Alaska Russia and a Possibility
Newell Dwight Hillié recounts Nome Alaska gold frauds where thieves organized a counterfeit local government to loot rich claims. A vigilance committee exposed and punished the conspirators, sparking broad warnings about Bolshevik parallels and Allied responses in a grand geopolitical fever dream.
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Newell Dwight Hillié
Nome
Alaska
Northwest
Seattle
Russia
Siberia
New York
Frerlin
Trotzky
Germany
Ludendorf
MacRusgon
von Bulow
Poland
Prague
Hungary
Austria
Berlin
Munich
Rhine
Belgium
Sidney Low
Paris
Kolchak
Sir Sidney
Lenine and
Import 8,000,000 Chinese From the New York Sun
The New York Sun reports a daring plan to import up to twenty million Chinese and Japanese under contract to fill unskilled labor shortages in agriculture and building trades. Builders claim lack of unskilled labor is a core issue while the country questions feasibility and consent.
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New York Sun
Uldera
Legislative Committee On Housing
Jaaac S. Rossell
Mexico
Moon Power and Ocean Tides Reported in 1908 Bulletins
The excerpt blends verses about wandering and allure with a Louisville Courier-Journal note on a Chinese method to raise a sunken naval gun. It also explains lunar energy, describing how the moon's gravity lifts ocean water to form tides that travel around the world.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
el ‘ Ly Energy
I Shall Not Be Afraid by Aline Kilmer
After the death of her husband Sergeant Joyce Kilmer Aline Kilmer wrote I Shall Not Be Afraid in memory of him The poem appears in Candles That Burn showing her struggle to be brave in the dark and lonely hours without him.
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Aline Kilmer
Sergt
Joyce Kilmer
Food Problem and proposed reforms from New York World
The New York World discusses domestic food supply issues and supports Senate bills by Kendrick and Kenyon to separate stockyards and refrigeration from the packing industry and to establish a national licensing system. It links these reforms to Hoover’s plan and federal recommendations, arguing freedom in storage and trade is blocked by the integrated system. An aside notes unprecedented June rainfall disrupting ore transport.
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New York World
Forress
Hhe Weal
Chicago “Pood Trust
Benatora Kendrick
Kenyon
Commission
Federal Commission Trade
Herbert C. Hoover
Food Trust
U S Health Report on Vital Statistics for 1917 War Era
The U S Health Report reviews eight months of 1917 vital statistics showing the war did not raise overall death rates. It notes shifts in causes, with tuberculosis fading but pneumonia remaining ahead, and accidents ranking high. It highlights gaps in public health focus and urges action against heart disease cancer and apoplexy alongside ongoing battles with infectious diseases.
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United States Vital Statiation Bureau
American Vital Atatiotics
Safety First
Bright
Genius and the Family in Modern Perspective
A New York Times piece contrasts sympathy for genius with the burdens placed on family. It notes Fabre’s relatives enduring his insect‑talk and Milton’s daughters dictating Paradise Lost amid blindness and boredom, while Coleridge hints at domestic strife driving Milton to a second marriage.
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New York Times
Fabre
Milton
Lhicim
Mr. Milton
Coleridge
Government to build workers' housing urged by Wardman
Harry Wardman of Washington told Atlantic City realtors that England has long built workers' housing and America must follow. He argued current rents and returns deter private investment and predicted government action at 2 to 3 percent interest to supply affordable homes amid a booming building cycle. Wardman noted U S demand, Europe and Belgium rebuilding needs, and estimated $1,000,000 in current construction. He warned discontent stems from poor housing and urged government funding to ensure cheap housing.
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England
Harry Wardman
Washington
Atlantic City
Wardman
America
Sweden
Russia
Belgum
Adam the Bachelor and the Sabbath Feast Tale
A Buffalo Commercial excerpt retells a mural of Adam from the Talmud with funny asides about Friday creation and Eve, noting playful legends of a gay blade before Eve and angels serving wine while Adam enjoyed a Sabbath feast. The fragment pairs a child’s joke about a box falling on a father’s toes with humorous commentary.
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Bone
Adam
Eve
Peria
Time and Beauty Clash as Years Fashion Fortunes
A speaker reflects on aging and beauty, detailing how time reshapes faces with freckles, baldness, and fading charm. Friends despair over wrinkles while the author finds resolve, noting that inner resilience outlasts fleeting looks as years pass. Apollo and Venus are invoked in a playful mythic lament.
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Apollo
Venus
Be Careful What You Sign From the Boston Transcript
The Boston Transcript reports an appeal by French intellectuals led by Barbusse to unite the intelligentsia against hatred. American authors answer, describing themselves as lovers of Emerson Whitman and Lincoln, pledging to forgive and forget and scorn hatred. References to Edward von Mach and Professor Hall surface amid notes on Frederick Schrader and the Fatherland editor Viereck.
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Boston Transcript
Barbusse
Emerson
Whitman
Lincoln
Europe
Edward von Mach
Professor Thomas
Hall
Professor Hall
America
Berlin
Gottingen
Jenny L. E. Bartling
Germany
Wilsons Appeal to the People President’s tour for treaty support
The New York Post notes President Wilson will tour to rally popular support for the Paris treaty. It compares his direct appeal to voters with past strategies, arguing the aim is to sway opinion outside Congress and measure success by Senate roll calls after presenting his case to the people.
