Sweden and Norway seek to counter Russia in European war
Sweden pledges to support Germany if Russia presses war and may deploy 1,000,000 troops to deter Russia. Norway leans pro Britain for trade and fleet reasons but military ties are mixed. Denmark backs the Allies. Sweden finances and rail contracts, fuel supplies, and public works show wartime strain and policy actions.
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C. F. Stewart
The
United Press
Sweden
Germany
Scandinavian Peninsula
Norway
Finland
Petrograd
Riga
Great Britain
England
Britain
Russia
Denmark
Danish Peace Delegation and Queen Alexandra In London Canter
The Danish delegation at The Hague peace conference includes Sven Lange Olaf Ferchhamer and Commodore Blume. Queen Alexandra the aunt of King Christian X serves coffee at London stations with soldiers, inspiring a Kent farmer to donate steadily raising his total to 1000 dollars.
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Queen Alexandra
Christian X
Denmark
George V
England
London
London Bridge
Kent
Norway reorganizes trade drive with United States expansion
Norway outlines a broad commercial campaign to strengthen U S ties. Fr Herman Gade, Norwegian commissioner, announces three regional divisions with Chicago as middle western HQ and a remodeled consular system plus a new chamber of commerce to recruit American and Norwegian firms.
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Norway
United States
Herman Gade
Chicago
Atlantic
Gulf Coast States
Middle Western States
Pacific Coast States
Middle Western
Chamber of Commerce
Gade
Ice Patrol Warns Ships After Titanic Sinking Lessons
The article outlines the rise of ice patrols in the North Atlantic as a key protection for transatlantic shipping after the Titanic disaster. It notes coast guard duties, international funding shares, and the timing of ice hazards from January to June with two cutters based at Halifax and nightly wireless warnings to vessels.
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Washington
Pan
Grand Banks
New Foundland
North Atlantic
Atlantic
United States Coast Guard
United States
International Maritime Conference
London
France
Germany
Great Britain
Austria-Hungary
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Russia
Sweden
Coast Guard
Labrador
Halifax
N. S
Cape Race
Boston
New York
Sprig of Mistletoe Used At Ohio Marriage Bureau
In Elyria Ohio a large sprig of mistletoe hangs over the license desk at the probate court. Judge Clyde Wilcox orders all couples seeking marriage licenses to perform an escalation under the mistletoe.
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Ohio
Elyria
Clyde Wilcox
Real Dogs of War Tracks Husky Expedition to France
Eskimo racing champion Scotty Allan arrived in Montreal from France en route to California with 440 Alaskan and Labrador malamutes. He sent 400 to the French firing line and kept the rest, noting the Alaska dog races would continue. Allan, a Nome hardware dealer, described meals, transport, and guards for the dogs, and recalled his 1909 winnings of about $10,000 plus two silver cups.
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Paris
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Young clerks protest witness role in forced kissing case
Several young women clerks employed in the office are remonstrating against being witnesses to the forced kissing incident.
Peruvian Singer Files Divorce Over Husband Refusing to Leave Home
Mary Elliott Haness of Peru Indiana sues for divorce from Charles G. Haness alleging he refuses to leave their home in Peru. She offers to support him in New York City, but he will not go.
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Peru
Ind
Mary Elliott Haness
Charles G. Haness
Haness
New York City
Man Names Third Set of Teeth Emerging
In New Castle Pennsylvania William Walker aged thirty reports rapid dental growth as a third set comes in behind his second set which remain sound. The new teeth are appearing on both upper and lower jaws.
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New Castle
William Walker
He Takes Too Many Baths
New Rochelle relatives of Ernest A. Wolf watch over him for sanity as he bathes morning noon and night in a local case of suspected mental disturbance.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Ernest A. Wolf
Beth
Betty and Katherine Face Habit Shaping Betw teen Years
Betty in a candid room with Katherine Arnold discusses how Jack's gentle nudge toward punctuality is shaping Betty. Katherine reveals the trick is to have Betty ready thirty minutes early to avoid lateness, prompting Betty to confront her dependence and grow more disciplined.
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Betty
Katherine Arnold
Katherine
Jack
Hamilton
Kathie
Dead on the Field of Honor Crosses Unearthed
In a field near the Aisne a British field of honor episode is recalled from 1914. Territorial soldiers found two grass covered mounds with wooden crosses labeled Tin and Rubbish. They laid bouquets and inscribed Dead on the Field of Honor. An officer later broke the sod and found empty cans and worn clothing inside the mounds.
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Department of the Aisne
G ‘Ly
le Cri de
Paris
Nature's Horde of Solid Silver in Ontario Mines
In the Cobalt district of Ontario Canada mining advances yield rich silver ores. Temiskaming mine reports a rock sample weighing six hundred pounds valued at about ten thousand ounces of silver per ton, roughly one third silver, with no gold present in the ore.
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Cobalt
Ontario
Canada
Temiskaming
Popular Science Monthly
Youthful Diplomat Dialogues in Quick Witty Exchange
A brisk exchange lampoons a young diplomat and his office boy. The diplomat notes the boy was a wormiler and efficient in tasks, while admitting mishaps with stamps. The punchline praises the boy's skill in explaining things to the diplomat’s wife over the telephone.
California Syrup of Figs advertises child laxative use
The ad claims California Syrup of Figs safely cleanses the stomach liver and bowels, relieving feverish illness in children. It urges mothers to buy a 50-cent bottle with directions for all ages and grown-ups, and notes widespread use and harmlessness.
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California
Ady
Piles Cured in Days with PAZO Ointment Promise
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching burning and bleeding piles. First application gives relief and second day shows improvement. Protruding piles respond to treatment.
Women Mail Carriers Rise in Saxony Amid War
With two thirds of Saxon postal workers drafted, the mail service faced crippling shortages. Authorities suspended civil service laws and, following Prussia, employed women as postmen in Leipzig and Dresden, many widows or daughters of fallen workers. Three women drive large auto mail trucks.
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Saxony
Prussia
Leipzig
Dresden
Salvage of Gunboat in Progreso Harbor
Sea rescuers describe dangerous salvage of a gunboat sunk in Progreso Yucatan harbor. Sailors faced constant peril from voracious fishes attacking divers and gear as they worked to raise the vessel under tropical conditions.
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Progreso
Yucatan
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