Angels in the Sky A German Trick and Allied Counter
Colonel Herzenwirth explains German use of cloud motion pictures projected by aircraft to frighten Allied troops in 1914 1915 including visions of angels Virgin and Child and Joan of Arc. British and French troops perceived the images as protective signals while researchers note real solid visions to soldiers despite propaganda and skepticism.
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Europe
Mons
Herzenwirth
Russan Front
Carpathians
Austria
Picardy
Champagne
Joan of Arc
Joan
Rules for writing stories from a New York World anecdote
A humorous take on writing rules, citing a World anecdote about Col Prentiss Ingraham. The tale shows a swift, jokey method to spark plots with a brisk example and quick punchlines. The piece links practical guidance to a fading Buffalo Bill era anecdote.
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New York
Col. Prentiss Ingraham
Buffalo Bill
Col. Ingraham
Pocketbook Theft Noted in Madrid Saying
A quoted line from Gutierrez of Madrid describes a son as diligent and resembling his father, followed by a claim that yesterday he snatched a pocketbook from his grandfather. The fragment presents a family misconduct vignette without broader context or verification.
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Gutierrez
Madrid
Pianist Phil Spitalny's near miss at Boston stations
Learned From Experience describes conductor Phil Spitalny rushing from a Boston theatre to catch a train to Manhattan. He asks the station master for the correct stop, is told Huntingdon is needed, and hurries by taxi through side streets to reach Huntingdon station just as the train departs, only to find the stations sit side by side.
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Phil Spitalny
Pennsylvania Grill
Boston
Manhattan
Back Bay Station
Spitalny
Huntingdon Station
Man Walks Forty Miles to Palmer for Potential Job
A man from a small town near Springfield Ohio walked about forty miles to Palmer to test travel time on foot. He claimed vanity in trying all transports, but his real motive was fear of losing a local job offer. He reached Palmer in eight hours, and upon returning home the job was already filled. Also noted, Philippines population counts released: 7,000 Americans and 12,000,000 natives.
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Springfiled
Ohio
Palmer
Early Hatched Chicks Benefit Winter Laying
The Kapuskasing Experiments Station reports brooding 300 to 500 chicks in a 10 by 12 foot brooder house. It costs about 1.35 dollars per 100 chicks to brood them in the early season using coal and a brooder stove, with 15.5 pounds of coal daily per stove.
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Kapuskasing
Department of Agriculture
Pasture Crops Boost Pig Growth and Health
Pasture pigs after weaning offer sanitary pens and worm reduction while allowing access to protein minerals and vitamins. University of Alberta experiments show 30 to 50 percent faster gains and 20 to 30 percent lower feed costs versus dry lot feeding, with skim-milk reducing the difference.
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University of Alberta
Revenge Fades as Mainwaring’s Love Is Declared Lost
In a terse exchange, Mr. Mainwaring seeks affection from a woman beyond youth. She rejects him, stating the only man she loves died at Inkerman. Mainwaring laments the loss and departs, brushing dust from his trousers.
Obedience and Vaccination Note Clash in Norway
A dialogue on Harold’s obstinacy mirrors a claim that making him admit wrong is hard. Separately, Norway bans unvaccinated individuals from voting, illustrating policy tying health status to civic participation.
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Harold
War Romances of a Canadian Major Hahn
Major James E. Hahn M C D S O soldier industrialist and author will publish The Intelligence Service Within the Canadian Corps by MacMillan. It explores the department of the C E F and the wartime romances it inspired. Hahn now leads a major British Empire radio manufacturer and is an international figure in radio.
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James E. Hahn
M.C
D.S.O
MacMillan’s
C.E.F
Hahn
Britain's late uptake of the telephone compared
The article notes a prejudice against telephone use in Britain, with business men resisting adoption. It contrasts Britain's slow adoption with other nations such as Denmark Sweden Switzerland Germany America Canada Australia and New Zealand, detailing per capita phone installations and highlighting America's lead.
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Britain
Denmark
Sweden
Switzerland
Germany
Great Britain
America
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Penalties Hit Canadian Farmers Over Weed Seed Dockage
Don H. Bark, retiring president of the Alberta Seed Growers Association, said at the Calgary annual meeting that farmers in Canada faced penalties exceeding 3 million dollars last year due to weed seed dockage removed from grain crops marketed in the past year.
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Canada
Don H. Bark
Alberta Seed Growers Association
Calgary
Fragmentary cartoon caption ends with tiger tail cut
The fragment shows a dialogue where one figure claims to cut off a tiger's tail and the other asks why not the head, noting the head was already off. The exchange implies a comic exaggeration or grisly joke within a caption.
Sugar boosts energy say Colgate experts
Dr. Donald A. Laird reports sugar in tea or coffee helps mental and physical fatigue. In tests with 12 undergraduates, six receive sugar and show 94 percent steadier balance on an ataxiagraph after stairs, while non sugar group wobbled 131 percent more. Knute Rockne reportedly feeds sugar to his team before key games.
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Donald A. Laird
Colgate University Psychological Laboratory
Laird
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
Colgate
Women as air travellers at Croydon praised by officials
London Airport Croydon officials say women are better air travellers than men. They remain talkative and self possessed above the channel, while many men appear speechless by the new airborne experience. Women often board air liners with greater confidence than male escorts.
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Croydon
London
Marriage Secrecy Revealed in Witty Exchange
A brief quip contrasts marriage and secrecy as a stenographer becomes a spouse, highlighting humor in personal relationships. The line implies prior familiarity and playful joke about private matters within a professional bond.
Sun ages and vast cosmic spans echoed at annual society meeting
Dr R K Young, vice president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, asserted the sun is about a million million years old and Earth around five thousand million years. He traced human progress from primitive beginnings to steam and electricity, noting future ages beyond comprehension and Edison’s warning we know little.
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R. K. Young
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Society
England
Asia
Canada
Thomas A. Edison
Old Play Shelved Uncle Tom's Cabin Drops From Stage
An old melodrama once central to American theater is shelved as the Actors Equity announces no company nationwide is performing Uncle Tom's Cabin for the first time since 1852. The piece, once filled with tearful scenes of slavery, is described as moving to the attic of history alongside relics from a waning era.
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Simon Legree
Little Eva
Actors’ Equity Association
Banff Park Set Aside In 1885
Banff National Park in Alberta, the oldest Dominion playground, was set aside in 1885 as a 38505 square mile reserve. It serves for public enjoyment and wildlife sanctuary, with abundant sheep, deer, and bears along park highways.
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Banff Park
Banff National Park
Alberta
Dominion
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Friedrich Herzenwirth
Imperial German Intelligence Service
Flanders
France
New York World
Phillippines
Mainwaring
Norway
Norman Wilson
Ottawa
Catrine Rhea Wilson
Robert
Wilson
Angus
Olive
Twentieth Century Club
Norma
Janet
John Powis
Uncle Tons
Mississippi River
Japan
China
Gaies
Yverdon
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