Campaigns in the West during the early World War I period
Fragmented OCR recounts German and Allied maneuvers along the Marne and Meuse fronts around August and September. Describes battles near Liege and Charleroi, retreats toward Paris, and troop movements by Von Kliek and Von Rieck as the line shifted with French counterattacks and German advances.
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Weetees
Sartiingewitt
Marne
Alané
Alte
Blave
Mate
Luxemburg
Belgium
Vermisson
Pees
von Fiiem
Liege
Brosvois
Mote Charleroi
von Kieck
Paris
von Rieck
General Park
Righ
Campaigns in the East recount a brutal first year of World War I
The narrative traces the Russian Austro German front in 1914 15 with vast movements and battles. It notes Germanys rapid mobilization relief efforts and the turning tides at Tannenberg Lodz and Przemysl. It lists Western Allied costs and casualties totaling about 16.5 billion dollars and 8.29 million Entente plus 4.43 million Allied casualties.
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Webruary
Trent Hirttam
Lilias Baltic
Eerth
Limly
Ferek
Geran Osteope
Whine
Tengher Washinges
Zrppelies Banks
London
Dune 2
Calle Te Austre-Ger- Juse Ld
Lntinas
Ciradises
Twrsuae Wrench
Weteeral
Jane Jone
Dulester
Jane Ie —Uallestetla
S—Ressians
Wieden
Daly
Felnee 17
S—Herlin
Gatns Argonne Fareet
Pranemyns
Warsnw
Windan Ue
Groter
Som Forte
Warsaw
Altmane de
Lablin-Chalne
S—Germa
Forte Scar
Hiwsstane
Russia
Germany
Thorn
Lublin
Nicholas Nicholaievitch
Koyno
Grodno
Ossowetz
Novo Georgievek
Ivangorod
France
Belgium
Nicholas
Samsoner
East Prussia
Rennenkampf
Gumbinen
Samsonot
Tannenberg
Galicia
Tarnopol
Gaila-Lipa
Krasnik
Grand Duke
Gaila- Lipa
Lemberg
Rawa Ruska
Poland
von Hindenburg
Samsonof
Rennenkampt
Samsonoff
Tarnow
Hungary
Hindenburg
Silesia
Carpathians
Przemys
Pleschen
Himdenburg
Lodz
Flanders
Bzura
Rawa
Nida
Carpathian
Sievers
Himeary
Przemysl
Przemysl von Mackensen
Mosciskas
Grodek
Warsaw- Ivangorod
Brest - Litovsk
Windau
Baltic
Radom
Vistula
Corton
Tonic
Entente
Some Rose Plants Cannot Stand Being Disleaved
In a quirky horticultural note readers are advised that some rose plants resist disleafing and must be treated gently. Soap suds are suggested for leaf by leaf sponging to aid cleansing and care.
Insect Pest Control For Rose and Garden Plants
Guidance on using sulpho tebacea soap for whiteflies and rose bugs, with tea made from gwassis chips in warm water, applied by garden syringe. Advices include soap-suds, leaf-by-leaf sponging, and frequent rinsing to deter aphids, red spiders, and root lice. Describes bilater bugs, ants, and beetles seasonality from July to September and recommended eradication methods.
A Bouvenir of Bolferino and Other Fragments
A stitched-together set of excerpts on Solferino and the Red Cross origins, wartime nurse stories, seafaring church services aboard ships, wartime remedies for warts, a boy trading a knife for a tailless dog, and a satire on future telephonic surveillance. The piece blends historical notes with miscellaneous anecdotes and humorous vignettes.
Love of praise and Gaelic alphabet curious notes
The piece blends reflections on the love of praise as a social motive with a digression on Gaelic alphabets. It discusses praise as a driver for virtue or vanity, then details the Gaelic letter set, noting changes from ancient to modern forms and the tree representations behind each character. It ends with a fortune teller quip about accident insurance and a mention of Jack Johnson.
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Ruis
Jack Johnson
Flea control and transit fare debates in old bulletin
The Merchants' Association of New York issues a warning on winter flea activity and how to trap or kill them, emphasizing that cold weather does not kill fleas and urging thorough cleaning. A separate note by Louis Bell argues long distance five cent fares suit broad urban travel better than European zone fares, noting travel time and comfort influence perceiving home.
