Tiny Actress First Leader in the Suffrage Movement in Japan
Madam Keokoma Kimura, a small actress and editor, led Tokyo’s first public women suffrage speech. She argues for changing laws barring women from political speech and urges higher education and independent thoughts after marriage. She notes support from Yukio Ozaki but fears government backlash.
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Japan
Tokyo City
Tokyo City, Madam Keokoma Kimura
Tokyo
Strindberg
Maeterlinck
Chekhov
Orient
Madam Kimura
Manna Vanna
Far East
Janan
Ophelia
Tokiwa Theater
Shin-Sin Fuzin-Kwai
Madam Kitaure
Madam Akiko Yosano
Yukio Ozaki
Small Flocks Best for Poultry Productivity and Health
A veteran poultry writer argues for keeping hens in small flocks. He notes better laying, thriftier health, and easier disease control in groups of about fifty, with labor justified by higher egg output and food savings. He urges 20 flocks of 50 for 1000 hens rather than one large flock.
Timing the Typist with a Cyclometer
Inventors attach a cyclometer to the typewriter escapement wheel to count every keystroke. The device ignores backward carriage shuffles and reveals wide disparities among a shop’s fifty typists, prompting pay adjustments based on actual output rather than years of service.
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Popular Science Monthly
Floating Steel Curtains Proposed to Shield Ships
A Popular Mechanics article outlines floating steel curtains towed beside ships to deter submarine attacks. The system uses airtight cylinders with eight inch plates, deployed 200 to 300 feet from the vessel, towed by sea tugs or light-draft yachts. A fleet could form two staggered rows, with leading ships guarded by tugs and convoys possible from port to destination.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Epigrhymes of Courage and Silent Woe
A reflective poem urging respect for women and loved ones left behind in war. It contrasts a distant husband’s absence with a neighbor’s simple dinner call, praising mothers and sweethearts who endure loneliness with quiet courage. It invokes Longfellow as a model for contemplation and prayer.
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Longfellow
Wood Needs for War Effort Outlined
The United States government requires about two billion feet of lumber for war work next year. Of this total 500 million feet will supply army cantonments and 400 million feet will go to the shipbuilding program.
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United States
One of the Best Sellers Robert's Rules of Order
The Kansas City Star notes General Henry M. Robert of the U S Army wrote the 1876 parliamentary guide later selling over 550000 copies by 1915. He self printed 4000 copies after editors doubted a military man as authority, distributing them in 40 states.
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General Robert
Robert
Steeplejack Survives Fall From Philadelphia Church
Frank Atkinson, a steeplejack, fell about fifty feet while painting a Philadelphia church steeple. He landed on the roof and sidewalk, spraining only a wrist, then told his crew to clean up the spilled paint. He plans to join the aviation service now that climbs are too dangerous.
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Frank Atkinson
Philadelphia
Atkinson
Debate over enemy princes bill cites Lord Middleton and Red Eagle order
In parliament the enemy princes bill discussion recalls Lord Middleton who held the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle and reportedly wished to decline it but was compelled to accept. The piece notes Red Eagle distinctions are cheap, with the Black Eagle rarer, and mentions a January festival where thousands receive orders including Red Eagle.
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Lord Middleton
Red Eagle
Making Change by Electricity System for Hotel Coin Boxes
A new patented electric coin receiving system is now in New York markets for hotels and apartment houses. It enables room occupants to pay for small purchases without leaving their rooms and to obtain change at their doorways. Each room has a coin box with slots for nickels dimes quarters and half dollars linked to a central hotel switchboard for automatic recording and change by an operator.
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New York
Young New Zealand Commander Promoted to Brigadier General
Brigadier General at twenty eight Brigadier General Freyberg is noted for rapid rise. Born in New Zealand he was twice wounded at Gallipoli and earned the Distinguished Service Order for swimming ashore in the Gulf of Saros. He won the Victoria Cross leading the naval brigade at Beaucourt last November and was wounded at Antwerp.
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B. ©. Freyburg
New Zealand
Freyberg
Gallipoli
Gulf of Saros
Beaucourt
Antwerp
Zep Captures a Ship Reported by Dutch Fishermen
Dutch fishermen near Ydefaulttown report a Zeppelin halting the Norwegian bark Royal near Tarbot bank. A prize crew boarded and towed the ship to Germany. The account offers no explanation of how the airship approached without Norwegian fire.
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Zep
Y ¥Minden
Tarbot Bank
Germany
Treves Shrine of the Holy Coat Figures in Pilgrim History
The ancient Prince Bishopric of Treves renews as a pilgrimage center around the Holy Coat relic. Treves claims 1800 years before Rome, guards a seamless robe historically kept hidden, and resumed public exposure in 1844 during Archbishop Arnoldi's centenary jubilee drawing millions of visitors. The coat is dark brown, simple, without seams or decoration.
