Girl's Diary Shows How Irish Revolt Spread Reign of Terror
Miss Dora Bing, a New Brunswick girl, describes being near Dublin during the Easter Uprising. She details rail and tram disruptions, artillery fire, barricades, martial law, and the fear as Sinn Fein volunteers fought in the city, noting family peril and the toll on homes and businesses.
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Girl
Dora Bing
New Jersey
Mother
New Brunswick
N. J
Daniel Bing
Ireland
Killarney
Haddington Road
Sinn Fein
Mrs. Leeds Reported to Marry Prince Christophoros
Mrs. William J. Leeds widow of a tin plate magnate has a reported engagement to Prince Christophoros of age twenty eight in London. She is daughter of Cleveland millionaire William C. Stewart and widely regarded as a leading beauty.
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William J. Leeds
Prince Christophoros
London
Leeds
William C. Stewart
Cleveland
Prisoner Returns From Camp To Penitentiary
Felix Smith, a white convict serving two years for embezzlement, escaped from a turpentine camp near the Florida line and walked 200 miles back to the penitentiary to escape alleged abuses. He walked in and told the warden he escaped to "come back home" and, after serving eight months, will likely not be sent back to the camp.
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Montgomery
Ala
Felix Smith
Turpentine
Florida Line
Smith
Beer cask bombs and helmets on the Carso front
An Italian correspondent reports Austrians using wooden beer cask bombs loaded with explosives in 420 millimeter guns, producing loud blasts with limited effect. Italians also deploy Roman helmets for outpost and trench use, claimed superior to the new French helmet for neck protection.
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Carso Front
London
Pilsen
Bank Cashier Revealed as Shovel Gang Paymaster
Quote from Browning's magazine claims a man described as a bank cashier was investigated and found to be paymaster of a shovel gang at a gravel bank.
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Shovel Gang
Browning
Automobiles Reaching Farm Belt As Time Saving Power
H. W. Hayden of Pullman Motor Car argues the automobile is reaching a historic peak in production and farm buyers. He notes farmers, netting over 5.5 billion from wartime crops, seek cars for time saving and productivity. Farmers demand durable, economical, powerful models able to carry families and handle rough terrain.
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H. W. Hayden
Pullman Motor Car Company
Hayden
Middle West
West
United States
Stop Look Listen at Rail Crossings Warns Drivers
A safety message urges motorists to stop look and listen before crossing railroad tracks and to ensure a clear view in both directions. It cautions against stepping onto tracks or sending a passenger ahead to check the way, warning that failing to do so risks death and a funeral.
Adjusting Valve Timing After Engine Warms Up
Instructions note that timing adjustments to valves should occur only after the engine warms. It explains that changes are affected by thermal expansion as the motor heats, influencing valve clearance and timing.
Cleaning Spark Plugs Bridging Carbon Short Circuits
The carbon on the porcelain insulator forms a bridge for current across the insulator, causing the spark plug to short circuit and fail. Proper cleaning must remove this carbon to restore function.
Automobile Stoppage by Butcher Sparks Debate
A Pennsylvania newspaper highlights a butcher who halted a bulky motor car by sheer arm strength. The incident stirs debate over the type of car involved and the feasibility of such a feat.
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Pennsylvania
Physician Explains Car Comfort via Spine Support
A Detroit physician, known for his stance against publicity, argues that auto comfort comes from seats and seat backs positioned to let the spine rest. He notes no need for an upright posture and cites long journeys without fatigue, comparing car seating to a camper digging ground to support the spine.
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Detroit
Rule for Tire Inflation Suggests Bulge Method Over Charts
An expert says standard pressure charts are unreliable due to varying conditions. The correct inflation is found by measuring tire bulge under load, inflating until bottom measurement increases about nine percent from no-load condition. This bulge-based method applies to any tire size.
Conditions Have Changed for U S Automobile Industry
The piece explains how postwar conditions have radically altered American manufacturing, especially in the motor car sector. It highlights that no industry was more affected, with manufacturers facing severe difficulties meeting demand, despite ingenuity and effort to speed up production.
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United States
Automobile Trailer Boosts Farm Efficiency Across U.S.
