Comtesse De Bryas paints France's heroism amid ruins
The Frenchwoman recounts wartime France from air raids on Paris to rural devotion as villagers return to destroyed homes. She notes German destruction, child labor, and the plight of families split by deportations, praising American relief led by Anne Morgan and the devastation of devotion in battle scarred communities.
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Comtesse de Bryas
George Clymer
Comtesse Madeleine DE Bryas
France
Paris
Germany
American Committee
Anne Morgan
Jury Sets Fancy Price on Young Lady's Big Toe
Brooklyn offers 17 500 dollars for the big toe of Miss Fannie Ciamerillo after a Coney Island Brooklyn Railroad case verdict. Courtroom chatter swirls about how many toes could fetch cash, with locals joking about tax implications and future tradeable body parts.
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York
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company
Fannie C. Ciamerillo
Ciamerille
Miss Ciamerillo
Homesick Elephant Refuses Wisconsin Trip
Gwendolyn the elephant of the Richards circus balks at a Wisconsin move, insisting on home. Yardmen and handlers struggle as a specially fitted box car is prepared, but she balks, trims the trainer with a snout rub, then returns to the park amid amused workers.
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York
Long Island Railroad
Richards Circus
Coney Island
Gwendolyn
Herf
Wisconsin
Memphis Tabby Stripped of Iron Cross Symbol
A Chicago traveler notices the Chisca lunch room cat mascot wearing a Maltese cross on menus, prompting a federal warning to not display German symbols. Local hotel and restaurant officials censure the display, clarifying the cross predates Kaiser Bill. New menus soon show the cat with a green bow instead.
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Memphis
Chisca
Chicago
Kaiser Bill
Mr. Hoover
Hoover
Bert Parker
Bert
Hugcum
Pup ownership dispute settles in Essex Market court
Beauty the French poodle wandered from Mrs. Harry Kalman to Mrs. Louis Silfin and the case went before Magistrate Ten Buck. The canine arbiter refused to choose sides. The judge sought clarity as the pup’s loyalty remained with neither owner.
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Mrs. Kalman
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