Students Form Reserve Camps to Train College Warriors
Officers on Governors Island outline a large summer camp at Plattsburg barracks New York to train college students for a national defense reserve. General Wood, Harvard Yale Princeton leaders back the plan, stressing patriotism military knowledge and readiness to serve in war or peace.
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Leonard Wood
Governors Island
Plattsburg Barracks
New York State
General Wood
Staf
Plattsburg
United States
Lowell
Harvard
Hadley
Yale
Hibben
Princeton
Kirkland
Vanderbilt
John H. Finley
Education
National Defense Corps
England
German Empire
Wood
Too Much For Him The Editor Vanquishes The Gun Man
A near sighted editor outwits a pistol wielding highwayman in a comic exchange. The thief demands money but the editor repels the threat with wit and steady speech, while the robber grows increasingly confused and the thief is compelled to retreat. The scene ends with the highwayman fled.
Love's vain suit before the glass in Kansas City
A poetic fragment notes a speaker's daily sight of a self involved in vain love. The narrator claims his ardent wooing bears no fruit as the beloved meets his suit with disdain in a Kansas City Journal context.
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Kansas City Journal
Whirlwind Salesman Faces Early Career Woes
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip recalls a promising traveling salesman whose first trip went well but his second yielded only excuses. The tale riffs on a man whose nickname matches his erratic pattern, illustrating failed ambition.
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Daish
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Snappy Chess Match Stuns Yonkers Statesman
A vivid description from the Yonkers Statesman praising a chess game described as unusually brisk and exciting from the opening moves, contrasting with other sports experiences. The piece highlights the sharp play and engaging pace that surprised the observer.
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Yonkers Statesman
The Modern Way. He Listen Love Fever Quote
An early Boston Globe piece presents a playful dialogue about love and fever shown through exaggerated imagery. The snippet contrasts romantic passion with a medical gag involving a thermometer to prove a rising temperature.
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Boston Globe
No clear news headline found in fragment
Fragmentary OCR text contains dialogue and nonsensical phrases with no identifiable people places organizations or events to summarize into a standard news item. The content cannot be interpreted into a coherent title and summary.
New ships may get 16 inch gun
The navy plans for two new battleships may mount sixteen inch rifles, the heaviest guard guns yet built. The gun’s size is implied by comparisons with British fourteen inch and German fifteen inch designs, with weight estimates over a hundred tons for the complete mount.
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Desige
Getas
Indian Head Proving Grounds
Krupp
Fonr
New York
Texas
Dardanelles
United States Navy
Snd
A Morning Glory De World Fe Des a-Waitin
A fragmentary poem voice greets spring and morning glory, inviting patience and attention. It mentions Miss Springtime listening for the heart and violet indications while rainbows signal blue skies and a mockingbird rises to sing.
Paris Women Run City as War Lists Its Toll
Mrs Meg B Mangan described the Boulogne prisoner exchange and Paris women managing shops tram cars and mail amid war. She noted brave yet quiet women filling roles left by men at the front and observed the gruesome exchange of limbless soldiers as grim proof of war’s cost.
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Meg B. Mangan
Jashion Buyer
Armbic
Paris
Boulogne
Notice to Creditors in the Superior Washington County
Executrix Ida Jo and executor A Emerson Cross publish a notice to creditors in the matter of John Johnson deceased. Creditors must present verified claims within twelve months at Wishkah Block Chehalis County, Wash. to avoid foreclosure. Dated March 23 1916.
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Washington
John Johnson
Ida JO
John Fi A. Emerson Cross
P. O. Wishkah Block
Optimist trusts Dr King’s New Discovery for a cold
An optimistic man claims Dr King’s New Discovery relieves irritating colds by destroying germs and freeing Nature to act. He emphasizes taking medicine early to penetrate throat linings and end coughing.
Two contestants to receive gold watches at Burnett Bros
Two contestants will be awarded a handsome gold watch each featuring a Waltham or Elgin movement and a 20 year open case with 15 jewels. The prizes are on exhibition at Burnett Bros Store.
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Waltham
Elgin
Burnett Bros
Third Grand Prize Piano Exhibition at Payette Music House
A mahogany finish Hobart M. Cable upright piano valued at 400 dollars is on display at Payette Music House as the third grand prize. It will be awarded to the contestant with the highest vote total after the two automobile prize winners are chosen.
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Stewart’s
Stewart Garage
Hobart M. Cable
Payette Music House
Contests Reward Votes For Herald Subscribers Touring Cars Prize
The rules allow any woman to compete by sending in a nomination coupon via the Herald. Votes come only from new or renewal subscriptions with renewals worth half as many votes as new subs. Each contestant may receive help from lodges or organizations, but votes are nontransferable and only one nomination counts. A six week contest awards two touring cars, an OVERLAND and a FORD, to the top vote earners with ballots posted on Tuesdays and Fridays.
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Herald
Subscription Rates for PARTY SUBSCRIBING Members
The notice lists subscription options for new and old subscribers. New subscribers pay 1.50 for 1 year and higher rates for 2 to 5 year terms with increasing vote allowances. Old subscribers see 1.50 for 1 year and 7.50 for 5 years with specified vote totals.
April Weather Delays First Set to Early April Night
Contest organizers advance the opening event to an earlier Thursday evening as April weather improves. Closing date details remain to be announced.
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Newport News
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Him
New York Journal
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Mr Mockin
Bayer
Congress
Herald Oats
Big Herald
Kodak
Beckenhauer Drug Company
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