Internal Struggles of Austria-Hungary as War Factor
George A Schreiner argues that Russia's upheavals plus Austrian Hungarian internal tensions shape the war. Self determination under constitutional methods remains preferred by most groups, yet economic distress and allegiance to the Habsburg monarchy dampen revolutionary impulses. The piece surveys Czech, South Slav, Polish, Romanian, and Italian dynamics across Vienna Budapest Agram Cracow Trieste Laibach and Brassow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Schreiner
International News Service
Russia
Germany
United States
Austria-Hungary
Europe
Aussia-Hungary
Pole
Jugoslav
Danube
Bojar
Vienna
Budapest
Agram
Cracow
Trieste
Laibach
Brassow
Romania
Serbia
Austria
Rumania
Transylvania
Banat
Adriatic
Cardonna
Galicia
Poland
House of Hapsburg
Austria- Hungary
Library War Service Drives for Soldiers Readership
Two million more books are needed by the Library War Service to supply reading matter for soldiers and sailors in camps aboard ships and at naval stations overseas. A Middletown drive runs March 18 to 25 led by Miss Edna Wilder with committees for solicitation collection and publicity. Books sought include fiction poetry history travel biography science and text books with drop-off points at Russell library and Main street stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library War Service
Middletown
War Bureau
Edna Wilder
Russell Library
E. Kent Hubbard
H. M. Meech
W. J. James
Winchester
Douglas Horton
Julia Brazos
Samuel Russell, Jr
Robert H. Fife, Jr
Paul Curtis
Boy Scouts
Bucs
England
Main Street
Curtis
Consider the Soil and Start a Spring Garden Diary
The article advises preparing the garden as soil dries, clearing last year’s debris, shaping tall plants, trimming weak growths, and gradually removing winter protection from beds. It recommends manure, salt on beds, sowing sweet peas, and trenching with manure. It notes regionally when to sow onions, peas, radishes, and beets and suggests lawn care and recording garden costs and results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Beebe Wilder
Philadelphia
Shipping facts on wartime world trade and ship trips
With global ship numbers reduced by about 20 percent Americans learn that a single US to Europe round trip takes as long as two Europe to US trips. A Europe to Australia round trip equals one US to Europe round trip. The piece highlights the speed of maritime routes and wartime supply needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Argentine
Australia
Why You Can't Dodge the Income Tax
The piece warns that 1917 tax enforcement will use hundreds of inspectors in New York to uncover dodgers and requires reporting of $800 plus payments. It outlines penalties for nonreporting and false reports, plus the broad reach of employer and broker information to audits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin A. Gowey
Leslie’s
Daniel C. Roper
Internal Revenue
New York City
Royal Wit Not Slow Humor From Henry IV
The Boston Post recalls Henry IV of France amid sly humor as he meets a local orator who overwhelms him with epithets. The king interjects with a sharp retort about being tired and later quips during a speech as an ass brays nearby, asking for attention “one at a time.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Henry IV
France
Amiens
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Nantucket
Prom
New York Sun
Cuba
International Sugar Committee
Resixoel Saag
BORAX
Pacific Coast Borax Co
New York
Chicago
Sterling Range
Crung
Bacon Bros
Main ST
Middletown, Conn
T. M. Russell
Gibson W. Wilson
Central National Bank
Richard H. Bunce
Conn
Mr. Bunce
Cheney
Francis A. Beach
War Savings Committee
Uncle Sam
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