Trouses I Gar Fre Seeks No Trousers in Freight Car Tale
A chaotic Ohio item recounts Theodore Kruger seeking trousers after starting a fire while escaping a freight car. He explains he slept in a freight car, leaped out burning, and later borrowed a sack to reach Akron where further odd incidents unfold. The narrative blends other campus and local notices with various accidents and court actions.
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Atron
Theodore Kruger
Cambridge
Mand
Diate Aswidtance
Kruger
Hughes
Akron
TWO ROMANCES OF THE WAR: Adopting kin and brothers’ reunion
In Wales two refugees, a Belgian boy and girl adopted by a Welsh couple, turn out to be the wife’s dead sister’s children. A Swansea hospital and a locket reveal the link. In England two brothers, Martin Gattey and John Gaffey, meet after years apart, both wounded. Canada to aid northern Indians hit by Europe war, with relief plans due to fur collapse.
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London
Swansea
Abercynon
Belgium
Califf
Martin Gattey
Second
Leinster Regiment
John Gaffey
Connaught Rangers
John
Martin
Ottawa
Ont
Ern Whde
Canada
Europe
Dominion
Blessing the Austrian Recruits Captures a Vampire
Ottawa Edward Wickham living north of here captured a batlike vampire creature that bit his dog, killing it. The four inch long animal is covered in thick cray fur with mottled yellow, brown, and white. Its wings span twelve inches and it has five toes and small teeth.
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Ottawa
Edward Wickham
Here
Mr. Wickham
Kaiser Keeps Eye On Banks In Talks With Berlin Financiers
Paris reports from Temps state the Kaiser pressed the Reichsbank president a year ago about German banks’ ability to cover deposits if a grave international event arose. The president warned of potential bankruptcy, prompting the Kaiser to seek a plan for a quicker, safer answer in future. Since then German banks have kept an active watch on liquid assets. At the start of June he convened Berlin’s major financial representatives to stress this need.
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Paris
Reichebank
Kaiser
Imperial Bank
Berlin
Russians Pay As They Go Horse Price Report
Koenigsberg Prussia residents quote the Koenigsberger Zeitung noting Russians pay little for horses taken during wartime. An inspector on a fine horse with silver harness faced a minimal charge of fifty cents, reflecting wartime plunder and price criticisms.
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Koenigsberg
Prussia
Koenigsberger Zeitung
Praise Bravery of Enemies in War Dispatches
Paris reports a French officer praising German gallantry as a bright spot in the war. A Russian exchange over a horse leads to a rouble gift later found to be ancient. Geneva notes inventions to stop bleeding including coagulen by Nobel laureate Kocher. Cold weather spurs 16 000 kneelets for Highlanders.
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Paris
France
Prince of Wales At Front Wins Officers Praise
Northern France the prince of Wales on Field Marshal Sir John French's staff travels by a special motor car to speed his duties. Officers say he is fit and unassuming, walking 26 miles on two sandwiches and an apple. Soldiers take pride in his presence. Bagpipes Won a Victory in France A British company used borrowed bagpipes to raid a village observation post in a church tower. The clash produced a morale win as German forces retreated after the eerie pipes and gunfire.
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Dixmude
Hell
Artil
Northern
France
Prince of Wales
Sir John French
England
Mans
Kaiser Bears Strain Well, Sven Hedin Says Kaiser Unchanged
London reports Sven Hedin says the German ruler shows no loss of freshness or elasticity after the war began. He notes the Kaiser works 24 hours daily and questions the war’s causes while affirming his innocence before God and man. Lambert tours Britain reporting clubs flag response at Sunningdale.
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Sven Hedin
London
Lokal Anzeiger
Hedin
Chicago
George H. Lambert
Golf Shop of
England
Scotland
Sunningdale
Lambert
Divide All Good Fortune Eskimo Tribe Tale of Sharing Wealth
A Youth's Companion piece contrasts Eskimo sharing norms with a whale crew tale from Behring Strait. Four East Cape men aboard Norwested earn goods like sugar and tobacco, but when returning ashore their wealth is handed to others, leaving them as poor as when they started and the village briefly content. The section also tours legends and curious folk tales from Lincoln, Marken cradle substitutes, and a humorous New York hunting vignette about talkative phrases.
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Arctic
Siberia
Walrin Ip
East Cape
S& Berian
Behring Strait
Norwesd
Accurate Thinking Elevates Decision Making in Study
The phrase suggests that precise thought processes improve outcomes in learning and judgment. It emphasizes disciplined reasoning, evidence evaluation, and avoidance of cognitive biases as key to clearer conclusions.
Grape-Nuts Favored By Many Successful Men and Women
The article extols Grape-Nuts cereal as a preferred breakfast choice among successful men and women, praising its delicious flavor and nourishment from whole wheat and malted barley.
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