Washington Post Letters on Neutral Policy and Pensions
The article discusses American neutrality under President Wilson during Europe’s war, praising the United States for maintaining independence and peaceable relations. It also argues for a federal pension retirement system, urging government employees to retire with dignity for efficiency and economic reasons, citing private sector precedents.
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Europe
Mexico
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Washington
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Steel Corporation
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Congress
Demand for American supplies amid war drive
A Russian agent orders 180 motor trucks in Detroit for rapid delivery to New York, with $750,000 paid. Canadian agents seek 100,000 horses for Britain while French officers appear in St Louis. Chicago meat packers rush orders for wartime Europe as US supply lines strain. The text notes how war demand reshapes American industry and the peacetime economy, stressing the role of the United States as a vast supplier behind the front lines. It also discusses Secretary Garrison's plan to build bathing beaches at the Tidal Basin, describing two permanent bathhouses, sand beaches, and a $192,150 expenditure to improve health facilities for residents and visitors.
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Detroit
Automobile
New York
United States
St. Louis
Chicago
Europe
Army of Peace
Garrison
South
West
Middle West
Mississippi
Ohio
California
Florida
Maine
Washington
Indiana
Kentucky
San Francisco
Portland
Charleston
Omaha
New Orleans
National Action Urged for Potomac Bathing Beach Plan
The article argues for federal support to create a public bathing beach along the Potomac, citing health benefits and examples from other cities. It stresses national unity to back economic and health resilience, urging swift action at the December congressional session.
Earl of Clarendon a Canadian farmer
The new Earl Clarendon, sixth in line, lived in Canada before the war, working on a Pickering farm with his wife, Lord Somers, and two children. They wore blue overalls and worked alongside real farmers, hoping to turn the venture profitable after the war. The piece details family ties, estates in England, and royal connections through the Villiers line.
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London
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George C. Hatch
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York
James II
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Congress Condensed Senate and House Actions
Senate limited business met adjourned at 1 p.m. today, caucus finished the war revenue bill to be presented and debated. House filibuster over adjournment without cotton legislation delayed vote on the Clayton antitrust bill conference report until noon today, adjourned at 4 52 p.m. until noon today.
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Congress
Army Officers Mock Reports Of Distant Marksmanship
Washington dispatch notes officers' amusement at war correspondence tales of long range shots. An army data summary shows visibility of body parts and details diminishing with distance, from 100 yards to 1000 yards, where at extreme range individual movement cannot be tracked and troops appear as a line.
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Washington Dispatch
Kansas City Star
Death blocks his ambition man who worked hard to live 100 years
Daniel Sullivan of Binghamton New York died at age 98 after twenty years of dieting and daily exercise aimed at reaching 100. He quit tobacco and alcohol and ate only plain foods, walking at least four miles daily and spending five hours daily outdoors. He collapsed after tripping on a rug and burst a blood vessel, his age contributing to the death.
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N. Y
New York Herald
Daniel Sullivan
Sullivan
Tiny snake blocks traffic on New York street
A garter snake spotted on Third Avenue near Fourth Street halted traffic as crowds gathered. Patrolmen Devery and Campbell controlled the scene until the reptile was captured and delivered to the Bronx Zoo by a boy.
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New York Street
New York Times
Third Avenue
4Th Street
Devery
Campbell
Alexander Avenues
Bronx
Loyalty Famed St Bernard Colonel Dies After Robbery Stand
Chicago Tribune reports Colonel a large St Bernard from Racine Avenue innkeeper Sven Carlson died after defending his master during a Sunday night robbery. The dog lunged at the attackers, was shot, saved Carlson, and later died at a veterinary hospital.
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Chicago Tribune
St. Bernard
Sven Carlson
Racine Avenue
Carlson
Mystery Theft Solved by 18-Pound Pickerel in Portage Lake
Leo Kelly, director general of Portage Lake, solved a peculiar mystery by catching an eighteen-pound pickerel siphoning gasoline from the vessel’s escape pipe. The nightly loss had puzzled Kelly as a mysterious disappearance of fuel from the reserve tank on the motorboat ferry. The fish was found under the keel, actively drawing gasoline from the water line, ending the mystery of the stolen gas.
