Stonington Harbor Native Palmer Linked to Antarctic Land Discovery
The article recalls Capt Nathaniel Palmer of Stonington Conn as the first to discover the Antarctic continent at age twenty aboard the Hersilia and later the Hero. A Russian captain named the land Palmer discovered Palmer Land, while charts call the area Palmer Archipelago. The piece notes the broader spirit of American sailors as explorers.
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Gsret
Nathaniel B. Palmer
Stonington
Conn
Captain Palmer
Antarctic
Neank
Palmer
Proase
United States
Espirito Santo
Falklands
Young Palmer
North America
South Shetlands
Nathaniel Palmer
Middle Watch
Bellinghausen
Palmer Land
Peter
Alexander
Ank
Palmer Archipelago
James Ross
Women Improve Physically to Near Equality with Men
Professor Phillips of Ambherst college says American women today are physically finer and stronger than before and if this progress continues, not many centuries will pass before women are as fit as men.
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Phillips
Ambherst College
Fate and the front line in a cryptic war tale
A fragmentary exchange suggests a grim, fateful march toward battle. One character mocks another's chance at reaching the front, while a second declares belief in inevitability, framing a terse wartime moment.
Old-Timers Recall Phoenix Past Through Phil Snodgrass Visit
Arizona Republican reports Phil Snodgrass, a former resident, visiting Phoenix and reviving memories among the few remaining old-timers. He recalls landmarks and incidents, including civil engineer H. R. Patrick and painter P. C. Bicknell, who painted Patrick’s leveling rod and later joked about his accidental entry into painting.
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Phil Snodgrass
Phoenix
Arizona Republican
Mr. Snodgrass
H. R. Patrick
Grand Canyon
Mr. Patrick
P. C. Bicknell
Bicknell
Patrick
Wickenburg
American Aviator Performs Five Loops in France
A member of the American Aviation corps had his airplane taken away for attempting looping the loop in France. He completed five graceful loops before landing. When asked why, he said a Frenchman told him it could not be done, a reply that earned the officer’s admiration. Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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France
United States
Uncle Sam
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Bread cards at Swedish weddings reveal wartime rationing
The note on a Stockholm wedding invitation asks guests to bring bread cards. The engraving shows how war restrictions touched even wealthy families as hosts could not supply bread outside legal limits. The anecdote reflects broad wartime shortages in neutral Sweden.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Popular Mechanics Magazine
French workers crush giant Zeppelin with road roller
French engineers cut the carcass with oxy acetylene torches and crushed the wreck with a steam road roller. The process reduced the bulk by about four fifths and the aluminum metal was sent to a foundry.
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Zeppelin
Buech
M. Dumanola
Uncompimentary Allusion Fragments Highlight Asset Reference
A fragmented quote notes a harsh allusion to an asset titled “eo Kaiser brags about” and mentions a “mailed fist” as a figurative descriptor, reflecting a provocative, cryptic message within the addressed set. No clear persons or organizations are identified in the readable text.
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Eo Kaiser
Not All His Fault Youngster Led Astray In City
A Vermont father arrives in New York seeking his son Joseph Bascom, a recent burglary suspect. The warden questions the youth about his crime and his loneliness in the city. The judge suspends the sentence, blaming parents for not staying in touch with their children in the big city.
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Wheele
L—— Street
New York City
David Bascom
Vermont
Joseph Bascom
New York
Particeps Criminis
Hooverized Country Breakfast
A Missouri Notes column recounts a frugal breakfast scene with cereal and real cream sausage fried potato cakes stewed fruit hot biscuit two preserves and coffee. The next morning's menu centers on waffles with bacon and eggs and minimal sides. The narrator recalls eating 29 waffles of a 37 allowance, prompting the hostess scolding.
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Kansas City Times
Overshoes Split Among Hartford Men and Women
The Hartford Courant notes most men on residential streets in sleet and snow wear overshoes while most women do not. It speculates on whether suffrage or recklessness explains the difference, and observes that those in overshoes still look trim.
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Hartford
Hartford Courant
Old Method Of Transport The Raft A Century Of Lumber Carriers
Day Allen Willey traces the raft as a historic cargo carrier from Nova Scotia to distant harbors. He notes logs rolled to mills, bound by wire, towed by steam tugs, with some logs washing ashore in Norway after a gale. In the Northwest large lumber rafts stretch 650 feet, 80 to 110 feet long logs, 2 to 5 feet dia.
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Day Allen Willey
St. Nicholas
Nile
Kongo River
Africa
Ganges
India
Nova Scotia
New York Harbor
War’s impact on U S exports shows wartime spikes and totals
The record outlines the wartime export pattern from August 1914 to March 1916, noting $1 082 582 249 in exports for war purposes and rising shipments from $8 551 011 to $114 326 426. It lists values for explosives gunpowder cartridges dynamite autos mules horses airplanes firearms iron and steel rubber wire and more, with 1916 data indicating over three quarters of U S export trade went to Allied Europe on war exports alone.
