New Stuyvesant Memorial Bust for St Mark’s Bowery
Dutch sculptor Toon Dupuis forged a bronze bust of Petrus Stuyvesant, director general of New Netherlands from 1646 to 1664, to honor the third centenary of New York’s founding. The sculpture will be installed at St Mark's Episcopal Church where Stuyvesant is buried. The bust was paid for recently by special permission of German authorities and sent from Belgium.
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Aolland
Toon Dupuis
Petrus Stuyvesant
New Netherlands
New York State
New York
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Bowery
Stuyvesant
Belgium
DARE ALL DANGERS TO SAVE Red Cross Workers
The article describes Red Cross workers braving shellfire on European battlefields to reach and aid the wounded. Surgeons move through trenches under heavy fire carrying medical supplies and aid kits. Workers risk life to assist casualties, dragging patients to safer spots as shells explode nearby.
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Iminefield
Wives in Ancient Athens and Modern Domestic Roles
Fragmentary excerpt compares ancient Athens wives with modern women, noting shared concerns over marriage, motherhood, and happiness. It cites marital unions and early brides, then abruptly shifts to Dr. Charles D. Walcott reporting fossil bacteria found in Montana limestones dating 20 to 30 million years old.
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Charles D. Walcott
Smithsonian Institution
Gallatin County
Montana
Love Story of Sabron and Sabra in Normandy Home
A dramatic scene unfolds as Sabron confesses his love to Sabra in a Normandy chateau. He describes his modest estate and soldier’s pay, while Sabra replies with understanding. Pitchoune the dog observes, then rests, as the couple’s future seems assured in a springtime embrace.
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Mademoiselle
Normandy
Shell
Tremont
Africa
Jake
Chateau
Lfe
Julia
Sabron
Kean
Flo
Bruet
Pitchoune
Beneli
Charles
Pearer
Pitehvittie
Ily
Nowie
Agante
Louis XIII
Pitchorne
France
Woman Destroys Bomb in Philadelphia Neighbor’s Doorstep
Mrs Pauline Siegel grabbed a bomb left on 16231 South Franklin street Philadelphia with a lit fuse and flung it into the street. The device contained six sticks of dynamite and gunpowder. a partial blast occurred as two men fled after lighting a package. Corso family says they have no known enemies.
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Pauline Siegel
Salvatore Corso
South
Franklin Street
Philadelphia
Siegel
Birds Raid Peach Buds Prompt Legal Question
An Egg Harbor dispatch reports birds, described as small redish brown with stout bills, strip peach trees at Charles P. Stickel’s orchards. An employee captured several birds and sent them to the New Brunswick Experiment Station to learn if they are protected by law.
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Charles P. Stickel
Stuckel
State Agricultural Experiment Station
New Grunswick
Leart
Egg Harbor
N. J
New York Sun
Soldiers Cinema Instruction At German Garrisons
The Germans used motion pictures in 1913 to train recruits in guard duty tents bayonet drill and sentinel work. They also showed films depicting bridges railways earthworks barricades mines and pontoon laying to popularize the army. Sperm whales yield spermaceti ivory and yaklow from various body parts.
Chemist Bond Survives Seven Hours in Airtight Box
William Bond of Wilmington Del emerged from an airtight box after seven hours submerged in a tank. He tested a chemical formula for purifying air carried in a handbag and claimed it would allow indefinite confinement.
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William
Bond
Wimington
Del
Mrs Lansing Featured Social Leader in Washington Life
Mrs Lansing wife of the new secretary of state is described as a handsome dignified woman of social prominence in Washington. She is the daughter of John W. Foster who served as secretary of state under President Harrison.
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Lansing
Washington
John W. Foster
Harrison
Kimberley Heroic Groom Marries Rosemary Graves Sawie
Bobbie Beresford, famed for the Boer War title lord of Kimberley, and Miss Rosemary Graves-Sawie daughter of Rear Admiral Sir Charles Graves Sawie, announce their forthcoming marriage. Beresford, a veteran horse buyer for allies, is popularly known as Bobbie.
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Seiui Qestyou
Weces Eta Yaiknose
Rosemary Graves-Sawie
Charles Graves Sawie
Bobbie” Beresford
Kimberley
America
Laramie's Humorous Legacy and Fort Laramie History
Laramie Wyoming gains its name from Fort Laramie at the mouth of Laramie River. The article notes the name derives from French trader La Ramie and mentions the famous fort on the Overland trail. It recalls Bill Nye the humorist, his Boomerang publication, and Nye with James Whitcomb Riley on a railway guide asserting poetry over excessive facts.
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Laramie
Wyoming
Mountain Range
Fort Laramie
Laramie River
Cheques la Ramie
la Ramies Fork
Bil Nye
Boomerang. 4
Cheyene
Denver
Nye
James Whitcomb Riley
Industrious Turkish Women and Dowry Traditions
A historical note describes Turkish women's industrious work in making tents carpets and household items. It explains dowry practices where a bride's income covers parental gifts, usually sheep and money, and the festive camel decoration before wedding ceremonies. An unrelated joke about a mosquito fate follows.
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New Stuyvesant Memorial
Red Cross
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Marie V Svan Voe
Thas
Ray Walters
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Ebenezer Chapel
Dan Snow
Bradder
Parson Bagster
Kansas City Star
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Tare
Roswell D. Hitchcock
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Hoe
Mexico
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