Germans Convicted in Plot to Destroy Ships in New York
Six Germans were found guilty by a federal jury in New York of conspiring to blow up steamships carrying food and munitions for the Entente using incendiary bombs. Defendants include Captain Charles von Kleist of Hoboken and engineers Karl Schmidt Ernest Becker Frederick Warbade Wilhelm Parades and George Praedel. A background note mentions inner bark from Gossypium tomentosa used by Sandwich Islands natives for twine.
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New York
Federal District Court
Charles von Kleist
Hoboken
Karl Schmidt
Friedrich der Grosse
Ernest Becker
Frederick Warbade
Wilhelm Parades
George Praedel
Sandwich Islands
Trevose freighter torpedoed. 24 crewmen missing
Survivors arriving in New York report the British freighter Trevose was torpedoed without warning. Germany claimed she was sunk, and twenty four crew members remain unaccounted for.
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New York
Germany
Ruskin’s Boyhood and his Puritan Mother
The account notes Ruskin’s mother as an evangelical Puritan who restricted play and toys. She forbade riding and boating for safety and deemed boxing vulgar, while an aunt’s Punch and Judy was promptly removed and never seen again.
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Ruskin
Around the Dairy Discipline for Profit in Milk Herds
Advice on dairy herd management emphasizes comfort and regular milking. Do not mix cream temperatures, avoid wooden pails, and limit noise in the stable. Uniform milking by the same person and regular cadence prolong lactation and profitability.
Incased Postage Stamps by John Gault of New York
New York City inventor John Gault produced incased postage stamps in flat circular cases with mica faces in denominations of 1 3 5 10 12 24 30 and 90 cents 1802 to replace small change. These rare stamps, often bearing the issuing firm’s name on the reverse, served as advertising and fetch premiums at auctions, especially the 12 24 30 and 90 cent issues.
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New York City
United States
John Gault
Park Place
One Horse Chaise Invention Advertised by Royal Patent
The 1728 London Daily Post ad promotes William Chapman’s newly invented chaise drawn by one horse. It claims ease on roads, safer travel, and faster journeys, inviting the public to inspect Chapman’s works at Wormwood Street near Bishopsgate. It notes a 14 year patent grant dated July 20.
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London Daily Post
Wisconsin Historical Library
Willicm Chapman
London
William Chapman
Wormwood Street
London Wall
Bishopsgate
Good and Evil Overcome by Replacing Faults with Good
A reflection on overcoming evil by replacing faulty traits with better virtues in personal life and society. The message emphasizes inner moral change as the path to broader improvement.
Oldest World Map Proves Ancient Postal Routes Existed
A transura from Nippur tablets, found at the University of Pennsylvania, dates before Abraham and details canal irrigation and transport networks. It suggests a temple region survey around Nippur with a library basket tag to Shuruppak about six miles away. Noah is linked to the associated tradition.
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Museum
University of Pennsylvania
Stephen Langdon
Oxford University
Langdon
Nippur
Shuruppek
Noah
Donkeys In Trousers In Guayaquil
A visitor to Guayaquil notes the tropical city’s donkeys crowded with leg coverings and ear protectors against mosquitoes. The animals haul fruit baskets and butchered meat, appearing comically in embroidered trousers as they move through town.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Tropics
Home life of workers shapes industry says Tarbell
Ida M Tarbell argues that bad homes breed poor industrial progress. She notes a discontented wife and leaky kitchen as signs a worker cannot be efficient. Competition pushes employers to consider employees outside work, since healthy, contented men require good homes and, ideally, home ownership.
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Ida M.tarbell
Miss Tarbell
Trying a New Plan for Health
A Birmingham Age Herald quip notes a chronic invalid saying he does nothing for his health and feels better than in years, sparking amusement over the paradoxical-clean bill of health.
