Thames Penny Steamers Afloat To Aid Tigris Trap
In a wartime account Eleanor Franklin Egan praises Thames penny steamers pressed into service to meet the Mesopotamian crisis. Eleven set out, five reached the Tigris, with sixteen boats lost, and eighty of the allied ships sunk. the surviving crews are honored as England’s bravest at sea.
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Tigris
Mesopotamia
Seas
Persian Gulf
Eleanor Franklin Egan
Saturday Evening Post
Ganges
Indus
Irawadi
Nile
Africa
Sikiang
Yang-tse
Richmond
Putney
Henley
London
Atlantic
Bay of
Biscay
Portugal
Spain
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Red Sea
Arabian Sea
Thames
England
New York Opens Stocking of Erie Champlain Canals
Canals commission reports full stocking of the new fish ponds in the beds of the Erie and Champlain canals. Construction is finished and yellow perch fry are being rushed to the canals for immediate liberation. The first consignment included a large number of perch fry collected from Adirondack lakes and fed in the section commission.
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New York
Em- 8
Adirondack Lakes
Destruction of Planes At Karns? Noted British Action
An official report describes British aviators and mechanics forced to destroy their own aircraft to prevent German forces from obtaining secret plans of a new type of airplane. The act sometimes requires the aviator to sacrifice his life along with the aircraft by detonating a bomb aboard.
First American permissionaires arrive in Aix-les-Bains France
The first party of American permissionaires on leave arrives at Aix-les-Bains France welcomed by a cosmopolitan crowd. They endure cold and hunger from the front but are greeted with jazz raggy music a French orchestra and Y M C A led entertainment. The resort opens its hotels and casinos. soldiers tour Lake Bourget and visit historic sites while vowing to endure hill combat.
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Aix-les-Bains
France
Aix-les-Beans
Aix
Baseball Nine
Italy
Atlantic
Paris
Uncle Sam
Red Cross
Gan
Lamartine
Lamartine Woods
Raphael
Chanbery
Les Charmettes
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Madame Warens
Charlemagne
Henry
Navarre
Egypt
Elizabeth
Austria
Marie Pia
Portugal
Great Britain
Sweden
Norway
Belgium
Spain
High
Department of
Chambery
Challes-les-Eaux
Lake Bourget
Lane Aio
America
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Advertised in 19th Century Style
An old advertisement promotes Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claiming to relieve female ailments such as inflammations backache headaches and nervousness. It urges women to write for a thorough trial and lists Mrs. Jas. Roheberg of Pittsburg Pennsylvania as an endorser.
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Lydia A. Pinkham
Jas. Roheberg
St. N
Pitts
Lydia Pinkham
Pinkham
Easy to Misjudge Children and Their Abilities
Dr Maximilian P E Groszemann argues in June Humanitarian that many children labeled stupid suffer from mismatched teaching or physical defects. He warns parents and teachers to look beyond traditional tests spotting hidden talents in arithmetic, language, or artistry.
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Maximilian P. E. Groszemann
Intended Effect and the Wanderer at the Hotel Bill
The critic lauds the new composition as very fine while asking for the chilling interpretation of a passage. The composer confirms the effect and notes the wanderer encounters the hotel bill as a key moment in the piece.
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Wanderer
London
No man is a coward who has been married more than once
A witty remark notes that repeated marriages imply courage rather than cowardice, framing resilience in personal relationships with a humorous twist. It reflects social sayings of the era on marital experience and character.
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Britain
Americas
Poltpe
Aix Les Bains
Blighty
Gertrude Lynch
LS. Soliuers
Aix Les Gains
Salumuel
1C& Reals
T. le Saearenes Ag
Kansas City
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