Europe travel costs surge after war and cheap tours end
Vienna reports say cheap tours through Europe are finished. Rising labor costs, taxes from the war, travel wear, and general economic loss have pushed prices up across Central Europe. Hotels in Vienna are now booked on waiting lists, with shortages pushing some travelers to sleep in corridors or station lounges. Budapest and Sofia also show price hikes, while wartime refugees and officers on leave fuel demand for transient lodging.
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United States
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Iin
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Uia
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Deverapsont
Miso
Barc
Thas
Decrease in Value of Dollar Saddens Swiss Finance
Swiss press calls the dollar devaluation a financial absurdity as the dollar trades at five francs fourteen centimes in Switzerland down from five francs eighteen. Paris and New York now see higher Swiss francs, Americans in Switzerland lose on exchange. Switzerland, ringed by combatant nations, bears a wartime debt exceeding 700 million francs, with a 100 million franc loan planned for mobilization.
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Tribune de Geneve
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Paris
Ion
New York
America
Prince George of Serbia Recalled as Fight Hero Seeks Return
In Serbia a strong current favors Prince George eldest son of Peter to reclaim the throne he forfeited six years ago. Once feared for temper and brutality toward servants and peasants he earned derision, but his bravery in battle has made him a popular figure among soldiers. He is in his thirties, spent much of youth in Switzerland, and after early missteps returned for the Balkan wars and present conflict, where he led forlorn hopes and risked his life.
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Peter
Ior
George
Switzerland
Fterageorgevitch
Serbia
Zorka
Montenegro
Saint Cyr
Bulgaria
Old Lyme Aches to Bull-Dogging Stars Baldwin Siblings
Old Lyme gains country-wide fame from an unlikely duo John and Tillie Baldwin a husband and wife team known for trick riding bronco busting and bull dogging The pair tour shows across the region with Miss Baldwin notable for victory at Sheepshead Bay and a prized saddles collection while Baldwin recalls a lifetime in horse riding and western showmanship representing the area’s enduring connection to equestrian sport.
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Morrison Waite
United States Supreme Court
Woodrow Wilson
Knockout- Brown
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East Lyme
Miss Baldwin
Sheepshead Bay
Ritherto
Francis Sperry Steele
Roosevelt
Cheyenne
Baldwins
Baldwin
Dulges
South Lyme
John
Norwich
Naugatuck
Derby
Farm House
Tilsie
New Mexico
Antis Plan Meetings as Connecticut Opposes Woman Suffrage
The Connecticut Association Opposed to Women Suffrage announces a winter campaign with meetings in Hartford New Haven Fairfield Rockville Litchfield and Norfolk led by state delegates from the Washington convention. President Mrs Daniel A Markham reports rising membership above 18000 as anti suffrage groups prepare to inform legislators of strong sentiment against granting women the vote.
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Connecticut Association
National Association
Washington
Connecticut
Daniel A. Markham
Hartford
New Haven
Fairfield
Rockville
Litchfield
Norfolk
Board of Managers
Senate
West Virginia
South Dakota
Hawaii claims best climate as heat woes hit mainland
Honolulu reports mainland heat distress with Chicago at 102 degrees on July 30 while Hawaii posts a mild 81 in the day. The piece touts Hawaii’s year round appeal, noting stable temperatures, Waikiki beach life, and a forthcoming Mid-Pacific Carnival from February 19 to 24, 1917.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
United States
Middle West
Chicago
New York
Washington
Milwaukee
Waikiki
Tropics
Philippines
West Indies
Equator
Pacific Ocean
Whistling Buoy From Nantucket Reaches Bermuda
The roving whistling buoy from Nantucket Shoals marked off the Massachusetts coast began its voyage January 20 1918 and traveled at least 3300 miles by air line with its siren sounding a doleful warning to mariners. Recovered August 16 1916 near Bermuda by the French cruiser Marseillaise it was towed to Bermuda and turned over to the U S government. After overhaul in New York hydrographers say the buoy is ready for service again. The Algier reported adrift off Cape Chebucto Head arrived at Halifax Nova Scotia.
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United States
Bureau of Lighthouses
Hydrographic Office of the Navy
Nantucket Shoals
Massachusetts
Bermuda
Marseillaise
Light House
North Atlantic
Jready
New York
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