Life in Palestine Through a Soldier’s Eyes in War Time
A British soldier from Aberdeen writes home about Palestine during the war. He details barren land, scarce trees, and harsh living conditions, noting raiding Arab and Egyptian laborers and the improvised dugouts. He recalls bombardments, strafing, and ongoing military movements as he observes the region's harsh realities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Aberdeen
Rafa
Egypt
Palestine
France
Johnny ‘Turk
Retty
Arctic hysteria and psychological effects in polar daylight
A Scientific American excerpt discusses H A Hall from the University of Pennsylvania describing how extreme daylight and darkness at high latitudes affect the nervous system and behavior. It notes sleep reduction, overactivity in daylight, low winter mood, and social lapse leading to possible hysterical seizures in newcomers and natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Oxford
Siberia
H. A. Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Isily
Vitoy
Liberty Bond Drive Message From Postwar Savings Display
A distorted excerpt shows a wartime Liberty Bond appeal urging readers to invest in government securities. The text evokes a serialized plea emphasizing thrift, national effort, and personal duty to support financing the war through purchase of Liberty bonds.
Doctor in Questionable Health and Mysterious Meeting
An elderly physician famed for care and artistry in healing is seen in a cryptic scene. A young friend engages him in a terse, eerie exchange as the talk veers toward fate and mystery.
Sunny Spell Bets Break Through Headlines
A fragmentary weather note highlights a sunny period across the region with clear skies and mild temperatures. No major events or dates are specified and detectable entities are minimal.
Naval actions in Tigris flotilla raid celebrated in dispatches
Captain Wilfrid Nunn and the British flotilla, including gunboats Moth Butterfly Snakefly Gadaly and Firefly, press the Turkish position at Nahr Kellak. Firefly sustains damage. Basra and other enemy vessels surrender as the squadron fights through heavy shelling and river obstacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garete
Wilfrid Nene
Adovinal
R. Wemyss
Lietory
Nunn
Santalyot
Nenn
Tigris
Pirseit
Kghaileh
Nina
Pietly
Pioneer
Nahr Kellak Bend
H.M.S. Mantis
Sumana
Kut
Basra
H.M.S. Tarantula
The New German Empire as Threat to World Peace
The piece argues Germany will control Finland and Ukraine after conquering Russia, creating a vast empire that dwarfs prewar fears. It claims Germany will dominate all of Russia, with head heart and lungs, and become a global menace, overshadowing democracies for generations after 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vetse
Serbia
Russia
Germany
Wardian
Finland
Ukraine
Fitwally
Baltic Sea
Mancuvia
Belgium
New York
China Exports Four Hundred Million Eggs Annually
Chinese egg trade exports about 400 million fresh or prepared eggs each year, with Shanghai as the main export hub. Japan buys large shipments, often up to a million eggs, sourced from interior China by small boats. Desiccated egg form is seen as the great future, shifting from German to American production techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Shanghai
Teingtau
Hankow
European press cites Balfour speech on war and peace
The Frankfurter Zeitung urges that the war's continuation or peace talks hinge today more on President Wilson than on European entente governments. It notes parts of Mr Balfour's speech as moderate and desirable while linking concessions on Belgium to Allied pressure. The Komische Volks Zeitung adds a note that peace in the east would free forces for the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurter .Zeitung
A. J. Balfour
Seciety
Wilson
Mr. Balfour
Bel
Germany
Belgium
Komische Vilks Zeitung
Testing Whale Meat and Ottawa Whale Study Details
Fifty pounds of whale meat were received in Ottawa for test meals. The Canada BC Whale Company conducts age and diet experiments to evaluate edible and nutritious qualities.
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Canada
Ottawa
Bb.c
Alberta Leads Western Dairy Boom With Standards
The Alberta government promotes high dairy quality across Western Canada with standardized butter and plans to set cheese standards. From 1914 to 1917 dairy cows rose over 82 percent and butter output more than doubled, prompting a push for dairy schools and short courses to broaden instruction.
