Unseen Aids and German Miscalculations in World War I
A historical critique notes German misjudgments in 1914 and beyond, listing five key errors including underestimating France amid tensions, Russia, Britain, and Belgium. It argues German failure to grasp psychological and social forces, per Gustave Le Bon, helped Allies win. Concludes that peace sentiment and unseen factors may favor Allied harmony and restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UCH
Germany
France
Paris
Russia
Socialista
England
Belgium
United States
Marne
Gustave le Bon
le Bon
Dusk Driving and the Call of Open Country
The passage contrasts urban twilight strolls with the lure of the open country and midsummer evenings. It muses on nature lovers from biblical poets to Horace, imagining how classical inspiration might bloom from American plains and ripening wheat fields under evening light.
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Syria
New England
Mississippi Valley
Horace
Sabine
Inside Out of Suffering a Bedridden Man Reflects
A bedridden patient chats about choosing happiness over misery. He credits his mind as the maker of content or discontent and says he can turn his thoughts away from pain. He values his wife, sleep, appetite, reading, talking, and chess, and resists being pigeonholed.
Jimmy Skunk Gets Out Of Farmer Brown's Cellar
A puzzled family debates how to free Jimmy Skunk from the cellar without harming him or letting his scent ruin the house. Farmer Brown considers shooting, others fear harm, and the boy resolves to think it over before the next story notes Jimmy’s escape.
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Everal
Farmer Brown
Mrs. Brown
Jimmy Skunk
Jimmy
Jeremiah Confined in Pillory Reflects Punishment Customs
The prophet Jeremiah was placed in a pillory, a punishment cited from Jeremiah xxix 26, indicating the practice was common in his era. The note emphasizes historical use of public shaming as discipline in that period.
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Jeremiah
Measles Spread Amid Carnival of Local Idle Rumors
Monday marks another vacation week as most townsfolk, except Dock Wilgus and local drugstore staff, parade happiness while Fatty Bellowes and Torp Stebbins feuding. Torp hides in a barn as fourteen measles cases strike the house. he jokes about joining the illness to kill loneliness. Bull Hickey finally goes out at night, eye injuries from the illness still visible. Fatty warns Bull about the Motherdust Sunday school picnic moved to next Saturday. Genevieve Hicks and Lilac Grimes also have measles, Andy Anderson reports good health and the return of inventive activities after illness.
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Anny
Fatty
Torp
Thare House
Hole
Fatty Bellowes
Bull
Bull Hickey
Fatty Bellowes Herd
Genevieve Hicks
Lilac Grimes
Andy Anderson
Andy
FOR WAR GARDENS Lice ruin pea crops advise noon beatings
An unsuspected cause of a poor pea crop is lice on the plants. If you find these tiny pests on the under side of the leaves go along the rows at noon on a hot day and beat the plants lightly with a piece of brush. This will knock off the lice and the sun will kill them. Tobacco dust may also be used to advantage. If sparrows bother the peas cover the plants with mosquito netting.
Shingle Mills Closed As Weavers Strike In Washington
Seattle July 17 Reports from union headquarters indicate most large shingle mills in Washington state are closed after strikes called by the shingle weavers and the international timber workers union for an eight hour day. The Industrial Workers of the World have ordered all lumber workers to strike though they seek an eight hour day in mills and nine hours in tinder camps.
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Seattle
Wash
International Shingle Weavers’ Union
Washington
International Timber Workers’ Union
Industrial Workers of the World
Italian laborers ousted from Army camps at Meade
Over 20 Italian laborers attempting to drive away a group of Negro workers at camp Meade near Admiral Md were themselves expelled by guards. They were aboard a Baltimore and Ohio train to Baltimore when warned that return would be harshly dealt with.
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Baltimore
Camp Meade
National Army
Admiral
Baltimore and Ohio
Meeting Proposed to Limit Retail Coal Profits in Chicago
July 17 report from Chicago notes the coal production committee of the state council of defense suggests a meeting of retail coal dealers to fix maximum delivered profits. It urges federal regulation of retail profits, highlights already regulated mine and transport prices, and stresses storing coal to avert a possible next winter famine.
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Chicago
Coal Production Committee
State Council of Defense
State Council
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the Whig
Unseen Aids
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Frank Crane
Childre
Thornton W. Burgess
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
J. Cheney & CO
Gem Cityusiness College
Gem City Business College
Quincy
Illinois
U. S. Civil Service
Gem City
P. P. Parker
Knight Tire and Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio
Mi Hie Wasamann
Gein
Abe Muuuvis
D. L. Musselman
Lock Box
Lestle P. Volz
Graduatiog Soday
Recrivinie
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Ity
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Stebbins
BRE Ec
Lamar Battling Ass
T. Cling
Dempsey Trucking Co
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