Half the world and its people at war
Lawrence Elston reports that more than half the Earth's area and population are involved in the great war. He cites figures from Whitaker's Almanack and lists colonial holdings of Britain, Russia, France, Germany, Belgium, Austria-Hungary, and Serbia, noting Africa could be remapped by wartime gains.
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Lawrence Elston
International News Service
London
Europe
Whitaker
London Almanack
British South Africa
Sudan
Africa
England
Belgium
Congo Free State
France
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Cape
United States
Congo
South Africa
Nile
Australia
Dominion of
Canada
Germany
Sahara
Niger Valley
Madagascar
Holland
British India
Borneo
Celebes Islands
Sumatra
Java
Iowa
Dutch Guiana
South America
Swiss Woman Shot After Court Martial
Geneva report says Mme Favre Schwarz of Basle, wife of a wealthy Algace Lorraine magnate, was executed following a court martial for alleged plans to blow a railroad tunnel near Leopoldschall. She reportedly cried Vive la France during the incident.
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Geneva
Mme
Favre Schwarz
Basle
Algace-Lorraine
Leopoldschall
Schwarz
A Splendid Charge
Excerpted Victorian rhetoric describes the brutal cost of cavalry charges with graphic similes, noting horrific wounds and deaths as the author condemns the glorification of a splendid charge. The piece contrasts martial bravado with the grim aftermath of battle.
Parisian social queen found guilty and executed cries Vive la France
A condemned woman with strong French sympathies proclaimed Vive la France before death. Her reputation spanned Bagel and Berlin high society, marking a dramatic end to a cosmopolitan figure.
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France
Bagel
Berlin
The Ideal Thing: Wages Without Work Debate
A Houston Post opinion notes the dream of a system that provides full time wages without work, arguing society will not be satisfied until such a plan is contrived. The piece reflects on labor, productivity, and economic fairness.
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Houston
Normal Schools to Be Founded in Ohio State
One hundred ninety applications were filed for county normal schools to train rural and village teachers. The state will authorize 87 locations this fall with up to three training classes per county, ensuring certificates without examinations. The program, capped at 1000 dollars yearly per school, mirrors junior normal concepts in 13 other states.
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Union News Service
Columbus
Frank W. Miller
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Miller
Boards of Education
Lifting of Censorship Marks 11th German American Meet
The 11th annual German American Alliance convention closed with John Schwaab of Cincinnati elected president for the ninth time and Cincinnati remaining state executive seat. Canton chosen for next year after Dayton’s invitation yielded. Indorsement of a candidate for the state ticket left to party platforms. Many resolutions passed but none adopted with more zeal than protests to President Wilson and to Congress urging lifting of wireless censorship.
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Toledo
Wilson
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Washington
State department note on travel of non citizens overseas
The communication from the state department, received by the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce in Washington, emphasizes that non citizens living in Europe cannot be brought out of European countries by the United States government.
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Cincinnati
Europe
United States
State Department
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Campaign Begins to Build Tuberculosis Hospitals in Ohio
Columbus invited joint efforts by the Ohio Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis and the state health board to create 12 district tuberculosis hospitals across four to six counties each. Robert G. Paterson leads the district plan to supplement existing sanatoria, aiming to care for about 35,000 sufferers and cut Ohio’s annual death toll from tuberculosis.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
State Board of Health
Robert G. Paterson
Ohio Society
Cincinnati Leads Ohio in Inland Revenue Take for 1914
Internal revenue agents in Ohio reported 1914 year end collections of 25,031,262 across four districts, with Cincinnati handling over 15 million. Corporate excise and income taxes totaled 2.381 million, individual tax 904,508, and Ohio districts posted 16.298 million, 3.048 million, 1.398 million, and 4.287 million respectively. Cincinnati ranked fourth among 65 districts nationwide, with higher totals only in Illinois, Kentucky, and New York districts.
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Cincinnati
Internal Revenue
Ohio
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Kentucky
Indiana
West Virginia
United States
Illinois
New York
State Auditor Ends Longstanding Expense Voucher Practice
Columbus Ohio State Auditor A V Donahey has begun denying expense vouchers for state employees who traveled home to vote in the primary or attend conventions. An investigation found public funds had long covered such trips, and Donahey sent letters to department financial officers detailing the change.
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Columbus
A. V. Donahey
Donahey
Contracts Awarded for Dairy Building and Hatchery
The state agricultural commission awarded contracts for a new dairy building at the Wooster experiment farm and a fireproof steel fish hatchery at Putin Bay to replace the previous fire. Bright Construction Co. of Toledo bid $13,375 for the Wooster dairy building and John A. Feich & Son of Sandusky bid $14,065 for the Putin Bay hatchery.
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Columbus
State Agricultural Commission
Wooster
Putin Bay
Bright Construction Co
Toledo
John A. Feich & Son
Sandusky
Cleveland Street Cars To Add One Cent Transfer Charge
President Stanley of the Cleveland Railway Co said a one cent transfer fee will be added to the three cent fare on all street car lines starting September 1. The move follows a July report showing an interest shortfall of about $23,000 against the $300,000 target.
