Wilhelmshaven and Memel ports shaped Germany’s sea power
The National Geographic bulletin highlights Wilhelmshaven as a major German naval station born from marshland to a fortified harbor opened by King William I, and Memel as an early Baltic trade seaport built by the Teutonic Order. It notes shipyards, docks, and climate of wartime fortifications, plus Memel’s historical trade links with Riga, Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Poland.
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Ishelmshaven
Imperial
German Empire
National Geographic Society
North Sea
Jade Bay
Europe
Grand Duke of
Oldenburg
Wilhelmshaven
William
William I
Germany
Prussia
Therafter
Hanover
Bremen
Memel
East Prussia
Meme
Land's End
Baltic Sea
Stockholm
Sweden
Riga
Petrograd
Russia
Copenhagen
Denmark
Russian
Poland
Niemer River
Koenig Wilhelm Canal
Baltic
Pole
Nimmersatt
Tilsit
Koenigsberg
Brand and Sword
Poppo von Osterna
Knights
The
Teutonic Order
New Dortmund
Memelburg
Hanseatic League
Friedrich Wilhelm III
Napoleon
Jena
Great Britain
Vanishing Art in Masonry
David Grayson celebrates dry walls built without mortar as a true masons art. He notes the wall’s integrity rests on skillful stone placement, reflects New England heritage, and laments the fading craft embodied by enduring stone fences in Burnham hills and Crewsbury.
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David Grayson
New England
Burnham Hills
Crewsbury
Peculiar to Themselves Detours to Flubdub Fish Market
A humorous exchange centers on finding Flubdub’s fish market with the advice to follow one’s nose. The dialogue plays on the idea that scent leads to a market, offering a whimsical, self-contained moment.
If Only We Could Ad World of Ads
The quip imagines a perfect, advertiser laden world where everyone mirrors idealized tips from then contemporary ads. It invokes teeth, smoking, warmth, speed, shaving, complexion, magazines, travel, and promotion as sought after perks.
Women take prominent roles in global duties and leadership
London pays policewomen six dollars weekly while Texas grants pensions to dependent mothers. England anticipates farmers mostly women this year. Teodora Zavilla leads Philippine rice farming. Edith Rosecrans named attorney for Blairstown New Jersey. US Navy sees more women applicants. Twenty five American women serve as ambulance drivers in Salonika. Mile Jeanne Tardy named attache of France's finance ministry.
Wartime Proverbs Loot of Life Wisdom and Whims
A collection of humorous and didactic proverbs on frugality efficiency and family life during wartime. Witty lines advise waste reduction carefulness in spending farming and household management with playful rhymes and echoes of era concerns.
Fire blight: infectious disease attacking pear and apple trees
The article explains fire blight a bacterial, highly infectious disease affecting pear, apple and other trees. It covers infection pathways via blossoms and growing tips often aided by bees, symptoms such as wilted leaves and dark cankers, and a control approach using thorough pruning with corrosive sublimate wash and sanitizing tools, plus prevention through open-head training and immune stock like keifer. It notes Japanese pear stock resistance and grafting strategies for durable, blight resistant trees.
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Leonard R. Hartill
New York State School of Agriculture
Long Island
Farmingdale
N. Y
Reimer
Oregon
Keifer
Horses Key to Kansas Crop Push Says Expert
Dr. C. W. McCampbell of Kansas State College warns that horses and mules are vital to farm work. Kansas has 700,000 suitable animals and 20,000 acres cultivated yearly. He stresses sanitation, feeding, watering, and proper labor to maximize horse efficiency and prevent disaster from disease.
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C. W. McCampbell
Kansas State Agricultural College
Doctor McCampbell
Kansas
McCampbell
Cheapest Summer Hog Food Tips
The article advises using hogs in woods and grass pasture with grass clover and fodder corn as the cheapest summer feed. It stresses ensuring plenty of water for drinking and bathing.
The Gentle Cynic Onion and Reputation
A pithy meditation on skepticism and self interest. It notes that a man’s true character shows when unseen and warns against quick judgment as reputations often suffer from snap conclusions.
Fact compilation of early 20th century economic notes
Reports half of New York girls aged 16 to 20 work for wages. Messina to manufacture acids with Sicilian funding. Copra oil replaces animal fats in Europe. Lima to host aviation school. Peru law allocates 24335 dollars yearly for maintenance. Japanese capitalists plan egg product plant at Tsingtao for US market. Swiss dairy cattle stop feeding oil cake due to French imports. Global electrical industry income mirrors US government outlays. US lighthouse service installs NLQ radio at Cape St Elias, Alaska under construction.
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United States Lighthouse Service
Cape St. Elias
Alaska
NLQ
Worldly Wisdom and Witty Observations
A reflective column ponders life's value and virtue. It notes beauty versus ornament, the value of goodness over mere cleverness, and warns about praise from influence. It quips on sleep, sugar, and the allure of women, ending with a homely proverb about hogs and walls.
Flashlight of duty nudges home front resolve
A column argues citizens should do their part for country as personal choices are weighed. It mocks excuses for not staying home and calls out the high cost of lying tied to marriage license rushes and shared blame for national mistakes.
Quaker Quips on Duty and Romance
A Philadelphia Record column shares witty lines urging men to enlist and serve their country boldly while poking fun at marriage for money and office romance. The quips mix civic duty with light social satire.
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Ntshaven Emel
Puck
London
Texas
England
Teodora Zavilla
Philippines
Edith Rosecrans
Blairstown
N. J
United States Navy
Saloniki
Mile
Jeanne Tardy
Ministry of Finance
H. C
New York State
Messina
Sicily
Lima
Peru
Tsingtao
China
France
United States
Mystery
Woman
Virtue
Philadelphia Record
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