Armageddon Plain: Esdraelon Passes Through Biblical Lens
A historical meditation on the Esdraelon plain linking it to battles from Saul and Saladin to Napoleon and modern forces. The essay portrays the plain as a pivotal battlefield shaping civilizations and fate, invoking Revelations and biblical prophecy about a worldwide struggle leading to a declared end.
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Saladin
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Napoleon
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Gaza
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Persia
Throne of
Austria
Seattle Mailmen Quit Over Post Office Wages and Unions
A Seattle column notes special delivery carriers will quit December 31 to join shipyard work citing $50 monthly pay, poor promotion prospects, and calls to abolish postal unions. It accuses Postmaster General Burleson of driving sweatshop conditions and promoting government employment as justification. The piece also weaves in reflections on self identity and a Red Cross drive update.
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At Last Useless Cigar Bands Can Be Made Useful
Jeff Angels, who claims to be the grandson on his mother s side of the inventor of the process of using rhampeane corks in interior decor, argues the potential repurposing of cigar bands for decorative use. The note references a 96, 8 C. entry dated December 18.
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Frandson
Gibson
H. B. Wall
Moaltimore Hospital
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Red Cross
Horatio Gates Gibson
Scott
Mexico
David Stuart Gordon
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Orience
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Inventor Patents Cigar Band Waste War Conserving Paste
A lone inventor proposes a wartime conservation paste made from discarded cigar bends wrapped in cloth to wear over stockings in cold weather. The idea aims to reuse cigar band waste as a protective layer against winter chill, reducing waste and extending fabric life.
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Giggling Grace lands job with phonograph company
Port Tobacco report notes Giggling Grace secures a position with a well known phonograph company. Though she lacks fame, she is paid to laugh on demand for record launches and events.
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Port Tobacco
Crack Gold
Hashing Is Better for Figure Says Fairbanks
NORBOM Texas December 24 Dawn Fairbanks a local waiter says she will improve her figure through hard work at the Facelator restaurant. She notes stage life harmed her symmetry with excess weight but vows restoration through workouts and discipline.
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Mile
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Mie Fairbanks
Man crafts fake thermometer to fool fuel shortage claims
A Ballard man devises a ruse to heat his home by faking near zero on a thermometer. He intercepts his pipe’s heat with the device, causing his wife to fret about overdoing the furnace. He then buys a new thermometer to maintain the illusion and ends with lower coal bills despite the ruse.
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Miscus
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Keeping Soldiers Strong During World War
Early in the world war cod liver oil was chosen to fortify soldiers against exertion and exposure in camp life and to help build enduring strength.
Fragments From a Curious Evening Column
A collage of quirky notes and local observations. Mentions Mil Shakespeare, Gill, and a tootering joke set among bustling Recon ave activity. Reports on impeachment charges drafts, cigaret shortages, and a San Francisco surgery. Also notes on factory progress supplying American army machine guns.
Wartime wit and civic notes on city life and habits
A collage of quotations and snippets: cautions about behavior and public manners, a drill sergeant parody, comic lines about Germany and war, and local notices. Items include traffic changes at Second and Pike, Eastlake pedestrian access, docks fishing hours, county jail bait policy, December weather remark, Elks charity effort, and wheatless and meatless meal suggestions.
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Cowen Park
Eastlake
Congress
First Lady of Cuba Heads Red Cross Drive for French Hospital
Madam Mariana Seva de Menocal wife of Cuba's president heads the Cuban Red Cross women’s section and has raised about $1,000,000 to establish a hospital in France.
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Mariana Seva de Menocal
Cuba
Cuban Eel Cross
France
Navy Uniform Free Travel in War and Peace Provokes Debate
The Star prints a clipping from Our Navy noting that American sailors in uniform received free rail transport in wartime across the British Isles and half fare in peacetime English territory, while in the United States they pay full fare. The piece laments U.S. railroads and urges American railmen to imitate British allowances.
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the Star
Beattie
Great Britain
British Isles
Far East
United States Navy
Kentucky First to Vote on Prohibition
Kentucky becomes the first state legislature to vote on ratifying the national prohibition amendment. If Maine or Kansas does not call a special session, Kentucky’s January assembly will set the pace as the first newly elected body in the Bourbon commonwealth to tackle the issue.
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Maine
Kansas
Kentucky
Clever book ends formed by browsing old gas jars
A fragment notes crafting ends for books by studying antique gas fittings. The text hints at repurposing old hardware to create decorative closures. No additional context or names are provided.
States Weigh Dry Amendment Vote On Prohibition
A 1918 forecast lists states where legislatures may vote on a dry amendment. Kentucky Massachusetts Mississippi New Jersey New York Rhode Island South Carolina Virginia Louisiana Georgia convene in 1918 with Florida May, others January 1919. Prohibition already broad in many states. many are partially dry or fully dry by law.
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Kentucky
Massachusetts
Missionippi
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Virginia
Louisiana
Georgia
Florida
Maryland
Maxsnchusetts
Viertda
Louisans
Montana
Washington
New Hampshire
Michigan
Arizona
Oregon
North Dakota
West Virginia
Colorado
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Nebraska
Idaho
Tennessee
South Dakotas
Kanes
Iowa
Alabama
North Carolina
Utah
Disturbed Chicago squared physicist warns on romance thrill
A bizarre Chicago remark claims that kissing the same woman dulls thrill as electro chemical action wanes. The speaker curses the idea and vent phrases about “4 Kiewlew” while railing at the concept.
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Chicago
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