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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1915
Page
11
The Washington Post lists subscription terms for delivery in Washington and Alexandria by carrier or mail, with daily and Sunday options. It notes address changes may be made to keep readers informed and provides mail payment in advance and address update instructions, dated Saturday, June 26, 1915.
The piece criticizes Britain's memorandum on stopping American cargoes as an attempt to mislead and pressure the United States. It argues the U S must respond to demands to uphold neutral trade rights, warns of Southern pressure for an embargo on munitions, and predicts Britain cannot win by throttling lawful commerce without provoking a firm U S protest.
Postmaster General Burleson adopts a direct-sea route for mails to Norway Sweden Denmark and the Netherlands to avoid belligerent port calls. He cites probable British censorship culpability and ongoing wartime espionage and interference with international correspondence.
A critical scolding argues Britain blocks neutral trade to pressure the war, halting U S textile mills via German dye embargoes while pushing its own goods to neutrals. It condemns mail tampering as dishonorable eavesdropping and questions the justification for meddling in neutral communications.
The piece accuses Carranza forces of looting food to fund arms while southern Mexican civilians, including women and children, starve. It cites Red Cross interference, Zapatista control, and clashes among Villa Obregon factions in regions like Sinaloa and Oaxaca, with gold deposits reported in New York.
The piece discusses Prof Hugo Munsterberg's invention of the sphygometer for detecting lies and questions its ethical and practical implications. It contemplates whether exposing true inward thoughts via pulse readings would destabilize diplomacy, privacy, and social trust, citing poets and Hawthorne to warn against overreliance on physiological truth.
A fragment warns that a small instrument could bring more sorrow than joy and dampen one of the era’s best known outdoor and indoor sports. The brief suggests repercussions for the sport’s future and public interest in its activities.
The piece argues Becker was convicted by four gunmen who sought plea deals, not impartial witnesses. It urges a thorough investigation and for the state to abandon prosecutorial zeal, demanding guilt beyond reasonable doubt before any execution.
Bethlehem Steel plants in Saucon Lehigh and Redington employ about 14,173 workers with 1,000 more at a war plant. payroll nears $700,000 monthly. By fall total staff at 18,000 to 20,000 earning around $1,000,000 per month. War orders and wheat harvest drive demand as private pay scales pull workers from arsenals.
The palace complex of King William of Württemberg at Stuttgart Bluttwart endured a severe aerial bombardment by French and English planes, damaging the royal residence cluster built around Schlossplatz. The article recalls Stuttgart’s origins as a Counts’ stud farm, its rise as capital, and notes two hospitality venues tied to royal prestige, Marquardt and Reissig, which finance the civil list. It also touches on Russo-German tensions, cabinet changes in Petrograd, and court intrigues surrounding high nobility and the Tsar.
Jacob Newman a Washington Street clothier in Tarrytown New Jersey owns a rooster that crows backward while his other rooster crows normally. Two strangers heard the curious echo in the yard and commented it was backward. Newman explained the backward crow has puzzled him for years.
A controversial article argues that Italy may wield a wireless infra red ray weapon called the F ray or Fray. It cites demonstrations witnessed by the Italian king and staff, alleged explosions at Trieste and Trent, and British suspicions of German use. The piece speculates that if such a weapon is ready for use, the war could end quickly.
A poem by Wrank L Stanton from the Atlanta Constitution laments fruitless search for happiness and wealth. The speaker wanders through woods and seas seeking honey and fortune, finding only tribulation and a critique of earthly suffering versus Christian hope. The piece contrasts worldly desire with Edenic longing.
The Safety First Society on Fifth Avenue at Forty-Second Street hoisted a large banner reading SAFETY FIRST Cross the Street at Regular Crossing Not in the Middle of the Block AVOID ACCIDENTS Educational Campaign Safety First Society of New York Red footprints marked intersections to guide crossings. policemen note pedestrians adhere more to footprints than white dots. Also a column note from Woman's Home Companion includes a joke about a baby resembling a house side.
A historical recap of General George A. Custer and his famed last battle at the Little Big Horn on June 25, 1876. The piece notes his Civil War service, frontier campaigns, and the brave, disciplined last stand of his troopers led by Custer, who died with his men.
G R Helen of Nebraska moved to Yazoo county with a prized sheep herding dog named Shep. The dog longed for Nebraska and vanished, sparking worry. A few days later a telegram confirmed Shep had returned to his old home, then was sent back to Yazoo county by express and resumed herding sheep there.
Mrs. John F. McGraw, formerly Miss Lucy Hurst of Atlanta, married Chicago man John P. McGraw after a letter correspondence lasting more than a year. Introduced by mail, the two exchanged photographs and wed in Atlanta in Rev. J. S. Goodwin's study, then left for Chicago. The groom, a former Boston pitcher and Montana ranch owner involved with a Chicago mill machinery company, had never met his bride before their marriage.
Joseph A. Gray attorney and editor of the Spangler Sun sues the Pennsylvania Railroad for 55000 damages claiming a door jamb crushing his right small finger on a train from Pittsburgh to Johnstown on February 7 1914 left about half an inch amputated and hindered his work.
In Washington hotels Col Cecil Lyon Progressive Texas committeeman and ally of Col Roosevelt says he would leave the party if it adopts nationwide prohibition. He predicts Roosevelt could beat Wilson if Republicans split and Progressives avoid the prohibition issue. Kansas farmer reports strong wheat prospects but weather hurts lowland areas. Pennsylvania politics hint at a Republican split over a favorite son for 1904 nomination with Brumbaugh favored.
Matthew Grissom, a solicitor for Toraife Insurance, died in a room fire caused by a steel trap set for a rat and gasoline fumes. A neighbor’s dog had been confined there the night before, sparking gasoline vapors that ignited when Grissom entered to free the dog around 3 am, trapping him in flames.
Eight hundred wishbones decorated the Silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grossenbach at Blatz Wintel. The bones, dipped in silver and strung on silver ribbons, adorned the dining room as they marked twenty five years of marriage.
A Baltimore American style quip contrasts old fashioned parenting with new methods. A speaker asserts belief in a firm spanking over modern disciplinary techniques, dismissing new fangled ways and defending traditional discipline.
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