Paderewski A Polish Pianist Who Shaped World Affairs
A feature on Ignace Paderewski tracing his rise from Polish roots in Podolia to global fame as a pianist composer and public figure. It covers his early life exile of his father political climate, studies in Berlin, Paris and Vienna, breakthrough in London and New York, and notes on his operatic and piano works as well as his two marriages and family.
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Ignace Paderewski
Anton Rubenstein
Wee
Kurylowka
Podolia
Russian Poland
Siberia
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Berlin
Leschetitsky
Pole
Paderewski
Vienna
London
Atlantic
New York
Carnegie Hall
Critica
America
Americans
Dresden
Boston
Rose Hassa
Paderewski and Polish Aid to Europe in War
The artist Paderewski and his wife left the United States after urging unity among Poles during World War I. They helped recruit and train Polish forces in Niagara Falls New York and supported a Polish legion fighting in France and Flanders. After the Armistice they returned to aid reconstruction and the republic.
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Europe
Mme. Paderewski
United States
France
Flanders
Prench
Niagara
N. Y
Paderowski
Poland
Smuts: A Continent’s Rising Public Figure in War and Peace
Biographical sketch tracing Jan Smuts from Transvaal farmer to key statesman and general. It covers his shifting alliances with Britain, his roles in the Boer War and reconstruction of South Africa, and his influence in imperial policy and the League of Nations.
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Louis Botha
Jan Christian Smuts
Africa
Britain
Saiute
Kitchener
Alfred Milner
Hocra
Smuts
Europe
America
Tiseless
South Africa
United States
General Smuts
Botha
German Southwest Africa
East Africa
England
Imperial War Cabinet
British Isles
League of Nations
Riches for Osage Indians From Oil Boom in Midcontinent
The Osage Nation near Pawhuska Oklahoma eyes a flood of money as oil and gas royalties rise with new leases. About 4 million in bonuses and 1.5 thousand per individual are expected this year, with total incomes near 4 thousand from oil and gas. Development expenses could total 4.6 million, circulating over 7 million in Osage County within a year. A 600 thousand-dollar high bid for a 160 acre tract stirs debate over interior department approval and well prospects.
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Oklahoma
Pawhuska
Okla
Qeage
America
Osage
Osage County
Interior Department
Secretary of the Interior
Gypsy Oil Company
H. G. Barnard
American Pipe Line
Omac
Actress Reveals Secret For Gray Hair Quick Fix
Joleey Willams, a famed American actress at the Imperial Theatre in St Louis, shares a inexpensive home mix to darken gray hair. The recipe combines water, 1 ounce of bay rum, Barbo Compound, and glyco rum to be applied twice weekly for a natural shade.
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Joleey Willams
Imperial Theatre
St. Louis
Tuze
Howe
Attestion K of I Holds Regular January Meeting
The regular meeting of Attestion K of I was held Thursday January 9 with officer elections and attendance noted.
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Will
Thorsday
Hendershot
C. C
Fairbanks Assayer Counts Alaska Gold Record
E Beraud of Fairbanks, on his way to Paris, is said to have handled more raw gold than any other in Alaska history. In eleven years as an assayer for the First National Bank of Fairbanks he has assayed 45 million dollars in gold weighing about eight tons, with lives risked in remote mining camps. He plans to return to work in gold dust after Paris.
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Cordova
Alaska
E. BE. Deraud
Fairbanks
Paris
First National Bank of
Beraud
Consistory Elects Wyoming Officers for Ensuing Year
The Wyoming Consistory No. 1 at the Masonic temple elected officers for the coming year. Peter & Cook was named Master of Kadoah, with Fred 8 Forbes as prior, William RB. Dubola preceptor, George J. Strader chancellor, Richard H. aewain ister of late, George H. Simoner, Samuel Cot, Edward W. Stone as trustees. Further names include Peter 8, Cpok, and George 1 Strader among listed officers.
