Millions Flee and Starve Across War Torn Europe
The refugee crisis worsens as Antwerp’s bombardment displaces up to half a million residents. Belgium and northern France endure famine, with 7 million Belgians affected and relief efforts expanding through Paris and other cities. Volunteers report dramatic scenes of hunger, disease, and beggary as displaced families seek shelter, food, and safety amid ruined towns and railway relief.
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Europe
Antwerp
Holland
Rotterdam
Flushing
France
England
Belgium
London
Brussels
Whitjock
Louvain
Liege
Namur
Galleta
Steinhaus
Rewarnska
Galicia
Ebr
Pester Lloyd
Aa- Heia
Red Cross
Servia
White Cross
Committee of Mercy
Clites
Norman Hapgood
Thomas R. Marshall
America
Barbed Wire Tactics and Royal War Profits
The piece discusses barbed wire as a defense tactic turning assaults into defeats, citing examples from the Spanish American and Russo Japanese wars and noting how troops are organized to deploy and clear wire. It also notes Norman kings profiting from warlike preparations, detailing penalties and licenses for medieval jousts and tours.
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Santiago
Kinge
William Rufus
England
Normandy
Conal
Richard J
Brutal Naval Punishments and Panama Tarpon Sport
Descriptive note outlines seventeenth century naval punishments such as marooning keel hauling and nailing to the mainmast, with graphic depictions. The text also mentions tarpon fishing emerging as a major sport and profit source on the Isthmus of Panama.
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Isthmus
Panama
Gossip of the Sport World Baseball in Australia
The Australian Summer Baseball Association plans a professional summer league in Australia with a capital of 25000 pounds. Four clubs formed last year drew up to 2000 spectators weekly, and American players may coach. Directors include Snowy Baker and H D Morton, with profits tied to gate receipts and share sales at one pound.
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Australia
Australian Summer Baseball Association, Limited
Sydney
America
United States
KR. L
Snowy
Cyclist Lapize Killed In Battle
Oscar Egg of Newark New Jersey reports that Octave Lapize the French road cyclist has been killed in action. Lapize was a noted long distance rider who once won France’s road championship and competed in the Madison Square Garden six day events here in the United States.
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Lapize
Oscar Egg
Newsark
N. J
Octave Laphee
Kith Contin
France
Madison Square Garden
Smiles and punch lines in playful newspaper quips
A collage of humor from various papers features witty exchanges and social jests. snippets cover butter compliments, piano lessons, pin money, racing bets, note due dates, and dance mishaps. punchy one liners involve a boarding house keeper, a fiancee’s plans, and a city clerk’s art Wells.
A Tight Embrace Reveals Puzzling Engagement Dispute
The fragmentary Tidings piece hints at Maud recalling engagement memories with Ethel and Jack, describing a delay before marriage. It suggests a rift or misgivings about timing, with scattered phrases indicating a social couplet and a playful constraint on plans.
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Ethel
Maud
Jack
Tondon Tatler
Among Friends and Quips in Paper Snippets
Humorous exchanges quote a playful social scene from New York Run and Detroit Free Press fragments. The talk centers on spending habits and social visits, with a jab about paying debts or expenses. Names are scarce, leaving a vignette of light banter.
A Losing Proposition in a Rattle Joke
A book defines a ratte as a rattle a scheme where you buy forty nine chances while the other man buys one and still wins the prize. The grouch calls it a loss making plan in a playful exchange about luck and odds.
Not Much of a Change in Domestic Disputes
Dialogue fragments show Figg asking if you persuaded your wife when she gets angry and if you count ten before she speaks. Fogs replies she is a rapid counter. Butcher remarks meat is dear today. Mr Gubbins orders steak yesterday.
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Boston Transcript
Gubbins
Gunme & Pound
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Malines
Assistance Publique
Germany
Austria
Hohema
Sthe
Chite
Panavia
East Prussia
Ittsstang
Hungary
Carpathian
Budapest
It Bs Re
American Press Association
Eugene Leigh
Clifford
Leigh
New York
Matty
Christopher Mathewson
Niblick and Potter
Chief Bender
Gol
American Proms Assoc
Christy Mathewson
Detroit Free Press
Deetor
Baltimore American
Janes Bieban
Puck
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Mabel
Shute
St. Louis Republic
Toole Mlopwole
Washington Star
Atlanta Constitution
Old Ty
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