World events in brief form from Amsterdam letters
Multiple dated dispatches cover wartime actions including British torpedoing of a transport off Scilly, Allied air raids on German trenches near Bixschoote, German air squadron attacks on Paris, and large Russian and British war mobilizations. Reports include ship movements to Liverpool, evacuations at Grodno, train derailing attempts near Gary Indiana, and notable political and military actions across Europe in 1916.
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Amsterdam
Bixschoote
Legion of Honor
Gilbert
Switzerland
War Office
Paris
Mediation Hopes Rise Over Sea Freedom Pact
Washington officials see progress toward another U S effort to press England and Germany to accept freedom of the seas and neutral trade. A cable from Ambassador Gerard touched Berlin politics and the Arabic case, prompting Lansing's White House visit. Britain reportedly may modify orders in council on German dye stuffs and Rotterdam shipments, paving way for renewed U S mediation proposals.
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Washington
State Department
United States
England
Germany
Lansing
Gerard
White House
Berlin
Cecil Spring-Rice
Great Britain
Rotterdam
Foreign Office
Italians Gain Ground On Monte Rombon In Isonzo Fight
report from Udine says Alpine troops climb to 5,000 feet on Monte Rombon as Austrians hold the summit at 7,000 feet. Dozens advance in hand to hand combat while an avalanche sweeps away a company and another narrowly escapes disaster, gaining 1,000 feet before Austrian fire stops them.
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Rome
Monte Rombon
Isonzo
Udine
Wilson postpones summer trip amid German submarine crisis
President Wilson will skip plans to return to Cornish New Hampshire until the Germany United States submarine warfare dispute is resolved. Washington officials say an Arab i case settlement is near with Germany ready to concede US demands if mediation with Britain on freedom of the seas proceeds. The Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington rejects Southwest railroad proposals to raise rates on packing house products fresh meats and provisions between regional points.
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Wilson
Cornish
N. H
Germany
United States
Washington
Great Britain
Interstate Commerce Commission
Plot to destroy munition factories fuels officials' probe
Washington officials say a well organized plot to wreck munition plants supplying the Allies is suspected after the wrecking of the American Powder Company glazing mill in Acton Massachusetts and a black powder mill near Upper Hedley Wilmington Delaware with two deaths. An investigation is under way though officials refuse to discuss details.
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du Pont Powder Company
Hagley Yarda
Wilmington
Del
Washington
American
Acton
Mass
Upper Hedley
Hay Fever Myths and Secondhand Cures from Vanity Fair
Robert C. Benchley muses on hay fever and the endless stream of secondhand cures. He notes the absurdity of hearsay remedies, the mock diplomacy of strangers offering advice, and the comic pattern of never meeting the original “cured” friend.
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Robert C. Benchley
Vanity Fair
Zoo
Poetry and Noses in Browning’s A Face
The Atlantic Monthly notes Browning’s poem A Face omits the nose while praising a girl’s profile. It argues the nose is a “seeming necessity” but not mentioned, suggesting readers supply the line that fits each view of beauty.
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Browning
Atlantic Monthly
Curious Indian Game Traps
Washington scientists near Santa Fe report discovery of lava rock holes as gas traps used by prehistoric southwestern Indians to ambush and suffocate game. The traps mimic caverns, guiding animals into lethal gas vents while preserving meat for food.
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Southwest
Washington
Pajarika Park
Santa Fe
The Runaway Rest Cure Advice
In Margaretta Tuttle's fiction The Runaway Rest Cure a doctor warns a patient that overwork first harms the body not the brain or character. Fatigue signals limited physical support and the value of stopping work before true tiredness, the physician says.
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Margaretta Tuttle
Improbable Nero Fiddle Tale Echoed by Vaudeville Rivalry
A vaudeville manager dismisses the tale that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. He quips no musician would share a bill with such a rival attraction as a blazing conflagration.
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Nero
Rome
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
Letters from Swan Creek Michigan and Kennebago Maine praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for fatigue female weakness and restoring health. Advertisements urge confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. officials in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Swan Creek
Mich
Lydia E. Pinksham
Annie Cameron
R.F.D
Michigan
Hebron
Lydia E. Pinkham
Charles Rowe
Kennebago
Maine
Lydia EB
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