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Make the Country Safe The First Duty of Congress
A call for Congress to prioritize national defense over diplomacy. The piece urges strengthening the army and navy, expanding aerial defense, fortifying harbors, building a merchant marine, and creating a general staff to plan war in the hemisphere. It warns without robust defense diplomacy and policy will fail.
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China
New World
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Panama
Britain’s proposed allied trade pact may exclude neutrals
France protests the plan as its core aims to bar neutrals and keep the United States out of a British led commercial alliance. The piece argues the U S should stay free from foreign entanglements while Britain seeks to anchor markets in the postwar era.
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France
Great Britain
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United States
New World
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Doubts on British Merchant Vessels Clouding US Policy
The piece argues that facts about armed British merchantmen, not law, risk war for the United States. It urges Britain to provide a plain public assurance that its merchant ships are peaceful, and questions why Britain or Grey withholds such assurances while Germany offers guarantees.
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Great Britain
Germany
United States
England
Edward Grey
Ambassador Page
Freight Congestion Pushes Rail Embargo Policy
Eastern railroads seek ICC approval of embargoes on export traffic and propose reducing free storage time while increasing demurrage on cars not unloaded timely. Officials argue shippers burdened by past underinvestment in terminal facilities, urging the commission to allow railroads to expand earning capacity to meet growth.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Farm Credits and Farmer Credit Beliefs
Representative L. T. McFadden argues farmers feel bank loans should match favorable collateral rates offered to large buyers. He notes farmers are misled into believing they deserve the lowest rates, while the farmer struggles to obtain credit compared with buyers of steel or iron, despite good crops.
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L. T. McFadden
Pennsylvania
House Committee On Banking and Currency
United States
Rural farm loan plan eyed as government aid grows
A rural credit bill proposes twelve Federal land banks with a minimum capital of 500000 each backed by government subscriptions. Borrowers join national farm loan associations, own stock, and repay on an amortization basis. Interest capped by law, with guarantees between banks, and a 1 percent premium charged to borrowers. The system aims to mirror European farming finance in a single legislative act.
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Federal Farm Loan Board
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Husbands at Bay Sparkling Smear of Witty Social Satire
The piece mocks rising psychology trends in crime while lampooning married life. It cites Mrs. Elizabeth Carey of New York and the journalist Luke McLuke to critique male infidelity and fashionable decoy temptations. It blends social commentary with playful and pointed asides about dress, domestic life, and public affairs.
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Pro German Elements at Russian Court Reportedly Strong
In wartime Russia pro German views persist at court among the aristocracy press and bureaucracy. Figures like Makiekow and Maklakov openly favor closer Russia Germany ties while Countess Ignatieva and Count Ignatieff are Germanophiles influencing Petrograd society. The Novoye Vremya press espouses anti British tones, aided by control of the Petrograd telegraph agency.
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Annual Safe Blowing Occurs in River Edge
In River Edge New Jersey the post office safe is repeatedly robbed each year. Henry Van Buskirk finds blankets mussed and two horses shivering, while Postmaster Edward Kenny laments damaged blankets and empty drawers. The thief reportedly took nothing beyond a few old receipts and postage stamps. A separate church fete features a fortune teller predicting a distinguished later life for a mother’s son, but only if he survives.
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River Edge
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Edward Kenny
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Enorville Sentinel
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Congress Condensed in House Debate and Nominations
Senator Sutherland defended the Presidents course in negotiations with Germany while labeling the Mexican policy the spineless retreat. The Shields water power bill debate continued as subcommittees probed Louis Brandeis nomination to the Supreme Court. Baker of Cleveland was confirmed as Secretary of War. The McLemore resolution to warn Americana off armed ships was tabled 276 to 143. Representatives Page Sherwood and Engle said they would not seek reelection. adjournment noted after 6 33 p m.
