Southerners Back Progressive, Demand Action in National Policy
The Washington Post reports widespread cross regional discontent with current administration policies. It notes strong Southern dissatisfaction over coastwise vessel tolls, canal tolls, and economic relief, with counties in Georgia and other states voting Progressive or Republican. The piece emphasizes South’s demand for coalition action and insistence on faithful platform promises.
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United Sy Mail
Colorado
New England
Oregon
Mall Parshie
Washington
Louisiana
North Carolina
Georgia
South
Uke
Clark
Oscar W. Underwood
Ilka O'Gorman
Martine
Vardaman
Chamberlain
Thomas
Newlands
Great Britain
United States
Democratic Defeat At Wilson's Door Deepens GOP Alarm
A 1914 Washington Post column argues President Wilson dominated Congress, pressed tariff and war tax policies, suppressed dissent, and led the Democrats toward disaster. It claims few supported tolls repeal and Panama canal taxation, while insiders warned of voter backlash and party disloyalty. The piece frames a party forced to reassess leadership and policy priorities.
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Wilson
Democratic Party
Congress
Capitol
Woodrow Wilson
House
Senate
American Canal
Panama
White House
Cattle Epidemic Prompts Urgent Federal Action
The Department of Agriculture must act now to stop the spread of foot and mouth disease in Chicago stockyards and prevent further harm to public health and the food supply. An immediate thorough inquiry should trace how 600 cattle became infected before discovery, with strict inspections and possible systemic faults examined across quarantined states including New York Maryland Indiana Michigan Illinois and Pennsylvania. Additionally the embargo on shipments from these states signals the epidemic's wide reach and the need for decisive measures.
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Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New York
Indiana
Michigan
Ilinois
A Program of Defense for Congress and Nation
The text argues for immediate investigation into the origin and spread of an epidemic and urges a broad, modern program of national defense. It stresses strengthening the army and navy, rapid mobilization, and building modern fortifications, torpedoes, submarines, and aircraft, with nonpartisan support for national welfare. It stresses training a reserve and prompt measures to avoid being taken unawares by foreign foes.
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Congress
Army
Navy
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Chaos in Mexico and two rival capitals emerge
Crisis in Mexico deepens as Carranza battles Villa and Zapata after the Aguascalientes conference. Provisional president Hilario Gutierrez is backed by Villa and Zapata forces, while Carranza vows to retake civil power. U.S. policy questioned as violence and robberies threaten Americans.
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Mexico
Venustiano Carranza
Carranza
Conference of Aguascalientes
Francisco Villa
Emiliano Zapata
Aguascalientes
Hilario Gutierrez
Villa
Zapata
United States
Gen. Funston
Vera Cruz
Noble Slain in War Descendant of King
An account recalls Charles de Fishault and Charles de Flahault, kin to French royalty, who rose to general in Napoleon era and later linked to the Lansdowne and Nairne family estates. It notes wealthy Scottish lands, the Beech hedge at Melkelour, and Lords Lansdowne and Kerry lineage, with tragic wartime death of Lord Charles and surviving children.
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Charles Nairne
Lansdowne
George
Mingland
France
Comte de Fishault
Adelaide Fillaul
Louis XV
Adelaide
Comte de Flahault
Count Charles de Flahault
Taleyrand
Talleyrand
Charles de Fishault
Charles de Flahault
Hortense de Beauharnais
Josephine
Holland
Louis Bonaparte
Almanach de Gotha
Duc de Merny
Hortense
Comte de Mahault
Napoleon
Moscow
Leipzig
Waterloo
London
Lord Keith
England
Keith
Nairna
Melkelour
Perthshire
Aldie
Kinross-shire
Lord Lansdowne
de Plauhault
Lord Charlies
Lord Charles
Mary Illiut
Lord Minto
Fitzmaurice
Mercer-Nairne
Lady Lansdowne
Kinrossshire
Palace of Versailles
Marquise de la Valette
Nuairne
Canada
India
House of Lords
Lord Beaconsfield
House of Waller
Edmund Waller
Charles II
Francia Wraller
David de Waller
Vella
Edward III
Marquise DE Fontenot
Brentwood Company
Tolls Repeal Disaster Costs Toll Supporters in Elections
A survey of New York New Jersey and Connecticut shows 28 Democratic lawmakers who backed tolls faced reelection defeats with only six returning. The piece argues patronage influenced votes and condemns MPs who traded party principles for administration favors, noting the defeat of 17 of 23 toll supporters across three states.
