Alcohol mortality cited by medical authorities
A lengthy excerpt from H Arnott M B M C P S summarizes mortality figures attributed to alcohol. It cites Dr E F Bowers and B Donnell Phelps, claiming tens of thousands of U.S. deaths annually from drink and alleging broader implications for infant mortality and various diseases, including Bright's Disease and pneumonia.
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E F. Bowers
American Magazine
U.S
Dan Proto
B. Donnell Phelps
Halmel
Germany
Bright
H. Arnott
M.B
M.C.P.S
The Preacher Spy Unmasked in La Hore India
A Bavarian preacher, allowed to stay in India for his mission, is uncovered by a detective who tracks his group to a mosque. A tense raid ends with the preacher revealed, and papers seized amid the stormy weather in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lahore
India
Concert Behind The Firing Line With German POWs
A London Saturday Review account describes a concert held behind the firing line attended by officers and enemy soldiers. German prisoners sing in German and English with notable musical skill, followed by stories from officers and a colonel reciting polo verses. The program ends with Die Wacht am Rhein and God Save the King as troops depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Saturday Review
Galt
Tommy
Gee Bung Polo Club
Thomas Atkins
Dogs Play Part In War Headlines From London On Canine Relief
Sylvester Allerton of London, in the U.S. to procure dogs for the Canine Relief Squads, describes the role of dogs in the war. He cites twenty five blinded dogs in London kennels who return to work, guiding, carrying messages, and aiding trenches despite injuries and shell concussion.
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Sylvester Allerton
London
England
U.S
Inngland
Theiddle West
Red Cross
Ktill
Hate and War Propaganda in German Tide
Explosive WWI era letter urges Germans to hate England and fuel national wrath. The text proclaims England as a constant enemy, calls for teachers and parents to indoctrinate children, and portrays symbolically Germany as enduring Carthage logic. It ends with harsh praise of German nationalism.
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Lille
England
Carthage
Rome
Germany
From the Enemy on War Strategy and Confidence
A Soviet era propaganda piece argues not to fear, praises German nerves and Moltke style leadership, and cites English road and railway networks as key to Anglo French artillery mobility. it accuses Allied strategy of mechanical, inferior thinking and acknowledges American support to Lloyd George.
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Hindenburg
Moltke
Lloyd George
Belgian Deportees Starve in German Camps Amid Rat Feasts
Eyewitness letters reported by the London Globe describe Belgian civilians in German camps living on a starvation diet. Deaths mount as bodies are found daily and aid is punished, with accounts of civilians dying at three per day and deportees allegedly eating live rats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
London Globe
Nevtr
King and Queen Tour to Munition Works
A London correspondent reports the king and queen’s Lancaster visit revealed a vast national shell production network. Manchester offices drive millions of shells from converted factories, with Westinghouse works named as easing labor troubles as workers vow to resume and sustain output.
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London
Lancaster
Ministry of Munitions
Manchester
Westinghouse
Tom Brooks
Tom
England
Cee
Gus Tom
Fragmentary overheard dialogue from a dusty page
The text captures a garbled exchange about a man, a possible relationship, and a dilemma over a decision. It reads as stray dialogue with incomplete phrases and unclear attributions.
Britain and Germany and the road to war in Grey’s view
A letter from Viscount Grey, published in Boston, argues the Entente sought peace to avoid war and to heal quarrels with France and Russia. It criticizes German surplus confidence in neutral England and claims Berlin believed Europe could be rearranged without conflict if England stayed out.
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Viscount Grey
the Christian Sciences
Boston
United Press
France
Russia
Germany
Europe
London
Licknoivsky and Mensdorff
England
Kerensky the Fighter for the Underdog in Russia
Alexander Kerensky, Russia’s Minister of War, emerges as a champion of the poor and persecuted. A famed defender in labor strikes and high-profile trials, he opposed graft and German influence, resisting czarist dissolution of the Duma as revolution gathered steam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Alexander Kernesky
Kerensky
Alexander Kerensky
Lena
Mendel Beiliss
Kiev
Duma
Kernesky
Siberia
New York
When to Cut Alfalfa For Hay
Ohio Agricultural Station experts say alfalfa harvest is ready when new shoots at the crown reach one to two inches. The common rule to wait until the plant is ten inches high does not always hold, as small base shoots may be injured if cut too late.
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Cens
Ohio
Poem Fragment on Life and Time and Sorrow
A fragmented verse reflects on life and time and how emotions ebb. The speaker notes living with sorrow and questions meaning while contemplating release through writing as a coping act.
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T. Atkins
Captain von Salzman
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Jack Ee
Britain
Ime
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