France at War on the Frontier of Civilization
Rudyard Kipling recounts a front visit describing a Moroccan regiment billeted near a stricken Rheims and the cathedral’s ruin. He notes French resolve, battlefield psychology, and the paradox of beauty amid devastation as France endures, with women bearing the burden and a vow that civilization must prevail.
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Rudyard Kipling
France
Africa
Flanders
Bodie
England
Switzerland
Teuton
Rheims
California Dreadnought to Feature Clipper Bow and Electric Power
The California, keel planned soon, will be the first electric Dreadnought and larger than any foreign battleship. With Mississippi and Idaho, she displaces 32,000 tons, costs about 7.8 million plus armor, and reaches 21 knots. She houses twelve 14 inch guns, twenty two 5 inch guns, four torpedo tubes, and uses electric propulsion with steam generators.
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California
Mississippi
Idaho
Pennsylvania
Russia's New Railway Into Shah's Territory
Washington dispatch outlines Russia's prewar rail route from Tiflis to Teheran via Azerbaijan and Djulfa. It notes harsh travel conditions on the Nakchivan line, crowded cars, heat, and inspection by Cossacks and Russian police, with strategic border protection implications.
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Washington, D. C
Russia
Persia
Transcaucasia
National Geographic Society
Europe
Teheran
Baku
Oil City
Caspian
Resht
Tiflis
Caucasus
Alexanderpol
Erivan
Nakhitchevan
Noah
Ark
Ararat
Araxes
Eden
Djulfa
Tabriz
Araxes Walled
Ulukhanlu
Woman's broader view on voting and principles on ballot
After a town election, Mrs. Jiggles explains to Maria that JT struck names from the ballot and wrote her principles on the back, arguing this is no time to consider individuals or their personal ambitions. The exchange appears in the New York Times.
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Osakie
Bayonne
Maria
Jiggles
New York Times
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E. J. Winter
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National Anti-Substitution League
Philadelphia
Mail Press
Warren, PA
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