Who Was She
The narrator recalls meeting a mysterious Countess Elaine aboard an ocean liner between Honolulu and San Francisco. She leaves a ring and a note, vanishes, and later a handsome young man calls her Miss Florerite Arsdale in Los Angeles. The ring and letter reveal ties to Russian revolutionaries and a political intrigue.
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Honolulu
Elaine
San Francisco
Miss Arsdale
Los Angeles
Florerite Arsdale
Mr. Forsythe
Forsythe
Robena Francis
Los Angeles Times
Sure He Is A Daisy Thought Of You In Botany
A playful exchange links Mr Philip to botany and daisies. The dialogue suggests light flirtation with the speaker recalling Mr Philip whenever a daisy appears.
Coal Oil Uses for Cleaning and Health Routines
Describes practical household applications for coal oil including window polish, furniture cleaning, and dust removal. Advises mixing coal oil with water or linseed oil for various surfaces and notes its use as a hair tonic and for poultry lice. Mentions odor dissipates and claims benefit for scalp care and zinc cleaning.
Almond Sandwiches for Tea Table Delights
Almond sandwiches of all gariettes are delicious for the tea table. Cut bread thin, spread with butter, add finely chopped almonds with a pinch of salt and lemon juice. Layer with another buttered slice, cut into ovals, press a blanched nut in the center.
Submarine Practice Aboard Transatlantic Ships
On English and American passenger ships crossing the Atlantic a daily feature is submarine practice. A small black box with a pirate flag is lowered away from the vessel as gunners then open fire on the box named the Kaiser.
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Atlantic
Movie in One Reel
A youth sits beside a pretty girl and jokes about a moving picture, prompting her playful reply and a shift to a new seat in the same car. The exchange captures a light moment reflective of early cinema spectators.
Unselfish Ideal in Local Politics Reform Motive
A superior woman says she would vote only incidentally, expressing a desire to reform politics in the community so that its influence and associations will be proper for her husband.
Scarcity of Leather Cited Amid Rubber Boot Talk
A resident dismisses concerns about leather shortages, saying local focus centers on rubber boots due to limited availability and practical needs. The remark underscores scarcity pressures influencing daily life in the area.
Suit of Water for Fireman Brings Fireproof Dress to Cincinnati
The Cincinnati fire department tests a water cooled suit for firefighters. A double canvas layer fed by a perforated brass tube surrounds the neck and runs along arms and legs. Water flows inside and a second external shower bath cools the wearer and extinguishes surrounding flames.
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Cincinnati Fire Department
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Popular Science Notes on Sea Life and Nutrition
The codfish is famed as a goat of the sea and will eat anything. The pearl remains the only gem not needing lapidary art to shine. Arctic vegetation growth may result from atmospheric electrical currents. Efforts aim to adapt horse chestnut to human diets, offering a starch and sugar rich nut with protein and fat. A bean milk from China shows gravity 1.020 and 3.125 fat, compared with cow milk gravity 1.029 and 3.9 fat.
Objectors under home office scheme by occupation
The London Times reports 655 conscientious objectors work in agriculture land reclamation and forestry 262 in roadmaking 140 in waterworks 96 on vegetables 88 cutting timber 46 artificial fertilizers 41 clerical work 26 farm colony construction for disabled soldiers 25 quarrying 25 oil cake works 674 in various jobs at Warwick Wakefield work centers. In the year 3700 objectors were arrested and court martialed about 1500 are now in prison or military custody.
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Home Office
London Times
Warwick
Wakefield
Words of War Report Totals from 1916 Telegraph Output
A Spanish Wireless Telegraph report shows about 3 951 153 words used to keep a neutral nation informed during the war. It notes 4 000 000 words were transmitted from belligerents with Madrid and Barcelona distributing bulletins thrice daily in blue Austro German news and yellow Entente news. It also states Entente words totaled 2 329 158 versus 1 621 995 from the central empire.
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Spanish Wireless Telegraph Company
Madrid
Barcelona
Central Empire
Soldier’s Reminiscences Sell Life Dearly
A discharged serviceman, wounded, writes twelve months of fighting as a memoir. He offers the manuscript to a publisher for a sizable volume. The publisher asks why such a demand, and the author replies that, as a soldier, he has vowed to sell his life as dearly as possible.
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Ape
Salta
London Chronicle
Remarks on listening to boastful men and doctors
The piece notes that it’s hard to listen to boastful men yet some find pleasure in it. It mocks doctors who doubt kissing is poisonous and claims many men work harder than others. It uses a playful metaphor about finding a diamond in potatoes to balance an oyster metaphor.
No Juries in Japan Courts Run by Judges
The text explains that Japanese courts lack juries and rely on judges for all cases. It notes lifelong appointments for judges after qualification, possible removal for crime, and their work in civil and criminal matters. It lists the court hierarchy from the supreme court with 35 judges to district and branch courts with numerous judges and procurators.
