Iconic New York Mansions Host Visiting Dignitaries
The Astor Frick and Clark mansions attract attention as premier New York homes. The Astor residence on Fifth Avenue hosts dignitaries like Mr Balfour, while Frick and Clark boast famed art and architecture. Other notes cover Mrs Astor and the Four Hundred, and the Titanic fate of John Jacob Astor.
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England
la Presna
United States
Joffre
M. Viviani
Balfour
New York
Astor
Frick
Clark
Carnegie
William Astor
New York Society
Mrs. Astor
Ward McAllister
Astors
Carolus Ian
Troyan
Gerome
Meissonier
Detaille
Cordt
Nest
Elizabeth
Fight on the Tigris Brings Turkish Rout Before Bagdad
Edmund Candler reports a river battle where Mesopotamian flotilla gunboats and cavalry rout Turkish forces on the Tigris below Bagdad. Vessels pass a hairpin bend at Nahr Kellah under fire from three sides as infantry, artillery, and machine guns rake approaching ships.
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Edmund Candler
Tigris
Bagdad
Baghailah
Kut
Nahr Kellah
Women of Britain Challenge Krupp and War Power
The passage lauds British women and militants as crucial to defeating Krupp and expanding suffrage. It frames explosives production and military power as linked to national defense, praising the effort of women across Moorside and other areas and urging continued voting rights to guide state policy.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Hindenburg
Moorside
Britain
Argentina wheat supply report contradicts minister statements
A disputed wheat supply report from Argentina clashes with comments by the foreign affairs and agriculture ministers. Officials insist exporting is in Argentina's interest, but a large stockpiled quantity is described as effectively impossible to export due to unspecified constraints.
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Argentina
Democracy and autocracy contrasted in Europe and Germany
A retrospective discussion traces the drift from liberalism to autocracy in Germany and Europe. It cites Dr. A Lawrence Lowell on German monarchial theory, notes the drill sergeant influence, and contrasts Christian civic ideals with autocratic rule across nations.
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United States
England
France
Italy
Russia
German
A. Lawrence Lowell
Europe
Germany
Western
Sadowa
Christendom
Reichstag
The Perfect Woman Defined by Liverpool Teachers
A Liverpool conference of English girls school teachers defines the ideal woman at forty, married with children, living well, and central to a well ordered home. She is practical, patriotic, religious, active in society, financially savvy, literate, and capable in housekeeping and modern skills.
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Liverpool
England
Teres
Saskatchewan Heads List
A fragmented report states Saskatchewan led all Canadian provinces in Belief contributions for the season, with money totals noted but unclear. Ontario is shown with $1 and British Columbia with $6,050, while Saskatchewan is described as third high.
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Canada
seSson
Ontario
British Colum Province
War Time Parcel Policy Lifts for Prisoners in Germany
Wartime restrictions on sending parcels to prisoners of war in Germany eased for several weeks covering January February and early March. Reports indicate delays were caused by German transport and censorship rules rather than Red Cross missteps. Authorities noted spies and safety bans blocked direct parcels, with a plan to increase two parcels weekly by mail to improve throughput.
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Germany
Canadian Red Cross
England
Pie. J. Peirs
Free Press
Robert Rogers
London
Manitoba Red Cross
Heaven and Earth
Hodgetts
Canada
Red Cross
Express
Tor Daily Star
Ome
Lonecenti
Akan
Ing Gavsies Deuk Eoeibenla
J.H. Recen
Saeeie Oil
Prohibition of Canadian Wheat Exports Includes Wheat and Flour
The government has passed a stop export order halting all export licenses for wheat and flour to all except British and allied countries. The aim is to address Canada’s food situation and high food prices. Trade with Holland, Sweden, and Denmark would be cut off under this measure.
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Canada
Holland
Sweden
Denmark
Reprisals and War Reflections by a 17th Century Archbish
The text recalls Randall Thomas Davidson the Most Reverend born 1648 and Archbishop of Canterbury for fourteen years. It notes his protests in the House of Lords against the Freiburg bombardment by British and German aviators killing eleven and injuring twenty seven per German accounts. It presents his cautious view of war and the brisk debate with Lord Urzon.
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Randall Thomas Davidson
Canterbury
House of Lords
Freiburg
Urzon
British effort in Mesopotamia organizers improve lines of supply
British forces in Mesopotamia report a new, organized approach to communications and logistics. Rail, road, and river transport are expanded. Basra stores are ample. medical facilities and water supply are robust. public works and hospitals are developing to support troops and wounded along the Tigris corridor through Basra Sheikhand and Sanna.
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Mesopotamia
Basra
Sheikhand
Sheik
Eng
Sanna
Tigris Valley
What She Wanted
An old lady on her first railroad ride pulls the bell cord to signal meals after a boy explains it rings for food. The car fills with questions as the conductor asks who pulled it and the lady calmly requests a ham sandwich and tea.
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Sonny
Switchback Railway Trains Through Japan’s Seaside Route
A quaint push-man railway runs nineteen miles along the coast from Atami to Odawara. The journey takes about four hours as the small cars traverse the scenic seaboard with a winding route and simple operation.
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Japan
Atami
Odawara
Murders per Million by Country and Death Penalty Trend
The article compares murder rates per million inhabitants across nations. Canada averages three, Great Britain ten, France fourteen, and Belgium sixteen. The United States reports about 129 murders per million people annually, with over 11,000 total murders in a year and death penalties in seventy five countries while others face about seven years imprisonment on average.
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Canada
Great Britain
France
Belgium
United States
Germany Faces Protracted War Losses and Possible 1918 Campaign
Frank H. Simonds argues in the New York Tribune that Germany has suffered massive losses with millions killed or disabled and faces a steady but extended fight into 1918. He notes food shortages but suggests Germany may endure into the new crop season, with Allied advances unlikely to reach the Belgian frontier soon.
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Germany
Belgian
Aix-la-Chapelle
Lower Rhine
Frank H. Simonds
New York Tribune
Balfour Urges Unity Against German Peril at New York Banquet
At the Waldorf Astoria, Arthur James Balfour warned that Germany uses science to back barbarism and imperial aims. He urged civilization to rise for the preservation of human liberty amid amid German autocracy and its threats to freedom.
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America
Mr. Balfour
Germany
Napoleon
Straits of Dover
Wedding May Portend Calm After Storm
A bride and groom prepare amid tension as a community anticipates a quiet ceremony following a period of unrest. Family members, local clergy, and neighbors gather to witness the union.
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