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United States Department of Commerce
United States
Europe
Shark Fishing Grows From Sport To Pacific Industry
Shark fishing shifts from sport to organized industry in Pacific waters off the southwestern coast. Shark skins yield durable leather for sandals belts gloves while whale-like oils from carcasses hold commercial value. A Japanese syndicate drives rapid captures expanding the trade.
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Pacific
Popular Mechanics
What She Forgot
Miss Decorous delivers a biblical history lesson to a Sunday school class. She lists nations driven out by the Israelites including Hivites Hittites Jebusites Perizzites Girgasites and Amorites prompting a child’s witty add on about flea bites.
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Rosie
Pearson's Weekly
Europe’s Worst Famine Hits Vast European Empire
The famine of 11 extended over one third of the empire’s area and directly affected about 30 million people with 8 million reduced to starvation. Weeds bark and bitter acorn bread formed the destitute diet, marking the most widespread and severe famine in modern European history.
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Europe
The Joy of Work Principle Quoted by Neutlus
A quotation extols work as humanitys greatest blessing noting it elevates minds and bodies, saves people from despair, and prevents death by self action. The passage credits work with unlocking resources and powers and frames it as a universal good.
Money to Win War Small Contributions From All Who Love Liberty
An exhortation urging every American wage earner to donate a quarter daily to fund the war effort. The piece likens Kaiser Wilhelm to a tyrant demanding impossible tasks and argues that mass small savings from 110 million citizens can finance guns, food, and ships to defeat him.
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America
Kaiser Wilhelm
Washington
United States
Atlantic
Kal¢Er
Going Away Off Confusion Between Williams and Chenoweth
Sloanie Williams son of Thomas A. Williams recently moved to Montgomery Alabama from Franklin. He argued with Sloanie’s companion, the son of Capt EF B Chenoweth, a former Johnson county coroner now in the medical corps at Ft Harrison bound for base hospital training. The pair quarreled over who would go farther with a playful claim about moving to Hallelujah.
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Sloanie Williams
Thomas A. Williams
Montgomery
Ala
Franklin
EF. B. Chenoweth
Johnson County
Ft. Harrison
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Sloanie
Chenoweth
B Sloanie
Young Chenoweth
Young Williams
Williams
Halleujah
Indianapolis News
Soap for Wounds in War Hospitals
A common yellow soap used for laundry has proven a remarkable wound cure in French hospitals and British medical stations. A solution from the soap is injected into soldiers’ wounds, even deep bullet holes, outperforming hydrogen peroxide as an antiseptic and speeding healing and reducing dressings and pain.
What the Girl Said A parcel complaint at the post office
A post office complaint blank prompts a young woman to answer questions about a delayed parcel from an out of town doctor. When asked for the nature of the complaint she replies stomach trouble, illustrating a humorous misfit between form and situation.
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Chicago Herald
Knickerbocker Boy Explains Phrasal Note to Dad
The note asks for a simple explanation of the phrase knows no hounds. It uses a playful image of a kangaroo with rheumatism and a boy asking his father to clarify a saying buried in a newspaper.
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Bobby
Dad
Submarines Turn to Neutral Ships as War Extends
The article notes German U boats targeting neutral vessels again. It states neutrals carry no armed protection and implies increased risk to commerce and shipping amid ongoing hostilities.
General R- Impresses Crew with Spartan Style at Front
In a dugout a new brigade commander avoids the usual staff badges. A young lieutenant inspects the general, noting a plain tunic and hidden bronze insignia while the officer maintains modesty and calm humor amid frontline life.
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Leutenant
General R
His Coded Message in Peacock Alley
The scene in a New York Fifth Avenue hotel shows a bellhop delivering a telegram to a man with two ladies. The guest claims it is coded but the clerk notes the code is his pocketbook reading C. O. D. 85, meaning eighty five cents charge.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
Peacock Alley
Cme
When to Cut Trees in Winter
The text explains cutting trees in winter for better seasoning and reduced season checking. It notes logs are cheaper to haul on sleds, winter cutting suits large industrial users like railroads and telecoms, and recommends October 1 to March 1 as optimal.
Jap Works Flim Flam Game on Board Steamer Talun Maru
A supposed police officer boarded the Moji docked steamer Talun Maru and claimed to inspect bank notes for counterfeit. He sealed 500 yen in a jar then vanished, revealing the old trick as no expert appeared and no money remained.
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Moji
Engaged Couple Weigh Ring Or Sugar Gift
A couple discusses a wedding gift dilemma with humor. He asks whether to buy a diamond ring or invest the money in sugar for the start of their married life, framing the choice as a practical engagement present.
A Good Plan Sparks Agreement in Household Autonomy
A couple discussion reveals a plan to grant a wife more freedom. The husband approves, noting she previously resisted until she believed his actions would draw objections from her. The exchange emphasizes mutual consent and cooperation in shared decisions.
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