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Treves
Rome
Dundee Advertiser
Arnoldi
Messages Float for Years Across Vast Pacific
The United States hydrographic office reports bottles cast to sea have drifted for years before recovery. One from Capt. S Nagahue of the Tamba Maru, August 17, 1915, 900 miles east of Kemchatka, was found May 15 near Moelips, Washington. A second from December 1914 off Cape Corrientes, Mexico, was located February 22 near Christmas Island, 240 miles north of Hawaii. A third from Capt. W Wann dated February 34, 1915, east of Chile and south of Easter Island, was found January 21 near Wanganui island, New Zealand.
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Pacific
United States Hydrographic Office
S. Nagahue
Kemchatka
Moelips
Wash
Cape Corrientes
Mex
Christmas Island
Hawaiian Islands
W. H. Marston
W. Wann
Chile
Easter Island
Wanganui Island
New Zealand
England weighs adjustable dial clocks for daylight time
A proposal in England suggests clocks with an adjustable dial disk that can be rotated one hour during time changes rather than moving the hands. The dial shows summer or standard time and would suit striking clocks, though critics note most people read time by the hands.
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England
Monterey Finds Way to Handle Stray Whale Bones
Monterey California solved the stray whale problem by disposing of flesh and oil for refinery use and mounting the bones on shore as a permanent natural history exhibit. City officials saved the bones to educate school children and adults, placing the display in an open, fenced lot for visibility.
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Monterey
Cal
Secience Monthly
Shortage of steel plates and galvanised iron hits Australia
Consular reports from Melbourne warn of low stocks of steel plates tin plate and galvanised iron across Australia with acute demand. No outside relief expected and no local production underway. Delegates from Newcastle and Melbourne sought American machinery to start steel production as wartime freight costs spur lime manufacture.
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Australia
Melbourne
Newcastle
United States
Sarcasm Cited in Conversation About Wrist Injury
A brief dialogue hints at a threat to slap Reggie on the wrist as sarcasm. The other speaker replies with a curt perhaps and notes LT could have damaged his wrist watch, suggesting limited harm from the remark.
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Reggie
Flashlight Wisdom on Public Life and Effort
The piece argues that public life is less transparent than it should be, and success comes from small daily improvements. It critiques easy shortcuts and notes those who complain of being led astray often avoided trying the right path. Gratitude is portrayed as inconsistent before and after favors.
Prospecting for Platinum survey by Bureau of Mines
A special Bureau of Mines survey aims to locate existing and new platinum fields. The U S produces about 10 percent of its platinum needs and officials deem it a war necessity to become self sufficient. Three investigators are sent to California Oregon and the Appalachian region as Russia remains the main global supplier.
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Bureau of Mines
United States
California
Oregon
Appsalachian
Russia
Help Wanted and For Sale Classified Notes
Multiple brief notices including Stave makers leaders and constructors needed for Concrete Silo Co in Bloomfield Indiana. A farming family man wanted to do farm work with furnished two room house. Also a house and lot for sale near Stein home, 99 by 132 feet. Abstract service offered by M F Pate with low costs.
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Concrete Silo Company
Bloomfield
Ind
W. L. Slinkard
The Conceited One Dialogue Sketch
A brief dialogue where a speaker mocks a vain young leading man. The other character suggests handling him by talking about his self first, then letting him dominate the conversation with his own boasts.
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Hhaseli
Switz City Daily Bus Schedule Notice
Switz City Daily except Sunday publishes a southbound and northbound timetable from Bedford with multiple departures at 4:47 am 7:21 am 11:32 am 8:08 am and 7:21 am 10:38 am 1:58 pm 5:50 pm 11:44 pm plus a Sunday No. 58 at 3:16 pm. L. D. Wood, agent in Bloomfield Indiana.
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Switz City
Bedford
L. D. Wood
Bloomfield
Indiana
Ar. P.m. Bedford
A.m. Ly. P
Owensburg
Dresden
Anes
Robison
Koleer
O. Rockwood
Mineral City
Erie
Elliston
Ar. A.m. Ly
P.m
Terre Haute
Jasonville
Linton
Beehunter
Elnora
Odon
Seymour
Oden
North Bound
Linten
J. T. Averitt
P.m. Effingham
Newton
Robinson
Sullivan
Bloomfield — Et
Bloomington Radnor
Morgantown
A.m. Pm
Indianapolis
G T H and S E Railway Company Southeastern Line
The record notes the G T H and S E Railway Company in connection with the Southeastern Line project. Details specify the line's route and associated rail interests as described in the segment.
Newspaper Subscriptions Noted for Bloomfield and Cincinnati
The Bloomfield Democrat is listed as a twice weekly edition and the Cincinnati Enquirer as a weekly edition priced at 1.76 dollars. This item reflects local newspaper subscription details and pricing.
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Bloomfield Democrat
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
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