Scenes in Vienna amid refugees and war talk
Report from Vienna describes heavy refugee influx from Bukowina and Galicia, with turmoil over food prices and harsh winter conditions. Observers note few war discussions locally, a mix of optimism and fear, and Archduke Eugene's visit as refugees crowd luxury and minor hotels. The piece contrasts Austrian calm with German notes and says Austrians view the war as against Russia, not France or England.
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Archduke Eugene
Imperial House
Schoenbrunn
Bukowina
Galicia
Ringstrasse
Vienna Grand Boulevard
Central Europe
Vienna
England
France
Russia
Wood-Waste Exchange Aids Lumber Trades In Washington
The forest service of the Agriculture Department launches a wood-waste exchange to help wood using industries share waste material. Over forty manufacturers seek waste wood listings and two monthly circulars match supply with demand, enabling higher waste prices and cheaper inputs. Early matches include maple blocks from furniture makers sold to a brush maker, improving profits for both sides.
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Washington
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Bread Price Capped In Berlin To About Five Cents
Berlin authorities set a maximum bread price near four and three quarter cents a pound with bakeries in poorer quarters selling even lower. The New York price runs around six cents a pound.
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Berlin
New York
Spartan Mother in Paris Detains Missing Soldiers
In Paris a mother locked two French soldiers in a room after they returned without explanation. Police arrested them as deserters following the incident.
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Paris
Plan Geologic Expedition Cambridge Students to Colorado
A Harvard geology class from Cambridge will shift from classroom study to field work in Colorado this August. Under Wallace W. Atwood, the group will meet at Ouray and spend three weeks studying the San Juan region's geology, then traverse the high Colorado mountains to investigate continental backbone structures firsthand.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Colorado
Geological Laboratory
Ouray
Wallace W. Atwood
San Juan
Cure for Divorce Evil
Mrs Walter Pulitzer of New York wife of a well known author has been invited to San Francisco to lead a movement to build a mammoth dance palace for society during the exposition If successful like her New York dances at the Hotel Biltmore it could become permanent Pulitzer argues the present dance craze will cure the divorce evil by enabling freer participation in ballroom dancing reducing marital strife
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Walter Pulitzer
New York
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Pulitzer
Hotel Biltmore
Party's One Hope and the Calamity Tariff Rally
A political column attacks the Republican strategy of courting disaster to regain power. It laments the Calamity rhetoric and tariff fixes, praises Democratic banking and postwar recovery, and urges faithful to pray for drought to revive their cause. The piece mocks party leaders and links drought to political advantage.
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Mexico
Steel Trust
Danville
Salt Lake City
Brief Poem on Prosperity Echoes Economic Optimism
The article notes improving trade statistics despite political naysayers and quotes the New York Sun’s poet laureate praising prosperity. It compares better times to spring and dandelion greens, permeating public mood and art with a terse refrain Biz Biz.
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George W. Perkins
Senator Penrose
New York Sun
Unsound Tariffs and War Echoes in Trade Morality
An editorial critiques artificial tariffs as unsound and exploitative, arguing they fuel suspicion and conflict. It cites Germany's tariff against Russia as a war-linked example and urges future tariffs to rise to a higher standard of commercial and political morality.
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The
Wall Street Journal
Germany
Russia
Two Explanations From The Steel Trust Dividend
The steel trust paused its dividend as steel demand rises and railroads expand orders while a rival firm’s stock soars on strong earnings. The piece suggests two explanations: the trust prioritizes stock market and tariff factors over manufacturing, or it is an inefficient production agency.
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Steel Trust
Tariff Legislation Seen As Pro-Employer Theory
The text argues Nelson W. Aldrich and other manufacturers favor tariff policies that prioritize employers over consumers. It criticizes the idea that factory prosperity automatically benefits all, labeling it a now-outdated theory favored only by business associations.
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Nelson W. Aldrich
Lesson on David and Saul from 1 Samuel 26
Biblical lesson notes discuss 1065 B C as Samuel death date and Saul's 37 year reign. It covers ten linked episodes including David and Abner in Saul's camp and David sparing Saul. Emphasizes David's mercy, Saul's repentance, and God's hand in deliverance with focus on Humility and obedience to the Lord's anointed.
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Professor Beecher
Samuel
Saul
David
Goliath
Adullam
Nabal
Abigail
Ablishal
Ziphites
Abner
Gideon
Ahimelech
Abishal
Abishai
God
Abisha
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound praised by user
A Minneapolis woman details two years of painful illness and weakness followed by recovery after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims the remedy is made from native roots and herbs, contains no narcotics, and invites readers to write for confidential advice from the company’s two editors in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Aselin
Lydia E. Pinkham
Minneapolis
Minn
Joseph Aselin
Fourth Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn
Lydia E.pinkham
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promotes Health Claims
An ad touts Grove's Tasteless tonic claiming to drive out malaria and build up the system with quinine and iron. It markets the product as tasteless and priced at 50 cents. The piece includes a moralizing quip about optimism and pessimism through two characters discussing a war's duration.
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Wintersmith
The Watts Variation and a Bold Wager
Alfred Watts and a publisher shared a lunch and a playful bet over a Detroit OHIO car seen from a Broadway restaurant. Watts, with his signature drawl, offered to top the bet with two dollars, declaring he would match for two dollars. The remark about reformers hints at hypocrisy as a broader theme.
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Watts
Alfred Watts
Alfred
Kind of Food That Keeps You Well
A Massachusetts woman writes that Grape-Nuts has served her family for five years in sickness and health. She uses it as a meat substitute and with cream for rheumatic trouble, along with Postum and fruit at breakfast. She reports improved health, steadier nerves, and weight loss.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Welkville
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