World War Began With Austria Serbia Telegram
A 68 word telegram from Austria to Serbia dated July 28 1914 marked the start of World War I. The note proclaimed war after Serbia failed to answer Austria Hungarys demands. The conflict swiftly involved Germany Britain France and Belgium triggering lifelong shifts in Europe with massive casualties and the fall of five thrones.
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Vienna
Austria
Serbia
Francis Ferdinand
Duchess of
Austria-Hungary
Belgrade
Kaiser Wilhelm
Russia
Europe
Germany
Great Britain
French
England
London
Belgium
Albert
France
Western Front
Liege
von Kluck
Paris
Marne
Verdun
Jutland
United States
John J. Pershing
St. Mihiel
Half Cent Coin to Have Hole in Center
President Roosevelt designed the half cent with a central hole and the one mill coin with a square outline. Secretary Morgenthau said aluminum is unlikely for the mill, copper remains for the half penny, and zinc brass and other alloys are under study.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
Aluminum Company of America
Mellon
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
New Orleans Gin Fizz Peach Cream Cocktail
A recipe combines gin lemon juice lime juice powdered sugar orange flower water egg white milk and vanilla with ice. Peach cream mixture uses mashed peaches cream sugar and chopped maraschino cherries folded and frozen. Garnish with cherries. canned peaches adjust sugar.
Simple Rice Pudding Recipe with Raisins
Combine four cups milk one-fourth cup rice half a teaspoon salt one fourth cup sugar and nutmeg wash the rice mix with the other ingredients and bake two hours in a very slow oven at 250 degrees Fahrenheit Stir at least three times in the first hour to break the crust A half cup of raisins may be added when mixing Chill in the ice box.
Cottage Cheese Salad Recipe
Mince an onion and mix with cottage cheese. Place in a small greased bowl, chill briefly, then turn onto a platter and surround with lettuce leaves. Serve with French dressing.
Batter and Frying Instructions for Tender Chicken
Two young chickens with flour milk eggs and seasonings are cut into pieces. If tender they fry raw in hot fat after dipping in batter. if not tender they fry slowly then finish in batter and deep fry. Mix flour baking powder salt pepper with beaten eggs and half cup milk, then add enough milk to make a thick batter.
Plan to End Low Mood Scrip Scheme Proposed
A plan by William M. Rivkin of Merwood Pennsylvania proposes issuing 10 scrip to every citizen over 21 on a fixed date. The plan would create a national holiday and require 55 cent stamps on each spend, with scrip circulating until retired by the Treasury. Rivkin estimates 50 billion in scrip could net 2.5 billion for the government.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William M. Rivkin
Merwood
Congress
Treasury
Rivkin
Farce and Philosophy in a Pair of Anecdotes
A Scotch traveler jokes about luck with a penny in tunnels on a Boston to New York trip and loses it when the string breaks. Henry Ward Beecher and Robert G. Ingersoll are described as close friends with sharp religious debates. Beecher says a celestial globe was made by nobody it just happened.
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Boston
New York
Henry Ward Beecher
Robert G. Ingersol
Ingersol
Beecher
Eight Results Reported After Repeated Figures
The dialogue suggests an overseer confirms eight sets of figures added repeatedly. The speaker acknowledges thorough work and presents eight final results. This indicates a meticulous counting or calculation process with verified outputs.
Prisoner Banks on Competition for Ten Dollar Bills
In a jailhouse exchange a prisoner explains his downfall: he crafted bills resembling government notes to compete with official currency. The dialogue reveals a motive rooted in counterfeit imitation and punishment for fraud.
Forgetting Azores Hints at School Memory Gap
A humorous exchange shows a student, Mike, asking why he was kept in at school and receiving a reply about remembering where he put things, highlighting a memory lapse tied to geography.
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Mike
Azores
Farmer Corn tossel jokes about summer boarders chef
After another season he says a chef is a man with a big enough vocabulary to name the soup differently each day. Mrs. Corn tossel asks what a chef is, highlighting rural humor about domestic help.
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Farmer Corntossel
Force of Habit Cartoon Quip on New Cook as Umpire
A comic strip joke imagines a kitchen worker as an old baseball umpire. The first character notes the cook’s action dusting a plate with a whisk broom, prompting the second character’s surprised question.
Villager Confronts Bill Brawnley Over Accusation
In a village inn Bill Brawnley called a fellow resident a liar provoking a sharp retort as anger rises among locals. The exchange signals rising tensions in the tight knit community.
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Bill Brawnley
Bill
Brawnley
Keep a Good Laxative Always in Your Home
Mrs Perry Hicks of Belton Texas urges families to keep Thedford Black Draught as a reliable laxative. She notes long use over 21 years and claims it helps with constipation and other ills where a good laxative is needed. ACK-DRAUGHT
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Perry Hicks
Belton
Texas
Five Minute Challenge Sparks a Witty Retort
In a sharp exchange a villager challenges a man to retract a statement within five minutes. The man declines and the villager counters with an extended time. A lawyer quips about an elderly husband winded by chess, highlighting the humorous legal banter.
You Can Always Run Under Tommie
A boy fears dogs and after a scolding asserts his fear stems from being “as low down as I am” in a brief, child centered anecdote. The mother’s correction contrasts with the child’s sharp retort reflecting street level talk and social tone of the piece.
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Tommie
Fortune Teller Promises Grand Destiny Then Client Twists Ask
A humorous exchange features a fortune teller predicting royal journeys and a rich suitor for the client. The client then pivots to ask how to remove her husband, highlighting comic irony and social mores of matrimony.
Hospital Humor at Good Egg Club
A surgeon asks for a pint of blood from volunteers near a deathbed as an athletic youth offers to help then balks at whisky. The exchange turns on the idea of blood versus liquor and the urge to assist a stranger in need.
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Good Egg Club
Acid plan to melt down Chicago World’s Fair sky ride Andy
The remaining Andy sky-ride tower at Chicago’s World’s Fair site will be razed by undercutting and chemical melting after Amos’s tower was demolished. The process will weaken legs, lean the structure, then melt base steel to collapse the 628-foot giant into gravity.
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Chicago
Andy
Amos
Soldiers’ Field Stadium
Science
Window Break Prompts Move Plan
Johnny hints at an imminent move after admitting he broke a window. Tommy questions how he knows, and Johnny points to their mother’s silence as the reason for their impending change.
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Johnny
Tommy
Muvver
Disturbing Professor and Student Exchange in Class
A professor tells a student you cant sleep in my class and the student replies if you didnt talk so loud I could. The exchange highlights classroom tension and communication issues.
Beauty Clay Sparks Family Quip in Arkansas Town
Lez Deeson confronts his wife Lovinia about mud on her face. He accuses her of vanity while her father-in-law calls it beauty clay, joking that it won’t add beauty to a turtle even after a million years.
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Lovinia
Lez Deeson
Arkansawyer
Religion or debt in the preacher tale
An African American man Ephriam swears his religion will change his life while Lije presses him on churchgoing and care for widows. Ephriam insists true religion excludes paying debts, calling it business.
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Ephriam
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