War cries used by the Jew in Europe and America
A reprinted excerpt analyzes Jewish war cries across Europe and the United States urging unity amid conflict. It discusses a Jewish congress seeking Palestine as a homeland, while noting Jews abroad fight among themselves yet feel one nation. The piece questions whether Jews are a nation and asserts self-perceived identity matters.
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Europe
E. R. Lipsett
Ier
New York
America
Congress of
Palestine
Jackson pianist builds Bach clavichord under tough handicap
Frank M. Watson, a 22 year old Jackson musician, built a working clavichord to reproduce Bach’s instrument. He studied a year at the New England Conservatory in Boston, learned piano techniques, and visited the University of Michigan museum in Ann Arbor to compare and repair his creation. The clavichord largely matches the Bach era instrument with minor correctable details.
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Bach
Frank M. Watson
Jackson
New York World
Watson
Boston
New England Conservatory of Music
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Potash and Phosphates Report Reassures Illinois Farmers
The University of Illinois agricultural department reports soils in Illinois, except swamp lands, contain sufficient potassium. potash acts as a stimulant rather than a food. The main shortage is phosphorus, with abundant phosphate rock available. The note shifts belief away from potash myths and supports American production and industry.
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Agricultural Department of the
University of Illinois
Illinois
United States
America
Chicago Journal
Tenant Defense Leagues Form Against War Rent Hikes
The workers' war emergency committee of Great Britain plans conferences in major centers to organize tenant defense leagues aimed at withholding increased house rents during the war. The government may take action against landlords, but the committee will implement the strategy.
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Workers’ War Emergency Committee of
Great Britain
Workers’ War Emergency Committee
Dawn Near Armentieres Poignant War Dawn Memoir
A British captain recalls the unearthly beauty of dawn in the low country near Armentieres. Morning after morning he watched water reflecting willows and a silvery sky while battered churches appeared whole again, a solitary spiritual element amidst war’s silence.
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Armentieres
Atlantic Monthly
Japan's ruler a wrestler and future emperor allied bonds
The mikado of Japan, a soldierly ruler with keen defense knowledge, learned wrestling as a boy. In a famous bout, he was defeated by a burly farmer's son who later befriended him. The emperor then invited the boy to study with his own son, shaping a future democratic spirit in Japan's monarch.
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Japan
Japanese an able orator at Pan American union contest
Ren Hirao, a Stanford senior in the economics department, won a $50 prize at an international students reunion in San Francisco for the best oration on Pan American relations. Born February 3, 1891 in Hiogo prefecture, Japan, he immigrated to the United States in 1907 and studied at San Jose High School, College of the Pacific, and then Stanford. He had previously won a $50 prize in a Japanese American relations oratorical contest in May 1915.
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San Francisco
Cal
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
Ren Hirao
Economic Department
Stanford University
Hiogo Prefecture
Japan
United States
San Jose High School
San Jose
College of the Pacific
Hirao
Japanese Association of American College
Soldier Dies by Schedule in British Trenches
Lieut. John W. Barnett, UC Berkeley athletics leader and University of California graduate, died in British trenches soon after placing a life limit on his service. In a letter he said a range finder’s average life is 30 days and he had endured 17 days. His two brothers, including a Berkeley classmate, are fighting within miles of Barnett’s death.
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John W. Barnett
University of California
John Stroud
Barnett
Berkeley
Cal
New York World
Texas cattleman on top of stock yards flies tale
A Gulf coast Texas cattleman, viewing the cattle pens from a stock yards exchange fire escape, laments a year of terrible flies. He explains the term third party fly as a small, stingy insect that first appeared in Texas the same year as the first third party did.
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Texas
Gulf Coast
Stock Yards
Kansas City Star
Names Is Names Harvard Record Holders Highlight
The Cambridge correspondent notes Cheeshahteoumuck has set two Harvard records and holds the longest surname among 7,967 alumni. Aab of Siam, a graduate, has the shortest name, while Swiss scholars would welcome names like Ho Hu Li Lo and Ma. Seasonal and directional names such as Fall Winter Spring Summer and South West North Easton are catalogued.
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Cheeshahteoumuck
Harvard
Aab
Siam
South
West
North
Easton
Cambridge
New York World
Ghosts, Real Estate, and a Connecticut House
A New York paper highlights a ghost tale as a Connecticut mansion faces demolition due to spirits. An elderly matron once ignored hauntings until she died, leaving the house untenable for tenants and prompting its teardown. Ghost stories charm readers but risk intertwining with property interests, calling for a possible injunction.
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New York
Connecticut
Duties to Society in Atlantic Monthly Reflections
A critique on social obligations surrounding women and society’s grip. It argues society’s morality cloaks behavior, blurring pleasure and sacrifice. The piece notes women dress and host out of obligation to husbands, children, or society, not for personal pleasure, and questions whether devotion is sacrifice or mere duty.
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Atlantic Monthly
Gun Recovered After Twenty Years In New York Hotel Trade
Detective Joseph Smith, in a New York hotel, bought a double barrel shotgun with a nicked barrel from a pawnshop for a small price. He then traded it to Chief Engineer E C Bingham for a new shotgun plus $10 after Bingham confirmed it matched a gun he lost 20 years ago on a hunting trip in Illinois. The weapon was in good condition.
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Joseph Smith
New York
E. C. Bingham
Illinois
Chief Bingham
Smith
Man Denies Pierce Beating at Checkers
A historical writer claims to have found the man who beat Franklin Pierce at checkers. The Montgomery Advertiser and the Manchester Union dispute the claim, arguing no one ever defeated Pierce and such a feat would be bragged about for over fifty years.
