Brief News Notes From The 1914 15 Fiscal Year
Net profits of the French sugar refineries for 1914 15 were about 51 800 000 versus 400 000 the prior year. The Guatemalan delegation to the Pan American Scientific Congress leaves Puerto Barrios for New York. French officers killed and others injured in a shell explosion at the Satory instructional camp. Court martial of J Robert Hirst concluded and sent to Maj Gen Wood. Parker Newhall of Wilbraham Massachusetts chosen Rhodes Scholar to Oxford. The schooner Childe Harold saved by Acushnet and Gresham cutters at Woods Hole. Mijhaeer Schroeder of Amsterdam Telegraaf arrested over neutrality charge. Telegraaf pro Allies. Mtaidara Ono of New York announces a one cent per gallon export gasoline price rise. XMAS ROPING WREATHS OF JOHN KECK & SON.
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Washington
Puerto Barrios
Guatemala
New York
Mtaidara
John Keck & Son
Back We Gravitate To The Practical Coat
Built of dark green worsted the coat is belted and fastened with novelty buttons at the front finished at the throat with a touch of fur. It is described as serviceable for outdoor sports and similar activities in the period style of practical apparel reports.
Benny and Ed Wernick Club Election Controversy
In a school club room Ed Wernick seeks admission amid opposition over his talkativeness. Members vote by paper ballots, each writing Yes or No. After discussions and promises, the group orders a second election and all ballots read No.
The Christmas Displays
A seasonal look at newspaper advertising for gifts, clothing, furniture, toys, and food. The piece praises the Christmas stock as a sign of business forethought and consumer faith, urging readers to browse the advertisements for useful presents and holiday cheer. XMAS ROPING AND WREATHS OF LAUREL JOHN BECK & SON.
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John Beck & Son
Love as a Game and meddling friends in romance
Laura Jean Libby offers advice on love, warning that meddling friends ruin affairs. The piece argues lovers should handle reconciliation privately, with mothers, aunts, and cousins urging caution and dignity. Readers pose questions about past relationships and marriage hopes, with missing details and age guidance.
Love’s Willing to Return to Husband and Child
A married 19-year-old mother seeks guidance to write to her husband who lives with his parents. She loves him and her child, pledges to go live with him, and asks for heart-to-heart lines that express devotion, readiness to reunite, and hope for a future together.
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Miss Libbey
Dear Miss Libbey Shows Independent Spirit Advice
A young Amag girl asks about handling a rich boyfriend who sets invitations for every evening. The adviser urges independent spirit, refusing some invites, seeing others, to prove she is not beholden or easily led by his attention.
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E. J
Miss Libbey Answers Your Letters
Miss Libbey replies to reader letters with instructions. Address Miss Laura Jean Libbey at 916 President Street Brooklyn New York for attention. Initials printed. Write short letters on one side of paper only using ink. Personal letters cannot be answered.
Havana cab drivers strike over uniforms and fares
Motor cab chauffeurs in Havana walked off due to a mayor’s uniform order and refused certain rates for cab service. Beginning today New York marks National Tuberculosis Week with health department actions to boost public interest in the menace. Express messenger W C Dunbar was killed when a two ton boulder fell from a cliff onto Great Northern train No 44 near Wenatchee Washington, crashing through the express car roof. The Japanese steamer Hokkai Maru bound for Vladivostok to Victoria B C sustained slight damage after its car float shifted in a storm and will be towed.
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Havana
New York
Health Department
W. C. Dunbar
Messeger
Great Northern
Wenatchee
Wash
EDS
Wiacoma
Vladivostok
Putcas Victoria
B. C
Lost by being two anxious and seeking advice
Dear Miss Libbey I am past 17 and met a 21 year old young man four months ago. He visits me on the street and asked to accompany me home. I declined and sent a letter inviting him to join our party through the park before he leaves for college. He replied he could not accept the invitation hoping to become better acquainted in the future. It has been a month. I wonder if I should send another letter. Would-be interests often falter when writing constantly. let him initiate.
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Ome
Susan
Mary
Reegret
Miss Libbey
Ian
From Girlhood to Old Age Women Are Helped
Advertises Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a universal remedy for women from adolescence to old age. Claims to treat headaches backaches hot flashes dizziness and fatigue among other ailments with herbal, alcohol free formula. Promotes free diagnosis at Invalids' Hotel Buffalo and a 136 page booklet on women's diseases sent free.
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Dr. Pierce
Orphan Girl Seeks Love or Money in Letter to Miss Libbey
A young girl recounts living with her father until his death, receiving a thousand dollar insurance payout, and staying with her guardian uncle while attending high school. She mentions a 21-year-old former beau, a severed relation, and a letter she wrote that led to his absence. She notes his mother’s influence and mentions a distant cousin.
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Miss Libbey
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Liver Pills advertise
The passage markets Dr Pierce s Pleasant Pellets as the original liver pills small sugar coated anti bilious granules described as the smallest and easiest to take. One pellet for laxative three for a cathartic targets sick and bilious headaches constipation indigestion and liver stomach and bowel derangements as a pocket remedy kept sealed for freshness and reliability.
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Dr. Pierce
Santa Claus Holiday Across Europe and American Origins
A historical piece traces Santa Claus traditions across Belgium Holland Germany and Britain noting St Nicholas Day on December 6 and the spread of Santa lore to America via Dutch colonists. It recounts St Nicholas deeds the Bari tomb and the boy bishop custom while mentioning Andrew Freedman’s death in New York from grip.
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Atlantic
Great Britain
Santa Claus
Belgium
England
France
Holland
Germany
Austria
America
St. Nicholas
Asia Minor
Italy
Bari
Warriors of Karabel: Two Hittite Figures Carved in Asia Minor
A poem by M. EB. Buckley recalls the two Hittite stone warriors in the Karabel pass. It portrays their enduring vigilance as the Hittite nation rose and fell, the banners and emblems of power shifting through centuries, until the lineage faded.
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Asia Minor
Karabel
Kheta
Phoenix
M. EB. Buckley
Corner for cooks buckwheat cakes and salad ideas
A dated cooking excerpt lists corner recipes including buckwheat cakes with milk sugar and baking powder, royal salad with grape halves, grapefruit pulp, almonds and apples, dressed on lettuce, and a pea soup made by boiling dried peas then mashing with butter and seasoning.
Potato stuffed with cheese and lime bean salad
Bake potatoes until soft scoop Mash with butter milk and cheese Fill skins return to brown Chill two cups lima beans with horseradish and seasoning Arrange on lettuce with French dressing Cream lard butter flour baking powder salt Bake round and split spread with butter and orange slices sugar
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New Haven
Woods Hole
Coast Guard
Acushnet
Gresham
Mijaheer Schroeder
Amsterdam
Télegraaf
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Telegraaf
Pictorial Review
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Haview Princess
Little Benny
Lee Pape
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Tidday
Hay
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Plase
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Sam
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Gentilmen
Sam Krawss
Pleecemans Club
Cickens
Reddy
Eleckshin
Moshin
Laura Jean Libby
McClure Newspaper
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Congress
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