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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1914
Page
13
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The piece urges active cooperation between the federal administration and Southern statesmen to relieve the South’s currency and economic distress. It defends federal gold shipments abroad while criticizing limits on currency expansion at home, and calls for prompt legislative action and beautification planning in Washington through commissions or citizen-led groups.
The capital's appeal grows not only through grand public buildings but via rapid improvements in private residences. White stone homes in fashionable districts symbolize a shift toward stylistic elegance, captivating visitors and impressing permanent residents alike.
Exports from New York rose to 17,512,914 dollars last week from 13,121,933 a year earlier as Europe’s war needs spark a flood of American goods. Auto and truck demand grows with cash on delivery, while European spending races toward colossal sums to fund war materials and ships.
A war era analysis discusses the vast Russian German front with millions in motion along hundreds of miles. It stresses that decisive battles are unlikely across such a wide field and that weather and logistics will shape outcomes as winter tightens and transportation slows already.
The article argues for the Freiburg twilight sleep method to ease childbirth pain despite objections from religious and medical critics. It contends that if the method is safe and beneficial, it should be embraced rather than rejected, and compares invention to humanity’s control over nature with divine approval implied.
A newspaper column asserts that American interest in entertainment continues despite hard times. It notes rising outlays for sports, theater, opera, football, and outdoor recreation, arguing recreation is a sound investment and evidence of a healthy, physically active generation. It mixes commentary on public figures and humorous quips with broad cultural observations.
A World War I era dispatch reveals radical inventions linked to Lord Dundonald and Lord Cochrane. Reports discuss a potential annihilation device feared for inhuman impact, committee rejections, and a call to revive the Cochrane scheme amid modern warfare, with royal connections and military figures noted.
Senator Penrose denounces the war tax as unnecessary in peace and blames Democratic tariff revisions. Senator James Hamilton Lewis defends administration policy. Nicaragua treaty lacks quorum in Foreign relations committee. Alaska coal land leasing bill conference report adopted. Philippine Islands independence bill passes 211 to 69. Recesses and adjournments noted.
Opinion criticizes sympathetic Americans urging U S action to ship food to Brussels. Britain blocks exports via England and Holland to avoid aid to German troops. Government neutrality must guide policy. diplomats must not be pressed to run shipments. Germany bears responsibility for feeding Belgians.
The German 11 inch siege mortar marks a major advance in power weight and mobility among mobile artillery. It can be hauled by motor or horse power and quickly placed in battery. Steel barrel inner tube outer jacket total length eleven feet breech opened by a handle and safety device prevents premature firing. The breech weighs over 1100 pounds but can be opened with one hand in seconds. The gun is carried on two vehicles each motor hauled. Transport sections use pedrail wheels and a simple mounting via cables bolts and recoil cylinder.
Mrs Daggett of La Grange Illinois told Chicago Kindergarten Club members at the Art Institute that many famous composers drew themes from birds. She cited a robin whistling Marguerite’s Spinning Song from Faust and birds whistling fragments from opera, noting roosters crowing like The Rosary.
A New York Times piece argues Germany would seek global empire if it wins the war, detailing colonization history and rival powers, naming Bernhardt and Dernburg and warning of Germanys potential claims to overseas possessions. It contrasts British, French, and American empires and contemplates Germanys future reach.
A collage of 1915 era reflections on war relief by Artur Gatterman and a long excerpt on Emperor Franz Joseph s aging rule. It contrasts humanitarian work with war zeal and ponders the Hapsburg dynasty s decline amid Balkan tensions and empire collapse.
Barney Kelly chief of police explains why a walnut sideboard built from caskets by a former Boston stage carpenter was stored in a Kokomo woodshed after learning its grim origin. The unusual furniture story highlights local disapproval and banishment.
A brief consolation note from the Richmond Times Dispatch admits limited knowledge of European geography and acknowledges relief in not needing to learn more about the region.
Kipling argues in Rudyard Kipling's introduction to War by W Douglas Newton that people who have not faced invasion cannot grasp its reality. He likens invasion to death and describes how conquest brings razing disorder, starvation, and systemic breakdown beyond imagination.
Mrs Maggie Miller aged 76 was buried in a black silk gown made in Germany over a century ago. She revealed before death that the wedding dress belonged to her mother and herself and should be kept with her, as she had no descendants to inherit it.
Unsettled forecast for DC and Maryland with rain possible Thursday and Friday. Virginia expects rain Thursday and likely fair Friday, warmer interior. General national outlook shows warmer warmth in the plains and southwest, with rains in the south Atlantic and upper Mississippi valleys. Local report notes temperatures around 64 midnight to 67 at night, and a 60 percent sunshine potential.
North Carolina Attorney General W Bickett warns of wholesale cotton bankruptcy without federal purchase of surplus cotton. He calls for Overman bill to buy 5 million bales and hold them until conditions normalize, warning struggles across the cotton belt and banks strained by financing. Real estate leaders in Minneapolis and Chicago discuss ethics, city planning, and industry harmony at Willard Hotel with Lloyd's risk perspective and insurance parallels.
Fr A Denny of Onondaga NY argues European conflict will spur American pottery trade. He notes US plants like Onondaga employ 600, with demand rising as imports fall. He cites $10,000,000 annual earthenware imports, much from China, and warns France and Germany potteries face protracted recovery. Out of the Mouths of Youths recalls a Kansas City Star quip about the word fail.
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