Sherrill Advocates Pan Americanism and Colonial Freedom
Charles H. Sherrill former American minister to Argentina urged at Buffalo that the United States press European powers to relinquish colonial possessions in the western hemisphere. He said the U.S. is best positioned now to seek freedom for colonized peoples and even suggested covering costs if needed. He touched on Canada’s independence as voluntary and noted targeting the Guianas and British Honduras.
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Charles H. Sherrill
Argentina
Buffalo
United States
Europe
Mr. Sherrill
Germany's Sphinx August von Mackensen rises in ranks
The Sphinx of Germany is portrayed as Lieut. Gen. August von Mackensen, second in popularity to Hindenburg, who rose from private in 1870 to field marshal after decisive wins in Poland and Galicia. Born December 6, 1849, he is described as a deep thinker who plans each campaign detail.
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Germany
von Hindenburg
August von Mackensen
Lodz
Lowicz
Wloclawek
Galicia
von Mackensen
Merseburg
Saxony
Halle
University of
Berlin
Berliner “Leibhusaren
France
Mackensen
Mars-la-Tour
William I
Weeks for Cheaper Postage to Help Local Business
Senator John W. Weeks proposes reducing local delivery postage from two cents to one cent to spur business amid wartime conditions. He argues cheaper postage would aid both small and large businesses and favors a government role that is helpful rather than coercive.
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John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
House
Senate
Weeks
United States
Czarina Cured by War Through Nursing Work
An article recounts how the Russian czarina’s mental illness eased through war nursing. She established a hospital at Tsarskoe Selo, trained under Princess Gedroyc, and with her daughters Olga and Tatiana, pursued formal care for the wounded.
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Russia
Czarina
Tsarskoe Selo
Czar
Gedroye
Gedroyc
Olga
Tatiana
FINDING BALANCE BETWEEN LABOR AND LEISURE
The Philadelphia Bulletin argues against overwork and promotes leisure as essential for virtue and sanity. It cites fatigue, doctors, and unions calling for shorter hours, claiming all workers deserve time for sunshine, rest, and humane conditions to prevent crime and burnout.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Urge Kindness to Animals Exchange Endorses Compassion
An editorial argues for animal protection, listing seven reasons to reduce suffering. It emphasizes animals as vulnerable, capable of suffering, and helpful to humans, warning cruelty breeds wider moral harm and echoes Bentham on animals’ capacity to feel.
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Jeremy Bentham
Noisy Sleeper on Westbound Pullman Berth
An abnormally fat man boards a westbound Pullman and protests a berth at the end of the car. He accepts a chair car instead but soon snores loudly, irritating passengers. The porter awakes him with a rib poke asking what he would do if asleep in the middle of the car.
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Porter
Shadow Pictures for Children Drama Guide
Instructions for making shadow pictures using a doorway sheet lamp or bull's-eye lantern. Create silhouettes with stiff paper cut outs pinned to hair or costume. Use paper noses beards and hats to depict Indians Puritan figures and historic scenes for playful shadow theater.
The Cheerful Japanese Ad
Advertisers in The Cosmopolitan as cited by the Boston Evening Transcript praise lavish superlatives in Tokyo storefronts. Window signs promise solid goods and friendly service with swift dispatch to customers homes and amiable assistants likened to a loving father seeking a husband.
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Cosmopolitan
Boston Evening Transcript
Tokyo
Handicraft project builds a wood work bench and clay pottery
The article describes constructing a boys and girls work bench with leg frames, top plates, rails, and braces using 2x4 and 1x4 wood. It details assembling the frame, adding a top, apron, and a bench vise, then modeling clay pieces with a base, walls, and candlestick forms. It notes sourcing clay, tools, waterproofing with bath enamel, and decorating with a drawn design.
Distinction in Appearance Draws Harsh Judgment
A Kansas City Star quote asserts that men who dress unusually are mocked, while those who look ordinary escape critique. It argues that eccentric attire brands a man as inferior, reflecting harsh social bias.
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Kansas City Star
Courage of Despair in a Schoolboy’s Essay
A schoolboy writes that Turkish courage stems from polygamy with men having more than one wife being likelier to face death than those with a single wife. The remark reflects biased stereotypes in a student composition.
How Katydid Sings Its Song
The katydid produces its sound by friction of tiny drums in the wing edges and air from body sacs amplifies the call. It has been nicknamed the testy little diagnostician in its behavior description.