The automobile trailer is described as the latest big adjunct to farm efficiency, protecting the automobile from overload, wear and tear, and enabling it to perform double duty. It has been tested as practical and necessary, with 60 makes on the market and hundreds of farmers already adopting.
Reconstructed Plan of Early Swede Mill Revealed
Frankford Historical Society has restored a historic Swede mill plan burned in 1853. The original mill, built before Penn, saw a fire in 1835 and a replacement mill later burned. Lydia Darragh once overheard British plans here aiding Washington.
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The
Frankford Historical Society
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Secon
Lydia Darragh
Washington
Whitemarsh
Charles W. Caster
Zinc's Big Place in War
Zinc becomes highly valued in wartime due to its roles in cartridge brass shell fuses and iron barbed wire coverings. In 1913 the United States, Germany and Belgium led production, with the U.S. smelting domestic ores while Belgium and Germany relied on Broken Hill concentrates from New South Wales. Britain purchases most of its zinc from the United States because local smelting cannot process those concentrates.
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United States
Germany
Belgium
Philadelphia Inquirer
Broken Hill
New South Wales
France
Spain
Great Britain
Austria
Silesia
Hungary
Carinthia
Tyrol
Moral Advice to the Young From Schopenhauer
A reflection on how public order and manners cloak moral depravity and mislead youth. It argues that teaching uprightness as common practice can harm when disillusionment later reveals world hypocrisy, urging sincere truthfulness and personal betterment.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
Advertising dreams of meat driven by appealing images
The Breeders' Gazette imagines an advertising campaign that boosts demand for beef by showing appetizing cereals, fruits, and meats. Colorful pictures of marbled steaks and cured hams could intensify longing for savory, strength building foods and increase ham hunger.
Substitute for Leather Tested by Restaurant Keeper
A Yonkers Statesman item cites a proprietor praising a substitute for sole leather that endured six weeks under the severest character test. He quips about the tester buying the steak, in a brief exchange recorded by the paper.
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Yonkers Statesman
Made Him Fresh
A conversation about salt water softening behavior. Patrice recalls taking Charlie sailing on the river and noting it made him seem awfully fresh.
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Patience
Patrice
Charlie
A Warm One
A short street exchange between Mrs Flatbush and Mr Flatbush on living together making a couple resemble each other. Mrs Bensonhurst jokes that the speaker looked like a fool as she quips about appearances in domestic life.
City Beautiful by Night in Stockholm Illuminated by Power
The piece describes Stockholm bathed in electric light at night including the riverfront and quays. It notes high telephone density and a two-telephone-per-room setup due to long and short distance calling. It highlights the royal palace, parliament building, and neutral Sweden’s tense stance amid global tensions.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Alexander Graham Bell
Royal Palace
Europe
Cliff Swallow Brings Nesting Skill to Eaves and Cliffs
An old Philadelphia North American note explains cliff swallows once built mud brick homes on cliffs but now favor barn eaves. The blue black bird with brownish vest and reddish tail nests under eaves, defends against myths about bedbugs, and helps control leaf bugs and weevils.
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Baraga
Philadelphia
North American
Dental Room for Animals at Angell Memorial Hospital
The Angell Memorial Hospital in Boston has established a dental department for pets. Dogs and cats are treated with care, focusing on cleaning teeth and treating gums, with potential for more procedures as equipment permits.
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Angell Memorial Hospital
Boston
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Notable Sea Serpents Display At National Museum
The National Museum in Washington houses bones of extinct aquatic mammals resembling sea serpents if alive. These carnivorous creatures had long slender jaws with formidable teeth. Though some legends may have stemmed from remains, these species were mammals, not reptiles, evolving in an ocean environment.
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National Museum At
Washington
Condensed Milk Punched by Irish Cattle Quip
A light dialogue about an Irish cattle breed that rarely tops three feet prompts a punchline about condensed milk. The exchange plays on a joking recursion linking height to dairy usefulness.
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Bill
Jill
Teachers in Philadelphia Public Schools Told to Remove Marcel Waves
Philadelphia educators face new dress standards requiring hair styling guidelines for women teachers in public schools. The policy impacts daily appearance and school attire expectations, with specifics on acceptable hairstyles and grooming.
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Philadelphia
Marcel
Patrice
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