New Outline Map Of United States Adopted For Military Project
The U S Coast and Geodetic Survey announces a new Lambert conic outline map of the United States. It uses a 15 000 000 scale and shows state names boundaries rivers capitals and major cities. The map aligns with allied military projection and sells for 25 cents.
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Washington
United States
Fonat Uni Geodetic Srvey
France
Coast Geodetic Survey
Pacific Coast
Maine
New York
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Governent
Praise for Italian Army in Albania in World War I
Brigadier General George P. Scriven lauds Italian forces in Valona Albania, describing the port’s rapid transformation since 1914. He credits peaceful Italian occupation with stabilizing southern Albania, expanding naval power, and aiding the Balkan campaign, while noting Essad Pasha’s ouster and the republic’s rise amid Austrian and German pressure.
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New York
George P. Scriven
Signal Corps
United States Army
Rome
Valona
Aviona
Albania
London
Italy
Wied
Essad Pasha
Constantine
Greece
10Th Regiment
Bersaglieri
Ittle
Scriven
Balkan
Balkans
Tepeleni
Argiro-Castro
Prematt
Linscoviki
Santa Quaranta
Porto Palermo
German Mine Field in China Sea Discovered
German charts recently disclosed a large mine field in the China Sea spanning about sixty by two miles. Allied ships passed the area safely, and Chinese trawlers under British oversight are removing the mines. One mine washed ashore, killing sixteen Malay islanders as they attempted to break it up.
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Seattle
Ching Sea
Gapel
Senator
Arcivel
Orient
Wolff
Volt
Iaid
Unclear Local Item Noted in Jerseyville Fragment
Fragmentary OCR mentions Jerseyville and a note about waking someone named France Higvere. Details are garbled with nonsensical phrases and no clear event or outcome to report.
American nurse performs improvised amputation in Macedonia
Mareka Kourogen, an American Red Cross nurse of Greek descent, used a razor thread and ether to amputate a wounded Greek soldier in a railway box car. Her daring life saving earns her the nickname American Angel of Mercy among refugees and locals.
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Drama
Macedonia
Maria B. Kourogen
Kouvoyou Ie
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Kecause
Frogs Stage Awake Circus in Frog Nation
Grandpa Frog rouses the family for spring and proposes a circus. Freddy and Fanny organize posters and performers led by Miss Fanny, with acts by the Frogs' Kronking Brothers and Hoarse Voiced Frog. The parade, clowns, sideshow, and concert thrill the frog audience.
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Grandpa Frog
Miss Frog
Mrs. Frog
Freddy Frog
Fanny Frog
Freddy
Fanny
Olghe
Cronking Brothers
Mise
Frog
Boy’e Four Seasons and Teacher Name The Seasons
A compact note lists four seasons tied to a boy named Marble, with references to top, Kite, and baseball elements. The snippet hints at a school or youth activity featuring seasonal themes and sports.
Legends of the Elephant in Asia Magazine
A narrator recalls elephants in Southeast Asia, noting mahout lore and royal associations. He describes celebrated names, Burma roundups, symbolic roles in Buddhist legends, and the belief that elephants foretold key moments in Gautama Buddha’s life.
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Mahout
Shikari
Siam
Ceylon
Burma
Howdah
Asia
Gautama
Asia Magazine
Nature’s Joke on Altitude Across India and Tibet
The article notes how Himalayan elevation shapes climate, arguing that if India were as high as Tibet or Tibet as low as India, their climates would be temperate and hospitable. It reflects on geography and imagined inversions of elevation and climate.
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India
Tibet
Himalayas
Cashmere
Todla
Equator
Britain
Swallowed a Pet Chameleon
F H Sid ney writes in Boston Evening Tran script about Mickey the chameleon adopted at the Wakefield fair. The lizard aided plant life by eating bugs and could be lured with calls. A neighbor’s guinea hens then swallowed Mickey despite color changes. The neighbor dismisses the incident as unrelated to pets.
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F. H. Sidney
Boston Evening Transcript
Mickey
Why He Preferred Girls
A man explains his preference for girls over boys in the neighborhood. He says girls never felt like the boys and only argue when questioned about his tastes.
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Willard
Sowera
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