Dobson's River Bass Run Leads to Jackson Cottage Milking Scene
Frank Dobson fishes the Flambeau river with a guide and lands nine bass at a rock bend. He meets Meredith Bond and Miss Mildred Wyatt at a nearby lodge, where a playful greeting and a milkmaid scene unfold before Dobson stays with the party.
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Meredith Bond
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Milkmaid Engaged Woman Marries Dobson After Love Confession
A coastal river tale follows Dobson, a cultured, wealthy man, who pursues Mildred the milkmaid while she is betrothed to another. Bonds of loyalty and passion drive a confession on the riverbank as Mildred breaks her engagement to wed the debonair Dobson, altering social entanglements.
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Dally Story Pub
Astonished the Bishop by a Diocesan Exam Tale
Doctor Gore of Oxford, famed for humor, recounted a diocesan exam misread. Instead of listing the three evils in the Litany, the examiner heard bishops, priests and deacons. The bishop of Oxford reacted with astonishment and laughter at the clerical misreading.
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In-Shoots Satirical Quotes on Patriotism and Culture
A Chicago Examiner quips on religion branding, home life during wartime, and public virtue. It notes how consumption brands identity, spouses, clothing, and front-line gifts reveal social attitudes. The piece mocks official praise and local editors while hinting at reform challenges through light satire.
New Inventions Spotlight in Historical Post Script
Two complete sets of controlling devices introduce an ntanomobile for instruction, a broomlike cleaner combining carpet sweeper and vacuum principles, and an attachment for electric fans to spray liquids. A versatile typewriter table supports seated or standing work. Cotton mills in France test moisture levels. Japan builds a 670 foot chimney on a 480 foot hill, the tallest reinforced concrete structure yet.
Ivan in the Trenches in Paris Figure Memoir
The Paris Figaro article recalls Russian soldiers from Paris who served at the front. One artist notes a retreat under gas and shell fire as a trench death toll rose. A Russian boy blessed by his cross and whispered a farewell, while another devout soldier chose to die rather than stay.
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Ivan
Figaro
Brain Works Best At Night Says Albert Cim
Albert Cim argues in La Revue that night is the optimal time for deep work. He cites fewer interruptions and a tranquil environment, noting writers like George Sand and Balzac thrived then, while painters such as Guodet also preferred nocturnal hours for creative effort.
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Guodet
Oxygen as Poison Yet Vital In High Pressure Exposures
Historical analysis notes that pure oxygen at several atmospheres can kill warm blooded animals as quickly as nitrogen, with high pressure or prolonged exposure causing fatal lung inflammation. Professor Karsner seeks clearer pathologic effects of oxygen used in anesthesia and military subsistence contexts.
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Embalming Bill Leads to Exhibition Ruse at Expo
In 1893 at the Arizona Chicago Exposition era, Billy died awaiting payment. Dr Biford embalmed him and prepped a metal casket for shipment to John of Chicago. The railroad balked, John refused to pay, so the doctor painted the casket and stamped a note about welching. The casket was sent to the exposition to raffle for costs, then John settled and ordered proper burial.
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Father of Socialism Karl Marx
Karl Marx the German Jew who fathered modern socialism died March 14, 1883, aged 64. Born May 1818, he influenced Engels Bebel and Wilhelm Liebknecht. His work Capital is called the Bible of Socialism and he endured Prussian prison for the cause.
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Asia crowding and labor force pressure drive emigration waves
The article notes Japan’s population density far surpasses the United States, with 370 people per square mile in Japan versus China. It warns emigration and overseas colonization as solutions postwar, as Asiatics face widespread exclusion in Pan-America and Australia shuts its doors to Asian migration.
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Nature's Strange Laws Inheritance In Small Animals
A university study at the University of Wisconsin shows how small animals like fruit flies, mice, guinea pigs, rats, chickens, pigeons, and fish reveal nature's laws and color inheritance. Experiments demonstrate eye color genetics and parallels to human color blindness, using rapid generations to illuminate heredity.
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University of Wisconsin
World Gold Production 1492 to 1917 Totals 16.6 Billion
The foreign trade department of National City bank estimates world gold production from 1492 to 1917 at 16.6 billion dollars, with the United States contributing about 3.93 billion or 23 percent. Industrial demand exceeds 175 million dollars annually, plus losses from abrasion and hoarding. The present stock of gold money is about 8.5 billion, roughly half the total known production since 1492.
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Derivation of Germany and Germanic Origins
The article traces Germany, German and Deutsch to Latin Germanicus Germania and a Celtic root. It notes Greek ethnikos meaning of the people, and explains Deutsch from Leutsch and its relation to Dutch. It discusses German self-naming and linguistic shifts across history.
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Germany
Troubles Were His Own
A boy Patsy shovels snow for two hours near Kerrigan. A tramp steals the neighbor’s snow shovel, the boy cries not due to that but because his own shovel was not stolen. Kerrigan tells him to mind his own affairs.
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Substitutes for Flour Amid War Time Shortages
The article describes substitute materials for flour due to scarce wheat and rye in Europe. It lists waterglass, kieselguhr, gelatin, sawdust, starch, and glass wool as possible binders to absorb electrolyte for dry batteries. A paste binder is prepared by dissolving sal ammoniac, calcium acetate, zinc chloride, and glycerin in hot water, then applied between plates and sealed with paraffin.
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Europe
Fox Observes Food Problem Near Canton Centre
A red fox near a logging team in Canton Centre, Connecticut, repeatedly leaped into the air to break through the snow crust in a hunt for mice beneath. The hard snow makes catching small prey harder, noted by local log haulers as the fox watched from a hillside.
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