Alcohol mortality cited by Arnott and foreign authorities
The piece quotes Dr. E F Bowers and statisticians like B Donnell Phelps and Halmel asserting high alcohol related deaths in the U S and abroad. It claims up to 725000 annual deaths including direct and indirect effects and cites impacts on infants and various diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Arrest at La hore India
A Bavarian born missionary spy in India is captured after a detective shadows him to a mosque. The preacher who delivered The way of transgressor is hard was found with potentially desirable documents in the mosque. The weather quip appears as a Punch Bowl aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lahore
India
Concert Behind The Firing Line
A London Saturday Review observer recounts a concert behind the front where German soldiers sing in their language and Tommy volunteers applaud. The program features folk songs and a German guitar piece, with officers and troops enjoying a lighthearted, morale boosting wartime gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Saturday Review
Galt
Tommy
Gee Bung Polo Club
Thomas Atkins
Dogs Tell Tales Of War Work On Canine Relief Squads
Sylvester Allerton of London tours the United States to raise support for the Canine Relief Squads. He describes blind and injured dogs in London kennels who continue to work in trenches, guiding, carrying messages, and aiding provisions despite wounds and shell concussion.
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Sylvester Allerton
London
England
U.S
Inngland
Theiddle West
Red Cross
Ktill
God Punish England: German Propaganda Published in Lille
A fragmented excerpt shows German propaganda praising hate against England. It urges mothers teachers fathers and workers to instill relentless anti English sentiment, equating England to Carthage and urging collective hostility and destruction. The piece blends scorched rhetoric with calls to sustain hatred and support for the German war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lille
England
Carthage
Rome
Germany
From the Enemy: On Hindenburg and Allied War Efforts
A wartime reflection warning against fear, praising German nerve and Moltke guidance while noting English road and railway logistics. It critiques Allied tactics as mechanical and repetitive, conceding enemy material superiority aided by American support and urging steadfast resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hindenburg
Moltke
Lloyd George
Belgian Deportees Starved and Degraded in German Camps
Eyewitness letters describe Belgian deportees in German camps dying by starvation. Villagers and doctors blame authorities as corpses mount daily. Reported rituals include forced abstinence from food, with civilians collapsing and deaths rising to three per day. Rats reportedly eaten by deporters in another camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
London Globe
Nevtr
King and Queen Tour Munition Factories Visit
A London correspondent reports the King and Queen’s Lancaster stop reveals a vast national shell production network with 3 000 new or converted factories at Manchester and rising output. They toured works built on former agricultural land and learned about shell manufacture from steel to filling and marketing for military use. A key worker at Westinghouse described loyalty and early return to work after a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lancaster
Ministry of Munitions
Manchester
Westinghouse
Tom Brooks
Tom
England
Cee
Gus Tom
Fragmentary overheard exchange about a hero relative
A garbled dialogue fragment mentions a hero relative and a man’s life, with torn phrases and unclear names. The text hints at relationships and debts but lacks coherent context or identifiable subjects.
Britain’s Desire Always for Peace Letter from Grey on European conflict
A Cleveland or Boston Christian Science Monitor excerpt of Viscount Grey’s letter to the editor argues Britain’s aim was peace and alliance, not war. It claims London’s 1914 Balkan and European diplomacy failed due to ambassadors and German plans to force peace and dominate Europe without conflict.
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Viscount Grey
the Christian Sciences
Boston
United Press
France
Russia
Germany
Europe
London
Licknoivsky and Mensdorff
England
Kerensky the underdog defender of the people in Russia
Alexander Kerensky, cited as minister of war and a defender of the poor and persecuted, rose through the Duma and legal battles to challenge corruption and pro-German influence. He defended Mendel Beilis and opposed mass political suppression during Russia’s wartime tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Kernesky
Russia
Kerensky
Alexander Kerensky
Lena
Mendel Beiliss
Kiev
Duma
Kernesky
Siberia
New York
When to Cut Alfalfa For Hay
Ohio Agricultural Station experts say alfalfa is ready to harvest when shoots at the crown reach one to two inches. The common rule of waiting until a tenth of bloom often fails as short shoots at the base may be damaged if delayed.
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Cens
Ohio
Poem Fragment Reflects Time’s Burden and Grief
Fragmentary poem lines reflect struggle with memory emotion and time. The speaker contemplates writing as a way to kill time and ease sorrow while living with unresolved feelings.
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T. Atkins
Captain von Salzman
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Jack Ee
Britain
Ime
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