The Value and Duty of Civic Commercial Organizations
A discourse argues that cities need strong commercial organizations run on sound business plans. It warns against ineffective groups and urges dues funded by all citizens to prove clear profits and citywide prosperity, with civic leaders and residents acting in concert for growth.
Night Sun Over Karungi and Serbian Crisis Reports
The piece blends vivid Karungi sky observations with a London Chronicle correspondent’s account of the Serbian retreat. It highlights Marshal Putnik’s leadership, siege perseverance at Semendria and Belgrade, and German assaults including 42 centimeter shells, street by street fighting, and a fearless 15 year old comadji holding a gate.
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London Chronicle
Danube
American note to Britain defends neutral rights in clash over blockade
The United States publishes a detailed note rebuking Britain for enforcing a policy seen as illegal and retaliatory. It rejects subordination of neutral rights and demands rules of international law govern relations, pledging to defend neutrality impartially amidst the European war.
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England
Germany
Great Britain
America
United States
Britain
Europe
Daring workmen strip awnings from city fronts
Steeplejacks have long held danger status but awning removers are said to risk more. From street level, two or three men strip entire fronts of flats without entering homes. They climb window ledges, pull themselves up to stone, and lower awnings with belts and rope as they descend.
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Putnik
Rabin
Danube
Belgrade
Palanka
Comltadji
Emperor Dushan
Gertmann
Semendria
Mackensen
Drina
Milanomanovitch
Servia
Flanders
Germany
Remarkable NYC Awning Removers Keep Balance on Ledge
The New York Sun recalls three awning removers who stripped a seven story block of seventy five windows in the Bronx in three hours. Ironworkers risk life on beams while one slips and loses grip. The piece contrasts their steadiness with the dangers faced by climbers and contractors working outside tall buildings.
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Bronx
New York Sun
The Needy Ones
Irate father declares he does not need money soon as hotel keepers tailors and taxi men are cited in a Boston Transcript quote about demand and cash.
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Richard
Boston Transcript
Plural of Crux of the Situation Questioned
A brief Ohio State Journal note questions how to form the plural of crux of the situation. The writer considers finding a readily used plural and sharing it to ease familiarity.
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Ohio State Journal
Quebec Fortifications Amid Historic Gibraltar Monuments
The Quebec fortifications, once grand defensive works, survive as picturesque relics of the Gibraltar of America. Built 1823 to 1832 at a cost over £7 million, they span a citadel of more than forty acres. Between 1865 and 1871 three Levis side forts were erected but left unarmed. No trace remains of the old French fortifications.
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Karungi
Sweden
River Belt
Tere
Stockholm
Christiania
Samuel G. Blythe
Saturday Evening Post
Quebec
Gibraltar
America
Levis
Finland One Seventh Water in Area and Population
The article notes Finland covers 144 249 square miles with one seventh water due to many lakes. At the last census the population reached 3 196 700 divided among eight administrations. Helsingfors is the largest city with 154 000 inhabitants.
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Finland
Grand Duchy
Helsingfors
New York Times
Famous Promises and a Bribe for Druggist Claims
In the St Louis Post-Dispatch a public promise is offered: a $100 reward to anyone who can prove that a thorough trial of a remedy yields no relief. The phrase suggests a broad sales pitch with exchange terms and a whispered warning about secrecy.
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St Louis Post-Dispatch
Edison Shares Nobel Prize Awarded in Sweden
The Swedish government announced the Nobel Prize distribution. Physics goes to Thomas A. Edison and Nikola Tesla, literature to Romain Rolland, Hendrik Pontoppidan, and Troeis Lund, and Verner von Heidengstam, chemistry to Professor Theodor Svedeberg.
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Thomas A. Edison
Nikola Tesla
Romain Rolland
Hendrik Pontoppidan
Troeis Lund
Verner von Heidengstam
Theodor Svedeberg
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