European War 4 Years Ago This Week 1914 Summary
A condensed wartime digest noting Allied and German offensives across Western and Eastern fronts, battles on the Meuse and Niemen, troop movements in Poland Hungary and Romania, naval clashes in Kiaochow and the Gulf of Bengal, and assorted Allied home-front and relief efforts including the American Red Cross ship reaching Pauillac. Includes bombardments of Antwerp, Termonde, and Ossowetz, British and French actions, and Japanese advances in the Far East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moll
Marines
Lierre
Antwerp
Serbe
Semin
Avesians
Hungary
Arshipa
Teingtau
Cevicer Emden
Gulf of Bengal
Madras
Zeppelin
Bambe
Townes & & Tennessee
Adriatia
Arras
Meuse
Avesiane
Mariampo
Ossowetz
Praemyet
Papeete
Tahiti
Adios
Leipzig
Union
Elsinore
Foreign Office
Orchies
Red Cross
Pauiliac
France
Daily Thought on Happiness and Selflessness
A bystander notes that war may be necessary but there is no reason to change seats in rowboats. Daily Thought reflects on the happiness of unselfish people who work to make others happy and forget themselves. It contrasts with dissatisfied people who seek happiness for themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Themeeivea
Record of Rail's Safe Year and Divorce Trends
A railroad boasting 16 000 miles carried 188 111 876 passengers with no train fatalities last year. Critics cite employee drunkenness as a cause of accidents. Separate Chicago divorce findings link drunkenness to many cases, with women often the complainants. Judges noted these charges in superior court records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ANB
Saya Colliers
Canton
Daily News
Butler
Pa) Citleen
Chicago
Draskennesa
Circuit Court
Whisky production declines in Kentucky Pennsylvania and Maryland
The Wall Street Journal reports January whisky production in Kentucky at 1 950 000 gallons down 6 23 percent from January 1914 Pennsylvania produced 1 075 808 gallons down about 33 percent and Maryland sales show a sharp drop of over 40 percent Whisky bottled to bond in January reached 691 508 gallons versus 24 187 in January 1914 The figures reflect a broad month to month decrease across the three states with notable year over year declines.
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Wall Street Journal
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Bond
Enlightened Practice in Medical Alcohol Use
The Cincinnati hospital, a leading institution, shows a dramatic shift in medical attitudes toward alcohol. In 1914 only seven pints of intoxicants were used for patients all year, while six months of 1598 saw the use of over several hundred pints of whisky beer wine and gin, despite smaller hospital capacity.
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Cincinnati Hospital
United States
Progressive disease blamed on unhealthy drink habits
Families serving meals with illicit drinks face moral outrage and pushback as health authorities warn that even small sips can seed a progressive disease. The piece cites public figures railing against alcohol and recalls Lillian Russell’s cautionary reference to poison in every drop.
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Furthey
Polson
Lillian Russell
Liquor as Home Wrecker and War on Vodka
A Chicago Herald investigation explores alcohol's role in divorce, finding habitual drunkenness and cruelty appear most in divorce cases in the city. A separate note cites M. Kharitonof's remark to Russian budget officials praising vodka's impact on prosperity during wartime and peacetime alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Herald
Chicago
The
Herald
Alcoholic patients face higher surgical risks
Dr Howard A Kelly of Johns Hopkins notes alcoholics require more anesthetic, have greater chances of diseased kidneys and lungs, and carry added risks of insanity and pneumonia after surgery, while abstinent individuals fare better.
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Howard A Kelly
Johns Hopkins University
Sar Ceca
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Ad Boosts Women’s Health
A Lackawanna New York resident credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring energy after childbirth. The ad touts the product as a standard remedy for female ailments including displacements inflammation ulcers irregularities backache and nervous prostration and invites women to seek confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
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Lackawanna, N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. F. Kreamen
Electric Avenue
Lackawanna
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkharm
Missing Stars and Stripes on a Mountain Ridge
During a Hiatt revolu tion era ride a U S party climbs to a lone ridge where an old man by a wattled hat pipe explains the flag is kept for every new resolution. He identifies himself as George, a cook from a Savannah steamer, noting the flag remains as each new decision is made nearby.
