Vast churchyard beyond Lemberg and Przemysl during siege
The recollection describes a war-torn corridor from Lemberg to Przemysl. Vast graves mark fields where regimental flags float above pits. Cities spared yet scarred narrate a winter siege, with cafes like Stieber at the center. Windows once full now reveal scarce goods and struggle for basics amid bombardment.
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Hague
Lemberg
Przemysl
Przemyst
Paris
Stieber
House of Stieber
Hisory
Grodek
Cafe Stieber
Bubber
Alligator Causes Death of Civil Engineer in Honduras
Richmond reports Henry Kinard Smith civil engineer, son of the late Bishop Coke Smith, died after a train derailed by an alligator on the track near Tela, Honduras. Information came to relatives from Robert Lansing, secretary of state. Body cannot be removed until after burial rites.
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Richmond
Tela
Honduras
Henry Kinard Smith
Coke Smith
Southern Methodist Church
Smith
Robert Lansing
Hondurey
Dutch Defenses and Flood Plan Marked by German Threats
The narrative outlines a German invasion scenario across Holland with staged flooding of dikes from the coast to Amsterdam as a last stand, detailing outposts like Roermond and a guarded Meuse bridge. It notes a parallel Aachen bridge ready for rapid assembly and a landscape of barbed wire ready for quick action if invasion advances.
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Germany
Holland
Vosges
Amsterdam
Antwerp
Utrecht
Roermond
Limburg
Meuse
Aachen
Tower Vaults Modernized Show Public Dungeons
London authorities opened the Tower dungeons to the public for sixpence, but the office of works whitewashed the cells and installed electric lighting, stripping the historic illusion. The famed Little Rae hole remains, yet the modern setup makes the ancient vaults seem ordinary.
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London
Tower
Office of Works
Whitechapel
Women Learn War Game At Winthrop Range
Women gathered at the free rifle range in Winthrop Maryland to learn defense skills. Mia B. Botta appeared steady and determined, a symbol of the growing preparedness wave among female participants.
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Winthrop
Mia
B. M. Botta
Italy invents new bread in Italy method yields nutritious loaf
Rome reports a new Italian bread process that converts 800 pounds of grain into 400 pounds of natural bread. The grain is soaked and washed, then warmed for 48 to 60 hours to germinate, crushed and baked into dough. The gray loaf has strong aroma and higher nutritive value, with Italians preferring its eating qualities.
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Rome
Italy
Corriel’e Della Sera
Smoked Only on His Birthday in Montana
A fragmented obituary note describes Biullings, Mont-George I. a Montana resident, dying at home. It mentions a lifelong habit of smoking only on his birthday and hints at Loumonia as a cause related to death, with unclear references to illness and other details.
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Biullings
Mont—George ‘I
Towell
Montana
Ior Felena
Loumonia
Aleolwsl J
Chyar Om
Men of Note Die on Battlefield
London report honors foreign legion volunteers including Ismail Ardometa and M. Isvolsky wounded or killed in action. It notes English and American volunteers joining, with a plan to form a squadron of American flyers. Pay and rations defined, and many seek valor over secure careers.
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London
French Foreign Legion
Daily Express
H. J. Greenwall
Legion
Binet Valmer
Luxemburg
Sosthene Kurth
Maxim
Deverely
Alexis Commene
Trebizond
Bob Scanlon
Francois Faber
Alex Carter
Winnie O'Connor
Atlantic
Walter de Mumm
O'Connor
Beaux Arts
Paris
Italy
Garibaldi
France
Haussmann
Paria
Imperial Club
Foreign Legion
Magic City
Flying Corps
Golfer Barlow Kills Robin at Pinehurst Club
Mrs Ronald J Barlow winner of the women s North and South Moky championship struck a golf ball at a roost near the Pinehurst Country Club clubhouse and killed a robin in a feeding flock a few yards away The club plans to place the stuffed bird in the clubhouse display
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Pinehurst
N. C
Pinshurst Country Club
Ronald J. Barlow
Cost Near Two Million for Capitol Extension
Des Moines reports Capitol extension has cost the state of Java $1,939,272.51 to date, with total receipts at $2,029,401.20 from bonds taxes rents and property sales. Expenditures include land purchases labor salaries and bond redemptions. Remaining debt scheduled for payments in 1916 and 1917 totals about $210,900 with interest estimated around $10,000.
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George Gallarna
Des Moines
Capitol
Java
H. Paul
Paul
Treasury
Governor's Square
State House
J. Beyer
J. I. Wall
Allen
J. H. Allen
Atlantic
J. F. Morry
Iowa GA
Ryhan
Comitel
Merry
George Cosson di Clards
Harding
Cosson
Indgca
C. A. Robbins
Clay County
Iowa State Highway Commission
Sam D. Woods
State Board of Parole
Fort Madison
Anamosa
Mr. Woods
Dean
Parole Board
Griven
Uiey
Woods Gays
Possale
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DELNI
Iowa
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Minois Central
Minneapolis & St. Louis
T Hat
Ackley
Ony Democratic
Ppesnors Central Railroad
Wast
Chicago
Noli
Minnhapolis & St. Louis
Hicago
Rock Island & Pacific
Abbott Crossing
H. L. Wright
Palner School
Chiroprecte Mountain Teal
R. L. Probasco
F. H. Rule
B. E. Purcell
Iowa Falls
Lowa
J. L. Camgnon
Sec'y
Aymhad
Davis
Pog
Cone House
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George. Gilling
Humphreys
Une
Peloe
Drugguite
Swat
Irhos
Bumpereys' Homro Medicine CO
Vorast
Willigus
Duo Dicoots
New York
Gorky
Poeta
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