St Brice Day and Albatross Tales Across Seas
A collage of brief notes: St Brice Day linked to England’s football myth and Danes headball, albatross life at sea and nesting on Crozet and Tristan islands, George Washington era cabinet changes, and a Scottish maxim about seabirds signaling weather. Also mentions U.S. constitutional representation, Palestine’s Gazas, St Kilda fowling, and diverse curiosities from gods to gear.
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St. Brice
Tours
Crozet Islands
Indian Ocean
Tristan da Cunha
South Atlantic Ocean
St. Kilda
Foreign Born In Waterbury Raise City Baby Death Rate
A 1914 1915 survey of Waterbury Connecticut shows high infant mortality linked to foreign born mothers especially Lithuanians and Italians. 207.7 deaths per 1000 among Lithuanian babies, 109.9 for Italian, 97.9 native rate. many mothers unable to speak English or read and lacking access to Russian and Lithuanian or Italian language guidance.
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Children's Bureau
Department of Labor
Waterbury
Rer
America
Well Distributed Wealth by Mrs Sage Will
From the New York Times an analysis of Mrs. Sage's will granting about forty million dollars to education philanthropy and charity. Institutions named include the Metropolitan Museum of Art the American Museum of Natural History Mount Sinai Hospital Hampton Institute the Salvation Army and others. The piece notes generosity to former servants and argues fortunes often return to the public within a generation.
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New York Times
Russell
Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History
Children's Aid Society
Charity Organization Society
Infirmary For Women and Children
Mount Sinai Hospital
Hampton Institute
Salvation Army
Working Woman’s Protective Union
New York Institution For the Deaf and Dumb
Home For
Mrs. Sage
Mr. Sage
Brotherhood of Men and Nations and the War’s End
John D. Rockefeller Jr writes in a booklet that brotherhood must halt during wartime until victory over German militarism. He argues that peace requires destroying German philosophy and redefining the state’s relation to the individual and that only then can an enduring global brotherhood be extended to all nations.
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George Washington
District of Columbia
Brotherhood of Men and Nations
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Colorado Fuel & Oil Company
Bose
von Kries
Beland
Hunan
Wilson
Germany
One on the Rabbit from the Washington Attar
A humorous exchange where Mr. Erastus Pinkley muses that a missing rabbit foot may have brought luck to the rabbit itself. The line hints at belief in charms while poking fun at superstition.
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Washington
Proof Positive. From Punch. Wife of Profiteer
A comic exchange unfolds as a doctor confirms influenza symptoms and jokes about mannerisms. The piece notes a Cleveland soldier reported dead three times from different causes, while his wife learned this week he was at a British hospital.
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Profiteer
Countess of Wessex
Cleveland
Carnegie’s 83rd Birthday Quietly Observed at Home
New York Times reports Andrew Carnegie celebrated his 83rd birthday quietly at home. He motored for two hours, hosted a luncheon, and spent most of the day indoors. Messages of congratulation arrived from friends including Thomas A. Edison, Schwab, and Bidigan. peace efforts and Carnegie’s prior philanthropy are noted as a source of happiness.
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Carnegie
New York Times
Andrew Carnegie
Arnegle
Thomas A. Bidigan
Charles M. Schwab
Edison
Mr. Carnegie
Ifegue
Yanks Hold Line Against Hu Fire in France
Frank J. Taylor details an American division near Reims thwarting a German offensive toward Epernay and Chalons. Despite dust and fatigue, troops moved to optimal trenches, repelled repeated German waves, and, after days of heavy combat, counterattacked to push Germans back to their trenches and recapture equipment and tanks.
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Frank J. Taylor
United Press
France
Epernay
Chalons
Reims
Lorraine
Americana
Flanders
Wage sharing urged to sustain postwar manpower
From the London Statist the article argues wages should not be cut after the war, proposing worker share in profits as a path to maintain labor strength. It warns wage cuts could push workers abroad or into conflict with unions, and notes government and international actions shaping postwar outcomes.
