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Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1916
Page
11
United States Demands Equal Neutral Rights From Britain
The United States rejects any notion that its neutrality depends on Germany’s posture. It states Britain must also respect neutral rights and cease disrupting neutral commerce. The note backs Germany’s stance and warns Washington will press Britain to end violations, asserting no favoritism among belligerents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Geerman
United States
Great Britain
Edward Carey Coully
Germean
Shotis
America
Britain
Huston
American
England
Unclear modern feast discourse and exotic cannibal joke
A Chicago physician questions modern dining tastes linking a salty diet to health. The fragment discusses South Sea savages and Fiji banquets with humorous fatalism about cannibals avoiding prime white meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New England
Xerxes
Fiji
Salt Diet Threat to Islanders Provokes Reform
A Chicago physician warns that a single restaurant soup bowl may hold five times the daily salt allowance. He links excessive salt to health risks, citing old salts and condiments in famed dishes. The piece questions the fate of nonsalt eaters if such a diet persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Motor Vehicles in War and in Peace Highlight Transportation Demand
The article argues that motor vehicles aeroplanes and hydro planes proved crucial in World War I from Verdun to the Mexican expedition. It predicts postwar demand for commercial transport and cites US Mexican rail conflicts and French German use of trucks as proof of capacity and reliability for passenger and freight movement across continents and undeveloped regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Mexico
Continent
Republic
Verdun
Thesas
United States
Villa
Transportation Department
Alaska
Strait of Magellan
Villa Expeditionary Force
United States Army
Swapping Markets and the Drift of Foreign Trade
An analysis questions the pro tariff argument that opening the U S market to foreign imports boosts foreign markets. It notes domestic production momentum is key, citing Underwood tariff effects and a 20 month European demand surge for war materials, with March exports of munitions and explosives dominating the rise in foreign trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bureau of Foreign and
Domeastic Commerce
Europe
Atlantic
Market opening hampered by war effects on trade
Without the war’s disruption the American market would likely have opened with a strong domestic gain and a corresponding rise in foreign trade. The passage suggests the conflict prevented beneficial domestic impact and offered no offsetting foreign trade increase.
The Price of Gasoline and Shifts in Supply
Analysis shows gasoline prices rise from strong demand and falling crude output at Cushing, with 1915 demand boosted by 892,618 new vehicles and 446,900,000 extra gallons consumed. Midcontinent supplies 60 percent of U S fuel, while Rittman cracking promises more output but at higher cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Western
H. G. James
Western Petroleum Refiners’ Association
Ita
Great Cushing Pool
Cushing Pool
United States
Cushing
Rittman
Salute of Eleven Guns Granted to Aga Khan by King George
The London Gazette notes King George grants Sultan Aga Khan an eleven gun salute in recognition of loyalty to the crown. The piece details Aga Khan’s status, wealth, and spiritual influence across Moslems worldwide, plus a brief history of gun salutes from Europe to Asia and notable 101 gun traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
London
Sultan Aga Khan
Aga Khan
Fatima
Ali
Mohammed
Aga Khen
Ismail
India
Persia
Arabia
Afghanistan
Africa
Egypt
China
Dutch Indies
Philippines
Age Khan
Mongolia
Burmah
Malabar Hills
Bombay
Oriental
Nuremberg
Augsburg
Congress Condensed and Nominations Move Ahead
The good roads bill totaling 85 million dollars for years of expenditure passed. Eugene E. Reed of New Hampshire was nominated to the Philippine commission. George Rubles of New Hampshire considered for the Federal Trade Commission, with a vote set for next Thursday. Brandeis confirmation received the President's letter. Indian appropriation conference report discussed and sent back. Army bill referred to conference with instruction to oppose large regular and volunteer forces and back nitrate plant support. Naval committee pressed ahead on the naval appropriation bill. Adjourned briefly for noon and again until 11 tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene E. Reed
New Hampshire
Philippine Commission
George &. Rubles
Federal Trade Commission
Brandeis
House
Senate
Naval Committee
Motor killed Squirrel Puss in Bayliss Park
Squirrel Puss, matriarch of Bayliss park, died when a speeding car struck her near the Elks club. Puss enjoyed broad friendly ties with locals from the Grand Hotel to the peanut man, and generations of descendants mourned as her grave was dug in the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha World Herald
Puss
Bayliss Park
Elks
Council Bluffs
Grand Hotel
Park
Trin
Hearl Allen
Wolf Too Chummy With Dog in Owasso Streets
A timber wolf wandered Owasso Michigan streets for several days in the company of a Russian wolfhound. Local papers learned the wolf escaped from the cage at William Seagel’s Durand home. The animal was coaxed back by separating it from the dog and guiding it into a enclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owasso
Mich
Dispatch
Detroit Free Press
William Seagel
Durand
Old Stump Yields Riches on Gen Benson Farm
On Gen A R Benson’s Delaware farm, several colored workmen uncovered a cache of presumed stolen treasure near a large stump. They found four watches many gold items a mix of rings pins a neckpiece and several gold coins including a $250 piece and a $20 piece. They believe the loot was buried years ago in a wilderness area and hope to uncover more as digging continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen Benson
Diamonds Found Adrift North Sea Deckhand Confesses
Walter Gleeson a British minesweeper deckhand told police today he found a floating package in the North Sea aboard a trawler. He recovered 98 polished and 75 unpolished diamonds worth about £100 and tried to sell them with a accomplice in Cardiff. No owner identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
North Sea
Walter Gleeson
Cardiff
Rhyme Without Reason from the Evening World
A playful verse laments summer prep from window screens to lawnmower tasks and vacation days. It hints at family life, outdoor picnics, fishing, and neighbors sharing labor and meals as the season approaches. The tone is light and humorous about rural and urban summer rituals.
