Begun on a phone leads to a wedding
A shy Ralph Harding answers a party line joke and flirts with an unknown woman by voice. They test identity over the phone, share clues, and vow to meet. Months later he dines with a mutual friend, recognizes her voice, and they marry ten months after their first call.
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Mrs. Partington
Ilartling
Strang
Sam
Titian
Harding
Goodby
Yoeun
First Violin Bertha Wauck Reunites With Missing Lover
Bertha Wauck, a German immigrant, travels to England and Paris seeking her lover Gustav Schultz who was reported missing after war declarations. She discovers him in a French hospital, nurses him, and secures his return to America where he resumes life as a first violinist.
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Bertha Wauck
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America
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New York
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Belgium
England
Paris
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Allies Buy 131 Million In Animals For Allies
The United States shipped 678 443 horses and mules worth 181 million dollars to Europe for allied armies over the last year and a half. In 1913 only about 30 thousand animals went to Europe, but after hostilities began shipments rose to 20 thousand monthly and peaked last October at 56 thousand. Prices for farm animals have dropped recently despite the steady demand.
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United States
Europe
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Prices and supply of horses and mules in wartime
A historical market snapshot notes that only the best horses left the country as gas engines and cars rose in use. It reports average horse prices on Jan 1 1916 at 106.60 dollars, up from the previous year and 109.14 in 1914. Allied animal shipments exceeded 200 dollars per animal, while European demand shrank supply by about 35 000. Agriculture pegs farm animal numbers at 25,000,600 and city totals at 8,500,000 according to census estimates.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Census Bureau
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