Swedish German air route links Trelleborg to Sassnitz via Baltic
National Geographic notes a proposed air route between Sweden and Germany linking Trelleborg and Sassnitz as termini. The 60 mile Baltic water leg connects Stockholm to Berlin’s express service, totaling about 415 miles by rail and sea. Sassnitz on Rugen attracts large summer visitors while Trelleborg sits near Malmo and Copenhagen.
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Trelleborg
Sassnitz
Germany
Sweden
National Geographic Society
Kingdom of
Sas
Nitz
Eugen
Wereas
Baltic
Stockholm
Berlin
Malmo
Skane
Copenhagen
Rugen
Cape Cod
Sasenitz
Salmon Thrive in Atlantic Humpback Salmon Stocked East
The fisheries bureau reports thousands of humpback salmon originally from Puget Sound have entered Pembroke and other eastern rivers as part of a stocking program. The fish retain coast habits, going to the ocean and returning to spawn and die at about age two. Government shipments of eggs have crossed the continent for five years, with consignments alternating from Washington and Alaska.
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Puget Sound
Pembroke
Dennya
Penobscot
St. Croix
Muale
Fisheries Bureau
Pacific Coast
Washington
Alaska
Jokes Books for Soldiers Spread Cheer in Hospitals
Patriotic effort at home yields large page blank books filled with cartoons and anecdotes from current papers. Sent to army hospitals, they provide entertainment for convalescing soldiers and help keep spirits high as surgeons stress the importance of patient morale.
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Rudyard Kipling
Boiling Eggs Timed by Telephone Prank
A prankster asked a telephone operator to ring in three minutes and hung up. The supervisor dialed at the set time and the caller simply said thanks. Later the man phoned again to explain he was boiling eggs and timed them to the queen's taste.
War prophecy comes true on modern battlefields
Ver non Kellogg notes in the Atlantic that Bloch’s warning of famine and economic collapse as war’s core is today’s reality. He argues heavy casualties and vast munition use aside, food shortages and national economic strains dominate the war’s overall situation.
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M. Bloch
Vernon Kellogg
Atlantic
Wodern
Comparing literacy in European nations before the war
A note on varying counting methods across Austria Hungary England Scotland France Spain Portugal and others. Literacy percentages rely on different bases such as population over certain ages or marriages. the term illiteracy means unable to write in their language unless otherwise specified.
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France
England
Spain
Portugal
Austria-Hungary
Scotland
Austria
England and Wales
Hungary
Dice Demand Leads Rookie to Boxing Gloves
A Southerner asks a Y M C A attendant for dice, claims soldiers sent him, and asks for boxing gloves to borrow. The exchange ends with the man departing toward his barracks after the request.
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Y. M
Boston Globe
Forewarned Is Forearmed and a Bank Run Inference
A man traveling to a nearby city went to a bank to obtain specie for notes he carried. The teller said the notes were from a defunct concern and worthless. Uncle Cy remarks on how to tell when money is bound to fail and warns against bad beginnings with a proverb about first steps.
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Uncle Cy
Bless the Whole Bunch In Evening Prayer
A tired child ends family prayers by asking a simple blessing for the entire group. The moment captures a tender wish to include all relatives and friends in a single, universal benediction.
Old London cabby invective and a string of humor
A London cabman’s bark and a peculiar street joke are recounted from an Indianapolis News piece. A driver’s string toss becomes a comic flashpoint in a crowded street, illustrating vivid old fashion banter and the rough humor of city life.
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London
Charles Dickens
John B. Oliver
Indianapolis News
Women of St. Sauveur Aid War Orphans and Soldiers
Fifty-year members of the Little Church of St. Sauveur send material and moral support as they knit and sew for four orphans in France and supply comfort for war victims in France and Belgium. They fund relief for the suffering and contribute to Armenian famine relief.
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Renmins
Church of St. Sauveur
United States
France
Belgium
Death by own action down in England war period
Sir Bernard Muller, registrar general of the British empire, states suicide by self harm declined sharply in England since the war began. He credits national unity, shared sympathy, and reduced personal indulgence with lessened desperation, plus disciplined living curbing melancholy.
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Bernard Muller
British Empire
England
Would Take Glass Eye Back
Paul Gary of Anderson Indiana is nearly all American except for a glass eye. Recruits station in Louisville Kentucky barred him after the infirmity was noticed by Serat Wright. He asked about the eye and said he wanted to mail it back the only part of him made in Germany.
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Paul Gary
Anderson
Ind
States Marine Corps
Louisaville
Serat
G. C. Wright
Gary
Germany
City Seeks Bids for Fir Wood for Next Year
The city council calls for sealed bids on 46 ricks of 36 inch fir wood for next year. Bids must be filed with the recorder by February 4. Mrs Rebecca W H Smith recorder.
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Rebecca W. H. Smith
Alberta land for sale 700 acres 500 cultivated
Alberta land for sale offers 700 acres with 500 cultivated and the rest fairly improved fine black soil priced at 29 dollars per acre with some trade Also 160 acres improved land without buildings priced at 13 dollars per acre with one third cash and the balance on time Also 10 high grade jerseys 6 cows 2 fresh 2 fresh soon 7 Bar rows and gilts and a Durec sow with farrow last February at W C Dunn farm 1 1/2 miles west of St Paul
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Alberta
J. S. Graves
Newberg
Farrow
W.C. Dunn
St. Paul
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A.S. Messenger
Spaulding Logging Co
McCoy Bros
O. B. Westfall
E. S. Greer
Dundee
Clarence Butt
L. Hammer
Oregon Journal
Newberg Graphic
Walter Wilson
T.h.fearey & Son
Springbrook
R. W. Staley
B. A. Kirks
McMinnville
Yamoreg Collection Agency
McMinnville, Oregon
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W.S. Stull
First Street
Liberal Commission
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