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Supreme Court
Courts of Appeal
Everyday Cooking Hints From Mrs Wilson on Steaks and Simmered Dishes
A Philadelphia Public Ledger reader shares practical kitchen tips. A large steak yields three meals including filet of beef sirloin and top cuts. onions improve any steak. Stock pot essential for soups with tomato or cream bases. steam lamb liver and make gravy with flour and water.
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M. A. Wilson
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Frozen Fruit Salad For Fifteen Serves Easily
To make serve a mix of orange grapefruit pineapple white cherries pears and peaches cut to half cherry size. Stir in half a lemon juice half cup mayonnaise and half pint whipped cream. Freeze turning crank slowly until firm then mold or scoop as ice cream.
Nut Prune Souffle
Pick over and wash one half pound of prunes soak one hour in cold water and boil until soft. Remove stones, mash the prune meat add sugar cinnamon bark boiling water simmer ten minutes. Dilute cornstarch with cold water pour in. soak five minutes. Beat egg whites stiff fold in and add chopped pecans. Mould chill serve with cream.
Camp Soup Instructions from Evaporated Milk Mix
Dilute unsweetened evaporated milk with one and three fourths cupfuls of water. Add beef extract dissolved in one fourth cupful water and onion juice. Melt butter, add flour and stir until smooth, then pour on gradually while stirring. Bring to boiling point, season with salt pepper and cayenne, and serve at once.
Softening Flannels With Glycerin and Soap Blend
Instructions advise adding glycerin to washing water to soften baby flannels. Use hot water with strong lather from white soap, then rinse with lukewarm water without rubbing soap on fabrics. For whitening, mix white soap, ammonia, and water in specified ratios.
Storing Dairy Without Ice Using Moist Sand
A simple earthen jar with a cover placed in a sand filled box can keep butter and milk in hot weather for a while. The key is keeping the sand moist at all times to maintain coolness.
Mine Hunter Hashley Faces Return After Two Years at Sea
Arthur Hashley, expert at shooting mine triggers, arrived from a British port to rest after two years on rolling trawlers destroying mines. He bears an artificial jaw, a silver leg brace, and lost three fingers. Wounded aboard the Grace McRae in December 1914, he survived the mine blast and later survived an explosion on the Commodore Bradford. He plans to resume mine hunting within months.
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Arthur Hashley
New York Sun
Grace McRae
Hashley
Grace
Commodore Bradford
The Disappointed Husband
An officer guarding Moroccans recounts a man’s anger after learning his wife remarried. The administrator confirms the wife married Ramdane Mohammed and reimbursed 150 francs to the husband, who had paid 800 francs and values her at 200 francs.
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le Cri de Paris
Ramdane Mohammed
To Eat Seal Meat in Norway Commitment
Scarcity of meat in Norway drives the Revictualling commission to promote seal flesh for public consumption. Seals are killed in large numbers each spring along northern Norway, Spitzbergen and Nova Zembia, with 60,000 carcasses shipped to Norway last year. Public demonstrations byly female lecturers teach best cooking methods.
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Norway
Revictualling Commission
France
European
Spitzbergen
Nova Zembia
Commission
Priest Saves Indians at Lebret in 1885
Father Hugonard, a priest at Lebret Saskatchewan, died at the Indiana school where he had lived since 1872. He single handedly prevented a massacre by Star Blanket and his File Hills and Crooked Lake braves after confronting the chief and forcing submission.
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Father Hugonard
Lebret
Saskatchewan
Qu’Appelle Valley
Hugonard
File Hills
Crooked Lakes
Star Blanket
Hugoward
Bell Says Telephone Has Been A Nuisance For 30 Years
Alexander Graham Bell, interviewed in Washington, states he has shown no interest in the telephone for three decades. He dislikes its commercial use and would avoid having one near him if possible.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Washington
Boiling Rice A Hint From Home Economics
A simple kitchen tip notes adding a splash of lemon to the water when boiling rice will whiten grains and help keep them separate. The method is presented as an easy trick for better texture in everyday cooking.
Ursula Baynes Builds a Business of Clever Faculty
A Dilmouth tale recounts Ursula Baynes turning misfortune to advantage after spraining her ankle. She coordinates neighbors Norris Waring Jim Elder and Clem Bidnett to swap tasks and finish home duties, knitting mittens and baking pies while shingling, cleaning, and mending, proving her canny problem solving.
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Mr. Hyne
Mr.Peastee
Mr. Peaslee
Ursula
Norris Waring
Jim Elder
Clem Bidnett
Jim
Tarsula
Steyvin
Clem
Norris
Jim Shinglin
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Mademoiselle
Vv 000Ou
UUND
Popular Science
Japan
Caleb Peatlee
Ursula Baynes
Deacon Lysander Hyne
Dilmouth
Caleb
Cordin
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