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Bache Financial Review
London “Statist
England
Berlin Worries as Poles Advance Toward City
Polish army pushes along railways toward Berlin and captures six German cities. German leadership, headed by Noske, orders mobilization to oppose the invasion. Polish forces move cavalry and infantry toward key stations at Bauthen, Guessen, and Bromberg, with heavy fighting and house-to-house combat reported in Poznań and Posen.
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Copenhagen
Posen
Berlin
Skalmierycs
Breslau
Toermany
Associated Press
Warsaw
Ignace Jan Paderewak
Church Workers Starve in Petrograd Amid Hunger Crisis
An Associated Press report from New York describes members of the American Methodist Episcopal Church in Petrograd dying of starvation. Madame Hiland, a deaconess, reports to the Methodist board about the dire situation, noting no relief yet and pleading for help as church members suffer, with the city’s laborers and clergy facing severe food scarcity.
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Associated Press
New York
American Methodist Episcopal Church
Petrograd
Madame Hiland
Methodiat Board
Eunettbiens Ares
Bar Kediabert
G. A. Simons
Creel and President Meet Amid Public Information Question
Paria reports Creel, chairman of the information agency, meeting President to discuss public information policy. Details unclear due to damaged text but indicates high level discussion in early January.
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Paria
Jan
Ceurme Creel
Iree
Maly
Baltic Front Moves Marked by Bolshevik Clash and Allied Aid
Stockholm reports Bolshevik forces landing near Partakunda to trap invaders as British ships raid Fort Lighthouse. Parlak's cruiser bombardment ends in surrender with 6 officers and 120 men captured. Finland aids Estonia with currency support while Lithuanians seek independence backing from British fleet. A Lithuanian delegation seeks defense aid as Bolshevik pressure grows across the Baltic region.
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Prine Tekuce
Stockholm
Reval
Partakunda
Narva
Rakvere
Partak
Fort Lighthouse
Weelf Island
Aquadron
Rev
Baltic
Russia
Petrograd
Dorpat
Finland
Gulf
Ekstroom
Kalm
Euthonia
Lithuania
Lithuanian Telegraph Agency
Bolshevists
Kapauka
Vilna
Lithuanian Republic
Viet Republic
Libau
Tsarako-Belo
Republic
Esthenia
Leotland
Hints Ministry Against Wilson Sparks Cabinet Resignation Debate
Report from Parig on January 3 notes ministers oppose Wilson, arguing the “Wilson question” prompts resignation from the cabinet. They contend a warlike path must lead to radical changes in international relations and that bloodshed would be wasted if old diplomacy continues.
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Cat
Whe Rowe
Pet — Parig
Wiscolott
Wilson
Many Sailors Drowned In British Yacht Loss
London reports two sixty wallora were drowned when the British steam yacht Loki was lost off Artenoway Boothund. A later item from New York accuses middlemen of milk price manipulation, arguing dairymen receive too little and consumers pay too much, amid an investigation.
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Associated Press
London
Wallora
Loki
Aternoway
Boothund
Ulann
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Inter Mountain Globe
Paul W. Yeoman
PUB
Hulett
Crook County
Wyo
Becotland
Ulster
United States
Gaze
Beersheba
Palestine
Samson
Saladin
Grant
Buckner
Fort Donelson
Japan
Greece
South America
Pacific Coast
Java
Sicily
Asia Minor
Africa
Australia
Siberia
Scandinavia
Canada
Ben Loonted
Nile
Waterbury Conn
Amtivan Boys
Pienh Chine
Vienne
Ear’ Og Lend
Moomshan Ip
Eure
Geneva
Lausanne
Kolko
Vakko
Juminda
Perispea
Poland
Bolsheviet
Lodz 'N
Red
Guard
Joseph Pilsudski
Guffer
Creel
Lenine
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