Washington Post Subscription Rates and details 1916
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No War Without Victory No Peace Without Army
The piece argues the United States lacks a centralized body to plan national safety and defense, noting multiple commissions regulate various sectors but no grand staff exists. It criticizes congressional naval planning, highlighting an ineffective fleet and outdated preparations, urging comprehensive planning for national safety and victory in war.
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United States
Army
Navy
Justice
Interior
Congress
State
War
War and Navy Departments
Panama Canal
New World
House
Senate
United States Navy
Massachusetts Bar Admission Standards Debate Hits Law
Massachusetts lawmakers lowered bar entry standards by allowing two years’ high school work to qualify for exams. Critics argue a solid educational foundation is essential, while lawyers press for accessible entry to the profession amid calls for stricter academic prerequisites.
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Massachusetts
Broad education as basis for legal training
The text argues that knowledge of law alone is not sufficient for good lawyers. It favors broader education, including country history, ethics, and growth of ideas, to ensure better justice and reduce technical pleading. It urges that lawyers be qualified by broad learning as a foundation for technical training.
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Congress as Director of Our Foreign Relations
The text argues that President Wilson’s call for congressional approval of foreign policy signals a new era of popular government. It envisions a congressional referendum on key questions, expands legislative power, and warns the executive branch may lose influence as Congress directs and orders foreign policy actions, notably on armed merchantmen.
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Wilson
Poll
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Vera Cruiz
United States
Mexico
Foreign Trade Needs Greater Aid Limiting War Era Outreach
The House appropriations committee underfunds foreign commerce. It proposes 125000 for promoting commerce abroad versus a needed 250000 and offers no added attachés in key markets. South America aid is cut from 100000 to 25000, hindering small firms competing with foreign rivals. President Rhett of the United States Chamber of Commerce urges fuller government support to broaden American participation.
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House Committee On Appropriations
South America
Rhett
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
United States
Yucatan
H. A. Yost
Merida
Willard
Argumedo
Alvarado
German East Africa
British East Africa
Javea
East Africa
Joseph Chamberlain
Bahamas
Manila
Commerce Abroad and Government Support for Small Firms
The article argues for greater government aid to smaller American firms in foreign trade. It contends large companies need less help, while smaller and average concerns rely on official support for fair access to global markets. Expanded foreign commerce would boost agriculture, transport, manufacturing, banking, and shipping, stabilize labor, and reduce depressions.
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Congress
No Help From England In The Verdun War News
A dispatch argues Great Britain withholds help from allies while France and others endure Verdun and Gallipoli setbacks. It cites Clemenceau, Justice Goff, and various nations to claim Britain betrays allies and misleads Americans with assurances about armed merchant ships.
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Verdun
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Supreme Court
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Lord Newton Declines Salary as Foreign Office Official
Sir Edward Grey secures Lord Newton as undersecretary of state for foreign affairs replacing Lord Cecil. Newton refuses the $10,000 annual pay, wishes to serve for nothing, and brings a career in diplomacy and the Rosebery era to the Lords. His wit and independence are noted, with praise from King George and Queen Mary for his breezy style.
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Atlantic
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England
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Crewe
Lansdowne
Foreign Office
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Labouchere
Lord Rosebery
Althorten
Legh
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Edward I
Edward the Black Prince
Lyme
Peter Legh
Poitiers
Leares
Queen Elisabeth
Mary Queen of Scots
Charles I
James I
Jockey Club
Marquis of Lansdowne
Lord Haldane
Thomas Lipton
Sir Thomas
King George
Queen Mary
Chickens Testify in Kentucky Theft Trial
In Leupleville Kentucky a jury heard testimony in the theft of 60 fowls from W. H. Moreman as fifty witnesses, including five chickens, appeared in Ed Rowan’s criminal case. The chickens eyed the trial with pastoral calm while Moreman’s blue-blooded breeding was noted. Attorney Burke cross examined to avoid bias from chicken owners.
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Kentucky
Broadway
Variety
Leuleville
Cincinnati
Marconi's Witty Reply Attributed To Wireless Pioneer
The Philadelphia Public Ledger recounts Signor Marconi returning to Italy amid crisis and sharing an amusing anecdote. A lady mistook him for Mascagni and wanted to hear his "Intermesual" piece. He quipped he would perform only if she had a wireless piano, delivering a restrained, humorous exchange.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Signor Marconi
Italy
America
Mascagni
Marconi
Birth Control and Graft In Prospect Of Columbia Magazine
New magazine Dynamite from Columbia undergraduates features leading articles on Birth Control Immorality In Coeducational Schools and Graft Among Professors. The Houston style piece on birth control is credited to Herman Jacob Manklewics and may be uncertain in target. The college faculty contends the graft piece accuses professors of taking undergraduates money and failing to teach.
