Black Bag secrets unfold in Gerard intrigue series
James W. Gerard reveals the Kaiser’s letters and Belgium’s fate in an acclaimed series. The Atlanta Georgian prints previews with official war orders and Harris’s Uncle Remus tales as context. Subscriptions offered through agents and the American’s office in Atlanta.
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James W. Gerard
Mr. Gerard
Germany
United States
Wilson
Gerard
Belgium
Atlanta
Georgiaan
Remus
Joel Chandler Harris
East
Alabama Street
Birthday Party Gag Highlights Free Admission
A short tale recalls a boy named Jack hosting a party with free admission. His mother advised one guest not to bring a gift, and Jack quips that the party is “for nothing” if no present arrives.
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Jack
Hide in an Oak as Wallace Fled English Forces
At Ellerslie the birthplace of William Wallace a 21 foot circumference oak is believed to have sheltered Wallace and 800 of his soldiers in its upper branches one summer to avoid capture by the English army.
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Ellerslie
William Wallace
Wallace
People Speak Well of Chamberlains Tablets
G A McBride of Headford Ontario praises Chamberlains Tablets after selling them for two years. He says they relieve indigestion and constipation and that no other preparation is equal to them. He urges others to try them for relief and good results.
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G. A. McBride
Headford
Pelicans Share Regulated Feeding Routine Observed
The article describes pelicans as regular in their habits. Parent birds catch fish and feed their young by regurgitating half digested food into the chicks mouths, observed as a recurring feeding behavior.
Missouri Father Killed Daughter Over Biblical Sacrifice Tale
Jacob Bentz 35 crazed by religious fervor beat his six year old daughter Helena to death with a sewing machine after dragging her into a room while insisting it was God’s will. He knelt beside the body, Bible open to Genesis, declaring the act part of Abraham’s offering. The mother and two other children were found alive in another room. Bentz claimed the killing was God’s will and offered no resistance to arrest. Rev. A S Sixta was called to the home after the tragedy.
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Kansas City
Jacob Bentz
Helena
Bentz
Abraham
Isaac
Ntz
Sixta
Bentz Fnm
Man Confronts Maniac During Home Visit Incident
A disturbed man opened his door and confronted minister Bentz and Sixta claiming he sacrificed a child to God. Sixta stayed with Bentz until evening when the man escaped and a call was placed.
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Bentz
Sixta
They Pray So Loud He Can't Slumber in Freeport
Ambrose Dunleavy, living beside a Black church in Freeport, complains to Police Chief Hanes about revivalist prayers disturbing his sleep and asks that the prayers be suppressed. He says he and his children cannot sleep due to the noise.
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Freeport
Dll
Ambrose Dunleavy
Dunleavy
Hanes
Through fire to wedding in Minnesota
Alfred Arney and Miss Clara Feldhausner left International Falls to wed in a car trip via Kina Barwick when a forest fire raged around the road. George Stoffela and Caroline Felsthausen accompanied them as smoke blinded the travellers and auto robes shielded the women. The region saw brush fires worse than since 1910, destroying homesteads and causing many disasters.
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Bandette
Minn
Alfred Arney
Clara Feldhausner
International Falls
George Stoffela
Caroline Felsthausen
Kina
Barwick
Suit of Water for Fireman in Cincinnati Tests
The Cincinnati fire department tested a safety suit made of two layers of fireproof canvas with circulating water. A perforated brass tube around the neck feeds water between the layers and along the limbs to exit at fingertips and feet. Additional tubes around the helmet provide an external shower to cool the wearer and extinguish surrounding flames.
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Cincinnati Fire Department
Popular Mechanics
Objectors Workload and Arrests Reported in Home Office Scheme
The London Times lists 655 objectors in agriculture land reclamation and forestry 262 on roadmaking 140 on waterworks 6 growing vegetables 88 cutting timber 46 making artificial fertilizers 41 clerical work 26 farm colony building for disabled soldiers 25 quarrying 25 off cake works with 674 in other occupations at Warwick Wakefield centers. During the year 8700 objectors were arrested and court martialed about 1500 are now imprisoned or in military custody.
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Home Office
London Times
Warwick
Wakefield
War Word Totals Show Spanish Coverage in 1916
A State ment of the news from the Spanish Wireless Telegraph company details that about 3 951 153 words were needed to keep one neutral nation informed during the war. The Entente supplied 2 320 158 words versus 1 621 005 from Austro German sources. Bulletins were color coded blue for central powers and yellow for Entente, distributed thrice daily.
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Spanish Wireless Telegraph Company
Madrid
Barcelona
Central Empire
Stuck to His Rule Reminiscence Comes From a Wounded Veteran
A discharged serviceman, wounded, writes his 12 months of fighting and offers a hospital manuscript to a publisher for 100 pounds. He explains the price by saying it has been a soldier’s point of honor to sell his life as dearly as possible.
