Germans Talk of The Next War and Prussia Rhetoric
Gen von Liebert in Kathenow vows that peace cannot come without securing Flanders coast colonial empire and naval bases. The speech was cheered yet criticized by the Vorwrerts for risking a longer war. Mil les Worm Powders claim to destroy intestinal worms and improve a child's nourishment.
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von Liebert
Kathenow
Prussia
Deutsche Dages Zeitung
Flanders
Liebert
Vorwrerts
Germany
A Problem Solved Pa At Last
A speaker claims to have found a method to stop a young troublemaker using tactics described in a science magazine. The dialogue includes family talk and references to winking and bathing the evening, with regional flavor.
Identified Binkie-Shafer Across Street
A cryptic note identifies a woman as Shafer and suggests familiarity with a person across the street. The speaker mentions a wife, a dress, a hat, and a cook named Ledger, implying confusion or mistaken recognition.
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Binkie-Shafer
Shafer
M Sooneer
A Paean for Sea Food and Its Economic Value
The article argues that fish consumption averages about twenty pounds per person yearly versus meat at roughly one hundred seventy pounds. It urges expanding fish use to cut living costs, noting fish supplies are inexhaustible if better utilized and calling for public education on preparing fish properly.
Prussian Traits as Spy Motive in Character Study
The passage discusses Neural-Prussian traits viewed as essential to the character of a spy, listing attributes like conceit indifference jealousy envy self-satisfaction inquisitiveness faction reverence for authority imitation materialism and other national traits seen in Prussia compared with other German states.
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Prussia
Barber’s Corner Helps Soldiers Learn Trades at Convalescent Hospital
The article describes a convalescent hospital program where soldiers are trained in trades such as barbering, shoe repair, carpentry, metal work, and other crafts. It notes the barber’s chair funded by a patriotic firm and paid trainee shares, highlighting the educational aim, postwar placement, and provision of family support while training.
Baby's Own Tablets Promote Safe Summer Health
Save the Children notes mothers should keep Baby's Own Tablets to prevent stomach troubles in hot weather. The pills are marketed as harmless even for newborns and help regulate bowels, reducing infant illness like cholera infantum and diarrhoea. Sold by medicine dealers or 25 cents a box from Shoe jams Medicine Co Brockville.
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Shoe Jams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Hard on the Lions Revered Charles Yergeon's Wit
A humorous quip frames Charles Yergeon guiding a son with a Bible story. The dialogue pivots on why Daniel survived the lions, answered with a pun about grit and back.
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Charles Yergeon
Daniel
All Night with Asthma Remedy Promises Relief
An ad-like snippet touts Dr J D Kellator Remedy for asthma attacks. It claims proper use can drive away the feared episodic wheeze and associated suffering, suggesting business and rest can continue without disruption.
Animals Under Fire Show Varied Reactions to Shelling
A wartime note observes how animals react differently under bombardment. Dogs typically distress and howl near bursts yet some dash along trenches barking amid the noise. Cats ignore shelling if they have food and a dry corner, with many surviving in trenches.
Kitchener Grants Furlough After A Year Wait
A staffer in India requests furlough to marry. Lord Kitchener tests his resolve, then grants the leave after a year if the man still desires marriage. The envoi notes the man exits with a caveat about the chosen partner.
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Lord Kitchenter
India
Kitchener
Kenilworth
Furleigh
Argonaut
Why ask why in democracy and autocracy contrasted
The piece contrasts German autocracy with American democracy, arguing that questioning authority is a democratic virtue and urging readers to see the value of asking why. It notes many Germans in America and ends with a claim about Holloway's Corn Care lacking poisonous ingredients.
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Germany
Quesa
America
Wisconsin State Journal
Holloway
Sunflowers Useful Russia Seed Exports and Oil Uses
The text notes Russia exports about 150000 tons of sunflowers yearly in normal times with rapeseed and other seeds also produced. Sunflower oil from the seeds is suitable for margarine, livestock feed uses the cake, and refined oil could replace olive oil in some cases.
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Russia
Belgium's Fate Seen As Irreconcilable by Berlin Paper
The Tageszeitung argues evacuating Belgium is impossible accusing Belgium of becoming Germany's irreconcilable enemy. It notes foreign invaders have later allied and questions why Germans who favored Belgium in 1914 would now rule with an iron hand. The Springfield Report notes this explanation abroad.
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Belgium
Berlin Tageszeitung
Germany
Belgiam
Austria
Littl
Rom
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