Blue Triangle Helps Hungry Russian Girls In Petrograd
In Petrograd the Blue Triangle YWCA hosts a sobering tea for a hundred Russian girls and six young men amid blackout gloom. Sonya, hungry and moved by recent killings, asks a factory note to study notes and shift to day work, seeking education and safety as chaos surrounds them.
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Blue Triangle
Petrograd
Russia
Women's Christian Association
All Russia
Sonya
Alice
Somye
Association
Sign of the Blue Triangle
Clarissa Spencer
Jos
Bolshevists
Helen Ogden
Relief ship arrives at Archangel with aid for Northern Russia
The relief ship departed an American port in August carrying 4600 tons of food drugs and other supplies for Allied soldiers and destitute civilians in Northern Russia. The cargo valued at 1.5 million dollars was announced by the American Red Cross Maj. C. T. Williams of Baltimore, formerly with the Roumania relief commission, now leads the party.
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Wad Crosse
Archangel
Avivant
Russia
American
Red Cross
Maj. C. T. Williams
Baltimore
Red Cross Commission For
Roumania
Race Riot in Brooklyn Sparks Civil Unrest
An Oct 15 clash between a black man and a white man in Brooklyn escalated into a riot. Two Black men died, 18 policemen stabbed or cut, civilians hurt, soldiers and sailors aiding order allegedly injured. About fifty shots fired in a running gun battle. many Black participants fled.
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New York
Brooklyn
The Sawmill Threat to Forests and Rivers
The article warns that sulphurous mine gases blacken trees and mine water harms fish, while heavy sediment from mining covers spawning beds and suffocates eggs. It also blasts the sawmill as a voracious foe harming forests and polluting lakes and rivers with sawdust.
Ventilate Coal Piles to Prevent Spontaneous Combustion
The bureau of mines urges ventilation for coal piles to avert spontaneous combustion. Recommendations include dry ground storage, single coal size per pile, remove fine coal for immediate use, avoid alternating wet and dry piling, keep small piles near storage area, and use small bins in storage yards.
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Bureau of Mines
Use of Peltry In History
In history peltry served as the primary covering before artificial heat and modern textiles. The text recalls how early Europeans lived in damp huts or palaces, and peltry made life more comfortable and aesthetically pleasing.
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Europe
Soldier tobacco prices in France spark letter to paper
Francis Joliffe writes from San Francisco describing how U S soldiers in France pay up to 40 francs for a 50 sack of Bull Durham tobacco. He notes a soldier with a half used sack caressing it and urges relief from wartime shortages.
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Durham
France
San Francisco
Francis Joliffe
Campaign to cull sparrows harms beneficial birds in England
In a campaign against house sparrows in England, children and sparrow clubs were asked to help. Poor targeting led to widespread destruction of small insect eating birds, resulting in the opposite of the intended effect.
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England
Clair's bold claim to be bee-stung and fearless
A visiting child named Clair, eager and fearless, ignores warnings while his grandfather tends bees. A guest cautions him about stings, but Clair replies that he is not afraid and that the bees know him. The scene captures a charming moment of youthful bravado and family life.
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Clair
Pathway to Knowledge Note
A concise reflection on how ignorance transitions to knowledge via an intermediate shadow state, likening it to night passing to day through twilight. The quotation underscores gradual understanding over sudden clarity.
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Coleridge
Origin and meaning of the phrase In union there is strength
The piece discusses the origin of the expression In union there is strength and its long standing use. It cites a Latin author noting that union sustains small states while discord destroys great ones and mentions an American author who wrote United we stand, divided we fall.
Bird Protection in Australia and New Zealand Acclimation Societies
New Zealand forms acclimation societies under government supervision to protect native wildlife and introduce game birds. They have released pheasants, California quail, Australian opossums, woodcock, rainbow trout, and salmon. Societies pay bounties for destroying hawks and other predators of useful birds and mammals.
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Australia
New Zealand
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