks
Hotel
Oakland
Washington
Rigga National Bank of Washington
Williams
Bank Supervisora
Oraki
Riggs Bank
Currency
Treasury
Federal
Bank Supervisore
Iktrostea
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America
Smart
Foch
Langemarck
Yaer
M'Adoo
Tite
Aaron
Mare
Democratic Party
Massachusetts
J W Coughtin
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Ralsigh
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Coughlin
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Prohibition
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Cushing
McCall
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