Shipping Home 200000 Men a Month Is a Big Job
Bordeaux dispatch outlines the demobilization effort as 200000 soldiers depart monthly from three ports. It details embarkation docks, Red Cross aid, nurses, and orderly handling of wounded and well soldiers, plus the complex timing of trains, boats, and hospital transfers. The piece highlights the emotional return home and the massive logistic task behind it.
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William D. Hines
Bordeaux
Red Cross
France
Bordeaaux
Saint- Nazaire
Brest
America
Atlantic Seaboard
Walts
Ciot
Just
London Yee
Newcom
New Fate for Dog Hair Promises Fashion Value
Columbus reports the formation of a dog hair association to promote the fleece of dogs for industrial use. The group notes dog hair from spaniels and Pekinese is commercially valuable and blends well with wool to yield quality fabric.
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Columbus
Pick 7 For Spelling Board in New York
The spelling board list released includes seven members and officials from multiple universities and institutions. Names cited include Khmerik Brown, Dr William Hinms Keen, G Sisson, John Tatlock, Tenney Modhe, Iaan Cob Uts, and Andrew Charnegte among others.
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New York
Cal Theodore Roosevelt
Andrew de White
B. Rengavitia Andrews
Rik Wo. Tiussie
Ehairman
United States
Quarif Cong Tissions Khmerik
Brown
Cancellor
New York University
Willian
WH. Hinms Keen
Philadelphia
Amercan Philosepticdaoelon
G. Sisson
University of Montana
John A
Tatlock
Linetish Philatyes
Stanford University
Tenney Modheden
Sodus Rhopldins
Man Reunited With Children After Twenty Two Years
John Corcoran, long separated from his children after his wife died, travels across the United States and Canada searching for Ella Loretta aged 2, Mary 6, and John Frederick 4. A friend in Dunnville, Ontario, helps locate them in Buffalo and Niagara Falls, revealing the daughters Mrs J I Bieden and Miss Mary Corcoran, with a son John Corcoran Jr. The reunion brings happiness as the family members reconnect after more than two decades.
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Chicago
John Corcoran
United States
Lie
Canada
John
Jain Corcoran
Dunnville
Ont
Ella Loretta
Mary
John Frederick
Owas
Buffalo
John Carcoran
Doonville
Corvormunm
Corcora
J. 1 Biedenwee
Mary Corcorath
General Hospital
Niagara Falls
John Corcomen
Astoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Y Ltd
Soup Siege Sparks Editorial Clash In City Debacle
The report describes a chaotic incident where Richard Benji aids a ten day vacation claim after a man yelled for soup for an hour at a station. Authorities note no clear outcome on whether Benjamin received soap or remained with a fatherless scrab as a result.
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Dreetor Spresty
Benjimin
Bendian
Benjamin
Fish Day in the Boston Transcript Dialogue
Betty and a companion discuss Friday plans in a playful exchange from the Boston Transcript, hinting at a lighthearted Friday mood and social joke.
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Betty
Boston Transcript
Probing a Calamity in Cat Astrophe Style
A witty exchange on whether a cautious approach is a calamity and if humor can soften a blunder. The dialogue pivots on the playful pun cat astrophe and the practical consequences of overcautious actions.
Odd sayings on tuition singing and poker room terms
The excerpt surveys quirky lines about free tuition and singing lessons, opinions on whether a poker room is an ante or drawing room, and a sharp remark about a pretty girl’s smile. It presents fragmented musings without a clear single event or person.
Bayer aspirin and a comic fire tale from Kansas City Star
A period piece urges always choosing Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross on packaging and tablets. The piece notes counterfeit risks and recounts a Brooklyn talcum powder pill scare. It also includes a humorous aside from the Kansas City Star about a man known as Old Dorsey Dudgeon and a nurse’s card incident.
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Bayer
Brooklyn
Dorsey Dudgeon
Petunia
Kansas City
Von Tirpitz a Pauper in Swiss Stay
The Tribune de Geneve reports Grand Admiral von Tirpitz staying in Wildegg Switzerland as a guest of Lieut-Colonel Wille. Once wealthy, he lost his fortune by investing in Italian securities to dodge the 1918 German war tax, leaving him penniless.
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von Tirpitz
Tribune de Geneve
Wildegg
Switzerland
Wille
Tirpitz
Zurich
Tirpitaz
Glossing Over the Facts Euphemism Example Cited
The Birmingham Age Herald quotes a society reporter explaining euphemism as a figure of speech that substitutes a more agreeable term for what is meant. The example involves a widow who marries a wealthy older man who delays marriage until he faces the preacher.
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Gettine
Birmingham Age-Herald
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