Allies Shift to Gold and American Securities Payments
The Allies now ship gold and plan to use American securities to fund purchases in the United States. British officials discuss mobilizing American securities for purchase or loan with a half percent bonus, aiming to back up up to two billion dollars of Allied imports, stabilizing credit and strengthening the U.S. position. France and Russia are to follow.
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United States
Europe
Asia
Africa
House of Commons
Reginald McKenna
New York City
Lord Cunliffe
Bank of England
John Bradbury
The
Treasury
Edwin Montagu
Great Britain
British Treasury
Fman
France
Russia
Plan to safeguard U S financial system urged by The Post
The Post reiterates support for a five month urged plan to address national indebtedness and stabilize the financial and business system of the United States, arguing it protects the economy and secures economic recovery.
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United States
Post
Plight of Greece Amid Allied Delays and Rising Threat
The article argues Greece faces a no-win choice as Austro German forces near its borders. If Greece Interns retreating Serbian troops it risks naval blockade and starvation. if it sides with the allies it risks rapid subjugation. King Constantine weighs neutrality versus alliance to safeguard the crown.
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Greece
Constantinople
Bulgaria
Russia
Galipoli
Constantines
United States
Saloniki
Constantine
Belgium
Serbia
Teutons
Readjusting Federal Reserve Districts Under Consideration
Inquiries by Federal Reserve Board members to the Attorney General seek opinion on authority to reduce reserve districts. A readjustment could reflect bank usage, with a possible Washington bank suggested for national benefit. Careful study urged, with Treasury input and no hasty change.
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Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Chicago Tag Day for Widows Marks City Mercy
The Chicago city council approved a resolution supporting a tag day for widows, backed by the mayor's signature. The move toward altruism stands in contrast to past taunts, signaling a working force behind a measure intended to aid widows.
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Chicago
Hinky Dink
Bathhouse John
Chicago’s widows and the charity ballot debate
A Chicago measure urged widows to provide for themselves via a tag day style appeal. The piece questions who counts as a widow, notes local elites praise self help, and muses on the risks of unequal funds and conservative charity groups steering the effort. It cites politicians, cab drivers, and social figures as relevant voices.
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Chicago
Sui Generia
Pine Tree Cottage
Samuel Weller
Industrial Defense: United States Needs War Readiness
Mr. W L Saunders of New York addresses the Washington Society of Engineers on organizing U S industry for defense. He compares nations, notes the U S is peacefully strong but unorganized for war, cites Germany and England as industrial peers, and urges steps to transform peacetime industry into a ready war arsenal including nitrate and other wartime supports.
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Washington Society of Engineers
W. L. Saunders
New York
United States
Saunders
Naval Advisory Board
Eeyland
Germany
Belgium
Mr. Saunders
England
Basia
Chile
Wife of Duc de Montebello Dies After Golden Wedding
The aged Duc de Montebello, in his eighties, mourns his wife who died a week after their golden wedding at Nice. He is a veteran of Algeria, Italy, and the Franco German War, with a mixed English French lineage and prominent Riviera connections. The duchess was from Baron Keith de la Grange Oard lineage.
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Duc de Montebello
Nios
Napoleon
Marechal Lannes
Duke of Montebelro
Prince of
Slovers
Essling
la Marechal Pannen bin Wits
Ais Gon
Algeria
Italy
France
Nice
Thourat
Riviera
Ocean
Society For the Care and Relief
Keith de la Grange Oard
Lnte
St. Cyr
Colioge
West Point
Baby nearly drowns in pickle jar rescue
The Newtaok New Jersey dispatch reports a Weatwood child, about five months old, nearly drowns when his head becomes stuck in a large pickle jar. The mother breaks the jar and calls Dr. Georges A. Levitas who uses a palmatocr to free the infant.
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Newtaok
N. J
New York
George Hamilton
Weatwood
Georges A. Levitas
KING TOBY ABDICATES BUFFALO LEADERSHIP
In New York an effort to enthrone young king Toby over Buffalo herd at Central Park ends in escape. Black Diamond, the late leader’s buffalo, was killed last week and Toby’s ascent fails after he bolts from a wagon pulled by keepers. The plan collapses near the halfway mark, with Toby returning to his quarters after a three-second dash.
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Wim
New York
Ada
Black Diamond
Central Park Soo
Toby
Snyder
Bil
Leider-To-Be
Bill
Bob Horton
Doctor's Fee in Estate Case Surfaces in Surrogate Court
In New York the surrogate's court heard executors seek construction of Nellie M. Noel's will after a doctor’s bill of $98,563 from Dr. Joseph Byrne, who treated the deceased for four years. The estate valued around $134,000, with real estate at $100,000, prompting questions on paying bequests including $97,000 and half the residue to Robert Cateron and Presbyterian Hospital.
