Scandinavian War News and Trade Developments
The report notes Danish ships destroyed by submarines and mines, deaths, and torpedoed vessels since wartime submarine activity began. It also covers mail losses, parcel mail passes, the Scandinavian American line’s profit, a Danish steamer captured, and evolving monetary tensions between Denmark and Germany. Additional items include new iron and steel works, a 45 pound cod caught in South Jutland, and a Danish donation toward rebuilding Grasvik church.
Norway Debates Pure Norwegian and Socialists Align
In the storthing a proposal to fund a chair of pure Norwegian for theology students passed 64 to 44 amid Socialist and Conservative party realignments. Bishop Hognestad may reside at Voss, signaling government support for language reform and farmer empowerment. Bergen’s 90,000 residents face postfire commerce strains as express delivery and gas works lag. Emigration fell to 4,600 in 1915, the lowest since 1897, reflecting prosperity shifts. All Berger cows on the Jarlsberg estate were culled for tuberculosis, with owner seeking public funds.
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Storthing
Hognestad
Voss
Bergen
Norway
Berger Estate
Jarlsberg
Sweden’s Pension System and War Trade Bill Summary
The article outlines Sweden’s old age pension districts of about 2,800 with 5.25 million people, detailing compulsory insurance rules, exemptions, and contributions. It notes voluntary insurance options, exchequer subsidies, and pension calculations. It also covers a cabinet crisis averted over a war trade bill, provisions to control declarations to foreign powers, and political party standings with conservatives, liberals, and socialists.
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Sweden
Army
Navy
Crown
Stockholm
Hammarskjold
Lost Opportunity Behind Skinner’s Missed Chances
A debate over Skinner’s performance notes he failed to capitalize on chances, suggesting he should have converted at least twice as many opportunities. The exchange mocks the missed scoring and reflects on a disappointing display.
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Skinmer
The Metamorphosis satire quote from London Opinion
The London Opinion riffs on change in marriage with a quip about value by comparing pre marriage perception to a treasure and post marriage view to a treasury, highlighting shifting spousal judgments in a humorous line.
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Treasury
London
Value of farm lands rises across United States
The census places average bare land value at 45.55 per acre, up from 40.85 last year and 36.23 four years ago. Increases span most regions, with notable gains in South Atlantic and Far Western states, driven by wartime price hopes and cotton recovery, while orchard and some Northwest irrigated lands show exceptions.
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Washington
United States
Northwest
North Atlantic States
North Central States
South Atlantic States
South Central States
Far Western
Far Western States
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Boy 13 Becomes Centralia Church Organist In Kansas
Edward Everett, aged thirteen, is hailed as possibly the state’s youngest church organist in Centralia. In knee pants he rises to the organ bench and leads a grown-up choir, playing voluntaries and anthems with high-class music, astonishing strangers after services.
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Centralia
Kan
Edward Everett
Edward
Masher Chased by Gasoline Poured on
Miss Olive Birn of Hillsdale New York poured gasoline on a man who kissed her while she filled her car. She drove him off with the burning liquid and fled.
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Hillsdale
N. Y
Olive Birnsell
Finds Self After Big Trip In New Orleans Tale
Earl H. Devlin, 28, claims memory loss and wandering for two weeks after a long trip ending in New Orleans. He says he is the son of a Detroit automobile manufacturer.
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Detroit
Strange Wanderer
New Orleans
Earl H. Devlin
Is Sorry She Ran Away Returns Home in Port Jervis
Alma Fuller Myers, the East Orange teenager whose disappearance sparked a major search, has returned home after a week in Port Jervis New York. Her father Mr Myers met her at Anna Wickham's room and she cried realizing the distress she caused, saying she would have liked to come home sooner.
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East Orange
N. J
Alma Fuller Myers
Dorothy Arnold
Port Jervis
N. Y
Myers
Anna Wickham
Miss Myers
Alma
Mr. Myers
Oxford to Have New Course
Oxford university will introduce a course in research chemistry to aid England’s chemical industry. Students must pass an examination based on a year of experimental investigations. The faculty say the change meets rising demand for research chemists in England.
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Oxford
Eng
Oxford University
England
Pet Mouse Saves Nine in Minneapolis Fire
A white pet mouse awakened a mother in Minneapolis when Thomas Dromecks home caught fire. The tiny hero ran across the baby's face and cried, waking the mother and saving nine lives.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Thomas Dromecks
Man recalls amnesia after Detroit train trip
He described an inexplicable urge to travel two weeks earlier and said he boarded a train in Detroit. His memory was blank until he regained it here, and newspaper reports of his disappearance helped restore his recall.
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Detroit
Glee Club in Sing Sing Prison Formed
Ossining New York inmates at Sing Sing Prison form a 50 voice glee club creating harmony within the facility as part of inmate activities and morale efforts.
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Glee Club
Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing Prison
50 Voices
Portable forest service phone speeds contact on 20000 miles of lines
R B Adams of Missoula Montana invents a 2.5 pound aluminum portable telephone for patrolmen on national forests. The device uses emergency wire to tap live lines and a howler to indicate called parties. It speeds fire reports and field instructions, supplementing fixed ranger and lookout phones.
