Stars Foretell Mixed Fortune for Nations and Individuals
An astrology column consults planetary aspects predicting peril for shipping and storms, paring back commercial certainty while foreseeing gains for merchants and bankers after anxieties. It notes France and the United States will face changes, with artists and chemists gaining fame and a rising feminist movement foretold among broad social shifts.
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Neptune
Mercury
Uranus
France
England
Amercan
Starry forecasts for November 20 1914 portend trials and gains
On Friday November 20 1914 astrologers predict a day with mixed fortune. Benefic planetary aspects in the morning favor work and women entering new enterprises while afternoon sun brings adversity. Predictions warn of winter hardship for nations and caution rulers and people born under Scorpio Sagittarius cusp to guard health and temper.
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United States
South America
Japan
Neptune
Leo
France
Paris
Lfe
Saturn
Mars
Uranus
Mercury
Venus
London
Daniel
Greece
Scorpio
Mars Adverse in Astrological Reading for American Warren
Astrology predicts Mars will cast a malefic sway on American Warren on November 21 1914 with Venus favoring early hours but Sater turning evil per this daily reading. The forecast notes strong competition across vocations as cosmic forces influence outcomes.
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Venus
Mars
Warren
The Stars Speak On A War Weather And Wins For 1914
Sunday astrology for November 22 1914 says Neptune Saturn and Uranus are adverse while Venus and the sun favor earnest minds and bold decisions. It predicts danger from schemers winter money crimes and a possible harsh winter. marriages friendships and social meetings may bring luck though naval troubles and a long winter campaign loom.
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Neptune
Saturn
Uranus
Venus
Mars
Alps
Astrological Forecast for Monday November 23 1914
The reading of the stars marks this day as mostly unimportant with cautious guidance for bankers merchants and lawyers. It predicts better opportunities for staples and commerce but warns against new enterprises and travel risks especially around the Panama Canal and San Francisco exposition. Greece Sweden and other regions face diplomatic and ominous planetary influences.
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Panama Canal
San Francisco
Saturn
Greece
Sweden
Approved Insulation Method For Wire Coatings
The article describes using a surface oxide coat to insulate aluminum and copper wire. The oxide is thin flexible adherent and a strong insulator, surviving high heat. German trials show 800 to 400 degrees C tolerance and easy removal only with a knife. This wire suits electromagnets traction motors and similar uses. Copper wire then silvered or coated with aluminum before oxidation in ammonium borate bath.
Garden Party Look Described by Society Editor Cut
A playful exchange reveals a society editor’s note about a woman’s garden party. The narrator claims the description was borrowed from the editor to serve as a proposed novel heroine’s portrait. The brief hints at the social scene and literary ambition.
Unlucky November 24 1914 Predicts Troubled Times
A 1914 astrology note warns of poor luck for seeking jobs and enterprise reliant on men in power. It forecasts unstable domestic life, rising divorces and scandals, a prominent death, and warnings for women movement efforts. Jupiter hints at labor laws but predicts strikes.
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Venus
Washington
Sagittarius
Horoscope of November 28 1914 Predicts Literary Rise
Wednesday November 28 1914 horoscopic reading notes Mercury benevolent for editors publishers and advertisers with a revival of interest in books and publicity methods. It forecasts a new poet and a great epoch in American letters and says students and young people will be particularly fortunate under Mercury.
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Mars
Mexico
Stara
Europe
King George
Queen Mary
Jupiter
London dealer stalls sale with wedding gift caption
Sir Hubert von Herkomer’s anecdote recalls a London art dealer who displayed two reproductions of The Approaching Storm. One hung in the show window without selling, until he added a card reading The Approaching Storm especially suitable for a wedding present to draw attention.
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Hubert von Herkomer
London
der Rekord
Narrow Escape of New Yorker Amid Amiens War Turmoil
Herbert Corey recounts a New York perfume salesman who met a former Martin’s waiter in Amiens. Arrested by French Hussars and questioned by officers, he witnessed orders, a spy’s seizure, and musketry sounds before being told to flee France for safety.
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Chicago
Herbert Corey
Daily News
London
Harry Martin
Amiens
Martin
Poissons
France
Hotel du Rhin
U. S
New York
Martin Place
Twenty-sixth Street
Diamond Jim Brady
Paris
Hussars
Leutenant
France’s East Amiens War Echoes In Soundless Battle
Paris reports a French officer calling the war the noisiest and most nearly invisible yet. Troops, from Belgium to the Marne, have not seen many Germans, only hearing orders and near explosions. Two heroic deaths are described: a valiant officer mortally wounded at the head of his men and a letter found after a soldier’s shell fire pleading for help and family.
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Paris
France
Amiens
Belgium
Marne
Germany
Landor Says He Passed German Lines Unseen
Paris edition of the New York Herald publishes Henry Savage Landor interview stating he served as a dispatch bearer between Antwerp and Bordeaux for the Belgian government He claims to have crossed German lines six times without detection and to have escaped Antwerp during the siege in the last automobile with wounded soldiers.
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Paris
New York Herald
Henry Savage Landor
Antwerp
Bordeaux
Austrian Priests Exempt From Levy List
Vienna reports a government exemption list for the levy includes priests doctors cripples deaf mutes the totally blind and the insane rendering a broad category of citizens excused from conscription or taxation duties.
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Vienna
Sir Edward Grey’s Nightly Supper Club
Sir Edward Grey pays 18 cents nightly to belong to a supper club run by night clerks at the Foreign Office. The club has not closed since the war began and serves a feed at midnight in the large waiting room.
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Sir Edward Grey
London
Foreign Office
German Unemployment Figures Reported by Trade Unions
Berne reports 500000 Germans idle with unions stating 600000 unemployed nationwide. The same authority notes 100 job seekers per 100 openings in major cities, 350 in Bremen and Hamburg, 492 in Leipzig, 629 in Dresden, and 160 to 200 in nine other cities.
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Berne
Switzerland
Germany
Berlin
Breslau
Hanover
Frankfort
Dusseldorf
Strasburg
Bremen
Hamburg
Leipsic
Dresden
Midnight Luncheon Rules At Treasurer’s Office
Sir Edward attends a regular luncheon as 80 minutes of midnight eating time pass. The menu includes sandwiches beer and coffee while topics on war are forbidden.
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Sir Edward
Plan to Take Teuton Holdings in Berlin
Berlin reports Russia plans compulsory expropriation of property owned by Germans and Austrians. The measure targets citizens residing in the 24 frontier provinces in large numbers.
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Teuton
Berlin
Russia
Brittany's Iron-Willed Marie Legoff A Sea Hero
In Brittany a fourteen year old fisherman's daughter becomes an acting captain after her husband buys a sloop. When trapped by a Morlaix river reef, Marie Legoff swims the surf dragged by a rope to save the crew but perishes on the reef.
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Brittany
France
Second
Wales
Marie Legoff
Lannion
British Channel
John
Morlaix
Marie
Unrivaled Guerrilla Tactics Attract Cossack Attacks
The text describes the Cossacks as unmatched guerrilla fighters who strike suddenly and with great speed, threatening enemy trains and any lines of communication. They appear with lightning speed and dash, causing constant fear of surprise assaults.
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Ags
Rent Per Cent The Limit On Husband's Weekly Salary
The rent should never exceed a share of the husband’s weekly salary as its maximum. The guideline states a fixed portion that cannot be surpassed, setting a cap to ensure affordability.
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Chung
New Yorker
Gotham Man
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Landor
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