Why so few ships sunk by contact mines early in the war
A naval officer explains that after the Maine explosion and Spainish minelaying in Cuba harbors, floating contact mines failed to explode when fouled by ships. In Guantánamo, Marblehead and Texas dragged mines without detonation as the plungers were sealed by barnacles and marine growth, lasting months in tropical waters and rendering many mines inert.
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Cuba
Guantamamo
Marblehead
Texas
United States
Panther
Spendthrift America savings contrast with Switzerland
Merle Crowell notes in the American Magazine that 65 percent of Swiss residents have bank accounts while only about 10 percent of Americans do. He compares average per capita savings of $47.03 in Switzerland to $4.81 in the United States.
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America
Switzerland
Merle Crowell
Magnesium to be produced at Niagara Falls factory
Metallic magnesium praised as the lightest metal and set for commercial production at a Niagara Falls plant. The French government has contracted for wartime supply to manufacture aeroplane parts, citing its qualities superior to aluminum.
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Niagara Falls
War Cuts Off Domestic Help From Great Britain and Germany
The arrival of a sparsely occupied English liner highlights how the war blocks New York’s main sources of domestic servants. No more young girls from Germany or Britain come to work in households. they must stay at home and men take on roles once done by women.
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United States
America
Rinese
Aeericans
Exgiasers O9
Havas Consulting Board
United ‘States
Asem
Gril
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Amentas Insttute
Electrical Engineers
The
American Chemical
Socetica
39Th Street
New
New York
Germany
Britain
White Sea
Black
Poland
English Channel
Europe
von Wachs
Berlin
France
England
Russia
Prussia
Weather forecaster predicts twenty six years of hard winters
Abbe Moreaux, a French meteorologist, forecasts the world rain cycle will end and a twenty six year era of hard winters will begin this year, lasting through the next twenty six years with possible breaks.
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Abbe Moreaux
Chicago Journal
Value of new gold added to home supply in 1915
The value of new gold added to the home supply from mills and smelters operating on domestic ores reached about 99 million dollars in 1915. This marks an increase of 4.359 million dollars over the previous year.
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Alaska
Philippines
Porto Rico
Nasal Causes of Headache Highlighted by Doctor
A doctor notes that nasal passages are a common source of headaches, with nasal disease often aggravating or causing head pain. Awakening headaches suggest nasal origin, while daytime headaches from eye use point to ocular issues. Local anaesthetic tests nasal origin by dampening nasal pain if due to nasal fault.
Wild and odd incidents fill a dire tale from the era
A San Francisco man used a loaned ten dollars to buy a revolver and killed his friend. A Georgia cemetery birth ended with a mother burying her baby alive, later rescued after eleven hours. Wisconsin theater posters lead to vandalized billboards as town authorities object. A Philadelphia zoo keeper dropped keys and locked himself in an ostrich cage, fights with ostrich ensued. In Pittsburgh a husky pupil threatened to dunk a teacher, who forced him to write a composition after deterring the act with a poker red hat.
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Philadelphia
Gertrude
Husky
Pittsburgh
Fate of the Children Worst of War's Horrors
A wide survey contrasts American children's safety with war torn Europe. It notes orphans, hunger, and cold affecting millions while German French English and Russian youths face conscription and militarization. The piece argues the tragedy of forced adolescence amid global conflict.
Patriot pig project aims for red white and blue breed
Harvard man George C. Griffith plans a patriotic pig by blending red white and blue hogs at his Peabody farm. He owns 9,000 hogs and has expanded to Salem and Washington, claiming the largest livestock ranch in the east. Aug Belmont praised the sapphire hue. A Wheeling post office charged $5.78 for postage on an egg message, sent from Sardis Ohio.
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George C. Griffith
August Belmont
Harvard Advocate
Harvard Illustrated Magazine
Boston
Peabody
Mass
Mr. Griffith
Griffith
Salem
Wihuington
Wheeling
W. Va
Sardis
Parcel Post
Wheeling’ Post Office
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Wisconsin Theater
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