Global War News Flows From Western Front and Balkans
A broad weekly digest reports Allied losses in the first offensive week, Russian Red Cross casualties, German and Austro German advances toward Serbia, and heavy fighting in Champagne. It notes Mehmed Cherif Pasha’s claim that Constantinople would fall to Bulgaria, plus various political and military moves including strikes, governors mobilizing militia, and the impact of war on economies and transportation.
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Champagne
Berlin
Bousin
War Office
Mehmed Cherif Pasha
Radical Turk Party
Paris
Mafin
Young Turk Party
Constantinople
Bulgaria
Russia
Egypt
North Africa
Germany
Wouldn't you like to sit in a gentlemen's game
A shifty acquaintance questions a formal posture while Sandstorm Smith of Rampage Oklahoma, temporarily in town, declares he is no gentleman in a terse exchange with a judge characterizing him as such.
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Sandstorm Smith
Rampage, Okla
No Optimist Shows Up in Courtship Memoir
A fragment of dialogue reveals a maid quitting to marry, hinting at family honor and social expectations. The piece pivots on a humorous clash between modest ambition and a wish for social advancement. The ad mentions Red Cross blue cloth and radium pricing, indicating miscellaneous era-era advertising snippets.
Kilmer's Swamp Root Ad Claims Kidney Remedy
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a premier cure for kidney liver and bladder diseases. Each bottle includes a sworn purity certificate and a sample by mail for ten cents. Available in 60c and 1.00 sizes at drug stores nationwide with a newspaper mention.
The Ones Recall Question At Issue In Class
A fragmentary dialogue mentions a class approving a recall and notes married men wanting to spend their earnings, reflecting social views discussed in an old newspaper snippet. The text implies a classroom or group debate with references to actors and financial independence.
Beef and bacon in barracks joked as fit for a commander in chief
A British orderly questions a raw recruit about the quality of meat in a barrack room. The recruit reports it is unfit, but the surgeon defends it by recalling the commander in chief allegedly eating it in the Crimea, arguing freshness has aged. The exchange ends with the recruit noting the Crimea was long ago.
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Carranza
Mexico
United States
Crimea
Whom to Charge Dry Goods To in Busy Store
A new clerk falters before a frilly young woman whose beauty leads him to let her buy a large dry goods bill on charge but without a name. The department manager asks whose bill, the clerk stammers Miss Miss Miss and colleagues quip miscellaneous.
Sailor Seeks Cheaper Big-Gun Fire in Talk with Captain
An applicant named O Harrity asks the battleship commander if it costs seven hundred dollars to fire a big gun. The captain replies in understanding dialog as the seaman suggests possible savings and offers to fire them for ten shillings.
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O'Harrity
Looking Ahead on War’s End and Economic Burden
Mr Growcher remarks on the war in Europe ending as others do, with the nonparticipants and those not responsible left to economize and shoulder the payments. The exchange frames public reaction as inevitable, stressing shared sacrifice and postwar financial strain.
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Europe
Mr. Growcher
Reversed insults reveal spouse’s defiant reply
A whispered barbed exchange shows a wife insisting her husband is not to blame and refusing to apologize. She challenges the other person not to provoke anger by calling him names, underscoring a tense domestic dynamic.
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Ehe
All Settled an Incomplete Exchange on Baseball Game
The fragment hints at a casual remark about a baseball game and a subsequent exchange over the term used. The text suggests a light, everyday moment with a focus on colloquial language and informal banter. No concrete events, people, or dates are provided.
Child witness in divorce court uses biting retort
A Boston Post quote shares a tale of a child witness who answers a question about truth with papa told me so and confesses her heart did not bring forth the words, highlighting a child’s candid framing of questions from attorneys.
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Boston Post
Where War Is Not Hell Punchline Cartoon
A humorous caption from a cartoon features a chatty neighbor and a boarding house mistress. The exchange jokes about war arguments among boarders, noting one eater who becomes so interested he forgets to eat and another who leaves before meals are half over.
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Puck
Lives of the Hunted referenced in dialogue
A brief exchange about a book titled Lives of the Hunted. She asks if it was read and He responds with a fragmented note about a New York Post source.
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New York
Social lure boosts women’s interest in baseball in Ontario
A study suggests more women would take up baseball if they believed participation offered social benefits. Ontario’s area is noted as 497,262 square molles in the text.
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Ontario
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Reuter
Russian Red Cross Society
Sisters of Mercy
Serbia
Danube
Save
Drina
London
Nish
Maud
Okla
Shonabone Reservation
Wyoming
Charles Sawyer
Colorado
Jefferson County
Denver
Arizona
Stunt Go
Clifton
John R. Lawson
Colorado Supreme Court
Lawson
Trinidad
Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Organixera
Clifton-Morenci
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Norman Gait
Lansing
Asoay Office
San Francisco
Harold Chapin
France
Venizelos
Greece
Constantine
French Chamber of Deputies
Ita
Pope Benedict
Peru
Bolivia
Zapatista
Prince of Wales
Philippine Islands
Manila
James Speyer
Budapest
Hungary
Raymond Swoboda
Havre
Swoboda
Sporting News
Mary Putney
Kentucky
Philadelphia
Sam Langford
Jim Johnson
National Commission
Red Sox
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Phillies
Boston
Philadelphia Nationals
United States Court
Minneapolis
James Whitcomb Riley
Indianapolis
Wall Street
Chicago
Thompson
General Electric Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Panama Canal
Animas
Bult Wan
St. Louis
Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad
Terre Haute
Ind
Gossom
Massachusetta
Nelwoh B. Clark
Wiling J. Bryan
Atlanta, Ga
Citisen
Wyoming State News
Cheyenne
Lander
Kool
Minnesota
Acme
Sheridan
State Capitol
Carbon County
Rawlins
Laramie
Charles Reinhardt
Bordeaux
H. J. Chassell
Gillette
New Lander
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Douglas
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
C. F. & I. Company
Sunrise
J. C. Gunning
Frank Flannigan
Riverton
Lowell Oil and Gas Company
Cambria
Sweetwater County
Sheridan County
Orson Hunter
Saratoga
Secretary of State
Victor T. Johnson
Thermopolis
C. J. Williams
Greybull
Etta Burkhart
Big Goose Valley
Kendrick
Indio
Io Sheridan
Campbell
Johnson, Crook
Weston
Niobrara
Wyoming Pharmaceutical Association
A. F P. Huffman
Wheatland
G. F. Thompson
Guernsey
A. B. Roedel
Second View
T. J. Gateball
Buffalo
Yellowstone Park
Gue Holmes
Yellowstone Highway Association
Red Cross
Centien Ceria
Castoria
Boldher
Oath of the Realm
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