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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1914
Page
13
The Baltimore Sun backs mediation plans at Niagara Falls but warns Latin American nations cannot rival the United States in enforcing the Monroe Doctrine. It stresses US primacy, warns against shared authority, and notes Mexico's agrarian tensions under Villa Carranza and Madero.
The piece discusses Count Okuma’s popularity as Japan’s leader and his stance on the Pacific controversy. It argues his rhetoric aims to reassure the United States Australia and New Zealand while masking Japan’s defensive posture and potential aggression. The author questions Okuma’s call to abandon canal fortifications and notes the broader risk of Japanese expansion and political pressures in Tokyo. The commentary links financial moves and military funding to a fragile balance in the Pacific.
A harsh, opinionated roundup condemns a Carnegie endowment Balkan atrocity report as biased and sensational. It mocks the study for hearsay, favoritism toward powerful figures, and exaggeration while noting comments on Pancho Villa and other international topics with scathing wit.
An international Paris fashion debate on banning wild bird plumage is linked with royal views on headgear as a step toward bird protection. The piece notes Kilmun’s historic Campbell family burial ground, recounts the Black Knight of Lochow tale, and covers Westminster Hall oak repair posed by Courthorpe, with political implications over parliamentary seat retention.
Fragmentary note mentions Cornvright and MaRQuse, likely misread names tied to the Bigitwood Company. No clear event or date is readable, but the snippet suggests a corporate or personnel reference within a local business context.
A court removed a harsh phrase from an application affecting the name Hari Made, ruling the wording improper. The decision focuses on proper naming in legal filings and sets a precedent for respectful phrasing in official documents.
Former New Haven Railroad president Charley Mellen testifies before the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging J. Pierpont Morgan pushed intangible value reads on the system at a price, implying possible crime against stockholders and passengers. He suggests he may have acted as a dummy in many cases and that the other side’s account remains to be heard.
A fragmented calendar fragment notes Wednesday sessions involve medical consideration and potential codification of laws related to the judiciary. The text references a sitting or occupied state and a discussion on statutory changes impacting court matters. Named entities are unclear due to illegibility.
Governor Walsh visits Charlestown prison and meets Jesse Pomeroy in his cell. Pomeroy, isolated for 38 years, speaks of a bank book for his mother and reports good appetite. Officials note potential mental strain from long confinement and the governor pledges to pursue the bank book and health details.
Horace J. Bridges told the Chicago Ethical Society that workers should limit labor to two hours per stretch to avoid fatigue and maintain efficiency. He urged diversions like reading and music between sessions to preserve focus and balance, emphasizing a personal center of quiet.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger anecdote recalls a woman proving that bank identification was unnecessary by identifying herself through a cheeky recollection of a cashier's neighbor and a domestic dispute. The vivid scene ends with the implied confession that the wife demanded money for dinner.
A 14 year old Watertown girl Annie Bolton was spanked by Will co a shoe repairer on Main Street Watertown in a Waltham court case. The complaint by the girl's mother states Marco led the girl into the shop under pretense of offering old shoe boxes then placed her over his knee and spanked her. The cobbler paid ten dollars.
A curious prize pigeon story from Chicago The Tribune describes a pigeon entering a stovepipe on Michael Debola's land and emerging black with soot. The roost mates mistook it for a crow and killed it, leaving the flock to mourn after rain renewed the air.
Fragmentary text references a robber chief terrorizing the interior regions and a long rebellion dating back 40 years. Mentions Peking and a era of stable deserts and uplands as backdrop for successive hordes and enduring conflict.
Dr Broeser of 28 Hudson Avenue Hoesoken N J yesterday began a treatment using the fluoroscope to observe alimentary and digestive actions in real time. For the first time, X rays were used to monitor a stomach case, revealing the passing of milk punch from mouth to stomach on a glass screen with a vivid display of the beating heart and internal organs.
Paris Boy Scouts marching to Le Bourget clashed with a gang of apaches near the siege site of 1870. The scouts repelled the attack with sticks, twelve staves broken, bugles dented, one scout wounded in the thigh, and twelve attackers helped from the field by police.
Bernard Swenson, a young farmhand, held up a funeral for Miss Late Baker at Leland Cemetery in front of De Kalb county sheriff’s posse. He fired on the hearse wounding his brother and a farmhand, then fought off mourners before being overpowered in Sycamore.
A Baltimore Sun verse expresses sorrow for aging readers. The speaker laments the sad old people waiting, dreaming, and recalling days past while facing shadows, dust, and longing for sun and distant rivers.
A group of neighbors and authors in a New York hotel lobby debated English styles and metaphors. Cal Franklin P. Morgan praised the lively exchange calling it the grandest outburst of language he ever heard. Senator Deboe of Kentucky reportedly testified, I seed Jack Chinn with his knife drawed.
A Philadelphia Recon forecast describes generally fair and warm conditions across the Midwest and Northeast with unseasonably high readings like 105 degrees at Yuma and cooler trends along the northern border. Reports from the Merion voyage note 60 snakes and other reptiles arriving from Liverpool, then a Kansas man raising four young wolves found nearby.
In 1906 Captain Clifford A. Leonart reviewed captured arms from Bud Dajo. Among the artifacts was a .4 caliber percussion cap muscle loader marked Athens and Stones River. Leonart, recently returning to duty at Texas City, received inquiries from Athens, Georgia about the gun stored at Manila’s arsenal.
Harry Lipitz merchant of Newfeld awoke to a burglar in his room after dreaming of money under his pillow. He escaped through a second story window, ran for help, and a posse pursued two suspects who exchanged fire. Lipitz retained the $200 stake after the chaotic incident.
Capt A Gregory, former Alexandria resident, described Mexico as among the world’s richest for agriculture and resources. He praised Durango and the Panuco valley, noted grapefruit and orange groves, and praised sepulpa fiber for cloth. Dr Levi R Salmans discussed mediation’s limits and US intervention. Texas politics and Florida’s congressional race also featured, with opinions on prohibition and reelection prospects.
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