Villages of War Widows in Montenegrin Market Rows
On market days at Cattaro Montenegrin women in black descend from mountain villages to the harbor barefoot or with donkeys carrying sparse farm products. The procession, a symbol of wartime poverty, shows widows from entire villages and reflects the Balkan wars and World War I impact.
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Cattaro
Dalmatian
Montenegro
Avenged Himself After Tooth Farewell tale
A dentist remarks on a patient’s delay after pulling a tooth and then reflects on a personal grievance linking marriage to a past romance. The terse exchange blends dark humor with a hint of revenge in a domestic setting.
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Yee
Steel Melt Scene Highlighted In Ohio Mill Film
A three reel film from an operating Ohio steel mill shows molten metal boiling in an open hearth furnace at 3000 degrees Fahrenheit. The feat fascinates readers of Popular Mechanics Magazine while raising questions about camera safety amid extreme heat and the risk to operators.
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Ohio
Popular Mechanics
Walter Camp Endorses Daily Dozen for Fitness
The article notes Walter Camp, Yale football expert, argues no physical deterioration in men over fifty since 25 years ago. He credits sports and his setting-up exercise The Daily Dozen, adopted by Washington officials in the war, as essential to maintaining fitness worldwide.
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Walter Camp
Yale
Camp
Washington
Dante Memorial Bell Planned for Ravenna In Dante Death Centenary
A nationwide subscription in Italy funds a silver bronze bell to be presented to Ravenna in memory of Dante Alighieri on the six hundredth anniversary of his death celebrated next September. The bell will be rung every evening in his memory.
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Dante
Italy
Ravenna
London Times
Plain People Doubted as Jazz Fashions Spark Senator Sorgham
In a candid exchange Senator Sorgham questions if the public still trusts the plain people ideal. He concedes his own rise in popularity as jazz influenced tastes challenge the notion of plainness among voters.
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Senator Sorgham
Maltese Immigrants Form Colony in Detroit
The Maltese born immigrant group has grown from under 100 in Detroit before the war to over 4000 now. Several hundred Maltese residents organized a mutual aid society to preserve traditions and improve their conditions in the United States.
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United States
Detroit
Mich
Malta
London Zoo Hybrid Donkey Cross Sparks Seaside Bright
A London zoo experiment crossed a well bred English donkey with a Tibetan Kiang wild ass to create a new hybrid foal. The Kiang’s reddish brown color passes to the foal, moving away from the usual drab grey. If established, the hybrid could enliven English seaside resorts in summer.
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London Zoo
A BAD ENDING
A young man proclaims that America is a land where dreams come true. A hard headed man of affairs warns that such remarks could anger a prominent Bolshevik facing deportation, noting the delicate political moment.
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America
Birmingham Age-Herald
First aviation opera Airman Dro by Pratella debuts in Lugo
The first aviation opera Airman Dro by Pratella, of the Futurist school, premieres in Lugo. A Corriere della Sera critic notes the music is not unduly eccentric and features engine noises depicted by a motorcycle in the wings, racing through the final act.
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Italy
Pratella
Corriere Della Sera
Lugo
Christian Science Monitor
Plan to relocate Half Moon replica to prominence
Universal Netherland league members consider action to remove the Half Moon replica from Popopo creek near Bear Mountain and place it where its historic link to Hendrick Hudson is more visible. The memorial, a gift from the Dutch government during the 1909 Hudson-Fulton celebration, was once eyed for Central Park.
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Universal Netherland League
Hendrick Hudson
Hudson River
New York
Lakes
Central Park
Popopo Creek
Bear Mountain
Player injured while practicing head work for Rockets match
A man in the road was struck by a turning car but stood up unhurt. He explained to a policeman that he was practicing head work for an upcoming Rockets game that afternoon. The scene was noted by London Ideas.
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Rockets
London
Cardui Helps Woman Rebuild Strength In Texas
Mrs W M Peden of Navasota Texas tells how Cardui eased nervous run down health and weak fatigue. She says after starting Cardui she gained appetite better sleep and energy to do housework and later used it as a tonic. Cardui is sold by all druggists with thousands praising its help.
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Navasota
Texas
W. M. Peden
Cardui
Cardus
Steliiz- Vitner
Actor With a Heat Des Service Dramatically Missed Train Night
In Budapest a National Theatre Othello featured Emily Markus as Desdemona. Delayed by commuting, the star whispered to Othello to hasten her smothering, prompting the Moor to improvise and end the scene before the audience could react. Markus lives just outside the city and needed the last train home.
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Desdemona
Shakerspeare
National Theater
Budapest
Emily Markus
Venice
Miss Markus
Took Chances on a Bigamist Question in Family Riddle
A dialogue ponders if having one wife too many makes a man a bigamist. The uncle argues not necessarily, concluding he also has one wife too many yet remains not a bigamist.
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Jimmy
Mrs Cook of National Y W C A Travel Secretary Leader
The article profiles Mrs Cook the National Y W C A travel secretary who arranges departures for workers abroad. She and assistants secure passports visas crewing sailing permits and clothing then escort travelers to the steamship and bid them bon voyage. She handles ship inspections and care for crews, noting wartime surges and recent return increases. The department processed fifty two boats and forwarded one thousand Christmas packages to overseas workers in the last month.
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United States
Home Influence on Josh Sparks Family Restlessness
The farmer Countsell says Josh is content on the farm and enjoys meals at home but reports his talk of caberays and motion pictures makes his mother and sibling restless and dissatisfied.
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Josh
Small renter offers $1 bills to wallpaper living room
A tenant proposes to spend one month’s rent on decorating by converting the payment into one-dollar bills to paper the living room, while the landlord agrees to be fair and accept the offering.
Shifting the Scene in a Kitchen Debate
The exchange features Senator Sorghum promising to help reduce the cost of living. He argues politics should move from the front porch into practical action in the kitchen.
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Senator Sorghum
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