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Washington
R. B. Adams
Missoula
Mont
Forest Service
Ranger
Farmer Finds Bag of Gold Near Sheyboygan
Richard Lutze a Centerville farmer found a large bag of gold on the road to Pigeon Hill one mile south of Sheyboygan. He took the bag to a local bank unopened. Upon opening it they found several hundred dollars in gold. The find is believed to be loot from a farmer or a thief's loss.
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Sheyboygan
Wis
Richard Lutze
Centerville
Pigeon Hill
Hammond Inventor Son Files Numerous Wireless Patents
Mr John Hays Hammond and his son John Hays Jr appear in a photograph in the elder Hammond’s office. The 28 year old inventor has applied for more than a hundred patents in the United States and foreign countries including a wireless torpedo controllable from coastal fortifications.
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John Hays Hammond
Hammond
John Hays, Jr
War Department
United States
Mr. Hammond, Sr
Auto struck by train injures three near Sharon
In Sharon Pennsylvania Percy Lukie and two companions were badly hurt when their automobile was struck by a train. The car remained on the cow catcher as the train continued a block with them.
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Sharon
Percy_Lukie
Atrain
Objects to Diet Trial Sparks Domestic Assault Claim
Newark New Jersey Mrs Ernest S Smith accuses her husband of attempting to force her to eat an electric bulb during their separation. She says he struck her and hurled unprintable insults as the dispute escalated.
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Newark
N. J
Occult Aids for Salemen in Modern Business Push
A New York Evening Post critique notes a surge of inspirational sales literature that blends booster talk with mystic ideas. It mocks a trend where salesmen are urged to cultivate inner powers, linking hustle to occult belief and self transforming mysticism.
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New York Evening Post
Philadelphia
Golf for the Insane
The article discusses golf as a therapeutic activity for insane patients at the Elgin state hospital. Dr. Gahagan reports patients previously prone to violence have become quieter due to fresh air and diversion on the golf links. Eddie Maxwell is highlighted as a patient who became more docile after access to the links, despite prior violent conduct.
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Paragraphers
Gahagan
State Hospital For the Insane
Elgin
Zeller
State Board of Administration
Eddie Maxwell
Eddie
Private Dinner At Biltmore Honors Wallick Guests
The New York World reports a private dinner in the Biltmore presidential suite honoring Louis Wallick hosted by John McE Bowman and other hotel men. Twenty five guests from various cities attended a $150 per plate event with limited disclosure of attendees. A silver punch bowl inscribed with Wallick’s name was presented at the end.
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Biltmore
Louis C. Waliick
John McE. Bowman
Bowman
Savoy
London
Wallick
New York World
When the Dean Remonstrated
Two British soldiers wandering near an unfamiliar trench found signs labeling it with occupant names. They approached a trench marked The Deanery and a chaplain popped up. He corrected the rude remark by identifying himself as the dean and asking for moderation.
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Manchester Guardian
Ello
Women Admitted as Members of Royal Astronomical Society
For the first time in its history the British Royal Astronomical Society admits women to membership marking a historic shift in the field’s professional access.
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British Royal Astronomical Society
Ehrenfels Tower Historical Rhine Landmark
The Ehrenfels tower near Bingen, reportedly Germanys first cannon mounting site, built in 1210 by Philip von Bolander Rheingau governor, has been a dismantled ruin since 1689 opposing Bishop Hatto s mouse tower and remaining a romantic Rhine feature.
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Germany
Ehrenfels
Philip von Bolander
Rheingau
Rhine
Bingen
Hatto
Avoiding Competition in Farm Markets
The article notes that competition keeps farm product prices low and suggests a strategy: dodge the crowd and avoid following others to maintain higher earnings. The emphasis is on unconventional pricing and market behavior to resist price pressure.
Woman credits Vegetable Compound for avoiding surgery
Mrs Blanche Jefferson of Des Moines Iowa recounts a near fatal illness four years ago and credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with restoring health and strength. Her husband opposed surgery and she urges others to try the remedy before surgical operation. She invites confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
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Des Moines
Jaws
Lydia E. Pinkham
Blanche Jefferson
Lyon St
Iowa
Business phone use turns to assault in store clash
Louis Upstein and Henry Cline faced assault and battery charges after a dispute in a store over using a telephone to call Upstein’s girlfriend. Upstein denied threats, saying the quarrel began when Cline talked to the girlfriend during business hours. The judge discharged both men advising strict business use of telephones.
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Louis Upstein
Upstein
Henry Cline
Cline
Judge
Indianapolis News
Cooling It Off
A brief comic exchange notes a pocket size electric jam device. Jill quips that it keeps money from burning in the pocket, while Bill reacts with a wry remark about the invention.
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Bill
Jill
South Sees 25000 Girls Join Canning Clubs
Report states over twenty five thousand girls joined canning clubs in the South. The proverb about a soft answer turning a man’s head appears in the same column, reflecting moral guidance.
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Canning Clubs
South
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