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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1914
Page
11
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An analysis of electoral shifts shows broad rejection of Wilson's tariff and policies in 1914. Pennsylvania and New Jersey favor Republicans, New England protests factory closures, and the middle West sends protectionists. The piece argues Wilson was misled by advisers and warns against political demagoguery influencing national leadership.
A column argues Judge Pugh’s view that treating under excise laws is only a personal opinion, not a ruling. It discusses European drinking customs, American humor about paying and sharing drinks, and the potential loss of wit if treating ends. The piece notes the public’s mixed feel for continuing or ending the practice and how it reflects broader social attitudes toward alcohol and humor.
A Boston Transcript critique in a war era tone weighs a celebrated poem The Drum against Poe and Kipling while praising restraint from sensationalism. It traces faithfulness to truth in language and notes cross cultural respect for poetry and realism, citing Hypatia and Aesop alongside Posig.
A jumbled analysis notes a German naval victory over a British squadron under Sir Christopher Cradock and questions British strategy. It discusses ships like Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Leipzig, and the Good Hope, with broader mentions of war effort, tariffs, and colonial attitudes, mixing satire with wartime rhetoric.
John Wise of Port Carbon, 14, was shoved toward a railroad track by an unknown man in Mill Creek yard. He fell onto a passing train, losing his right arm above the elbow. Wise walked to the dispatcher's office and described the loss, then received first aid and was taken to Fortaville Hospital where the severed limb was found.
The article chronicles the Ruthven family line including Capt Christian Hore Ruthven and other Ruthven heirs with Boer War and Sudan VC ties. It details disputed 17th century barony creation by Cromwell, lack of official patent, coronation summons for Baroness Ruthven, and ongoing Scottish peerage challenges amid historic Ruthven notoriety.
In St Louis Circuit Court No 10 Avaitant Circuit Attorney Willem Baer entered a nolle prosequi in the murder charge against Harry Bethel a Dallas man. Bethel claimed innocence and Greer said a robber shot him. Greer later whispered it was an accident before dying. Bethel pled guilty to carrying a concealed weapon and received a one year workhouse sentence.
A Paris Journal piece offers a playful guide to golf describing the game as a descendant of stonebreaking. It explains ground shaping, artificial holes, the rubber ball, and the many clubs carried by a caddie. It notes strokes, mishits, and the comic World War I era tone.
A jubilant courtroom scene features twelve jurors, all women, in a temperate open court. The judge, bailiffs, and lawyers observe decorum as women enter with roses, their presence framed as justice and fairness in a traditional trial setting.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes legends from Guerrero Mexico about Las Siervas hot springs near Valle de Canixos. Native tales speak of medicinal waters, royal figures carved on rocks, and the ghost of King Excamina haunting an unexplored grotto after a palace was destroyed by an earthquake centuries ago.
The Leavenworth Dispatch reports a Tulsa legal clash over 166 acres in a Tulsa oil field. Indian Minnie seeks to prove her late son, born to her in Leavenworth, was the heir to the allotment and land, aided by depositions from more than twenty locals.
John Cooper loses grip while picking apples at Brass Castle. He lands atop a wagon, horse bolts across a plowed field, jumps post, and Cooper ends up in water but escapes uninjured. Jasper Cooper pursues, then finds cousin gone. Nearby jokes and brief items follow in the same column.
Four year old Dorothy Webb befriends a leopard cub at Ringling Bros winter quarters in Baraboo. The child, nicknamed Snookums, played daily with two leopard cubs under her father’s circus supervision until a roly poly puppy wandered off and Dorothy later died.
A dramatic rimed exchange in the Louistitis Courier Journal shows a father insisting on financial terms for his daughter’s future. He offers continued support only if the suitor contributes toward living costs, implying a harsh ultimatum about sharing living expenses.
From the Minneapolis Journal a Chokio farmer Adolph Koenig and his family departed for a promised island after declaring belief that the world except Palestine would be destroyed within two years.
A Germantown physician’s wife recalls a tame Vernon Park squirrel named Spotty who visits for toast and corn muffins each morning. She notes five squirrels peering in from the dining room window and says Spotty guides his companions to food as autumn cools.
Topeka dispatch reports Kansas farmers plant wheat aggressively amid ongoing European war. Large growers withhold supply, storing grain in sheds and tarps as rail embargoes keep elevators full and mills storing wheat, fueling expectations of higher prices next year.
Muskegon dispatch reports James Kramer, a fox farmer now in Athabasca Land ing, northern Alberta, visiting Muskegon. A six year veteran of the trade, he relies on Indian trappers to secure foxes. Kramer owns about 50 foxes in black, silver, and croes breeds valued around 312,000. He recently sold three silver females in Chicago for 9,500, with prices climbing since the war.
U.S. Weather Bureau report forecasts fair weather in the District of Columbia Maryland and Virginia for Thursday and Friday with cooler temperatures in the lake region upper Ohio valley and New England. Southward winds shift from northwest to southwest with a slight drop in temperatures and no significant precipitation expected.
Potomac and Shenandoah rivers are both at low levels. Temperatures in other cities and rainfall data for four hours ending at 4 p m reported. weather note from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia dated November 4.
Denver business leader Henry L. Engel reports optimism after elections, predicting a Westwide business boom driven by a large wheat crop, rising prices, and abundant money. He notes improved coalitions in Dallas Houston and New Orleans and favorables in the East and South for Republican victory.
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