War playtime tales and malapropisms from a Goshen paper
A Goshen Democrat piece recalls Bobbie aged five playing war with pillows and shouting France versus Germany before crawling under a bed to cry here comes America. The column also features an Australian college curator famed for malapropisms who proclaims I really cannot be iniquitous when two students summon him.
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Bobbie
France
Germany
America
Blunderby
Australia
Boston Transcript
Size of Russia Compared to Germany and France
Russia covers about 8,505,000 square miles, roughly twenty times Germany and France. It is larger than all North America. Its population nears 165,000,000, about 100,000,000 more than Germany’s prewar total.
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Russia
Germany
France
North America
New Water Gauge for Engine Display
An inventor outfits a stationary engine sight gauge with an arrow indicator to show water level rise and fall, improving readability from a distance. The device uses a movable pointer tracking the glass tube level for clear quick reading.
Rural Population Share Declines Across England Wales
Census data over the last fifty years shows urban dwellers rise while rural residents fall in England and Wales. The trend highlights ongoing urbanization and shifting living patterns, with implications for services, infrastructure, and regional policy.
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England
Wales
Inventor Patents Air Cleaner With Curved Tubes
A new device cleans air for automobile carburetors by guiding intake air through curved square tubes. Centrifugal force throws dirt to the sides, reducing contaminants before entry to the engine.
Convincing Escape With a Clever Valet Quip
A witty exchange shows a man avoiding a creditor by claiming to be out. The valet plans to light a fine cigar to bolster the ruse and fool the creditor into believing the gentleman is unavailable.
Height of U!-Manners at table sparks shameful moment
A remark on social etiquette notes that sitting at a woman’s table and later exploiting her weaknesses to test her is not unheard of but remains a shameful act highlighting manners and respect in society.
Spinsters Clash Over Taxation of Bachelors
A quirky preface hints at social debates as spinsters argue about taxing bachelors, while whimsical claims paint a humorous portrait of late 19th or early 20th century manners. The item reflects local attitudes with satirical tone.
A Friend in Need Remedy for Nasal Congestion and Adenoids
An old advert describes Grando Gargle and Clindo Gargle as quick remedies for head cold relief and sore throat. It cites adenoids from neglected colds and chronic catarrh if mucus stagnates, marketing Clindo Gargle at 50 cents through Dwight H. Hawks.
Jumbo Sweater Coats Go On 15 Percent Discount
Seller offers Jumbo Sweater Coats at 15 percent off to clear excess stock. Items currently worth 25 to 35 percent more than original price, meaning buyers save 40 to 50 percent compared with next fall prices. Limited time sale urged for value.
Shutdown in U S success shown in coal move
Washington report says two key goals of the wartime shutdown are met. East homes receive more coal and sea shipments back to full bunkering, while rail congestion remains unresolved due to weather. Five day plant shutdown ends and industry will resume. Garfield notes coal is being supplied to piers for shipment.
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Washington
Garfield
East
Seaboard
New York
Hampton Rounds
Strikes Grow Across Austria Hungary Amid Peace Demands
Dispatches from London and Amsterdam report a widespread strike movement in Austria Hungary with demands for immediate peace. Budapest declares a general strike paralyzing all transport, while Austrian ministry resigns and cabinet reform attempts surface. A Vienna sheet shows no news beyond strike and peace updates.
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London
Austria- Hungary
Budapest
Amsterdam
Vienna
Berliner Morgen Post
Count von Toggenburg
Daring German Spy Taken at Brooklyn Navy Yard
Officials hold in solitary confinement a bold German spy seized in Brooklyn. Identity withheld, case sent to Washington. He entered the navy yard days earlier wearing a US marine uniform and was caught attempting to depart in a foreign sailor uniform after stealing the attire from a docked ship under repair.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Washington
Navy Yard
Trotzky to report to congress during Brest Litovsk talks
Berlin telegram says Foreign Minister Trotzky planned a week long trip to Petrograd to brief the congress of soldiers and workers delegates. German Foreign Minister von Kuehlmann said the break in talks during his absence would not end negotiations.
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Copenhiagen
Trotzky
Brest- Litovsk
von Kuehlmann
Berlin
Petrograd
Congress of Soldiers
Fee
Carson Out of Cabinet Resigns Over Irish Question
London reports Sir Edward Carson, minister without portfolio in the war cabinet, has resigned. The prime minister advised the king to accept the resignation. Officials say the Irish question prompted the move and it concerns only that issue, not conduct of the war.
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London
Sir Edward Q Carson
Naw
Siro Edward
Sir Edward
Rainless coastlines and desert Peru described by journals
The Providence Journal notes a rainless 2000 mile coastal zone from Coquimbo to Guayaquil. It describes mud palaces in Peru and clapboard façades, with scarce lawns and green paint. The coast’s dry desert-like expanse limits vegetation while humidity relieves equatorial heat along the Andes slope.
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Panama Canal
North Atlantic
South’ Pacific
Providence Journal
Peru
Andes
Coquimbo
Chile
Peruvian
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Test of Strength Among Elephants in Courtship Display
Two male elephants compete for a female by progressively pulling branches and uprooting shrubs, ending with the elephant who retrieves the largest tree winning the mate. The scene illustrates their intelligence and differs from typical animal battles as the lady elephant selects the stronger rival.
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Duke of Montpensier
Wide World Magazine
Law for Newlyweds from Wildermann Germany
A European wedding custom from Wildermann Germany features a pre wedding sawhorse atop a house for the bride, and a post ceremony knotty log to be sawed in two by the couple before they may pass. Villagers watch the sawing to judge future harmony.
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Europe
Wildermann
Germany
Rabelais the Humorist and His Grim Irony
Rabelais was a monk turned witty writer whose practical jokes drew church censure. His Gargantua stories reveal a grave humor and fierce irony that defined his era and endure in our day as key to his fame.
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Rabelais Alwaya
Rabelais
Coal History Across Civilizations and Ages
The article traces early mentions of coal by Greek writers 500 years before the Christian era and in Egypt 6500 years earlier. It notes a long gap before coal appears in England around William the Conqueror's era with mining privileges granted to the people. Usage expands later in Paris during the sixteenth century and even later in Germany.
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Egypt
England
William the Conqueror
Paris
Germany
Ounce of Prevention in Playroom Safety
Mothers should remove toys that go to the lips such as whistles horns and other musical instruments when children visit. Unsanitary sharing can spread sore throats or illnesses to young guests. Sterilize these toys with borax in hot water and dry in the oven to prevent risk.
How National Banks Create Money From Credit
A Brooklyn Eagle essay explains how banks turn customer notes into bank notes with government bonds as security. The process creates circulating credit, benefits banks and borrowers, and is a universal banking practice performed by national and federal reserve banks in the United States.
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National Banks
Federal Reserve Banks
Dyed furs linked to skin disease warns doctor
Dr. George Manghill Olson of Minneapolis reports cases of dermatitis from furs dyed with paraphenylendiamin used on brown or black furs. Neck contact, rain or snow exposure, or close shaving provoke outbreaks, with black pony coats cited as worst offenders. Roots show brick-red color indicating dye.
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George Manghill Olson
Minneapolis
Journal of the American Medical Association
Battlefield Model Made From Old Money At Red Cross
A Fifth Avenue Red Cross room displays a battlefield model built from macerated U S currency. The glass-fronted space attracts about 100 onlookers daily as volunteers sort packets. An observer estimated the model required over ten million dollars in shredded money to assemble.
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Fifth Avenue
American Red Cross
United States
Treasury Department
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