North Dakota Items Paint War Time Census and Casualties
Major Bitsing returns to Mandan on furlough while Krohn Herbst ships to Chicago for quartermaster duties in World War I. Corrected draft costs show North Dakota spent 15 094 45 with 2 86 per man, lowest per cap in the nation.
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Major Bitzing
Camp Cody
Deming
N. M
Mandan
Major Bitsing
North Dakota National Guard
North Dakota State Grange
Bismarck
Edwin F. Ladd
State Agricultural College
Anothergricultural College
Krohn Herbst
I. Herbst
Herbst
Fargo
Chicago
France
North Dakota
Angus G. Fraser
Washington
Union
A. T. Cole
Equity Cooperative Exchange
Exchange
Henry J. Linde
Linde
Chas. A_ Pollock
Amattem
Cole
Amment
Gus Sunblad
Bhafer
Mein
Parshall
Valhalla
Donald McCumber
P. J. McCumber
Naval Hospital
Norfolk
G. W. Anderson
Baldwin
Trygg
Trygg Township
Flasher
Red Cross
Dunn Center
Clark Hovey
Minot
Publc
Ward County
Warner
Remington
New York
Cass County
Badlands
Medora
Consolidated Coal Company
Brodie
Northern Pacific
Tom Terry
County Road
Dickinson
Terry
Ellis
Jamestown
Grand Forks
H. F. Miller
Norman Black
Fargo Fwum
Exile Life of a French Forefather’s Daughter in Russia
Fortier Jones writes in the Century about families exiled in Russia amid gendarmes and loneliness. A Khievf millionaire father and his fourteen year old daughter share life in a log cabin with pink curtains, the girl brightening the grim scene as her mother joins later.
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Russia
Fortier Jones
Khieff
Rouget de Lisle
Mme. @urle
Animal Habits Rooted in Ancestral Origins
An Indianapolis News item explains why animals retain old habits. Sheep seek elevation when frightened due to mountain ancestry and single file movement. Hogs grunt to communicate in dense woods. Dogs circle before lying down from wild bed-building in tall grass. Cats show traces of big cat traits through temper, purring, growling, and scratching from forests and jungles.
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Indianapolia News
Death Toll Rising in Halifax After Mont Blanc Disaster
Halifax reports place the dead at 4000 with 1000 bodies recovered as relief struggles amid three foot snowdrifts. Dredging has pulled 200 bodies from the harbor bottom and 40 from the Imo wreck. 20,000 are destitute, many with injuries likely fatal. devastation surpasses Belgian and French ruins.
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Imo
Mont Blanc
Associated Press
Halifax
Belgium
France
Weds Dine on Stew Mystery in Odd Tale
A Detroit Free Press quirky piece tells Mrs Freshly Wedd making a stew from otters oysters and herring in her new gown, while her husband Ben praises the aroma. Three hours later a doctor arrives after a harry call, prompting the question of the patient and motive.
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Detroit Free Press
Stalwarth
Doctorstister
American manners of today and the loss of courtesy
Robert Grant argues in the Yale Review that modern life rewards first come, first served behavior in transit and public spaces. He laments the erosion of old fashioned courtesy and deference, noting youths crowd seats and a social shift toward natural self preservation over civility.
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Robert Grant
Yale Review
United States
The Millennium Concept in Revelation Interpretations
The article surveys Christian teaching on the millennial reign described in Revelation. It notes different interpretive approaches to scriptural passages, failed attempts to date the advent, and historical proposed start years such as 1785 1886 1843 1866 1867 1868 and 1890.
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Satan
Christ
Heaven
Still Ing
Bengel
Miller
Doctor Cumming
Mormon Church
Austria Unafraid Despite U S War Declaration
Count Czernin regards a U S declaration of war on Austria-Hungary as painful but not altering the war's course. He cites President Wilson's address as unclear yet moving toward a stance that the United States does not seek to harm Austro-Hungary or interfere with its people and institutions.
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Amsterdam
Austria-Hungary
United States
Count Czernin
Vienna
Berlin
Tages Zeitung
Wilson
Congress
Austro-Hungary
Why is bread and fruit so cheap and costs so much
A verse condemns price disparities in food costs across regions and the role of middlemen. It contrasts a farmer near the River Dee with a boarder in Tennessee, a lime grower, and New York fruit buyers. The Utica Globe notes food and drink are shaped by thirty middlemen.
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River Dee
Tennessee
Rocky Ridge
New York
Dee
Utica Globe
The First Lessons in Reverence Teachings
Amelia E Barr argues that true education begins with reverence for God and virtuous ideals. She contends children taught to honor honesty justice mercy truth and courage receive the deepest instruction and guidance for life.
