Voyage Home from War-Torn Europe Inspires Grit and Stories
Nineteen hundred Americans aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam recount perilous nine day crossing from Rotterdam. British destroyers challenged the liner in the English Channel as passengers swapped first and second class tales and endured air and sea danger.
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Europe
Ner Nieuw
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Sil
Grant
English Channel
Twaring
Essex
Fve
Leutenant
London Chronicle tribute to steadfast France and brave souls
A London Chronicle tribute recalls France and its defiant defense. It honors noble deeds, portrays a lone stand against invasion, and praises heroic figures and loyal sons whose enduring glory resonates beyond borders. The piece elevates courage, sacrifice, and world admiration.
Swine Wit at the Kaiser n Expense
A wartime postcard from Switzerland circulates a joked exchange claiming the Swiss could repel 200000 Germans with each man firing twice. The quip credits Swiss army spirit and notes youths of sixteen to seventeen know how to wield a riffle.
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Switzerland
Caiser
Aixteen
Parcel Post Exhibits at County Fairs This Fall
Parcel post exhibits will be featured at county fairs and rural gatherings nationwide this fall. Postmaster General Burleson authorized post masters to provide demonstrations showing rural to urban parcel service use. Exhibits include sample packing boxes and literature on serving city consumers, with space often provided free of charge and postmasters contributing personal time.
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United States
Burleson
Leas
Post Office Department
Department of Agriculture
Russians Jews' Sad Lot and Czar’s Promised Equality
The report says the czar will quickly sign a proclamation granting Russian Jews equal civil and political rights. Today the only shared right is compulsory military service. Jews are barred from voting, office, and civil participation, with most confined to a restricted region termed the pale.
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Tite
Russian Empire
Russia
Pale
Spires as Forts to Resist the Air Foe in Germany
In Cologne and other German cities church towers are fitted as guard stations to watch for aircraft, with anti aircraft guns now pointed toward the skies from atop steeples as part of defenses against air raids.
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Liege
Amsterdam
Germany
Austria
France
Belgium
Russia
Matt Walter
Springfield
Holland
Walter
Cologne
How to Keep Down Cost of Living During War
A list compiled by New York Commissioner Hartigan guides housewives on saving money. Do not fear shopkeepers nor accept unmarked packages. Reweigh at home and avoid buying large bulk. Specify weight or quantity to prevent overcharges.
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Weights and Measures
Hartigan
New York
Grain Trimming Hardships in Shipping Holds
Grain trimmers endure exhausting shifts aboard grain ships with dust churned holds and choking conditions. Supervisors enforce strict loading rules while pay rises with time, averaging around 60 dollars weekly at peak season, though hazards and long hours persist across sunsets and holidays.
McReynolds Named to Supreme Court by Wilson
The Senate is to receive President Wilson’s nomination of Attorney General James Clark McReynolds as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court to fill the late Horace Lurton seat. McReynolds, born 1862 in Etkeon Ry Web, is a Virginia Law School graduate and former Vanderbilt professor. Thomas W. Gregory of Texas is named as successor to McReynolds as assistant attorney general.
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Supreme Court
Senate
Wilson
James Clark McReynolds
United States Supreme Court
Horace Lurton
McReynolds
Etkeon
Web
John ©. McReynolds
Law School
Child's Severed Foot Replaced Miracle of Surgery
A miraculous operation at Presbyterian Hospital Philadelphia restored a three year old boy Ralph Powell after a mowing machine severed one foot through both bones and all arteries except one. Surgeon Fdeard Hodge of Lowpoint described the repair as among the most remarkable ever performed and noted the high chance of success given the circumstances.
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Ralph Powell
Sharon Iil
Presbyterian Hospital
Philadelphia
R. Fdeard Hodge
Farm Organization Principles for Efficient Work
A fragment outlines farm management aims to maximize value with minimal cost. It emphasizes intelligent organization, continuous work, full family labor where possible, and efficient use of labor, stock, and implements across the season. It speaks to distributing tasks to create greatest value and reduce hired labor costs.
Cow Testing Associations Promising for Dairy Profit
An Australian essay extols cow testing associations for dairy profit, noting tester data reveal profitable and unprofitable cows beyond expert eye. It urges producers to quantify costs, labor, and returns to truly know their business and boost profits, while discussing woven wire fencing trends to improve efficiency.
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Australia
Cow Testing Association
Sydney Farm Journal
Sketchy Neat Design Uses Light Strips on Fence
Description notes a neat method using slender light strips one inch wide arranged along a fence. Strips are skitched at ends and set at four foot intervals with top and bottom strands anchored in notches to create a decorative effect.
Timely garden hints for historic pruning and care
Timely garden hints advise pinching young plant suckers from black cherry and mepterty varieties, trimming two foot high cap varieties, watering new fruit trees, trimming shoots at treethe trunks, allowing growth on young grapevines, and removing damaged growth. It recommends mulching beds, removing dead growth, and keeping beds weed free to maintain bloom and garden beauty.
Chic moire frock novel design with duchess drapery
Fashion note highlights a chic moire frock featuring a canon silhouette with parinter drapery, dropped shoulder and narrow skirt. The bellied bust adds feminine suggestion as the odd girdle is fastened to place.
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America
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Brest
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Gregory
Grai Army of the Republic
Detroit
Citizens Committee On Arrangements
Michigan
Pere Marquette Railroad
Pere Marquette
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Feneral
Whittemore
W.H. Miner
Gratiot County
Arkansas
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