The World's Next Step The League to Enforce Peace
Clarence L Speed argues the League of Nations is the next civilizational step approved at the peace conference. He traces history from tribal life to modern states, warns of past independent self interest, and credits world events with pushing toward a joint global authority to prevent wars. The Illinois League to Enforce Peace office in Chicago offers pamphlets.
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Clarence L. Speed
Illinois
League
League of Nations
Paris
Texas
Manchester
United States
England
Philippines
Alan
The
Monadnock Block
Chicago
Women Students Opened To Degrees At Roman Universities
Women students were first allowed to compete for degrees at permanent English universities in Rome.
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Rome of Manent
Year Rich in Centenaries of 1919 Celebrated
The 1919 year brings multiple centenaries including Queen Victoria’s birth and Admiral Rodney’s first appearance in 1819. Notables like W E Foster, John Campbell Sharp, Arthur Hugh Clough, Charles Kingsley, Donald Cargill, and George Eliet are mentioned for milestone anniversaries.
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Queen Victoria
London
Admiral Rodney
W. E. Foster
Doctor Arnold
Rugby
John Campbell Sharp
Arthur Hugh Clough
Charles Kingsley
Donald Cargill
Old -Market Cross
Edinburgh
George Eliet
Adam Bede
Man Cited for Throwing Glass in Street Trial Appeals
In Marion circuit court on appeal from the police court, a neighbor testified a man unlawfully threw glass particles in front of the residence. The defense attorney clashed in cross examination asking if the defendant ran or walked fast. The witness replied he could not judge run speed.
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Marion Circuit
Indianapolis News
Affrant
Japs Honor British Sailor William Adams Lanterns Tribute
Two lanterns near Yokosuka honor William Adams English sailor pivotal in Japanese trade. The 1600 voyage with five ships faced weather, sickness, and cannibalism losses. Adams taught shipbuilding at Osaka court and by 1613 helped secure a treaty granting Britain free trade rights across Japan.
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Yokosuka
William Adams
Japan
Britain
Adams
West Indies
Bungo
Kyushu
England
Secretaries and Quiet Workers Belie Common Beliefs
Secretary of War Baker defends army officers labeled as chair warmers, noting many unseen workers perform big tasks while credited figures may not. He cites a Bluffville chamber secretary’s stenographer as an example, illustrating misreadings of who is truly busy in daily operations.
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Baker
Bluffville
PLEA FOR MEMORIAL TREES IN CHURCHYARDS
The Roger Williams National Memorial committee of the District of Columbia calls for a memorial tree in every Baptist churchyard to honor religious freedom and soul liberty. The plan aims to plant trees nationwide as a living tribute to Roger Williams and the nation’s religious liberty, paralleling honors for soldiers and patriots.
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Roger Williams
United States
Roger Wiliams
District of Columbia
Washington
Roger Willams
American Foresty Association
America
Forcing Plants by Light Uses Vapor Fuel System
A horticulture method uses artificial light with thercary vapor fuel to force plant growth. Seed germination speeds nearly halve normal time and flower color vigor improves, while stems in shadow grow denser with more downy substance. The system yields good practical results.
Charity’s broad reach beyond alms, says Times
The Los Angeles Times argues charity is more than giving alms. True charity includes compassion in thoughts and actions toward all, including those not in need of money. It emphasizes mercy as a daily practice rather than a mere donation.
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Los Angeles Times
Pacific blockade as a modern coercive tool
The term pacific blockade, coined by Hautefeuille, describes a blockade by a great power to pressure a weaker state without war. It grew as a legitimate coercive method used by multiple powers, first employed in 1827 by Britain, France, and Russia against the Turkish coast, with later cases including Crete in 1897 and Venezuelan ports in 1902 and Turkish ports in 1905.
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Hautefeuille
Great Britain
France
Russia
Crete
Germany
Italy
Heat from volcanic blasts blamed on air compression
In Monthly Weather Review George N. Cole argues that the extreme heat from volcanic blasts at St Pierre Mont Pelee Pompeii Herculaneum Tani Sakurajima and others came from rapid compression of surrounding air during explosion waves rather than from hot crater gases, altering views on eruption destruction.
