Swiss Air Travel Expands Under Government Control
Swiss authorities establish biweekly regular air service under federal management with 30 new aircraft and terminals at Geneva Berne Lausanne Lugano St Gall Feuangeld Basle Luverne. Frederick Dossenbach notes wartime limits eased would have made peak travel daily, while humorous vignette references doctors and a $120 bill.
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Geneva
Berne
Lausenne
Lugano
St. Gall
Feauengeld
Basle
Luverne
Frederick Dossenbach
Swiss Information Bureau
Switzerland
Dossenbach
Solomon Reflects On Election Oddities In The Sun
The Baltimore reader notes a Tobit reference about a dog accompanying travelers and questions a New York election story where women and their dogs reportedly went to vote. The piece cites Solomon’s remark that nothing new under the sun.
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New York
Klog Solomon
Baltimore
Euphema Johnson and the railway settlement fate
A frail scene unfolds as Euphemia Johnson settles a case with a railway company over her late husband killed on their honeymoon. A confidential adviser and a sly remark about remarriage punctuate the tense exchange. The piece shifts to a harsh 1906 German court sentence for a child murderer, described as one of the most foolish ever imposed.
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Euphema Johnson
Germany
Griefswald
Knox Resolution for Separate Peace Gains Support
Washington set to debate Knox resolution calling for a separate peace with Germany after Congress reopens on January 5. Senate group talks aim to unify pro ratification factions while President Wilson would veto if such a resolution passes. Debate centers on Lodge reservations and allied powers’ stance, as census talks ponder reducing House seats from 435 to 400.
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James P. Hornaday
Washington
Germany
United States
Senate
Congress
Knox
House
Fall
Wison
Wilson
Mey
United States Senate
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Freduce
House of Representatives
Bureau of the Census
Census Committee
Frst
New York State
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Incres
Connecticut
Virginia
National Forest Palley
American Forestry Association
Pauliey
Charles Lathrop Pack
Beleves
Prablen
Feforestne
Landa
Just Isaneil
Division of Forestry
Wien
Giese
Sabbath and Rain Tree Facts From 19th Century Notes
The text discusses Sabbath origins from biblical six day creation and seventh day rest, noting Jewish and Mosaic law observance and early Christian shifts to Sunday. It also estimates Peruvian rain tree water yield, calculating a 1 km square field with 10,000 trees yields about 895000 liters daily, and quotes a line from George D. Prentice about friendship and value.
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Christ
Ronald
Blunders of novelists and Chinese engineers noted
A London Chronicle item mocks novelists Baroness Orczy Miss Stevens and Maria Corelli for improbable moon and herd scenes. It highlights Chinese locomotive engineers as unusually gentle with airbrakes and notes the imperial salute to the emperor with a bow and forehead reverence.
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Baroness Orczy
Petdcoat
Miss Stevens
Maria Corelli
London Chronicle
Beaver
Aspirin and Bayer Brand Tablets Highlight Health Value
The text extols genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years and asserts Bayer is the world famous safe brand. It notes aspirin tablets for cold, headache, toothache, earache, neuralgia, lumbago, rheumatism, neuritis and pain in general. It mentions looking for Bayer on the package and label and that larger packages are sold, costing only a few cents.
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Fach Wu
Alec Soft
S. S. S. Touted for Catarrh Blood Cure Claims
An advertisement touts S. S. S. as a cure for catarrh by purging the blood of disease germs. It urges readers to seek medical advice from the Chief Medical Adviser at 42 Swift Specific Co in Atlanta, warning of real danger if catarrh reaches the lungs and urging prompt treatment without delay.
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Dam
Swallow
Pepsin
Mary Fricke
Bornman &J. Belleville, Il
Hope Lota
Mary Price
Peru-Na
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Gay
Low-cost government housing for sale near Cincinnati
Government munition plant housing in several communities offers ready made homes at about 200 dollars each. Buyers need only a lot and foundation. In Cincinnati area over 200 small houses priced at 200 dollars each, originally costing government over 1500 dollars, with concrete foundations around 228 dollars and trailer delivery within five miles about 120 dollars, total about 55 dollars per unit.
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Modhales
Cincinnati
Heavy Shipments From Seattle Record Trade Value
A historic note details heavy shipments from Seattle during a period described as the frontier year. It notes shipments valued at roughly 1 unit of price in a historical currency and mentions a substantial sum of 987.38 in goods, indicating a notable trade activity with Sibery.
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Seattin
Notable Minds and Philosophers in Brief Remembrance
Fragmentary reminiscence recalls Jeremy Bentham and Thomas Carlyle, noting Bentham’s works on government and political theory and Carlyle’s influence. A teacher’s question about a spine of knowledge sparks a classroom scramble for wisdom, amid garbled phrases and legible names in the damaged text.
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Newender
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Weber
Fred
Picewe
Lee
Suis
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Urey
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Walloy
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Morrest
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Count de Bus
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John Tretwood
Peatiessen
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Hiacorps
Pat Cleburne
George W. Gordon
Tennessee
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John Adams
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Missouri
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Walthall
Chickamauga
Gettysburg
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Lowrey
One Hundred and Seventh Minds
Leroy Lark
One Hundred and Eighty-Third Ohio
Harker
Kenesiw Mountain
McPherson
Howard House
Sherman
Shermas
John A. Logan
Black Jack
Clickamauga
James B. Steadman Oe Ghlo
Steadman
Geo
Albert Sidney Johnston
Shiloh
Pineraounia
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Leonidas Poli
George E. Thomas
Nashville
Resaca
Joe Hooker
Burnt Hickory
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Howard
Chancellors Ville
Secretary of War Stanton
Thomas J. Jackson
Stonewall Jackson
Leonidas Polk
Ambrose P. Hil
McKinley
Roosevelt
George Washington
Logan
Foster
Keywestmient
Credle
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Lhat
George D. Prentice
Pe-Ru-Na
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Kentucky
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John Stine Mud
Carlyle
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