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Cleveland, O
Stanley
The
Cleveland Railway Co
Reunion of Comrades Held in Bellefontaine Ohio
The 41st annual reunion of the 45th O. V. I. was held in Bellefontaine on the 52nd anniversary of their mustering into service. Officers elected: President Joseph W. James Degraff, Vice President Martin McBeth New Hampshire, Treasurer R. B. Keller Bellefontaine, Secretary R. M. Wom mer Springfield.
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Bellefontaine
Joseph W. James
Degraff
Martin McBeth
New Hampshire
R. B. Keller
R. M. Wommer
Springfield
Teachers Salaries Raised in Toledo Budget Decision
Toledo educators will receive a pay increase after a joint session of the budget commission and the board of education agreed on the raise. The action marks a new level of funding for teaching staff in Toledo.
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Toledo, C
Toledo
Budget Commission
Board of Education
Explosion Kills 15-Year-Old In Ada Incident
In Ada Lima Ohio a lad named Ernest Biger age 15 died when an improvised Krupp shell exploded while loading powder from an empty pump for a play fortress. A fragment of steel pierced his brain and he collapsed instantly.
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Lima
Ernest Biger
Ada
Drought Hurts Ohio Corn As Heat Reaches 101
In Upper Sandusky Ohio the temperature hit 101 degrees the year’s high. The corn crop suffers extensive damage from dry weather with less than an inch of rain since July 10.
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Upper
Sandusky
Worker Succumbs to Heat in Dayton Street
Dayton Ohio electrical worker Roy Hooker collapsed on a street from intense heat. He was rushed to a local hospital but died.
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Dayton
Roy Hooker
Overcrowded Ohio Hospital Rejects Floyd Readmission
In Troy Ohio Pro bate Judge L H St John rejected Lucy J Floyd readmission for epileptics at Gallipolis due to crowding. Floyd is described as violently insane and a letter was sent to the board of administration about the case. Minni's quota at the hospital is 10 with 11 patients already.
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Troy, O
L. EH. St. John
Lucy J. Floyd
Gallipolis
Earths Most Lonely Spots Inhabitants Of Remote Islands
Islands off Scotland such as St Kilda the Shetlands and Orkneys are extremely isolated with months or years between contacts. Tristan Da Cunha in the South Atlantic is the loneliest British island with 74 residents and news arriving about every two years.
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England
America
Scottish
Hebrides
Orkneys
Shetlands
St. Kilda
Phoenix Islands
Pacific
Fanning Island
Tristan da Cunha
South Atlantic
Pimples Clear Up After Cuticura Treatment
A Chicago man recounts two months of using Cuticura Soap and Ointment after a year of troublesome pimples and itching. He had tried many salves with no relief before receiving a free Cuticura sample and skin book offer.
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California Ave
Chicago
Ill
Chas. J. Peck
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
San Francisco hunter buys wildcat and shoots free tethered beast
A San Franciscan buys a caged wildcat from a mountaineer near Lake Tahoe for five dollars. He forces the animal to be tethered, then shoots it as the rope breaks, causing the wildcat to bolt into the forest.
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Lake Tahoe
Princeton Class Question Sparks Witty Reply
A Princeton college secretary asks students to answer “Are you engaged” for the university annual. One member answered, Do not know. Am awaiting letter, in the blank space, sparking amusement among peers.
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Princeton
The Usual Process Displays Resolution Dish Debate
They state a resolution will be placed on the table amid cautious expectations. The exchange hints at a procedural decision and anticipated pushback in a formal setting.
Life as a grindstone tests wit or nose
A compact aphorism contrasts how people respond to hardship. Some burn their bridges behind them while others fireproof their path, choosing resilience over self-sabotage.
Advice and Quotes on Social Graces and Appearance
A string of social tips mocks manners and flirtation. It notes that lazy men make enemies and that a homely woman favors compliments. It also advertises laundry products and suggests male education in recognizing proper attire.
Poor Showing in College Baseball
A brief sports note recalls a college baseball game where a pitcher or batter struggled, with an umpire or coach remark evaluating the player’s early progress and noting a third inning exit after tough at bats.
Miner owner touts gold mine to investor
One of the mine’s principal owners praised its merits to a capitalist investor. He showed ore specimens and expert opinions while arguing the venture’s potential. The investor remarked it could be a good investment, joking about “p’ints” before the owner exclaimed they are “in quartz right now.”
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Hiram
Night Bus Sways Through Fog on Fifth Avenue
A New York Evening Post account describes a bus creeping along Fifth Avenue in murky weather as a delivery boy with a dress form freezes at Thirty-fifth Street. The sleepy chauffeur and conductor debate clearance before the bus proceeds with a single passenger space.
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Fifth Avenue
Thirty-fifth Street
New York Evening Post
Ireland Faces Ulster Tension With Faithful Voluntee
The London Chronicle reports Irish volunteers moving through Ulster in a menacing mood. A volunteer in full war gear is asked who he will fight. He answers he will not fight Nationalists or police but the Lord will provide.
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Ulster
The
London Chronicle
Beme
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Cape To Cairo
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