Bulgaria’s Armistice Sways War Fronts Across Europe
Edward Pickard reports Bulgaria’s surrender and Ottoman distress as Allied hammering breaks the Hindenburg Line. Franco American and British forces seize key towns in Belgium and France while Turkey seeks peace feelers. Kaiser’s collapse and German cabinet resignations unfold as Allied advances threaten Austria.
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Edward W. Pickard
Kaiser
Bulgaria
Turkey
Austria- Hungary
Hindenburg
Verdun
Dixmude
Wytschaete
Roulers
Zeebruggee
For
Belgium
Brus- Berg
Armentieres
Lens
Hurry Call for Aunt Mary
A country dinner scene ends with Billy risking a chicken driven disaster. While Aunt Mary entertains city friends, the boys roam the back yard and a chick escaping the kitchen under the stove becomes the comic crisis of the gathering.
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Billy
Hales Catarrha Medicining Claims Cure for Deafness
An advertisement claims catarrhal deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and that Hales Catarrha Medicining purges the blood surfaces to reduce inflammation. It asserts permanent hearing loss if not treated and promotes circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio.
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HALU
Hales Cataine
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo, Ohio
Grent bargain oriental rug sold by slave dealer
A Birmingham Age-Herald item reports a slave dealer touting an oriental prayer rug as a great bargain. He claims it was once in a wealthy Turkish banker’s home in Constantinople and has crossed the ocean at least twice, with a trademark suggesting it was made in America.
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Turkey
Serbia
Bulgaria
Berlin
Ferdinand
Vienna
Bagdad
Searbia
Sofia
Constantinople
Austria
America
Birmingham
Age-Herald
Electric Pencil for marking on steel surfaces described
The device uses a stepdown transformer and a pencil point to heat and etch iron or steel as it glides across the surface. A rheostat controls depth, enabling precise etching with a lighting socket power source.
The Skeleton in the Family Elovet Refuses to Remain
A fragment from a literary opinion notes that a girl’s character rings true and a belle is praised. It argues that a person’s conduct determines their own value, implying social judgment and wit in a bygone era.
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Family
Elovet
Draft Dodger Lists 213 Years of Work in 20 Occupations
In New York a draft dodger in his questionnaire listed more than 20 occupations, totaling 213 years of work. He claimed roles such as accountant, blacksmith, bookkeeper, machinist, engineer, typewriter, student, clerk, teacher, ship designer, factory hand, foundry man, draughtsman, auto painter and patternmaker. The government deemed him a useful person to have around despite his evasive past. Duty is a force shaping conduct, even as it reveals itself in small acts.
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New York
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Joanne
Windenburg
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St. Quentin Canal
Indenburg
Beauvoir-Vlancourt
Oise
la Fere
Aisne
Laon
Reims
Foch
Aisne-Marne Canal
Vesle
St. Thierry Munel
Champagne
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Argonne
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Gouraud
Itelms
Kriemhildling
Durnazo
Alhough
Palestine
Damascus
Syria
Arnba
Frst
von Hertling
von Payer
von Hintze
Charles
Prince Maximilian of
Baden
Te Delbrucek
Friends of
Germany
Russia
Omsk
Michaelov
Archangel
Dvina River
Bleist
Spiitbergen
State Department
Washington
Roumania
Bucharest
France
Lansing
Ted Cross
Wilson
Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Bob
Carter
Fellam
Lydia Hi
Pinkham
Lydia J. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mra. B
Cromzrwone
BR. No. 1
Hellam
Lowell
Mich
Elise Heim
R.no
Box 88
Lowell, Mich
Lydia E. Pinkhams
David Noberte' Wat
Washasbe
Wis
Ww. N. Y
Chicago
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