Inventions and Germany’s Place in World Progress
Georgetown University scholar Townes R. Leigh argues that Germany contributed little to world progress. He traces steam, telegraph, photography, anesthesia, and other innovations to Americans, British, French, Italians, or others, asserting Germany borrowed or copied. he lists many German failures and asserts Germans are mechanics rather than inventors.
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Townes R. Leigh
Georgetown University
Chicago Tribune
Germany
Newcomen
Devonshire
Watt
Aynot Murdock
Trevitick
Stephenson
France
England
America
Morse
Atlantic
Cyrus Field
New World
Lord Kelvin
Graham
Scotland
Marconi
House of Hohenzollern
Great Britain
Italy
Cyrus McCormick
Virginia
Meikle
Eli Whitney
Massachusetts
Hargraves
Arkwright
Kay
Grunel
Cartwright
Mars
Daguerre
Edison
Vaterland
Galileo
Pasteur
Koeh
Lister
Edward Jenner
Harvey
Suez Canal
Pacific
Panama
Sir Henry Bessemer
Burbank
Lavoisier
Lipnaens
Uwutton
Maury
Descartes
Comte
Savergraut Mre
Life in Russian Villages and Social Life
A snapshot of rural Russia describing villages dedicated to specific trades, noble leisure, fairs as social hubs, and the shift from serfdom to free peasant life. It notes wages of workers, prices for beef, and the staple diet of cabbage soup and rye bread among the lower classes.
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Europe
The Turkish Army as Seen by World’s Work
The Turkish armies appear plain and unpretentious, not the wild zouave stereotype. Ottoman regulars wear gray bashluks or plain fezzes, kalpaks, and puttee-like wrappings with rough wool uniforms, giving a rugged, utilitarian look suitable for firing and marching. Diverse origins include Anatolians, Kurds, Caucasus natives, Syrians, and Arabs, all ready to fight at a moment’s notice.
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Turkey
Balkans
Caucasus
Taurus Mountains
Konia
Aleppo
jAap
London Submerged Prophecy From a Late Author
A quoted warning from Grant Allen cited by Oscar Frichet in National Magazine foresees London and nearby towns sinking as the Thames valley opens in a mile long fissure. Vast lava floods would entomb the cities, leaving a desert region after the eruption.
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Grant Allen
Thames Valley
Cookham
Merry England
Thames
London
Finis
Oscar Frichet
National Magazine
Father of Tanks and Napier’s Secret War Inventions
The piece argues John Napier of Merchiston, famed for logarithms, could be the real inventor of tanks. It notes Napier’s Protestant zeal and his secret “secret inventions” shared with Bacon’s elder brother, including a metal chariot with inside-controlled motion and shot from small holes, a precursor to modern armored warfare.
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John Napier
Merchiston
Bacon
Napier
Lambs and a Bank Account in Farm and Fireside
Allan Maxwell explains profitable spring lamb production with a $600 start. Over six years he earned about $4,000 from sheep, lambs, and wool while managing costs, pasture and barn feeding, and a careful breeding plan to market Easter lambs. He details barn setup, lambing safety, and labor efficiency improving output.
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Hampshire
Wintering Bees in Northern Iowa Methods and Advice
Wallaces' Farmer guidance to a northern Iowa reader covers wintering bees in cellar or outdoors. It recommends double walls or packing for indoor wintering with outside exits, outdoors packing to allow flights, and a cellar with stable 45 F temperature, ventilation, and darkness. Begin in late Nov or early Dec after a flight. resume activity in early April when willows burst. F ERIC MILLEN Town Agricultural College.
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Wallaces
Des Moines
Towa
Iowa
F. Eric Millen
Town Agricultural College
Hares and Locomotives Warn Readers on Night Roads
A folklore note describes a hare darting before a locomotive at sixty miles per hour. It also mentions highway hazards when autos race at night. An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound at prewar prices, claiming it as a ready to use cough remedy.
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Foley
Pharmacy
Adv
Seed corn crisis warned for 1918 planting season
The extension department of the Iowa Agricultural College estimates 1 700 000 bushels of seed corn will be required for the 1918 crop and warns that only about 15 percent of good seed corn may be on hand. The report urges farmers to locate first class seed in their own counties or nearby latitudes to avoid shortages and high prices next spring.
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Towa Agricultural College
Extension Department
Piggy Needs a Shelter on Hog Rearing Time Advice
The article emphasizes warm dry shelter and direct sunlight for young pigs, noting early spring furrowing in March or April aids growth and market timing. It argues good buildings enable two litters yearly, better pasture use, and earlier finishing before costly winter feeds. It also includes a farmer Gustav Wangelin praising Foley Kidney Pills.
Notes on Electricity Use and Industry in 1915 China and U S
The document outlines electric household ranges in St Louis County and Mazda lamp wattages for home lighting. It notes $4 million in electrical goods shipped to South America, opportunities for blind and crippled soldiers in electrical manufacturing, and a General Electric plant’s Liberty Bond subscription. It mentions a single long distance line in China and local service in four cities, plus wartime ad signage ending after 11 p.m. It estimates coal use for advertising and discusses water power potential for electric industry, bauzite sources, aluminum production by electrical methods, and rising motor and furnace loads in steel mills, with a 200 percent energy-use increase over two years.
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St. Louis County
Mazda
South America
Schenectady
General Electric Company
China
Peking
Tientsin
Pekin
Shanghai
Canton
Arkansas
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Responsibility strengthens the will in New Year resolutions
James J. Walsh argues in the January American Magazine that responsibility builds willpower by forcing quick decisions and highlighting trusted status. It can elevate performance, earn subordinates' respect, and even help curb bad habits. The piece cites practical effects of responsibility on discipline and reliability.
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James J. Walsh
Notice in Probate for Isabelle G Josvanger Will
Court in Winneshiek Iowa orders all interested parties to appear February 4 1918 at 2:00 PM in Madison township to show cause why Isabelle G Josvanger last will and testament should not be admitted to probate. Clerk J Moore signs December 17 1917 with seal. Willett and Nelson attorneys listed.
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Winneshiek County
Iowa
Isabelle G. Josvanger
Madison Township
J. Moore
Willett & Nelson
Turning the Tables in Roman Table Trade
The Romans prized citron wood tables from Mauretania with ivory inlays and high prices. When men accused women of extravagance, the ladies countered by recalling the vast sums spent on tables.
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Mauretania
Colors Not Carried Into Action Remains A Debate
The article notes British army practice of leaving colors behind on field entry tracing to 1870 Ishandlwana clash where two officers died trying to save Twenty fourth regiment colors. It contrasts this with human curiosity and ends with a remark on liquor as a taper’s spiritual comfort.
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Ishandhlwanna
Twenty-fourth Regiment
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Effective in Decorah Testimony
Local farmer T. J. Hagen reports kidney trouble after hard farm work with back pain. He used Doan's Kidney Pills from Engbertson's Pharmacy and says they cured the attack. The ad promotes Doan's Pills at 60 cents, from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Decorah
T. J. Hagen
Doan
Engbertson
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