European War A Year Ago This Week
A summary of the week during the First World War with Allied and German moves across Europe. Events include battles near Arras and Soissons, Antwerp defense, Russian-German clashes at Augustowo and Nagy valley, attacks on Ossowetz forts, Japanese advance to Wei Hsein, naval actions at Cattaro and Yap, Austrian and Belgian developments, and other war-related notices.
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Augustowo
Nagy Valley
Hungary
Ossowetz
Wei-Hsein
Cattaro
Lustria
German siege guns bombard Antwerp and forces cross Scheldt
German siege guns and Zeppelins bombard Antwerp while German troops cross the Scheldt and retake Douai in France. Allies advance near Arras as Paris endures air raids by German aircraft. Russians report the capture of Biala and Montenegrins push in Herzegovina.
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Antwerp
Scheldt
Douai
France
Arras
Biala
German gains and battles shift fronts in Europe
German forces capture Antwerp and occupy Courtrai with bridges to Brussels and Mons destroyed. Russian forces drive Germans from Lyck. A British air squadron destroys a Zeppelin in a Düsseldorf hangar. Cavalry clashes occur near Lille as fronts realign.
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Courtrai
Brussels
Mons
Dusseldorf
Lille
Not Clear to Paw. Little Lemuel
A humorous exchange between a boy and his father about vision and a glass eye. The boy asks if anyone can see through glass and questions why Uncle Joe cannot see through his glass eye, prompting a light family moment.
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Little Lemuel
Paw
Lemuel
Joe
Exhibitor Weighs Past in Fireworks Business
A dialogue notes a man with a lurid past and clarifies the remark by mentioning his occupation in the fireworks business. The exchange hints at public perception versus professional affiliation without judgment.
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Fireworka
Opening Found In Earnest Search For Keyhole
A humorous exchange about finding openings and an early morning keyhole. The dialogue hints at sly search for opportunities and suggests timing matters in pursuing likely chances.
Texas News Briefs Highlight Texas Growth And Hazards
Texas towns report rapid development with Rankin’s building boom and new facilities in Amarillo. Panhandle fair plans draw peak turnout while Culberson County promises large sulphur deposits. Denison resumes paving and Waco plans a Texas company building. births reach 4 975 in July and notable stock losses occur after Fort Worth fire.
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Liver Cleanse
An advertising claim touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless, vegetable remedy to replace calomel. It asserts quick relief from sluggish liver, headaches, and bowel irregularity, with a money back guarantee and a child friendly warning.
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Dodson
Nuisance Row Flare in City Court
City Magistrate Krotel, famed for dry wit, berated a rival young attorney in a nuisance case. The attorney objected repeatedly and challenged the law, but the bench replied that it held a clear, exemplary view of what constitutes a nuisance and thanked him for his remarks.
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Krotel
New York
Cincinnati Times-Star
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Pimple Remedy Ad
Cuticura Soap and Ointment claim to clear pimples blackheads and redness and relieve itching roughness scalp dandruff and irritation. They offer free samples by mail with a book or postcard to Cuticura Dept V Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Dept. V
Boston
Picked a Real American Name Story
A 12 year old Italian boy asks his public school teacher to change his name to an American one. He presents a dirty scrap of paper inscribed with Patrick Dennis McCarty as his preferred new name.
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Italy
America
Patrick Dennis McCarty
Man’s witty exchange about poverty and doctors
A tramp laments being so broke he must sleep outside. A companion claims he is equally destitute and must pay a doctor for advising him to sleep outdoors. The dialogue is noted in the Christian Register.
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Christian Register
Groves Tasteless Tonic Ad And Lines From Saving Em
An advertisement touts Groves Tasteless chill tonic with quinine and iron claims to cure malaria and build strength. The piece also includes a humorous fiction excerpt about a hobo doubting a gentleman's story and a quip about engaged lovers saving quarrels for the honeymoon.
Cool a burn with Hanford's Balsam
Life is tiresome enough without visiting your relatives. Adv. notice about cooling remedies and everyday woes in a domestic humor tone.
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Hanford
Did Not Raise the Chickens Story Told by Adamson
A Georgia congressman recounts a tale of a suburban housewife at a village store. At the poultry counter she asks the price of chickens and learns one dollar each. The shopkeeper insists he did not raise them, noting the price was the same as the day before.
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William C. Adamson
Georgia
Lord Kitchener Praises Temperance Move
Lord Kitchener lauds a temperance push claiming general sobriety among gentlemen. He recites a joke about a major at a Simla ball who excuses his drunken state by noting his assumed character as a sponge.
Young preacher practices in clergy house
A novice minister staying at a clergy house daily retreat to practice pulpit oratory fills the house with fervor. A visiting bishop asks what is happening but is told to sit and note that the young man is merely practicing what he preaches.
Mothers urged to check Castoria bottle signatures
Advertising copy cautions mothers to examine each Castoria bottle for the signature and notes the product has been in use for over 30 years. It claims Castoria is a safe remedy for infants and children and mentions that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
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Fletcher
Altruist and pessimist clash over view of neighbors
A witty exchange shows the altruist accusing the pessimist of a jaundiced view of fellow men. The pessimist retorts that human nature reflects back a yellow streak, skewing his vision rather than his fault.
