Nightlife Banned After Eight In Brussels Under German Rule
Berlin newspapers published a Brussels resident letter describing life under Prussian control. A ban on cafes and concert halls after eight o'clock forces Belgians to seek daytime entertainment, with many losing night jobs while libraries see rising use and families reunite earlier. The note notes quiet streets, patrols, and scarce nightlife.
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Berlin
Brussels
Aes
Guy
Somme
Specters in the Fog as Supply Wagons Haunt the City
Rumble of supply and ammunition wagons to the front echoes in the streets and resembles specters fading into night. A Zeppelin flew overhead, its propellers waking most of the city before vanishing, needlesly leaving residents peering from open windows into the darkness.
Eagle in 3700 mile flight traced from Montana to Colombia
An Anaconda Montana farmer tagged a golden eagle after capturing it in his wheat field on August 19. The eagle reportedly flew about 3700 miles to the plains of Colombia, where Luis Felipe Rulda reported the bird was killed on October 29.
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Anaconda
Mont
Chateau
Montt
Luis Felipe Rulda
Republic of Colombia
P. B. Christian
Route 1
Box 62
Centro
Cal
Christian
Luis Felipe ‘Rulda
Rulda
Montana
Plains
Bogota
Mr. Christian
Court reports alcohol as main cause in 1916 domestic relations cases
Chicago figures show ninety five percent of 1916 court of domestic relations cases stemmed from drink. Other causes include other women three percent interference by mother in law one percent and one percent other causes.
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Chicago
Court of Domestic Relations
Heads Modern School Opens With Practical Focus
A new school linked with Columbia University Teachers College will open next fall. It will educate children from six to nineteen, eschewing formal discipline and most mathematics and grammar in favor of practical subjects. The Rockefeller funded General Education Board supports the program with 35 million dollars.
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College of Columbia University
New York
General Education Board
John D. Rockefeller
Canadians Raid On German Trenches On The Somme Front
A Times field report describes a January 17 raid by Canadian troops near Calonne. The operation relied on careful staff planning and accurate use of airplane photographs to identify German trenches and targets. Ironminded bombardment and a swift withdrawal followed, with 100 prisoners taken 8 casualties and several weapons destroyed.
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London
Times
Somme
Calonne
Ermans
Sia
Hog Killed After Carrying Heavy Scrap Iron Find
In Beaver Springs Pennsylvania Dory Hummel killed a hog weighing 595 pounds after a stomach weighing 60 ten penny nails and six pieces of hoop iron were discovered inside. The discovery puzzled conserv ative weight guessers trying to explain the hogs extraordinary heft.
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Beaver Springs
Dory Hummell
Lamps Extend Hens Working Day in Nez Perces Idaho
Mrs. W. H. Baringer uses gasoline lamps to lengthen the hens workday in Nez Perces Idaho. She starts at six in the morning during winter and keeps the lights on until 7 30 p m. She claims the method increases her flocks egg output as hens need light to scratch and feed.
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Nez Perces
Idaho
W. H. Baringer
Inaugural Parade Floats Spark Senate Debate in Washington
Washington column reports a four year cycle row over inaugural parade floats depicting U S history and progress. Critics fear floats resemble royal pageantry while others defend national symbolism and expenses.
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George Clinton
Washington
Levery
Congress
Robert N. Harper
United States
Empire of Rome
Actf&l
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
National Pantheon
Arlington
W. W. ‘Harts
United ‘States Corps of Engineers
Armed Services
Admiral Dewey
Ongoing Debt Dispute Echoes Through Conversation
An exchange centers on a bill one party owes. The debtor, calm, vows to pay it eventually and even prefers owing it for a century to beating the debtor out of a cent, highlighting stubborn tension in a thriftless dispute.
Cascaret Ad Promises Quick Morning Relief
An old advertisement touts a 10 cent Cascaret box claiming it cures sick headaches back to normal by morning. It asserts cleansing the stomach removing sour undigested food and foul gases taking bile from the liver and flushing constipation and poisons from bowels while you sleep.
Clocked Romance: Suitor Seeks Time Reversal
In a Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt a suitor proclaims turning back time for one hour to win a beloved maiden. The maid retorts that her father will soon descend and cannot be fooled by such a trick.
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Algernon
Birmingham Age-Herald
Actress Tells Secret for Gray Hair Recipe Advised
A well known actress shares a home recipe to darken faded gray hair using Bay Rum Barbo Compound glycerine and water. Mix at home or have a druggist prepare it for little cost. directions appear with each Barbo Compound box.
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Rubsoff
The Elderly Millionaire Weighs a Deception at the Club
At the club an older millionaire jokes with a friend about deceiving a woman about his age. He asks if it would harm to confess to fifty two instead of sixty two. The friend suggests claiming seventy five for better chances with Gladys.
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Fessin
Gladys
Loftier Objects Seek Unbreakable Promise
A neighbor asks about the alchemist at work amid flame and vapor. He replies he has paused the quest for the elixir to pursue a more immediate aim seeking the unbreakable promise and the burnable scrap of paper.
Intellectual murder of youth in American colleges warned
Ohio State Journal cites Randolph Bourne criticizing colleges as intellectually murderers and a card index education system. It notes some institutions resist this trend by emphasizing spirit over intellect and shaping purpose and aspiration. The piece argues true education advances when spiritual aims dominate intellect.
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Randolph Bourne
The
New Republic
Ohio State Journal
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