Helps Soldiers Find Jobs in Chicago Bureau Report
The Bureau for Returning Soldier Aid in Chicago reports 43 345 veterans registered since April with 2 200 requesting employment help. About 64 2 percent of those seeking work have found jobs through the bureau, while 8 000 sought training or information. The Chicago bureau, led by Gen Leonard Wood, shows active efforts to aid veterans with employment, training, clothing, and housing needs.
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Oblenko—Vrom
Imarines
Chicago
Leonard Wood
Thy Bireau
Mies
Goldfery
Enllora
Thers
Tris
Toliklow
Germany Seeks Lost Trade Amid Turbulent War Years
Fragments describe Germany pursuing a salvage of trade amid a commercial conflict. The text hints at naval measures, neutral shipping concerns, and Allied reactions as Germany presses for restored markets and signals of wartime strategy.
Brazil Expands Freight Trade Amid War Time Prosperity
Rio de Janeiro reports Brazil’s foreign trade rising during 1910 disruptions with higher exports of coffee rubber cacao beef hides oil and other commodities plus strong prices boosting the trade balance. The war accelerated growth as agriculture remains largely untapped and meat products emerge as a key export. Modern packing houses rise financed by American interests. The government eyes a campaign to improve livestock quality through pureblood imports and breeder education with funding.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Brasil
Europe
Animal Hue Handry
Braell
Tile
Public School Health Clinic Finds Most Athena Children Defective
Nurse Miss Florence Smiley examined 124 pupils at the Athena public school. Of 74 found defective, 46 had enlarged tonsils or adenoids, 82 had decayed teeth, 26 had impaired vision, and five were partially deaf. The worst dental neglect appeared in younger students.
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Florence Smiley
Smiley
Athena
Gunningen
Mills Sherman
Hall
Mise Smiley
London Shuns Skyscraper Expansion Debate
London architects show little enthusiasm for skyscrapers, citing street width and scarce office space as barriers. Percy, president of the Society of Architects, says extending building height would require wider streets and notes American trends differ from London.
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London
Sky
Busines
Percy
The
Society OF Architects
New York
Pernumian
Madam Butterfly star Adan Losh Rose shines at Portland event
Mrs. Adah Losh Rose, famed performer, appeared in a high school Artists' Course program in Athena. She portrayed the title role in Madam Butterfly with supporting cast including Jane Burma Alusti and J. McDillion, drawing praise from audiences in Portland and beyond.
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Was, Adan Losh Rose
Adah Losh
Rose
Athena
de Walle
Spo
Jane Burma
Alusti
Lala Ul Niter
Min A. D. Tron
Robert Clay Gerred
J. McDilnion
Walter Jenkins
Portland
Pepdluton
Ganada
Fantastic Fish Yarn From Galveston Report
L Sander of Galveston and party report a fishing tale from Anderson's Way Inland trip. A young Sandel cast bait, caught a well fed haul including mallet crabs and other fish, and found an oyster shell wrapper in a five dollar note. The serial number and Murex mark remained readable as the note was accepted by a local bank.
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Galveston
Tex
L. Sander
Anderson
Hig
Mele
Sandel
Miners at Work in Hudson Bay Region Claim Ancient Operations
Investigations begun by mining experts north of Athnpnpuekow after a recent gold strike suggest glalag operations have been ongoing in the Hudson Bay region for more than years. The Hudson Bay Company holds perpetual land grants and mineral rights and has been conducting mining activities, according to preliminary reports. The warming industry in the region was reportedly secret to deter trespassers on company property.
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Glalag
Hudson Bay Regia
Hudson Bay Company
Local Athl while Gym to be used at Athena High School
Cronk of Standard Oil leads Athena athletic club plans. He has permission to use Athena High School gym, with 25 members signed, and a meeting set for Monday evening at O'Rock to organize, elect officers, and arrange equipment purchases.