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Merchants’ Association of News
Civica
Louis Bell
Electric Railway Journal
The Japanese Garden Charm in Tiny Delights
The piece extols a Japanese garden's appeal to lovers of small things with big charm. It invites readers who appreciate miniature yet intricate details that echo larger traditions and urge attention to any object of diminutive craftsmanship.
Miniature Japanese Garden Becomes Fascinating Hobby
A reader notes that creating a miniature Japanese garden is approachable. Items include moss, seeds, dwarfed trees, lamp posts, lanterns, bird houses on gates, clay figures, and tiny fish and deer. Basic kits cost a dollar, then fascination grows and spending follows.
Timely advice on tender greenhouse plants and bloom care
The notice urges lifting tender greenhouse plants before summer ends and preparing pots for bulbs. It warns of insect attacks on scarlet runner and similar flowers, advises staking wind-prone plants like dahlias and gladioli, recommends shading chrysanthemums in hot months, and suggests drenching ground around tea roses without spraying the bush.
Seed-Pod Petal Advice For Blooming Flowers
The note urges removing seed pods during midsummer to help flowers, advising Mysosis will thrive in strong sun if pods are picked. It calls scanning grounds for mistakes to reference and treats lilac shoots as weeds, recommending cutting seed pods to encourage flowers next year.
Good Disposition an Asset in Attitude and Harmony
The essay argues that disposition shapes daily harmony and happiness more than specific virtues. It critiques neglect of attitude, contends genuine progress requires clear understanding of disposition, and notes the artist’s hidden teaching style as a tool for uplift. Caryl Storrs
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Caryl Storrs
Secret of Good Memory and Wit in Conversation
The excerpt discusses memory improvement through attention driven by interest. It quotes Tryon Edwards on memory and presents a dialogue about consequences of a woman's influence, featuring a line where a man thanks for a dime and explains his troubles.
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Tryon Edwards
Bertle
Happiness a Duty in a Mountain Village Exchange
A fragmentary exchange in a mountain village discusses happiness as a duty to self and community and living up to spiritual possibilities daily. The dialogue includes Lilian Whiting and a brief misquoted line about local option and oxygen.
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Lilian, Whiting
Walter
Pinkham's Remedy Ad and Busy Shopping Day
An advertisement praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments with a testimonial from Mrs W of South Dakota. The piece shifts to a household vignette describing a wife’s busy day shopping, listening to a concert, sampling cereal, and buying thread at Wanacooper's, ending with a parcel delivery.
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Florence
Dakota
Ieee
Taut
Pinkham
W. Tas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lynn
Mase
Hubby
Wifey
Wanacooper’s
Amer
Cuticura Skin Care Claims and Odd Anecdotes
An advertisement touts Cuticura soaps and emollients for skin scalp and hair with a free sample offer from Boston. A brief comic exchange follows about a wife plundering a husband’s pockets and a manager planning new baseball uniforms with a humorous cap suggestion for the team.
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Beth
Surfere
Boom Adiresa
Cuthura
Dept. KF
Boston
Rooter
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Onan
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Fores de- Semen
Balers
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Bator
SerMane Sasuuneed
Vallore
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Awericans
Creker
Rae Ae Eo
Esa
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Argonne
Weevie
Antwerp
Ostend
Ling
Aisne
Lille
Ypres
Yser
Calais
Meuse
St. Mites
Champagne
Solosons Tor
Inh
St. Michiel
Lnter
Siepanes
Neuve Chapelle
Hil No
Plauders
Soissons
Euch
St. Mihiel
Arras
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Soucher
Frederick William
Argonus Forest
Tentonte
Loge
Bolferino
Ue de Solferino
Eurepe
Wries
Henri Dusast
Te Boutery
Ional
al Ne
Red Cross
Henri Donaet
Westminster Gamelt
Jack Tur
Eddie
Toledo
Mortain
Binet
Bwik
Wortala
Die Parade
Elder
Willow
Furze
Heath
Huath
Whiteborn
Ature Japanese Garden
Cuticura
Will
Indiana
Doan
Milburn CO
Buffalo
Carter
Jen
Daisy Fly Killer
Brettys
Sgt
Connemay
Warne
W.N. U
Fort Wayne
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