The Woman's Peace Party in Early War Lectures
A narrator recalls two weeks of lectures by the Woman's Peace Party with figures like James, Hull, Nasmith, Angell, Z, Doty, and Eastman. They question nonviolence as a policy, wonder about sinner nations, and critique pacifist leadership amid wartime pressure and U S national mood.
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Woman's Peace
James
Hull
Professor Nasmith
Norman Angell
Madeline Z
Doty
Crystal Eastman
Washington
Germany
Armenia
Why Can't I Kill a German Why Not Kill a German?
Analyze a hypothetical civilian vigilantism case where a man kills a German conspirator during a plot to blow up a bridge. The article argues civilians may defend themselves but must arrest first, as hasty murder undermines law. It highlights secret service oversight and urges careful, lawful action.
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Tam
Secret Service
Government Department
America
Ger
Origins of Military Titles Explored
The text traces commodore and commander to the Spanish comendador a knight and monastery superior. It notes the French commandeur and Italian comandatore as related forms. Commandant derives from medieval Latin commandator and the verb mandare meaning to command.
Women Must Silence Propaganda to Win the War
Russell J. Edwards urges American women to resist German propaganda and to embrace a "serum of silence" as the U S food effort and war gardens shape public opinion. He cites aviation Marconi and WWI poetry to stress unity, liberty, and the need for national resolve against German influence.
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Russell JT
Edwards
National War Garden Commission
Wright Brothers
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Marconi
Russell T. Edwards
Florence King
Chicago
Women’s Association of Commerce of the
United States
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Women's Association of Commerce
Trytzamb's Wool Prevents Ear Water After Swimming
A Good Housekeeping note suggests placing a tiny amount of cocoa butter on Inmh’s wool and inserting it in each ear to prevent water in the ears after swimming. The wool is non absorbent and allows sound, unlike cotton which traps water and worsens the issue.
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Trytzamb
Miltons Drive Son to Berlin on First Lap of His Journey
Reuben W Milton of Juplin Missouri enlisted in the marines and was driven to Kansas City by his father. He rode in the cab of the Missouri Pacific engine his father has driven for years, instead of auto or carriage, at the elder Miltons request to share the departure moment.
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Reuben W. Milton
Juplin
Kansans City
Missouri Pacific
Reuben
Sam
Milton
Berlin
Wily Colonel Moss Endorses Windows Scrubbing Plan
Col. James A Moss known for the Moss manual cites a plan in section 4 article 419. He argues two soldiers in a quarrel should scrub barracks windows on opposite sides of a pane to force them to face each other and likely laugh before finishing the third window.
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Moss
James A. Moss
Glory of Turkish Capital at Santa Sofia in Constantinople
The Chicago Daily News recounts how Santa Sofia in Constantinople rose from a Christian cathedral rebuilt by Justinian to a vast marvel of marble and treasure. After 1463 the Turks converted it into a mosque with minarets and a crescent, preserving some saints beneath plaster in places.
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Santa Sofia
Constantinople
Constantine
Justinian
Solomon
Diana
Apollo
Baalbek
Speak Boldly Yet Be Thoughtful
The excerpt urges thinking clearly about the impact of thoughts on others. It warns against hiding good ideas due to fear of mockery, and against morbid or angry musings. It calls for courage to express the right hour while restraining thoughts that could harm others.
What He Did Not Like About Helen
Kenneth recalls his friend Helen and her party etiquette. He hoped for an invitation but was excluded as only girls were invited. He tells his mother he likes Helen but dislikes her ways.
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Helen
Kenneth
Maundy Thursday foot washing ritual in English history
The article notes the royal Maundy Thursday foot washing at Whitehall continued by English sovereigns until the late 1600s and 1700s, after which Archbishops of York carried out the rite on their behalf into the mid 18th century.
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Whitehall
York
Immortalized Hemp and The Ropewalk in Poetry
The poem The Ropewalk is described as portraying rope turned into a swing for two, a tightrope for a tired vaudeville performer, a bell ringer’s cord, a schoolboy with a kite, and a farmer’s wife drawing water. Longfellow is credited with immortalizing these images.
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Longfellow
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the Woman’s Peace Party
Russia
Food Administration
Junker
Women's Association of Commerce of the
United States of America
Howard Gould
Klaus Wagner
North America
Wagner
John McRae
Anders Fields
Flanders Fields
General Pershing
Uncle Sam
Fem
National War Garden
Commission
Harvey Cameron
New Glasgow
Nova Scotia
Kkwafser
Junkern
Doctor Warner
No Man’s Land
Boyde Park Makers OF Jewelry
Salt Lake City
Randall-Dodd Auto
Coxsat Lake City
Hemp
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