Northern World News from Old Country Eyed by Scandinavians
Notes on Norwegian fund plans for memorial gift to be managed as a permanent endowment. Norwegians back a 65 year power project at Vaude Falls with American capital and a German sugar trade outlook, Icelandic prohibition, and Danish stockyard disease responses. Also reports on Nobel Peace Prize deliberations, Nordic leaders, and notable Nordic figures and events across 1914 news.
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Norway
Hich
Storting
Mindegave
Bown
Faude Falls
Electric Furnace Products Company, Limited
Union Carbide Company of
Bunnar
B. ‘Bjornsén
Minnesota
Iceland
The
Mascot
John Barleycorn
Denmark
Good Templars
Acquiring an Education Quote by Amos R Wells
A concise admonition stresses that education requires deliberate effort and selection. It asserts readers must choose books, friends, and pleasures wisely and reject trashy literature to think clearly.
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Amos R. Wells
Nellie Bly Sees War's Horrors On Eastern Front Train
International News Service dispatch from the Prince of Croy hospital train moving from Przemysl toward Budapest notes grim scenes. Soldiers march toward battle with wounds and disease while trains carry ammo and supplies. Bly observes clocks, rails, and the resilient relief efforts of Knights of the Maltese Cross and Prince Croy. The piece details deaths, remarkable recoveries, and stark war scenes witnessed en route.
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International News Service
Prince of Croy
Przemysl
Budapest
A Soldier Notes War Time Flight and a Chicken Fair
A traveler reflects on war skies and distant planes as wild geese drift above. He recounts aiding a poor village woman whose four chickens are unjustly taken, a confrontation over payment, and a grave moment of protest amid a grim journey with no light and limited rest.
Elderly man with advice on health and pastries
Ninety six year old Isaac Baer from Ponce de Leon extols a simple routine for longevity. He urges marriage regular life daily walks and avoiding pastries while stressing calm living and careful lifestyle choices. He warns pastries are a danger to health and longevity and counsel centers on self discipline and simplicity.
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St. Louis
Isaac Baer
Ponce de Leon
Pitchfork relic draws crowds at Kansas farmer’s home
A two time pitchfork heirloom made in Dover Delaware by James Burrows, grandfather of a Belle Plaine farmer, is owned by W R Burrows. It is a curiosity visited by many and offered for exhibition by request to Wichita institutions.
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Norway
Germany
Fremmet
Gunnar Knudson
Stockholm
Dagblad
Sweden
Edward Grey
Great Britain
Wichita
Rani
George
Washington
Kansas
W. R. Burrows
Beflé? Plairie
Dover
Belle Plaine
Burrows
Nebraska
Dancing Mad in White Plains Separation Suit
Mrs. Eugene Cummings voices distress in a separation suit in White Plains, declaring she would rather face danger than stay with her husband. The fragment suggests a contested divorce proceeding with emotional testimony.
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White Plains
Eugene Cummings
Cummings
Bells Survive Rats With Bellled Rats at Essex Penitentiary
Warden George Watts traps rats at the Essex County Penitentiary using small bells tied to their necks, claiming the bells are better than poison though the continued ringing disturbs him at night.
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Caldwell
N. J
Essex County Penitentiary
George Watts
Watts
Road Conservation Aims to Protect Dirt Highways
A Missouri writer argues dirt roads suffer from heavy hauling and neglect. He urges legal penalties for road abuse and enforcement to prevent culverts, ruts, and erosion while promoting community road conservation this year.
Bridges Should Be Painted to Prevent Bridge Corrosion
A report notes Illinois highway bridges often go unpainted after completion, leading to serious corrosion of steel and iron. Salt used to clear snow worsens deterioration, cited as partly responsible for a 15 year old truss bridge’s bad condition.
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Ilinois
Scales Truthful At Milking Time Opinion Piece
An opinion note argues scales are more accurate than guesswork in milking times. It suggests many men are busy and rely on scales to measure yields, claiming scales can outguess human estimates and make the task easier.
Unclear fragmentary report on training and confinement
Fragmentary OCR text notes a person named Ain with a pen and phrases about breaking out and a bad habit. Mentions training and being confined before an event, but context and details are missing.
Information Desk Echoes at Union Station
A large woman asks the information desk in the new Union station about train arrivals and local facts. The clerk replies with a steady, peculiar tempo delivering the times and prices in a single, unflustered air.
Sage Tea and Sulphur for Darker Hair Ad
A vintage ad touts Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as an easy at home solution to gray hair. It claims natural darkening with no visible telltales after regular applications, also promising relief from dandruff and itching.
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Grandma
Wyeth
Vocally Overwhelmed in Farmers Quip on Conscience
The speaker jokes about a man having no conscience and notes that even if one exists its voice is drowned out by his loud talk. Farmer Corntessel remarks a still small voice might be useless to him due to his constant chatter.
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Fridtjof Nansen
Stockholm
Goteborg
Doctor Nansen
Galicia
Sanok
Hungary
Lebar
Mfey
H. S. Sullivan
Missouri
Farmer Corntessel
Springtime Spark in City Romance
A witty exchange reveals a spring flirtation as Miss Hitts responds to Mr. Biggs with a playful line about people craving Sarsaparilla in the season. The banter hints at budding feelings amid light humor.
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Mr. Biggs
Devoulor
Miss Hitts
Witty exchange over lights and house rules
A humorous exchange features a first father asking about turning out the lights for his daughter’s late stay while the second father quips that he turns out the young man. The brief joke centers on generational humor and parental boundaries.
Croaker Keeps on Saying It as It Speaks
The croaker generally has little to say but remains willing to keep on speaking, a quirk highlighted in the Indianapolis Star noting its persistent vocal habit.
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Indianapolis Star
Wise wife keeps silence on hat fate and accepts it
A succinct reflection on acceptance and restraint where a wife endures a disliked hat without complaint or discussion, embodying quiet dignity and nonconfrontation as a moral stance.
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Northland
North
Martin W.odland
Christiania
Nobel Committee
Garding
Paor Thorson, Jr
Horson
Hast Filia
Say
Nual
Copenhagen
Jansen
Toul
Alan Jonason
Oscar
Nomar
S. A. Fries
Vega
Rotterdam
Swinemunde
Kall
Jamtlard
Solvsved
Kalliike
Antwerp
Nellie Bly
Knights of the Maltese Cross
Prince Croy
New York
John
Europe
Pitchfork
AS “Nation
Delaware
Medte
Abush
Georgia
Hostetter
New
Union Station
Missouri I
Usic
Falls City
Santa Fe
Newton
Sananas
Information Desk
Missouria ~Ific
Kansas City Star
Samuel Bixler Gordon
Saya
Relle
Acs Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Parker
Herve
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