Norway and Denmark war loans and Norwegian industry shifts
Reports detail Norway's financial moves and Danish land transfers amid wartime. The article notes a loan shakeup, the French aim to aid business, and a possible sale of Danish West Indies to the United States for strategic naval access near the Panama Canal. It also covers Nordmands forbundet funding, Norwegian fuel needs, crop prospects in Vestlandet, and Sweden's wartime trade and power developments.
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Norway
Copenhagen
Washington
den- Tinrk
St. Thomas
Amerigar
Denmark
United States
Panama Canal
Germany
A. A. Stomberg
University of Mionesota
America
Ibsenc
Sweden
Alx
England
Stombérg
Apigtica
Russia
Stockholm
German Labor and War Effort Faces Strikes and Fleet Growth
A manifesto from socialist committees warns against general strikes while urging unity to support war effort and harvest. The article also reports Herr Ballin describing a vast German mercantile fleet, including the Bismarck and Tirpitz, under construction across several yards, with detailed tonnages and ship types. It notes German government figures on territorial gains, enemy losses, and wartime logistics, including coal syndicates and Danube traffic plans.
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Liebknecht
Brinch
Socialiste
Orzan
Ize
Antalla
Ldbour
Germany
Herr Ballin
Hamburg
Frankfurter Zeitung
Vulcan Yards
Bremen
Plensburg
Tecklenburg
Geestempende
Lidyd
Dantzig
Columbus
New York
Aluen Chen
Zeppelldn
Tuns En
Bremen-Africa Line
Hansen
Cosmos Line
Europe
Turkey
New Supreme Court Justice John Heavin Clarkin
John Heavin Clarkin of Cleveland was appointed associate justice by President Wilson. At fifty nine, a bachelor born in Liston, Ohio, he graduated from Western Reserve in 1877 and entered law in 1878. He led a newspaper career with the Youngstown Vindicator and long aided Democratic politics with Tom Johnson and Secretary Baker.
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John Heavin Clarkin
Cleveland
Wilson
Supreme Court of the United States
Liston
Western Reserve University
Ohio
Youngstown
Judge Clarke
United States
Mark Ganda
Justi
Tom Johnson
Baker
Bryan
Benae A Wilson
Baltimore
Links science and industry in wartime standards drive
American business leaders urge tying applied science to industry to meet wartime needs. Dr Samuel W Stratton, head of the bureau of standards, says readiness spans a decade, with most industry tied to standards. Stratton, born July 18 1861 in Litchfield Alabama, studied at Illinois and Chicago before directing standards from 1901.
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Armer
Samuel W. Stratton
Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Por
Doctor Stratton
Litchderd
Stratton
University of
Absurdly unprepossessing yet famed congressman
Ohio Representative Simeon D Tess ol jokes about his own looks claiming he is “absurdly unprepossessing.” He notes his persona helps him dodge reception committees and delight in quiet mischief when lecturing. Once a University of Chicago history lecturer, he recalls a Pennsylvania stop where a fashionably dressed woman left in disgust after he claimed only to know he is a man of commanding personality.
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Simeon D. Tess Ol
Ohio
Fess
University of Chicago
Pennsylvania
Mesa
The European War A Year Ago This Week
A year ago this week reports German advances and Allied responses across multiple fronts. Entries include German actions around Kovno and Lomza, battles at the Argonne and Vosges, naval losses, Allied setbacks at Gallipoli, and early August 1915 and 1916 notes detailing submarine sinks and coastal bombardments.
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Kovno
Lomza
Riga
Hooge
Lynx
Mihe
India
Saarbrucken
Dvinsk
Anzac
Galipoli
Sivialay-Anafarta
English
Mrs Lansing’s Social Role Elevates Secretary’s Status
Washington society welcomes Robert Lansing as secretary of state with keen interest in his wife’s influence. Mrs Lansing, noted for charm and tact, is praised as a leading social figure and adviser, aiding her husband’s international law insights and diplomatic duties.
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Washington
Robert,Lansing
Bausley
Elsanor Foster
John W. Foster
Harrison
Tansing
Lansing
Aer Jigband
Dickinson College 182 Years Old This Year In Carlisle
A scanned 19th century note reports Dickinson College in Carlisle Pennsylvania is 182 years old this year. It mentions the New Hampshire Office and a Uie proprietor praising fresh air and winter wear with typing errors leading to use of curved strokes for safe key tapping. It also notes declines in war wound mortality, yet war exposure toughening soldiers, and a range of assorted inventions and discoveries including glass coloring methods, slingshot sights, telescopic spectacles, a burned home pocketbook with cash intact, zinc foil replacing tinfoil, and other scattered items.
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Dickinson College
Carlisle
Hogland Statistical Office
Uie
Jacques Bertillon
Trench Army
France
Pennsylvania
O. H. Barton
Spencer
Mass
Harry G. Seltzer
Breslau
Germany
Rander
Dairy Industry Shows Dairy Butter Growth Across Regions
Saskatchewan Dairymen's convention notes 1915 output gains for cooperative creameries totaling 1.6 million lbs butter and 52 carloads shipped. Manitoba bulletin reports 1975 dairy year strong with creamery butter up over 1,000,000 lbs and cheese up. total milk products value above $2.76 million with creameries and farm milk contributing substantial sums. Fodder crops dominate, corn 190,182 tons. Timothy 193,357 tons. bromer ies 46,815 tons. alfalfa and clover 88,000 tons. Cattle count 81,005. Red Deer Alberta cheese factory quadruples output. Calgary cheese and butter shipped. Cardston 105 creamentry profits. Northern Alberta dairy growth cited.
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Saskatchewan Dairymen's Association
Saskatchewan
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Manitoba
Iit
Red Deer
Alberta
Cheers
Calgary
Cardston
Worthern Alberta
Gannda Andt
Don’t Lose Hope in Kidney Trouble Ad
A testimonial letters recount relief from kidney and bladder trouble after trying several doctors. Mrs Martile Vanderbeck credits Dr Swan Root Swamp Root, claims six bottles restored health, and urges readers to send payment to Kilmer & Co for a sample bottle and information booklet.
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Swan
Martile Vanderbrok
Johnson
St. Moberly
Martile Vanderbeck
Rulick O'Brien
Notery Tublig
Tun Conta
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Fantastics
Just Trying to Beg a Bend in Times Turmoil
Fragmentary text shows dialogue with Uncle Eheo discussing uplift and a hitman aimed to boss the town. Names and clarity are unclear. context suggests dialectal speech from a historical piece, but no firm event or attribution is evident.
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Eheo
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Advert Affects Hands
An old advertising snippet promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for red rough and irritated hands. It mentions hot soaks, drying, and a one night treatment with a free sample by mail from Cuticura, Boston.
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Dept. Sy
Boston
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Governmnt
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Aix
Porjus
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Polar
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Ostersund
Nephala
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Garmane
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Bug
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Gallipoli
Vistula
Novogeorgievsk
Liege
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