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Amelia KE. Barr
Death Head Troops to Face Bandits in Tampico
El Paso reports General Francisco Murguia will move his Death Head troops from Chihuahua after disbanding Villa forces to Tampico to wage war on Manuel Palaez and his armed band near the Tampico district. General Marsala is to stay three days. the German consul accompanied him from Mexico City.
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el Paso
Francisco Murguia
Chihuahua State
Tampico
Manuel Palaez
Chihuahua City
Marsala
Mexico City
Pigs Climb Trees for Argan Nuts in Morocco
The Los Angeles Times notes pigs and goats climb argan nut trees near Agadir to reach oliveshaped nuts. The tree’s broad flat trunk and horizontal branches offer footholds along steep hillsides where animals forage for food.
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Borocco
Los Angeles Times
Agadir
Curious Buriale In Mesopotamia Customs
An officer of the Royal Army Medical Corps describes Mesopotamian burial practices. The dead are dressed in ordinary clothes and buried in shallow graves, later exhumed to gather bones in white linen bags stored in small buildings. Bags retain whiteness. older remains decay.
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Mesopotamia
Btruma
Mother’s temper tests a boy on a downtown errand
A child teases for candy as his mother plans a trip downtown. She warns she may buy some if she deems fit. After multiple store visits, the boy asks if she has “even your fit yet,” revealing the playful strain of the outing.
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Claude
First White Boy at Helm Stands Accused in Santa Maria Wreck
A historical mystery centers on a lone boy who steered the Santa Maria on the night it wrecked near Huayti. While Columbus slept, the youth kept the helm, was blamed for the disaster, and vanished from records as the crew built the Navidad fort and perished or departed.
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Superiere
Youngster
Santa Maria
Columbus
America
Ie Bey
Iinyil
West Indies
Huayti
la Navidad
Spain
Concealed Weapons and Home Front Talk in Life Quote
Edmund J. Kiefer notes wartime home front chatter about generosity with a sedan, knitting skills, military uniforms, Miss Veriplain, Liberty Loan canvassing, canning beans, and Red Cross service, highlighting social roles and support during the era.
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Croshys
Red Cross
Miss Veriplain
Liberty Lown
Miss Stout
the Red Cross
Edmund J. Kiefer
Color glasses may defeat camouflage say scientist
A American physicist argues that colored glasses or screens used with field glasses can reveal camouflaged objects. He notes that properly selected colors create contrast rather than harmony, potentially rendering camouflage ineffective despite conventional paint and shade techniques.
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Popular Mechanics
Should Eat Mushrooms
William A. Murrill assistant director of the New York Botanical Gardens says wild mushrooms should be more used as food since supplies are scarce. He urges teaching people to distinguish poisonous from wholesome varieties. Currently only foreign-born populations eat them widely here.
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William A. Murrill
New York Botanical Gardens
Mortality Progress in World War Front Reassures Relatives
London Tit-Bits reports a physician’s study showing death and injury rates in the armies have fallen, disease nearly eliminated, and wounded often return to duty. It notes fewer losses per 1,000 and improvements in protection, equipment, and medical care boosting recovery and readiness.
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London
Tit-Bits
Paris
Bacillus
Tit for Tat in a New York church sermon
A Sunday sermon in uptown New York urged citizens to conserve food during wartime. A small boy listening with his red faced grandfather heard the preacher call for sober action and reduced candy and alcohol consumption amid war needs.
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New York
Oil exploration urged in Britain by eminent geologists
In Britain a House of Commons discussion cited eminent American geologists who say it is worthwhile to spend money exploring for petroleum deposits. A board spokesman emphasized the potential importance of oil, noting it could be more vital than men, munitions, or money if Britain lacks oil.
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Britain
House of Commons
Great Britain
London
Thes
Board of Added
Tussock Moth Warning Circulated by New York Forestry College
The Syracuse New York State College of Forestry has sent a circular to chambers of commerce warning of the Tussock Moth threat to shade trees next season. White egg masses on elms can be collected or creosoted to prevent hatching. Local shade tree or park commissions are urged to act promptly to destroy egg masses.
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New York State College of Forestry
Syracuse
Chambers of Commerce
Elms
College
Dentist Jokes About Gentle Dentistry Turned Sleepy Patients
A humorous exchange features a first dentist boasting gentle technique that sends patients to sleep during extractions, while a second dentist counters by claiming patients get photographed during operations due to their reactions.
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Ananias
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Austria
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