Washington Post subscription terms and 1914 Britain remark
The notice outlines subscription options for The Washington Post with various rates and delivery details, including monthly and six month plans, payment methods, and forwarding addresses. The page also contains a dated editorial remark: if Britain has its hands full, an arrangement might be made for handing over the group to the United States, and it would prefer controlling the Marshall Islands to Japanese control.
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McAdoo Moves to Stabilize Finances Amid War Strains
The article defends Secretary McAdoo for taking firm control of wartime finances. It argues Treasury action prevents bank hoarding, guards credit, and opposes inflationary currency plans. It credits McAdoo with levelheaded leadership and calls for solid, long term fiscal foundations.
The Marshall Islands and the Japanese threat
The Marshall Islands lie along the route between Hawaii and the Philippines and could become a flashpoint if Japan seizes them. The United States would resist occupation as a permanent base, fearing exposure of Hawaii and the Philippines and the need for two fleets to guard the Pacific. Transferring the islands to Britain is suggested as a containment measure, though risks remain.
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Trade Commission members to shape future of American business
The president faces selecting the new Trade Commission members, a body with broad influence beyond the Fed and with duties across interstate commerce. Appointees must be seasoned across industries, practical in business, and able to navigate complex corporate realities to avoid political weaponization.
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Dirigibles for U S Army Seek Modern War Airships
The article urges rapid government orders for a fleet of modern dirigibles as vital war power. It argues preparedness, neutral public fear of militarism, and the need to outpace rivals with latest designs and ample numbers. It emphasizes Leonard Wood’s calls for action and Congress backing.
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Congress
Mount Vernon Landmark Sale Bid Offered for Government Purchase
Representatives propose Mount Vernon as a presidential site with $1,000,000 offer and $300,000 sale term to the government. The owner favors preservation, urging federal ownership, a restored landmark, and a highway link to the capital. Strong support cites patriotic efforts by American women.
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Memorials for the people and the World Series hopefuls
The piece argues that Monticello and Mount Vernon should be government owned as national memorials and summer residences for presidents. It then reflects on the World Series between the Athletics and Boston, noting Europe’s war aftermath and praising baseball as a healthy, honest diversion that sustains national buoyancy and morale.
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Wood urges 1-year enlistments to build reserve force
Maj Gen Leonard Wood urges Congress to build a larger military reserve by shortening enlistment to one year. He argues this would train youths, create a sizeable experienced reserve, and provide security without a large standing army, contrasting old methods as costly and short-sighted. The piece criticizes current policy and calls for renewal.
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Monaco’s ruler breaks with the Kaiser amid war strain
The Prince of Monaco has severed ties with the German ruler after decades as a key go between Berlin and Paris. A telegram condoling France after Reims sparked lasting anger, ending Monaco’s kerchiefed diplomacy and complicating Franco German relations.
Congress Condensed War Revenue Changes and Labor of Sessions
The Senate was not in session but will meet at noon. Democrats caucused on the war revenue bill striking out the gasoline tax and raising beer tax to 17 a barrel while other changes were made. Day included consideration of the Philippine government bill. An agreement to take up the Clayton antitrust conference report after five hours of debate was reported, and the Alaska coal land leasing conference report was presented. Adjournment at 5:15 pm for reconvening at 9 am today.
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Live Elk Shipment Program Across States
Washington urges New York to coordinate with state and municipal authorities to secure elk from Yellowstone. Officials cite a herd of 32 567 head last year and propose distributing 600 to 1 000 elk to aid preservation and eventual hunting open seasons. Wisconsin has fenced 2 000 acres and will receive elk by carload. applicants pay capture crating and hauling costs.
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Colt Uses Its Teeth on Boy After Stone Incident
Johnstown Pennsylvania dispatch reports seven year old Russell Williams fatally injured by a colt after a stone struck the animal. The colt knocked him down and shook him as a dog would a rat near the Williams home. A boy named Smith fled for help to Williams' father. The injured boy remained unconscious in critical condition as physicians monitored him.
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Hair cut off as she slept in Orange
Mary Carnova a 13 year old girl woke to find her long black hair cut off from 12 Forest Street Orange. Police arrested boarder Polo Cripsy but the charge was dismissed as the father Antonio Carnova disputes the suspect. Chief Drabell suspects revenge by an enemy of the father.
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Auto saves husband as barn fire claims wife
Litten dispatched to New York American after an all night search the charred body of Mrs Frank Stanbro wife of Prof Frank Stanbro principal of Laadilla High School was found in a barn on their Brookfield farm. Fire broke out last night as the couple returned from a meeting. Stanbro cranked the car and saved it. his wife disappeared and is believed to have collapsed during the blaze.
Funeral Held For Monkey On Riverside Drive
New York American reports a monkey owned by Mr and Mrs Frederick Humphreys of Riverside Drive died. The body was buried Saturday in Summit New Jersey on the Humphreys estate on Morris Avenue with roses and other flowers. The grave is marked by a tombstone as yet uninscribed. Mr Humphreys is the son of Mr Jay Humphreys and a West Point graduate who retired from the army to head the Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Company.
