War Comes to Gray Willow as Hokey Crane mobilizes hometowns
A village crowd gathers around the livery stable as Hokey Crane, the justice, urges enlistment for war. The operator hints at a coming troop train and the wedding of patriotism and duty leads Mrs Crane to enlist, sparking a townwide rush to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray Willow
Hokey” Crane
United States
Hhonie
Chay Willow
Mrs. Fink
Ter Lushan
Had
Justoas
Husbnd
Hokey Crane
Ilvery
Forrest Crissey
Chicago Post
Dreyfus Memoir Details at Cayenne Prison Life
The Dutch captain Weinheber met ex Captain Dreyfus at Devil's Island and observed a daily regime. Dreyfus rose early, bathed with a warder’s cord, drank beer with meals, read military books, wrote letters, and played cards under guard. He also greeted Weinheber warmly, hoping for release. A separate anecdote recounts a tavern joke about a “Tin Roof” drink in a Twelfth Street bar.
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Dreyfus
Wienheber
Cayenne
Nmson
Weinheber
Cage
Barders
Twelfth Street
Ats
Fioarly
Philadelphia
Little Willow Species and Global Land Shares
The passage notes tiny willows including four Montana varieties and one from Unalaska, claiming a half inch high plant may be the smallest willow. It also discusses global land division, a wood preservation method by Haskin using superheated air, and a Los Angeles wave power setup. Additional items cover a Utah natural bridge photo, wind-eroded podholes, a Berlin based American teaching German boy chants, and a British claim about peace since 1837.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Unalaska
Haskin
England
Frogs Eaten in New York Outpace Paris Demand
New York consumes more frogs legs than Paris, with 75 percent imported from Ontario Canada and 25 percent from Adirondacks and Maine. Frogs are plentiful, season runs June to September, and local markets ship thousands of pounds weekly. Frogs are captured with red tailed hooks, kept in pens, then killed, dressed, and packed for shipment to New York.
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New York
Commissioner Blackford
Paris
London
Blackford
Ontario
Canada
Adirondacks
Maine
Missouri
New Jersey
Didn
Areata
Direen
France
New York Herald
Thick Skins and Violent Injury Reported in Congo Case
A Congo incident is described involving a black individual slashed with a razor. A hospital surgeon struggled to insert stitches, finally using a blade to close the wound as the patient faced medical care.
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Ada
Los Angeles Ocean Power Company
Poteneia Beach
California
Metrc
Grand River
Moab
Utah
Arthur Winslow
Kansas City
Winslow
Sralle
Sperling
Kur
Berlin
Thejung
Touie Cruard
du. Dnin
Beth Passis
Huparterion
Gedgenni Gruen
Twinkel
Pwinkel
Littell Star
Havelwander
Boutn
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