Desolate War Graves Across Soissons Verdun Fields
Elizabeth Fraser describes the horror of World War I battlefields with endless graveyards, ruined villages, and mangled corpses. She recalls seeing towns reduced to shells and the chilling sameness of loss as soldiers haunt the landscape and memory becomes overwhelmed by the scale of destruction.
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Soissons
Mpagoe
Verdun
Allentoe
Barlad
Elizabeth Fraser Sperty Weeden
The Side Show Lecturer Describes Freaks in Savage Rhetoric
The Kansas City Star quotes a side show lecturer lampooning exhibition figures from early talk, contrasting the past “hideous” wild man of the Everglades with present entertainers described as repulsive, bristly Bolshevik acts. The tone mocks public fascination with sensational oddities and hints at future spectacles.
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Everglades
Kansas City Star
Beating Them Home After Dark Car Stunt Told
Story recounts a group’s late night car theft stunt from a club meeting. They moved a car from a garage without sound to beat others home then returned it before dawn. The tale centers on Bill and how he outpaced rivals and avoided his wife’s questions.
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Bio-Wife
Beech Grove
Bill
Beck
Jetta
Indianapolis News
Timber and forests aid Allied war effort in France
The article notes forests in northern France supplied timber crucial to the war, with forestry dating back generations. Napoleon enlisted foresters to stabilize dunes by planting maritime pine, expanding from coastal dunes to inland areas. The region became the largest lumber source for French, British, and American forces during the conflict.
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Meyebaring
Napoleon
Trees as Aerials for Wireless
The article surveys tree aerials in radio experiments, noting earlier 1907 tests and 2007 trials showing messages received over distance and transmitted over short ranges. It argues that with today’s sensitive receivers, tree aerials seem less remarkable than in the early era of radio.
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Washington Fall
Scientific American
First Settlers of Georgia and Savannah Origins
The first white settlers landed at Yamacraw bluffs near Savannah about 198 years ago. Creeks gave consent to establish a settlement with Mary as interpreter. the first house began a week later and Savannah grew. Some early settlers included Mebrews and 40 Jews sent to the colony. Trustees began government with August 1733 acts including rum prohibition. Saxons and Bavarians arrived later in Georgia.
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Yamacraw Bluffs
Savannah
Carolina
Mary
Ogiethorpe
Submarine Sounding Device Described in Schiffbau Account
An article notes wartime advances in submarine sound analysis. It describes a device with a receiver on the ship hull inside a water filled tank. External sound production elements sit on the tank wall and a mechanism keeps water level constant for reliable operation.
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Evermarine
Schiffbau
Immigration statistics from 1790 to 1910 in the United States
The excerpt lists immigrant counts by decade from 1790 to 1910 and contrasts them with other population gains, noting misclassification before 1856 when all aliens were labeled immigrants. A quoted remark by Miss Cayenne criticizes a traveling man.
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United States
A Curative Notions For Sleepless Nights
F H Young in the Providence Journal explores insomnia cures, noting alphabetical lists of friends as ineffective and counting sheep as a poor method. The piece discusses alternate calming methods, emphasizing mental concentration and silence to induce sleep without external disturbances.
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Alfred
Zorilla
F. H. Young
Providence Journal
Lithuania and Its People
A description of Lithuania locating it in the Niemen and Dvina river basin along the Baltic coast with Vilna as the capital. It lists an approximate area of 80 000 square miles and a population near 9 million, detailing ethnic groups including Lithuanians, Lefts, Poles, Jews, White Russians, Germans, and Mongols. It notes Lithuania’s isolation from Slavs and Teutons, claims Lithuanian is among the oldest languages and likens it to ancient Sanskrit.
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Niemen
Dvina
Baltic Sea
Vilna
Tyrants of Tears: A High School Thought on Power
A high school pupil reflects on how tyrants have changed from violent rulers to those who wield authority through emotion. He contrasts past enforcers with modern figures who manipulate others by eliciting tears to get their way. He shares this insight with his father.
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Father
Primroses Grow Over World War I Graves in Picardy
Nature covers shell scarred Picardy battlefield with primroses and blooming daffodils. War graves near Albert and Combles are cared for in general cemeteries under Imperial War Graves Commission supervision. France has gifted the land to England for perpetual remembrance.
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A Or
London Daily Chronicle
Ile
Albert and
Combles
Bernafay Wood
England
Hotel Chateau Thierry Hotel Plot in War-Torn France
A report notes a plan for a large American-managed hotel at Chateau Thierry. It suggests German-speaking staff may not be needed on opening day, and recalls memories of the region during the war when Germany’s presence was unwelcome.
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Chateau Thierry
Germany
Rhetorical Spendthrifts Spar Over Political Epithets
Fragment describes a dialogue about politics and the use of sharp phrases. The speakers joke that clever insults once used in heated campaigns are now directed at rival groups rather than toward the main political effort.
Dialects of variation in spoken languages
A discussion notes that dialects arise from individual speech patterns first and spread unconsciously. It suggests no definite cause beyond language’s tendency to become common within a nation, with effects appearing though the exact mechanisms cannot be defined.
Farm and Country Dinner Remark Sparks Rural Image
Secretary Daniel compared laymen speaking panically to a city girl on a farm. The scene has a city girl in a hammock smoking as a cow moans, while she laments a heifer mourning for her colt, illustrating a humorous rural contrast.
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Daniel
Dineer
New Blacksmith Cantwell Sets Up on West First Street
The new blacksmith D Cantwell opens a shop on West First street in Newberg Oregon offering all kinds of metal work and repairs for locals.
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West First Street
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