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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1915
Page
9
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Secretary McAdoo argues for government support to build up American merchant marine and shipping facilities to gain and hold European war markets. He cites high ocean freight rates, private financing limits, and the need to extend communications, asking why private enterprise fails to meet the emergency and urging a careful balance between private initiative and possible government ownership.
Grange Dispatches from Brownsville report local peace officers and civilians retreating, while the Army under Gen Funston asserts control along the border. Citations claim bandits fled across the river and battles occurred near the line with fatalities on both sides.
The passage decries soldiers who view the border incident as a personal duty while lacking national responsibility. It condemns shooting across the line at Mexicans who evade capture and warns that local sentiment endorses such acts. The speaker argues these actions threaten to moralize government plans and invite broad war.
The piece argues for using incoming gold and securities to expand U S currency, urging full employment of all money to boost banks, industry, and public needs. It cites gold reserves, Federal Reserve policies, and calls for active investment to fund railways, power development, navy, roads, and public works, with a skeptical jab at idle capital.
The piece discusses defenders of notorious figures, citing De Quincey’s portrayal of Judas Iscariot as driven to despair by Jesus, and Marie Corelli’s melancholic reimagining in Sorrows of Satan. It notes a recent St Louis citizen’s death reflecting on life and fortune rather than giving instructions for wealth.
The article profiles Tommy Longford Earl of Longford a senior army officer who died at Gallipoli and owned about 400 acres in Dublin yielding 250000 yearly rent plus 30000 more in County Westmeath and North Aston Hall England. It chronicles his family, twin birth, marriage to a Ireland loving descendant, and the notable marriages and trials of descendants including Lord Clancarty and Belle Bilton.
A 16 year old girl named Misa Josephine Kennedy elopes with Frank Stelliano of Waynesbuts to Cumberland Maryland while her father kneels in evening prayer. Her mother aided the plan, bringing the luggage to the railroad station the night before and arranging the timing. The couple married despite the father's objections and multiple attempts to depart the city.
A wealthy Philadelphia woman, patient of a prominent family, seeks a baby boy to adopt as a twin to her coming child. The plan aims for secrecy within the household, with only the mother nurse and physician aware of the arrangement. The baby would be raised alongside the birth child with all social and financial advantages but would not know its birth parents.
A burglar alarm at 100 Morningside Drive near 118th Street drew Sol Saunders the elevator boy and Charles Anderson the superintendent to the storeroom door. They found a young Negro attacker armed with a bar trying to force the lock. He was overpowered and held in the elevator between floors until Patrolman Brawley arrived.
A wartime motorcycle courier recalls a dangerous night on rain slick roads. The rider describes dodging German fire, the fragile shell supply, and a near fatal rush to deliver messages as a helmeted figure battles fear and fate in the held breath of a dark frontline road.
A Philadelphia youth Arthur McCormick 18 recalls Broadway glow and candy excess leading him to flee New York with $16, stomach aches and dwindling funds. His mother cares for him as he wonders when his private school starts, while a separate Ben era Eben Sehd recounts a long life of hardship and race-era memories.
On September 9 1623 the battle of Flodden Field is recalled as the Scottish king James IV fell with around 10000 troops lost and many nobles slain. The rout and sorrow spread through Scotland, seen as a monumental calamity and folly of a king led by vanity into English ground.
Spectators of 16 090 watch as George W Mageean wagers on Jim Savage in a grotesque stunt at Madison Square Garden. Mageean pushes a peanut through a rigged course using a painter's ladder and a wire setup while onlookers cheer and the crowd grows.
A patient at Homeopathic Hospital fled after doctors prepared to remove an irregular set of instruments. Witnesses described the man trembling at the sight of shin steel and sprinting from the ward, prompting a security response as physicians planned additional care.
An incident describes a man named George Washington found in a helpless condition under a tree by a police officer. A recorder suspended the man’s deputy, remarking that there should be more George Washingtons and warning him to avoid strong drink.
A fragment from a child’s dialogue shows Edith confronting a mother about a pet injury. The exchange centers on who placed a flea on a cat and whether it was returned, hinting at family dynamics and potential blame within an ordinary domestic scene.
Report from Washington hotels cites comments by B F Clendenning of the Commercial Club of Kansas City about a business mood shift in Missouri. He notes European war effects and warned farmers may see lower prices for crops, with agents noting demand and prices for horses, mules, and autos also fluctuating amid statewide agricultural concerns and market pressures.
Fragmented OCR notes referencePoisons heel saving toe and various garbled terms. Mentions connections to medical or chemical words, parched conditions, beverages and vessel words. No coherent event or clear entities emerge.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions names and numbers in a rural context with unclear dates or actions. The readable bits reference Boise and possibly a lease or property transaction, but most details are indecipherable. No coherent event or outcome can be established from the fragment.
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