Public Sale of Horses Cattle Hogs and Furniture Portfolio
A public sale lists ten head of horses including Belgian drafts and mares aged 4 to 9 with weights around 1 250 to 1 500 pounds bred to an imported stallion foaling in April a pair of Belgian colts a draft driving horse a bay filly and a team of mare and horse all good workers plus one span of 5 year olds and two young mules. The cattle include six year old polled Durham cows calves yearlings and feeders with several milk cows and heifers. Hogs include brood sows and feeder pigs with farrow timing. Sheep feature twenty well bred ewes lambs and buck lambs. Furniture from a country home offers an oak dining set leather chairs china closet buffet library table morris chair and other items plus rugs a gas range and various pieces.
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Rickett
All
Durham
Morris
Brussels
Axminster
All Nations Represented at the Baseball Game
A Hartford Courant excerpt recalls a Fourth of July baseball game rich in nationalities and faiths. A Polish batter, a German at bat, a French-named pitcher, a Jew, an Englishman, an Irishman, and a Negro all feature in a celebrated double play. An American soldier explains a rule, funds are exchanged, and the scene illustrates baseball as a global unifier.
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Hartford Courant
Profit Sharing Through the Ages in U S Industry
Park Mathewson notes profit sharing’s long history from 1820 onward with active use in the last forty years. Pioneers include Lever Brothers Cambridge N O Nelson Procter and Gamble and Leclaire France, illustrating diverse offshoots like bonuses pensions and welfare efforts.
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Park Mathewson
Magazine
Wall Street
Lever Bros
Port Sunlight
Eng
Cambridge
Mass
N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company
Leclaire
St. Louis
Procter & Gamble
Ivorydale
United States
Tfl
Monsieur Leclaire
Maison Leclaire
Paris
France
Addressing Mail to Czecho Slovakia Instead of Bohemia
U S consul at Prague Wallace J. Young urges American firms to use Czecho-Slovakia in full for countrywide references and to avoid Bohemia in letters. He warns that vague mentions of Bohemia obscure whether firms seek only Bohemia or the entire federation.
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Wallace J. Young
United States
Prague
Bohemia
Czecho-Slovakia
Living Mask Portrait by Mme Ivy de Verley Debuts
London artist Mme Ivy de Verley unveils a new portrait method called a living mask. The technique emphasizes facial characteristics to create the impression of a face peering through dark curtains, drawing attention in studios crowded with fine portraits.
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Mme
Ivy de Verley
Vesey Daverend
London
Mme. de Verley
Belgian farmer turns pillbox into home near Poel capelle
A Belgian farmer near Poel capelle has converted an undamaged pillbox into a temporary dwelling for his family. The term Pilbex misleads as these concrete forts are mainly rectangular with four or more rooms. Some near Boesinghe are being fitted as cafes for approaching tourist parties once travel rules ease.
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Poelcapelle
Boesinghe
Sheep Herder’s Compact Home on Wheels Described
Frank R. Arnold notes in Popular Mechanics that a sheep herder’s wagon costs about $100 a month in expenses and serves as a combined dining and sleeping car. The design uses space efficiently with benches, curtains, a stove, a bed, folding table, and food storage, reflecting a link from prairie schooners to modern ranges.
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Frank R. Arnold
Popular Mechanics
Civilization
Built Up Polish Industries
The piece notes how Jewish citizens in Poland aided industrial growth by acting as intermediaries between Polish coal and iron centers and Russian markets. It argues Russia’s expulsion of Jews from Moscow created a human factor boosting Poland's industrial prosperity in Lodz Warsaw and Petrograd.
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Poland
Russia
Moscow
Christian Science Monitor
Lodz
Warsaw
Petrokov
Virgin Islands settle under new American landlord
The Virgin Islands adjust to U S control after sale from Denmark. American warships visit St Thomas harbor and U S regiments are stationed, boosting trade and activity. A small US appropriation covers local deficit as Congress decides permanent governance.
