Grafting the Uniform Soldier Fakirs Publicity Foe
The Comeback newsletter denounces soldier fakirs preying on patriotism in Washington and nearby towns. It praises public protest and The Dome’s early stance against the graft, noting most street sellers are opportunists seeking money and hours rather than honest work. It argues there is no need for begging for discharged service men.
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Walter Reed General Hospital
Cites
Eany
Washington
Min
Mexico Not Anti American From the Chicago News
Chicago business men visiting Mexico report a friendly reception and improved understanding with Mexican officials. They see potential for closer trade, noting fluctuating attitudes shaped by conditions, revolutions, and politics, rather than inherent hostility. A London Opinion joke about a girl and a misidentified dog ends the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Chicago News
Chicago
Carranza
Dios
Instruments and Spring Echoes in Dizzy Verse Bits
A garbled excerpt mixes London Tit Bits banter, Forbes oil talk, and a dreamlike lyric about Spring and youth. It blends witty quips on truth tools with references to oil supply aiding allies, a nod to Lord Cur gon, and a surreal chorus of flowers, oysters, and a lyre of nostalgia.
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London
Higgs
Dibba
Forbes
Lord Curgon
America
France
First Woman Appointed to Harvard Faculty
Dr. Alice Hamilton of Chicago becomes the first woman in Harvard University faculty, named assistant professor of industrial medicine at Harvard Medical School. She earned a medical degree from Michigan in 1905 and has since studied at U.S. and European universities while researching industrial poisons for the federal Department of Labor since 1910.
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Harvard University Facult
Alice Hamilton
Chicago
Rvard Medical School
Hamilton
University of Michigan
Europe
Federal Department of Labor
School Lunches and Bolshevik Views at Berne Conference
At a socialist gathering in Berne, speakers from Russia Germany and Britain argued about Bolshevism. Geseovski claims proletarians are gone in Romania while others say Bolshevik methods ruin industries and push militarism. British and American delegates warn democracy is threatened by oppression and violence under Bolshevism.
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Steels
Meutsky
Germany
Palshevinty
Bolsheviam
Russia
Jana Bolahovian
Han
Tenantry versus Ownership in American Farms
An opinion argues that tenancy weakens farming and national welfare, citing 1900 and 1910 tenant percentages, and contrasts two Iowa farms to show the benefits of ownership. It calls for long-term leases and crop rotation to foster soil improvement and farmer investment.
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Farisa
United States
Hank County
Towa
Corn Belt
This Man Has Played Ragtime For 500000 Soldiers and Sailors
Max Chartier the French concert pianist and former battlefield nurse entertained American troops in Brest during World War I. He claims to have performed for about half a million soldiers and sailors, translating American songs into French and leading an eighteen-piece French orchestra. He plans to stay in Brest until all Americans depart, continuing to perform for troops.
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Rue de la Paix
France
Max Chartier
Max
Saloniki
Brest
Paris
United States
St Over Alace
Hoe
Spring Romance Hat Sale Teases Low Price
Fragmentary note shows a flirtatious exchange about a hat offered for one guinea. Odd spellings and garbled lines suggest a playful, intimate bargain between two correspondents. The message evokes light romance and a curious colonial or antique-hat buying scene.
Teaching reading with picture scrapbooks for young children
A parent describes using simple handmade scrapbooks with animal pictures, colored images, and object groups to teach a two and a half year old. By naming items, counting, and pairing sounds, the child learns language, colors, and early literacy. The piece advocates storytelling over reading aloud for stimulating imagination and literature appreciation.
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Emilie Poulsson
Chua
Guiana
Why We Can’t Have $5 000 Apiece
A Budapest Berlin dispatch claims Hungary plans three income classes with fixed annual sums. The piece questions feasibility, citing US income distribution estimates for 1910 showing $1,100 per family if evenly divided, and notes Hungary’s lower total income versus Prussia. It concludes the budget cannot sustain the proposed incomes.
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Kanens City Star
Hungary
Budapest
Berlin
University of Wisconsin
W. Ring
United States
Department of Labor
Prussia
Hunger Germ Report Adds Grim Irony to War Suffering
Vietina reports a discovery claimed in Austria that the hunger germ feeds on bone or other matter and is supplied with phosphorus. The physician says the hunger agent can be sated by a phosphoric compound, transforming how the afflicted cope with scarcity.
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New York Herald
Vietina
Austria
Wien
Guilt as Personal in Early Legal Theory and Armenian Masses
A fragment from the St Louis Globe Democrat recalls Sir Edward Coke on corporations and treason, noting that individuals committing crimes bear personal guilt. It mentions Co Istanbul’s military governor and deportations, and cites the hanging of Keïal Bey as an example, with a stray reference to bankers and money.
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New York
Tomate
Negala Butt
Ege Idwichh
Eudidin
Louls Globe Democrat
Guil
Tila
Edward Coke
Sutton's Hospital
Matelet
Ke Ial Bey
Kiarbekr
The Value of Money and the Habit of Saving
A reflection on money and debt contrasts spendthrift ways with saving discipline. It argues dollars earned are like bees that work while saved, while constantly earned money slips away if not kept, stressing habit and security over quick pleasures.
Not Her Fault Editorial Clipped From Obscure Text
Fragmentary language and garbled names appear in a clipping about a disagreement or accusation. The legible portions reference a person and a misattributed fault while other words resemble a heated exchange. No clear events, dates, or organizations are identifiable.
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Ank
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Hons
Sfring Ode
Passafras
Chloe
Harvard
FP. G. Holden
Y.M.C. A
Marketa
Alice Rurnball
Allie
United States Bureau of Enreation
Washington, D. C
National Kindergarten Association
S. C
Uncle Sam
Bretly
Ims Rt
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