Philadelphia Passes War Zone In Irish Sea To Liverpool
Edward B. Clark recalls the Philadelphia’s passage through St George’s Channel and into the Irish Sea amid wartime tensions. Passengers sense danger but show calm resolve as the ship nears Liverpool, with Americans trusting discipline and guardships nearby while English shores project solemn gravity.
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London
Philadelphia
Liverpool
Irish Sea
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England
Germany
France
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Advocate Jules Bois Tours United States For Feminist Study
Jules Bois, French chevalier of the Legion of Honor and feminist of note, is in the United States to study food production and export and to lecture on feminism. He endorses women’s suffrage to bring a new moral element, the mother factor, into politics while he also examines French teaching in California schools.
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Legion of Honor
France
United States
California
Surprise as truck embeds in home in New Jersey
Andrew F. Hughes awoke to an earthquake like tremor and found a large auto truck embedded in his house in Elizabeth New Jersey. The incident left the building damaged but no injuries are reported.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Andrew F
War Becomes Habit Take It Carelessly Like Life on Volcano
Soldiers train for anticipated combat as youths brace for possible deployment. Leaders urge calm while the public holds steady, preparing for ongoing danger and the uncertain future of military activity.
War Adaptation in Amiens Tells Civil Mood Changes
Correspondent reports Amiens residents adjust to ongoing war, facing hardship yet showing resilience. Citizens pretend normalcy, defend authorities, and accept rationing. refugees suffer but charity rises. People describe war as habit, with workers and managers alike adapting, while anxiety remains shared across classes.
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Gabriel Delagarde
Chicago Daily News
Amiens
France
Albert
Germany
Tabby Adopts Wildcats at Bass Homestead
A pair of baby bobcats, orphaned when their mother was killed by F. R. Bass, have been taken in by a large tabby cat on the Bass homestead south of Arrow in Silver Lake Oregon. The tabby immediately gathered the young felines and tenderly carried them to her bed.
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F. R. Bass
Bass Homestead
Arrow
Bass Place
Books and the hermit of Walthamstow heirs vast library
The article notes the late Charles Augustus Ward, a hermitish figure in Essex, who loved cookbooks and built a library of 3000 volumes. He inherited a small fortune from his sister and left the collection to the London Library. Ward was known for his Holland smock and Panama hat. Also mentioned is Carl F Scheel, a deaf mute accused in a divorce suit, claiming nagging by his wife.
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Charles Augustus Ward
Walthamstow
Essex
Ness
Mayfair
London Library
London
Milwaukee
Wis
Carl F. Scheel
Wanted to Be a Hero Fire Case In New York
Samuel Balk twelve, charged with starting a house fire in New York, saying he wanted to be a hero and earn a movie medal.
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New York
Samuel Balk
Important Happenings in Far Off Northwest
Resume of notable events in Sweden, Norway and Denmark with emphasis on items interesting to Scandinavians in America. Highlights include political shifts, cultural developments, and economic updates impacting immigrant communities abroad and abroad-focused readers here.
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Sweden
Norway
Denmark
America
Norwegian Shipbuilders Race Ahead Amid War Demand
The wartime boom drives Norwegian yards to refit old vessels with gasoline engines as owners rush to expand fleets. Norway’s mercantile marine leads globally per capita, while new industrial projects, land for farming, and power from Kvina falls shape regional growth amid mining and trade shifts.
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Norway
Mercantile Marine
Great Britain
Denmark ratifies Orthodox Russian church in Copenhagen
The government approves organizing an Orthodox Russian church in Copenhagen with Rev J J Stehelkunock to serve as pastor. Examinations at Roskilde railway school noted a sick Aarhus student who fought illness, and later surgery saved him. The Finsen institute may be turned over to the state. Rabbits in Denmark rose from 76000 in 1898 to 286000 in 1909, then fell to 41000 by 1914.
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Copenhagen
J. J Stehelkunoff
Roskilde
Aarhus
Wan
Finsen
Doctor Finsen
Kingdom of
Small Farm Ponds Proposed to Cut Living Costs
The American Fisheries Society advocates building small ponds of one to two acres on suitable farms. Ponds six to seven feet deep with vegetation could quietly supply fish with minimal ongoing costs. Trout, carp, herring, eels and perch could be bred in spring-fed ponds, aiding sport and food resources. Dr Charles H Townsend of the New York Aquarium backs the plan and is preparing a booklet on stocking and maintenance.
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American Fisheries Society
Charles H. Townsend
New York Aquarium
Repeated Voting Tactics Reported in Santo Domingo
The Committee of Seventy warns about indelible ink marks used to identify voters and the potential for erasure to enable repeat voting. A Philadelphia Record example cites a one legged man voting six times with different disguises, illustrating risks in electoral purification and ballot tampering.
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Committee of Seventy
Santo Domingo
Philadelphia
Reason Rules: Human impulse vs old Reason rules
A compact musing on how delight and whimsy clash with rational restraint. It notes that Reason, perceived as self confident, warns against silly or pleasant impulses and urges caution in action.
Wonderful Remedy Saves Wife Says Man
A letter from Mrs Dahl of 3420 P Street Lip ig reports severe stomach distress and germ derangements. She recovered after Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy, which allegedly relieved gall stones and digestive issues. The husband praises the treatment and urges others to try the drug with guaranteed money-back terms.
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Lip
Mayr
Jolt to Car Owner's Pride
A South side resident bought a moderate priced car and offered to drive a neighbor downtown. That night the neighbor’s child exclaimed she knew the car as a Tin Lizzie, claiming a family discussion confirmed the model.
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Gaig
Kansas City
Wasting Light In Ocean Depths Report
The paper notes distinct traces of light detected in the ocean at depths over three thousand feet by an English oceanographical expedition. Mr Bacon quips that perhaps mermaids forgot to turn off the gas.
Making the Tour
A brief exchange notes navigation options around a route. The dialogue mentions Spitzbergen to the north and the Mediterranean to the south as possible paths.
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Spitzbergen
Mediterranean
Kansas City Journal
Man's Morning-After Reflections Mark Steady Pace
A terse aphorism suggests that if a man's recollections after the night are not troubling him, he is generally keeping to the right tempo in life. The saying implies a calm, reasonable approach to consequences.
Woman Credits Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for Health
Ironton Ohio woman reports improved health after a year on Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and says she can work again. She also notes her daughter’s sleep and health improved after taking the remedy and offers to publish the letter for other suffering women.
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Ironton
Ohio
Lydia
Pinkham
Rena Bowman
S. 10Th Street
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