Swiss Navy Dreams Clash With Landlocked Ambition
Disjointed notes recount Swiss maritime hopes using French port Cette and adopt ships manned by foreigners, while Swiss sailors remain unlikely. A reflection on maritime policy, playful fables, and unrelated items from California bats to aging, marriage debates, and Napoleon era airs.
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Republic
Cette
Medterranean
Belvetin
Cleveland Pisin
Alps
Dowbl
Esa
Church Notes Social Meetings and Preaching Schedule
Church notes list multiple social meetings each Sunday and Lord's Day at various locations. J Johns preaches first Lord's Day monthly at New Pekin. Taylor to be at Martinsburg on the sixth Sunday and Sunday night of the year. Everyone invited to attend.
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Johna
New Pekin
College Hill
Johns
Taylor Will Ben
Martusburg
Martinsburg U. 8
M.A. Apple
Rural church notices and wireless war commentary
A collage of church schedules from multiple congregations listing preaching times on Sundays and Saturdays, prayer meetings, and pastors. The piece also discusses wireless telegraphy in peace and war, government supervision, and debates on amateur radio along the Mexican border, plus a light anecdote about a printer’s tale and a food science note by Dr. Harvey W. Wiley.
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Stepa
Uit
Uhiateur Plas
Atlantic
Harvey W. Wiley
Ucle
CIA
Harvard
Women’s Education Spirit Drives American Progress
The piece praises women’s perseverance in pursuing education, noting their work ethic and dedication as vital to national progress and the spread of the American spirit through overcoming obstacles to study.
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Callege
Nation 9
Fragments Hint at Past Pressed by Fading News Voice
Readable bits describe public health fears and home remedies. References to sulfur camphor oils paregoric and teas appear alongside a strange boast about an eighteen year old singer and neighbors selling homes at high prices in a charged, fragmented tone.
Unclear OCR Fragment About Dawalt Etzler Undertakers
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Dawalt & Etzler Undertakers Salem and a distorted moral reflection. References to price five dollars and a "cray wolf distinction" appear garbled. No coherent events, dates, or clear persons beyond the undertakers.
War boosts wool prices to levels unseen in fifty years
The war drives wool prices to a peak not seen in half a century while sheep become symbols of peace. The article notes paradoxical trends, including ministers and the pulpit’s influence on youthful interest in public life.
Glowing Eulogy for the Farmer Responds to Question
Eccentric lines ponder the farmer who would rather die than rise at four each dawn. The prompt asks if nine out of ten is true, suggesting a humorous or reflective note on rural toil and morning rituals.
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America
Tia
Loty
Jaznot
U. We
Cross of 1912 promises to keep Hughes honest?
The piece argues about Candidate Hughes pledges and past record as governor of New York. It cites labor legislation support, equal pay for women, enforcement of law, and opposition to certain rail and corporate favors. It questions whether a Supreme Court appointment would alter party boss influence and limits of presidential power.
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Hughes
Gov. Hughes
United States Supreme Court
Farmers and the 1916 political clash in a pamphlet
A Farmers pamphlet from the Democratic National Committee attacks the Republican Party for ignoring farmers during the era and endorses Democratic actions like rural credit and the 1912 platform. It contrasts Republican leaders with Hughes and Wilson, urging farmers to choose the Democrats.
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Mr. Farmer
Farmers' National Congress
National Grange
National Farmers’ Union
American Society
Sf Equity
Sintine
Republican Party
Farmers Financial de
Europe
Senate
High Finance
Stove Gandler
Ross
Abe
Charles EB. Hughes
Wilson
Democratic National Committee
Burleson’s Three Strike and the Post Office Surplus
The Philadelphia Public Ledger discusses Postmaster General Burleson and a $5,200,000 deposit with Secretary McAdoo as profits from 1916. It notes a claimed postal surplus under Wilson and Burleson, contrasting with Hughes’ critique and the administration’s claims of service quality.
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Burleson
McAdoo
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Ughes
Wilton
Tremaury
Tim Thone
Wilson
Gueleson
Hughes
If the G.O.P. could speak in truth
The piece argues voters should replace Woodrow Wilson, blaming eratic governance and Federal overreach. It asserts prosperity exists but worries party loyalty, urging the public to turn out Wilson and give the Republicans a chance.
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Wourlrow Wilsyun
Wall Street
Wilson
Praises Wilson's Stand in Favor of Suffrage
Dr Anna Howard Shaw praised Wilson's stance on suffrage in an interview quoted by the Philadelphia Press. She argued the president promised what he could not deliver and urged cross party effort, noting suffrage requires both Democrats and Republicans working together.
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National Suffrage Association
Atlantic City
N. J
Anna Howard Shaw
Philadelphia Press
Shaw
Nere
Bedroom Wall Protection Against Bedw Scratches
A reader recalls a simple home trick seen at a friend’s house. Picture molding strips, longer than the bed, are tacked to baseboard at head to shield walls as the bed moves, preventing wallpaper damage.
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Washington Post
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