Jimmie Throckmorton World War Ambulance Driver Hero
The article recalls Jimmie Throckmorton who served as an ambulance driver in France after enlisting when the U S entered the war. He lost his right foot and ankle to a shell, received a decoration, and faced irony and social misperceptions about his service and heroism. He later married, endured jokes about his cork foot, and endured scrutiny from peers and a war lecture audience.
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Jimmie Throckmorton
United States
Jimmie
France
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Jima
Jim
Sons of the Revolution
Inquirers
Lake
Inland Kaisariyeh: smoke, sultans, and a guiding cannon
A correspondent depicts Kaisariyeh midway between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea as a bustling inland Turkish city of 100,000. Smoke from rooftop charcoal braziers fills early air, Mount Argaeus looms over red-tiled rooftops, while old regime sheiks, Young Turk officers, and a ceremonial cannon mark daily life like a town clock and ritual scenes.
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Turkey
Constantinople
Smyrna
Kaisariyeh
Mediterranean
Black Sea
Chicago
New York
Kaismiyeh
Mount Argaeus
Sun Tavern of Boston A Historic 1690 Waterfront Inn
The Sun tavern near Boston’s shore began circa 1690 run by Huguenot Cogneau. It drew young patrons, housed two Cogneau daughters who married notable men including Col. William Palfrey, and later became the King’s Arms under British siege before reverting to Sun Tavern name and serving as a fish market.
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Boston
Sun Tavern
Rochelle
Cogneau
William Palfrey
John G. Palfrey
Fleet
Navy weeps waste reduce aboard North Dakota in wartime
In the North Dakota show the cooks use a teat slicer to cut bacon with minimal waste and a potato peeler to remove only the skin. The note says allied pork needs reach 150 million pounds monthly, triple prewar levels, and urges eating more potatoes and less wheat to support war efforts.
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North Dakota
The Farm and the Farmer in German War Policy
A persuasive piece argues that Germany sought to enslave American farmers through ruthless submarine warfare. It condemns sinking neutral and civilian ships, urges Americans to reject submissive peace terms, and defends wartime sacrifice to preserve liberty and economic control.
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America
Potsdam
Sulu Women Warriors Clash With American Forces
In the Philippines the Sulu women warriors fought alongside men in several engagements. In one battle they fortified an extinct volcano and were discovered to be women after capture. They resembled men in height and dress, wearing long hair and Turkish-style trousers, challenging Christian versus Muslim battlefield norms.
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Turkey
Man Released From London Asylum After Insomnia Case
A London man with insomnia was treated with morphia and released from an asylum. He stayed at a boarding house where he impersonated Pickwick during a reading and, seen as acting mad, was documented by his doctor who obtained a certificate for transfer to the country asylum.
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London Asylum
Dickens
Pickwick
Some Wave Benevolent Old Lady to Jack Tar
The speaker recalls hard times at sea, with a sailor remarking on past ordeals. A witty exchange references riding a wave for fourteen hours on a single bit of tobacco between six men.
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Jack Tar
Sailor
Six Pele
Landon
Secret Marriage Revealed in Pearsons Weekly
Dialogue reveals Alice married last week to Dick Gay, with Jane commenting on the unlikely match. The exchange underscores a hidden union disclosed in the publication.
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Alice
Dick Gay
Jane
Pearson's Weekly
Stockholders Meeting Notice for Ruby Hill Tansel and Mining Co
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Ruby Hill Tansel and Mining Company will be held at the company office in Eureka Nevada at Huja's Farnifare Store on Saturday June 4 1918 at 2 o clock p m for the purpose of electing a Board of Trustees and for any other business that may come before the meeting. H HIUL secretary Hurcka Nevada May 17 1918.
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Ruby Hill Tansel and Mining Company
Huja
Farnifare
Eureka
Nevada
H. Hiul
Hurcka
Notice for Publication Land Claim at Elan Nevada 1918
Notice of intention to make five year proof to establish a land claim in Eureka County Nevada. Claimant Warren O Fee xuson of Tonkin Eureka County files No 03267 for 54 BE NW4 SEd DKA SW Section 10 Township 21 North Range 48 East Mount Diablo Base Meridian. Witnesses Theresa Ferguson Ralph Ferguson Bernard Damere Maurizio Pieretti Jour KE Kownina. Before K McOnarles County Clerk June 15 1918. First published May 11 1918. Last publication June 8 1918.
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Feexuson
Tonkin
Eureka County
Dev
Sears Welle
Nix Range
Mt. Dlabio Base
Meridian
K. McOnarles
Kureka County
Nevada
Koreks
Ax Wituinees
Theresa Ferguson
Ralph Ferguson
Cy “ Bernard Damere
Maurizio Pieretti
Jour KE. Kownina
Register
Notice for Publication Elgovaz74 of Land Office Kino Nevada
Notice in Kino Nevada on May 4 announces Maurizio Pierretti of Eureka County Nevada has an intention to pass final proof for NW1 NW1 Section 36 Township North Range Me Diablo Base and Meridian. The hearing is set for June 15 1918 before County Clerk St McMharlen in Eureka Nevada. Bernard Damele of Tonkin Nevada witnesses. Notary public commissions in Eureka County will attend to notary business.
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Fa Ein
Nevady
Eureka
Hee
Bernard Damele
Tonkin
Nevada
Public Notice Sheriff James Mackey in Eureka Nevada
Notice to the public from Sheriff James Mackey of Eureka County Nevada dated Eureka January 1918. The record records official action and public communication from local law enforcement.
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James Mackey
Eureka County
Nevada
Eureka
Foreks
Notice of Application to Appropriate Nevada Public Waters
Notice of application permission to appropriate state waters filed May 3 1918 by E A Skillman Bareks Bereta Nevada. From Pony Express Spring near Sec 23 T23N R53E to SW of NW Sec 23, dam and pumping works for irrigation stock water and domestic use from April to October 1 each year. Water not returned to stream. Signed Seymour Case State. First published May 11 1915 last June 8 1918.
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State of Nevada
E. A. Skillman
Bareks
Bereta
Nevada
State of
Pony Express Spring
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