Value of the Home Town Worthy of Greater Appreciation
An editorial argues that people overlook the benefits of their own towns. Outsiders notice stronger local commerce and services, while residents miss the town’s advantages, valuing it as behind the times. It cites lower prices for California fruit, beefsteak, and goods in small towns, plus accessible goods and community life, urging pride in local towns and farm near towns.
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California
Illinois
Omaha
Denver
Solar powered cells touted in early electricity research
The article describes sunlight as a potent energy source and reports Theodore W. Case achieving a solar cell that converts light into electricity. A described device resembles a miniature hot bed with electrolytic cells under glass, yielding about 1 tenth of a volt from a 3 by 4 inch cell and accumulating higher voltage in series and greater current in parallel configurations.
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Florida
Theodore W. Case
Testing Would-Be Airmen In The Royal Flying Corps
The Royal Flying Corps selects candidates through severe physical and mental tests. Nervousness, breathing, sight and hearing, fatigue resistance, and endurance to operate aircraft levers are evaluated using instruments and controlled shocks to reveal true fitness for service.
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Flanders
Flying Corps
Royal Flying Corps
German War Realities and Emigration Reported by Dutch Journalist
Dutch reporter in New York recounts fourteen months in Germany describing patriotism under hardship. He cites food shortages, rising prices, rationing by cards, and emigration of women and children to Sweden Denmark Holland and Switzerland to avoid starvation. He notes German officials support this exodus and predict further movement.
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P.M. van der Klei
Holland
New York
Germany
New York Evening Sun
Asa Hollander
Berlin
Belgium
Serbia
Austria
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Vorwaerts
Blind Tiger Talk Mirrors Prohibition Era Rumor
A playful dialogue about a "blind tiger" sparks a reminder of Prohibition era slang. A child asks about tigers and sight while a parent clarifies the phrase heard from Mr. Smith suggesting a hidden liquor raid.
Magistrate’s Promise Test in English Village
A recruiting canvasser, a famous local magistrate, asks a cottage resident to enlist. The man refuses, recalling a prior fine the magistrate gave for fighting. He insists he keeps his word and will not fight, noting the magistrate’s past promise not to repeat the offence.
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Bill Smith
Allus
Inhumanity by Germans in East Africa Reported by Missionary
Rev. E. W. Doulton of the Church Missionary Society testimony describes flogging and coercion of natives by German officers in East Africa to extract evidence against a British missionary. Some lashes failed to obtain perjured confessions as natives recanted. Doulton, a POW two years, notes harsh internment camps and dire treatment at Buigiri and Tabora before and after capital loss.
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East Africa
E. W. Doulton
Church Missionary Society
German East Africa
Buigiri
Growth Hormone Led to Body Stature Control Claim
University of California Berkeley scientists report isolating tethelin, a substance from the pituitary gland that could regulate human growth. Dr. T B Robertson announced the four year study and said it may mark a historic breakthrough in biological science with uncertain future implications.
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University of California
At Berkeley
Berkeley
T. B. Robertson
Robertson
War Effort of Britain Greatest Marvel of History
A neutral writer lauds Britain's wartime mobilization, industry, and morale. Britain built a vast army and war machine, supplied allies, and preserved trade routes while cutting luxuries and expanding labor output. The piece emphasizes national spirit, debt, and the need for U.S. understanding of wartime economics.
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Great Britain
Boston News Bureau
Wall Street Journal
Britain
Europe
Germany
Moene
South Atlantic
English Channel
France
Africa
Dardanelles
Belgium
Serbia
United States
Thames
England
News Bureau
Washington
The Tractor to Supplant Horses on Farms
W H Sanders, instructor at Kansas Agricultural College, predicts tractors will replace horses as the main farm motive power. He argues engines can be built to do every horse task and that tractor use will reshape farming methods as industry grows. Several traction firms plan to market row crop engines next spring, signaling progress.
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W. H. Sanders
Kansas Agricultural College
Mr. Sanders
Mr Sanders
Women to Marry by Proxy Bill In Australian Parliament
Premier Hughes introduces a bill allowing Australian women to marry soldiers at the front by proxy. Backed by women’s groups who cite war length and uncertainty, arguing immediate marriage could secure women’s status and allowances. Soldiers and many hundreds of Australians have wed English partners while abroad. The French law is cited as precedent.
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Hughes
Australia
England
Husband accuses wife of misusing property transfer
A man explains to Hawkins that he assigned all his property to his wife to protect it from creditors. He says she took the money and left, claiming he swindled his creditors and she will not live with him.
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Hawkins
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