Government Ownership Best Than Servitude Says MicAdoo Shipping Bill Push
Secretary MicAdoo has returned from South America with information urging immediate Congress action on the merchant marine shipping bill. He argues government ownership is preferable to foreign control and that passage would bolster commerce in peacetime and aid naval transport in war, while condemning delays amid other defense bills.
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MicAdoo
South America
Congress
Conference
Clouse
Naval Affairs
Committee On Merchant Marine
United States
Great Britain
Germany
United States Navy
Water Power Controversy at National Conservation Congress
A national conservation congress committee backed Shields and Myers water power bills, Senate passage by over two to one, and a 116 to 39 convention vote in favor. Pinchot and Garfield denounced the committee as serving interests, while delegates mostly voted along power interest lines.
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School of Conservation
National Conservation Congress
Shields
Myers
Senate
United States
M. Pinchot
Garfield
Pinchot
Delei
Pinchot supporters urged not to abandon conservation body
The article argues that the Pinchot led conservation organization should not be abandoned though new conservationists join its deliberations. It warns against water power interests gaining undue influence and opposes private nitrate factory ventures funded by government money. It urges restraint when ideas are rejected in a convention of honest men.
The Mexican Agreement Aims at Peace and Withdrawal
The column credits Generals Obregon and Scott for a possible agreement to withdraw American troops pursuing Villa, seeking peace and orderly Mexican conduct. It urges Carranza to curb raiders, protect American investments, and revive mines railways and factories to employ bandits-turned-workers.
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Obregon
Scott
Mexico
United States
Villa
Columbus
Pershing
Carranza
Civil Service Debates Over Revisions and Exceptions
The Senate rejected a Hollis rural credits amendment to place Federal land loan board employees under civil service. Critics say current practice lets officials hire outside the classified service, eroding civil service. A tougher, more practical law is urged, balancing experience with fair, inflexible rules and fewer exemptions.
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Senate
Hollis Rural Credits
Federal Land Loan Board
Civil Service
Smoot
Utah
On the Clothes Line and the Short Skirt Debate
A columnist reopens the long running argument over the short skirt as an emblem of modesty and morality. The piece questions who should decide fashion norms and whether the issue is tied to race age or personal view within a given era.
Modesty in fashion and reformer views in society
A reflective column discusses modesty across eras and cultures from Maud Muller to Hawaiian maidens and a Zulu belle. It questions dress norms, the gaze of reformers, and the moral tale behind garter etiquette and seaside costumes. It ends urging thoughtful regulation of attire.
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Maud Muller
Egypt
Nile
Order of the Garter
European Masses Against Continuance of the War
A roundup of global unrest warns belligerent governments face rising antiwar sentiment as riots strikes and protests erupt in Ireland Berlin Petrograd Moscow and Italy while France Britain and Russia strain under casualties taxation and shortages. The piece notes censorship limits and grim prospects for war endurance, with comments on Italy France and other nations and assorted satirical asides.
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Ireland
Berlin
Petrograd
Moscow
Great Britain
United States
Italy
France
Verdun
Heir to Peyton Baronetcies in Virginia and England
A discussion traces the Peyton baronetcies from James I through 1776, noting an older line living in Virginia and detailing the 17th century sales of Cambridgeshire estates. It follows Capt Algernon Peyton and the Clanricarde succession, ending with the rise of the Marquis of Clanricarde amid Burke claims and an Indian Mutiny era anecdote about Ulick Browne and his wife.
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Algernon Peyton
Swift
Bicester
Oxford
Algernon Thomas Peyton
Hunzar Regiment
Peyton Heronetcy
Virginia
Payton
James I
Charles I
Edward Peytor
Oliver Cromwell
Roundhead
John Peyton
Isisham Catatea
Cambridgeshire
John
New England
Sir John
America
New Bhegland
Charles II
Isleham
Peytons
Algernon Payton
Doddington
Sir Sewater Peyton
Queen Anna
Sir Seawater
Thomas
Sligo
Lord Clanricarde
Monghyr
Notorious Bandit Victim Requests Leg Exhumation
In Franklin H. In Gram's probate will, he asks that his amputated left leg be exhumed from a field near the Oregon State penitentiary and moved to Santa Clara County for burial in Santa Clara, as a final wish. He lost the leg during a pistol fight with bandit Harry Tracy while serving a life term for murder, later pardoned by the governor for aiding guards in the fight.
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San Joes
Cal
San Francisco Chronicle
Franklin H
Harry Tracy
Oregon State Penitentiary
Santa Clara County
Tracy
Cheering Him Up After Boxing Beatdown
In a Chicago Herald item a professional boxer is badly beaten in a Sparring match and carried to his bed exhausted and despondent. His wife asks the doctor to cheer him up and the doctor proposes a blunt lie about the rival being mortally hurt so the man can hear a dramatic post mortem may be needed.
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The
Chicago Herald
Congress Condensed: Farm loan bill passes in narrow vote
Congress approved the Hollis farm loan bill creating two rural credit systems by a 53 to 5 vote. An army reorganization measure was deadlocked with the volunteer army and nitrate plant proposals in Senate, adjourned until conferees seek instructions. Rivers and harbors committee approved a $43,000,000 bill, $8,000,000 above the House. Adjourned at 6 60 p m until noon today.