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Foot Warmer for Officers A New Traffic Cop Comfort
A Birmingham Age-Herald report notes a need for warmer feet for traffic policemen. A Pittsburgh test shows a flat 18% inch square plate heater with four temperatures, powered by an armored conduit switch on a street corner. The device lets officers stand all day without burning soles, can be moved to the corner or station, and could spread to other cities if practical. The article emphasizes the officer's vital role and the low operating cost while highlighting gains in safety and comfort.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Pittsburgh
Beauty and the call to share art's solace
The poem laments harsh days and urges the need to seek beauty as nourishment for the soul. It contrasts marble and canvas with the failing eyesight and hunger of the poor, urging compassion and the outstretched hand to offer uplifting beauty to all who pass by.
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Spring Fever Described as Primitive Impulse
From the Sacramento Bee Dr W A Sawyer calls spring fever a natural urge to quit work and seek the sun and freedom. He notes whether descended from monkey or Adam and Eve, our ancestors celebrated spring by basking, and modern humans share that longing.
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W. A. Sawyer
State Board of Health
Garden of Eden
Dr. Sawyer
Mrs Compton Sits on Man's Hat by Mistake on Chicago Transit
Mrs Compton and her husband ride a Chicago line when she sits on a stranger's hat by error. The owner calmly identifies the mishap, and she apologizes, explaining she mistook the hat for her husband’s in a bustling car.
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Chicago News
French Assembly Coined Church Plate 125 Years Ago
It was March 4 1784 when the French national assembly ordered church plate valued at 84 million francs to be minted. The piece recalls the Estates General and rising tensions as hunger and inequality spawned the revolution, seen as a sacred assertion of human dignity.
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Estates General
France
From Tramp to Millionaire Drake’s Central America Fortune
Leslie R. Drake of Central America recalls sitting on a New York Central Park bench twenty years earlier as a tramp with no food or shelter. He now claims wealth exceeding a million dollars, enough to buy all the beefsteaks he desires for life, though he cautions others not to imitate his path.
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Los Angeles Dispatch
New York Sun
Leslie R. Drake
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Central Park
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Bradstree
Whittier’s Inspiration Dead in East Haverhill Teacher
Miss Priscilla H Marsh an East Haverhill schoolteacher whose teaching inspired Whittier to write In School Days has died Funeral services were held at Malden where she had lived 25 years Born in Peacham Vermont she was 76 years old She began teaching in rural schools and her work with pupils in East Haverhill led Whittier to compose the poem
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Boston Dispatch
New York World
Priscilla H. Marsh
East Haverhill
Whittier
Malden
Miss Marsh
Peacham
Whither
Government physician at birth foreseen by Boston lecturer
Dr Charles Zueblin argues in Milwaukee Maternity Hospital lecture that the nation should guarantee every newborn a government physician at birth. He says private care will exist but a state entry into life is a legitimate use of scientific knowledge and a duty to ensure proper birth.
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Against Union Rules
A humorous tale from The Argonaut recounts a soldier describing a battle from six in the morning to seven at night. The workman questions the timing noting unions would not stand for such long hours today.
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Views Of Capital Visitors On Interesting Topics
Maryland will not repeat 1922 vote for Woodrow Wilson and will back a Republican winner in Chicago. Senator William P Jackson urges a protective tariff and a strong merchant marine, while aviator opinions praise French aircraft and critique German plans. Delaware's J Frank Alles calls for unified Republican effort, electability, and Knox as president candidate. Delegation from Delaware to Chicago expected uninstructed.
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Blind Eight Years Sees Now In Altoona Painter Regains Sight
Edward Claycomb a city painter ended eight years of blindness after a 1908 fall caused retinal detachment. Specialists across cities deemed hopeless, yet in recent weeks his vision has begun to return, allowing him to read large letters and distinguish colors. He hopes full recovery follows. This note from the Baltimore American includes a joke: Whats an optimist A man who tells others not to worry when things go his way.
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