Record of War News From The Past Week
Western Newspaper Union summarizes top events including the sinking of the American vessel Leelanaw off the Orkney islands by a German submarine, 3000 Iron Crosses awarded to Alsatian soldiers, total British casualties reaching 330,995, and German submarine activity near Scotland. Reports cover Warsaw abandonment, Prince Albert mine sinking, trawler Young Percy losses, Austro German captures of Russian forces, defense bond limits, and Panama Pacific Exposition attendance. Also notes deaths of Antonio Chavez and Eddie Bartlett, the Eastland disaster verdicts, and local trials and incidents across the U.S. and Mexico.
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Union News Service
Leelanaw
New York
Orkney Islands
Asquith
Scotland
Warsaw
Russia
Prince Albert
Admiralty
London
Frankfuerter Zeitung
Vienna
World War I Dispatches From Europe and Britain
A mosaic of wartime notes chronicles resignations in Japan, protests over German neutrality violations, a Bari monks verdict, expulsion of a Birmingham pastor, and distrustful London reports. Armistice talks loom as the pope inspires a bid for peace while Brussels faces a new fine for balloon destruction. In Haiti, Wilfrun Guil is shot after a mob siege at the legation following mass prison sacings.
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Count Okuma
Youbihito
Germany
Council of War
Bari
Italy
Gertrude von Petzold
Birmingham
United States
England
Home Office
Madrid
Rome
Brussels
Evere
Havre
Petit Parisien
Charles W. Gordon
Cameron Highlanders
Toronto Globe
Great Britain
Port Au Prinea
Wilbrun Guil
Haiti
Legation
Gunboat Smith Beats Tom Cowler In New York Bout
A ten round points victory for Gunboat Smith of San Francisco over Tom Cowler of Vancouver. James J. Corbett’s protege defeated in the bout. Judge A. L. Sanborn of Madison and his son Phil won the opening event of the Wisconsin state golf tourney with a net 75 five under bogey.
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Smith
San Francisco
Tom Cowler
Vancouver
James J. Corbett
New York
A. L. Sanborn
Madison
Phil
Oscar Tanner
Matt Koski
Caappe Beach
Munising
Mich
Josh Clarke
Sioux City
Wichita
Ted Johnson
Rockies
Rocky Mountain Association
Counted Profit and Loss in a Country Store Tale
A pasted humorous snippet recalls a country store in earlier times facing changes and old currency, with a boy cashier joking about a seven dollar bill for a drummer. The tale ends with the storekeeper urging shutters for the day after unexpected business. It references era-specific money and a light economic observation from Collier's Weekly and Smart Set.
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Zowe
Sam
Collier's Weekly
On the Right Track
A fragmentary humorous exchange about cannibals and manners. Quips suggest a captain failing to deter eating with knives. The text shifts to a quip about bullets to affect a target and a chauffeur noting he stops many pedestrians before one is hit.
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Puck
Chinner
Fred
Ring of Truth Fishing Yarn Fragments
Fragmentary quotation about an artful angler and a taunting friend. The garbled text evokes old fishing lore and coastal humor, but readable details are limited and no clear event or facts emerge.
Money Getter Confusion Over Swift Auto Purchase
A reported exchange questions whether Swift borrowed to buy a car. The answer asserts Swift is a higher financier who bought an auto to borrow money, implying a financial maneuver rather than personal debt.
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Swift
Fragmented reminiscences on leadership and travel ethics
A brief dialogue reflects a father urging restraint and youth. The son admits aspiration to lead while recalling formative experiences and an usher role. The exchange touches on civic pride and observations from a foreign trip amid a noisy tour group.
Greatest human paradox question quoted in Ledger
The Philadelphia Ledger notes a quoted paradox asking what people consider the greatest human paradox. Miss Laura M White has spent the last 24 years doing missionary work in China.
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Womans Club
Philadelphia Ledger
Laura M. White
China
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Antonio Chavez
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Edldie Bartlettt
Eastland
San Diego
Cal
School of Aviation
Fort Sill
Lawton
Ola
Chicago
W. H. McCart
Covington
Monroe Smith
Phoenix
Ariz
McAllister
Supreme Court
W. R. Grimes
Temple
Tex
Grimes
Dalworth
Forth Worth
Dallas
Constantinople
Washington
Mexico
Wilson
Woods
Rotterdam
Holland
Austria
Albett
Amsterdam
London Morning Post Corresponderit
Antwerp
House of Commons
Sporting News
Jordan Lawrence Mott
J. L. Mott Iron Works
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Mott
Albert R. Bowers
National Abstainers’ Union
Firsf
Wastland
Mra
Jethero B. Bealty
Alton DB. Parker
of Western
Fes Petheines
Topeka Eee
Lincoln Seeeeeecoursace
Sion City
Scheaatens
Oeenne
Tm Aeons
Éersevae OF
Cove
Josepa A
Imiats
Ek E
Julie
Flower
Te Aca
Pehaw
States
Libby
M'Neill & Libby
Bax
Petter
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