War Time Memoir Fragments From a German Front
Compile notes by Wm. R. Mackrill recounting a night rally behind lines at Amiens and a later escape to safety. The narrator observes Latour of La Vie seized as a spy, the Emperor’s tempered stance, and the looming two great battles on land and sea.
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Kinalcore
Couner
Almee
Lowenberg
Amiens
Meseherr
Lancers
Argonne
Ehip
Lorraine
Gary Cerewan
Iwlyguard
Montepelier
Tim
Pietechmenn
Adams
Lowen
Latour
la Vie
Paris
Eimperer
Chateau
the Keiser
Wanserman
Wasserman
Fleischmann
Gieretner
Martial
England
Fetr
Cuba
Transvaal
Germany
Menignwy
Tor A. Singer
Ste
Otheer
Ana
Aimee
Lowenbere
The Smoking Habit Quip About Granger and Kimmins
The dialogue features Granger asking how he earned wealth and Kimmins asserting the answer is smoking. He claims the man was the greatest smoker in America and that he smoked hams, a joke about profit from smoking.
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Granger
Kimmins
America
Uncertain boast of cunning plan in tinland faced with plain faces
A colloquial note portrays men boasting of cleverness to hide their true aims, claiming they can obscure their plans behind shiny outside appearances so no one can discern what they are doing.
Woman diplomat in Japan links Russia and America abroad
The first Russian ambassador to Japan and his wife Mme Bakhmeteff, daughter of the late General Beale, arrives in Tokyo as Russia resumes diplomatic ties with Japan. The American-born diplomatess is noted for charity work and a witty, animated manner while serving as a liaison to American interests.
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Japan
Russia
Mme. Bakhmeteff
Beale
Washbindon
Diplow
Severs
Europe
America
Mrs Knox’s Butter Gift Delights Friends
Mrs Senator Knox sends quaint butter gift boxes to close friends, each case holding five pounds from the Knox dairy. The senator and wife, now settled on Reed Knox’s farm near Valley Forge, enjoy rural life and the butter making craft, with Mrs Knox overseeing dairy work and reading on dairy science.
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P. C. Knox
Knox Dairy
Pennsylvania
Reed Knox
Valley Forge
Unique Music Box For Kathleen Fails To Play
Patrick Mouthooly buys a music box intended for his daughter Kathleen near her twenty first birthday. After hours winding the device he collapses with sweat and reveals the box refuses to play any tune. He admits the machine will not squake and fails to function despite heavy effort.
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Patrick Mouthooly
Pat
Kathleen
Singers Diets And Voice Care Across Eras
The article notes famous singers using strict diets and special routines to protect their voices. It cites Melba Albani Patti and de Reszke with varied eating habits and remedies. Reeves reportedly uses a homemade lemon glycerine lozenge before performances to preserve vocal quality.
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Melba
Ing Tree
Mme, Albani
Patti
Jean de Reszke
Sims Reeves H
Bank Stocks Show NYC Banks Valued Far Above Par
A New York City list of eighty one commercial banks reveals only one stock at par while eighty stocks are bid for at a premium. Prices range from 110 for a few shares to 4200 for one share with many between 200 and 500 and several higher. The data underscores American banking success and New York's rise as a world money center.
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New York
RINC
Peremait
Amch
Standford
Fifth Ave
Pie Belt Broadening as Maine Factory Ships Pie Plates
New England loses lead as a Maine fiber factory shipped 4,000,000 pie plates last week. Two million went to Providence Rhode Island within the stored pie belt, while one million went to Baltimore and another million to Seattle.
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New England
Maine
Providence
R. 1
Baltimore
Seattle
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Senator Knox
Unique Music Box
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Boston
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Cold Watch & Chain
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True Blue CO
Rose Hall
Target
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Pr. Kline
BH. Kian, Ltd
Arch St
Philadelphia
Hess Warms & Ventilat Company
Tacona Build
Chicago
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Chi Copy Co
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Milwaukee Ave
Cicago
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Batiste
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Palisade Pattern CO
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