World News Digest Highlights From The War Era
Secretary McAdoo vows to defend liberty as the Morano wreck sinks nine crewmen. Ambassador Bakhmetief arrives in Chicago with a message of Russia’s retreat, while Germany’s Austria ultimatum to Serbia emerges. The second Liberty loan of 3 billion dollars is set for November 21. The John Twohy schooner torpedoed near St John, Maine. The Shipping Board plans to requisition American merchant ships. Major Maurice predicts a prolonged war with increased U.S. burden. U.S. surgical teams aid in Flanders as Morano crew losses are reported. Senator McCumber’s draft resolution advances. Regular army recruiting hits 2,705 enlistments.
European War News and Proclamations Across Fronts
Reports from Vienna mark Austro-Hungarian entry into Czernowitz. Ribot warns France must win peace by force or face German oppression. British air service praised for bold strikes. Germans lose six machines while Allies lose three. Greek casualty figures amid Bulgarian occupation tallies. Submarine attacks reduce British merchant shipping, including the Belgian France tragedy. Russian commands shift. Korniloff named Generalissime as Brusiloff resigns. Russia evacuates Kimpelung. urban frontnotes from Ypres and Bukowina updates. Authoritarian moves include a Russian cabinet reshuffle and a French naval minister’s resignation.
Grape Juice Syrup From Windfall Apples and Cider
U S Department of Agriculture guidance on preserving fruit juices and syrups at home. Covers sterilization, bottling, and storage methods for grape juice, red juice, and a sirup made from windfall apples and apple cider. Provides temperatures, times, and steps to ensure clear, shelf-stable products.
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United States Department of Agriculture
How to make jams marmalades and jellies
USDA guidance explains jam texture from small fruits, marmalades, fruit butters and conserves. It details testing finished jam with a spoon, safe packing in sterile jars, processing times for pints, and provides recipes for peach jam quince paste pear and quince preserves and apple butter with precise ratios and steps. It emphasizes using wooden spoons, avoiding rapid stirring, heating to 105C, and confirming set before sealing.
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United States Department of Agriculture
The Vision of Heaven for Aging Hearts and Work
The piece muses on aging, beauty, and the afterlife, arguing that heaven must involve active effort and service rather than idle song. It compares Puritan and Miltonic visions, emphasizes work, personal relations, and avoiding permanent senility, and reflects on how earthly aging shapes our hope for the hereafter.
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Na Hele
Palestine
Egypt
Earth
Elysian Fields
Heaven
Milton
Cronpell
Jay
Lfe
Folt
Inidge
How to Conquer the Cramp in Cold Water
A guide from Popular Science Monthly on coping with swimmer cramps in cold conditions. It covers panic prevention, proper breathing to fill the lungs, and specific steps for chest and limb cramps to regain buoyancy and surface reach.
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Popular Science Monthly
Making 'Em Bite. A Street Car Coin Swap
A street car passenger asks who dropped a dime and receives frantic searches by several riders. One man claims ownership, noting the date 1860 and worn condition. The finder instead returns a trousers button as the coin.
His Experience. She In a Battle of Tongues
In a fragment from a column a woman claims she can hold her own in a verbal duel but the man doubts she ever does. A department store elevator is described as merely a shoplifter in a sharp, wry exchange.
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