Weygand lineage rumor fuels French war leadership tale
Ruled by Belgian circles rumors claim General Weygand, born in Brussels in 1866, is the son of the late King Leopold. Adopted by a French family, he rose from obscurity to lieutenant colonel age 26 and later became chief of staff to Marshal Foch.
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Brussels
Maxime Weygand
Foch
Leopold
Belgium
Paris
Leaponi
Knd
Marshal Foch
General Weygand
Birh
Bressels Asan Wfteturer
Young Weygand
Werganed
Weygan
St. Cyrle
Weygnod
St. Cyr
Eurtier
Aieutenant Colsonelcy
Lilentengat
Weyzaud
Marne
Wergund
France
Supreme War Council
Inter-Allied
Versiller
Marshal Feet
Pullman Bandits Sleepy Robbery on Westbound Train
J C Selmer and Solomon Dubrow, aged nineteen and twenty, conspired with others to rob a Pullman sleeper on a West-bound Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul train. They slept in an upper berth after looting passengers of watches jewelry clothing and bags worth about 500 dollars. J W Murphy witnessed the act and alerted the crew. Sheriff at Joliet Illinois was notified.
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Lurlon
Immigration Court proposes kinder Ellis Island welcome
Frederick A. Wallis of the Immigration Court advocates sweeping reforms at Ellis Island. He drafts plans to make the immigration station more comfortable for new arrivals, aiming to bring freedom and sunshine to newcomers as they enter the United States.
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New York
America
Bilis Ishind
Frederick A. Wallis
United States
Freedom
New Span Proposed for Washington Bridge Improvements
Immigrant receiving station upgrades are proposed by Commissioner Wallis including better controls, more beds, and warmer milk for mothers and babies. He vows kinder treatment and replacement of harsh attendants while seeking funds from Congress if government money is unavailable. Also noted is a call to remove radicals detained for deportation amid crowded conditions. Additionally a local rescue story recalls a small boy saving a baby girl from a well, with minor injuries.
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Wallis
Grvealy
Armerica
Wistas
Washington
Railroade
Fmmland
Conmy
Congress
Orphanage Hostesses Endure Turkish Siege in Hadjin
Miss Alice M. Clark of Evanston recounts ten harrowing weeks in Hadjin where American women ran an orphanage under siege by Turkish nationalists from March 8 to June 18. They hid in a storeroom for four days as fighting raged, surviving on bread and raising, while keeping a pledge of neutrality amid constant threats and tense diplomacy. The Armenians later broke the Turkish siege with a countercharge on June 13.
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Chicago
Hadjin
Alice M. Clark
Evanston
Near East
Miss Clark
Capture of the Compound and Flight to Constantinople
A fragment recounts recapturing a compound and fleeing within three days. The group reached Talus and then finally arrived at Constantinople, marking a perilous journey amid pursuit.
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Talus
Match
Fially
Constantinople
Dreams Of Drowning In Five Foot Flood At Home
Mrs Agnes Steynoliis of a basement flat recalls a dream of drowning after waking to a janitor’s warning while a sewer flood filled her cellar to about five feet. The water intrusion accompanied a dream of sea danger and clinging to a feast as waves ran high.
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New York
Agnes Steynoliis
Land of Plenty Wheat Fields Of Western Canada Glorified
A descriptive advertisement extols Western Canada's wheat districts, praising vast grain fields, railways, elevators, and rural prosperity. It forecasts a crop value exceeding a billion dollars with wheat yields around 250 million bushels and prices near two dollars eighty cents per bushel, noting widespread production of oats barley corn and dairy products.
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Canada
Western Canada
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Arthur Lamb
Reno
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State Byslenle Laboratory
Pullman
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Washington Bridge
Coal City, Inc
Z. W. Free
Key Bridge
Georgetown
Potomac
Armenia
Western
Cascara
Lo Grippa
Hill
Morocco
Bayer
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