Persuasion Pushback in a Humorous Exchange
In a comic aside Uncle Bill jokes that he is being persuaded to sign pledges and drinks after each pledge. The playful dialogue mocks over persuasion and shows a stubborn stance against commitment.
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Uncle Bill Bottletop
Pain in the Side Rub On and Rub In Hanford's Balsam
Advertisement touts Hanford's Balsam for chest or side pain with nightly and daytime relief claims. It contrasts men and roosters, noting men crow during the day as a humorous selling point.
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Hanford
Daughter’s Love Faces Father’s Hard Bargain in Court
A romance runs into parental resistance as a daughter's suitor confronts the father’s stern conditions. The case highlights tension between parental approval and young lovers seeking autonomy amid family expectations.
Luck Blamed for Misfortune's Innocent Role
A pithy reflection on fortune and fate notes that luck bears no guilt for unlucky outcomes, suggesting misfortune often rests on unseen causes beyond chance. The remark frames luck as an innocent scapegoat in human hardship.
BE POLITE TO THE CHILDREN
Laura Spencer Porter argues that American children reflect parental bad manners more than their own. She contends that adults model courtesy to strangers but not at home, teaching children to view politeness as optional. The piece urges gentler, consistent home manners to curb kids’ bad behavior.
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Tommy
Jenny
Laura Spencer Porter
Mothers’ Magazine
Hardly Complimentary Hobo Requests Fourth Doughnut
A New England housewife who earlier gave a hobo three doughnuts receives a polite request for a fourth. The hobo explains friends in the meadow want to play quoits, prompting the humorous exchange as she offers another doughnut.
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New England
Ladies Take Capucine For Aches Pains And Nervousness
An advertisement promotes Capucine as non narcotic quick relief for aches pains and nervousness aimed at women.
Marriage and Mathematics Joke Card
An old mathematician jokes that marriage is addition with children multiplying happiness, division with dissension, subtraction at parting, and divorce as a division into fractions. The wit shows a light view of marriage and separation.
Treatment of Sores With Hanford’s Balsam
Apply Hanford's Balsam lightly and the sore will gradually diminish. The older the case the longer it takes, but it helps the hard cases after other remedies fail. Adv.
Visitors Excepted
A闲 remark about a large automobile at the curb foreshadows financial strain, noting that a motor car at the curb often signals a mortgage on the house. The dialogue juxtaposes vanity with economic precarity in a humorous reflection.
Crass Criticism Sparks Husband and Wife Dressing Debate
Mrs Gadders asks if her gown is proper as her husband questions how to judge modesty. He gruffly replies that if it is the sort of dress that should be illegal to wear, then it is acceptable to consider it improper.
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Mrs. Gadders
Mr. Gadders
Nail in the Foot Use Hanford's Balaam Adv Patience
A compact historical note references Hanford's Balaam in relation to a nail in the foot and describes patience abused turning to fury as a moral or practical lesson.
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Hanford
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Cited By Woman
Mrs A F Kreamer of Lackawanna New York credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her strength after childbirth. The advertisement touts relief from displacements inflammation and various female complaints and invites readers to write for confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lackawanna, N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. F. Kreamer
Electric Avenue
Lackawanna
N. Y
Red Cross Chief Hails Belgian and Polish Aid Efforts
Ernest P. Bicknell, national director of the American Red Cross, spoke in New York on the organization’s aid to Belgium and Poland. He noted monthly food shipments worth 12 million dollars and cited relief for Polish inhabitants under German occupation. He likened the effort to a father finally putting his sons-in-law on their feet after sending daughters away.
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Ernest P. Bicknell
American Red Cross
New York
Belgium
Poland
Germany
Gibbs and the Riddle of Feeding the Wife
A terse exchange puzzles a reader: Gibbs declares no man can feed his wife, and another asks how she was obtained. The brief dialogue hints at a broader mystery or social implication without revealing specifics.
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Gibbs
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Woevre
Soissons
Argonne
Meuse
Alfenstein
Bosnia
Marshall Archipelago
Prince of Wales Fund
Oise
Suwalki
Baltic
Wirballen
Lyck
Uzsok Pass
Budapest
Adriatic
Roye
Lanneken
San Antwerp
Nethe
Ostend
Przemysl
Tesco
England
Yap
River Ems
Paris
Texas News
McLean
Gray County
Bere
Wichita Fats
Clifton Mill and Elevator Company
Me Henrietta Window Glass Company
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Amarillo
Panhandle
Treasury Department
Rankin
Orient
San Angelo
Upton County
Collinsville
Afton
State of
A. L. Lincecum
Marshall
Culberson County
Houston
Othe
Denison
City Commission
Sears Street
West Main Street
The
Texas Telephone Company of
Waco
Texas Company
Southwestern Exchange
State Registrar of Vital Statistics
Dublin
C. A. Reynolds
Irving
McKinney
Dallas Fair
North Fort Worth
Cuticura
Capucine
Adv
Fractions
Dean
Cry Pit
C. D. Cranall
Drexel Ave
San Antonio
Vex
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
General
Balas Hardware
Erices
Peden Iron & Steel CO
McCane's Detective Agency
Ree
Kiam
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