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Wertern
Alberta
Ad Ca
Canada
Western Canada
War’s Toll at a French Seaport Rest Camp
A vivid sketch of the Allied war effort at a French seaport base. Troops arrive and are ferried to a vast rest camp of tents, while ships unload guns and collect wreckage. The portrayal contrasts wounded boys returning by hospital ship with supplies, uniform gear, and the hostelry-like rest camp that serves ten thousand troops in brief stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Saas
Isld Treach
Deserts to pulp mills in Maine byproduct venture
A Van Buren Maine industrial project aims to convert sawdust and wood refuse from local mills into pulp, paper, and paper boards, turning a previously worthless by product into a marketable product amid talks of stock in the venture.
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John Law
South Sea
van Buren
Maine
Breaking the News Letter From Wife to Husband
A wife hides a sealed letter warning her husband of a crisis she has known a week is coming. He reads a fragmented note claiming duty to reveal troubling information, with garbled, partially unreadable text following the opening. The surviving readable lines hint at urgency and potential consequences.
Magistrate hears case amid confusing plea in assault matter
A magistrate presided over a chaotic hearing as a claimant claimed assault involving a spouse. The dialogue drifted with unclear phrases while authorities sought clarity on alleged acts and accountability.
U-Boat Detector Promises Silent Submarine Chase
A Portland Oregonian report describes a new underwater detection device by Ford that silences engine noise and uses sound to locate submarines. If deployed, it may guide depth bombs or force subs to surface, potentially shutting down U boats within months.
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Greenlandea
Con- York Marine
Pais m
Way
Jellicoe
Lanind
Ford
United States
Portland
Oregonian
Selecting Farms By Soil Analysis Finds Promising Western Canada Soil
Western Canada soil samples analyzed by Professor Sievers of Pullman Washington show high potash and nitrates, strong organic matter, and good physical condition. the report says the soil will produce well and yield splendid results under cultivation.
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Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Western Canada
Sievers
Ry’ Cof
Washington
Pullmas
Western
Canada
Alberta Tackles Stock Boom With Major Cattle Herds
Frank Collicut of Alberta becomes owner of P largest Hereford herd in Canada after a recent purchase of seventy six head. The article notes Alberta's strong stock breeding, praising George Lane of Calgary for Percheron horses and highlighting Alberta as a premier region for livestock despite lower land costs.
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Alberta
Canada
Frank Collicut
North America
Iberta
Dlege
George Lane
Calgary
Ihs
Berlin War Literature Exhibit At German Library
Berlin hosts a three and a half year exhibition of the Library of World War Nature, funded by an anonymous German millionaire. The collection comprises volumes recounting soldiers and war, assembled at great cost and effort for public display in London reports.
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London
Berlin
Library of World
War Neture
Lssman
Bae
Fragmentary note on marriage and faith
A terse, unclear fragment mentions marriage, a wife, and religious language. The readable text references a lord and Leanna, but details are severely garbled with missing context and names.
Training for War: Aldershot Reproduces Frontline Battles
Soldiers undergo trench warfare drills at Aldershot in a recreated French sector. The simulated front includes German trenches and No Man's Land with barbed wire, craters, and a destroyed aircraft. Officers oversee staged bombardments, bayonet drills, gas attacks, and sniper exercises to instill fighting readiness.
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Aldershot
Hills
Walleye
France
Iers
No Man's Land
A. Royal Fixing Corps
Palot
Battefield
Batte
Sacha
Playing Safe: minister and doctor collide with horse
A country minister driving a spirited horse overruns the local physician on foot. The doctor leaps aboard and the horse bolts, overturning the carriage and injuring occupants. The physician checks for injuries while the minister exclaims his fear.
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Holy Land
Arctic
Leeter Savings
Isi
Mesopotamia
Sale
West
Seaport
Femara Er
Chee
Leanna Tay
Parson
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