16 Feb 1917
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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1917
Page
1
A 1910s column rails at political figures and press publicity while discussing Japan China relations and the looming risk of war with Germany. It mocks claims about Washington scandal, praises public figures, and notes naval drafts and post office politics amid energy on industry and puffed wheat pricing.
A long editorial discusses patriotism measured by sacrifice, critiques submarine warfare policy and leaks, and weighs pork-barrel spending. It cites Senator Saulsbury, President Harding, and W J Bryan while debating naval blockades and German threats, plus local views on school scheduling and public buildings.
A Dallas dispatch reports the city will form a commission headed by J. M. Mc Cormick to study school building use. With idle 19 hours daily, the plan aims to extend occupancy and maximize benefits from facilities.
Minority Leader Mdnn sparked a bitter late week row by charging the administration appointed southerners to Marine Corps second lieutenancies without examination. He noted 19 of 32 new officers hailed from South Carolina and Virginia with few from the north and alleged the men had no mental tests. Representative Butler of Pennsylvania criticized the move as generating adverse comment.
The piece notes mixed German-American views on war and government policy. It highlights a pro German paper against meeting wartime mobilization, mentions German-American societies in the east backing the president, and cites Congressman Britten urging navy funding. It also references Brazil, where Germans are said to influence politics, and a Brazilian official Muller signing a protest against Germany's submarine policy. War, the piece argues, may harmonize racial tensions.
A southern senator denounces the Gallinger amendment and the push to suppress republican votes as unfair and unstatesmanlike. He critiques comparisons of southern and northern voting, treasury contributions, and federal appropriations, while urging fairness in the senate debate. He condemns quail hunting as a metaphor, laments agricultural losses, and urges restraint amid heated partisan rhetoric.
Orazio Rapole an Italian farm hand convicted of first degree murder for killing Amos Neff at the Neff ranch in east Mill Creek on June 26, 1916, elected to be shot and will die by firing squad Friday morning. A motion for a new trial based on defense counsel's alleged intoxication was overruled by Judge Morse after two weeks of review.
Wyoming papers filed by Mrs. W F Cody widow Irma Cody Garlow and Johnny Baker keep Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show active. The show’s legacy continues per the colonel’s last wish despite his death.
Hugh White, 75, committed 37 years ago as mentally unbalanced, died at Johnson County county home after a lifelong compulsion to walk in circles. He reportedly walked about six hours daily, totaling an estimated 162000 miles around rooms yards stores and other spaces.
Chicago real estate representatives controlling about 50 000 of 100 000 upper class apartments moved to segregate tenants by race. They plan statutes similar to St Louis and aim to prevent cross racial entry in housing. May 1 rent increases of 15 percent are set by the group.
Governor Brumbaugh asks Pennsylvania to hold any action until Larry K Thaw leaves Philadelphia hospital. Thaw remains under indictment for alleged whipping of Fred Gump Jr a Kansas City youth on Christmas night.
The American Press Association reports nine hundred newspapers and magazines halted publication nationwide in recent months due to higher operating costs and a sharp rise in paper prices. More than fifty of the suspensions are in Iowa.
An official record shows attestation by directors P. J. Brandrup and Louis Frank, confirming a formal document or action. The text indicates their roles as signatories on behalf of the board. Further context from the surrounding clipping would clarify the exact instrument witnessed.
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