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Too Big an Eye at the Bakery Window
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph item recalls Willie peering at wedding cakes through a baker’s window before entering, negotiating prices from $10 to $20, and choosing a scent fingerbread rabbit as a consolation in a humorous vignette.
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Objects to Lovers Yawn In Wanstead Engagement
A Pall Mall Gazette piece notes a Wanstead woman declined to marry after her fiancé yawned in her presence. It discusses yawns as fatigue boredom and as rude signals, citing etiquette and a historic Duke of Devonshire yawning during his speech as a famous example.
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WEDDING IN TEETH HELD RING FOR BRIDE AND GROOM
Stenton Dispatch to Philadelphia Record reports Charles Henry Kirchmann, crippled performer, held the wedding ring in his teeth as Miss Josephine Brown of New Haven slipped her engagement ring through the circlet during marriage by Mayor Donnelly at City Hall. The couple, long on exhibition, married after license delay. the bridegroom, without hands or feet, communicated and wrote by mouth and was wheeled to the mayor’s office.
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Tremendous 34 year old man weighs 628 pounds at Kansas City
A Dallas showman visiting Kansas City claims to be the world’s biggest man. At 34 years old he weighs 628 pounds and wears a belt over 84 inches long. He divides time between show business and a Dallas ranch, saying he has never had an illness.
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The Youth That Dies Poem Reflects War Loss
A historical verse laments a youth dying amid war and the future hope for science to save men. It imagines Fate answering mankind’s plea with a genius born to redeem but questions if the field of battle will still claim the needed mind.
The Summer and the Winter Gay Tango Ballads
A fragment rich in archaic verse imagery. Literary lines recall seaside air and ballroom scenes with drums and cymbals. The speaker invokes the muse and a fond remembrance of tangos across summer and winter phases.
Bird trapper fined for cruelty to birds at Hackensack
Hackensack Justice M Johnson fined Albin Kos Stroitt $499 after game warden charged him with cruelty to birds. In Englewood court, Stroitt admitted using gum and glue to trap songbirds near Cliffside. Authorities displayed branches and grass covered with bird feathers as evidence. Stroitt paid the fine.
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Baby valued at 6 cents by Detroit jury
Detroit Free Press reports a jury valued a 18 month old child at 6 cents after a team frightened and dashed across a lawn killing the child. The defendant, John A McCurdy, was found responsible though damages were minimal.
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Napoleon's War Mottoes Quote Mix
A list of quotation fragments from H. L. Fisher on war leadership and politics. It includes ideas on unity of command, courage, strategy, governance, tragedy in statecraft, conscription, patriotism, and cultural divisions. The text presents opinions about commanders, kings, statesmen, and national character.
DIES UNDER FLOOD OF GRAIN IN FACTORY
Luis Kupinik aged 42 of 44 East Seventy sixth street died of suffocation after being buried in wet grain at Farmers Feed Company 532 East Seventy sixth street. He slipped into a grain chute on the top floor and slid 18 feet to the machine below as workers halted the apparatus but could not stop the grain flow. The temperature of the grain was high and he was completely covered before rescuers pulled him free. He leaves a wife and three young children.
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Prisoner Voted Amid Court Disorderly Conduct Case
Peter Franzen appeared in an Anglwood court accused of disorderly conduct after drinking. The judge asked whom he voted for and discharged him after Franzen admitted he voted. The clerk later identified the judge as Suwlis.
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Try Cure on Monkeys by Spine Adjustment
A Chicago Tribune report describes experiments with fourth monkeys bitten in the tropics developing sleeping sickness en route to the A T Still Institute. Researchers tried spinal adjustments and all monkeys recovered without complications or after effects.
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A T Still Institute
Sun and Tide Table and Weather Outlook for District Area
The Sun and Tide section lists AM FM sun times and tide highs and lows with observations across District of Columbia and adjacent states. A Washington forecast from the Weather Bureau notes fair conditions in the mid-Atlantic with cooler temperatures and shifting winds Wednesday into Thursday, plus regional rain and thundershowers in the plains and western areas.
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Indians and war era America in Raleigh hotel discussions
In Raleigh hotel parlance a traveler recounts Native life on the Pine Ridge Reservation near Rushville Nebr a Sioux view on education and tradition contrasts with white physicians documenting tuberculosis across generations. European war reshapes quarantine and Atlantic shipping while Northwest salmon markets adapt to wartime trade and rising prices.
Watch dropped by thieves found at swall pensio
Henrs walms followers report a theft spree by chicken thieves at his pension. In their haste to escape they dropped a valuable gold watch, which Mr Swalm advertises will be returned if the caller answers questions. A stray line mentions a dog and a piano quote, with unrelated notes about training and dancing.
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Mediation Ends as Burglar Sells Gun for Cash
A prompt negotiation concludes with a burglar agreeing to hand over a pistol for fifty dollars. Framargeile Cohen facilitates the meeting, urging quick resolution and compliance with law. Police reports confirm the suspect offered the weapon in exchange for cash and fled afterward.
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