Starve and Prison Camps Expose German Hardship
Max Tannenbaum and Jacob Schurek describe hunger and brutal camps in Germany after fleeing to Holland and then to the United States. They say youths as young as seventeen are conscripted, rationing is extreme, and prisoners endure beatings, ice baths, and disease as Krupp money circulates.
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New York
Germany
Max Tannenbaum
Jacob Schurek
Holland
Tannenbaum
Russia
Schurek
Halifax
Krupps
Tannebaum
Bars Up To Gamblers At Army Cantonments
Memphis experts debar casino players from entering army cantonments in Little Rock and other camps. Six Memphis professionals arrived and started a game within an hour, leading to their deportation as examiners flagged the applicants as non workers gambling.
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Memphis
Tenn
United States Army
Little Rock
Anxious to do her bit Lucille Patterson paints 20-foot wartime poster
Miss Lucille Patterson, a 23 year old artist, works on a giant 20 foot high National League for Women's Service poster on a scaffold at Forty second Street and Fifth Avenue. The poster shows a modern Joan of Arc leading American women in service.
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Lucille Patterson
National League For Women's Service
Joan of Arc
New York
Forty-second Street
Fifth Avenue
The
League
Horrors Reported by Armenian Interpreter in War Zone
A British officer in hospital recites Armenia torture under Turkish rule. The Armenian interpreter describes deportations at Aleppo, where Armenian women work in harsh factories and killings are common. He contrasts conditions with Dante’s Inferno to convey scale and cruelty.
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Armenia
Asadamard
Euphrates
Mesopotamia
Bombay
Associated Press
Bagdad
Constantinople
Aleppo
War Cross for Mme Pellequer the Quesmy Mayor
In Quesmy north of the Oise a July 7 1917 ceremony honored Mme Pellequer a schoolmistress and mayor with the War Cross. She led schools during occupation, refused to salute the invaders, and aided returning French forces earning France’s hero distinction.
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Paris
Quesmy
Oise
Mme
Pellequer
France
Mme. Pellequer
Maucourt
Steer Snaps Neck in Field Near Ashland
A steer escaped its pen and fled into a three feet high alfalfa field. It became entangled in the vines and, after being pursued by Otto Regler and neighbors, suffered a broken neck in the fall. A large scythe was used to reach the animal.
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Ashland
Wis
Otto Regler
Reglein
Birds Roost in Mound Cemetery Devastate Local Gardens
Thousands of blackbirds have settled in Mound cemetery and are destroying war gardens around Marietta. The fire department is called each night to drive off the birds and the house is turned on to frighten them from the roosts.
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Ruth Gardens
Marietta
O F
Mound Cemetery
Sea Island Cotton and Its Growing Edge in America
Sea Island cotton differs from upland cotton in height, leaf, and staple length. Key factors include water supply and drainage, humidity, soil humus, labor availability, and market premiums for high grade fiber. Adoption of labor saving methods, rotation, and contracts can boost quality and profits while discouraging upland varieties.
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EA Island
West Indies
America
Sea Island
Sea Islands
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Charleston
Hinson
Seabrook
Irish Wit and the Clever Comeback Tradition
The piece contrasts Irish wit with generic humor and notes that Irish comebacks reveal sharp insight rather than dull bravado. It cites a shrewd doctor’s remark on warm stockings as a vivid, memorable line and hints at Napoleon’s memorable declaration as another example of brisk, pointed thinking.
Kerry Doctor Warns Of Winter Mortality Myth
A Kerry physician dryly notes that people are dying this winter who did not die previously, a remark framed as sharp observation in a tongue tied by local wit and literature.
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Kerry
A Cure-All 400 Years Old in Indian Ceremonies
The Indian swallow stick is 400 years old and used in ceremonies. The priest thrusts the stick down his throat to induce a reaction believed to purge impurities.
The Australian Aborigines as Hunters and Observers
The article describes Aboriginal hunting skills and keen observational powers. It details decoying pelicans, diving for ducks, locating opossums by bark marks, snakes by bird activity, and tracking animals by faint prints. It notes children learn to track lizards, snakes, and a missing mother by tracks indistinct to Europeans.
Seventeen but Looked Eighty in Paris Death
Louise Gasquet, barely seventeen, lived as an old woman in Paris. Despite youthful age, she appeared eighty, with wrinkled skin and gray hair. Medical efforts failed to restore youth. after a month in hospital she died. Post mortem showed the body’s organs afflicted by senile decay, suggesting death from old age despite her young years.
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Louise Gasquet
Paris
Half and Half Music at the Wheatsheaf Tavern
A carpenter in a Wheatsheaf tavern orders a half pint to match his frugal mood after hearing Sir Henry’s economy at the hall. He notes his two daughters play music in the drawing room, both on the same instrument plane, a detail from the Liverpool Post.
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Liverpool Post
Not for me I sell the bone for as much as the meat
A merchant replies that he preserves waste by selling the bone in sirloin beef for its full value, insisting the bone is not wasted. The exchange emphasizes frugality and business practice in meat selling.
There’s a Difference in Life Rules or Riches
A dialogue between Uncle Jim and a boy probes whether success equals following life rules or chasing a quick formula for wealth. The exchange contrasts paths to personal achievement with emphasis on guidance over shortcuts.
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Jim
The Kind Quote Sparks Courtroom Gossip
Edward claimed he would take the baby upstairs for a game with it. A witness described the scene as a bawdy game, noting the horse-like action in judging the behavior.
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Edward
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