The False Position Taken by Germany
A lengthy critique of German Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg’s Reichstag speech on necessity and war aims. The piece argues the doctrine justifies anti international behavior, mocks expects, and warns that Prussian tradition and Machiavellianism drive Berlin toward war ignoring public opinion in Britain France Russia Italy Belgium and Poland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Bethmann Hollweg
Wich Encland
Germany
Reichstag
London Times
Luxemberg
Belgium
Brussels
France
Lower Rhine
Liege
Te Naval League
Algeciras
Agadir
Herr von Bethmann Hollweg
Machiavelli
Russia
Italy
British Empire
Austria-Hungary
Servia
Tey
Bote
Peet
Europe
Vienna
Cailaux
Ribot
Deicasse
Berlin
Balkans
Sadowa
Sedan
Bette
England
Herr von Bethman Hollweg
Bismarck
Louis Napoleon
von Hollweg
Admiral Jellicoe’s Wartime Feats and Narrow Escapes
Summary of Britain's famed admiral Jellicoe detailing early daring rescue at sea aboard the Monarch, Victoria wreck survivals during the Boxer rebellion retreat at Tientsin, reception of a board of trade medal, and subsequent command of the empire’s fleet in the Great War.
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Britain
North Sea
Glasgow
Europa Point
Spanish
Gibraltar
Tuttrickdale
Jellicoe
British Board of Trade
M.H.S. Victoria
Victoria
Board of Trade
Seymour
Pekin
Tientsin
Ellicoe
Fienstin
Doing Europe in Olden Days by Clare Howard
The essay outlines Elizabethan travelers aiming to become compleat persons through continental learning, Italy as Renaissance center, and France rising as arbiter of manners in the 17th century. Travel dangers included dirty inns and smallpox before sighting the Continent. The term grand tour appears first in Lassels 1670 book The Grand Tour of France and the Giro of Italy.
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Clare Howard
Italy
France
Prosperity Is Communistic by Jacob Abbott
A quotation argues that true prosperity requires mutual community benefit in all honest business. It claims that fair exchange creates equal advantages for sellers and buyers, and sees business as a broad means of gaining wealth through shared good.
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Jacob Abbott
Duke of Connaught and relatives in Queen's Own Hussars
The Tth Queen's Own Hussars formed from Dragoons in 1807 served as the cavalry home for the Duke of Connaught to learn his trade. His son Prince Arthur and Prince Alexander of Teck began their military careers in the same regiment.
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Tth
Queen's Own Hussars
Dragoons
Duke of Connaught
Prince Arthur
Price Alexander of
Germany failed as a colonizer and Africa possessions
The Montreal Family Herald notes Germany owned four African colonies at the war start and lists Togoland’s capture by Britain on August 6. It argues limited development occurred in Cameroon, East Africa, and Southwest Africa, with Togoland alone self sustaining, and discusses colonial value and strategic interests for Britain and Rhodesia.
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Germany
Africa
Togoland
Great Britain
Cameroons
German East Africa
Southwest Africa
Heligoland
North Sea
Atlantic
Gold Coast
Rhodesia
Montreal Family Herald
Timid Traveler Foiled by Purse Mixup on the Car
A timid woman on a car realizes her purse is missing from her bag and discovers it dangling from the arm of a stranger across from her. The purses are swapped inadvertently as a parsimmony faced woman warns the thief and prevents the pickpocketing attempt.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Fresh Air and Sunlight Urged Across Civic Bodies
An Exchange note highlights rising global support from boards of health bureaus of charity school trustees housing commissions and other civic bodies for ensuring maximum sunlight and fresh air in living spaces as valued by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 and echoed for a century.
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Boards of Health
Bureaus of Charity
Trustees of Schools
Commission On Housing
Bread basket of the British Empire heralds new era
The passage proclaims farmers receiving war prices for grains now and awaiting famine prices next year. It frames the Western Country as entering a new era of prosperity with agriculture central to national strength. Strong emphasis on farming and economic outlook.
Curious Ball Play Delivers Six Hits With No Runs
A six-hit first inning by Curio Ball Club produced a triple and five singles but yielded no runs as runners were retired attempting extra bases. The first batter tripled, then was out at the plate on a failed homer bid.