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Hiatt
George
Pimples to Cuticura Free Sample Offer
Advertisement claims Cuticura Soap and Ointment clear pimples blackheads redness and itching while also relieving scalp dryness and itching. Free sample by mail via Cuticura Dept V Boston. Ends with a dialogue about securing financial backing and a job opportunity.
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Cuttcura
Dept. V
Boston
Ally
Castoria and Fetters of a Childhood Remedy
Fragments discuss Castoria as a trusted infant remedy and claim Dodd's Kidney Pills cured Bright's Disease with a testimonial from Mrs. Crawford. The piece includes stray musings on fishing tales cave exhibits cosmetics and social observations with assorted humorous and domestic vignettes.
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A. TL. Crawford
Medfield
Mass
Dodd
Pright
Fragmented dialogue fragments from a late-night cafe scene
A garbled reminiscence unfolds in a cafe where old college friends joke and trade tall tales. A rough altercation at the bar leads to banter about past nights and a parable about saving someone in a boat, ending with a shouted local phrase and a journey to Kansas.
There Was a Doubt A Tiny Tale From A Congressman
A fragmentary humor piece quotes Congressman William J. Murray of Oklahoma, recounting a lively parable about a stranger asking for a criminal lawyer and a comic misinterpretation over a girl and a comb. The dialogue veers between town chatter and a neat cake of mistaken guilt.
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William J. Murray
Oklahoma
Philadelphia Telegraph
Prepared to Obey Ordere at Tadjway Station
An inspector at a Tadjway station confronted a gentleman claiming Senate holder status. The inspector noted there were no grounds to show his ticket and ordered the wristband rolled back. The exchange centered on the insistence to penpeh air tickets.
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Saul
Senatohet
Groves Tasteless Chil Quinine and Iron Ad
An old newspaper item advertises Groves Tasteless Chilli Quinine and Iron tonic. It claims the formula is printed on every bottle and promises malaria relief and iron to build up the system. Also cited is a comparison stating Australia’s public debt averages 278 per person versus the United States at 1 per person.
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Bacon
Australia
United States
Fragmented dialogue hints at domestic life and games
Disjointed lines depict a couple discussing leisure and meals, a bridge prize, soup, and a patio. The exchange references a wife, an older man, and a sense of time slipping, with remarks about payments and installments.
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Poland
Buwalki
Przemysil
Roumanian
Kisechow
Paria
Warsaw
Austria
Menge
Alost
Hindenburg
Dembica
Przemyal
Carpathians
Taingtau
Tilmit
Kaluer
Alves
St. Mihhiel
Nehhem
Niemen
Ovkia
Hurgeriane
Uregk Pase
Lao Che
Gerrares
Neon
Cumberland
Canada
Royal M/Itary College
England
Royse
Germany
Termonde
Kiaochow Harbor
India
Marselien
the Nations Woman's Ketian Temperance Union
Charles Johnson
American Review of Reviews
M. Kharitonof
Russia
Lydia E
Darky
Maui
Cuticura
Fletcher
Bright
Tauiuia
Bon
Chicags
Noah
Pabontas
Sayeal
John Smith
As @lephant
Eph Wiley
Tug Watts
Mra Watte
Jack—Mies Oldgirl
Lulu
Justice of the Peace
Ekeption
Old College
Bill Idworthy
Cuma
Hill Edworthy
Harry Allison
Umptysteen
Vollowe
Hank
Hill
Pahson Jones
Biw McGee
Jookweah
Mothal
Pabson
Jeremiab
Kansas
Missouri
Ilinow Prairie
Valley of the Nile
Mo Rooke
Timmelberger-Tarren Lumber Company
Cpinion
Alfress Dept
A. Himmelberger-Harrison Land Selling Company
Cape Girardeau
DU Pont
DU Pont Powder Company
Wilmington
Delaware
Fade
China
Binawe
Wall
Pateer
General Roofing Manufacturing
Wola E Kor Teeemeneres
Oower Mee Tork Cie
Chirare
Phiedelphia St. Leis Bouton Cleweleed
Pittsburgh Detreit Sa
Alfents Heeten
Leedon Hamkeeg
Potn Alto Supple CO
Locust Street
ST. Louis
5 Dem
T Health
Mieten
Eure
N. U. ST. Louis
Iy Ray Heire
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