The Marvel of Three Years A Backward Glance Forward
A review from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle lauds Britain's wartime gains after three years of conflict. It cites territorial dominance, naval blockade success, and the Allied balance against Germany, while noting Gallipoli as a setback and praising Britain, Japan, America, and French efforts in modern warfare lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Arthur Conan Doyis
Mm of
France
Flanders
Australia
Germany
British Empire
Mesopotamia
Bagdad
Palestion
Cyprua
Egypt
Marlborough
Gallipoli
Rusia
East Africa
Japan
Asia
Belgium
Ban Bean
Europe
Russia
Warford
Rassia
Marcy
America
Great Britain
Wiaires Rrs
Palestine and the War Through Ancient and Modern Lenses
A sweeping historical sketch traces Palestine as a perpetual crossroads from Pharaohs to Napoleon, detailing Philistine cities like Gaza Ashdod and Askelon, their sieges, and roles in Jewish and Roman eras. It links Biblical figures, Maccabean heroes, and legends around Joppa Lydda and Gaza with the region’s enduring strategic vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Africa
Asia
Thothmon
Ramesee
Egypt
Edinburgh
Eloi
Knights Templars
Napoleon
Euphrates
Mars
Gaea
Gam
Gaza
Arkelon
Ashdod
Hkron
Gath
Ankelon
Ashkelon
Syria
Baldwin
Baladin
Ruina
Atresia
Askelon
David
Saul
Jonathan
Basusra
Philistia
Vietory
Herodotus
Ekron
Baal-sebub
Israel
Joppa-Jorumilom
Asia Minor
Diocletian
Lydda
Moe Joms
Dagon
Bouthenian
Lydden
Compass Curiosities at Royal Institution Lecture
Professor A Fleming lectured young people and adults on magnetism at the Royal Institution London. He explained compasses indicate a circle of 960 degrees not a magnetic needle and demonstrated magnetic lines of force with iron filings and floating objects showing poles repel or attract. He noted London compasses now point about 15 degrees west of true north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Fleming
Royal Institution
London
War demands new roles for women and men in society
The article argues that war will force shifts in gender roles with women taking on decisive, independent work while men focus on leadership and planning. It contends cooperation between sexes is essential, with women supplying initiative and men providing direction, shaping a mutual effort to win the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colier
Alsace-Lorraing
Deutsch-Feindliche Genin
Germany
Etrasburg
Colmar
New-Brisech
Mulhouse
Strasburg
Molnheim
Thionville
Muccessee
Ander
Gao
Alagee-Lorraine
Lorraine
Erckmann
Chatrian
German Rule in Luxemburg and Alsace Lorraine Exposed
A critical survey details German occupation methods in Luxemburg and Alsace Lorraine. It cites arrests, deportations, forced conscription, rationing, looting, and destruction, with examples of officials like M. Prum and broader impacts on civilians and language. It highlights German surveillance, mills of taxation, and wartime coercion across conquered European territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Alsace-Lorrains
Rmce
Alsace-Lorraing
France
Switzerland
Baden
Wurtemburg
Alsatiana
Lorrainera
Frases
Alsace
Lorraine
Fringling
Linthal
Bourswiller
Songern
Dahlheim
Lille
Malboune
Empire
Alsase-Lorraina
BOBSEBY UNDER ARMA Aide Accuses Burglary Plot
A fragmentary report describes a figure named Bobseby under armature claiming a method of enlisting others to steal, shielding by military protest, alleging German intermediaries organize malefactors in the Grand Duchy to commit burglary through covert alarms and impeding acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Duchy
Ulee
Als Valde
China's First Locomotive Built From Scraps
In 1879 a narrow gauge tramway connected Hai-Ping fields to Pebtang. Claude W. Kinder, appointed chief engineer, assembled a locomotive from an old hoisting engine boiler, car wheels, and mine shaft channel bars. The unit was buried to evade a royal commission, then recovered after negotiations and placed back in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Suing Reap
Wocket
Ching Wie
Hai-Ping Confields
Pebtang
Claude W. Kinder
Hoyal
Pekin
Li Hueg Chang
Hullo Father Tale At London Lecture
In a Queen's Hall London lecture the Earl of Denbigh recounted a tale of war arms and posce. He described a German officer taken prisoner who boasted of his son killing twenty pigs of Bagtsheen and later faced a grim greeting at Southampton. The captioned scene ends with the captor calling out Hullo, father, have they got you too.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luxemburg
M. Prum
Clavant
Germany
Belgium
Herr Ersberger
Dusseldorf
Cologne
Luxeburg
Rhine
Smitty
Frans
Alsace
Burgundy
Lorraine
Chronicle
France
Berlin
Montenegro
Poland
Queen's Hall
London
Earl of Denbigh
Jaw Strain Surgery and Banker's Oddities Reported
A fragment describes jaw work on a young girl using a loskjaw method and a spring motor to keep the jaw moving. It also notes a banker who pays out to those who contributed and raises questions about generosity when fortunes rise or fall. A stray line contrasts American and British sentiments, hinting at cultural tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Franco
Joppa
Lydia
Jermalem
Rome
Inon
Mathias
Gana
Aghdad
Azotus
Dogon
Macrabees
Judes Marcabeus
Battln
William Wallace
Judsiam
Maerabeus
Judas Maccabeus
Judas
Bearetary Baker
Baker
Duertoes
Francis Gribble
Luxemborg
Cinuma
Alssee
Pamport
Fressh
Bobseby
ARMA
Hullo, Father
Outhampton
Monty
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