Pauline Revere Ride Sparks Alarm Across Middlesex
The great granddaughter of Paul Revere, Pauline, leaves Dana Hall to holiday with guardian Mrs. Thayer. While alarms spread by Mrs. Thayer, Pauline and zwei companions secretly ride from Dana Hall to Charles Town recreating Revere’s route, triggering railroad and telegraph inquiries before Pauline returns to Lancaster.
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Miss Revere
Pauline
Paul
Dana Hall
Middlesex
Pine Manor
Dana Hall School
Nathaniel Thayer
Lancaster
Thayer
Paul Revere
Charlestown
New England
War Time Bread Doughs and Substitute Flours
Wartime guidance for housewives on mixing substitute flours to replace wheat. A table lists fractions needed to equal one cup of wheat flour using barley buckwheat corn meal corn starch peanut potato rice rolled oats soybean and sweet potato flours.
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Jevery
Fifth District Court Docket Review
Yesterday in the Fifth District Courts Judge Hammill disposed of cases. Michael Romano was found guilty of reveling and fined three dollars plus costs. John J. Healey pled guilty to drunkenness and fined three dollars plus costs. Albert L. Chace was sentenced to six months at the State Workhouse for vagrancy. Wardwell Lumber Company versus Joseph Buffum was continued one week. Amelio C Panzarello versus Vincenzo Quatriopolo remained for one week. Alfredo Clerico versus Daefael Alfano remained for one week. Joachim Princippe was found guilty of assault on Annie Quattrupolo and fined two dollars plus costs.
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Fifth District
F. H. Hammill
Michael Romano
John J. Healey
Albert L. Chace
Wardwell Lumber Company
Joseph Buffum
Mrs Mix Remembers When Words Meant More
A reflective note recalls a past, where listening mattered, contrasting with present indifference as words drift away like water on a duck’s back. The piece explores changes in attention and the lasting impression of admonitions.
Court equips Cupid's Bower for reconciliations
Judge John Stelk equips a small room attached to the domestic relations court with plants flowers canary birds a music box and draperies to help couples reach a new start. The aim is to rekindle old affection and encourage couples to reunite and live as they should.
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John Stelk
Chicago News
Pretty Mission Cards For Home Mission Schools
Mount the cards on colored cardboard five by eight inches with a ribbon for hanging. Groups of six pinked cards on cambric delighted Chinese mission school pupils and inspired them to make gifts for others. Get blotters in various colors and cut to postcard size to paste over existing writing for use as pretty postcards in home mission classrooms.
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China
Brazil Holds World’s Largest Iron Ore Deposits
Percival notes Brazil has vast iron ore reserves including Minas Gerais with an estimated 1 500 000 000 to 2 000 000 000 tons located 300 to 400 miles from the coast. Other states also contain ore bodies as demand grows for steel and related products, with potential to ease European markets by blending lower grade ores.
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Brazil
Minas Geras
Percival
Ederal Trade
Oncil W Orleases Sis BusonCmatiers Ee Gee
Europe
Co-Operative Movement Grows Across Europe
London Times notes the 1914 Glasgow congress united 24 national bodies with about 180000 societies and 20000000 members. If each member represents a four member family, roughly 80000000 people were directly affected by the co operative movement in Europe as war began, with cooperative business around 2 billion dollars.
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Co-Operative Alliance
Glasgow
Scotland
Europe
United States
London Times
Russia Plans Biological Station on Baikal Shore
The Imperial Academy of Sciences of Petrograd intends to establish a biological station at Lake Baikal. The lake’s deep shores host a unique fauna with ancient subtropical vestiges from Siberia’s upper tertiary period.
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Russia
Imperial Academy of Sciences of Petrograd
Lake Baikal
Siberia
Full Service Men Called for Entrainment Aug 15
The Sixth Selection Board lists full service men sent to Takoma Park DC then Bliss Electrical School for training. Names include Paul Gardner of Metacom Avenue Bristol and Samuel M. Pearson of No Tiverton.
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Takoma Park
District of Columbia
Bliss Electrical School
Paul Gardner
Metacom Avenue
Bristol
Samuel M. Pearson
No. Tiverton
Bazaar in G A R Hall by Bristol Troop Boy Scouts
First Bristol Troop Boy Scouts of America host a three Saturday bazaar at the G A R Hall starting September 7 14 and 21 with evening socials and community sales to aid troop activities.
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G A. R. Hall
First Bristol Troop
Boy Scouts of America
Puzzled Reporter Seeks Studied Marriage Partners
A Riddle from Ed Howe's Weekly describes a man and wife who must study each other to live in harmony. They talk things over often, exchange mean remarks, and would separate for many reasons if not for the children or the family name.
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Ed Howe
Weekly
Discovery of Roman Skeleton With Coin Found in Dorset
A Dorset man digging in his garden at Stalbridge uncovered a remarkably preserved Roman skeleton. The teeth were intact and in good condition, and a coin bearing Caesar Augustus's inscription was found in the mouth, suggesting ancient occupation of England.
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England
Stalbridge
Dorset
Caesar Augustus
Women and the Saidiers in 1853 Recruitment
A fragmented passage notes women and men serving in ranks with a 1853 recruitment of about 500000 women. It claims brigades of 18000 under women officers.
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Saidiers
Eines
Tae Prs
Isis
Hokara Skin Cure Promises Quick Eczema Relief
W. H. Buffington reports selling hundreds of jars of Hokara with refunds offered for unsatisfactory purchases. The ad claims chronic eczema cases and severe itching improve or cure with use, regardless of location on the body, at 35 cents per jar plus a money back guarantee.
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W. H. Buffington
New Linen Stain Vanishing Tray Described
A reader shares a home remedy for removing scorch marks from linen. Mix two ounces fuller's earth, half an ounce white soap, juice of two onions and half a pint vinegar. Boil briefly, cool in a covered vessel, then apply on the stain to lift it, letting dry.
Baldwin Apple and Col Loammi Baldwin Memorial
In Wo burn Massachusetts residents unveiled a granite shaft and bronze statue honoring Col Loammi Baldwin, famed as the discoverer of the Baldwin apple. While his military record is notable his legacy endures mainly for the apple that bears his name.
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Baldwin
Woburn
Mass
Col
Loammi Baldwin
Lexington
Colonel Baldwin
Aphorisms on Mothers and Familiarity
A Seattle Post Intelligencer reflection ponders why no aphorism fits every case. It notes poets and essayists honor mothers through tributes and dedications, yet no expression fully matches a son’s view of his mother's virtues.
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
To Reduce Flesh Tip for Health and Fitness
Guidance urges daily five mile walks and vigorous exercise to shed fat. It recommends tonic baths as helpful for many girls who complain of tired feelings and stresses self discipline on the path to a healthier body.
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