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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1915
Page
11
The Washington Post issue lists subscription terms and rates for carrier and mail delivery. It also reports the U S Treasury balance and yearly deficit, noting total receipts and payments for the fiscal year and a deficit of 385 million dollars, versus 24 million last year before Panama Canal and debt dealings.
A 1918 wartime report urges immediate construction of a Boston to Rio Grande inland waterway with 7 and 10 foot depths. It argues the route strengthens commerce and coastal defense, warns Britain and Germany exploit coastal cutoffs, and calls state and commercial support for congressional approval. The plan envisions aiding torpedo boats, submarines, and blockading fleet mobility inland.
Senator Camden of Kentucky argues boosting farm wealth via better production yields and distribution will spur social, educational, and religious growth, improving rural life faster than rural credit schemes. He says government loans to farmers won’t improve crops or family life or access to churches and schools.
A provincial plan argues that gradual reforms in road development education and public health will make rural life more livable and appealing to city dwellers. Rising living costs may push people back to farms, with government offering a helping hand rather than artificial laws to boost crop prosperity.
The article argues that issuing the remaining Panama Canal bonds to cover the Treasury deficit would aid the economy without harming the people. It compares debt financing to increased taxes, suggests issuing $240,569,000 in full, and notes benefits like more circulating money and funding public improvements next Congress.
The Democratic chairman of the House appropriations committee rebukes his party for wasteful spending and argues for centralization of authority. He says eight appropriation committees reduce discipline, with the Ways and Means and Committee on Committees shaping appointments. He urges the Speaker to gain appointment power to enforce economy and curb extravagance.
A sweeping critique argues Britain's blockade plan risks starving French and Russian POWs in Germany and provokes retaliation from neutral nations. It warns Britain will damage global commerce, invite war, and fail to force Germany into submission, while stressing allied and neutral opposition to punitive measures.
At Amherst College alumni banquet in New York a letter from "Lord Jeffrey" was read. The writer, Hugh Amherst, Earl Amherst, praises his son Jeffrey, a Coldstream Guards lieutenant at the French front. The piece traces the Amherst lineage from Kent, England, through the Earls of Amherst, noting military service and ties to Amherst College and Kent estates.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch report states a man, told the scent of hay could cure insomnia, slept in a barn and was found suffocated by hay. The article notes the remedy proved too permanent and fatal.
In a shifting power debate the House contemplates returning to the prior system where the Speaker held authority over all committees to tighten oversight and prevent breakdowns in the present system. The move signals a bid to reassert centralized leadership and streamline governance.
Chancellor George I. Humphries of the district has granted 4,186 divorces over twelve years, including 2,342 to Black spouses, with 60 divorces issued this week in Heber Springs. Known as a court “divorce judge,” he receives many letters seeking guidance on separation and remarriage. He is in his third six year term, contemplates a Congressional bid, and is a former grand master of Arkansas Odd Fellows. He resides on a 1000 acre Salem farm promoting farm life benefits.
Theresa Mahoney four year old daughter of John T Mahoney a kindergarten pupil in Olcott School astonished teachers and onlookers by playing classics and popular pieces with both hands without any formal instruction she plays from memory never looking at the keyboard a Marquette music teacher describes her as extraordinary showing five finger technique and expressive interpretation for a child with no lessons
Abdolla Saad of La Crosse wins an interlocutory divorce from his wife who left home in 1980. He kept the coffee hot and waited nine years before the court granted the decree. He plans to remarry after the required one year wait. Neighbors saw her move to a neighbor and take a train.
Sisters Jennie Wolf and Bessie Gordon were told they would receive a 6000 dollar bequest from William Popper, a young man from Prague who, while hungry, asked for food four years earlier. Popper, son of a Bohemian art dealer, sought help and later sent word he would remember them in his will. Chicago attorneys notified the sisters through Prague contacts.
A German-raised bulldog named Stein reacts to Dick Goeppner, Park Hotel owner in Salem, who sings Tipplerary. The dog’s owner disputes the singer’s right and the scene centers on cultural friction and the pet’s behavior after the purchase.
