Thrift Stamp Lesson Told By Senator Nelson Tale
Senator Nelson told a tale about a suburban boy who claimed to be working for a thrift stamp while idle on a veranda. A observing woman questioned the effort as the scene showed no labor, but the boy explained the man would pay for a stamp if he watched for his father at the home.
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Koute Nelson
Minnesota
Rice as A Global Staple And Its Nutritional Value
Rice forms the staple diet of most eastern races and is widely eaten in Europe and America. A bulletin from the Imperial Institute notes that its nutritional value depends on the form in which it is consumed.
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Street-cleaning plea echoes in satire from scrub reporters
A quip about sending a scrub reporter highlights budget strains and civic reform chatter. The captioned exchange cites Andrew Jackson’s warning about poverty and disgrace as a caution about public spending and accountability.
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President Opens Red Cross Drive
President Wilson urged no limit on US manpower for France as part of a Red Cross fundraising drive. He said 5,000,000 could go, vowed to stand by Russia and France, and stressed giving over profit. He praised the Red Cross and appealed for universal sacrifice to aid civilians and soldiers.
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Turks and Russians Battle at Baku Ends Varied Suffering
In a deadly Caspian clash at Baku Mussulmans and Bolshevik forces fight as fires rage through districts including the Persian bazaar. Dispatches report about 2000 killed and 38000 wounded amid the urban destruction.
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Moscow
Mussulmans
Baku
Caspian Sea
Germans Use Infernal Machines in France War Front
Germans opposite the American sector northwest of Toul deploy infernal machines to halt nightly American patrols, as numbers of patrols go out into No Man's Land.
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France
Toul
No Man's Land
Agreement Reached on Exchange of War Prisoners
In Berne Switzerland German and Italian commissioners agree on exchanging sick and crippled prisoners of war and on managing prison camps. The agreement will be submitted for ratification by both governments.
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Berne
Switzerland
Draft Evader Sentenced in Falsifying Questionnaire
Santa Fe New Mexico: Federal Judge Colin Neblet sentenced Damey Sum merbell to eight months in the state penitentiary for falsifying his draft questionnaire. The judge suggested prisoners might teach patriotism.
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N. M
Colin Neblet
Damey
Summerbell
Maize Burned for Fuel in Argentina Amid Shipping Scarcity
Buenos Aires reports the finest maize in Argentina is being burned as fuel due to shipping shortages. Despite a bumper crop this year, transport constraints prevent profitable sales, forcing farmers to use grain to meet energy needs.
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Argentina
Man's Complex Anatomy Told With Element List
A passage asserts the human body is a complex machine composed of at least eighteen simple substances including hydrogen oxygen carbon sulfur fluorine chlorine bromine iodine phosphorus arsenic silicon sodium calcium magnesium iron manganese aluminum boron and vanadium.
Ecathurasm Philosophical Quotation Attributed to Emerson
Fragments present a quotation claiming nothing great was achieved without ecathurasm and attribute it to Emerson. The source text includes a garbled header and punctuation errors, lacking verification of authorship or full context.
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Emmerson
How I Cured Myself of Being Sensitive
A reader recounts advice from Wagner in an American Magazine piece about tempering sensitivity. The mentor argues lasting success requires self-control and resilience, noting that repeated personal slights and envy derail career advancement. He urges the writer to seek steadier work and to learn to laugh at setbacks.
SAME BOTHER SOME WEEDS IN CHAMPLAIN JOURNAL
The article recalls Samuel Champlain noting weed challenges on Massachusetts shores from St Lawrence to Cape Ann. It highlights shell hoes and purslane, the weeds that persisted in gardens, threatening corn beans and squash after 400 years of farming.
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Cape Ann
Gloucester
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Hindoo Prince and Missionaries
A Baroda ruler describes reforms to improve native priesthood and engage with missionaries. He highlights American influence and plans to convene priests and missionaries to compare practices. He has established a professorship of comparative religions to expose readers to other faiths.
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