Foods Out of the Ordinary in Wartime Zoo Feasts
A London Sketch correspondent recalls Antwerp Zoo captors using the elephant for fortifications and notes that elephants feet baked in ashes and the tongue boiled were treats. He mentions Paris siege feasts of eatable animals, including bear ham, monkey flesh, and even snakes, snails, and a clay baked porcupine, with the writer admitting limited boldness in tasting such fare.
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Antwerp
Belgium
London
Africa
Paris
Prunier
Abolished Kerr Lake Near Cobalt For Silver Vein Mining
An Ontario mining operation pumped Kerr Lake dry to access a rich silver vein beneath it. Four large centrifugal pumps on scows moved water through pipes to a nearby lake, taking 38 ten hour days to remove over 4 million gallons from roughly thirty acres.
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Kerr Lake
Cobalt
Ontario
Committee Aims to Promote Sane Social Legislation
The committee strives to correct faulty laws and deter unwise social projects. Of 175 possible members, 46 have joined. The board of directors meets weekly during the legislative session and sends written bills to members seeking action or advice as needed. Two bills are of special responsibility to the committee, including creation of a commission on
Captain Boyton life saving suit tested by Creelman
Nearly forty years after Captain Boyton brought his pneumatic life saving suit to New York in 1878, journalist James Creelman, then a Herald junior reporter, was assigned to test the device and its afloat properties on arrival.
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Captain Boyton
James Creelman
New York
Mr. Creelman
Herald
No Living Bacilli in Many Preparations Sold
A fragment notes that only a small fraction of products marketed as Bulato type preparations contain living bacilli and that many retail preparations are sterile, lacking any living organisms.
Woes of Authors and a Teas Purchase
A brief fragment notes a conversation about a writer lending a new book and a humorous remark about tea and a dollar twenty five. The quoted exchange appears as a clipped aside from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hugo and the fallen Moor Count Thionville Siege
A Century ago Gen Coun Joseph Hugo defended Thionville in its second siege, enduring 48 days and remaining brave amid Napoleon's downfall. Victor Hugo recounts his father's magnanimity after a wounded Spanish soldier begged water, then fired at him.
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Coun Joseph Hugo
Victor Hugo
Thionville
Lucknow
Napoleon
Diedenhofen
Metz
Lorraine
Hugo
Italy
Spain
Lassoed a German Sentinel in Vosges Trench Tale
A second lieutenant of Alpine chasseurs recalls lassoing a German sentinel in a wooden knoll stronghold during trench warfare. German miners and sapplers advanced to within yards, but a chasseur skilled with rope slipped from the trench at night to lasso the armored guard box, dragging it into friendly lines with aid from several comrades.
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Leutenant
Vosges
Steam drying grass protects hay on modern farms
A well equipped farm uses steam to dry grass within thirty minutes of cutting. The method, feasible only where a steam plant exists, yields a sweeter, better preserving product than sun drying and guards against losses from rain and slow drying during hay season.
Fleet Submarine Forgotten Marks First Modern Sub’s End
The Holland, first modern submarine in the country, designed by John J. Holland and sold to the government 15 years ago, ended by being sunk in the Delaware River. The 53 foot long, 75 ton vessel was submerged with sand and water as its end.
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Holland
John J. Holland
Dela Ware
Godfather Cities scheme for East Prussia relief
A new plan assigns each large German municipality to sponsor a devastated town or village. Charlottenburg will aid Soldau and Magdeburg will support Johannesburg, with parents focusing on long term town planning rather than general relief.
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East Prussia
Germany
Charlottenburg
Soldau
Magdeburg
Johannesburg
Wade All the Difference Fable of Two Neighbors and a Dog
Champ Clark relates a fable about Jones and Smith two neighbors whose barking dog keeps Smith from sleep. Smith buys and almost chloroforms the dog but both men end up becoming fond of it, while denying the noise ever bothered them.
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Champ Clark
Jones
Smith
Ways of Acquiring Grace Carriage
A period guide on posture and carriage for grace and health. It emphasizes lifting the chest, aligning the body, and proper arm resting to project poise. The advice compares graceful posture to harnessed balance and notes common mistakes like crossing arms with folded hands.
Liked Americans Best Ambulance Work Praised in France
Mr Labouchere extols American ambulances for their work in France praising their skill to reattach limbs and the nurses. He lauds American girls for caring deeply, noting their sincere nursing and compassionate service to wounded soldiers and weary volunteers.
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France
Mr. Labouchere
United States
Nine Photos to a Passport Regulation Enacted
English and French governments implement new passport rules requiring travelers to carry at least nine photographs. The tighter plan enables rapid credentialing for cross channel trips and aids identity verification for suspected spies. It promises quicker investigations within a three day limit and access to records of suspects for authorities.
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England
Hollan
France
English Channel
Death of Danish Poet Thor Lange at sixty five
Danish literature mourns the loss of Thor Lange aged sixty five a prominent poet translator and lecturer at Moscow university since 1876 He is noted for Danish renditions of Russian ballads and translations of Greek tragedies and Longfellow s Golden Legend His influence extended to memorial stones and crosses commemorating Denmark s historical past as reported by the London Athenaeum
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Thor Lange
Longfellow
Rasysia
Moscow University
London Athenaeum
Denmark
Erec
Adaptability Turns Atlantic City Trolley Into Tango Car
A funeral trolley car in Atlantic City was repurposed into a tango car with dancing facilities, reflecting how resourcefulness under pressure has made communities notable among nations.
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Atlantic City
Kansas City Journal
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