The Colonel on the Master in Wartime Plans
Editorial notes Roosevelt era shifts toward arms, the colonels bid to form a Mexico brigade, and debates over frontline deployment. It questions whether unmarried youths or married men should bear border duties, critiques mobilization rules, and laments Illinois guardsmen missing home heat while on the Mexican border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Eool
Roosevelt
Union
Oyster Bay
Border Service
Illinois
Government work and a girl’s dream of a battleship
A New York girl started a 10 cent subscription drive to fund a battleship, backed by a newspaper boom that later waned. The piece argues the government should build dreadnoughts and aid enlisted soldiers’ dependents, noting such private fund drives are impractical and unnecessary. It concludes that the United States government remains the nation’s chief enterprise and warns against trespassing on its prerogatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
What Will Come Next In German War Innovations
A historical forecast piece notes German advances from Zeppelin airships to submarines and the Deutschland merchant submarine. It ponders future war tech such as subterranean engines, higher power guns, or bombs capable of wide destruction, reflecting on ongoing German military design and secrecy.
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Ermany
America
England
Germany
Fokker
Fokkers
Baltimore
Globe-Democrat
Learn From The East By H A Bruce A 1916 essay on relaxation and breathing from swami philosophy
The article praises certain East Asian practices for mental and muscular rest and slow breathing. It discusses everyday relaxation, controlled breathing, and a provided exercise method, arguing Western people can benefit while cautioning against adopting the swami lifestyle uncritically. The author urges learning from the East.
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H. Addington Bruce
H. A. Bruce
Adventare
West
Deutschland Submarine Feat Shakes Wartime Blockade
Multiple newspapers debate the Deutschland voyage as a merchant submarine crossing the Atlantic. Analysts assess impact on British blockade, naval strategy, and potential political risk if the sub carries an American or is mistaken for a war submarine.
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Jacksonville
North Sea
Chicago Tribune
England
France
Can a Chicken Shrink
A farm tale where Farmer Brown and his boy notice a chicken smaller than the rest and wonder if a hen could shrink. They joke about Mrs Featherlegs and suspect Redtail the Hawk may have dropped off an extra chick from somewhere else. The mystery lingers with no neighbor missing a bird.
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Farmer Brown
Redtail
Green Forest
Illinois History July 12 1766 Trading Firm Urges Aid
On July 12 1766 a Philadelphia firm Barton Wharton and Morgan urged Sir William Johnson colonial superintendent of Indian affairs to back a proposed colony in Minnis.
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Philadelphia
Barton, Wharton & Morgan
William Johnson
Minnis
Laugh With Us Medical Student Humorist Scene
A medical student famed for humor hurries down hospital stairs and meets a fellow student. The moment captures a light exchange as the friend remarks on his pleased look and asks what’s the rush and what great cases he has seen.
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Brown
Bizarre Ward Tale and Comic Misunderstandings
A humor sketch follows Mr and Mrs Banks as their crosseyed patient wife in the ward provokes comic exchanges over lighting and attire. A farmer and a literary type trade quips about feeding chickens, while a postal clerk misreads an address and a supervisor corrects it, all in a light postcard style.
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James
A Doctor's Remedy for Coughs Announcement
An advertisement touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a cure for summer coughs and colds. It claims to soothe irritation stop coughing kill cold germs and benefit health. A 25 cent bottle is advertised with druggists as the place to buy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bell
Our School Vacation Tales From A Quirky Yard Tale
A breezy tale describes a staged endurance joke where two men pretend to fast for forty days in Bull Hickey and Ex Brigham’s barn. Neighbors watch as hunger mounts, meals sneak in via cookies and pie, and the pair decide to end the stunt rather than win a gold medal.
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Brigham & T
Bull Hickey
Stebbins
Torp
Steve Hardy
Steve
Ex & Bull
Bull
Steven
Cieve
Dr King's New Discovery Cough Syrup Endorsed for Colds
Advertises Dr King's New Discovery cough syrup with Pine Tar and antiseptic oils. Claims to loosen mucus ease cough soothe throat and bronchial tubes and relieve cold symptoms. Promotes as standard family remedy used over 40 years and sold by druggists as cold insurance.
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Dr. King
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Jules Verne
Fisher and Wiske
Webster
H. T. Wenster
the Deutschland
Britain
Springfield Register
Champaign
Bloomington
Animal Stories
Thornton W. Burgess
Rawlins
P.O
Superior
John Jones
Wyandotte Hotel
Paul WE
Jes Moser
George McLoughlin
Blaney
George
Cody
Yellowstone
The
Park
Geyserland
Grand Canyon
Yelowstone River
Buffalo Bill” Country
Great Canyon
Shoshone River
Absaroka Range
Sylvan Pass
Cody Road
Burlington
Yellowstone Park
Ante Vt
National Park Line
A. &. Ellis
Quincy
His
the Excelsior Stove & Mfg. Company
National
Willeford & Hilton
Chas. Ded. Cole
Mardin, Mo
EB. E. DE Hart
Weatherby, Mo
Frank H. Rathmann
Oak St
Alice Brittain
Broadway
W. P. Schermerhorn
6Th Ave
C. W. Lutenberg
York St
Gus. Scheipering
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