London Letter on Spring Ailments and War Measures
The London Letter reports a shift from January’s bright spring mood to a smog filled night fuelled by increased traffic and dimmed lights. It notes rising road accidents, a wartime import cut affecting papers and books, and hopes for fruit stocks, home jams, and a boost in female labor in engineering amid war demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Persest Lang
Messrs. Dent
Everyman's Library
Daily Mall
Music Halla
Who
Oswald Stoll
Collsanm
Alhambra
H. B. Irving
Tom B. Davis
Theatrical Managers’ ‘Association
Frederick Harrison
Yorkshire
Board of Trade Statistica
Lancashire
Firma
Serbs Crushed by Gun Power in Ruinous Campaign
An eye opening account by M. Barbey for the Partie Journal describes the Serbian army’s retreat amid overwhelming artillery from Austro German and Bulgarian forces. The piece notes Mackensen’s superiority in munitions and the relentless shelling that forced Serbian positions to fall despite their bravery and tenacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Henry Darby
Partie "Journal
Serbia
Mr. Barby
Mackensen
Sun
Bulgaria
Volvole Putnik
Barbey
Io Dingle
Judge Hovan Travels 60000 Miles a Year by Rail
NSW judge Hovan of the North Western Circuit spends about 60 000 miles annually in railway trains. His circuit includes Broken Hill Bourke Drawarrina and Sydney with long return trips. He prepares to begin another 2798 mile return journey to Broken Hill this week.
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Judge Hovan
North Western
N.S.W
Broken Hill
Bourke
Sydney
Judge Bevan
Drawarrina
Metropolis
Effentt
Germans Reckon on the Cost of Peace
A frank colonial-style article from the Koolnische Zeitung warns Germany will face heavy postwar taxes and sacrifices. It urges endurance, condemns English aggression, and stresses shared burden, bread shortages eased by soldiers, and the need for quiet resilience among Germans.
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Germany
Koolnische Zeitung
Warna
Imperial Treasury
Curious Australian Campaign Tales and War Era Anecdotes
A collage of political vanity and war era sketches from Australia and beyond. It mixes stories of King O Malley courting voters at an orphanage misstep with tales of General Birdwood heroism and Irish characters in military life. The piece threads satire with patriotic sentiment and street level humor.
Problems of Endurance and German War Calculations
The passage discusses Allied views that Germany must shorten lines as spring approaches and evoke France Belgium or Poland's evacuation as a signal to Europe. It notes German food shortages and economic paralysis from the blockade, contrasts with Britain and France as bankers for Turkey and Austria, and cites London Standard on German denial of defeat.
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Allisa
France
Belgium
Poland
Europe
Germany
Haarden
Ares
Great Britain
Turkey
Austria
Mien
Hardahipa
Portla
London “Standard
Murder and goat seen as bystander spots crime scene
A chaotic Bournemouth style scene unfolds when a neighbor reports a murder to a policeman after seeing a woman with a knife. The search leads to a backyard where a goat hangs from a fence as witnesses return to their hotel.
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Boulder
Whaere
When Rich Men Die and War Echoes Through My Day
A fragmented set of reflections contrasts wealth’s emptiness with death. It weaves satirical verses on plutocrats abandoning their riches, lines from Wait Mason about recruitment, and snippets of wartime humor and observations on advertising and domestic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lazarus
Marta
Mason
War-inspired bonnets and fashions stir readers in Chicago
The piece notes a novelty periscope bonnet drawing crowds in America and details wartime hospital routines where staff ban talks of war to aid recovery. It also describes new blouse trends in crepe de chine and satin with fur trim and front fastening laces. The report covers Lieut-Colonel Springthorpe’s marriage to Miss Daisy Johnstone and social ties to nursing staff amid wartime.
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America
Chicago
Creditora
Ene- Neh
Springthorpe
Daisy Hvelyn Johnstona
J. B. Moodie
R.N
Hobart
Tha
Dowgall
Burrows
Brook
Hainthorn
B. Nye
Collins-street
Cunid
The Ugly Duckling of Australian Politics
A column likens Billy Hughes to an Ugly Duckling and Swan in Australian politics. It notes his deafness, stammer, and burdens while praising his growth from a troubled start to a more focused leader. The piece contrasts his early faults with later restraint and determination.
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Thea
Staelf
Mr. Hughes
Ike
Billy
Pitt Atraat
Hughes
Apollo
Melbourne Argus
Duckling
Napoleon
Wellington
Waterloo
Verdun
Kaisera
Billy Hughes
Justice Inance
Elthar
Willan Morris Hughes
Jie
Atncere
Folklore in a Diocese Tale Turns to Humorous W ordplay
A bishop hears a clergyman present a will in a playful riff on Shakespeare. The clergyman’s line about “a poor thing, but wine ows” triggers a sharp retort from a female figure who quips about presenting her husband as “a poorer thing, but mine own er.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khalkespeare
Splett
Kaiser's Order to Slaughter Exposed by Carlist Leader
Count Melgar, former secretary to Don Carlos and Carlist leader, recounts reading a German Emperor s secret war plan at Frohsdorf. He cites the Kaiser s calls for total destruction and notes German war aims would shorten bloodshed, then questions German motives after further revelations.
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Paris
la Martin
Count Melgar
Don Carlos
Frohsdorf
Vienna
Austria
Lnst
Germany
Anterei Metz
Francis Joseph
Petrograd
Kaiser Wilhelm
Gol
Born Diplomat Dialogue With Hat Confession
A fragmentary dialogue features Ava and Harry discussing naming their baby and a five pound hat while a tramway scene unfolds with a passenger angrily addressing a strap-hanger. The exchange reveals playful tone and domestic stakes amid urban transit chatter.
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Alfred Butt
Bevan
England
King O'Malley
Bullragen
Encounter Bay
South Australia
Indy
the O'Malley
the Indy
King
Vent
Vidi
Bronco Bob
Thesspeon- Harites
Sydney Art Gallery
I. Cadogan Cowper
Faust
Marguerite
Goethe
Marguerita
Birdwood
Gallipoli
Satan
Dumfries
Izzy
Umphries
Tipperary
Pontoon
Simla
Saint Omer
Iron Cross
James Brown
Vancouver
James
Brown
Quifleer
John Philip Sousa
Mr. Sousa
Lila
Charlie
Myrtle
Bue
Wil Jack
Dougal McTavish
Alberta
Owen Tyrrell
Carpenaria Telegraphs
Ugly Duckling
Adem M'Day
Sydney “Sun
Iowa
Sita
Will Dyson
J. C. Watson
Andrew Meher
Savage
Mr. Fisher
Supreme Command
Joseph Cook
Flughes
Kaiser
Harry
Ava
Trameno
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