Balloon Escape Over Meuse Ends In Chateau Meantime
Henry Adams, European representative of American Manufacturers and West Point graduate, recounts a wartime balloon mission near Verdun. After a direct strike, he clung to a gas bag and improvised a fall through the net to safety, then woke guarded by a French noblewoman in the Chateau Lagunay.
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Henry Adams
West Point
Paris
France
Germany
Slag
Adams
Widams
Martini
Balun
Mobil
Lorraine
Reehere
Gas Bay
Anstrcini
Monsieur
Queson
Chateau Lagunay
Meuse
Verdun
Chateau
Monsieur Addams
Paradise
Ballon Love and War Entrapment at Chateau Lagunay
A narrator recounts love and courtship with Aimee, a countess in exile, then follows German invasion of Lorraine. Troops cross Meuse at Ramune, while French forces at Halons mobilize. wireless fails and initial delays mislead observers about the approaching hostilities.
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Aimee
Portescoctwre
Wei
Aimea
Bethel
Meuse
Chateau Lagunay
Ramune
Almee
Prussia
Baden
Saxony
Wurtemburg
Brunswick
Sesse
Mecklenburgs
Lorraine
Luxemburg
Halons
la Jaune
Paris
Martinis
Chalons
Luneville
Belfort
Besancon
Trink
New England Women Knit Nippers for Gloucester Fishermen
In Hancock County Maine more than a thousand women knit nippers each winter to earn cash and trade value for fishermen from Gloucester. Each knitter averages four pairs daily, paid four cents per set but cash value under three cents. season runs November to February. the act funds winter clothing and supports regional rail, steamboat, and stage traffic.
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New England
Hancock County
Maine
Gloucester
Mass
Penobscot River
Encounter with the Kaiser and a Cavalry Colonel
A narrator confronts a pompous Cavalry Colonel who invades private property. After a clash, the narrator kills the Colonel in self defense. A sudden overpowering capture reveals the intruder is Kaiser Wilhelm I, revealing the narrator as Mr. Adams. The scene ends with acknowledgment and a promise to continue next week.
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Calvalry
Biilliant
Aimee
West Point
Hyacinths and Lilies Sold Dipped in Colored Stems
Report notes that hyacinths and lilies are dyed by placing stems in colored liquid. The practice highlights market colorings used to enhance flower appearance.
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Tagaray
North
Vancers
Uipper
W. M. Crane Company
Broadway
New York
N. Y
Cae
Chicago Copy Co
Dept. F
Milwaukee Ave
Cicago
Target
23Th Street
Lr. Kline
Br. EK. H. Kins, Ltd
Arch 8
Philadelphia
Ulneral Heave Remedy Co
4Th Ave
Pittsburg
F. P
Batiste
Birdley Somers CO
Nottingham
Columbia Novelty Cc
Saratoga
Boston
KA Magazine
The
Beat 50 Cent
America
Matt
Opportunity Publishers
Dearborn St
Chicago
Post Office
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