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Wyoming
Masonic Temple
Peter & Cook
Kadoah
Peter
Cook
Kadosh
Fred
Forbes
William RB. Dubola
George J. Strader
Richard H. Aewainister
George H. Simoner
Samuel Cot
Edward W. Stone
John A. Riner
Peter 8
Cpok
George
Strader
Nation Mourns Roosevelt Funeral Amid Half Mast
Vice President Marshall attends Theodore Roosevelt funeral in Oyster Bay as President Wilson proclaims two decades of half mast. Nation-wide mourning follows. government offices to largely halt while naval and military honors are prepared.
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Marchal
Wilson
Washington, D. C
Marshall
Genote
House
State, War, and Naivy Departmentas
Oyster Dey
Theodore Roosevelt
Wigan
Wr Wilson
Roosevelt
Peyton
March
War Department
Feenral
Wiliam Phillips
State Department
Cameron Winslow Wa
Daniels
Navy Department
Congressional
Senate
Oyeter Bay
N. Y
Long Island Sound
Oyster Bay
Campaign to drop German from American schools widens
A nationwide push by the American Defense society urges removing German from curricula in favor of French Italian Spanish and Italian languages. Letters to school leaders claim German is not essential and warn against forcing it on American youth amid postwar sentiment and calls for stronger ties with other nations.
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New York
American Defense Society
Willam T. Hornaday
America
Foley advertising slip for honey and tar and pills
A playful clipped advertisement urges readers to cut out a slip and mail it to Foley Co in Chicago for a return package of Foley products including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills Foley Cathartic Tablets and remedies for various ailments all presented in bold claims.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Til
Foley
Es Kommt Ein Tag German U boat sketch reaches Admiralty
A British admiralty notice describes a German drawing showing a U boat off London with the inscription Es Kommt ein Tag. The image depicts the Thames skyline and St Paul’s dome, a conning tower with sailors, and the caption Unterseeboot vor London. The piece was obtained by secret methods and kept within naval intelligence.
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London
Admiralty
Thames
Parliamen
St. Paul's Cathedral
Vegee Ee
Physician Explains Nurated Iron Use and Availability
Dr Sullivan and others endorse Nurated Iron as a well known remedy prescribed by physicians. Unlike older iron products it is easily assimilated does not stain teeth or upset the stomach. Manufacturers guarantee satisfaction or refund. Sold in this city by A. E B Roedel at Sands-Hays Drug Store and other druggists.
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Sullivan
A. E B. Roedel
Sands-Hays Drug Store
Trial in San Francisco Echoes Neutrality Violation Case
In San Francisco on January 7 a trial commenced for alleged 1914 17 neutrality violations involving two German consulate officials, a dozen others and three corporations. Indictments accuse conspiracy to aid a German fleet, and to obtain false clearance for ships including Sacramento later renamed Alexandria, Mazatlan, Olson and Mahoney, Maverick and Annie Larsen in a scheme tied to shipments and arms to revolutionists.
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San Francisco
Sacramento Neutrality
United States
South Pacific Ocean
Sacramento
Chile
Mazatlan
Leipzis
Guaymas
Mexico
Olson
Mahoney
Maverick
Annie Larsen
India
Alexandria
Northern and Southern Steamship Company
Swayne and Hoyt
C. D Bunker and Company
Valparaiso
Leipzig
Baden
Santa Isabel
Scharnhorst
Nurnberg
Gneisenau
British Plan to Train Officers for Civilian Jobs
The government plans an educational service corps to keep officers ready for civilian employment. Courses will cover industrial and commercial organization banking insurance and correspondence. A bureau will coordinate instruction with lecturers handling most teaching duties.
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London
Jan. J
Banking, Insurance and Act Correspondence Bureau
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General Amuts
Transvaal
Majula Hill
Inw
Jameson
Kruger
Indians Oil
Midas
Masonic Brody OF
Nation
Romsevelt
Associated Press
The
Cove Shoal
Roosevelt Hospital
Archibald Roosevelt
Sagemore Hill
Christchurch
A. B. Whittaker
Kermit Roosevelt
Snake Expeditionary Forest
Svgamore Hill
Oday
Monty
J. B
Ion Batt
Siren
Mr. Falthe
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