Stolen Railway Assets Baffle Europe with Major Thefts
A Waterloo Evening Courier excerpt notes a Bucharest report of a railway line disappearing and rail assets removed. Similar European cases include a war era line near Albert and a mountain railway at Kahlenberg, with authorities puzzled by grand thefts and foreign involvement.
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Bucharest
Lne
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Jacobent
War Office
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Kahlenberg
Europe
Monoxide Dangers Warn of Carbon Poisoning Risks
The piece warns that carbon monoxide from running car motors in closed garages causes accidental deaths and nonfatal poisonings. Experts urge ventilating fixes for large garages and open doors for small ones, with guidance to air the space five times hourly during engine work.
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Modern Science Institute
Public Health Service
Maryland offers free trees to beautify state roads
The Maryland forestry department renews its free sapling program with rules on planting distance, right of way, and owner consent. Species include ash, catalpa, willow oak, tulip poplar, larch, honey locust and cypress. Experts assist in species choice and planting supervision to beautify and protect road corridors.
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Maryland Department of Forestry
Maryland
Not Strange to Broadway Drama Review
Eugene O Neills Strange Interlude drew mixed Waterloo reactions with appalled views on the plot while New York critics praised its length and innovation. The piece sparked debate over its off color sequences and bold structure in its early reception.
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Broadway
Eugene O'Neill
Waterloo
New York Drama Critica
Broadway Notes On Strange Interlude Duration And Style
The piece critiques the play Strange Interlude for its record breaking length and heavy use of characters thoughts conveyed through parenthetical speeches. It contrasts New York reviewers fascination with its novelty against Iowa readers unfamiliar with the Broadway trend toward interior monologue driven drama.
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New York
Broadway
Manhattan
Personal Health Service by William Brady at The Height Natl
Dr William Brady offers readers personal health guidance in The Height National Newspaper column. Discussion covers exposure myths about King George and others on Armistice Day, public health views, tuberculosis debates, and a Q A section on catarrh with a home remedy. The piece notes reader correspondence and instructions for letters to Dr Brady.
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William Brady
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Height Nat'l Newspaper
George
Health Department
Dr. Brady
The Larger Power, Problem by Glenn Prank
An essay on power and unity, arguing water power and public utilities interlock in national policy. It warns against oversimplifying the power problem and notes steam driven industry may dominate future electric power, shifting social control to utilities and industry.
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Chicago
Detroit
Static and sparks ignite a reader's snowbound mood
In a whimsical column the author rails at wireless static and home shocks from wiring and rugs, noting fans praise for quiet sound while real life irritation jumps from cellar to attic. The piece folds in quips about libel laws, Nine Loose Lives flames, and media quips from Nashua to Kansas City Star.
Brain Tests in Society Page Cl M
These intelligence tests are offered at leading universities to gauge mental rating. The column explains to answer quickly by visual comparison, entering the first three letters of the most frequent letters. Do not refer to the answers until finished.
Mamba's Daughters and Explation Featured Authors
DuBose Heyward writes Mamba's Daughters set in Catfish Row with Mamba, Hagar, Lissa, and Saint Went. a white family drama threads through the tale as Hagar kills to protect her daughter. Elizabeth pens a new English novel Explation about a widow facing implied infidelity within her husband’s upright circle.
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Old South
Hagar
Lissa
Catfish Row
Ensitiva
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Bhella
London diary of a restless traveler in fog and fashion
The writer describes a London visit marked by fog and bustle, noting beggars, a fleeting glimpse of the Duke of York, and a flustered haberdashery clerk. He recalls Calais to Dover crossings, Simpson’s lunch, Chaplin street sights, Rotarian hospitality, and playful urban textures from a Burlington Arcade moment to a desired Noel Coward style black silk handkerchief.
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London Hotel
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Bath
Arry
Burlington Arcade Haberdashery
Noel Coward
Fey Howard
New Books and Almanacs Staged in January Notes
Keye Smith publishes The Village Doctor about a wife who marries for ambition and is won by illness and betrayal. Rudolph Binding translates A Fatalist at War revealing a German officer’s wartime diaries and letters on the fronts. Abof from the Deck Ratio Johnson surveys lonely Americans including Lincoln and Dickinson. One Day compiles Philadelphia Evening Bulletin content for a single day. Hammett introduces Bad Harvest, a Western mining town detective tale. Calendars and almanacs appear again in January as a routine literary gadget.
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Keye Smith
Ife
Rudolph Binding
Johnson
Lincoln
Dr. Eliot
Whistler
Charles Eliot Norton
Emily Dickinson
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Dashiell Hammett
Abe Martin and Mrs Gip Licksider Scene at Court
Abe Martin and Gabe Craw discuss bringing Volga boatmen to Melodeon Hall while the river lies frozen. Mrs Gip Licksider, whose husband was indicted for murder yesterday, hurries to secure downstairs reprieved space and proper floor preparations before his acquittal.
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Gabe Craw
Uniform calendar idea gains renewed public attention
Readers consider adopting a uniform calendar to fix January and other dates to consistent weekdays, reducing yearly shifts in the days of the month. The proposal aims to provide a wall calendar that remains stable year after year, avoiding the current system’s drift and simplifying planning.
Inaugural Pageant Won Washington
Alexander K George reports on Andrew Jackson’s 1829 inauguration as a people’s celebration in Washington. A mass crowd, from 10 000 to 20 000, packed Pennsylvania Avenue and the Capitol grounds while Jackson, the frontier hero, rode to the White House amid cheers. The scene included lavish but anarchic hospitality, no police, and a chaotic reception at Gadsby’s hotel as revelers overwhelmed officials and restrained guards.
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Alexander K. George
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
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The
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Hermitage
Washington
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Jackson
John Spencer Bassett
Baronet
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Supreme Court
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Washington Daybook recalls Victor Berger's wartime clash
In a Capitol Hill office Berger’s battered wallet bears an Espionage Act reminder. The 68 year old Wisconsin socialist, once denied entry to Congress and jailed, now nears retirement to edit a major socialist newspaper. He led Debs toward socialism and pushes a bill to restore citizenship to those convicted under wartime acts.
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Washington, D. C
Victor Berger
Capitol Hill
United States
America
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Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Congress
Milwaukee
Berger
Jersey City
Itewas
Follee
New York
Eugene V. Debs
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Almanac History and Uses through the Ages
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Benjamin Franklin
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