Cathedral of Amiens marked by renewed war-time service
In Amos Cathedral a solemn thanksgiving was held celebrating preservation of the church. The ceremony featured Lauda us Gloria in Excelsis and Hallelujah with a restrained sermon praising the cathedral’s medieval design. Despite war, only three direct hits occurred. six months of restoration would restore much of the building.
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Bright as a Button in Peace Times
A fragment describes a British Tommy spending about three hours daily on polishing equipment and personal items. He shines brass, tins, and bags, and attends to his wash, eating utensils, and toilet as part of duty.
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Nova Scotian Fisherette workers redefine maritime labor
In Canso Nova Scotia the Maritime Fish Corporation hires a dozen women to clean skin and gut large fish for market. The work is rough and risky yet the fishery boosts demand as fishermen head to service, allowing women to contribute on shore.
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Scotland
Canada forms railway labor board to ease long‑distance ops
Labor and capital meet to run four years with speed and lower costs, aided by government and unions. The new board will apply the McAdoo Wage Scale and settle disputes between workers and officers, aiming to prevent future labor troubles in Canadian railways.
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Geo. K. Wark
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Order of Railroad Telegraphers
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S. J. Hungerford
Canadian Northern Railway Eastern Lines
W. V. Turnbull
International Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
C. A. Hayes
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S. N. Berry
Order of Railway Conductors
Ash Kennedy
France’s Singing Soldiers Parade Through London
The First Regiment of Zouaves marches through London past the war office with their red fez and crimson pantaloons while the crowd cheers. The band plays Sambre et Meuse as Alsatian veterans parade in vivid contrast to Khaki. A French officer praises song’s power to spur weary poilu toward their goals.
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Salvation Army Suppressed in German Empire
The Salvation Army in Germany and Austria has been wiped out by order of the Kaiser. Orphanages hospitals rescue homes and corps headquarters are closed and the organization is treated as nonexistent by the central powers. Members are scattered and communication with London HQ has ceased since the war began.
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Germany’s Scrap of Paper Revisited In The Paper Age
A Berlin advert from the Vossische Zeitung mocks previous treaty concerns by listing paper goods for dresses and upholstery, while Germany now faces ironical fury at home. The piece highlights Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg’s “scrap of paper” remark and insinuates Germany’s contrast between ideals and actions as it confronts economic and political pressures.
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The Bargain Instinct He There Microbes in Sin Cream
The fragment mentions microbes in a sin cream and a playful urge for inexpensive items. It reads as a humorous, cropped line from a Boston Tran script with a cheeky sales tone.
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Uses For Inner Tubes On The Farm
Rubber from inner tubes can be used around the farm for bands to bundle tubes kept in cars and jars stored on shelves. Cut strips make door pad and door casings to cut cold. A single tube yields mats and rubber for many house and shop uses.
Danger Mark and the Red Line at a Munitions Plant
A new munition worker observes a large room divided by a red line. On one side many men undress, on the other few remain clothed. Crossing the line barefoot is like entering a mosque and workers disappear through doors, all to prevent explosions in a dust filled filling room.
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German Hand of Outcast Atrocity Hangs Over Nations
The piece denounces Germany as an outlaw nation guilty of murder theft and mass violence and warns of its ambitions to seize resources and expand commerce after the war. It questions who in the free world would still ally with Germany or trade with its bloodstained ships.
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Germany
New York Times
Fragmented Scottish Saying About Marriage
A distorted quotation shows a well to do Scottish lady declaring she will marry, noting the first to ever fire had a wife, and mentioning a lipbatane after obtaining a wife. The text is garbled and may be a fragment from a longer humorous or colloquial exchange.
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Cohen
Boy Knew A Scottish Farmer School Manager Tale
A Scottish farmer elected as school manager visited a village school and tested the pupils with a riddle. The first question asked what naething is, drawing a sly retort from a back-seat pupil who recalled a prior debt for holding the farmer’s horse.
Hair Color Flap Sparks Rumor Between Patience and Phil
A playful exchange hints at gossip over hair shade changes and a lock of hair given to Phil. Patrice-Pshaw exclaims while Patience notes a switch in shade might be needed, suggesting ongoing fashion talk rather than a serious conflict.
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Patrice
The French Asset of Thrift
Norman Hapgood argues in Leslie's that France’s enduring asset is thrift. He notes peasants and workers bear higher living costs postwar yet save more. France leads in culture tied to economy, while waste equals barbarism and freedom and magnificence should be kept from wasteful excess.
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Germany
England
Norman Hapgood
Leslie
The Worth-while Laugh In The Secret Chambers Of The Soul
A Minneapolis Journal excerpt reflects on laughter as a divine prepared process from infancy to old age. It links the first baby laugh and the heart laugh of all honest mortals to a laboratory of immortality and heaven.
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