Sweden Denmark Norway face British blockade strain
The article notes growing Swedish resentment toward Britain's blockade policy and urges the United States to press for stricter enforcement. It highlights Sweden Norway and Denmark as neutral nations constrained by rationing and sea-power seizures, with Sweden relying on German coal imports and ferried iron ore trade amid wartime pressures. Two hundred peace meetings in Denmark and 3800 in Sweden marked the second anniversary of the war.
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Scandinavia
Germany
Great Britain
Europe
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Einglish
United States
England
America
Baltic
Denmark paid secret indemnity to Germany over Baltic neutrality
International News Service reports Denmark was compelled to pay about 22 million dollars for neutrality violations when a German U boat disguised as an English ship passed through Danish waters to Kiel. The incident followed Baltic submarine warfare and a hidden payoff, with the Katholm later sunk in the Mediterranean.
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International News Service
Denmark
Germany
Baltic Sea
North Sea
Baltic
England
Kiel
Copenhagen
Berlin
Sweden fights to save survivors after Skagerrack battle
Reports from Sweden detail bodies washing ashore from the Skagerrack clash and call for renewed Nordic rescue efforts. Swedish actions include declaring Temis not a prize, freeing the German prize crew, and permitting deer exports to Germany. Also noted are torpedo attacks on Hudiskvall and Commerce, a protest to Berlin, and Stockholm tax figures rising by 1.5 million dollars.
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Skagerrack
North Sea
Slite
Gotland
Norway Considers Prohibition on Public Transport Workers
A bill in Norway proposes banning intoxicants for public transport staff and military personnel during work hours and six hours before service. Offenders face fines, possible imprisonment, and dismissal. The king may grant dispensations to warship crews visiting ports. The measure echoes a broader push toward nationwide prohibition.
When Would He Pray A Child Asks Train Caller Question
Louise, five, at Union Station Columbus, hears an outgoing train announced and asks her mother, “Mother, when will that man pray again?” The line hints at the reverent tone of a young child influenced by a train announcer.
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Louise
Union Station
Columbus
Perish the Thought Dinner Question Sparks Innocent Misread
A family dinner tale unfolds as a young girl is offered cream with coffee. She responds that she would drink naked coffee, prompting laughter and a reminder of childhood literal thinking. Her innocent misinterpretation reveals a humorous moment in everyday life.
Power of the Humorist and the Cervantes Monument
The piece argues humorists shaped social reform from Cervantes to Shaw. It links laughter to sanity, ridicules chivalry remnants, and credits satire with advancing democracy and resisting pretentiousness across eras and cultures. It ends urging recognition of humor as social reform.
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Madrid
Don Quixote
Cervantes
New York Tribune
Bergson
Mark Twain
Jonathan Swift
la Rochefoucauld
Chaucer
Aristophanes
Lucian
Drasmus
Europe
Butler
Voltaire
France
Carlyle
Instinct of Birds and Nightshade Poison in Nestlings
A Liverpool Post note recounts a man who found young black birds in a nest and kept them in a cage. The parent birds fed the young with worms but later brought deadly nightshade berries, causing several deaths and prompting the conclusion that birds destroy their young when imprisoned.
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Liverpool
Egyptian Irrigation Plan Could Double Nile Cotton Yield
The Egyptian ministry of public works reports optimistic prospects for cotton yields in the Nile Delta through a dam based irrigation system linked to the White and Blue Nile. Water storage has expanded, adding nearly a million acres to taxable land over 30 years, with about 2.5 million more acres potentially arable. Construction continues on irrigation works, including a 150000 acre plot.
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Ministry of Public Works
Gezia
Sudan
Nile
White Nile
Blue Nile
Egypt
Knitwork in a Kentucky schoolyard tale
A teacher praises Mrs Crum as industrious as Kentucky children discuss yarn and knitting. The scene at the school dinner table reveals a culture of wool work with a boy recounting his grandmother’s legendary knitting habit and its nightly sock output.
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Crum
Kentucky
Harper’s Magazine
New Life Preserver Aims To Aid Breathing In Rough Water
A new life preserver adds a light metal air chamber to a cork jacket. A spout rises above the water and a tube connects to a face mask, allowing breathing even when waves sweep over the head. The device keeps air supply unimpaired as the wearer remains buoyant.
Sweater Coats Come In Many Fabrics For Summer Wear
The article outlines sweater coats in a range of fabrics from knit wool to silk and georgette crepe, highlighting white and colored cottons, corduroy, and ratine. It notes the rise of sports style as a lasting trend for women, with details on white fiber silk coats, striped designs, belts, cuffs, pockets, and georgette crepe summer coats with serge yokes.
Fur Trimmed Wraps For Summer Elegance In Lace And Fur
Midsummer wraps of lace trimmed with fur offer elegance over warmth. Descriptions include black imita tion chantilly with skunk fur edging and bell sleeves, a featherbone hoop underfoot, and a fur collar worn open or closed. A white lace model uses beaver fur trimming.
