A Man of Peace and Woodrow Wilson’s Peace Policy
A Bos ton Advertiser editorial praises Woodrow Wilson for steering the United States away from war and keeping the nation at peace. It credits his restraint amid calls for conflict and notes strengthened ties with nations in the Americas. The piece contrasts Wilson with Hobson and Theodore Roosevelt, arguing peace preserved prestige and friendship. Kindling wood for sale at the Academy.
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Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Taft
United States
Hobson
Theodore Roosevelt
Americas
Europe
Boston Advertiser
New Effective Fly Killer Found In Cod Liver Oil
Doctor Lang of Noumea New Caledonia a government veterinary surgeon reports a new virtue in cod liver oil as a potent insecticide. He coats wounded skin to kill attracted flies and says a drop kills ticks on dogs. He also urges applying oil to wounds exposed to sunlit air to prevent infection and claims cod liver oil kills mosquito larvae in stagnant pools faster than coal oil without evaporating.
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Doctor Lang
Noumea
New Caledonia
The Great Problem Question Provokes Local Debate
A Mississippi representative sparked discussion at a social gathering when a professor posed a hypothetical about drilling a hole through the earth. A student then asked how such a hole could actually be made, shifting the focus from theory to feasibility.
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Samuel A. Witherspoon
Mississippi
News by Telephone from Berlin Publishers
Berlin publishers plan a monthly 1.50 mark service delivering hourly news and music by telephone. Subscribers would be rung throughout the day to hear worldwide news, stock prices, sports results, and current items. The concept recalls Budapest's Telefon-Hiamondo, run by a newsroom with editors, reporters, and tellers.
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Berlin
Telefon-Hiamondo
Telephone News
Budapest
Croquet's Gaulish Origins From Jeu de Mail to Pall Mall
Croquet, once popular as jeu de mail among the Gauls, spread through promenades until passages were nicknamed mails. In 1660 Charles II introduced the game to England, anglicizing the name to pall mail, from which London’s famed street Derived its name.
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England
London
The Greater Peril Mill Worker Speaks on Fears
A Baltimore Sun excerpt discusses a long tenured mill worker and his reflections on danger. The piece contrasts endurance with anxiety about unseen threats and broader social anxieties.
There is one queer thing about looking for official timber
There is a quip about officials avoiding the woods as the Mekters refuse to venture into timber areas. The line highlights curious behavior in a bureaucratic search context.
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Mekters
Had Odd Idea of Justice in Western Kentucky County
The tale portrays a county judge known as Kun’l Judge Bone who ruled cases by whim rather than law. Two old Black men fought over a mule, and the judge dismissed court to hunt, declaring one mule thief and ordering Unc Mose to keep the mule and Unc Joe to fetch it from the pasture. He set a vague delay to Monday as the court closed and joked about future punishment.
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Bone
Kentucky
Lippinesti’s
Mose
Joe
Bob
Arctic exposition adds unusual gift from Claude
A local exchange describes Claude Old Closefist as the least generous man in the state. When asked to contribute to an Arctic exposition, he offered only a grass cutter, prompting humor about his stinginess.
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Claude
Old Closefist
Clara
The Country in the City Suburbanization of Green Space
A Chicago Herald reflection on bringing country-like greenery into urban areas through tree planting gardens and street planters. It notes a shift as suburbs widen the gap between city and countryside and lauds plants, shade, grass, and small gardens as lovely regardless of label.
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Great Britain
Prost
Chicago
Chicago Herald
Deceptive appearance in dialogue about a stony stare
A scholarly girl refuses to speak to a man, recounting that she passed him after giving him a geological survey. The exchange centers on the so called geological survey and the stony stare, highlighting a tense, enigmatic moment.
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Geological Survey
The
Doctor Offers Discount Amid Medical Complication Claim
AnOFF Hid Fa patient asserts multiple diseases and asks the doctor for a discount on half a dosan, suggesting financial pressure during treatment. The exchange highlights patient desperation and physician response in a tense medical interaction.
Devout Scuiner Sees Morning Prayer Interrupted
A fragmented OCR note shows a child named Sonny describing a moment where Devout Scuiner attempts prayer but is interrupted by shaving. The tone hints at a domestic scene with humor and everyday ritual.
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Scuiner
Sonny
The Eve Before Waterloo by Lord Byron
The poem recalls the eve of battle at Waterloo in Belgium with revelry shifting to a deadly drumbeat. It follows Brunswick's doomed command, the awakening sense of fate, and the dawn of war as citizens fearfully observe the oncoming carnage.
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Danville
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Belgium
Capitel
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Ile
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Lexington, Mo
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