Tiny Japanese Actress Leads First Woman Suffrage Speeches
Madam Kokoma Kimura, a diminutive actress and editor, gave the first public woman suffrage speech in Tokyo advocating voting rights for women. She names Akiko Zosano as a friend but not an suffrage exponent and cites support from Yukio Ozaki while noting government fears.
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Japan
Tokyo City
Strindberg
Chekhov
Far East
Madam Kimura
Mophelia
Tokiwa Theater
Tokyo
Shin-Sin Wuzin-Kwai
Madam Akiko Zosano
Soan
Yukio Ozaki
Small Flocks Best for Poultry Success and Health
A veteran writer argues for keeping hens in small flocks of ten to twelve, noting higher egg production and better health. He cautions large flocks raise disease risk, while multiple small flocks enable quicker disease detection and easier treatment, improving profitability.
Floating Steel Curtains Proposed to Shield Ships
A proposal to protect merchant vessels from submarine attacks using floating steel curtains towed along both sides. The flexible barriers would be air tight cylinders with eight inch plates, towed 200 to 800 feet from ships or fleets, allowing 15 mph towing by tugs. A two row fleet could shield following ships with leading row handled by tugs.
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Popular Mechanics
America’s Busy Bees Honey Output Surges Past Record
Last year American bees produced 250 million pounds of honey, a bit over 2 percent of the country’s typical sugar consumption. The note highlights honey’s role as a major agricultural product and links production to overall food demand.
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America
United States
Do Not Overexert Postures and Digestive Strain
A compact admonition compares heart and brain load to avoid fatigue while warning against overloading the stomach at night. The phrasing suggests a health or wellness note on balanced daily routines and rest.
Mothers Cook Book Reveals Inner Beauty Beyond Riches
A fragment discusses a mother's virtue, noting humility, sacrifice, and pure heart as true wealth. It contrasts such values with worldly pleasure that yields no lasting peace and peace in service to others.
Cornstarch Pudding Tips For Budget Meals
Housewives seek low cost nourishment as food prices rise weekly. The recipe uses rice flour as an alternative to cornstarch. Scald milk with a cornstarch sugar mix then thicken. Add vanilla egg and bananas, chill and serve with sugar and cream.
New Inventions Highlighted From Sluicing at Sea to Typing Aid
A survey of diverse innovations includes boat davits by an Alabama inventor to lower craft safely, insect-proof screen doors in two sections, soil additives to retain moisture, and signaling devices for air travel. Other items note a stereopticon gown projector, the first linotype in 1884, Suez canal searchlights, pivoting ladder hooks, beef blood based nutrition, a nose shield for touch typing, milk bottle spout stoppers, early electric locomotives, tunnel smoke reductions, front mounted car propellers, and more patents from Nebraska.
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Alabama
Suez Canal
Cleveland
Nebraska
Bananas and Fruit Cakes Describe Delicate Desserts
The passage suggests decorating cakes with bananas, adjusting batter with cornstarch, and beating egg whites to stiff peaks. It recommends banana additions with jelly, optional cream and sugar, and cutting cake rounds topped with a fruit mixture. Any well drained fruit such as pineapple apples or pears may be used.
A Certain French Port
A poem by Maurice Morris reflecting on a French port where American sailors and cadets mingle with locals. The verses compare the harbor to Hampton Roads and New York bay and celebrate the universal greeting of friendly eyes between strangers. References to Decatur and Paul Jones invoke historic naval figures.
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Hampton Roads
New York Bay
Epigymes of Quiet Courage in Wartime Hearts
A reflective piece praising brave women and families awaiting soldiers. It contrasts distant images of life with silent endurance. The speaker urges respect for sweethearts and mothers who hold back fear, smiles, and pray for safe returns, citing Longfellow’s understanding.
Timing the Typist Cyclometer Counts Typewriter Strokes
Inventors developed a cyclometer to count every keystroke by typists by attaching to the escapement wheel of a typewriter. The device reveals speed by stroke count rather than page words, showing variance among workers and leading to pay adjustments based on output rather than years of service.
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Popular Science Monthly
Corn Relish From 20 Ears and Spicy Mix
A home recipe describes cutting 20 ears of corn and chopping onions and peppers, then mixing with cider vinegar. A seasoned brine of salt flour sugar mustard celery seed turmeric and more vinegar is boiled with the corn mix, then bottled hot. Ready to use in two weeks.
Keep Up or Catch Up in Daily Task Routines
The note contrasts those who keep up with work and those who catch up later. It warns that consistent effort is easier when one is well and strong, while catching up can be exhausting and disappointing. The Exchange framing emphasizes disciplined, steady productivity.
Grows Sweeter With Age as a Calisher Fiddle Analogy
Quotation compares a good woman to Cremona fiddle age: she grows sweeter with time, gaining value and depth as she matures, voiced by O. W. Holmes.