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Columbia University
Herman Jacob Manklewics
Herman
Folke
Columbia
Byrla
Talked millions cash 60 cents in auto tour scheme
Harry Foley posed as head of a transcontinental tour firm claiming 35 million dollars in capital and unlimited potential. He was arrested by detectives for investigation of his record though police say he bears no legal accountability for the project. Foley invented details from a casual remark and mapped out a highly plausible scheme.
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Yen Jose Dispatch
San Francisco
Harry Foley
Ite
Foley
Earache Epidemic Strikes Harrisburg Area News
Harrisburg reports an earache epidemic with hundreds of cases. Health officer J M Raunick says a mix of measles and grip leads germs to the inner ear. Measles remain prevalent as more than 200 cases are tallied citywide.
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Morrisburg
Phila. N. American
Harrisburg
J. M. Raunick
Raunick
Life reflections on self and sea within Atlantic Monthly
A verse discourse by John Manefield exploring life as a watery force held by restless cells. The speaker ponders unknowable origin and end, observing how living matter acts without direction as the world presses in. The imagery spans sea, moon, sun, and air, tracing a marvel within a larger marvel.
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John Manefield
The
Atlantic Monthly
Bathing Girls Trap Man in Natatorium Alarm
A group of six young women swimming at a city natatorium window surprised by a burglar creeping toward the Army and Navy Goods Company storeroom on Sixth Street. Officer William H. Larkin arrested the intruder in the storeroom after the girls fled to a corner and shouted for help. The ruse kept them warm despite the cold winds.
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Pittsburgh Dispatch
Philadelphia Record
Army and Navy Gooda Company
Sixth Street
William H. Larkin
Agan
John Plower
Leap Year Baby Born to Chicago Couple
A leap year baby born February 29 in Chicago to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Burley. The mother also marked a leap year birthday. Other items note a Harper's Magazine anonymous tale about a heavy handed maid, an interior city family. A minor earthquake startled residents as furniture rattled. Judge quotes on argument end with one end.
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Chicago Herald
Earl Burley
Harper's Magazine
Smith
Lizzie
Supreme Court Decision on Dred Scott Case Heat of 1857
Fifty nine years ago today March 6 1857 the Supreme Court issued its Dred Scott ruling Chief Justice Taney led a nine judge majority holding African Americans could not be citizens Congress lacked power to bar slavery in new territories and Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional The decision sparked fierce sectional backlash altering national politics and fueling the coming conflict.
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Supreme Court
Dred Scott
Supreme Court of the
United States
Fort Snelling
Ilinois
Missouri
Illinois
Taney
Congress
South
Africa
Douglas
Borough bans repairing cars within town limits
Burgress K. P. Fener of Ashley borough issues an edict forbidding drivers to stop automobiles for repairs inside borough lines even for punctures or blowouts. Jitney drivers and auto owners protest. Harry Owens arrested for stopping to repair and fined, appeals the judgment.
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Wilkes-Barre
Phila
N. American
Burgesey K. P. Fener
Ashley Borough
Burgess
Harry Owens
Owens
Man remanded after biting infant daughter
Nicolo Pavola, described as abnormal by Judge Boyle in Camden criminal court, pleaded guilty to biting his 2 year old daughter, strapping her, and ill treating the child. He chased his wife with a butcher knife. the judge ordered a jail inquiry into his mental condition.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Boyle
Camden Criminal Court
Nicolo Pavola
Judge Boyle
Unholy Attack on Tintypes Across Federal Will
A Minneapolis Journal excerpt rants against a government rule banning tintypes for applicants seeking a laboratory aid civil service exam in the Bureau of Mines. It likens the move to colonial tax and historic tyrannies, urging patriotic resistance and recalling Boston era events. The piece also recalls a gossiping exchange about a son who moved west and entered politics, touching on local humor.
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Minneapolis Journal
Paul Revere
Civil Service
Bureau of Mines
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Colonial Times
Nathan Hale
Boston
Dred Scott
World Travelers Meet in Capital Hotel Lobbies
A diverse group of guests in Washington share views on the upcoming Republican and Progressive conventions in Chicago. Dr A B Hanson notes Chicago’s political vigor and cautions against price gouging during the campaigns while predicting a long process with many candidates on the Republican side and fewer on the Progressive side.
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Chicago
A.B Hanson
Raleigh
Ilinois
Sherman
Jim Mann
Mann
Burton
Weeks
Fair
Banha
Roosevelt
Hughes
Skunk Triumphs Over Snake in Cumberland Encounter
A party of foxhunters including Game Warden George Phifer William Reeves Furman M Reeves Dr Charles May Shean witnessed a fatal skunk versus pine snake fight in Cumberland this morning. After a half hour the skunk bit the snake in the back and killed it, then the hunters dispatched the polecat.
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M Dmencan
George Phifer
William Later
Furman M Reeves
Charles Mayshean
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