Lord Reading Praises America's War Support at Luncheon
In a luncheon address to 300, Lord Reading lauded the United States for its wartime tribute to Britain and France. He recalled his visits to America, noting neutrality then sympathy, then active participation, and affirmed democracy's triumph and American idealism.
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Lord Reading
United States
Great Beitein
America
Legislaa
Great Britain
France
Devel
Britain
Americs
Jews Targeted in Hungary as Gov ernment Enforces Expulsion Policy
Budapest dispatch reports widespread measures against Jews in Hungary and Galicia. Police seize funds, impose a special tax, and escort Jews to the frontier amid parliamentary justification by Premier Wekerle.
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Pnct
Hungary
Budapest
Jewish Correspondence Bureau
Galicia
Wekerle
Rabbit Plague Headlines In New Zealand Situation
A garbled message from New Zealand reports a rabbit plague affecting parts of the country with concern expressed by authorities. Details are unreadable, but the strain on agriculture and control efforts is noted.
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New Zealand
Britain's bumper harvest could affect Canada as grain supplier
A British farming figure forecasts a record harvest surpassing all but 1868, with government controls aiding farmers and prisoners and students aiding wartime production. He questions how continued self sufficiency would reshape Canada's role in grain markets and potential tax effects on imported food.
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Canada
Britain
Tour Co
Si Charles Fielding
Brit‘lab
British Army Reaches Baku In Oil Rich Caucasus
The British force arrives at Baku on the Caspian shore after a strenuous 600 mile march from Bagdad. They aim to secure the region’s rich oil fields, prevent German control, and consider dismantling wells if needed to block submarine theft.
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Baku
Caspian Sea
Xenophon
Bagdad
Mesopotamia
Sudbury
Caucasus
Nova Scotia
Black Sea
Batum
Europe
Germany
Persia
Having a Good Time In A School For Devendeal Eal
A fragmented letter from a boy in a small school describes a picnic in wet weather and illness among students. It notes Mr. Jones breaking a leg and Mr. Smith injuring ribs while others fall ill with bumps. The writer mentions a playful but unclear incident with a whip and a burned or marked sleeve.
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Devendeal
Jones
Smith
Harry
Civil War interview notes on a captain appointment
Fragmentary Civil War interview mentions a young man being named captain and outlines commission details. The text is incomplete but implies early leadership with potential battles ahead.
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Bamptions
Ancient engineering feats and Leonardo da Vinci compared
The article contrasts ancient works such as vast Nile impoundments and pyramids with Leonardo da Vinci's sketches and early machines. It notes how modern power enabled true mechanical transformation only after Watt, and quotes G. H. Pegram on the limited use of mechanized power in ancient times.
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Nile
Indrean
Memphis
Rome
Capua
Odern
Leese da Vinci
Leonardo
Promatly
G. H. Pegram
American Society of Civil Engineers
Menthol Cultivation in Canada Explored by Japanese Official
A special report by Vice-Consul E. R. Dickover of Kobe analyzes the feasibility of growing black mint in Canada for menthol crystals and oil. Seed imports face difficulty as land is largely cultivated from slips. Japan's mint is mainly produced on Hokkaido and Nippon, with differing climates and rainfall.
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E. R. Dickover
Kobe
Japan
Pacific
Conulate
British Columbia
Kokkaido
Nippon
British Army's Size Surprises With Six and a Quarter Million
The article notes Great Britain has raised six and one quarter million soldiers, surpassing expectations. Lloyd George compared this to the United States, suggesting a proportionate mobilization would reach about fifteen million. It highlights rapid recovery after losses, with guns and machine guns replenished within weeks.
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Great Britain
Mr. Lloyd George
United States of America
Lloyd George
Fretful Record of Bren’s Forty Years in Southern Russia
Fragmentary note mentions Bren’s long tenure in Southern Russia and a deportation context tied to Yerovia. Details are unclear but imply a historical account of exile or removal linked to a known figure and a 40 year period.
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Russia
Siberian Landscape and People Described in Historic Note
The text surveys Siberia including major rivers Yenisel Obi Triysh Lena Amur Argun and routes via Trans-Siberian and related railways. It notes caravans of pack horses and ancient posting roads, diverse scenery from deep valleys to steppes, burial mounds in Mongolia, Lake Baikal as the deepest lake, harsh climate, agriculture in Paris, furs and hunting trades, and governance challenges across diverse races and religions.
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Tanada
Great Britain
Rivera
Yenisel
Obi
Triysh
Lena
Amur
Argun
Ussuri
Hhat
Persia
Desert
Mongolia
Mimusinsk
Achinsk
Lake Baikal
Siberia
Russia
Irkutsk
Paris
Soap Shortage Sparks War Time Rations Debate
Wartime Britain reports soap scarcity as glycerine and fats go to munitions. Prisoners buy soap with home-sent allowances while the ministry safeguards edible fats for food use. Despite submarine fears, Britain maintains fat supplies for soap and glycerine through organized allocations and whale fisheries contributing fats.
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Germany
Ministry of Food
Britain
The Fall of Kerensky and the Tearkoe Selo Battle
The article recalls Kerensky as a weak, erratic leader whose policies hastened Russia’s collapse after the Tearkoe Selo clash. It contrasts his hesitance, grandiloquent rhetoric, and perceived betrayals with the Bolshevik threat and his eventual downfall. It also describes Canadian Army mail operations in wartime logistics with front line delivery details.
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Tearkoe Selo
Kerensky
Party of the People's Liberty
Kornilov
Nekrassov
Winter Palace
Cronstadt
Idtrograd
Russia
Lenin
John Potpleck
British Isles
Canada
Vasl Army Post Office
London
England
France
Canadian Record Office
Canadian Postal Corps
Canadian Expeditionary Forces
Feld
Erga
Smany
Canadian Army Corps
Railhead
Hield
N.C.O
Fiel Pont
Rile
Breakfast and the call of duty in a wary world
A Yale Review piece contrasts Breakfast as a practical daily ritual with national panic. It frames noon and night threats as signs of unpreparedness and treason while urging a steady morning meal to steady resolve and civility amid looming peril. The essay hints at victors’ mood and voyage toward uncertain horizons.
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Happy Isles
Yale Review
Soldiers and Helmets Through the War Years
The piece extols steel helmets nicknamed tin hats as a wartime item carried like a Christmas tree. Veterans view them with mixed views, while soldiers improvise with helmets as cooking pots and vessels. It contrasts French chic, British practicality, and German design and notes their broader uses.
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Mons
Tommy
Imaggine
City boy questions haystack door and window tale
The story recalls a city child visiting a farm and mistaking a haystack for a house, asking why it has doors and windows. The farmer explains it is not a house. The text then veers into stray fragments about fishing and packing herrings.
Rat and Napoleon's Heart in a Parisian Curse
An English physician preserved Napoleon Bonaparte's heart in a liver basin filled with water at St Helena. Two candles burned beside it as a guardian watched all night until a giant rat seized the relic and dragged it away in a flash of fearsome movement.
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Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte
St.Helena
Europe
Caesar
German language ban eased in Brazilian schools says report
Washington relays advices that German is forbidden as basic in Sante Catharina Brazil. Authorities permit German in curriculum but Portuguese remains the primary language in all schools. One district had 134 German schools before Brazil’s war, funded by various grants where only German was spoken.
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Brazil
Sante Catharina
Washington
Thes
Sant Catharina
Bra
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