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New Jersey
James J. O'Byrne
Panama Canal
Tolla
Hughes
Merino
O'Byrne
New York
Connecticut
Congress
United States
Washington
Panama
Pink Pajamas Draw Fire at Oakland Hotel
Nevada Deputy Sheriff Edward Squires refused to wear pink silk pajamas offered by hotel proprietor Abel at the Hotel Crelin in Oakland. The incident arose when late travelers were given rooms with amenities, including pink nightwear, prompting Squires to protest and depart without trying the garments.
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Nevada
Oakland Cal. Tribune
Creliin
Louis Aber
Edward Squires
Abel
Oakland
Squires
San Francisco
Dash Katona
Prayers of Dartmouth’s Second President Shape Folklore
John Wheelock, Dartmouth College’s second president, is portrayed as a spectacular yet flawed figure. Sources quote Wilder D. Quint and relate humorous chapel prayers that thanked God for oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and all gases, then for the cerebrum, cerebellum, and medulla oblongata.
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John Wheelock
Dartmouth College
Wilder D. Quint
Dartmouth
Lord
Judge Roosa Refuses Fine Then Demands Immediate Exit
Elizabeth N J dispatch reports Judge Roosa of Roselle declined to fine Louis Orrman for peddling without license yet when Orrman kissed the judge in gratitude, a $2 fine was levied. The judge ordered the offender to leave the city at once. An Interesting Problem From Judge notes a hotel crowd discussion about an irresistible blonde meeting an immovable bachelor. Long Drawn Out Job mocks a Buffalo press caption about a man filming a messenger pay. Jude Johnson is Jobless explains why the Atchison shipbuilder never lands work.
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Elizabeth
N. J
New York Sun
Roosa
Roselle
Louis Orrman
New York City
Orrman
Rocsa
Judge
Jude Johnson
Atchison Globe
Atchison
Handwriting on the Wall Election Results Protest Tariff Laws
New York Herald reports post mortems after elections show Republicans claim rebuke of Democratic policy while Democrats insist local factors drive results. Key facts: no repudiation of Wilson foreign policy. strong support for his party in that realm. Voters protest tariff law and measures causing business uncertainty and depression, with unemployed workers voting Republican. Connecticut Pennsylvania and notably the South show broad patterns. Prosperity considerations influence many voters in presidential outcomes.
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New York Herald
Wilson
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Auto Drops 1000 Feet Off King's Mountain Cliff
Rebecca Shreve and William Parrott escaped serious injury when their automobile toppled after a road collapse on a winding King's Mountain pass near Menly Park. The car plunged about 1000 feet, crumbling rock and rough terrain breaking their fall. Shreve suffered a deep calf gash and facial bruises while Parrott had minor cuts. They had steadied the vehicle to yield to an oncoming car, triggering the collapse.
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The
San Francisco Chronicle
Mere Chance
Rebecca Shreve
George R. Shreve
William Parrott
John Parrott
Parrott
King's Mountain
Menly Park
King’s Mountain
This Machine Digs Potatoes in Grand Rapids Wis
Grand Rapids Wisconsin resident George Kreiger has built a machine that digs and cleans potatoes, then hoists them into a wagon. Operated by a single man guiding a horse, the device replaces back breaking fork work and promises easier potato harvesting.
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Grand Rapids Wis
Chicago Tribune
George Kreiger
Grand Rapids
Nations in Verse Across the Seas and Lands
A poem sequence from the New York Sun and Montclair Columbian blends mythic kinship of Celts, Germans, Saxons, and Norse with lines praising England and Germany. Satirical banter features Sir McCauley Blunderbus and a freckled Irish son in a travel scene, lampooning social class and accents.
