British mission under Colonel Griffiths linked to Romanian oil destruction
A British official report praised Colonel John Norton Griffiths for his role in destroying Romanian oil plants and infrastructure. The account, quoted from Pall Mall Gazette, recalls his personal risk and refusal to delegate parts of the mission. It notes Allied aims, Romanian loyalty, and the impact on Germany's oil supply, with mention of postwar damages and ownership by British American and German capitalists.
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John Norton Griffiths
Pall Mall Gaxetty
Hin
Hotchtoff
Germany
Aitate
Romania
steoAless
Rumania
Gerry
Napoleon
Moscow
Griffiths
Two Million Pie Plates a Day at Fairfield Factory
A Fairfield Maine plant outputs about two million wooden fibre pie plates daily. Seventeen styles are produced with each machine making 196 plates per minute. Workers count and pack rapidly while drying rooms use extensive steam pipes and daily air cycles to control moisture, creating a brief heated shower in the process.
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Fairfield
Ironclads on Lake Leman and Geneva’s Seafaring Past
The article recalls Swiss naval history with Ironclads on Lake Leman and Geneva’s defense against Savoy. It notes a 1590 admiral appointed to command the fleet, a later 1016 post held by Noble Gallatin, and the Barques dockyard on an island now behind Jean Jacques.
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Lake
Lenan
Chillon
Geneva
Savoy
Noble Gallatin
Solod
Island Des Barques
Thishind
Jean Jacaites
Runsseum
Testing Would-Be Airmen in Royal Flying Corps Trials
The text describes severe aviation tests to select Royal Flying Corps candidates. It highlights nervousness screening, breathing and heart monitoring, sight and hearing evaluation, and fatigue resistance. Endurance to manipulate aircraft controls is determined by a weight device as a fatigue test.
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Fiyaders
Flying Corps
Walter
Royal, Flying Corps
Itis
Sunflower Seed Trade Seen As Profitable In England
Canadian Trade Commissioner John Johnston of Bristol reports brisk demand for sunflower seed in England valued at about one hundred dollars per ton or six cents per pound delivered. Seeds are increasingly crushed for oil used in margarine, with many Britons adopting it as a butter substitute. Johnston notes limited opportunities exist to expand production in Canada amid seed scarcities of canary, rapeseed, millet due to drought and supply cuts.
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Amde
Trade and Commerce
Johnston
Bristol
England
Mr. Johnston
Great Britain
Canada
Potato yield varies widely within same variety across growers
Experimental plantings of Garnet Chili Green Mountain and Trish Cobbler potatoes in 1915 and 1916 show yield differences per acre from 36 to 278 bushels. Even within the same variety, seed source and vitality affect performance. discard stock with poor vigor rather than attempt revival.
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Andea
Dominion
Stalin
Reneville
N. S
Bueen
Green Mountain
The Same Thing Counsel Interrogates Defendants Plea
In a Toul interview the plaintiff asked about payment of the debt. The defendant replied Go to the devil, prompting the plaintiff to consult a solicitor immediately.
Growth Substance Tethelin Found in Pituitary Gland
University of California Berkeley scientists announce isolation of tethelin from the pituitary at the base of the brain. Professor T B Robertson says four years of experiments underlie the claim, and the discovery could shape future human growth and biology.
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University of California
At Berkeley
Berkeley
T. B. Robertson
Robertson
Wade
Hint
Jim Hill Story of Generous Rail Leader Featured
A New York Sun piece portrays James J. Hill, Great Northern Railway president, as generous. The story recalls a twelve year old boy who lost a leg after riding a train, and Hill’s quiet intervention to fund education and business start for the boy and his father, leading to later success.
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CIA
New York Sun
Je Mill
Great Northern Railway
Jim Hill
Soile
Great Northern
Sittle
Thett
Jim Mill
Mr. Hill
Reuman
Ie Laught
Hill
Till
Egypt Celebrates Second Anniversary Under British Protectorate
The country marks two years since becoming a protectorate, reporting a strengthened political stance, reduced Senussi threats, retaken western territory, and a stabilized economy. The Sultan remains popular with broad public support and charitable acts noted. Trade and cotton prices boost prosperity, with expectations of a bumper year.
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Egypt
Suez Canal
Sollum
Troncier
Keeping Up With Father in Pike County Note to Teacher
A Pike County woman indites a note to a teacher demanding corporal punishment for her boy Sammy. The missive compares the boy to his father and instructs the teacher to beat him into compliance if needed. The handwriting shows regional spelling and careless punctuation.
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Pike County
Sammy
Inhuman German Tactics Under Fire in East Africa
Rev E W Doulton of the Church Missionary Society describes German cruelty toward British and Allied prisoners in East Africa. He cites lashings, false evidence extraction attempts, and violent punishments used to coerce statements. Doulton, a two year POW, reports severe internment camp conditions and deprivations at Buigiri and Tubora, the capital.
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East Africa
E.W. Doulton
Saiety
German East Africa
Buigiri
Donlion
Tubora
Lic Capital
Deserted Ontario Village Sparks Rural Life Conference Revelations
Rev J A Bell told Guelph conference that 54 vacant filled-hones within his parish reflect rural desertion as 25 years of households faded. He blamed economy, poor roads, city lure, and lack of credit, urging church roles and consolidated schooling to revive village life. He praised ban on saloons and envisioned community halls and practical farmsfor a revived countryside.
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Ontario
J. A Bell of
Laurel
Oak
Guelph
Dufferin County
Sell
Earth
Fife
Bell
Ile
EH. Wilson
Knox College
Wey
Germany Opposes Restoring Pacific Islands Rights
In London Sir Joseph Ward, New Zealand Finance Minister, criticized the détente replies to President Wilson’s peace ideas. He said Australia and New Zealand would never accept restoring German colonies or German bases near Australia, stressing vital strategic and colonial concerns.
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Germany
Pacific Islands
Agsini
London
Joseph G. Ward
New Zealand
Wileson
Pacific
Austerlia
Walt
Joseph
Australia
His Best She and the Sones Overboard Conversation
A fragmentary dialogue features a shipboard exchange where one character asks if another would jump in to save him from drowning. The responder hesitates then professes uncertainty about his own willingness, blaming fear and sorrow for potential inaction.
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Mr. Sones
Jere
The Downfall of Germany: Dutch Printer’s Wartime Views
P.M. Van Der Niew, a Dutch printer now in New York, returns from fourteen months in Germany to argue that German perseverance stems from a belief in defensive warfare. He claims food shortages, forced emigration of women and children, and government control drive Germany toward collapse, with the US largely isolated from these strains.
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P.M. van der Niei
Holland
New York
Germany
New York Evening Sun
Bersin
Belgium
Serbia
Sre
Austria
Hungary
Berlin
Thad Nuihy
Molland
Sweden
Denmark
Holkind
Switzerland
Vierts
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Sea Power
Pharoh
Conference On Rural Life
United States
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