Strict Vegetarianism Inspires Use of Imitation Leather
Readers note that strict vegetarians sometimes use imitation leather for boots shoes and even book covers as a cruelty free alternative to animal skins.
Survivals of Old Styles in Dress and Servants
The London Times notes in Mr Wilfred M Webb’s Ethnological Society lecture that dress preserves habits from earlier eras. Examples include hat bands from linen wraps, clocked stockings, glove braids, and servants’ uniforms reflecting George II and III periods.
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London Times
Wilfred M. Webb
Ethnological Society
George III
George II
The Family Look and Its Silent Signatures
A meditation on how facial features reveal lineage and race, tracing the arch of an eye orbit and curve of the chin as a reading of family history. Elizabeth Robins argues that marks of kinship endure as a silent inscription across generations, shaping memory and identity.
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Hapsburg
Elizabeth Robins
Harper's Magazine
Western Canadian Wheat Crop Boosts Rail and Shipping Records
The 1915 Western Canada wheat harvest across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta averaged over 25 bushels per acre with abundant yields. Railways report record traffic as CP R earnings rise, cars in daily use hit 2000, and shipments through New York show Canada’s grain reaching Europe via Montreal.
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Western
Canada
Department of the Interior
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
W. Grant Morden
Canada Steamships Company
Upper Lakes
New York
England
France
Italy
Montreal
Salt Water Cataracts Cascade Both Ways in Canada
The article describes salt water cataracts in Norway, southern Chile, and British Columbia where tidal action surges over rock barriers into reservoirs. It highlights Canoe Passage near Vancouver Island where a 18 foot high flood tide pours over a narrow cleft and reverses on the turn of the tide creating a two way waterfall.
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Norway
Chile
British Columbia
Canoe Passage
Vancouver
Gulf of Georgia
Gulf
Quintuplets Reported From Bhor State Birth Record
A Mahratta woman in Bhor state East India reportedly bore quintuplets two males and three females at age thirty three. All survived birth but nurse care was lacking and survival uncertain. The mother previously bore three children last year who died within three months. A record of eight births in a year is believed unequaled in medical annals.
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Bhor
East India
Over the Card Table in a Winter of Cards
The piece surveys playing cards as a universal solace across classes from rag dealers to popes and saints. It notes Picquet aiding a seventeenth century bishop's travels, claims Leo X bluffing, and St Francis de Sales cheating, while others find winter evenings brightened by card games and the ongoing chatter of life.
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Picquet
France
Leo X
St. Francis de Sales
Imperial court and bicycle clips provoke diplomatic squabble
The imperial chamberlain reports the American ambassador refuses to wear breeches at court. The despot suggests ordinary pants with bicycle clips at the ankles as a compromise, clinging to tradition while conceding to Western democracy.
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Puck
Dining room tip sparks waiter boycott at summer hotel
A man says he tipped every waiter in a dining room to secure attention, but the head waiter objected and called a boycott. The head waiter claimed the man should share tips with all staff rather than concentrate funds on him.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Ad Promises Gentle Head Relief
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine as an improved quinine product that avoids nervousness or ringing in the head. It claims better effect than ordinary quinine and notes safety for all users with a 25 cent price and signature of E. W. Grove.
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E. W. Grove
Michigan Dreaming Echoes in Barbershop Singers
A man with the barbershop tenor voice sings I wish and wish again I was in Michigan while another attendee from the front row echoes the sentiment with a similar wish.
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Michigan
Barber Shop
Eyes That Look Young After the Movies
A health note urges readers to keep eyes youthful through care. It suggests Marine Your Eyes and avoiding age signaling tricks. The piece emphasizes eye care as a simple way to retain a youthful appearance.
What do you do with your car when your wife is away
A humorous quip notes the freedom felt when a spouse is absent, implying carefree driving and use of a vehicle without constraints. It reflects lighthearted social humor about relationships and independence.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Ad Promotes Liver Pills
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as the original liver pills, claiming they regulate the liver and bowels and have been sold for forty years.
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Dr. Pierce
Would-be peacemaker faces trouble for intervening
A man who stepped in to mediate a dispute finds himself in trouble as tensions flare. Local authorities investigate the incident, with witnesses and the involved parties cooperating as the case unfolds.
When all others fail to please Try Denison's Coffee
A concise notice touts Denison's Coffee as a reliable remedy when others fall short, highlighting consistent quality and customer satisfaction. The item reads like a promotional blurb emphasizing dependable flavor and service.
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Denison
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