Britain Builds 4000 Munition Plants Supplying War Output
London reports that Britain organized 4000 government munitions firms employing over 800000 workers, scaling up production to fuel 5090000 soldiers. Dr Addison leads the ministry of munitions, tracing rapid expansion from three plants to specialized factories and private firms, with output of shells, bombs, and guns vastly increased and labor mobilized nationwide.
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London
Associated Press
France
England
Fiitish Isles
Tau
America
United States
Great Britain
Dr Addison
Poupts
Ar Tobacco
Planta
Ministry of Munition
Abdul Baha on Right Treatment of Criminals
Abdul Baha argues justice, not forgiveness alone, sustains society and warns that universal pardons would destabilize nations. He cites Attila and other rulers to illustrate punitive necessity, while urging education to prevent crime and moral progress over harsh penal systems.
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Abdul Baha
Europe
Persia
Mutawakkil
Christ
Sayyid Manshadi
Manshad
Viera
Remember Montauban Courage Through Hell and Dust
A fragmentary wartime reminiscence recalls grit and loyalty in the Montauban assault. Soldiers push forward under heavy fire, a captain urges men on, and a sergeant recounts the brutal, unflinching realities of trench warfare and sacrifice.
Hez pays slick stranger ten dollars in a pigeon caper
Hez Parker, the Pistakee Lake man visiting Chicago, is duped by a street officer who fines him ten dollars for counting pigeons. Hez boasts he outsmarted the officer after paying the bill and returning home.
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Slick Stranger
Chuckles
Chicago
Hez Parker
Pistakee Lake
Hex
Potine
Armored Car Delivered for War Department
The first light armored car of a special steam railroad design was delivered to the War Department this week by Hammond car-building plant. The vehicle features heavy steel plates and a gun well in the oval rear, with a high powered gun and twenty machine guns, sides adaptable for sharpshooter use.
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Omens and superstitions around marriage and death
A survey of wedding omens and death signs in ancient and modern belief. It notes color superstitions and timing such as May and Lent, warns against pearls and violets, and lists omens like a clocking insect, dog howling, raven croaks, bells, and the death watch. It covers various cultural traces from Romans to Irish and English traditions.
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Reginald Ro Span
Galeoro
Thagoras
Julius Caesar
Bonaparte Dryden Cromwell Tennyson
Catholics Readying to Unite Churches for Catholic Week
Catholics nationwide prepare to unite for Catholic Week ceremonies led by Cardinal Farley and Cardinal Gibbons with a Pontifical Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral and a host of conventioneers from the Catholic organizations. Key clergy, moves include rector shifts and altered service hours across several churches in Washington, Asheville, and beyond as plans unfold for August events.
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Vermont Avenue
Catholic Young Men's National Union
Catholic Press Association
Knights of Columbus
Holy Name Society
Ancient Order of Hiberniany
Cardinal Farley Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Cardinal O Connell
Boston
Bonzano
T Patrick's
C Erneet Smith
St Thomas’ Church
Dupont Circle
Asheville
Washington
Smith
Biltmore
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All Souls’ Church
All Souls
England
Largest statue in the world carved in Japan
The world’s largest statue is being carved in Japan, a recumbent image of Nichiren cut from natural granite on a hillside on Sekigakuchi Island or the Cows Head in the inland sea of Seta Tapan. The stone image will be 240 feet long from head to foot.
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Japan
Nichiren
Sekigakuchi
Seta Tapan
Christian Science and the Real Science Debate
A discussion of the relation between Christian Science and inductive science. It argues that true scientific knowledge must align with spiritual truth, citing Jesus and Mary Baker Eddy. The piece defends science as compatible with faith, urging a Deductive science of reality grounded in God. It calls on scientists to seek immortality through spiritual understanding and reveals that Christian Science offers a comprehensive view of life and being.
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Clank
Willis
la Weil
Christ Jesus
God
Jesus
Eddy Haa
St Paul
Christian Selene
Finnele
Phraical
Mr. Eddy
Studies in New Thought on Opportunity and Providence
The piece argues that perceived misfortune stems from limited understanding of life and suggests embracing all events as purposeful. It cites cause and effect, faith in a higher plan, and the idea that attitude shapes experience, urging readers to see current trials as opportunities guided by love and the Infinite Mind. It notes resilience through sorrow and concludes with the Red Cross appointing Clara D Noyes as nursing bureau superintendent.
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Pascal
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Iwan
Nero
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God
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American Red Cross
Clara D Noyes
Bellevue Training School
New York City
Nursing Bureau
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Nashotah House
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Misa Lillian Whitaker
Girls’ Friendly Society
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Charles H. Butler
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George M Cummings
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Garden Memorial
Lucien Clark
Chevy Chase
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Fifth Baptist Church
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