War era sanitation gains spark national cleanup push
Century Magazine notes postwar optimism as cities near army camps adopt strict cleanliness. Inspectors shut down unsanitary theaters and eateries, forcing swift compliance. Public blockades unclean labels with strong policing, signaling sanitation as a lasting wartime value spreading nationwide.
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Litary
Colin Wit Gee
America
Century Magazine
Old Custom and Yankee Spirit in Wartime Letter
A Washington board of trade former president receives a war era letter from his son Milton F Brandenburg a sergeant in France. The message expresses anxiety over personal matters and questions of loyalty and resilience amidst distant war. An embedded anecdote recalls harvest gleaning tied to charity dating back to Ruth and earlier.
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Edwin C. Brandenburg
Washington Board of Trade
Sergt
Milton F. Brandenburg
France
Jeff
Matt
Britain
Ruth
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Native Alaskan evangelism faced destitution after mission cuts
The piece notes growing indigenous churches in Alaska with ministers serving 1,700 people before a death, while Russian mission support is withdrawn leaving spiritual need and material hardship across communities.
Honor Is Given to Italy by Early African Exploration
The French school in Rome head Monsignor Duchesne informs the Royal Italian Geographic Society of a Paris National Library curator's discovery. Antonio Malfante, an Italian, describes the Tuat oasis and Niger journey in 1447, asserting Italy's prior discovery before later Europeans.
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Rome
Monsignor Duchesne
Royal Italian Geographical Society
Sudan
Pisa
Venice
Maghreb
Pease
Central Africa
Niger
Charles de la Ronciere
National Library of Paris
Italy
Tyat
Robin and
Charlie
Tuat
Antonio Malfante
Giovanni Mariane
Conquest and Kul tur pamphlet cites German war praise
A public information compilation titled Conquest and Kul tur presents quotations from German writers and speakers including the Kaiser to illustrate Teutonic worship of war and world conquest. Compiled by Pross, Notestein, and Stoll with university support. foreword by Guy Stanton Ford urges Germans to reject the war spirit.
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Committee On Public Information
Pross
Wallace Notestein
Elmer E. Stoll
University of Minnesota
Guy Stanton Ford
Germany
Unti
Bureau of Standards Tests Magnetic Compasses
The Bureau of Standards undertakes a wide program to study magnetic compasses at the Naval Observatory in conjunction with the Joint Mg and Davy Board of Specifications and the Shipping Board. It aims to develop a standard testing method and prepare government purchase specifications. A magnetometer form measures magnetic moment deviation and a rotation test for pivot friction is under development. The bureau plans to test several thousand compasses this year.
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Bureau of Standards
Naval Observatory
Mg and
Davy Board of Specifications
Shipping Board
Bureau
Did His Part Anyway In Chicago Peace Parade
A Chicago school celebration saw children form a parade and perform a program with patriotic songs. They collected for the United War Work Fund. Buddy joined in, singing along with the older children whether familiar or not, and later recalled not knowing the exact words.
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Chicago
United War Work Fund
Buddy
Mock Trial and Burning of Emperor Charles Effigy in Genoa
During Italy's victory celebrations in Genoa a crowd gathered before the Garibaldi monument for a mock trial of Emperor Charles of Austria. An English sailor group led the ceremony condemning the figure to death and hanging it on a pole. They set the effigy alight, consuming pole and figure as Americana and English participants joined in the Italian festivities with enthusiasm.
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Genoa
Italy
Garibaldi
Charles of Austria
High Class Women Writers and Broadway Dramatists
The article notes that women have long been present in literature and are increasingly visible in drama. It cites Austen Eliot and the Brontes, then observes that recent years have seen several stimulating plays by women and that female dramatists are becoming common on Broadway signs alongside men.
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Jane Austen
George Eliot
Brontes
Paquin Turns Out Army Clothes Under Mme Paquin
Mme Paquin, famed modiste, now outfits the army. The article recalls M. Paquin’s rise from bank clerk to founding Maison Lelanine, and his selling the Paquin business to a company with $2,500,000 capital.
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Maison Lelanne
Paquin
Priest Claims Parishioners’ Respect in Rural Encounter
An Irish priest boasts of his parish’s respect when an English clergyman and a boy with a goat pass them. The boy, gripping the rope, refuses to salute the English visitor, saying he would salute only if reverence holds the goat.
Judge Recites Vivid Intimidation Claim in Domestic Conflict
The judge quotes a battered brother recounting threats and a violent assault. A man claimed to be his wife’s fast husband and warned of powerful influence before allegedly slapping and hammering him. The testimony highlights perceived social leverage in a domestic dispute.
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Utterback
Fnl
Plain Fare and the Mockery of Culinary Flair
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes that decorative touches on food are often seen as intrusions by fastidious diners. The column mocks the idea of aesthetics in plain cooking and suggests practical, unadorned fare is preferred.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Chinese Bishop Consecrated in Shanghai Church
The Church of England in China consecrated the first Chinese bishop, Archdeacon T. C. Shen, at the Our Savior Church in Shanghai. The ceremony followed Anglican rites with bishops from multiple regions assisting, including Molony, Norris, Graves, Roots, Huntington, Diff, and White, all serving as Chung Hua Shang Kung Hui bishops.
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Church of England
China
T. C. Shen
Church of Our Savior
Dix- Well Road
Shanghai
Doctor Molony
Obekiang
Doctor Norris
North China
Doctor Graves
Roots and Huntington
Diff
White
Chung Hua Shang Kung Hui
Canton
The Settlement of Nymphs Pearl Village Women Lead
In a Cape Shima village meaning Settlement of Nymphs the pearl fishery is led by women aged four and up who dive and run homes while men stay home. Men test diving, face a women led boycott, and Parliament is petitioned for rights amid ongoing sex clash.
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Shima
Japan
Seasickness A Doughboy’s Request on Transport
Lieut Sydnor Harrison recalls seasickness as a dreadful malady that can unman a soldier. A doughboy on a transport bound for France is roused from seasick stupor to go on deck, and begs to hurry the ship faster to escape the seasickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut. Sydnor Harrison
France
Jack
Corp
Y M C A Casualties Among European Efforts
The Y M C A has run over three thousand secretaries in Europe plus more than a thousand French civilians, operating about fifteen hundred huts and stations for American and French troops. By August 1, more than fifty casualties occurred, eleven killed in duty. Four ministers died at the front with many others permanently injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Atlantic Monthly
Subscribe for the Graphic and get the home news
The notice promotes subscribing to the Graphic to receive home news coverage. It highlights convenience and timely local reports delivered to readers. It presents subscription as a way to stay informed on neighborhood events.
Preparing for Pele’s Return Sidelined by Farewell Haze
A fragment notes readiness and anticipation as discussions reference a judge and a sighing moment before Pele’s expected return. The text hints at preparations and emotional tone surrounding a notable figure’s comeback.
Clemenceau’s Message to Roumanians
In October M. Clemenceau received a Roumanian delegation and was asked to send a message to Roumanians who had fought and suffered for the allied cause. He replied that in their presence he took his hat off to the Roumanian people and put it on again in face of the Romanian government.
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