Balloon peril and romance in war torn France
James Adams, West Point graduate, in Paris for the French German war, survives a balloon wreck, falls for Aimee Lagunay, and battles a German colonel. He later joins a friend in the German army, pursues vengeance, and witnesses Montpelier siege as airships drop incendiaries amid a high altitude air car voyage over the sea.
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James Adams
West Point
Paris
Cateau Lagunay
Adams
Aimee
Count Lagunay
France
Griesman
Lowenberg
Bethel
Montpelier
Centrifugal unleashes doom in idealized sea battle tale
A narrator aboard L'Aimee encounters Emil LeFevre after meeting a French airship pilot. They witness a massive naval clash on the Catalonian Plain as French and German fleets trade devastating Calnite aerial bombs and sea fire. The Centrifugal submarine torpedo-boat racks up annihilations, sinking twenty four German ships. both sides suffer heavy losses and diplomatic motives loom.
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L’aimee
America
Emil LeFevre
Catalonian
LeFevre
Chateau Lagunay
Frederick Wilhelm
Frederick
France
Aimee
Bethel
Maxine Elliott Leaves Stage to Enjoy London Social Life
Maxine Elliott, renowned actress and beauty, has taken a London house and will retreat from the stage for a period to pursue social life. Born in Rockland, Maine, she began stage work at sixteen and rose to prominence in 1890 with E. S. Willard, later joining Daly's stock company and excelling in Nat C. Goodwin's troupe. She remains a major favorite in both the United States and England.
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Maxine Elliott
London
Miss Elliott
Nat C. Goodwin
Rockland
E. S. Willard
Daly’s
United States
England
Copper in Water Kills Germs Method Tested by Drs Moore Kellerman
A new water purification method uses copper sulphate to kill micro-organisms. Dilution is safe for drinking water and reportedly effective against typhoid germs and pond algae. In late 1904 over fifty U.S. water sources were treated with success, using boats to dispense the chemical and weeks of lasting effects.
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Drs. Moore and
Kellerman
Bureau of Plant Industry
Washington
United States
Chicago Gamin Sentenced to Year in Workhouse
A Chicago street youth who stole a dollar received a one year workhouse sentence while an embezzler who took eight thousand dollars also received a year. The piece notes the law treating both offenders similarly.
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Chicago
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Key West
Fleischmann
Atlantic
LE Fevro
Alison CO
Dept
Buffalo
N. Y
H. W. Crosa
the Cross Company
Reaper Block
Frontier
Asthma Co
Delaware Ave
N.Y
Tae
Gregory
Jackson Boul
American Phonograph Co
Blaine
Mill St
Concord Junction
Mass
Palisade Pattern CO
Battery Place
New York City
City and
International Correspondence Schools
Scranton
Wnemeey Textile Mill
Elec
Ape
Architec
Arehtuces
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