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New York
Nellie M. Noel
Joseph Byrne
West
Robert Cateraon
Presbyterian Hospital
Olzima
Annie Doyle
Annie Quinn
Noe
Mystery in a Dark Tavern
A Cleveland Plain Dealer fragment describes a lone night inside a dark tavern. The narrator’s nerves fray as unseen forces and eerie sounds loom, a sense of threat and mystery filling the space. The speaker wakes in fear, sensing something unknown and menacing nearby.
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Cleveland Plain
Acts of a 270 Pound Actress Spark Breach Suit
Peerless Feature seeks court order to compel Florence Morrigan to honor a contract for the film Over Night after she allegedly abandoned the project. The suit claims Morrigan, about 6 feet 2 inches tall and 270 pounds, was indispensable to the production, and that the company has spent $318,000 with a weekly $1,000 loss as she vacated for a role with Charles and Dillingham.
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New York Herald
United States District
Peerless Feature Producing Company
Moving Picture
Florence Morrigan
New Jersey
Misa Morrison
Peerless Concern
Miss Morrigan
Peerless Company
Milas Morrison
Charles &. Dillingham
Miss Morrison
Mr. Dillingham
Amazon Hunt
Echo of a Barns and a Lesson from Boston Transcript
A child asks about echoes as a vast automobile passes the window while a parent chides exaggeration. The scene shifts to a quip about echoes as a clever line on words and value, reflecting a Boston Transcript flavor.
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Boston Transcript
Johnny
Battle of Lookout Mountain remembered after 52 years
The article recalls the November 24 1863 clash atop Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga. Union General Hooker and Gen Walthall led forces in fog and cloud as Federal troops drove Confederates from the hollow to a crest while Sherman advanced Missionary Ridge. Casualties totaled about 5 815 Union and 6 837 Confederate.
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Chattanooma
Granta
Tennessee River
Hooker
Lookout Mountain
Geary
Cruft
Wauhatchie
Lookout Creek
Grogs
T. J. Wood
Walthall
Gahe
Freeland
Chattanooga
Orchard Knob
Sherman
Missionary Ridge
Grant
Thomas
Sheridan
Wood
Bragg
Chickamauga
Longstreat
Burnside
Knoxville
Virginia
Boys Fight Duel From Trenches
Police and a deputy city detective rushed to a vacant lot at Front and Jackson after a volley of pistol shots. Two youths John Clark 15 of 184 Gladstone Street and James Mooney 14 of 2636 South Watts Street were found entrenched behind earth mounds and arrested. They were placed in custody at the station house and a disarmament policy agreed upon while their case is referred to a neutral authority for determination.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Dichorn
Fourth Street
Snyder Avenue
Front
Jackson Streets
John Clark
Gladstone
Buried Treasure Claim in Sandusky Inmate Reports Gold Find
Rev. John Coup, inmate at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors' Home, says he and a trusted friend have located a treasure of gold and silver buried by Commodore Perry's crew before the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813. He describes an invention aiding the search and notes excavation conducted at night near Sandusky Bay, east Sandusky, with riches expected soon.
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Sandusky
John Coup
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors' Home
Oliver Hazard Perry
Lake Eris
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
East
Sandusky Bay
Coup
Scalded to Death as Pot Overturns on Child
Gertrude Lissel, 1 year old, of West Philadelphia, died at Children’s Hospital from severe burns after a kettle toppled over while she stood beside a stove helping her mother prepare supper. Ambulance crews rushed her to hospital but doctors failed to save her.
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Philadelphia
Gertrude Lissel
West Philadelphia
Washington hotels hear-cutting talk on passing events
Visitors in Washington hotels discuss Senator Marcus A. Smith of Arizona arriving for the session and touring the West. He praises business improvement, copper prices, and Democratic strength, while predicting President Wilson’s renomination. Edward J. Wells of Wyoming forecasts Clark’s reelection, and William Campbell of West Virginia comments on apple markets and British shipping.
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Marcus A. Smith
Arizona
Senator Smith
Kentucky
Pacific Coast
Vancouver
British Columbia
Rockies
West
Occidental
Democratic Party
Clark
Wyoming
Edward J. Wells
Shoreham
Clarence D Clark
United States Senate
Gow Kendrick
Kendrick
William Campbell
West Virginia
Powhatan
Virginia
Philadelphia
Glasgow
Atill
New York
England
Man Drives 400 Miles With Horse To See Kin
Glen Easton dispatch reports George W Grant a 36 year old horse and a 3 year old drove 400 miles from Glen Easton to Wilmington Delaware to visit his children he had not seen in 46 years. He returned home after 61 days on the road and the drive was undertaken to see his two children.
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Glen Easton
Wheeling Register
George W Grant
Wilmington
Del
Whisky Code In Oil Fields Revealed In Wirt Wire Mix
A report from Drumright Oklahoma explains a whisky and beer code used by peddlers in oil fields. Big pipe meant quart bottles, little pipe pint, soup orders by telegram or phone. A Wirt dealer ordered from Waurika and got the wrong man, revealing the code. Judge and lawyer quips follow about a case where the client received five years.
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Drumright
Okis
New York World
Wirt
Waurika
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