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W. Holmes
War Apple Crop Urges Nationwide Harvest Under War Crops
The nation gears for an apple harvest equal to two bushels per person as war needs drive new labor. Chambers of commerce and boards of trade must organize picking crews with help from city workers, while careful handling and storage of fruit prevent spoilage and shortages.
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United States
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Whence Khaki Came in British Army History
Khaki has been used by the British army for over forty years. It dated from the Jowaki expedition of 1877 and was worn by all troops in the Afghanistan war of 1878 1880. Uniforms included tan leather gear, khaki helmets, and unpolished buttons. The term khaki is from Hindustani meaning crusty earthy.
Flubdubs Debate Cigar Spending and False Hair
Mrs. Flubdub calls spending on cigars foolish while Mr. Flubdub agrees and jokes about her purchasing false hair. The exchange shows a light household dispute over vanity and expenditure.
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Mrs. Flubdub
Mr. Flubdub
Blue Flower Varieties For Blue Color In Gardens
Blue is scarce in gardens yet ageratum cornflower and baby blue eyes provide good blues. Swan River daisy Nal piglossis sinuata Anemone blanda forget me not larkspurs columbines and a few iris also contribute blue tones.
America’s War Medal by Spicer-Simson Also Presented Abroad
Theodore Spicer-Simson, the noted medalist, works on the World War entry medal shown with both sides. Copies in gold have been given to President Poincare, Premier Viviani, Marshal Joffre, and Sarah Bernhardt. Bronze replicas are sold by the American Fund for French Wounded.
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Theodore Spicer-Simson
United States
Anne Morgan
Poincare
France
Vivian
Marshal Joffre
Sarah Bernhardt
American Fund For
Plan for Uniform for Civilians Draws Mixed Reaction
London discusses a proposed unisex civilian uniform featuring a tunic breeches puttees and cap. Some fear the style reveals leg shapes while others joke about hidden bow legs and calves. The trend aims to simplify clothing production across sexes.
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London
Guarding Armies Against Disease in the United States
Dr. Franklin H. Martin outlines how standardization of medical supplies and strict public health planning aim to prevent epidemics in mobilized forces. The general medical board and experts from Johns Hopkins, Mayo, and other institutions guide personnel, supply, and advisory efforts for army and navy medical care.
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Washington
United States
Franklin H. Martin
Council of National Defense
Martin
General Medical Board
Army
Navy
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute
William J
Charles H. Mayo
Victor ©. Vaughan
University of Michigan
John M. T. Finney
William H. Welch
Johns Hopkins
Frederick A. Besley
Northwestern
George W. Crile
Western Reserve
Charles E. Kahlke
Balremaum College
Army and Navy
Public Health Service
Red Cross
Simpson
General Munitions Board
Germany
Escape of Romanian Soldier From Austrian Prison Camps
A Romanian prisoner Toma Haralam recounts brutal Austrian detention in Hungary where 20,000 POWs starved and worked under harsh conditions. He details 60 deaths in 25 days from hunger and exposure, and his perilous escape to Italian lines where he was aided by Italian soldiers who offered food and warmth.
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Rome
Toma Haralam
Transylvania
Corso
Bassa
Hungary
Komen
Niku Crstia
From War Shirker to Hero in Bath Soldier’s Shifting Death
London report traces Henry Bellamore’s wartime journey from conscientious objector to jail to volunteer in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Once denounced by neighbors, he later became a beloved soldier and was killed in action.
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London
Shirker
England
Henry Bellamore
Bellamore
Bath
Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Cut Out Gloom When You Write to Sailors
Chicago editorial from the Great Lakes Recruit urges letters to sailors to avoid sorrowful phrases. It notes 80 percent of letters convey imagined troubles and family woes rather than cheer, urging writers to keep messages positive and supportive.
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Chicago
George
Great Lakes
Naval Training Station At
Johnny
Deans as Luxuries Questioned by London Bishop
Right Rev. Arthur F. P. W. Ingram, bishop of London, calls deans of English cathedrals luxuries and argues abolition. He cites $350,000 spent yearly on deans as wasted and says bishops should lead sees with dean power reduced or removed. He warns current dean authority limits bishops from preaching freely.
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England
London
Church of England
German Shipping Revived As 14 Steamers Reach Rotterdam
The Rotterdam port sees a revival of German shipping with 14 German steamships arriving within 48 hours. They sail in ballast to haul German coal to German and Swedish ports, easing German rail bottlenecks. The plan began as a test with ships loading coal at Rotterdam and delivering to Emden, proving successful. Michigan leads in sand lime brick manufacture, followed by Minnesota and New York.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
Rhine
Emden
Michigan
Minnesota
New York
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Decatur
Paul Jones
Ken
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