British Ambassador Delivers American Message to Britain
The American envoy shares that America entered the war with support for democracy and allied nations. He asserts lasting gratitude to Britain and France, and that American resolve will persist until victory. He emphasizes democracy's opposition to tyranny and says America stands with Britain to the end.
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America
Britain
France
Italy
Great Britain
Amer
Parita
Britain Faces Harvest Policy and Food Prices in 1888
The article discusses Britain’s harvest prospects and government controls affecting bread prices. It notes stockpiling of wheat, barley, and oats, with labor conscripted from soldiers and students to support output. Canada’s role in markets and fears of import taxes are weighed as working-class bread costs remain a priority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ile
Ind
Jews Robbed and Expelled Across Hungary and Galicia
Budapest reports show Jews barricaded and driven to frontier as authorities seize assets and levy taxes. Premier Wekerle defends measures amid claims of expulsion as undesirable foreigners. Elsewhere Helsingfors (Helsinki) grows fortified while a rabbit plague devastates New Zealand's South Island estates with large culls and confiscations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Budapest
Jims
Galicia
Hungaran
Wekerle
New Zealand
New Zee
British at Baku and the Greek Ten Thousand Route
The report notes British forces at Baku with a force similar in ambition to Xenophon’s Greek Ten Thousand. It describes Baku’s oil fields as world class and explains rail and oil pipelines linking Baku to Batum and European ports. The district’s strategic value hinges on oil, with limited forces unable to hold it long against threats.
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Xenophon Bagdad
Baku Baka
Caucasus
Caspian Sea
Nova Scotia
Prilion
Black Sea
Batum
Baku
Europe
Spees Asian
Baker
Ger
Beg
Persia
Persiade
Canadian Menthol Growers Face Seed and Climate Hurdles
A Vicet Consul report from Kobe outlines Canada’s menthol production efforts, noting failed imports due to plant deaths en route and disinfection. Efforts to obtain mature seeds stall, as the crop is mainly grown in two climates on Hokkaido and Nippon in Japan, with high winter temperatures and varying rainfall influencing yields.
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E. R. Dickover
Kobe
Japan
Sto
Pacific
Qincamer Purser
Con ‘A
Mbia
Brior
Nippon
Wonderful Engineers In Olden Times
A fragment discusses ancient engineering feats and compares them to modern methods. It highlights the Appian Way and Nile works, praising durable ancient construction while noting modern devices like rolling mills and water wheels. The text cites remarks by Mr. GH, president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, on early mechanical power concepts.
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le Joda
Vine
Mr. GH
American Vegram
Society of Civil Engi
World War I Era Britain and Early 1900s Oddities
A fragmentary 19th to early 20th century clipping discusses Britain's war aims and manpower, noting six divisions and Lloyd George’s remarks on US population impact. It mentions British troop deployments, ship losses, and a 1899 speed record in New York, plus a note on Southern Russia steel mills and a Ukrainian center named Yurovka.
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Great Britain
Lloyd
Fragmented school memories from a child’s letter
A garbled recollection describes a school for dependent children where a child writes of simple events like a picnic and rain, noting illnesses and accidents among pupils. The text includes stray lines about Mr Jones, Mr Smith, a boy named Harry, and a violent incident with a bogey whip, all framed by broken prose and unrelated inserted phrases.
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Mr. Jones
Mr. Smith
Weed
Harry
Everybody’s Magazine
Siberia a Vast Land With Mixed Peoples and Harsh Climes
The article notes Siberia as a vast largely unknown region with independent inhabitants. It describes harsh climates with extreme cold and hot summers, sparse dense vegetation, and burial sites. It mentions agriculture on the steppes, cattle and horse breeding, hunting for furs, and the absence of serfdom except for peasants in certain areas. It highlights governance challenges due to diverse races and beliefs.
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Hig En
Russia
Mimusinsk
Trkstsh
Siberia
Soap Shortage War Tactics Spark Uncertain Rationing
The article discusses wartime measures to avert a soap famine by reallocating fats and glycerine for explosives production. It notes German and British actions, home-front soap supplies, and ongoing efforts to test and organize scarce materials while ensuring essential civilian needs. The piece emphasizes the broader impact on industry and daily life during the conflict.
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Far
Breakfast as omen and ritual in a fragmented meditation
The piece reads like a dawn meditation on breakfast as a daily rite and social bond. It frames morning routines as a Vanguard of life, contrasting savor and duty, with lines hinting at fate, fulfillment, and earthly pleasures.
Canada’s Post Office For Men In Field Camp And Hospital
A detailed account describes the Canadian field mail service in World War I. It covers how the Canadian postal system operates from forward posts to field units, including mail sorting, transport by rail and road, field post offices, and the daily flow of letters and parcels to front-line troops. It also notes the involvement of postal details within infantry battalions and the reception of mails by soldiers in trenches.
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Canada
Bettish Isles
Lon
Dyadian Cory
Suphich
Henee
Mita
Seeunic.o
Soldiers and helmets in a collage of war era images
A fragmented passage contrasts different helmet styles across nations and eras, noting French chic versus British practicality and German design. It mentions veterans' opinions, improvised headgear, and a farmer observing haystack architecture as a curious analogy.
Unclear historical note on Napoleon heart tale emerges
Fragmentary passage recounts a legend of Napoleon Bonaparte and a heart preserved by an English physician in water, with unclear details and garbled wording about events at St Hidlenas'an and a late night sound.
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Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte
St Hidlenas'an
German Language Decline Reported in Brazilian Schools
A fragment reports a shift away from German in Brazil's curricula, noting earlier prominence and later reduction across districts like Santa Herre and Catharina. It mentions 134 German schools affected and references support from German sources and local experiments influencing language teaching choices.
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Brazil
Santa Herre
Germany
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Annals of British Age
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Helsingfors
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New York City
German
Lexington Avenue
Nice
Hughes
Ukraina
Yurovka
Srintochaic
Abe
Hits
Caref Jnart
Dion
le Review
Kerensky
Rerens
Waybe
Party of the People's Lib
Kersiley
Nekrassov
Cronstade
Lenin
Errest
Farrest
Keaders
Basters
John Pollock
Mons
Shrajnel
Tommy
Ime
Deine
Sunny
Smith
Dom
Bos
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