Neutral Observer: Germany United and Ready to Fight
A London Times observer touring Germany reports Berlin as a vast machine with orderly civil life continuing, military plans for 1915 estimated at 750,000 men, and a pronounced resolve to endure. He notes German isolation from allies and a disciplined, determined populace prepared to persevere to the end.
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London Times
Cologne
Germany
Berlin
Petestant
Pears
Archaea Kce
Landwehr
Landsturm
Bev
Elopes with Doorman at Central Park West Hotel
Nineteen year old Abbel Bernheimer, daughter of Charles Bernheimer, eloped with James Murray, doorman of the house, and is now Mrs James Murray. Relatives urged separation but she refused, declaring she would never leave Jim as long as she lives. Murray rejected monetary offers and only sought time alone with his wife.
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Abbel Bernheimer
Wandering Jew Nathan Cohen Faces Sixth Brazil Trip
After a 33000 mile voyage between the United States and Brazil and repeated denials of landing, Nathan Cohen dubbed the Wandering Jew is ordered to another six weeks at sea to return to Brazil. Deported as mentally unsound, Cohen has nowhere to land as both nations bar his entry and the ship company must provide passage. The Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Society seeks a formal medical review in Washington to challenge the order.
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United States
Brazil
Nathan Cohen
Cohen
Washington
Modest Baden Peasant Wins Iron Cross Prizes
Adolph Berlin wins prizes for brevity and modesty as a Baden peasant with forces in Flanders. His wife quotes laconic letters noting alive status and playful spankings for the boy, plus a photo showing the iron cross. He explains the cross was awarded when the major ordered him to stand still and the sergeant pinned it.
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Berlin
Baden
Flanders
Adolph
Bertha
Grandmother at Twenty-Nine in Savannah Georgia
Mrs. Josephine Davis Hill of Savannah becomes a grandmother at age twenty nine. She was a mother at thirteen and a widow at sixteen. She remarried at twenty.
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Savannah
Josephine Davis Hill
Considerate Thief Trades Watches in Jersey Theft
A thief in Mill Plain New Jersey stole J F Lingley s gold watch then returned and gave him a cheap silver watch he had taken elsewhere, in a gesture described as considerate.
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Mill Plain
N. J
J. F. Lingley
Chickens Obey Whistle In Sayville Oddity
Sayville New York Mrs Nelson Sweeney has trained her chickens to run on a chosen whistle tune described as sacred. The unusual poultry obedience highlights a local household skill and curiosity.
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Sayville
N. Y
Nelson Sweeney
Aviators Use Monoplanes in Zeppelins Clash Note
Report states an aviator named Matin claims Elin was struck by Sheil and escaped by tossing ballast. Paris intrenched camp offers 5000 francs for the first pilot to down a Zeppelin. German crews dropped six bombs on Dunkirk and one on Calais with no injuries or property damage reported.
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Elin
Sheil
Matin
Paris
Bellas
Dunkirk
Calais
65 Year Old Too Frivolous Divorce Plea in Philadelphia
Mrs Emma Mc Evoy, age seventy of Philadelphia seeks a divorce from her sixty five year old husband claiming he is too frivolous. The petition outlines the marital breakdown and requests relief through the court.
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Philadelphia
Emma McEvoy
German Camp vs British Prison Camp Seen by Exile
Frankfort-A German, recently released from Newbury, reports Ruhleben camp superior in space exercise sanitation and food. He notes English conditions had drenched clay, pools and apathy, while Ruhleben provided better rooms, heating and covered walks. He contrasts private money influence in English camps with equal treatment in German camps.
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Frankfort
Newbury
Rubleben
Berlin
Ruhleben
Asquith
Mrs. Asquith
Mr. Asquith
Isle of Man
Laughing Dreamer Regains Speech After Accident
In Trenton New Jersey Charles Kateza who had been left mute by an accident last year laughed in his sleep at a funny tale and woke to find he could speak again marking a remarkable regression in his condition and a hopeful turnaround for his recovery.
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Trenton
N. J
Charles Kateza
Students in Vienna universities show military service enrollment
A Prager Tagblatt report notes that 8,271 of 19,335 university entrants last semester joined military service while 2,474 of 5,076 Austro Hungarian technical school students were in the army, reflecting widespread conscription among higher education entrants.
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Vienna
Prager Tagblatt
Tryan Old Man as Office Boy Brings Quiet Efficiency
A Broadway business man recounts hiring an older man as his office boy after a physician advised the idea. The worker proved reliable, punctual, and inexpensive at seven dollars a week, with ten years of potential service ahead. He praises several friends who adopted the change and are pleased.
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Broadway
Regimental Foundling Named After Unit in Caucasus Drive
A two year old Turkish girl found abandoned during a Russian advance into the Turkish Caucasus was cleaned fed and christened Alexandra Donskaia in the Greek church at Bardus with the regiment commander as godfather and Princess Gelovanna as godmother. Officers and men pledged monthly support for her upbringing and education.
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Turkish Caucasus
Bardus
Gelovanna
Red Cross
Duma
Alexandra Donskaia
Twilight Sleep for Bridget the Monkeys Royal Operation
Huntington police prepare to give Bridget a twilight sleep birth operation for a royal Marmoset monkey kept as a pet for a year. Bridget and consort Joel arrived from a carnival last year, replacing the station house cat and reportedly reducing local intoxication.
