Year of 1914 marked by sensational global conflict
The narrative chronicles 1914 as a watershed year dominated by war. It details the July ultimatum to Serbia, the rapid mobilizations across Europe, the declarations of war involving Germany Austria Hungary Russia France Britain Belgium and others, the naval battles and blockades, and the global political economic and social tremors including Mexico and domestic U S events and reforms shaping the wartime era.
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Servia
Franz Werdinand
Russia
Austria
Tursia
Great Britain
Germany
France
Italy
Kalger
Count von Pourtales
St. Petersburg
Ingland
Belgium
Bel-gian
Grand Jinehy
Luxemburg
Porvers
Skeletum
Austria-Hungary
Gosnin
Itfrench
England
Japan
Scandinavia
Holland
Portugal
Spain
Turkey
Bulgaria
Black Sea
Greece
Balkan
Dietkund
Berlin
Vienna
Belglum
Uftle
Paris
Bordeaux
Katser
Untapped Western Canada Lands to be Cultivated by Owners Abroad
The Canadian Government plans to appeal to U S landholders to cultivate unoccupied Western Canada lands. Proper cultivation could raise profits, with potential 160 acre free land offers and options to lease or purchase. The Migration Department led by W D Scott will assist non resident owners through agents in the United States.
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Canada
United States
Dominion
Western Canada
Department
Dominion Government
W. D. Scott
Ottawa
Western
General Richard Montgomery Hero of two continents
This obituary sketch chronicles Irish born General Richard Montgomery, Trinity College graduate, who served in the British army before joining American patriots. It details his campaigns in Canada and the West Indies, his pivotal role in the Canadian invasion, his death at Quebec on December 31, 1775, and his reburial with a monument in St. Paul’s churchyard in New York.
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McAdoo
Houston
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank System
Washington
New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad
Boston and Maine
Willson
John Skelton Willams
Central Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Lehigh Valley Road
Department of Juatica
New York
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Hartford
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Road
Congress
New Haven Road
Wilson
New York, New Haven
Hartford Road
United States District Court
Eastern Railroads
Middle West
International Harvester Company
Senate
Nevada
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Oregon
Arizona
Colorado
Missouri
Michel Oreste
Taith
Orestes Zamor
Haiti
Jose Vicente Ctricha
Colombia
Mme Caulany
Ficara
Gaston
Canada
Benavides
Billinghurst
Roberto Legula
Supreme Court
Ahmed Mirza
Shah of
Persia
Rene Viviani
William of
Charles of
Federal Board of Mediation
Michigan
Trinidad
Cola
Seth Low
Ohio
Yorkshire Coal
West Virginia
Coa
Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
New Jersey
Long Island
Sakura Island
Surabaya
Java
Monroe
Norfolk
New York City
Cape Charles
Russia
Akita
Japan
Newfoundland
Strait of Belle Isle
Southern Cross
Eccles
W. Va
Sicily
Empress of Ireland
Storstad
St. Lawrence
Robert A. Bartlett
Stefansson
Alberta
Salem
Mass
China
Francis H. Leggett
Oreton
Turkey
Edison
Orange
N. J
Trinity College
West Indies
Dominion
Quebec
Richard Montgomery
Convoy House
Raphoe
Ireland
Louisburg
North
Tal Congress
Colonies
Britain
Schuyler
St. Paul's
Man's Lowest Estate in Psychology of Hatred
The passage probes the psychology of hatred and its potential to invert into love, noting how hatred lowers a person to a negative state and questioning how the two emotions can interchange rapidly. It argues that hatred dominates leads to a low estate and seeks paths to escape its malign influence.
Sam Smith Collects Wilson News For School Composition
A boy known as Sammy, who brings papers to President Wilson, asks Secretary Tumulty for his view on the president's message to Congress. Tumulty extols the topic briefly then asks Sammy why he seeks the information for a school composition.
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Sammy
Wilson
Tumulty
Congress
Local Fire Prompted Helmet Duty in Rural Talk
A Birmingham Age Herald excerpt recalls a rural exchange about a large nearby fire. Silas declines to join because his shirt is in the wash and his helmet is being filled with beans by the old woman in the garden, a humorous snapshot of the day's chores.
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Silas
Birmingham Age Herald
Castoria Safety Reminder for Infants and Children
Public health notice urges caregivers to examine Castoria bottles for the Fletcher’s Castoria signature and claims the product has been in use for over 30 years as a safe remedy for infants and children.
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Fletcher
Fortunes and bills in a Baltimore tone
A fragment sketch from the Baltimore American shows a character named Alan preferring luck to mockery as he explains call money as what you pay telephone bills with. The dialogue hints at social humor and everyday finance.
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Baltimore American
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Sixty-third Congress
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International Surgical Congress
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Cape
Eleanor Randolph Wilson
William Gibbs McAdoo
the Treasury
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Panama Canal
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Herman B. Duryea
Daughters of the Confederacy
National Cemetery
Arlington
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Robert R. Livingstone
Supreme Court of
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Alan
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