Galicia in War and its Hard Hit villages and trade
The article describes Galicia's strategic position from the Carpathians to Lemberg and Przemysl, its Ruthenian majority and Polish tensions, and the impact of two years of war. It notes emigration, industry loss, typhus outbreaks, and the need to rebuild agriculture and industry after the conflict.
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Galician
Carpathians
Hungary
Galicia
Poland
Lemberg
University of
Chicago
Winnipeg
Przemysl
Cracow
Haliez
Verdun
Sso
Vollonia
Ancient Lead Diggings Revealed in Grant County
Charles E. Brown and Albert O. Barton of Madison report discoveries of Indian lead diggings and smelting furnaces in Grant county Wisconsin. They identify about 15 village and camp sites and ten mound groups in Platteville Harrison Potosi and Paris townships and near Cassville. A Platteville area smelting furnace and a Tufa Falls site show lead ore heated and melted in a hopper beneath stone gratings.
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Charles E. Brown
Albert O. Barton
Madison
Grant County
Quarterly Bulletin
The
Wisconsin Archaeological Society
Platteville
Harrison
Potosi
Paris
Cassville
Platteville Township
Tufa Falls
Why Women Prefer Shopping to Marketing
A puzzled reader asks why women often show enthusiasm for shopping while avoiding marketing tasks. The note contrasts retail excitement with reluctance for sales strategy, hinting at differing motivations, time pressures, and interest in consumer culture. It invites reflection on gendered work roles and social expectations.
Red Cross Mobilizes Tornado Relief in Newcastle
In Newcastle Indiana a large relief corps with Red Cross aid plans extensive temporary and permanent assistance for hundreds made homeless by Sunday’s tornado. Demolished homes exceed 100 with many more damaged. two more deaths bring total to 21.
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Newcastle
Ind
Citizens’ Relief Committees
American Red Cross Society
J. W. McLean
Elizabeth Newton
Plum
Fifth Streets
McLean
Infantry
Indiana National Guard
Theft Reported From Ruins Cited Guard Presence
Police report a theft at ruins with authorities linking the guard on site to a detected unusual odor and maintained order, suggesting the guard’s presence influenced the scene.
Woman Recovers After Pinkham Herbal Remedy
Fulton New York resident Nellie Phelps writes she suffered over a year from female weakness and nearly could not stand. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and ability to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nellie Phelps
R. A. Rider
R.F.D. No. 5
Fulton, M. Y
Honey adulteration raid uncovers basement plant in Manhattan
Health department inspectors raided a Manhattan basement and found a makeshift honey plant run by a group of six women and one man. They boiled a sugar and honey mix, about ten percent genuine honey, to deceive buyers after complaints of adulterated honey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kow-Kure
Health Department
Manhattan
New York Mail
Barber Imitates Past Self In Boston Shop Pattern
A man with long hair and a broad beard enters Parker House barber shop in Boston and asks for the same shave and haircut he had five years earlier. He presents a photograph as a pattern and the barber proceeds to recreate the look.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker House
Boston
Bobby's Reason A Punchline About Capital Letters
The dialogue features Bobby explaining his spelling of bank with a capital as a joke about a bank needing strong capital, reflecting a light humor tone about money and parenting. The exchange centers on a fatherly remark and a child's playful misreading of capitalization rules.
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London
Lemburo , Galicia
Eighteenth Street
C Avenue
Indiana
Dairy Association Company
Lyndonville, Vt
York
Barber
Bobby
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