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Mich
Detroit News
Leo Kelly
Portage Lake
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Kelly
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Laka
Sure Proof of Love and a Suburban Courtship
A suburban girl asserts belief in a beau’s love and describes a four mile walk to town, noting he misses the last car twice weekly but keeps calling. A Yonkers Statesman joke sketches a man’s vow not to marry for money unless all means are tried.
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Jinka
Binks
Perils of Animal Trainees and the Cost of Trust
A Detroit Free Press excerpt warns that even well trained beasts remain dangerous. Reports from Chicago and Binghamton recount fatalities among handlers and trainers killed by lion cubs or a trained elephant. The piece argues familiarity breeds risk, noting wild instincts can flare under provocation, hunger, or discipline, and cautions that the public pays to witness danger in animal performances.
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Detroit Free Press
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Emerson Dietrich
Chicago
Mount Clements
Jacob Lorenzo
Deviligh
Binghamton
N. Y
Devillah
Dietrich
Hons
Lincoln Beachey
Deer Escapes After Battle With Three Men in Harbor
Stamford harbor tale ends with a buck swimming from Davenport's Point toward Shippan shore and fleeing into Woodland Cemetery after a tense hour long pursuit. Capt. Jack Ryle and sons pursued in a power and skiff boat as the deer repeatedly dodged lassos and struck the craft with its horns, nearly overturning the boat before finally slipping ashore.
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Conn
New York Tribune
Woodland Cemetery
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Davenport's Point
Shippan Shore
Grass Island
Jack's Island
Byte
Birds Invade Helgoland As Autumn Flight Arrives
The London Chronicle reports Helgoland facing an aerial invasion as North Sea birds migrate southward. Islanders use lanterns and nets to capture passing birds each autumn night, with one lighthouse keeper claiming 80 birds a night and a lighthouse man noting 15 000 larks caught in a single night.
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London Chronicle
Helgeland
North Sea
Saebohm
Honey Drips on Women at Methodist Church in Nodaway
Bees nest under the Nodaway Methodist Church roof derail services as honey drips onto women's hats and dresses. The pastor cannot rally enough men to drive the bees away while quoted buffalo express notes women have filled men's roles on park street cars since the war began.
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Monticello Purchase Debate Echoes Preservation Crux
From the New York Tribune the Monticello purchase proposal faces scrutiny as a costly proposal to house a president. Critics argue other estates or sites could serve as well at lower cost and warn Monticello’s preservation should be a broader memorial effort.
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Monticello
Jefferson M. Levy
United States
Jefferson
Henry Clay
Jedson
Tingle of Glass Charms Fish in Michigan Waters
George Sinclair, famed Michigan angler, reveals a secret method to lure fish. He uses a quart glass milk bottle with a rusty screen door spring and rope, lowered four feet, to produce a musical tinkle that draws schools. He says fish respond to music, enabling easy hooking.
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Detroit Free Press
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Six Policemen Draw Lots to Adopt Foundling
In Philadelphia a newborn found abandoned on a West Philadelphia doorstep was entered at the Twenty-ninth district station. Six policemen, led by Richard Kane, drew lots to decide who may adopt the infant. The baby was sent to Philadelphia Hospital as Kane seeks adoption.
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Kanegaya
Weather and tides briefing for Washington area
Sunrise and sunset times, high and low tides, and a detailed meteorological forecast for the District of Columbia Maryland and Virginia. The report notes unsettled conditions with scattered showers in the East and cooler temperatures in the central Rockies and Northwest with hurricane threats and variable winds.
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Wireless train talk and American mettle praised at Willard
Visitors at Raleigh discuss new train communication systems enabling passengers to order meals without queuing and trains to talk to stations. George Bieistein, a Buffalo collector, foresees the United States producing a superior mixed-heritage citizenry. Col Kenelm Annette Gillette remarks on Yap’s fall to Japan, while Georgia entomologist F E Joe Warnham touts cotton gains. Warnham cites crossing seeds to beat the boll weevil and notes Southern cotton dominance versus the North.
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National Conservation Congress
Thomas R. Shupp
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Tragic trolley accident ends life of Wandling boy
Nine year old Berantog Andrew Coznac crawled from under a trolley after its wheels severed his right arm. He died two hours later from internal injuries. He retrieved the severed limb and headed to Dr G W McGuire’s office before being transported to Emergency Hospital.
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