Mastery of British Navy and the Silent Victory
A historical view lauds the British fleet under Admiral Jellicoe for tireless vigilance in the North Sea. It argues Britain’s blockade and global commerce continuity cripple German raiders and submarines while German deterrents fail. The piece highlights Britain's naval endurance and strategic restraint as pivotal to the war effort.
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North Sea
Jellicoe
Germany
Great Britain
Lusitania
France
Gerany
Britain
Little Island
American Toy Makers Expand As War Shifts Trade
American toy firms enlarge capacity to capture foreign and domestic markets as wartime disruption halves German supply. Massachusetts plants hire about 300 workers, more than double prewar payrolls, with dolls and other toys seen as removable from German production. U.S. buyers previously imported over $2 million of dolls from Saxony Coburg Gotha and about $6 million of miscellaneous toys from Germany annually, now shifting to American sources.
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Massachusetts
Germany
United States
New York Herald
Saxe Coburg-Gotha
Italy and Austria War Stance and World Reaction
The piece argues Italy fights Austria is justified and Germany lacks a standing case. It condemns feudalism and divine right, claiming civilizations clash with reaction. It predicts a new age tearing down old regimes and America aligns with humanity’s interests in a transforming world.
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Austria
Germany
Italy
Europe
America
Rochester Post-Express
World wealth to ease Britain war burden says New York Press
The New York Press argues that global wealth has grown enough to support Britain as the allies’ main financial backbone. It contends the war’s cost is unprecedented and spread across half the world, with others aiding those not in combat.
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Britain
New York
German Atrocities in Belgium Documented by War Crimes Report
A 61 page wartime pamphlet summarizes testimony from more than 1,200 Belgian and British witnesses on German conduct in Belgium. The report cites massacres, looting, arson, use of civilians as shields, and desecration of the Red Cross and flags, with officers aiding systematic terror. Witnesses often spoke with restraint, aided by assurances of anonymity.
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Belgium
Red Cross
Charles Mathews
Public Prosecutions
E. Grimwood Mears
Irish shillelagh sent to Grand Trunk by Belfast journalist
H R Charlton, advertising agent for the Grand Trunk System, received a souvenir from Canada visitors that included a two foot Irish shillelagh decorated with shamrock. T Moles of the Belfast Telegraph arranged the gift, noting the rarity of the weapon and its origin at the foot of Slemish mountain.
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H. R. Charlton
Grand Trunk System
Canada
T. Moles
Belfast Telegraph
Belfast
Ireland
Slemish Mountain
Patrick
Zeppelin Air Raids and Kaiser Portrait in Memoirs
A Liverpool Journal piece cautions about Zeppelin raids and argues weather and darkness favor German airships. It cites a Berlin memoir claiming Kaiser Wilhelm II plotted to threaten peace and seeks glory, with quotes from Count Axel von Schwerin and notes on Moltke and naval affairs.
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London
Berlin
William I
Sarajevo
Serbia
Austria
Germany
Count Axel von Schwering
Paris
Prince von Fuetrstenburg
Norway
William II
Edward VII
Herr Dernburg
Baltic
Ferdinand the Kaiser
Moltke
Austrian 42 centimeter howitzer dazzles war readers
A German correspondent reports the Austrian 42 centimeter howitzer, built by Kroch at Skoda, fired its first shot January 13 from behind the Dunajec bridge. Tarnow observers describe the deafening shell, a two day setup, and waves of fear among Russians during the 90 second flight.
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Kroch
Pilsener Skoda
Dunajec
Tarnow
Noiseless wheel promises quiet street car travel
A new two section wheel described in Popular Mechanics would greatly reduce street car and train noise. Tests in Portland Maine showed a car with this wheel running as quietly as an automobile. The inner wheel fixed to the axle supports the outer wheel on the track with a rubber vibration absorbing cushion.
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Popular Mechanics
Portland
Restricting Homestead Proxy Abandonments Under New Policy
A circular from the Department of the Interior tightens rules on proxy entries for homesteads. From now on abandoned proxy claims in favor of relatives require the settler to file a statutory declaration on form S2C and prove thirty days occupancy before the district agent, per L Pereira.
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Department of the Interior
Dominion Lands
L. Pereira
Officials Return From Pacific Coast Trade Outlook
Alex Johnston deputy minister and Col Anderson chief engineer of the department of marine and fisheries return to Ottawa from a Pacific coast inspection. They say trade is quiet now but port development and ongoing railways in British Columbia will spur large postwar business. The Grand Trunk Pacific dry dock at Prince Rupert, nearly completed, will aid Pacific coast development.
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Alex Johnston
Col. Anderson
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Ottawa
Pacific Coast
British Columbia
Grand Trunk Pacific
Prince Rupert
San Francisco
Fragrance of War Echoes in a Wartime Exchange
A narrator quotes a host's remark about sending French conscripts to the front, suggesting the conscripts might as well be at war as imprisoned, highlighting wartime sympathy and hardship.
Patriotism of Rural Worker Urged as Key to Canada
Commissioner C. C. James urges rural Canadians to support war effort through farming and production. He argues strong patriotism, informed by full facts on food needs and enemy conditions, is vital as casualties rise and imperial calls demand men and sustenance.
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Waiat
Canada
Italy’s total armed strength and fleet described in brief
A historical summary notes Italy’s field army of 1.7 million including 12 corps and three cavalry divisions, plus 39 airplanes and a navy with 206 warships. It highlights two forthcoming dreadnoughts Duilio and Doria, eight 15-inch dreadnoughts, and nine reserve classes ready for quick mobilization.
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Piompofois
Iiss Issa
PGS
Duilio
Doria
Dardanelles
Rotation Crops and Farming Practice
The article argues against heedless crop raising and praises good farming. It notes rotation can waste land if neglected, and calls for evaluating current rotation to improve profitability, land fertility, and future crop yields based on local experience and potential changes.
Unclear Stage Clash Sparks Remark About Fifteen Years
A stage director harshly criticizes the leading man after rehearsal and asks if fifteen years as director were for nothing. The actor replies suavely that the director might be cheating the Management. A second thought notes swine feeding: fattening pigs get all they can eat. growing animals need only enough to grow thriftily.
Allied naval power reveals Germany’s shipping collapse
A Military and Naval Record assessment shows Germany’s mercantile marine of 2,388 vessels and 6.5 million tons nearly paralyzed since wartime began. Hamburg's Reederei Aktiengesellschaft, once a leading sailing-ship concern, saw earnings collapse from 1,333,000 to 459,000 marks and net revenue slide to 110,900 marks, with dividends cut from 12 to 4 percent as eleven ships were seized and others idle in neutral harbors.
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Mercantile Marine
Reederei Aktiengeselleschaft
Hamburg
Financial Times
Reederei
Germany
Edison Announces Telescribe Recording Across Distances
Thomas A. Edison, aged 68, unveils the telescribe a combined telephone and phonograph designed to record conversations up to 3 000 miles apart on a wax cylinder He claims completion after years of work and notes the device can preserve voice for court use and “canned evidence” The system pairs a desk telephone with a nearby recording machine and captures sounds with ear like sensitivity on a cylinder record.
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Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Lincoln Advises Compromise in Divorce Case
A farmer sought a divorce after trouble with his wife over painting a rate house. Lincoln counseled patience and compromise, telling him to return in a month. The farmer came back and chose brown paint for the house, agreeing to new terms.
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Lincoln
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Liverpool
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