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Monthly Weather Review
George N. Cole
St. Pierre
Mont Pelee
Vesuvius
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Tani
Sakurajima
American soldiers admire English bargees on the Thames
Gen Samuel A Ansell recalls a London scene with a solitary bargee steering a massive canal boat under Blackfriars bridge. A surprised soldier on the span salutes the oarsman and jokes about bringing back a parrot as the barge nears the bank.
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London
Samuel A. Ansell
Thames
Blackfriars Bridge
Admiralty Humour: Stern and Head Confusion in Reply
A British admiralty letter shows dry wit in a de crimination about dazzle painting. An old sea captain wrote that his ship looked like a parrot then a hay stack, and the official reply clarified the stern should align with the head.
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Admiralty
Department
Ike
Heaviest Woodcock Shot Near Whittaker’s On Long Island
Arthur Duane shot a woodcock near Whittaker’s on Long Island about thirty years ago. Mounted by Bell, it was later destroyed by moths. The woodcock weighed 14 ounces on a druggist’s scales at Southampton, with witnesses to its weight. Naturalists say woodcock average five to nine ounces.
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Arthur Duane
Whittaker’s
L. I
Bell
Southampton
Global and US Diamond Cutters Industry During War
The world has about 25 000 diamond cutters and polishers, with 675 in the United States, mostly since the European War disrupted Amsterdam and Antwerp. At year start, the US had 36 diamond cutting establishments aside from shops cutting other precious stones. Fewer than 600 Germans were employed as cutters before the war, about 75 percent in Germany. During the war 600 or 700 Geleian cutters moved to England and joined a branch of the London Diamond Cutters union, mainly serving Belgian and Russian houses.
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United States
Amsterdam
Antwerp
Germany
England
London Diamond Cutters’ Union
Protective aluminum plating for airplane propellers
The Forest Products Laboratory at Madison Wisconsin developed a thin aluminum leaf finish for airplane propellers to shield wood from weather damage. Plating, produced by the War Department, is nearly 100 percent effective against water absorption, reducing moisture related balance problems noted by a French authority who cites 80 percent propeller rejection due to improper moisture distribution.
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Forest Products Laboratory
Madison, Wis
War Department
Mines Threaten Shipping In European Waters
Naval authorities warn it will take years to clear Europe’s waters of floating mines. Allied trawlers destroyed many German mines found moored by roping. as ropes rotted the charges broke from anchors and drifted toward major steam lanes.
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Europe
Memphis Festivity Focus Marks Centennial Founding
A readable fragment notes a city celebration in Memphis during the week of festivities commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the city's founding. Details are limited in the surviving text.
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Memphis
Smoking as cause of oral cancers
W. J. Mayo states cancer of the mouth is largely linked to smoking. He notes 85 percent of lip cancers occur in smokers and observes a decline in lip cancers with the end of clay pipe use. Smoking remains the main cause of cancer of the lip tongue and floor of the mouth.
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Maoj
W. J. Mayo
War Department
Effort to Pass Woman Suffrage Measure in Porto Rico
An organized push seeks to persuade the Porto Rican legislature to enact a woman suffrage law. The campaign focuses on securing support among lawmakers and public opinion to advance the cause.
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Legislature O
Porto Rico
New Processes Prevent Waste of Florida Fruit
A Florida Times-Union report notes a century of fruit waste now halted by a chemist and scientist who will convert drops, culls, and ripes into valuable products. Growers gain from sales of waste streams while the public benefits from in demand manufactured goods.
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Florida
Florida Times-Union
Electrocute Leopard to Save Pelt
A motion picture leopard in jungle scenes became a difficult companion for actors. Shooting was ruled out to protect the pelt, so electrocution was chosen using power from a nearby station to end the animal’s discomfort.
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Magasine
Wilson Call Sparks Sixty-Sixth Congress Extra Session
President Wilson orders an extra session of the Sixty-sixth Congress to tackle legislative problems not yet addressed since the war. The house and senate prepare for urgent bills and expedited debates likely impacting wartime policy and postwar measures.
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Wilson
Sixty-sixth Congress
Learning to Be a Civilian in Uniform Glory Fades
A veteran recounts three years in uniform ending with civilian days. The piece notes how civility improves outside dress and how the habit of saluting and formal courtesy fades when everyday life resumes. The author reflects on relearning civilian conduct after service.
