Famous New York Homes Rival Astor Frick for Notable Guests
The article surveys New York’s premier residences seen by visiting dignitaries. It notes the Astor and Frick mansions as top draws, with mention of the Clark and Carnegie houses. It recalls Mrs. Astor and Ward McAllister defining high society and the Four Hundred. It highlights the Astor home’s art, architecture, and history connected to Titanic survivor John Jacob Astor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Canada
Government House
la Presna
United States
Joffre
M. Viviani
Mr. Balfour
New York
Astor
Frick
Clark
Carnegie
Palfour
Fifth Avenue
Sixty-fifth Street
William Astor
New York Society
Mrs. Astor
Ward McAllister
John Jacob Astor
Vincent Astor
Magn
Carolus Duran
Troyan
Gerome
Moissonier
Detaille
Caget
Balfour
Charles
Elizabeth
Jeter
Viviani
British Gunboats Break Turkish Retreat on Tigris River
Edmund Candler describes a clash on the Tigris where gunboats and cavalry rout Turkish forces after passing Baghailah. The engagement near Nahr Kellah sees heavy fire from three sides, losses aboard monitors, and captures of ships, weapons, ammunition, and Bridging material as Turkish columns scatter in disarray.
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Edmund Candler
Ca Belon Bagdad
Tigris
Baghailah
Kut
Nahr Kellah
Ctesiphon
Pioneer
Girls and Guns Amid War Talk and Voters Hope
The piece mocks wartime zeal and advocates for women's suffrage, praising British activists while describing factory and weapon context. It comments on explosives production, militant efforts, and societal roles, ending with a nod to a quiet wedding amid the turmoil.
Clashing Ideals Across Europe and Dictatorial Trends
The outlook argues that autocracy and pagan rule threaten democracy in Germany and elsewhere, contrasting the drill sergeant’s empire with Christian political culture. It recalls 1913 Reichstag rhetoric praising merciless wartime methods as humane and speedily decisive, citing Outlook, Newark.
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United States
England
France
Italy
Russia
A. Lawrence Lowell
Europe
Germany
Western
Sadowa
Reichstag
London
Newark
The Perfect Woman Conference Defines an Ideal
A Liverpool conference of English school teachers defines the perfect woman as forty, a mother of five, living in a pleasant countryside home. She maintains high cleanliness and taste, supports patriotism and religion, participates in family duties, and is skilled in household tasks and practical learning.
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Liverpool
England
Vague note on Panera voting access and restrictions
A fragment mentions Panera and voting access with unclear wording about permission and election context. No clear names, dates, or places are identifiable from the readable text.
Lines of Communications and Supplies Improve Mesopotamia Campaign
The British in Mesopotamia report organized lines of communications by road rail and river. Basra facilities, water, sanitation, and medical care are expanded. Sheik Saad hosts hospitals and casualty clearing, with P boats ferrying wounded. Severe summer conditions remain, but progress reduces past chaos.
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Mesopotamia
Basra
Sheik Saad
Engand
Samayya
Gan
Tigris
What She Wanted A Ham Sandwich On A Train Ride
An old lady on her first railroad trip asks a boy about the overhead bell cord. He explains it rings for food. The train slows on a trestle and the conductor questions who pulled the bell. The lady meekly asks for a ham sandwich and a cup of tea.
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Sanny
Heram
Con
Argentina Denies Wheat Export Backlog Claim
Senor Pueyrredon, minister of foreign affairs and agriculture, said Argentina has no excess wheat available for export and that crop export is currently impossible though harvest is expected to be early and abundant.
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Argentina
Senor Pueyrredon
Germany's Huge Human Sacrifice and the War Outlook
Frank H. Simonds argues that Germany faces immense civilian and military losses, with millions killed or disabled and long lines to man. He notes German strategic shortages, fears of continued resistance, and predicts a difficult 1918 campaign, no surrender this year, and further Allied pressure without immediate collapse.
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Germany
Belgian
Aix-la-Chapelle
Lower Rhine
Frank Hi. Simonds
New York Tribune
Reprisals Necessary to Check German Barbarities
A Brooklyn opinion discusses Lord Curzon and Randall Davidson on war reprisals after German and British bombing of Freiburg and hospital ship sinkings. It argues that noncombatant protection fails and that reprisals, though inhumane, are the only modern remedy to deter German barbarities.
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Germany
Randall Thomas Davidson
Canterbury
House of Lords
Freiburg
Lord Curzon
Brooklyn
Prohibition on Export of Canadian Wheat and Foodstuffs
The government has halted export of Canadian wheat and foodstuffs to all countries. After review of Canada’s food situation and rising prices, no further aid for wheat and flour to Britain or allies will be granted. The order blocks trade with nations including Denmark and others, limiting tonnage for shipments.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Hindenburg
Aru
Moorside
Britain
Tommy
Canada
Denmark
Fragmentary note hints at sale and social strata
A garbled fragment references a receptacle and a sale. It mentions money as vulgar and hints at involvement of doctors and select society, but the readable text is too broken to confirm specifics or context.
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