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Wilson
New York Post
Paris
Congress
Clemenceau
Senate
War's Scar in Leslie's McKinley Journey
McKinley describes a 1000 mile auto trip through eastern France Belgium Luxemburg and western Germany in Leslie's. He notes widespread war exhaustion and heavy losses among people animals and livestock. He recalls sparse cattle and sheep herds and extensive destruction of farms and homes.
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France
Belgium
Luxemburg
Germany
Maris
Local neckties vanish as Saturday trade soars
In a Parzony Kansas shop the high cost of living is noted with ties moving fast. The one to two fifty dollar neckwear sold out, and the stock of Woont Kind filled the empty display case after Saturday’s heavy shopping.
Tranquility and Joy in Seneca’s Teachings
A fragment reflecting Seneca on inner tranquility happiness and duty toward God and man. It urges calm mind despite fortune, steadfast benevolence, and avoidance of fear or anger, likening true joy to steadiness amid all times and places.
Controlling Element: Stay-at-Home Voters Deciding Elections
In Girard's Talk from Philadelphia Prose Senator Penrose notes that 100,000 stay-at-home voters decide Philadelphia results, a pattern seen in national races. Washington and Lincoln won with minority support. even after enfranchisement many voters abstain, while the exhortation to vote remains. Dr. Talmage quips on voting duty.
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Girard
Philadelphia
Senator Penrose
United States
Washington
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Lincoln
White House
Strike for Dividends Strikes Cleveland Trolley Line
The Cleveland trolley strike saw damaged wires, broken switches, and flying glass injuring several. six strikers were arrested. The city offered funds to raise wages, but the company insisted on a 1 percent dividend increase, accusing capital of a non violent stand while risking service cuts or bankruptcy.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Capital
Tolstoy
Noted Misosuri Cash Book At Old Bethel Church
From the Kansas City Times this item recounts quaint entries from Old Bethel church records. Henry Poe joined in January 1815 and was excluded a week later for unrepentance after a drinking episode. Washington Abernathle lost a money dispute with John Dauety over $5.75. November sees Sister Hannah Edwards allowed gold earrings. Three years on, Brother Simon Poe charged Henry with drunkenness. he was labored with and forgiven. The saga includes Ebenezer Hubbel’s second marriage after his wife eloped, and Abraham Flander accusing the wife’s death claim as false.
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Kansas City Times
Misosuri
Church of
Old Bethel
Henry Poe
Henry
John Dauety
Washington Abernathle
Washington
John
Hannah Edwards
Simon Poe
Ebenezer Hubbel
Abraham Flander
Ebenezer
A Shock for Father and Farce From Forum to Home
A Dallas News fragment tells of Tommy finding his baby sister, supposedly buried under a gooseberry bush, then admits he was returning the previous infant. It shifts to a joke about Julius Caesar and Cassius on the Forum and ends with a Boston Transcript quip about new neighbors sizing up their houseguests.
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Father
Dallas News
Tommy
Eerie
Mother
Caesar
Forum
Lucullus
Juliush
Cassius
Coliseum
Octavia
Cass
Decharge of sureties in Green case on intoxication charge
West's Docket notes Lou Green's conviction for unlawful possession of intoxicating liquors with a surety bond. On appeal he faced further murder conviction with 40 year sentence. The state sought bond forfeiture after sheriff could not execute, contending Green was in custody for the murder sentence.
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Lou Green
Herber
Green
Pryor
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Bond forfeiture appeal notes in criminal case
The plain tiff argues bond forfeiture due to Lou Green failing to pay fines and costs. An appeal bond in criminal cases requires appearance and submission to judgment, not securing payment of fines.
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Cipal
Lou Green
Costa
Trust Vanishes as Pearl Brooch Is Stolen
A Buffalo Commercial excerpt shows a woman lamenting a sudden departure by her maid Li who left with a beautiful pearl brooch that had been trusted. The friend notes the smuggled brooch’s spring entry and the growing distrust among people.
Wanted 2 000 tin bathing drawers delivery Chowpatty
A London Opinion item jokes about a delivery request for tin bathing drawers to Chowpatty on Sunday morning with a quip about alligators being annoyed. The odd classified tone reflects a humorous advertisement in a colonial era London context.
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India
London Opinion
Chowpatty
Times of India
Humorous Encounters and Light News From Distant Papers
Two women who had not met for years on a Dallas tram exchange pleasantries while one notes the other’s hat. A Detroit warship drill ends in a sailor’s joke as he rides an imaginary bicycle with legs in the air. A Washington wage board sets a $15 daily living standard. English Liberals campaign with Asquith among speakers.
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Dallas News
Detroit Free Press
Murphy
Dik
Itstrict of Columbia
England
Liberal Party
MM. Asquith
Human Good Will and the Cave Dweller Charity
A humorous, antiquated reflection on charitable impulses from early cave dwellers. The piece contrasts generous benevolence with dependency, noting that philanthropy can stray into control when the recipient gains nothing from self effort. It laments misapplied Christian charity blending with coercive impulse.
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Pacific
Hans
Niya Becke
Sydney Bulletin
U.S. Health Report
Wolit
Adam the Bachelor
Frederick Franklin Schrader
New England
George Sylvester Viereck
The
Fatherland
W.B. McKinley
Leslie
Caesar Meant
Jack
West
Samuel M. Crothera
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