Amazing Foretold War Plan Alleged in 1913 Book
Me R B Marston unearthed a claim from a 1913 book claiming German planners sought a pretext to start a war and to conquer Belgium and Alsace Lorraine. It asserts Liege fall, Namur Maubeuge and a British capitulation, with Kitchener rallying two million troops for the western front.
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Me. R. B. Marston
Plaas
Alsace- Lorraine
Belgium
Antwerp
Italy
Austria
Germany
Mulhausen
France
Liege
Namur
Maubeuge
Mons
Sambre
Kitchener
War relief giving compared across nations and regions
The Commission for Relief in Belgium distributed about 227 million dollars with the United States contributing 10 million or 43 percent. Canada gave eighteen cents per person, New Zealand 2.34 dollars per person, and Tasmania five dollars per inhabitant. Of America’s 217 million not given, 125 million bought goods sent to Belgium. Other nations like Poland, Serbia, Lithuania, Albania, Armenia, and Syria also received aid, alongside hospital work in France and Germany.
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Commission For Relief
Belgium
United States
New Zealand
Tasmania
America
Poland
Serbia
Lithuania
Albania
Armenia
Syria
France
Germany
Sun
York
Sunday and Beecher Sermon Style Compared by Clergyman
The Rev Dr Floyd W Tomkins says Beecher used pulpit methods Billy Sunday only exaggerates. He recalls Beecher’s hot summer morning sermon when he began with It is damned hot and then drew the crowd with a powerful message.
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Floyd W. Tomkins
Henry Ward Beecher
Billy Sunday
Plymouth
Beecher
Fragmented wartime dialogue hints at protracted conflict
Two English workers discuss the war noting German advances and large Russian losses. They fear a long, costly struggle, mentioning thousands of Russians captured and prisoners. The fragment suggests a bleak outlook on the war’s duration.
Fort Douaumont Death Toll Revealed in 1916 Bomb Blast
A United States correspondent reports that on May 17 at Fort Douaumont many Germans were killed when a massive explosion collapsed the fort’s magazines. Bodies filled subterranean galleries from floor to ceiling while shelling continued, and survivors perished from fumes as the tunnel under Verdun opened to bring troops to the front.
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Douaumont
Henry Wood
United States
Orly
Verdun
Peace and freedom must end Prussian rule in Europe
A New York Tribune excerpt argues that lasting peace depends on ending German attempts to enslave or annex subject peoples. It warns that any partition or conquest of Serbia Romania Russia or Bulgaria would prolong war and erase the idea of true peace.
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Germany
Serbia
Austria
Vossiche Zeitung
Rumania
Russia
Ria
Bulgaria
Europe
Goss
America
The
New York Tribune
Allied Powers Plan Vast Portable War Dwellings
US reports say the Entente will build large numbers of portable steel houses for soldiers and war refugees. France aims for 100000 units, each about a ton of steel, with two rooms per dwelling. Eastern US manufacturers seek vast constructional steel and galvanized sheets to meet demand.
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France
United States
Revelations On German Control Spark Anger In Britain
Revelations show German influence in British commerce grew after the war began. The evidence, though often disguised, has drawn sharp anger across England and prompted the government to take firm steps to curb the threat to trade.
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England
Revolution Predicted In Germany and Peace Plea Rising
A German journalist argues Germany moves toward a red revolution as Liebknicht attracts crowds while authorities imprison his supporters. She notes growing peace demonstrations under Social Democratic influence and widespread petitions for peace based on the prewar status quo.
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Germany
Madeline Z. Doty
Liebknicht
Reichstag
Social Democratic Party
Liepsigerstrasse
Potsdamperplatzey
Lubknicht
Haad
Stuttgart
Scientific Wonders For the Combatants
A London meeting of the Association of Science Teachers reviews wartime chemistry advances. Prof Kilburn Scott notes Germany extracts nitrates from air, cites air fuel claims, and praises the gyro compass and air power as decisive in the conflict.
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Association of Science Teachers
London
Kilburn Scott
Germany
Prof
Scott
Britain
Joynson- Hicks
M.P
Krupp
Essen
Joynson-Hi
Air Board
Cost of Meat Depends on Farm Investigation Finds
An investigation by the United States Department of Agriculture shows meat costs vary with farm conditions and production factors. The report discusses how farm size and practices influence prices and consumer impact.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Wright unveils self stabilizing flying machine
Orville Wright announces a new stabilizer for airplanes that promises foolproof air travel. The system uses electrical batteries and a pendulum in a liquid bath to balance the craft, bank on curves, and reset after dips, with Wright claiming pilots only steer. Daily flights near Dayton tested the device.
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Orville Wright
Wright
Wilbur
Mme
Dayton
Charles Booth Fathered Modern Social Inquiry and Old Age Pension
The obituary notes Charles Booth died at his country home in Leicestershire. A shipowner turned sociologist, he mapped London’s wealth and poverty, classed residents, and showed 30.7 percent in poverty. His Condition of the Aged Poor spurred England’s early old age pension reforms.
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England
Leicestershire
Charles Booth
Booth
London
Seedy seller offers baking powder to wary shopper
A sharp tempered woman rebuffs a shifty, whiskered man trying to hawk baking powder in a cramped shop. The dubious vendor laments lack of time as the exchange ends without a sale.
British Spy's Feat In Island Fortress
A 1890 account recalls Heligoland a fortified British island with a town and harbor. A secret agent, posing as a Krupp worker, observes galleries, guns, and magazines while evading sentries to learn the fortress layout and defenses.
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Heligoland
Europe
Secret Service
Franz Gagelmann
Fssen
Krupp
E and Daughters
Sadie Held
Bismarck Responds To French Criticism On War At Sea
Excerpted remarks echoing the Westminster Gazette quote show Bismarck's retort to French complaints in 1870. He defends German actions by noting Germans fight fit troops and that civilians and wounded in boats face harsher fates, while condemning enemy assaults on German soldiers and crews.
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Bismarck
Somme
Cuffley
Westminster Gazette
Cobden Warning on Food Supply in 1862 Speech
The article recalls Richard Cobden’s Rochdale remark from October 29, 1862, warning that a great industrial nation risks reliance on foreign powers for food and raw materials. It notes the possibility of a sudden warfare-driven supply cutoff and urges prudence in maintaining domestic strength.
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Cobden
Richard Cobden
Rochdale
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Sunday and Beecher
Canada
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