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Montclair
Erin
McCauley
Hero
Wound Resembles a Cross In Dying City Youth
A six year old, H. R. Lamoreaux, was found dying on the city dump after bleeding from several stab wounds including one in the left side and others forming a cross on the wrist. The murder weapon was not recovered. The first wound pattern noted at the hospital.
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Minneapolis Journal
H. R. Lamoreaux
Hunter Fights Wildcat in New Jersey Woods
A hunter near May’s Landing in Atlantic county fought off a near full grown wildcat that leaped from a deer trail. Thomas Campbell and companion Geiss killed the beast with fists and a club, preserving the carcass as proof of the encounter. Locals fear other young Wildcats may roam the deer woods during the season.
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Jersey
Weymouth
N. J
New York World
New Jersey
Atlantic County
Thomas Campbell
Vitman
Gloucester County
Deer Woods
May's Landing
Geiss
Geles
Campbell
Filrat Whidcat
Lower Jersey
Wooden gun hoax shocks Callao harbor
The British bark Iverclyde under Capt James King arrived at Callao port with a tale of a clever ruse by a British ship. The Oreama displayed two large wooden guns painted black to deter German vessels from leaving the harbor. Peruvian authorities later ordered all ships to remove their guns, revealing the hoax.
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Callao
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Albers Broad Milling Company
United Kingdom
Iverclyde
James King
Peru
Oreama
They Saw Money in the Air at Plaza Hotel Window
Pedestrians at the Plaza Hotel watch money flutter from a fourth floor window. About 450 dollars, belonging to an Australian traveler aboard the Lusitania, was scattered as a son threw cash over the sill. witnesses rushed to collect it but none recovered any bills.
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New York Times
Plaza Hotel
Hugh
Liverpool
Seven Cats Die With Mrs Kale in Union City New Jersey
Police investigate the death of Mrs Lucy Kale 68 and the discovery of seven pet cats found beside her body at 318 Brown Street Union City New Jersey Investigators suspect possible gas poisoning linked to her husband Thomas Kyle a boss painter who left for Washington two days earlier and has not been reached yet by police
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New York American
Lucy Kale
Brown Street
Union Til
N. J
Kale
Thomas Kyle
Infingston
Weather and tide table for Washington area
The forecast covers District of Columbia and nearby states with fair, cooler conditions and limited changes expected Friday and Saturday. Northwesterly winds diminish, temperatures range around mid forties, with scattered sprinkles possible in lake region. Potomac River readings note clear water at Haspe Ferry and nearby river segments.
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S. Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
District of Columbia
New York
Pennylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Marfa
Virgin
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Cain
Lake Region
Washington Post
Haspe - Ferry
W. Va
Potomac
Chats of Visitors to the Capital
A long, disjointed collection of quotes and remarks from visitors in Oswego and New York. Topics include political prophecies about Whitman and Roosevelt, emigration to Australia and New South Wales irrigation lands, military food provisions, and beer supply concerns. The piece mixes opinions from mayoral supporters, engineers, and business figures, with stray jokes and local color.
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Turkey
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North Sea
Augustus Heinze
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Charlie Murphy
Papa Wadsworth
Kansas
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Francis Ernest Waller
Wathen Arthur Waller
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Joenathan Wathen Waller
King
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Waller
William B. Wailer
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Ridgewood
Westwood
Closter
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Cornell
Sir Witlam
Sir Charles Waller
Hahnemann Hospital
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Buffalo Fix Press
Weber
M. B. Butler
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Viking
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Spain
Britain
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Angle
Saxon
Germany
Loufaritte Courier-Journal
Chicago News
Wildcat
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Mostyn
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Itle
Fla
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Mise
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Oswego
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Wallar
Whitman
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Australia
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Christin
Wiard
New South Wales
Raleleh
Une
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Ftetes
Pilsner
Hrpotien
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Vilaen
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