Czar's Officers Form Red Army
Trotzky describes the creation of the Soviet army of five million in an interview printed by L Humanite. He credits czarist officers for organization, recalls the early chaos, and details battles around Kazan Simbirsk and Volga towns, including clashes with White forces and riverine attacks led from Smolny.
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Paris
Trotzky
L'Humanite
Russia
Volga
Lenin
Dybenko
Podovisky
Brent- Litovsk
Germany
Smolny
Lissagaray
War Ministry
Bontech-Broueglich
Central Committee
Algo
Rcul
Tver
Vladimir
Jeuneseen
Asault
Savinov
Kazan
Simbirsk
Samara
Simirsk
Toukhatchevsky
Vatsetis
Savinkov
Kappel
Fortunatov
Raskolnikov
Bolshevik Marine
Afghanistan
Cronstadt
Barrow Channel
Soviets Mobilize To Build Armies And Suppress Treason
Descriptions of Bolshevik mobilization efforts after initial failures. Regular class mobilizations replace partial drafts, use propaganda and recruitment, recall czarist officers, and appoint commissaries and political guides in divisions to enforce decrees. some officers’ families are held as hostages. The 11th Division of Nigni-Novgorod is cited as an example of brutal treason and massacre during Krasnov’s 1919 rebellion.
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Kazan
Toukhatchevsky
Simirsk
Nigni-Novgorod
Krasnov
Parsnip Praised For Longevity And Hardy Flavor
The parsnip lingers in public regard with few aristocratic fans or poets praising it yet remains popular among pioneer Americans. Romans cultivated and served parsnips, and wild variants still grow across Europe Asia and the United States. Dr Wiley notes its high carbohydrate content and nutrition as a top root crop, hardy in deep soils and potentially bountiful when well prepared by boiling then baking to a crisp exterior.
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Europe
Asia
United States
Wiley
Candy From Sweet Potato Processing Aims To Boost Farmers
The article describes turning sweet potatoes into syrup for candy making as a new profitable use. It notes that this diversifies crops for Southern farmers, offsetting bad cotton or tobacco seasons and providing higher profits via molasses factories turning tubers into syrup.
Japan Promotes Forest Conservation and Pulp Industry Growth
Japan intensifies forest conservation efforts through government and forestry associations. The nation lists three imperial universities and several forestry schools, plus a growing pulp industry with 30 mills producing 280000 tons annually and consuming about 400000 cords of pulp wood from northern HokKAido and Sakhalin spruce and fir.
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Japan
Imperial
Hokkaido
Sakhalin
Effects of Electricity on Animals and Man
An eminent scientist details remarkable results of electricity on animal bodies. Humans show greater resistance than many animals. A leech on copper and zinc plates cannot crawl off due to weak electric action. Horses feel small potential changes, while an ox treated for rheumatism died from a current offensive to man.
Saving Himself Four Year Old Converses With Intrigue Nightly
A four year old boy named Junior asks to visit Helen next morning while on the porch at eight. He speaks of a mysterious investigator and questions if he works for the government. Meanwhile coal export rises with shipments to Aden Uruguay Ceylon Egypt India Argentina Mauritius and Zanzibar.
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Junior
Helen's
United States
Aden
Uruguay
Ceylon
Egypt
India
Argentina
Mauritius
Zanzibar
Woman Laughs At Man Over Clothes In Public
A woman reacts coolly as a man with a collar discusses her outfit, then laughs openly, lifting the mood with a lighthearted aside. The exchange highlights casual tensions and social humor in everyday encounters.
Cuticura Remedies Promote Baby Skin Comfort
An advertisement extols Cuticura products for soothing a baby's red rough itchy skin with hot baths using Cuticura Soap and ointment. It also recommends Cuticura Dusting Powder and Cuticura Talcum as indispensable items in daily care.
Night defies wildcats at Louisville circus grounds
William M. Knight addressed a Negro crowd at the Louisville circus grounds calling himself an nihilator and a killer and challenging the circus menagerie as a fight. He boasted of being the gamest gamecock and praised witch hazel before police removed him on drunkenness and disorderly conduct charges.
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William M. Knight
Louisville
Louisville Courier-Journal
Conjunctions Explained by Teacher Thomas
The text defines a conjunction and provides an example sentence linking ideas. It includes a misattributed quote indicating how a word connects the horse to the fence.
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Thomas
Harper's Bazaar
No two leaves, even from the sai tree, are exactly alike
A reflective saying notes that no two leaves from the sacred sai tree are identical, emphasizing uniqueness in nature and life. The adage suggests mindfulness of individual differences across all beings and moments.
Pretty Swede and American Girl Breeze Past Grass Warning
A Swedish girl and an American pair ignore a grass sign on the Ellipse. A bicycle cop asks them to heed the warning, they reply in Swedish, and the officer instead guides them, showing monuments. The American asks what she said, and the response is she recited the Lord's Prayer in full.
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Washington Star
Postum Offer Promises Tea Substitution Benefit
A grocer suggests trying Postum as a hot tea or coffee substitute for 10 days to experience a noticeable difference in daily beverage routine and well being.
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Ypres
Flanders
American Red Cross
American Legion
France
Belgium
Czar
Red Army
Beauty
Mme. Marchal
Aixes Bains
Washington
Perthith
Baye
Bayer
Spohn
Spohn Medical Company
Goshen, Indiana
Carter
Fletcher
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