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Franklin Pierce
Checkers
Montgomery Advertiser
New Hampshire
Manchester
N. H
Lord Sandwich's Thunderous Drum Room Tale
The biographer notes Lord Sandwich cherished a passion for loud drums. He covered an entire music room side with parchment so a strike from a large stick roared loudly, supposedly terrifying sensitive souls. Many who heard it reportedly refused reentry to avoid a second performance.
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Lord Sandwich
Hinchinbrook
St. Louis Republic
Honest newsboy and owner split five dollar return
A Los Angeles paper notes a newsboy returned a stray five dollar coin to its owner who gave 50 cents as a reward. The item prompts discussion on youth, honesty, and potential statutory rules including a ten percent finder’s fee to curb temptation and ensure fairness.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Rattler Described as Rare Threat and Useful Farmer Ally
A historic piece argues rattlesnakes are often misunderstood. It details warning sounds from the tail, rattles, and shedding, notes limited attack range, typical colors, and diet of mice rats and occasional small mammals, framing the snake as feared yet beneficial to farmers.
Luck Laden Wagon Wreck On Busy Street
A cautious observer watched a wagon roll slowly along Fulton Street then slip on Broadway as the driver failed to heed a traffic officer. The horse fell and the wagon was unhitched, while nearby workmen dug a street trench and the off wheels slid into the excavation. The incident prompted a warning and a recorded summons.
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Fulton Street
Broadway
New York Evening Post
Prodigal Son Seeks Approval From Father
The father tests the prodigal son's plan by asking how much the venture will cost him, prompting a cautious reply. The exchange hinges on whether the son can prove the venture is worth the investment and earn genuine congratulations.
Time's Changes and Fifi Flubdub Temperament Drift
Fragmentary quotes describe Fifi Flubdub as temperamental and swooning at tuberoses while her protector must constantly watch her. The dialogue shifts to Time bringing changes and recollection of a past near a gashouse neighborhood, indicating a tumultuous memory and social setting.
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Fifi
Careful Custody of Books Warned in Philobiblon Excerpt
From the Philobiblon of Richard de Bury a medieval exhortation urges reverent handling of books. Warns students against hasty opening and closing, unseemly glossing margins, and turning pages upside down. Calls for proper repair of defects to prevent further damage.
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Richard de Bury
King's Classics
Known as Friend of Birds: William Dutcher and His Crusade
In an American Magazine article, William Dutcher is praised for awakening the public to the cruelty of bird slaughter and altering millinery laws. He tirelessly lobbied Albany legislators, endured defeats, and celebrated 1910 as the year New York banned plumage sales. His insectivorous bird advocacy benefited agriculture, though farmers rarely saw it, and rivals conceded his selfless dedication.
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William Dutcher
Dutcher
Albany
Empire State
United States
Breadth of Heart and Happiness
John Galsworthy argues that happiness comes from breadth of heart rather than wealth or freedom. This inward freedom enables understanding, feeling for others, and acts of justice, love, and sacrifice, elevating human life beyond mere efficiency.
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John Galsworthy
The
Atlantic Monthly
Cellulose in All Vegetable Tissues and Textiles
The article explains cellulose as the main component of all vegetable tissues and fibers. It notes extensive wood pulp use for clothing articles and that cellulose makes up cotton wool and filter paper. It suggests converting spruce tree cellulose to textiles with similar technical skill.
Squirrel Hunt of Long Ago in Dublin Cemetery
Rev Byron R Long recalls the September 1822 Dublin squirrel hunt in Franklin County Ohio at Ludwig Sells monument dedication. Farmers organized a mass hunt, tallying 19960 skins though likely higher, as pioneers recount a great migration of squirrels following the raid. New York Sun report.
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Ludwig Sells
Dublin
Franklin County
Ohio
Byron R. Long
Columbus Gazette
Columbus Dispatch
Washington Township
Peter Sells
New York
Sun
Soap Advice Sparks Dressings of Old and New
A health officer urges soap use claiming it improves cleanliness but critics in the Cleveland Plain Dealer deride the view as old-fashioned and say modern tastes shun soap except for baths or stubborn dirt. The piece quips that ancient and medieval figures lived cleanly without soap and doubts the doctor's impact on behavior.
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Cleveland
Laura
Berengaria
Rosamund
Marguerite
Sappho
Aspasia
Cornelia
Poppacca
Skunk’s Weapon of Defence and Its Dangers
Doctor Pycraft notes the American skunk’s defense relies on two tail glands. An amber acrid fluid can be sprayed several yards, causing eye inflammation or blindness if in the eye. Fumes diluted in air injure respiratory passages and can act as a potent gas against foes.
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Doctor Pycraft
Virginia Profile of Agriculture and Climate in 1918
Virginia is described as "essentially an agricultural state" with 9 564 square miles and a 1910 population of 2 061 612. Key crops include tobacco apples peaches corn wheat oats buckwheat barley peanuts cabbage potatoes and grasses. July mean temperature 75.4 and December 37.7. Annual rainfall 40 to 60 inches. Norfolk population 85 006.
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Virginia
Norfolk
Sleepwalker Lodger Tries to Slip Away
A rooming house proprietor roused in the early hours interrupts a lodger sneaking downstairs with baggage. The lodger claims he was walking in his sleep. The proprietor quips that he might have dreamed the lodger paid beforehand if he had sleptwalked too.
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