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Hollis Farm Loan
House Passes Naval Haiti Service Bill and Unanimous Minor Measures
The House approved a bill allowing naval officers and enlisted men to volunteer for service under the Haitian government. It also passed several minor bills by unanimous consent. The Naval Affairs Committee kept working on the naval appropriation bill while the Merchant Marine Committee continued the shipping bill. The bill amplifying the Federal Reserve Act was passed, and the General Board of the Navy was summoned before the naval committee to explain alleged discrepancies in its report. Adjourned at 6 35 pm until noon.
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Naval Affairs Committee
Merchant Marine Committee
General Board of Navy
Naval Committee
Cickens
Orient Nut
San Francisco
George H Reed
San Francisco Commission
Powhatan
Pacific Coast
Japan
Shanghai
Ste
Ofa
Great Britain
England
Far East
Mrs Washington's rebuke and Mount Vernon dignity
A Youth's Companion recounts Martha Washington's courtesy at Mount Vernon when Nelly Custis and companions appeared at breakfast in curl papers. Mrs Washington did not rebuke them, and the scene continued until noted French officers and Charles Carroll arrived. Washington then urged not to change dress, saying a costume fit for Gen. Washington was fit for any guest.
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Rom
Martha Washington
Caramony
Nelly Custis
Miss Dandridge
Nelly
Mount Vernon
Mr. Washington
Gen. Washington
Birds Silenced Fire Siren in Oakbrook Firehouse
Reading Pa Dispatch reports residents of Oakbrook in the Cymru section learned the new roof siren was blocked by a bird nest. City Electrician Weiler cleared the obstruction and the bird family was relocated to restore the siren’s sound.
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Reading
Dispatch
Philadelphia
Oakbrook
Cymru
City
Weiler
Lilacs in a May Morning Magic
Poem excerpt describes lilacs across a city morning, vivid colors and memories, contrasting urban life with pastoral charm. Text uses lyrical imagery of lilacs in May, a cottage, and a magical sense of nature reawakening. The speaker's heart and memory sing as lilac sights evoke longing and beauty.
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Folger McKinsey
Baltimore Sun
Seattle Rabbit Is Smart
A Stettla Post-Intelligencer item profiles Benjamin Bunny, Seattle’s clever rabbit kept by Miss Alice Warner. The Maltese and white rabbit performs tricks, plays hide and seek, and obeys bedtime prompts, with a diet of jam and crackers.
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Stettla Post-Intelligencer
Benjamin Bunny
Seattle
Alice Warner
Misa Warner Mast
Carleton College
Northfield
Minn
Benjamin
Ilmita
Kaliyno
Warners
Warner
Battle of the Wilderness remembered fifty two years on
A bygone Civil War clash unfolded May 5 1864 between the Army of the Potomac led by Meade with Grant in command and the Army of Northern Virginia under Lee near the Rapidan. The brutal woodland fight, marked by heavy losses on both sides, ended at dusk with no clear victor as Union and Confederate forces endured brutal assaults and counterattacks amid tangled brush and smoke.
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Rapidan River
Burnside
Hays
Pittsburgh
Wadsworth
Baxter and Webb
Jones, Pickett and Jenkins
Human Fly Distress as Painter Scaffolds Sways
A Columbus Dispatch account details a tense scene on a high scaffold where painters swayed in spring wind. A nearby man signals, the crowd grows, and a youth teases a dangerous moment with a streetwise quip about sending up a chew.
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The
Columbus Dispatch
Jook
Geome
Horse Tries To Drown Cripple Near White River
Platt Cunningham of Hazleton drove to Vincennes and fell asleep returning home near the Knox county ferry on White River. His horse waded into the river, awakening Cunningham as the buggy flooded. He swam to shore, but lost his crutch and crawled to the ferryhouse. The horse drowned in the swift water.
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Princeton
Ind
Chicago
Platt Cunningham
Hazleton
Vincennes
Knox County
White River
Cunningham
Robin killed by golf ball at Pinehurst club
Mrs. Ronald H Barlow who recently won the women’s North and South links championship drove a golf ball that killed a robin feeding near the course. The bird death occurred as she topped a tee drive in her final match and the stuffed robin will be placed in the Pinehurst Country Club clubhouse per the report.
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Pinehurst
N.C
New York Sun
Pinehurst Country Club
Ronald H Barlow
Last Look At Easter Service Joke From Puck
A quip at Easter services asks why a man stared at his wife so intently. He replies that with summer dance and sea shore bathing seasons approaching, it might be the last time he will see her fully dressed until rain.
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Puck
Washington hotel chatter on tariff reform and trade
In hotel discussions in Washington, senators and merchants debate postwar tariff shifts, England's sugar production and duties, and potential preferential rates. They warn of England as a future competitor, cite freight bottlenecks to Shanghai, rising rates, and trading restrictions, and note linen markets and longstanding linen trade in history.
Rattlesnakes on Drift Rafts in Texas Bays
Rockport ranchman J C Herring reports that during floods drifted timber from Guadalupe and other rivers carries rattlesnakes into bays and islands. He notes snakes cling to rafts and are killed when found, with a prior scarcity of jackrabbits turning into thousands.
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Austin Tex
Phila North American
J C Herring
Rockport
Guadalupe
Texas
Life fragments reveal a missing boat and a cautious plan
Fragmentary Life notes show Bertie stealing a motorboat and disappearing with a girl. A neighbor muses whether the craft broke down, while in another line a question about prayers and a Zeppelin hints at wartime tension. The readable text sketches a fragile domestic moment amid global anxiety.
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Hiram
Wilderness
Sedgwick
Hancock
Hill
Wadeworth
Longstreet
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Hil’s
Ewell
Robin
Washington
Ward Hines
Robert Fef. Brownsard
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Formosa
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