Italian Soldiers Cheerful Under Fire Amid Comradeship
Austrian officers report Italian troops keep good humor and kindness amid desperate front-line fighting. Music, singing, and makeshift priest-crossed ambush tales illustrate strong officer and man bonds. Guido Vitelli earns praise after twice wounded rescuing a fallen lieutenant, prompting medal consideration.
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Camillo Cianfarpa
International News Service
Udine
Italy
Emile
Tommy
Dunn
Hayshi
Guido Vitelli
Vitelli
Ines
Adventurous Joseph Shapiro Defies Medical Oddities
The tale recounts Joseph Shapiro who sought treatment from Dr Maximilian Spats for a rare body placement where the heart sits under the right lung and organs are reversed. The plan to correct this has succeeded for years, while Shapiro remains unfazed by the unusual anatomy and a new gadget promises easier removal of surgical hardware.
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Chicago
Adam
Joseph Shapiro
Maximilian Spats
Shapiro
West mining news and oil boom across Wyoming fields
Prices quoted for metals include Spelter at 13.65 in St. Louis Copper casting at 17 Lead at 4.50 in New York Bar silver 43% Placer gold found on Bluegrass creek Platte county Wyoming mines boost national wealth Midwest Refining to build a 100000 stock refinery at Chatham New Bradford Oil filed for incorporation Caspar Dufur buys Torchlight oil lands near Basin drilling to start Oil gusher forming in Greybull area driving a local oil fever Gregory files two suits in Cheyenne federal court affecting 400 of 5600 Wyoming acres in oil fields
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Western Newspaper
Union News Service
St. Louis
New York
Bluegrass Creek
Platte County
Wyoming
Midwest Refining Co
Chatham
Bilg Horne
New Bradford Oil Company
Casper
Houx
Dufur
Philip Minor
Torchlight
Basin
Greybull
United States
T. W. Gregory
Federal District Court
Cheyenne
Midwest Henshaw
Ohio
Mexico-Wyoming and
Grass Creek Oil Company
Magistrate Urges Harsh Discipline For Son In Car Pileup
Pittsburgh police report Frederick Blendinger Jr and four companions arranged a car climb on Webster avenue. Magistrate Sweeney ordered the father to his son, warning jail if he did not enforce the sentence. The youth said he only borrowed the car for a ride.
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Pittsburgh
Sweeney
Central Police Station
Frederick Blendinger
Frederick, Jr
Blendinger
Webster Avenue
Young Brendinger
Rabbit Hole a Treasure near Pratt Kansas
A Mexican hunter, six miles east of Pratt, pulled a rabbit from a hole and found heavy silver ware wrapped in a jacket sleeve. The horse silverware was turned over to a nearby resident who notified authorities.
Two Teeth at Seven Fifty a Tooth in Salina Court
Judge Dan R Wagstaff of Salina police court fines James Barnes $15 for assault after Anna Conrad produced a vacant tooth gap. The judge ruled the tooth is worth $7.50 and ordered the amount to the city treasury.
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Salina, Kan
Dan R. Wagstaff
Salina
Anna Conrad
James Barnes
Barnes
Anna
Fantine
Mining Boom Expands in Patagonia and Globe Areas
Investors enter Patagonia district as Crown King tailings sold by Frank M. Murphy to M. P. Randolph and David B. Gemmell. Globe mill adds two crushing sections boosting daily ore tonnage. Northeast Chiricahua slope eyes more work, Willie Rose property active. Miami Copper Co predicts about 4 per share for 1914 with total production near 42 million pounds, of which 18.4 million already shipped in H1.
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Patagonia
Prescott
Frank M. Murphy
M. P. Randolph
David B. Gemmell
Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company
Globe
Chiricahua Mountain
Willie Rose
San Simon
Miami Copper Co
Baltimore Teen Drank Coffee Nearly All her Life
Kate Larber of Baltimore aged thirteen has lived on coffee since infancy, taking up to twenty cups daily with almost no nourishment otherwise, according to a startling case reported in local health notes.
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Baltimore
Kate Larber
His Precious Horses
Robert Wilson, a prominent local rancher, raises fine horses and keeps many ready for sale but refuses to sell any during the European war. He rejects high prices, fearing the animals would be sent to war and suffer casualties.
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Miller
Robert Wilson
Europe
Oil Strike Near Cimar ron Elevates New Mexico Mining Scene
Oil was struck at 180 feet on the Rayado ranch near Cimarron by a drilling party after weeks of steady work. Richard Wightman, an eastern mining expert, has taken over most mining activities in White Oaks Colorado in one of the era’s largest local transactions. The Yak Mining company secures a ten year lease extension on the Aladdin property near Dig Evans Gulch Leadville with a $600000 bond, advancing Yema tunnel progress.
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New Mexico
Rayado Ranch
Cimarron
Carrizozo
Richard Wightman
White Oaks
Colorado-Tonopah Placersa
Breckenridge
Arch Slingerland
Charles Ross
Golden
Oae
New York
Engineering and Mining Journal
Boulder County
Leadville
Western Zinc Oxide Company
Nesr
Yak Mining, Milling and Tunnel Company
Aladdin
Evans Gulch
Yak
Yema Tunnel
Tarory
Kansas has 900 paupers in state report
Kansas counties care for 900 paupers in the year ending July 1 according to J W Howe secretary of the state board of control Twenty of the 105 counties have no poor farm and some counties have self supporting pauper care Pending new quarters at Winfield Hospital for the Feeble Minded several inmates are housed by counties resulting in 19 county patients domesticated in Egypt as early as 1400 B C
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Topeoka
Kansas
J. W. Howe
State Board of Control
Winfeld Hospital
Hom
Boy Reunited After Four-Year Search Ends in Fort Worth
Julia Delo of Quebec identified an eight year old boy held by authorities as her son Carroll, who was arrested March 6 on assault charges after traveling with the boy across the United States and Canada. The pair gave conflicting stories and remained in custody. The boy recognized his mother immediately. Carroll’s attorney filed a habeas corpus petition. Greyhounds noted as one of the oldest dog breeds.
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Fort Worth
Tex
United States
Canada
Julia Delo
Quebec
Can
Carroll
Knife Becomes Best Weapon for Ground Work in Trenches
An analysis from New Republic states defense relies on earthworks wires and machine guns while attackers use gas petrol and artillery. It claims trench mortars lack accuracy, heavy knives excel in underground or dark fighting, and infantry training will emphasize hand to hand combat and physical fitness.
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New Republic
The Bagpipe Gas Joke from the Trenches
English battalions were warned to watch for German gas contrivances. A regiment taking over trenches found an old bagpipe and the colonel sent a humorous message to brigade headquarters claiming the instrument was used for producing asphyxiating noises.
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Germaaus
Defined Harry-Paw what is a henpecked husband
Paw asks a playful riddle defining a henpecked husband as a man whose nerve is in his wife’s name. The quip relies on wordplay and social stereotype of domestic dynamics.
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Harry
Paw
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