A collection of quips and maxims from the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph touching neutrality, money, social conduct, marriage, public speaking, popularity among women, and common sense. The excerpt weaves humor about money, reputation, and human behavior with wry observations.
Hugh D. Adair a 21 year old Chicago stenographer recovering at St Luke's after skull tumor surgery. Doctors used thigh bone membrane grafting to cover brain and shoulder blade bone graft to fill skull opening. Surgeon Dr A E Halsted led the procedure about a month ago and Adair hopes to return to work in two weeks.
Albany dispatches hint Elihu Root aims to be Secretary of State in the next administration to guide the nation through upcoming diplomatic challenges and European wars, seen as a patriotic aim and a beacon for the country.
Frederick Harold Beach and T Howard Wilson portray a surreal journey through a California landscape in the Los Angeles Times column. The narrator observes exaggerated figures and advertising imagery across rolling hills and seaside scenes, ending with a call to go forth and see America advertise. The piece blends critique and whimsy as it reflects on travel, commerce, and perception in American life.
A fragment shows a parent warning a son about a rough boy before a bicycle ride. The partial dialogue implies concern for safety and influence, with the son replying that he was not to be bought into bicycling. The source reads as a casual, domestic exchange from a historical page.
Oscar A. Million, 24, and Miss Iva Everett, 19, both of Kansas City, married by Judge Roberts in a Cupid parlor setting. The groom keeps his surname. Iva Million becomes a shared punny surname as the couple departs by car after the ceremony. The judge jokes about a fee, and the couple leaves with Million thanks as they begin their new life together.
From the Chicago News, a pointed note on an actress who, after recovering from one marriage, enters another. The piece wryly contrasts wealth and its penalties, implying moneyed status shapes romantic outcomes. It closes with a dry jab about expenditures and social expectations.
Universal Rattlesnake Jim, a barefoot traveler from Eugene, visited Portland. Born James Saudino Lonefeather in Luzerne Switzerland, he claims Ogallala Sioux and Swiss parentage. Since leaving Luzerne on April 6, 1897, he plans to end the journey April 6, 1920, having covered over 133000 miles barefoot. He will proceed north into Canada while funding his travels via manual labor and performances of Indian dances and Swiss yodeling. He seeks disease immunity, unique adventures, and an unconventional education.
Glenwood City Wisconsin reports Little Louie Von Ruden, a boy born without limbs, won a pony for securing the largest number of votes in a farm journals subscription contest. Despite lacking legs he maneuvers with a roller skate strapped to a stump and attends school with cheerful health. His German family ensures he lacks for nothing and embraces his cheerful outlook.
Albert Pankopf, 78, white-haired and bent, danced blindfolded among eighteen eggs set in two rooms at intervals of a foot for several minutes without breaking a shell. For over 50 years he has performed the feat, this time at the Schlach event of the Saxonia and Generali German Benevolent Association. He feinted, then collapsed faintly from a weak heart, recovered amid cheers and bowed. Also: a mother warns her son Edward will visit for dinner and asks him to wash up first.
The sun and tide table shows sun rise at 6:09 and high tide at 5:38, with low tides at 1:42 and 6:06. Weather bulletin from the Weather Bureau predicts unsettled, cloudy, and cooler conditions Tuesday and Wednesday for the District of Columbia Virginia Maryland, with rain or snow in parts, and generally fair weather thereafter. Temperatures vary across regions with cooler days and mixed precipitation, and among other cities, rainfall and sunshine figures are noted for the period.
In Washington Governor James B. McCreary of Kentucky reflects on a long governorship and the state’s progress, citing road, education, health, and banking reforms funded by a new revenue. Pennsylvania figures like Brumbaugh and Knox draw GOP support amid tax and deficit concerns, while Lincoln Beachey’s fatal monoplane crash prompts reflections on risk, science, and the future of aviation.
A wartime report quotes Alliance Ohio manufacturers noting no expected surge in business until a political shift and tariff changes. A proposal encounter reveals German suppliers could undercut American pay, delivering steel castings at about half the U S rate, challenging local producers while tariffs stay in effect.
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