Sheridan’s Famous 1864 Virginia Raid Anniversary
The account recalls General Philip Sheridan’s May 1864 raid to sever Lee’s lines from Richmond. He crossed key rivers, captured Beaver Dam Station, destroyed 10 miles of railway and supplies, released Federal prisoners, and defeated Stuart at Ashland Station before pushing toward Richmond and returning to the Army of the Potomac by May 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army of the Potomac
Sheridan
Lee
Richmond
Virginia
Merritt
Greeg
Wilson
North Anna
Virginia Central Railway
Beaver Dam
J. E. B. Stuart
Rapidan
Ashland Station
Fredericksburg Road
Stuart
Custer
Meadow Bridge
Haxalls Landing
James River
White House
Hanover Courthouse
Army of the
Wild Beasts On Firing Line in German East Africa
Cape Town correspondence describes Gen J C Smuts forces in German East Africa as a premier big game field. Troopers report wildebeest eland hartebeest gemsbok redbok gymsbok springbok and many predators seen daily as dawn patrols traverse plains. Bush lice plague horses and men, spreading disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
York Times
J. C Smuts
German East Africa
Wildebeeste
Eland
Hartebeest
Gemsbok
Redbok
Gymsbok
Springbok
When Editors Were Doctors Bath Journal History
The London Times Keenes Bath Journal, one of Britain's oldest weekly provincial papers, traces its origin to 1742 founded by Thomas Rockeley. Its Keene family lineage passed the title through marriage, with editors once selling patent medicines from the office and pausing to fetch pills during editorials as pages filled with cure alls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
Keenes
Bath Journal
Thomas Rockeley
Hoare
John Keene
Keene
Hia
Thrush a Police Captive at Fifty-Fifth Street
A wood thrush wandered into the Fifty-Fifth Street station early yesterday. Lieutenant O'Connor found the bird perched on his desk and kept it behind improvised bars until bail was arranged, after which the bird was released in Central Park. Earlier, the officer noted unlawful entrances and a chameleon on the window ledge during the shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Wood Thrush
Lieut. O'Connor
Thrush
Mr. W. Thrush
Lieut O'Connor
Central Park
Lieut O'Conner
Fifty-first Street
Pfisterer divorce suit over wife staying out at night
Mrs Margaretta Pfisterer, 66, faces divorce from husband Gottflob Pfisterer, also 66, after 44 years of marriage. They had eleven children, five living, with seven years of counter-suits already filed. The couple’s dispute centers on night absence and family strain amid the From Life reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Margaretta Pfisterer
Gottflob
Frederick Pfisterer
Fayette parson’s spick and span car spurs road scene
In the motor age a Fayette parson drives a spotless car down the street as a mute colt glances at its mother and follows the vehicle along the thoroughfare, capturing a curious moment of rural life in transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Kansas City Times
Colt
West Virginia Republicans Name Delegates to Chicago Convention
In Willard Hotel lobbies Virgil Highland outlined West Virginia GOP plans. Delegates will back Theodore Burton on first ballot but may switch. primary on June 6 will certify names. State aims to elect five of six House members, a senator, and the governor in November. Highland stresses tariff and preparedness as core issues. Hatfield–Hughes note denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Virgil Highland
New Willard
Theodore Burton
Ohio
Voile
Virginia
House
United States
Senate
United Organization
Gov Hatfield
Justice Hughes
Highlang
Hughes
Nebraska in doubt in 1912 elections says Hor ton
Lincoln political figure George A Hor ton argues Nebraska remains highly uncertain with Wilson favored for electoral votes though Hitchcock faces risk amid Bryan feud. Lobeck expected to win Omaha district. Neville potential governor foe to Bryan’s wet stance. Bryan to back Wilson for reelection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Nebraska
George A Horton
Lincoln
Raleigh
Wilson
Hitchcock
W J Bryan
Bryan
Washington
Omaha
Lobeck
Congress
Neville
Mexican Raids Trigger Texas Outcry Over Border Violence
Capt James E Lucy of Austin recalls the Brewster county border raids and killings of soldiers and civilians. He praises Texas Rangers and urges a strong policy under President Wilson, warning Texans may demand U S intervention and police action along the Rio Grande until order is restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Brewster County
United States
James E Lucy
Austin
Tex
Occidental
Lucy
Texas Ranger Service
Luex
Porftrie Ihaz
Glenn Springs
Rio Grande
Fort Law
Uncle Sam
Music Played Through Home Furnace in Indiana Plant
Superintendent H. E Thompson of the Indiana Paving Brick and Block Company presses a wall switch and ten phonograph records are fed by an electric motor into a cold air duct. The basement phonograph setup is housed in a plaster of Paris horn, with a circular table housing ten records moved by a central motor, delivering music through the furnace vents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brami
Ind
Indianapolis Star
H. E Thompson
Indiana Paving Brick and Block Company
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