Senate Filibuster Puts Major Bills in Limbo Across Nations
A lengthy Senate debate, continuing from the first page, halted numerous appropriations and wartime measures. The stalled items include army and navy funding, a three year shipbuilding plan, district and Indian bills, a $750.6 million railroad revolving fund, home lands for soldiers, and wartime prohibition enforcement. Senator Thomas of Colorado criticizes Senate rules as aiding minority filibusters, claiming deliberation is endless and minority power dominates the process.
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Army
Navy
Aundry Civil
Shipping Board
District of Columbia
Railroad Administration
Oil and Coal Land
Lewis
Thomas
Colorado
Senate of the
United States
Notable Dates in War Congress 1917
A compact chronology of 1917 1918 and 1919 actions by President Wilson and Congress. Key events include declares war engagements drafting finance and defense measures plus the armistice terms and postwar actions. Notable items cover railroads control liberty bonds selective draft and major appropriations.
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Wilson
Ffth
Congress
Germany
Senate
House
Marine Corps
Austria-Hungary
Goernment
Wilsee
Liberty
War Finance Corporation
Paris
Senate's fragile functioning amid war rhetoric and reform talk
The piece scorns the Senate for three days of idle talk and futile cloture attempts, lamenting high costs and outmoded rules. It contrasts thirty years ago with today and condemns superficial reforms while urging decisive action. It shifts to a wartime reflection on American troops, their sacred mission, and the spiritual force that inspired victory.
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Senate
Rap
Wilsons Speech Continues Urging Global Justice
The address denounces rival national interests and urges nations to protect all people. It laments suffering Europeans, calls for mercy and hope, and honors the khaki clad soldiers reflecting glorious sacrifice. The speaker stresses unity, peace, and shared human security.
Wilson Champions League Despite Critics in Paris Talks
President Wilson declared continued support for the League of Nations, challenging critics who warned of danger and stressing American sacrifice to unite moral power with justice. He cited Washington’s entangling alliances warning and urged worldwide settlements to progress rapidly.
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George Washington
Wilson
League
America
Paris
League of Nations
Death notices for M R Harr and funeral at Page home
On Saturday morning March 1 1819 M R Harr aged seventy seven died at the home of her son in law Mr F W Page General services held at the home of Mr W W Page Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock Balimore paper please copy
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F. W. Page
M. R. Harr
W.W. Page
Balimere
Fragmented quotation reflects patriotic sentiment
The readable excerpt expresses religious blessing and gratitude for liberty and American ideals. It invokes strength vision and prudence in action while affirming faith in liberty and the right. The text centers on devotion to country rather than a specific event or date.
Trotsky Reports Bolshevik Campaigns Abroad
In a February 14 letter from Moscow to a friend Trotsky claims Bolshevism spreads across Russia and Siberia and outlines a world campaign among workers to combat imperialism. He asks cooperation with Mme Karabanoff in Switzerland to carry propagandа in France Italy and later England and the United States. He cites cooperation with Lenin and notes Spartacans aiding Bolshevik gains in Germany.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Leon Trotzky
Iran
Moscow
Russia
Siberia
Trotsky
Mme. Karabanoff
Boelehevik
France
Italy
England
United State
Lenine
Germany
Spartacans
Foch Demands Delivery of Hun Merchant Ships
Copenhagen reports Marshal Foch has demanded immediate delivery of the German mercantile fleet without regard to food supply. The dispatch originates from Weimar where the German National Assembly is in session.
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Copenhagen
Marshal Foch
Weimar
Chinese order airplanes to launch aerial service
Chinese government plans to start aerial transport and mail service with Gen Tinga leading the new air arm. Planes will connect Kaigan with Siberia and cross the Gobi desert, inspired by British aviation success in India. An order is placed with Japanese makers Masrid. Franco Spanish tunnel near Puigcerda to Ax completed, about twenty miles apart.
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Associated Press
Jhas
Gen. Tinga
Peking-Suiyuan
Kaigan
Siberia
Gobi Desert
India
Masrid
Pyrennen Mountain
Puigcerda
Spain
France
Puigeerda
Generous Stomach Aid Promises Quick Digestion Relief
An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a solution for indigestion sour stomach and overeating effects. It claims faster digestion reduced gas and biliousness and urges readers to eat freely with a robust appetite. The ad notes availability in U S and Canada for 50 cents a box and credits drug stores as sellers.
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Stuart
United States
Canada
Cromwell Sisters Leave Wills Revealing Common Disaster Clause
The Cromwell sisters Gladys Louise and Dorothes Katherine, Red Cross workers who vanished from the French liner La Lorraine on the Garonne, left wills with identical provisions for a common disaster. Each residuary estate is split among Seymour Legrand Cromwell and Mery Robinson Cromwell, with specific bequests of 100000 dollars plus numerous smaller gifts to relatives, friends, and servants.
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New York
Cromwell
Gladys Louise
Dorothes
Katherine
Red Cross
Garonne
Seymour Legrand
Mery Robinson Cromwell
Bavarian Troops March On Munich Opposition to Radicals
Paris reports Bavarian troops rebelling against the Munich radical government and marching toward the city. Ministers Jaffe and Unterlaitner announced the movement at Munich’s soldiers and workers congress, with detachments already leaving Nuremberg. The news caused immediate consternation and the congress adjourned.
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Paris
Munich
Zurichito
Petit Parisien
Jaffe
Unterlaitner
Nuremberg
General Strike Called in Cuba Havana March 4
A general strike was called to begin at midnight by the joint strike committee of the unions. A day of entertainment including a matinee a special dinner and a dance was hosted yesterday by Mr and Mrs Robert I Miller at 1314 northwest to 135 to shell-shock soldiers from St Elizabeths Hospital and convalescent seamen from the Naval Hospital. Soldiers and sailors were transported to the city in large sightseeing automobiles.
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Havana
Robert I. Miller
St. Elizabeth’s
Naval Hospital
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