Skillful piece of work on Missouri river bridge project
The Missouri river bridge at St. Joseph Missouri had its piers replaced after poor condition was found. Plans shifted from downstream pier construction to placing new piers between the old ones to allow continuous traffic during the rebuild. A temporary span filled the gap and traffic was closed.
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Missouri River
St. Joseph
War Department
Trafic
Bridge Reconstruction Keeps Alignment After Swing Span Work
A historic note describes over a two hour period spent beneath the bridge before work began on a new swing span built as a cantilever in open position. To allow river traffic a section of the old span was cut away and a temporary aft-span installed, enabling reconstruction without altering the alignment per Scientific American.
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Scientific American
Doomsday Book by Alien Property Custodian Details German Claims
The alien property custodian releases a 500 page record listing enemy concerns in the United States. It yielded over $600,000 in uncollected income taxes and redirected some German firms to war production worth about $30,000,000. The book offers hope for U S claims against Germany with possible immediate reimbursement from funds collected, per Nation's Business.
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United States
Treasury
Germany
State Department
Husband’s Telegram Mixup Causes Dinner Confusion
Suburban husband slips into city to visit an old friend and wires his wife that he will be late after missing the 5 30 train. He arrives hours late and faces her quiet question about a 428 message claiming he missed the 5 00 train. The misdated telegram leads to humorous domestic misunderstanding.
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Rehoboth
Uerald
Phonograph Study Brightens Hebrides Songs
Mrs Kennedy Fraser brought a phonograph to the Hebrides to capture authentic traditional songs. Islanders, thrilled by the novelty, waited eagerly as the record played and were amazed by the fidelity of the performance and the crowd noises.
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Kennedy-Fraser
Islands
Daily Chronicle
Hebrides
Bronzing Small Articles
Description of a gilding method to bronze small items by immersion in a hot bath of caustic potash, carbonate of potash, cyanide of potassium, and water. Then dissolve chloride of gold and boil the mixture. Used by cheap jewelry dealers.
Worthy Mate of Great Writer Maria White Lowell Poem
Maria White Lowell, wife of poet James Russell Lowell, was also a poet. A private 1855 collection of her verses, printed after her death, is now nearly forgotten with one surviving copy in the New York Public Library archives. She hailed from Watertown Massachusetts, daughter of a farmer. In early letters Lowell described her as knowing more poetry than anyone he knew.
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James Russell Lowell
Maria White Lowell
Lowell
New York Public Library
Watertown
Mass
Maria
Sentry’s Beastly Weather Joke From Flanders
Maj. Gen. John J. O’Ryan recalls a humorous battlefield tale from France in which an English sentry in wet conditions curses the weather and the Germans. A shell drop yields a near miss and mud, prompting the sentry to lament the “beastly” day as a Minnie lands nearby.
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John J. O’ryan
France
Flanders
Gawd
New York Sun
Longevity Records Touted Across Centuries and Continents
The London Daily Express highlights famed longevity cases from Nenagh Ireland to Calcutta and Reval. Entries include a 121 year old Irishwoman, Bengal chaplain at 180, a 186 year old Russian, 132 year old Hadji Naouf in Constantinople, and Indian chief Quo Ka Num said to be 160. Montreal bound Chinese survivor and European centenarian counts from 1912 are noted, with Bulgaria leading 3,888 centenarians of 7,000 total in Europe.
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Nenagh
County Tipperary
Ireland
Hadji Naouf
Constantinople
Quo-Ka-Num
Puge Sound
Iran
Ile
Montreal
Demerara
Europe
New Canadian Coat of Arms Proposed for all Provinces
The government weighs a new arms design to represent all nine provinces of Canada. The current coat honors Ontario Quebec Nova Scotia and New Brunswick from 1853, with Prince Edward Island British Columbia Saskatchewan and Alberta added since. A design chosen by the committee will be sent to the College of Heralds in England for royal approval before a warrant makes it official.
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Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Abbetts
Northwest Territories
Royal Lege of Heralds
England
Canada
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Archangel
Alles
Everett True
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Hubby
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