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Dirmingham
Local residents and visitors frequent area in busy week
Guy Harmon of near Dalton called Thursday while Eva Miles donated books to the library this week. J M White arrived Monday for a two week stay with his daughter Mrs A McCann. Fred Lau of Norfolk Nebraska toured land east of Gurley W UL. Stoddard of Fairfield, a former teacher, was in the city last Thursday with University Publishing. Mrs W T Wikner returned from Denver after attending the Boston Symphony Opera. Mrs J H Clawges and her son Donald of Fort Morgan Colorado visited Miss Lorene and Miss Fredona Clawges at the phone exchange. Mr and Mrs A A Sharp came from their north divide ranch. Mrs Sharp recently returned from Rochester Minnesota and health is good after four years. Mrs A L Lindberg sold her home to Mr Higgins of Iowa. The Fuller house, formerly R M Perkins, was sold to an unnamed purchaser. Mrs W R Pate of Alliance attended the District convention of Women’s Clubs at North Platte and visited Sidney friends each stay. Mrs J S Prime of Bay City Oregon and her two children visited Mrs A McCann and family and plan to travel to Council Bluffs Sunday. Guy Shoemaker, former local teacher, named postmaster at Laramie Wyoming, succeeding the removed postmaster. he previously served as mayor. Ed Morris, formerly with Cheyenne County Trading Company, visited relatives on Monday while en route from Bridgeport to Central City. his father is ill with blood poisoning. The senior class will publish a yearbook in May, costing over three hundred dollars and sold at one dollar per copy. Mrs Sarah Runnels and daughter Tatie visited from Elwood to Messex, Colorado, en route to homesteads. they lived here about a dozen years ago and remark on great changes.
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Ed Morris
Cheyenne County Trading Company
Bridgeport
Central City
Sarah Runnels
Tatie
Wiser
Elwood
Nebraska
Messex
Colorado
Plow the Garden for Drought Relief in Oklahoma
Winter plowing helps soak up water, store moisture for dry periods, and improve soil structure. It also kills insects, rots ground trash, and warms soil for earlier spring planting, says C. W. Rapp of the Oklahoma Agricultural College.
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Oklahoma
C. W. Rapp
Department of Horticulture
Oklahoma Agricultural College
Old and Modern Customs Named in Holy Week Traditions
The London Chronicle notes various regional Palm Sunday customs such as fig Sunday with figs, snap dragons at Christmas, plum pudding on Christmas Day, and other days marked by foods like oranges, Darley sugar on St Valentine eve, pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, salt cod on Ash Wednesday, frumenty on Mothering Sunday, cross buns on Good Sunday, gooseberry tart on Whitsunday, and nuts on Allhallows, reflecting a tapestry of longstanding folk practices.
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London Chronicle
Dasheen A Tuber Much Like Potato Grows In South
The dasheen, a root crop from Trinidad, is now grown by many southern farmers and truckers. It can thrive in warm Florida to as far north as South Carolina, with edible corms and tubers. Comparable to potatoes in food value, it can be cooked like potatoes or milled into flour for baking. Planting begins in February in southern Florida and by early April in South Carolina, with harvest from September to October.
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Trinidad
United States Department of Agriculture
Worida
South Carolina
Florida
Silage Keeps Two Years Shows Quality Through Time
M. N. Nathaniel of Trenderson county Illinois reports in the Drovers Telegram that silage carried over from 1914 remained feedable into early 1936. The only loss was a thin crust on top and he declared the silage as good as when first stored. This demonstrates a major advantage of the feed.
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M. N. Nathaniel
Trenderson County
Birth day excuse at school from New York Times
A brief exchange where Tommy explains his absence was for his birthday and the teacher notes she does not stay home for birthdays. The humor reflects a common schoolyard remark published in the New York Times.
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Tommy
Lome
New York Times
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Sidney’s Department Store
C.M. Wright
NEW Harper Building
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Neb
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Elkhorn Life
Shay
Einl
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Guy Harmon
Near
Dalton
Eva Miles
J. M. White
Mrs. A. McCann
Fred Lau
Norfolk
Gurley
W. Ul, Stoddard
Fairfield
University Publishing Company
W T Wikner
Denver
Boston Symphony Opera
J. Hi. Clawges
Donald
Fort Morgan, Colorado
Lorene
Fredona Clawges
Telephone Exchange
A. A. Sharp
North Divide
A L. Lindberg
W. R. Pate
Alliance
Woman’s Clubs
North Platte
J .S. Prime
Bay City
Oregon
A. McCann
Council Bluffs
Guy Shoemaker
W. J Shoemaker
Laramie
Wyoming
Mr. Shoemaker
Cupid
Dasheen
Gund’s Beer
Yellowstone
Old Taylor Cascade
J.C. den
Prop
E. Harper
Mr. Wright
Moma
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