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Chicago Tribune
The World’s Greatest Multipliers A boy asks a rabbit
A child quizzes a pet rabbit on multiplication asking seven times seven four times four and two times two with no reply, echoing a playful math moment.
Climb Daylight Cold Strikes Grand Combin Expedition
A London Chronicle correspondent recalls a Himalayan style alpine ascent of Grand Combin in the Alps. Six climbers battle a thunderstorm and bitter cold, dry in a hut, suffer four colds, then push to reach the peak despite depleted equipment.
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London Chronicle
Grand Combin
Alps
Census shows domestic servants top England and Wales jobs
The latest census analysis ranks domestic servants as the largest employment group ahead of agriculture and coal mining. After these come national and local officials, highlighting the shift in workforce patterns.
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England and Wales
Key Movements in the Franco Prussian War 1870 71
The article outlines mobilization dates from July 15 to war declaration July 19 1870. It lists army bodies with generals Steinmetz Frederick Charles and Crown Prince of Prussia, campaigns from Saarbruck to Paris, key battles at Spichern Worth Gravelotte Metz Sedan Paris surrender January 28 1871.
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William I
France
von Steinmetz
Trever
Frederick Charles
Rhedish Palatinate
Prussia
Baden
Napoleon III
Mountmedy
Belfort
Switzerland
Marshal MacMahon
Strassburg
Failly
Betsch
Palatine
Marshal Bazaine
Metz
Frosard
Saint Avoid
Ladmirault
Thioville
Diedenhofen
Bombaki
Canrobert
Nancy
Chalons
Felix Douay
Napoleon
Paris
William
von Moltke
Bismarck
Maina
Saarbruck
Douay
Weissenberg
Phage
Worth
Crown Prince
MacMahon
Zabern
Steinmetz
Spichern
Forbach
Vosges
St. Alvord
Colombey-Neuilly
Corcelles
Moltke
Saarbrucken
Saarcemund
Dreve Bazaine
Gravelotte
Saxony
Champagne
Nhither
Cholom
Rheims
Sedan
von der Tann
Orleans
Bazaine
de Palladines
Ducrot
Brie
Champigny
Mont Averon
Rouen
St. Quentin
Trochu
Mont Valerien
Python quarrel ends in strangling tragedy at zoo and museum
In October 1894 a giant python at a city zoo swallowed its mate. A similar incident reportedly occurred in Bombay where two large Indian pythons became entangled over a partridge. Despite keeper attempts, only one stout python remained visible the next day. The article notes reptiles settle quarrels in their own way.
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Zoo
Bombay
Bombay Natural History Society
London
Fifty Per Cent Decrease in Canadian Immigration
Immigration to Canada plummeted in April to July 1914 with 105,631 arrivals, including 32,312 British and 34,930 Americans, down from 250,906 the previous year. August through ocean ports were nearly shut due to the war, with an estimated 50 percent decline overall and yearly totals near 25 to 30 percent of last year.
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Canada
Webster’s Last Playful Remark Before Death
Days before dying Daniel Webster wished to leave his sickroom one more time to view the garden and pond. Supported by a servant he toured the mansion and library then watched stormy seas and boats at a pond’s mound before declaring he would go back and never left his room again.
Submarine Mines Tilt Modern Warfare Dynamics
The article explains how Italian perfected submarine mines shape today’s conflict. It notes ships like the Ambition were sunk by North Sea mines and discusses two contact mine types, with open-sea mines lacking discrimination and posing risks to any vessel after half an hour in water.
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Amphion
North Sea
Koenigen Luise
Yellow Sea
Robert Fulton
British Admiralty
England
Baltic
Tolstoi’s War Prophecy and the United Nations Vision
The Los Angeles Express notes Tolstoi foresaw a coming European war and a future world federation the United States of Nations. He predicted a German emperor and British king solicited the prophecy, with four major blocs and an ethical era to follow, though its accuracy is debated.
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Count Tolstoi
Tolstoi
Europe
Napoleon
United States of Nations
Germany
Los Angeles Express
Women and War and the Vote Debate
The piece argues that women's enfranchisement could not halt war immediately but would influence politics over time. It notes England's gender imbalance and the idea that votes for women might weaken military strength, while suggesting women no longer romanticize sons' sacrifices for country.
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England
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Pogland
Gerth
Gobidak
Goethe
Kant
North America
Nent
Western
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