That Famous British Calm and Its Cost in War
An American observer details how England’s famed calm shaped its wartime response. It traces British individualism, imperturbability, and gradual mobilization from prewar restraint to mass volunteer enlistment, noting both strengths in endurance and weaknesses in early preparation for Armageddon.
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Alder
Butts
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Eneland
Antwerp
Deal
London and the War by Frederick Palmer in Everybody's Magazine
American war correspondent Frederick Palmer contrasts British and German attitudes from wartime London and Berlin. He notes London’s continued bustle and fear of Zeppelins versus Berlin’s empty upper hotel floors, scarce ships, and wary optimism. Germans claim invincibility while Britons hedge optimism with caution.
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Everybody's Magazine
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London
England
Germany
Germaany
Germaty
Strand
Palmer
Brent Shipping
Register Board of
Alippera
Dally Mall
Perfectly Tamed Binks and Wattler Reunion Query
A playful note recalls Wattler once a giant outdoor man and asks if he is reconciled to married Me. The speaker hints at magic, mentions T visiting Wattler who sat among ashes with an old tennis racket.
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Binks
Wattler
Uehtewad
Frank Adante
Hot Baths At The Front
A front line officer recalls food and bathing conditions in trenches. Rations arrive by night and are cooked over small fires. A recent bath event surprised soldiers with eight huge vats and a hot iron for clothes, boosting morale and promising baths about every ten days going forward.
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Binnlia
Army Service Corps
Bill
A Man's Sacrifice and Philanthropy Remembered
A Brisbane General Hospital report highlights selfless acts by Charlie Owen who accompanied a leprosy patient to Peel Island, gave all income beyond board, aided Barnardo Homes and the Belgian Fund, and now donates ten pounds to the hospital while his name is sought for the life subscribers roll.
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Brisbane General Hospital
Peel Island
Chartles
Barnardo
Charlie Owen
Life
A Youth Chooses War Over Cup and Comfort
A poem quoted from the Argus reflecting a youth who volunteers for war over staying home to support football and racing. He jokes about keeping his health, noting a bachelor’s frugality, and accepting war risks to avoid losing the Cup and the winter ring. The piece contrasts athletic life with the call to battle.
Courage and fear in deeds during storms
A reflection on bravery driven by fear of mockery or loss, arguing true courage resists all fears. A scientist notes in a thunderstorm the instinct to seek shelter and that wet conditions alter behavior, including claims of electroshock methods to kill a rat when dry versus wet.
Riches of Russia and the Dardanelles War Gains
London representative of Sydney Sun explains the strategic importance of the Dardanelles offensive for Russia and the Allies. The piece argues breaking Turkish defenses would allow grain shipments to the Mediterranean, restore the rouble, and shift Ottoman control of trade routes. It highlights Britain's wealth and Germany’s risk of stealing gold while Russia and Britain may shoulder the Bosphorus, with Russia likely to defend Constantinople if needed.
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Constantinople
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Tassia
Aloning
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Bank of England
Germany
London
Sydney
Sun
The Way The Wind Blows Letter From Verdun Front
Extract from a letter by Sapper William Harvey Royal Engineers describes peasant cottage prayers near Verdun, a baby’s pleas, war memories from Maubeuge to Belgium, and soldiers singing The Way The Wind Blows while the wind blows west toward Berlin.
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le Cateau
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Anne
12Th Lancers
Compiegne
Berlin
Sapper Willam Harvey
Royal Engineers
German measles fatal case referenced in terse dialogue
A fragmentary dialogue notes a fatal case linked to German measles, mentioning a Frenchman’s mortification at discovering the illness was German. The excerpt shows terse exchange with no full context.
A Dismal Prospect in a Countryless Era
A teacher in Illuritire lamented a man without a country as a country without a man. A pretty girl responded softly, highlighting the human cost of statelessness and separation in a poignant exchange.
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Illuritire
Ebla
Setto Voce
Elmers farmer Jerry sells a riding mare tale
A scattered, humorous set of vignettes from various sources features Jerry the farmer near Elmers describing a riding mare, local mispronunciations, and odd exchanges. The text weaves through dialect humor, a shipping clerk misreadings, and a Parisian journalist scribbling on white cuffs.
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Elmers Way
Johnny
Mara
Paderewski Appeals to Austra Inga Farmers for Polish Refugees
A plea from Paderewski appeals Australians to aid ten million hungry Poles, recalling wartime devastation and displaced peasantry. The text notes a theater scene featuring a blue kimono woman and shifts to crime vignettes from a Kitchener’s Army discharge, including thefts and crude language as described by a platoon sergeant.
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Tamworth
N.C
Four Seasons of Man and Dialogue on Charity
The passage blends Keatsian musings on the four seasons with comic exchanges about attire and thrift. It cites a joke about a dress, lampoons stinginess amid global events, and ends with a quatrain mocking moral expense and generosity. The voice resembles a crisscross of literary paraphrase and satirical verse.
Discontent in farming woes and remedies from Hoard's Dairyman
The piece argues dairy farmers feel discontent with farming due to lack of early education in agricultural science. It compares two youths ploughing a field, noting the trained mind finds greater interest and contentment. It urges embracing intellectual study to broaden and elevate farming, viewing farming as a broad intellectual field with wide potential.
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College of Hericulture
Nobody Knows of a Mother’s Steady Care
A compact homage to a mother’s unseen labor in keeping the home intact. The verse laments the world’s neglect of a mother’s sleepless care, prayers, and patient teaching that bond siblings and weather future storms.
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Jessons
Darling
Ife
Mother
Ladies' Letter on Spring Fashions and Petticoats
Paria writer Chera Amlo discusses rival fashion centers from Biarritz to Paris, noting wider skirts and reemerging petticoats, with navy serge coats trimmed in velvet as the latest trend. A wedding pageant follows a lavish seaside ceremony with confetti and songs about marriage.
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Paria
Chera Amlo
Biarritz
Deauville
Trouville
Paris
Vancy
Milk testing boosts dairy herd value and profits
Progressive dairy farmers are urged to adopt milk testing to assess butter fat content rather than relying on volume. The article argues value lies in milk quality, not quantity, and explains how test results guide culling and herd planning. It notes milk testers are affordable and easy to use, recommending ownership for all dairymen.
Ayrshire Cattle Fit Profit And Practical Gain
In a Scotsman seasoned dairy note the Ayrshire breed is praised for profit and practicality. The author cites past success with Ayrshires in Scotland and America, highlighting milk yield, hardiness, low calf losses, and flexible marketing of milk to command higher prices. The piece argues Ayrshires offer best future development and market value.
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Gilbert McMillan
Yamra
Scotland
America
Montreal
Ayrshire
I Am a Scrub Cow Preferring Rest Over Dairying
A first person piece from Dub in Hoard's Dairyman depicts a cow choosing to loaf through winter rather than milk due to cold winds and lack of feed. The narrator highlights the boss’s fondness for a pretty cow and a plan to lay idle while winter passes, staking value on appearance over production.
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Lila
Dub
Fragmented moral vignette on choosing and duty in prose
A reflective meditation contrasts freedom and duty while a teacher quizzes Mary on verb tense. The exchange centers on tense usage with the line My father had money and Mary improvises with a playful answer about pretense.
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Mary
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