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Guy Cronk
Standard Oil Company
Sit Athletic Club
Athena
Ita
Taisinews
Iy Cronk
At & O'¢rock
Tient
Gertrude Interacts With Baby on Lawn in Early Scene
A young man visits the residence and greets Gertrude as she attends to the baby on the lawn. Her dignified reply identifies herself as Gertrude, prompting further curiosity about the child and family dynamics.
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Gertrude
Sion Yin
Wan Keting
Uabs
Water wings lift ships in a buoyant plan
A description notes canvas pontoons nicknamed water wings being built by Messrs. Vick era that inflate to lift ships. Two pontoons recently raised the steamship Sam sunk by a U boat near Laiebay Scotland. Pontoons with higher capacity are planned to lift heavier ships including estimates of 60 devices lifting the Lusitania.
Footnote of Millan Allen Aged 13 in Vermont to Boston
Fragmentary notice indicates Feet Millan Allen from Vermont to Boston for 13 years received by EL BL Mines at 370 Atlantic Avenue. Mentions a Macy sister Heiel and a deceased relative, with uncertain context and dates.
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Millan Allen
Boston
EL BL
Fort
Ly Macys
Hieel
Ace
Pendleton Parent-Teachers Circle Effort Moves to Next Meeting
A meeting at the Pendleton High School auditorium failed to perfect a Parent-Teacher Circle plan. A new gathering is set for next Monday evening with hopes for broader participation and cooperation among Athena school patrons and teachers. Mrs Wyrick chairs a committee to recruit members as echoed by supporters from other towns.
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Todd
Hall
Pendleton
Hawthorne
Childeen
Jother Places
Wyrick
Athena
Jaehoo
Athana
Pelican Walk Latest Fashion Note in London Society
A garbled London fashion fragment discusses the pelican walk as a new style for women, contrasting dainty grace with modern trends. It hints at male fashion shifts and wartime changes, noting ministers and economy experts adapting to shorter skirts and altered strides with fashionable suggestion.
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London
Bogland
Pigeons, Profits, and a Down-Town Feud in Shadowed Notes
A fragmented OCR item hints at a feud over pigeons and a downtown street scene with lingering concerns about a person named Harry and a long-standing dispute involving Mrs Levine and a local market. The text references a dying individual and ongoing anxieties about property or business in the area.
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Joe Barty
Levine
Harry
Public Health Warns on Rat Plague and Control Measures
Health officials urge measures to destroy rats amid estimates of at least one rat per person in the United States. The report details three rat types, economic damages, and recommended building-proofing to prevent entry for food, urging immediate action nationwide.
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Washington
United States Public Health
United Siates
Thettatt
Treland
Denmark
France
Germany
Geent Britain
Quihus Health Service
Tinal
Norway
America
United States
W. W. Suspect Lynched in Centralia Washington
Fragmented report states a man identified as a W. W. suspect was lynched near Centralia after a parade shooting incident. The body hung from a bridge rope, fell into the river when the rope was cut, and was later recovered. local undertakers refused to touch it as gunfire wounded others.
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CentrAlia
Waah
Varomit
Sme
Parsons
Fokker outlines wireless steered bombs and wartime plans
German aviation pioneer Fokker claims to have devised cheap wireless controlled airplanes carrying massive bombs for the German war effort. He describes a planned air attack method steered by pilots via wireless signals, and alleges the War Office bungled the project. He recalls building planes before 1918 and profiting financially from his work. He cites an exhibition in Amsterdam and discusses reactions of critics to his wartime role.
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Amsterdam
M. Fokker
Ufmo
Germana
M_ Fokker
Mt. Ker
Fok- Hie
Ying Tan
Sheila Tigh
War Office
Office
Plu
AC Fokker
Bowe
Pinne
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Wany
Madson Bay Company
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den of Lions
Berme
Alloutreux
Switzerland
PELICAN WALK_S
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Weston
Dorothy Gthson
Mamie McFadden Gibson
Peaewater
Geo, Myrick
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Lmues
Fokker
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Marton
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