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London Chronicle
Remark on boasting doctors and working men
The text contrasts boastful talk with the doctors who are few in number and think kisses are poisonous. It notes many men work harder than others and suggests while occasionally finding a pearl in oysters, one should seek a diamond in potatoes to balance the game.
No Juries in Japan A judicial system overview
The text explains that Japan uses judge or judges to decide cases with no juries. Judges pass examinations, are appointed for life, and can be removed for crime. The hierarchy includes one Supreme Court with 35 judges and six Procurators, seven Courts of Appeal with 135 judges and 86 procurators, and multiple district and local courts totaling 955 district judges across numerous courts and branches.
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Supreme Court
Courts of Appeal
Jury unmoved by Lena Kinderknecht in Topeka murder trial
In Topeka Kansas Miss Lena Kinderknecht was unable to be convicted or acquitted after a three day jury deliberation in the murder case of Frederick P Richardson, her sister Mary Kinderknecht’s suitor. Judge Rupenthal ordered a new trial with verdict limited to first degree murder or acquittal.
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Topeka
Kan
Lena Kinderknecht
Frederick P. Richardson
Kansas
Miss Kinderknecht
Rupenthal
Mary Kinderknecht
Frederick. P. Richardson
Kinderknecht
Lena
Mary
Fatal shooting tale ends in murder case in twenties era
Mary, the younger sister, disappeared after clandestine meetings with Richard Richardson. Lena Kinderknecht and her brother tracked them to Richardson's car where an argument sparked two gunshots. Richardson died two days later. Kinderknecht claimed ignorance of shooting, while Mary said she liked Richardson for flowers, candy, and his car.
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Richardson
Mary
Mins
Lena
Kinderknecht
Miss Lena
Miss Mary
Wedding mourners join Cleveland society at Kreps McArthur wedding
In Cleveland Ohio mourners from the social elite attended the wedding of Dorothy Kreps and Arthur McArthur. The plan had every former suitor of the groom arrive dressed in black with a black handkerchief, though no rejected suitors have followed yet.
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Cleveland
Dorothy Kreps
Arthur McArthur
Firemen Bathe Deserter at Roof in Five-Hour Standoff
An army deserter in London was captured after a five hour battle with police as firemen used two water streams to flush him from a roof. He interrupted pursuit by hurling bricks at officers before surrender.
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London
Clarke County Names Certified for Military Service
The Clarke county local and district boards certify a roster of men named by the Clarke board in Atlanta for military service. The list includes Willard Allen, Homer Nicholson, George Williams, Roy Holmes, Asa Hammond, Earnest Higgins, Thomas Paschal, John McCune, Jesse Dockery, Charles Segar, Paul Holmes, William McKinnon, Ralph Hodgson, Otis Mooney, Fritz Horner, Charles Gilmer, William Weatherly, Richard Belser, Claude Prather, Evans Gregory, and others.
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Clarke Board
Atlanta
Clarke County
Willard Harry Allen
Homer K. Nicholson
George Williams
Roy Tabor Holmes
Asa Catmus Hammond
Earnest Stout Higgins
Thomas Watson Paschal
John Milton McCune
Jesse Rayne Dockery
Charles Mills Segar
Paul Tabor Holmes
William McKinnon
Evil Genius Amodeus in Tobit and Talmud lore
The apocryphal Tobit portrays Amodeus as an evil genius who kills the seven husbands of Sura. In the Talmud he is named as the prince of demons and is credited with driving Solomon from his kingdom.
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Agmodeus
Solomon
Bear diet expands from grass to elk steak
A bear eats a wide range of foods from green grass to elk steak with favorites including fish berries roots insect larvae honey frogs and various fishes.
Clarke County Claims Denied and Exemptions Granted
Clarke county exemption board announced twelve denials and two exemptions after reviewing appeals. Notable outcomes include ministers A C Adams and Jesse Warwick granted exemptions though local board denied them, with other cases from Athens and Winterville denied for physical disability, dependency, industrial, or agricultural factors. Time extended for R Wages.
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District Exemption Board
Clarke
R. P. Hodgson
C. A. Adams
Jesse Warwick
L. C. Hawkins
Athens
N. J. Regas
E. H. Bugg
Winter
Winterville
Industrial
Hw.j. Wages
Bogartegricultura
RR. Childs
United States Agricultural Department
R. M. Dignan
Agricultural
Change of Schedule Gainesville Midland
A slight change in the schedule of the trains on the Gainesville Midland Railways announced to be effective on next Sunday Sept 16. Arrivals: Sunday only 11:40 am, daily 6:45 pm, daily except Sunday mixed 10:00 am. Departures: daily 7:20 am, Sunday only 2:30 pm, daily except Sunday mixed 11:30 am.
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Gaireaville Midland Railways
Pally
Doctor Questions Ailing Husband In Quiet Inquiry
A brief exchange shows a wife visiting a doctor to obtain medicine for her husband. The physician asks for the illness nature, and she begins to answer with a weary admission about a plain case of ill na compared.
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Doc
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