Switzerland Seeks Neutrality Safeguard in League of Nations
London Times reports Lord Robert Cecil pursuing Swiss entry to the league with permanent neutrality. Professor Charles Borgeaud argues Switzerland could aid the league as a neutral international watchman while preserving its cantonal heritage. President Wilson notes potential neutral rights issues under a strong league.
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Switzerland
London Times
Sioux City
Tribu
Paris
Robert Cecil
London
League of Nations
Charles Bergeaud
University of Geneva
League
Helvetian Confederation
Pasle
Schaffhausen
Appanzell
Wilson
Holland
Denmark
Sui Generis
English Shorthorn Bull Sells for 25000 in England
London dispatch reports the highest price paid in England for a Shorthorn bull, 25000 dollars, with Gartley Lancer II previously setting a 23700 dollar record and prior high at 26000 dollars.
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London Times
Public Ledger c
Bijoux City Tribune
London
England
Skating Saint Lydwina of Holland Patron of Skaters
A Detroit News item notes skating as a patron sport with Saint Lydwina of Schiedam Holland as its patron. It recounts her 15th century life, miraculous deeds and death in 1483, and mentions Thomas at Kempla who documented her story.
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Detroit News
Lydwina
Schiedam
Holland
Thomas
Kempla
Wide Range of Occupations Taught to Wounded Soldiers
Wounded and maimed soldiers at Walter Reed hospital learn telegraphy oxy acetylene welding and operation of motion picture machines. The program, run with Red Cross help, adapts tasks to each injury including a veteran with one arm learning telegraphy and a welder using a device to hold pipes. The photos illustrate the variety and purpose of curative work.
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Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Red Cross
Patlee
Son of Famous Irish Rebel Urges U S to Demand Home Rule
J O Donavan Rossa Jr Sioux City attorney and son of the Irish revolutionary leader calls for Ireland to obtain self government. He argues Ireland is under English control with no real influence in the imperial parliament and urges inclusion in the peace conference to determine Ireland’s status.
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U.S
England
Ireland
J. O'Donovan Rossa
Sioux City
County Cork
Mr. Rossa
Ita
Ay Oy
Ragin
Town
Hames
New York
Treland
Iowa
Germany
Fathers of the Republic
Paris
Belgium
Poland
Serbia
Greece
Not Yet for Tourists in Italy Says Rail Director
The New York Times notes that prewar Italy attracts visitors more than the country now. Italians await tourist travel as the Italian railway directorate warns foreigners to refrain until the end of next year unless business is essential, due to wartime disruption.
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New York Times
Italy
Italian Railway Directorate
Aeema
Prohibition Keeps Tourists Away From Local Areas
The passage notes that visitors traveling in private or hired cars are not clearly banned but are not explicitly welcomed. They formed a sizable group whose spending would have been valued, yet they should likely refrain from visiting for the time being.
I Love You in Many Tongues From France to Sousa
A wartime letter from Lieut. John Pierre Roche in Stars and Stripes recalls how music stirs him most. He lists operatic, jazz, and street sounds before naming Odette his heart’s first true tune with a tender Je t aime.
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Aga
Yvonne
Jolie
John Philip Sousa
Odette
Ma Cherie
John Pierre Roche
Stara and Stripes
France
Price of Eggs Is Down Amid Economic Woes
A narrator recalls rising costs haunting daily life from artichokes to eggs while a New York police arrest Sergt Arthur Guy Empey for asking another driver for the right of way in a Bolshevik accusation scene.
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Bruke
New York
Sergt
Arthur Guy Empey
Knockers and Boosters in a Punchy Public Letter
A Philadelphia Public Ledger critique of fault fitting as social habit. It mocks constant nitpicking and urging readers to act rather than merely complain. The piece cites Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn to illustrate active helpfulness over passive criticism. It urges spending effort and dollars to improve communities.
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Philadelphia Pubic Ledger
Tom Sawyer
Aimraie
Huckleberry Finn
Minboty
American War Material Depot On Thames Near London
Correspondent describes a mushroom town near the Thames housing a U S war material depot. It details a 25 acre camp with huts and sheds storing tractors entrenching tools camouflage wire asbestos roofing timber and hospital fittings awaiting sale after armistice.
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Associated Press
London
Thames
California
England
United States
America
Russia
Fancy Prices Paid for Oil Paintings at Christies
Auction at Christies drew high sums for selected works. Turner pieces sold for 25 700 and 10 000, Reynolds portrait fetched 29 400, Gainsborough coast scene 35 600, Potter’s 1647 farm scene 12 850, and Gordon’s Sir Walter Scott portrait of 1830 realized 22 000.
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London Times Catle Service
Public Ledeer Co
Sioux City Tribune
London
Christie's
J. W
Saul Potter
Sir J. Watson Gordon
Sir Walter Scott
Bethlehem Steel Pledges Collective Bargaining Cooperation
The Bethlehem Steel Company pledges steels to cooperative measures under the national war labor board plan for collective bargaining and additional compensation for work done. The move signals improved relations between management and employees and emphasizes frank, fair dealings in industrial relations.
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Bethlehem
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Bethlehem Steel Company
National War Labor Board
War and Navy Departments
Beth Jehem Company
Planta
Great Steel Company
War Labor Board
Thi
Comany
Linger Pub Hc
Industrics
Falr
Dust Explosion Reveals Flour Dust Likely Cause
A Detroit News text recalls a 1878 Minneapolis Washburn mills disaster where flour dust ignited in a chain reaction, destroying mills and killing eighteen. Investigations showed rapid flour dust combustion as the trigger, linking to later coal mine dust explosions and the limited value of army gas tests for miners safety.
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Detroit News
Washburn Pouring
Minneapolis
Apita
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