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Bridget
Huntington
W. Va
Joel
Burglar Forced to Call Police After Shooting
Elias Treadwell, a repeat offender, robbed the Glenbrook station of the New Haven road in Connecticut. He was shot in the shoulder by station agent Robert A. Gourley, who then had him call the police from Stamford hospital.
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Glenbrook
Conn
New Haven Road
Elias Treadwell
Treadwell
Stamford
Robert A. Gourley
Mr. Gourley
American Lumber for the Japanese report summary
The bureau of foreign and domestic commerce issued a study titled American Lumber for the Japanese prepared by Commercial Agent Franklin H. Smith. It examines the Far East market as of now with Japan trading American softwoods like Douglas fir for Japanese hardwoods such as oak and notes that copies cost five cents from the Government Printing Office.
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Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Franklin H. Smith
Far East
Australasia
Japan
Government Printing Office
Washington
Special Agents
Bill to ban eating or drinking contests in NY Legislature
A bill moving through New York's legislature makes it a misdemeanor to conduct or participate in any eating or drinking contest. The proposal aims to bar lobster or boiled egg challenges at meals while not hindering guests at boarding houses from getting their share.
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New York
The Correct Classification Exchange
A brief dialogue features Uncle Mose claiming nonmisanthropy and a reply affirming his Baptist faith. The exchange hints at race and religion themes in a historical social setting.
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Mose
Allen Neb Woman Escapes The Knife
Mrs L H Jeffrey of Allen Nebraska suffered long from stomach derangements. Her husband tried Mayr's Wonderful Remedy after contacting a user and a Sioux City druggist. He reports gall stones passed and lasting relief with safe, guaranteed results.
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L. H. Jeffrey
Allen, Neb
Jeffrey
Mayr
George H. Mayr
J. F. Myers
Book Street
Sioux City
Adv
Benzine From Coal Reported by Swedish Engineer
Stockholm engineer M. Vidstrand has perfected an electric process to extract benzine from coal. Details are not yet public, but the method is claimed to cut production costs and produce fuel suitable for automobiles and motors. Patents are sought in 18 countries, with aims for industrial use where electricity is inexpensive from hydropower.
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Sweden
Stockholm
M. Vidstrand
The Prune Club Joke Ends in a Punch Line
The Albany Journal notes a breakfast banter about a bass drummer and a pun on beats and the stomach. A thin boarder, a giddy blonde typewriter, and other diners exchange quips about why the bass drum troubles the musician.
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Prune Club
I Love You Sneeze on a Moonlit October Evening
A man stands beneath an October moon and gathers courage to confess his love to a woman. He whispers I love you, expecting romance, but she misunderstands the moment as weather swearing and only sneezes as the scene ends.
Allen's Foot Ease Endorsed for Exposition Comfort
A vintage advertisement urges visitors to stock Allen's Foot-Ease powder for instant foot relief during long Exposition trips. It touts its antiseptic powder for shaking into shoes or using in a foot bath and claims 25 years of proven effectiveness with a customer endorsement for pleasant stays at the Expositions.
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Allen
Ady
In His Vocabulary. She writing a letter
A brief note explores word choice in a letter as a speaker seeks a synonym for artistic. The query contrasts expensive as a possible descriptor to capture tone and mood in writing.
Good for Hurling and a Glimpse of Nevada Lore
A quirky exchange notes the belligerents running short of ammunition and suggests loading weapons with local names. A stray thought extols a Nevada witch tree that glows so bright a passerby can read ordinary print at night, and a remark about Patrice dismisses a hammock in that setting.
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Patience
Nevada
Patrice
Harness Industry Noted for Wave-Power Patents
A dialogue references a harness-maker friend and notes the paper reports over four hundred U S patents issued for devices to harness wave power at sea.
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Jill
United States
Egg Dance at Seventy Eight by Professor Pankopf
Albert Pankopf aged seventy eight danced blindfolded among eighteen eggs laid in two rooms at a foot apart during the Schlacht fest of the Saxonia and General German Beneficent association. He collapsed from a weak heart as the music ended but recovered and bowed to the cheering crowd.
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Albert Pankopf
Professor Pankopf
The
Saxonia and
General German Benevolent Association
St. Paul
Phonograph Aboard Planes Aids Observation In Flight
In flight the observer on military aircraft can record notes by speaking into a phonograph via a speaking tube. This allows hands free operation for field glasses and sketches while observations of troops, guns, trains, and terrain are preserved.
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Scientific American
Polite German Officer Baffles Belgian with Smoke Lie
An anecdote from Brussels during German occupation shows a Prussian officer asking a Belgian for a light. The Belgian quietly offers his cigarette, but reveals he does not smoke, leaving the officer abashed with a cigarette in his mouth and another between his fingers.
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France
Brussels
Belgiz
Neighbor Avoids European Fight at Home
A brisk quip notes a neighbor cannot settle wars abroad while ignoring conflicts at home, contrasting overseas intervention with domestic disputes and poking fun at hypocrisy.
Wives Take Blame as Chief Cause in Divorce Query
A humorous dialogue frames the divorce question with the wife blaming wives as the main cause. The husband counters with a stock retort asserting wives as the primary factor in marital breakdown.
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England
New Yorker
Dean
Nebraska
Evans
Third St
Third Corso
Nebraska City
Neb
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
Albany Journal
Bill
Chicago
Illinois
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TBAK
Omaha
Nebras
Europe
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