London Letter Amid War News and Daily Life
From Carmelite House London February 12 the writer recounts fear of a German raid on London and the calm in the city. He notes bread and cheese price increases, rising costs, and the public adapting with endurance while praising Sir Rider Haggard and imperial efforts to settle ex-service men on the land. The piece blends war anxiety with social shifts and London scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lenton
North Sea
Asu Toment
Reine
Lee
Telenti
Zeppelin
Sir Rider Haggard
Sir Rider Hasgard
Dominions
Sir Rider Hogeant
Greater Britain
Royal Colonial Institute
Rider Hageard
Empire
Fear of Collapse in Germany
Gustavus Roeder, New York World's traveling commissioner, reports German nerves show fear of collapse amid protracted war. He notes Germans fear indefinite warfare, seek workers at home, and fear casualties, yet remain willing to fight for victory. Roeder observed sobering mood shifts since his prior visit and details German monetary controls and confiscation of gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustavus Roeder
New York
Hindenberg
Gerat
Rowder
Suwon
Frermans
Roeder
Uno
Ricomy
Hoeder
Germain
Alleged Jonah Seaman Bound Over for Good Behavior
Seaman Charles Dunn testified that his shipboard misfortune stemmed from surviving four wrecks the Titanic Empress of Ireland Lusitania and Florasun and torpedoed later. He claimed fellow sailors warned to throw him overboard if he joined his ship. Dunn joined the Naval Reserve but was discharged as unfit. The magistrate promised consideration and bound him to good behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dunn
Dean
The Faithful Horse at Loos Fights for a Fallen Rider
A story from the Claremont Mission magazine in Pentonville recounts a loyal horse that would not abandon its dead rider after fierce Loos fighting. The animal stood by its master for two days between the lines until troops, crawling out under fire, returned it to safety, refusing to leave the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claremont
Pentonville
Loos
Ourtimes
Satan
Rhine
Thic
Hall
Kaiser Bill
Ferdinand
Sultan Abdul Hamid
Art of
Hohenzollern Deviltry
A.D
The
Buffalo
Express
Knowles
Punchal Mountain
London Theatre of Varieties
Shoreditch
Lacy
Mix
Columbus
RG Knowles
Gold leakage to China through sovereigns discussed
A Melbourne narrative describes Chinese buyers paying high premiums for sovereigns, with tales of large potential profits and even counterfeit risks. The piece notes patriotic drive to repatriate gold, regulatory loopholes, and the persistent leakage despite export restrictions and bank efforts.
Feinting No Longer in War Aims for Absolute Resolve
Bernier Tageblatt notes that readers must face stark truth of a warlike nation famed for tasting denial. England will show no weakness, even if at fault, and will endure to the utmost. Germany and England misjudged the potential of their military development after sixteen months of conflict, now focusing on decisive action for survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Germany
Hich
Stock Exchange
Mie
France
H. S. Gullett
Sydney
Mr. Gullett
German Soldiers Pay Declined As War Strain Hits Funds
A French wireless dispatch reports Doctor Helfferich, German Secretary of State for Finance, refused to raise German troops pay. He cites Germany’s financial strain and ongoing war as the reason to reject higher wages. German soldiers currently receive 6d per day while Austrian units are paid 14d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bamn
Helfferich
German Empire
A Little Girl Writes On Men In Her Poem
A child’s humorous verse contrasts men and women noting they marry, drink, smoke, and swear yet rarely attend church. She imagines men as bonnets, claims men are more logical and zoological, and jokes that both sexes sprung from monkeys with women pronging farther.
Postman Tales of War News and Village Life
A chaotic collage recounts a wartime postman delivering letters and hopes across a village, mixing tales of love, loss, and despair with odd cuttings about conjurers, critics, and stories from Melbourne papers. The piece wanders through humor, tragedy, and public notices in a mosaic of era-typical fragments.
Fragmented text from a historic page with garbled dialogue
The passage presents a highly garbled OCR of a historical article with stray phrases and disjointed dialogue. It shows faint names and scattered terms like weather, clocks, and a village setting, but lacks coherent narrative or clear events to summarize into a concrete news item.
Fragmentary notice in archaic text hints at a death report
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a death or fatal event with scattered names, numbers, and locations. Readable elements include references to persons and items, but the overall details are unclear and incomplete. The snippet resembles a historical public or personal notice with missing context and unclear identifiers.
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Aroand
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Macing
Tommy
Lenden
Berlin
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Suburbia
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Cormepdiuun
Bedford
Sleme
Wariaw
Veer
Bloomsbury
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Shouliere
Vienna
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Fen
Wooten
Ermany Atl
Deleion
Ermane
Belgium
Litke Groupe
Torme
Pathers
Mothers End
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Canming
Michelle-elase
Jonah
the Faithful Horse
China
Australia
Weducn
Melbourne
Sovereien
Commonwealth
Confession
Wu Imatter
Walt Manon
Yue
Saller
Navid Devant
Devant
Mary
Florietis
Arthur Bourchier
Kyrie Bellew
Grocer
Fautoreer
Milasiis
Swelock
Colowne
Wwe
Lenny Mulligan
Wenny
Malligao
Lippy
Gov
Goles
Belzepup
Golea
Denny
Denny Mull
Tim
Indy
Fatey 1
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Antventost
Uriah Reprigees
Ste
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Goa
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