Famine Stalks Through Germany Cuts in Rations Spark Despair
Berlin residents like Hans Schmidt face food shortages as bread meat and fat rations shrink across the empire. The report details Berlin Breslau Munich and other cities with weekly rations and the looming threat of further cuts. Austria Hungary also endures famine with Prague and Lemberg reporting breadless days and protests.
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Hans Schmidt
Berlin Cmes
Rnment
Schmidt
Ukraine
Ludendorff
Paris
Seine
Germany
Berlin
Beoreme
German Empire
Breslau
Aix-la-Chapelle
Dresden
Frankfurt
Bremen
Hamburg
Kiel
Munich
Stuttgart
Frankfort
Madgeburg
Dusseldorf
North Sea
Charlottenburg
Gladbach
Altona
Herr Rupprecht
War Food Board
Imperial Meat Office
Imperial Food Office
Saxon Meat Office
Saxony
Cassel
Austria
India
China
Prague
Food Bureau
Grain Trade Office
Bohemia
Galicia
Lemberg
Austria-Hungary
Fritz Wertheimer
Kiev
Kief
Practical Use Of Poetry In Language And Action
A Century Magazine writer warns that removing poetry from print and language would sever communication and obscure cross cultural understanding. The piece argues poetry shapes present action beyond rational conviction and notes Brutus used a poetic appeal to move Rome.
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Century Magazine
Brutus
Rome
Evolution of the Lamp Through Philadelphia Lighting
Dr. Walter Clam of Philadelphia notes how lighting shifted from sperm oil and candles until 1885 to kerosene in the following decade. Gas began around 1865 to 1875 but only for the wealthy at 2.50 per thousand cubic feet. The Welsbach mantle arrived about ten years later, with gas and electricity becoming common by 1895 at 1 per thousand cubic feet and 10 cents per kilowatt hour. Since then lighting efficiency rose, giving families roughly eighteen times more light than fifty years ago.
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Walter Clam
Philadelphia
Popular Science Monthly
Temperament of Camels Amid Desert Life
A compact survey describes camels as impulsive and strong willed, prone to kicking in confinement yet cowardly before predators. The text notes camels breed a harsh temper in humans, making city life and settled travel untenable for their owners, who must endure desert existence.
Desert Quest of Grassia and Rod Gil Bert in Asia
Rodney Gil bert recounts Grassia facing fines amid thorny threats and bitter weeds as he seeks saline water preferred by temperamental beasts. He avoids human and animal haunts while a horseman circles the deserts in Asia.
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Rodney Gilbert
Asia
Quotations From Mr Dubwaite On Servants
Mr Dubwaite complains that a stupid servant helps him hide his own faults. He notes Mrs Dubwaite stays distracted by the servant's blunders, so she forgets to notice his shortcomings.
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Mr. Dubwaite
Notice to Applicants for Government Service
Under date of June 6 the government asks to receive applications for government service. Enlisted personnel are drafted for induction. Auto mechanics barbers blacksmiths carpenters and chauffeurs are sought.
Fairfield job lineup offers wide Civil War era roles
A broad list of positions including chemists clerks engineers electricians telegraph workers photogs surveyors and welders invites applicants at 108 South Court Street Fairfield. Rollin J Wilson Vice Chairman Military Training Camps Association Jefferson County calls for inquiries and applications from interested laborers and professionals.
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South Court Street
Fairfield
Rollin J. Wilson
Military Training Camps Association
Jefferson County
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