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Virgin Islands
Denmark
United States of America
St. Thomas
United States
Islands
Colonial Council
United States Congress
Reeducating Porto Ricans for Civilian Vocations
The federal board for vocational education seeks disabled soldiers in Porto Rico for rehabilitation under the law. 110 men are identified as potential beneficiaries. Interviews assess future vocations. training can occur in shops or industrial establishments, and the Mayaguez Agricultural College offers further prep for those continuing.
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Federal Board For Vocational Education
Porto Rico
Government Agricultural College
Mayagues
University of Tawaii Expands With Sugar Industry Courses
Hawaii's University shifts to University of Tawaii under a new act. A pioneering sugar industry program will combine practical plantation work during vacations with college classes. Agriculture track students at the planter's station and factory sector earn 459 dollars monthly plus travel expenses. The program aims to position the university as a world leading institution for sugar industry instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Tawaii
University ofTawaii
Deserve More Than Praise for Private Zwald Heroism
Col. Read praised Private Oscar Zwald of Fort Dodge for rushing into a burning freight car with live shells near Coblenz and extinguishing the blaze, saving lives and nearly a million dollars in munition stores at the Mulheim yard. The memo notes many veterans returning from abroad and Col Woods’ push to place 800,000 discharged soldiers in jobs each month.
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A. C. Read
General Liggett
Oscar Zwald
Fort Dodge
Uncle Sam
Mulheim
Coblenz
Arthur Woods
Secretary of War
War Department
Commentary on white rule and Native peoples in North America
The Detroit Free Press argues that Indians remain numerous in Canada and Yaqui land, where colonists failed to conquest, citing land retention and firm, sometimes harsh, justice as factors. It notes peaceful fur trade regions in northern Canada and contrasts Mexican policy with Yaqui control through land allotment and strict authority.
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All
America
Canada
Saskatchewan
Rio Grande
Detroit Free-Press
Use for Bunny: Rabbit Fur Masks Hides in Fashion
A veteran amateur English lady shows off rabbit skin furs crafted from her own pet rabbits at a major pet stock show. The piece notes 83000 rabbit skins yearly in England used to imitate ermines and other furs while American breeders grow rabbits for fur shops, turning it into a year round business and hobby.
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England
Milady
Europe
United States
America
Settlement for Disabled Officers at Goathland Yorkshire
A clergy man and his wife have donated nine cottages with a garden and orchard on Goathland moors for a project aiding disabled British officers. A naval officer and his niece start weaving, a blind officer trained at St Dunstan's runs a poultry farm, and others explore beekeeping fruit growing and basket making as rural reconstruction effort.
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Goathland
Yorkshire
St. Dunstan's
England
What to Do With Money Says Plain Dealer
The Cleveland Plain Dealer argues that excess wealth should be used for a worthy cause. It urges wealthy individuals to fund hospital expansion to relieve crowded conditions and build new wings promptly.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Propaganda Sketch From Returning Doughboy and Elderly Woman
A returning doughboy chats with a straight laced churchgoer. He jokes about getting along with the Germans and enjoying German beer, prompting the woman to call it propaganda. The exchange captures wartime sentiment and humor between two local figures.
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Cablena
Germany
Huns Return Priceless Belgian Art Under Peace Terms
Under the peace treaty Belgium and Ghent will recover two famed fifteenth century paintings. The Dierick Bouts Last Supper from Louvain is to be restored to St. Pierre church, after being hidden by German forces. The Adoration of the Lamb by Hubert and Jan van Eyck remains split across Ghent Brussels and Berlin, with Germany to return its segments so the work can be reunited in Ghent.
