German War Prospects Dented as Von Kuehlman Speaks Hard Truth
Angry reaction in Germany as Foreign Secretary Von Kuehlman states in the Reichstag there is little chance Germany can win the war by military means alone. The speech signals defeat and may spark widespread dismay among Germans, while Von Hertling seeks to reassure and offset the claim.
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Turning the Tables on German Naval Power
The article argues Germany faces a strategic reversal as Allied anti submarine warfare sinks U boats faster than Germany can replace them. It cites a French navy official claiming two thirds of launched U boats are already lost and asserts the Allies are effectively blunting Germany’s U boat campaign.
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Allies fight U boats with German methods says French official
The French under-secretary of the navy notes the Allies risking no more than necessary in combating submarines. He credits Allied strategy for using similar weapons against the U boats while avoiding German wartime atrocities. If Allied sinkings outpace German production, the war's main problem nears rapid resolution.
No Reversion for Russia Feudalism Threat and Economic Power
The author argues Russia cannot revert to feudalism, as economic power rooted in productive land controls sovereignty. Feudal restoration via Prussian interference would fail. Germany must be kept out to ensure Russia's economic transformation toward democracy.
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England
Historical parallels shape tense land power in Russia
The text argues that upheaval could strip land from people and shift productive power, forcing people toward sovereign control. It contends Russia cannot admit Germany without undoing the revolution, even from a purely selfish angle.
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Germany
Slayden Campaign Plans Second Drive Against Barrett
The Slayden camp presses a new fifteen day campaign to paint Barrett as a profiteer over land deals and to push him from the race. It may implicate army officers in overpaying for land and calls for court martials. Also notes Coney Island lighting and Harold Scherwitz joining the army as a private.
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Tite Lrent
Harold
Cripple Woman and Wartime Commentaries From Rural Mountain Life
A fragmentary column reflects wartime Kentucky mountain life with Aunt Lucinda’s neglect and local hardship. It includes a folk voice about lonesome hollers and returning soldiers, then shifts to brief civic bits on beef rations, baby carriages, and prohibitionist agitation, all framed as era commentary.
Auto dealers pledge wartime service changes in public notice
Car and tire shops announce they will not end service to customers, will extend credit only to creditworthy buyers, urge cash payments to aid government conservation, and set 7 pm closing to align with wartime guidelines. They promise continued tire, battery, and repair services despite changes.
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der J. Rb, Davis
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Cline Tire & Accessory CO
Is. Cline
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G. G. Shaw
Fraser Auto Supply CO
Boy Works for Thrift Stamp Joke Reveals Hidden Effort
A Philadelphia Telegraph item recounts a dinner party story quoted by Senator Knute Nelson about appearances. A suburban boy stands by a gate claiming to work for a thrift stamp as a neighbor sits with family on the veranda, prompting surprise at the effort behind the idle scene.
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Fragmentary quotation from Verys Magazine about a husband
A damaged fragment quotes a husband speaking to a judge about obtaining “three sine wirhings” for his wife. The source presents unclear wording and spelling, reflecting OCR or typographical errors rather than a clear public record.
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Siamese sock knitting craze from Australia reaches America
The Philadelphia Public Ledger reports on the Siamese sock method using two balls of yarn and two forefingers to knit both socks at once. The Australian technique travels to the Pacific coast with promises of speed and novelty, while readers are invited to master the two-sock system before it spreads further.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
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Majestic Lights Up With Brightest Vaudeville Bill
The Majestic Theater presents a strong vaudeville program led by Gus Edwards' auduxe revue featuring Georgie Vince and three Juvenile stars. The lineup includes Lucie and Cockie the Bird, Lee Hop and Company, and James Thompson and Company in a comedy act, promising lively song and dance, color and novelty acts, with Royal Eugene Japs headlining as a famed Japanese acrobat.
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Symeling Trolipe
McGuire and Company at the Princess
Anthony McGuire and Company present at the Princess with a patriotic play Whe Juud of ce Kuiser and a comedy slot When Lomamy Met Maggie by Ronair and Ward. Acts by Violet and Charies Then the Lackard offer Prio with a singing dancing and piano. Feature photoplay His Majesty Bunker Bean stars Jack Pickford Louise Huff and others.
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Jack Pickford
His Majesty
Bunker Bean
Louise Huff
Jack McDonald
Princes Clanton
Leggy O'Connell
Widythe Chapman
Hart Hoxie
Gusteve Neyfleriita
Unbeliever at the Grand to Close Tomorrow
The film The Unbeliever closes at the Grand tomorrow after a week long engagement begun last Sunday. It features United States Marine Corps involvement with war scenes shot at Quantico Virginia under Col A S Melmore and staff. Allan Crossland directed a company that toured the U S war cantonment audiences.
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Moison
U.S. M
Tjuantico
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Rake
Marine Corps
Grand
Dictionary reads panic spell on patient
Mrs. Jones rushes for a doctor after her husband jokes that a medical dictionary has diagnosed him with many ailments. Neighbour questions the situation as he imagines a long list of diseases. The humor hinges on a misread medical term and comic confusion.
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Pittsburg
His Revenge Tooth Story From Harpers Magazine
A dentist wraps a pulled tooth in paper and gives it to Jimmy who plans to take it home to cram with sugar and watch it ache. Timmy asks why, and Jimmy answers with mischievous resolve in a Harpers Magazine anecdote.
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Press digest mocks and critiques from several papers
A collage of editorials and snatches of commentary from multiple Texas papers during a winter scene. It notes U S Senate debates, German and Austrian wartime topics, American romance with confrontation, and a touching street scene of homeless children near a jail, urging aid and Christian outreach.
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