Slow Progress in Great Treaties Through Centuries
A historical survey traces how peace talks and treaties evolved from medieval lordly demands to modern multilateral diplomacy. It covers Westphalia and Utrecht to Vienna and The Hague, noting key nations, dates, and outcomes shaping Europe's borders and the fate of empires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westphalia
France
Spain
Sweden
Portugal
Netherlands
Switzerland
Hamburg
Osnabruck
Munster
Aix-la-Chapelle
Spanish Netherlands
Philip IV
Louis XIV
Dughter
Philip
England
Louis
Flanders
Jhis
Ryswick
Hague
Grand Alliance
Holland
Savoy
Holy Roman Emire
Brandenburg
Axony
Palatinate
Utrecht
Europe
Wilson outlines peace pact basis in Adriatic dispute
President Wilson states that the postwar settlement will rest on the London pact principles but Austria-Hungary no longer exists and Fiume should not join Italy. He argues for new state independence and league of nations safeguards with equal treatment for minorities. Italy’s allies question Rome’s stance while the United States remains firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
France
William III of
England
Austria
Prussia
Utrecht
Aix-la-Chapelle
Maria Theresa
North America
Paris
Russia
Sweden
Portugal
Canada
India
Franklin
Jay
John Adams
America
Versailles
Thiers
Brussels
Frankfort
Turkey
San Stefano
Congress of the
Powers
Berlin
Great Britain
Petrograd
Salisbury
Beaconsfield
Bismarck
Andrassy
Portsmouth
N. H
Hague
The
United States
Mexico
China
Japan
Persia
Siam
Roosevelt
Wilson
Adriatic
Fiume
Italy
Europe
League of Nations
Germany
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Balkan Group
Hungary
Bohemia
Roumania
Jugo- Slav
Mediterranean
Lfe
London
Dalmatian
Austro-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Alps
Istrian
Triest
Pola
Rome
U. S
New 200 Mile Range Rocket Invented by Goddard in Worcester
Worcester a rocket developed by Dr. Robert H Goddard professor at Clark College with a perpendicular range of 70 miles and horizontal range of 200 miles or more. The device uses an internal combustion engine fed by powder or liquid explosives and can be launched from any spot without heavy apparatus. It could carry gases or high explosives and descend by parachute after detachment for possible photographic use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Robert H. Goddard
Clark College
Yeowomen to keep jobs in navy reserve
Navy Department declares yeomen in the naval reserve will stay on active service in their present rating as long as needed. Thousands enlisted nationwide, many now on inactive list after hostilities. those who request release will be discharged, others remain with inactive status and $1 retainer salary per month.
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Navy Department
Washington
Naval
Department
Lst
Thieves Loot Pesthouse in Fairmount West Virginia
When the pest house opened to receive a smallpox victim in Fairmount West Virginia thieves had ransacked the building stealing furniture equipment and even roof shingles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmount
W. Va
ENGINEER HEROES BACK HOME
New York reports 1,829 troops arrive on the Santa Teresa from Bordeaux including Eleventh engineers famed for digging in to halt the German advance near Cambrai. The Duca d Abruzzi from Marseilles brings 46 officers and 996 ambulance service troops with the quartermaster headquarters hospital and motor repair shop detachments plus 38 immobilized casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eleventh Engineers
Cambrai
Santa Teresa
Bordeaux
Army Ambulance Service
Duca d
Typewriters for the Blind Make Math Easily Possible
A blind man writes letters on a typewriter and uses a Braille or standard machine by touch. A new mathematics frame lets him add subtract and multiply like a schoolchild. The system casts numbers in type with a T S triangle and square. two ends of each piece suffice.
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T. S
Conjuring at Home In An Extracted Letter Scene
A woman hands an empty envelope to a man who then extracts a letter, revealing a subtle act of magic or hidden communication within a domestic setting. The moment hints at secrecy and the power of what is left unseen in a shared space.
Western Canada Opens Great Opportunity for Farmers
A 1919-era column urges farmers to feed the world and notes Germany, Austria, Poland and India will demand wheat and other foods. It argues Hoover warns no surplus from 1918 and European hunger will push prices up. Canada can meet needs with low-priced land, good railways, and favorable climate as western settlement accelerates.
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United States
Treasury
Hoover
Germany
Austria
Poland
Italy
India
Europe
Russia
Bulgaria
Serbia
Roumania
Moorer
Ita
Canada
The Optimistic Undertaker
A tavern owner jokes about Phil Graves the undertaker who keeps smiling. He supposedly reads epitaphs in the cemetery to lift his mood, turning gloom into humor in a macabre but lighthearted tale.
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Phil Graves
Whillersville
Kansas_ City Star
The Man He Was Looking For
A Sydney Bulletin report recounts a shirker caught in his own game. A soldier tells a sergeant he is agnostic and does not believe in the Ten Commandments. The sergeant replies you are the man to scrub out the canteens.
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Sydney Bulletin
Ben
The First Private Garage in New York City
The first private garage in New York City was built by spring 1900 by a prominent automobile enthusiast who owned three motor vehicles at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York
Child Teases Turn Sour In Quip About Pitch
A fragment on a wry exchange notes a child crying as a self starter joke. The line questions who wound the child up to cry, answering nobody, implying self-direction in distress.
How to Avoid Backache and Nervousness
A reader from Providence describes relief from chronic backache nerve tension and headaches after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad urges women with similar symptoms to seek advice and consider the remedy, citing personal testimonial and contact info for Lydia E Pinkham Med Co.
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Providence, R. L
Lydia
KE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mia
Adeline B
Lynch
Plain St
Providence
Log or Board Floats with Current Says Ocean Riddle
A brief pondering notes that a log or board can drift with the sea flow while something living must swim upstream to counter the current. The remark highlights contrast between inanimate drift and active opposition in water.
Swamp Root Promises Kidney Health Help for Women
An ad appeals to female readers about hidden kidney and bladder issues and how Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root may restore health. It offers a sample bottle for ten cents and notes available medium and large bottles at drug stores.
Cuticura Ad Offers Soothing Scalp Relief and Clean Skin
An advertisement promotes Cuticura products to soothe itching scalp and rough spots. It advises rubbing with Cuticura Ointment, washing with Cuticura Soap and hot water, and using these preparations daily for clear skin and soft hands. The copy ends with a flourish about love leveling all things except the head.
It's Clean Sweep Wash The Live Long Day
A period advertisement touts a temperance tonic for women from Dr. Pierce. It claims to strengthen weak or overworked women using herbal ingredients and offers a trial package for 10 cents from the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York.
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Ghent
Amiens
Singland
Batavian Republic
Bomnaparte
Napoleon
Vienna
Talleyrand
Metternich
Castlereagh
Chiefs
Orlando
Thaon di Revel
Armando Diaz
NAVY
Little Ferry
N. J
Engineer Heroes Back Home
Western
Nebraska
Fask
J. R Collins
Canning St
Omaha
Neh
Wat
Ceene
D.G
Estes
Beatservices
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