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Belgium
Ghent
Louvain
Kaiser Friedrich Museum
Berlin
Dierick Bouts
St. Pierre
Vlanders
Hubert van Eyck
Jan van Eyck
St. Baron
Brussels
Germany
Housing schemes and prizes shape postwar Britain homes
The United Kingdom explores reconstruction housing with London Daily Mail prizes totaling 10000 for designs aligned with regional architectural traditions. Four regions compete, over 3500 designs received, emphasizing economy. Shoreditch Technical Institute showcases cottage furniture crafted by students for simple, sturdy homes.
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United Kingdom
London Daily Mail
Midland Counties
Shoreditch Technical Institute
London
Gas Masks Mark Allied Defense Against Gas Warfare
The article recalls the first chemical attack on April 22, 1915 and subsequent gas offensives. It credits Colonel Harrison with developing a gas mask defense that kept the Allies ahead for most of the war, preventing greater toxin damage.
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Harrison
Pie-Bald Truth and a Pigeon Pie Question
A tale by the newspaper recounts Mr. Jones and Mr. Brown both keeping pigeons. Brown asks Willie Jones Jr. if a blue and white bird was found yesterday, but Willie pockets a dime and says color cannot be told when birds are inside a pie.
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Mr. Jones
Mr Brown
Mr. Brown
Willie
Brown
Sight Seeing From the Air Over Western Wonders
Salt Lake City becomes a starting point for aerial tours described by Popular Mechanics. Five specially built airplanes transport travelers to scenic and previously inaccessible beauty spots in the region, offering a new view over the west.
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Salt Lake City
Telephones stage concert hour at Pa Ing store
Pa Ing department store promotes its music department by an in store telephone concert at a set hour. Shoppers are invited to listen in to the latest records and boost sales through this new listening event.
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Pa Ing Department
Nose rouge misfires in sizzling circle encounter
A Pretty North side girl with Titian hair and a young escort visit a picture show in Monument circle on a hot day. She secretly powdered her nose with rouge which rubbed off, prompting her companion to remark on the unexpected clash with her hair. The pair recount the incident later, noting the rouge was abundant and stubborn to remove.
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North Side
Frigge
Monument Circle
Whitty
Les
Ste
Indianapolis News
Influenza Linked to War as Postwar Pestilence Warning
The piece argues that postwar influenza outbreaks in Spain Germany England and across continents followed the 1914 1918 conflict. It cites Kin Kin Java and Krakatow eruptions as possible sources of global dust and links war drugs and gas exposure to widespread illness. The article urges war avoidance to prevent future pandemics.
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Mount Kin Java
Krakaton
Spain
Germany
England
France
South America
Australia
Africa
Asia
United States
Leslie
Persian envoy at Mount Vernon on Mayflower visit to Washington
The Persian envoy joined Sir Julian Pauncefoot on a complimentary Mayflower trip to Mount Vernon. The British minister paused before Washington's tomb and, after a moment of silent reflection, remarked to a friend on the vast cemetery versus the grandeur of its surroundings.
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Julian Pauncefote
Washington
Mount Vernon
Great Britain
E. W. Halford
Lesle
German Cripples Employed Order Issued in January
The American Journal for Cripples reports a German edict requires all industries and offices to employ at least one disabled soldier per 100 workers and one per 50 in farming. Discharge requires workmen’s committee consent and 14 days notice. violations carry up to 10,000 marks fine for private employers.
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For Cripples
Germany
American buys Belle Croix chapel in France
The Havas agency reports an American has purchased the Belle Croix chapel on the heights of Villeneuve les Avignon built by Chartreuse monks in the fourteenth century. The chapel with fine carvings has been torn down and packed for transit to an unknown destination.
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Havas
Belle Croix
Villeneuve les-Avignon
France
Rastus Johnson’s Ambition in Town Life
Rastus Johnson is described as highly ambitious while Sambo notes he will not be satisfied until his wife handles all the town’s washing. The passage reflects social dynamics and comic framing in early 20th century dialogue.
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Rastus
Rastus Johnson
Saimbo
Sambo
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