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Chantilly
Two New Voile Blouses Display Delicate Embroidery
In white voile two new blouses showcase embroidered organdie and lace trims. The left blouse features side front organdie panels with simple gallace borders and hemstitched cuffs, while the right repeats the lines with narrower lace borders and Venetian lace details.
Breeding Tips Emphasize Strong Hens and Avoid Inbreeding
The guide urges using strong vigorous hens and minimizing sickly birds to increase fertile eggs. If confined, provide green food or meat meal and exercise by scratching clean litter. Use strong cocks and avoid inbreeding with one cock per ten hens in meat and egg breeds and one per fifteen for lighter egg breeds.
Make Profit with Turkeys on Free Range Farms
The article argues turkey farming is highly profitable for those with suitable land. It notes abundant range, grasshoppers, seeds, waste grain, and nuts lower costs, while grain and stock farms suit turkey raising. Limited confinement trials exist and often failed. success hinges on ample range.
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Turkey
One Hip Shape Dominates New Paris Dress Style
A Paris dressmaker notes persistent hip emphasis in fashion despite shifts away from hoops and farthingales. Premet still favors one hip at least, with new salon dresses designed to cling to the line and reveal a single prominent silhouette.
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Paris
Premet
Neat Needlework Tips For Craft Bags And Embroidery
Practical guidance on organizing craft supplies with mosquito netting in bags and using old fountain pen cases for crochet needles. It describes making centerpiece foundations from waxed paper tubes, adding muslin for edge stability, and using embroidery hoops to improve patching and darning quality.
Caponize Birds for Market Instructions
An agricultural note from M BE Dickson at Wisconsin Experiment Station explains caponizing as a winter market practice. It advises using Rhode Island Reds Plymouth Rocks or Brahmas, cutting away from the backbone, starving birds 24 hours before, dressing capons with a stylish feathered neck and tail accents, and dry-picking for best results.
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M. BE
Dickson
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Rhode Island Reds
Plymouth Rocks
Brahmas
The Figure and the Bouffant: A Droll Effect
A concise note contrasts two looks: the figure presented and a bouffant hairstyle. The playful remark highlights the humorous or curious contrast between the two styles and the overall droll effect observed.
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Bouffant
Inventing a Dry Hair Swimming Cap
A writer suggests solutions to keep hair dry while swimming. The best option described is a folded strip of chamois tied around the head near the hairline, then covered by a snug cap to minimize water reaching the hair. It notes a fortuna awaits the inventor of a truly effective dry hair swimming cap.
One Male in Flock Advised in Test Context
The text argues against keeping multiple males in a flock and suggests that if more than one is necessary, one should be free while the others are confined for the test.
Separate Feeding for Young Fowls Emphasized
The guidance states all young fowls including chicks poults ducklings and goslings must not eat the old stock food. They should have a separate feeding area and, for the most part, receive different feed.
Keeping Summer Chicks Hatched for Safe Rearing
Summer chicks require cold quarters and shade to ensure successful rearing. Proper cooling and shelter protect chicks from heat and stress, supporting healthy growth and development in warm weather.
Brahmas Confined by Three to Four Foot Force
Heavy poultry breeds like Brahmas may be restrained within a three to four foot force. The note outlines limits on confinement for large poultry. It references exercise and housing guidance for heavy birds under local poultry regulations.
Director Called to Telephone to Listen to Wagner Imitation
Ernest Hussar, director of the Hungarian Orchestra at the McAlpin roof garden, was called from his platform to a phone. A voice claimed a wager on an aria from Faust, debating phrases like tra la and pom pom. Hussar listened, identified the tune, and the caller claimed the $100 prize.
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Wagner
Ernest Hussar
McAlpin Roof Garden
Faust
New York Tribune
Child Whipping Threat Prompted by Neighbor Cat Comment
Mrs Saft confronts her son Tommy after overhearing a neighbor say she lacks authority. She orders him to open the windows before punishing him to let the cat hear the whipping. The scene portrays a stern disciplinary moment in a domestic dispute across the fence.
A Short Farewell Dialog from Old Play
A brief exchange features Ingomar fearing marriage, a cruel farewell, and a counter invitation to return tomorrow night, capturing a stage romance scene with dramatic reproach and hopeful closure.
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Ingomar
Like Many Exchange Plans For Summer Cottage Site
A brief dialogue shows one person asking if a summer cottage site exists and the other replying that it exists only in imagination. The exchange hints at future development plans but remains noncommittal.
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Soederhammo
Stockholm
Olaf Nordhagen
Trondhjem
Nordhagen
Macody Lund
Lund
Fredrikshald
Karl XI
Power OF the Humorist
New Life Preserver
By Julia Bottomley
Orpington
White Holland
Free Skinner Mfg.co
Omaha
USA
Gest Macarow Factory
Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska
Lincoln Phrolo Supply CO
Mustmap Kodak Co
O St
Liscols
Nebrasks
Lincoln
Culbertson & Walte
Saskatchewan
Canada
Frank Crawford
Omaba
Defiance Starch
Defiance Starch CO
I. C. Miller, Normal
NEB
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