World News Highlights From 1916 Era Survey Reports
British trade officials say fears of tufts shorted by war are unfounded as April 1914 food imports reach 905 million dollars while April 1916 show 2.95 billion. The bulletin highlights rises in meat and grain imports, anti typhoid gains in Yakima County, and cultural efforts including Chinese monuments preservation with Boxer indemnity funds.
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British Board of Trade
Great Britain
Yakima County
Washington
United States Public Health Service
United States
Chinese Monuments Society
The
American Geographical Society
China
Peking
Smithsonian Institution
American Archaelogical Institute
Baltimore’s plan to protect new streets after paving
Baltimore announces a cooperative program to extend pavement life. Notices tell property owners leaseholders and utilities to complete underground work before paving and follow during and after phases with warnings and practical steps to prevent damage and waste.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Intemperate Tobacco Use Linked to Cancer Across Generations
Dr. Robert Abbe cites Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Frederick D. Grant to warn that excessive tobacco use causes cancer. He notes families with long smoking histories producing mouth cancers, urges quitting, and warns that smoking habits pass to children. The physician stresses variability in individual tolerance and the insidious, cumulative effects of tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Frederick D. Grant
Robert Abbe
General Grant
Abbe
Baer
Sleep Aids For Hot Weather Women
Advice on improving slumber during heat using alcohol sponges and gentle routines. Guidance covers mid day naps, night sleep, hair care with alcohol and lemon juice, and light powder. Emphasizes mental relaxation techniques and pleasant imagery to shut out daytime worries, plus pillow use and sleeping positions for comfort.
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Madame Bernhardt
Make a Floor Cloth from Bed Tick or Denim
A home craft tip shows how to sew a large square from bed ticking or heavy denim with a one-quarter inch seam and half inch hem. Ringed edges use a rope to form a bag for quick storage, enabling fast room cleaning without sweeping.
Seven Widows Compete For Two Hundred Thousand
In Rathbone the will of Benjamin Griffin Wise bequeaths fourteen thousand pounds to seven widows on condition they remain unmarried. A codicil later reduces the fortune to a hundred thousand and tests their fidelity. Reuben Austin and Mrs. Douglas ultimately choose love over money. Mrs. Austin marries and inherits.
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Reuben
Reuben Austin
Benjamin Griffin
Benjamin
Rathbone
Austin
Douglas
Veryone
Mrs. Austin
Mrs. Douglas
Origins of Stanley and related heraldry tales from Baker to Dalton
A historical survey traces the Stanley name from Staffordshire and Norman roots to Sir Henry Morton Stanley and recounts legends of Lord Latham and an eagle nest heir. It details Baker and Griffith lineages, coats of arms, and dynastic links across England and America, including notable American settlers.
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Stanley
Staffordshire
Balescherville
de Valaille
Percies
Cavendishea
Nevills
Sir Henry Morton Stanley
Africa
Stanley Creat
Lord Latham
Latham Tall
Oskell
Wkell
Isabella
Sir John Starley
Starley
Baker
Worcester
Gloucester
Kent
America
Henry Baker
England
Virginia
Vale of Wight
Thomas Baker
Massachusetts
Major Baker
House of Burgesses
Bakers
New York
Griffith
Guyffydd
County Middlesex
Church of St
Argaret
Francis Wortley
Cardigan
William Griffith
Dalton
Dumfries
Devon
Durham
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Cambridgeshire
Gloucestershire
Aston
New England
Deer and Dog as Friends in California Tales
A Hartford Times report recalls fawns roaming Oroville with dogs, including a Newfoundland guardian that protected the deer from other canines. It notes other sightings near Eden Valley ranch Mendocino and wild game, with dogs trained to hunt and defend, and a mother deer protected by home dogs from strangers.
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California
Hartford Times
Oroville
Cal
Jorge Newfoundland
Orovill
Eden Vakie Ranch
Mendocino County
Aerolite Crash Damages Bell Inn Totwell
A meteorite crashed into the Bell Inn at Totwell during dinner, causing substantial damage to the house while landlady narrowly escaped injury. The incident left the room in ruins but no one else reported hurt.
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Bell Inn
Totwell
England
Puzzling Russian Equation From the Brooklyn Eagle
The article surveys Russia's impact early in the war, detailing surprising moves, major battles at Allenstein and Tannenburg, advances in Galicia, and shifting fronts. It tracks repeated German and Russian successes and defeats, then shifts to Joslin's diabetic diet classifications for vegetables and fruits by carbohydrate content.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Russia
Alussia
Mofizin
Teutons
France
Kuselan
Allenstein
Tannenburg
Austria
Galicia
Lemberg
Marne
Warsaw
Poland
Courlon
Firat
Rueslane
Carpathians
East Prussia
Silesia
Cracow
Tarnow
Hussia
Baine
Grand Duke
Lehoma
Caucasus
Armenia
Turkey
Carpu
Eusean
Elthy
Romdy
Joslin
Danish homemaking traditions in rural 19th century life
In Denmark, women spin wool and weave cloth while men craft wooden tools and furniture. The piece highlights domestic industry, home crafts, and family labor as a model of shared farming and household production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Atlanta Journal
Denmark
A Young Financier Parade in Aged Times
A fragment from the Boston Evening Transcript notes a quirky exchange about money and bonds. It references a figure around 486,317,610.60 in bonded debt and a recurring event about every ten births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Severand’e
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Anter Mountain Globe
S. G. Dixon
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Brooklyn
Alex Swanson
West Concord
N. H
Thackeray
Detroit
Detroit Edison Company
Boston Edison Company
Finnish
Lapland
United States Coast Survey
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Central Asia
Italy
Ius Ot Motors
the Coast and Geodetic Survey
Madrid
Philippines
Mary of England
PP Jari
Erence
Ceylom
Congo
London
Park
Death Valley
Justice Brandeis
Louis D. Braudeis
R. Keith Compton
Paving Commission
St. Paul
Department of Genealogy and Heraldry
Alexander Finker
Leonard Wilson
Gacraaa
Minina
Auears
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