Vengeance Court and Burnings on the Prairie
In a white supremacist trap a man and a woman face lynch like judgment. Keene orders the pair to be chained to posts as wood is piled for a likely fatal blaze while onlookers deride and debate the fate of Ella Siddie and Hugh.
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Hugh
Dodd
Nelthem
Keene
Eira
Jabez
Beng
Mr. Hetherington
London Stock Exchange
Messrs Hetherington
Lombard Street
Hullo
Jabez Hunt
England
Fira
Baptist Church
Noah Siddle
Siddle
Uiditer Keene
Noah Siddie
Death at the Stake Scene Tightens in Torture Chamber
Hugh and fellow prisoners are chained to posts as executioners prepare for burning. He recalls Foxe's Martyrs while Hetherington droops, Menner bound nearby, and a lurid scene unfolds with a grim, fatal fate looming over them.
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Hugh
Foxe
Mr Hetherington
Menner
Fira
Elf Man Clashes Over Freeing Woman in Ongoing Scene
In a tense exchange, an elf man protests freeing a white woman named Bereoff as Keene orders restraint. The crowd contends she had no involvement and asks for her release, while one man searches for a match as the scene continues.
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Keene
Farming Taught by Tramp Teacher in Niles Township
Seth Sheppard, the first tramp school teacher, led 29 pupils at East Prairie district No. 73 north of Chicago in field work that yielded $645.40 in profits for 1914 with final totals near $2,000. Pupils aged 7 to 14 banked profits, opened bank accounts, and paid rent to their fathers while learning real farming under county aims to revive country life.
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Tobin
Seth” Sheppard
East Prairie School
Chicago
Seth” Shepard
America
Niles Centre
Niles
Elmer Dohde
Mariel Baumann
Caroline Katz
Otto Hoffman
Mabel Wagner
Shepard
Cook County
French Colonel Desclaux Convicted in Military Theft Case
Long Term and Degradation Colonel Francois Desclaux former paymaster general in the French army was convicted and sentenced to seven years solitary confinement and military degradation. His name was ordered removed from the Legion of Honor. Madame Bechoff wife of a German in whose house the goods were found received two years. A soldier Verges was given one year. All other defendants were acquitted. Desciaux a former secretary to Joseph Caillaux was arrested in January on stealing military supplies.
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Francois Desclaux
Legion of Honor
Madame Bechoff
Verges
Desciaux
Joseph Caillaux
Caillaux
Mme. Bechoff
Paris
Which is the west end of a boy
A humorous exchange in a small midwest daily shows the proofreader famed for precision and propriety. A reporter filed a story about Willie Brown burned by a live wire and received a sharp note asking which is the west end of a boy. The reply clarifies the punch line about the son setting.
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Middlewest
Willie Brown
West End
Ladies’ Home Journal
Kaiser's Plans Reflected in German War Vision Say Captured Officers
The press bureau cites captured German officers asserting that Austria will be dismembered with parts given to Italy and Germany. They claim Belgium will join a German confederation and Antwerp become an international port under Papal mediation, with a central European Germanic federation including Scandinavia.
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Italy
Germany
Austria
Belgium
Antwerp
Meuse
England
Luxemburg
Great Britain
Europe
Vosges
Austrian Empire
German Empire
Poland
Russia
Canada Faces Poultry Shortage and Egg Surplus Facts
The poultry division reports Canada lacks 1.5 million hens yet yields 80 eggs per hen annually. Britain bought poultry and eggs from Belgium to Austria-Hungary in 1914, while Canada imported eggs worth 2.5 million dollars. Ottawa notes potential to raise yields to 189 eggs per hen and offers free pamphlets on production and coop plans.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Britain
Belgium
France
Russia
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottawa
Department of Agriculture
WA. Brown
T. A. Benson
Ww. A. Brown
W. A. Brown
W. A Brown
J. H. Hare
W H Ault
F C Elford
Victor Fortier
High Finance Yet Milk in Coffee Disappears
A humorous tale contrasts Jones a milkless millworker and Smith who has coffee with milk. Jones claims thieves will remove milk unseen and, after a noon errand, Smith discovers the milk vanished from his own coffee, highlighting ridiculous schemes and misfortune.
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Jones Jones
Smith
Jones
Dorothy Visits Grandparents in the Country Henyard Feathers Stir Concern
Dorothy, visiting her grandparents for the first time, notices many feathers in the henyard and gravely tells Grandpa he should do something to prevent his chickens from wearing out their feathers.
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Dorothy
Failure-But Brave Man With One Leg in War Time
A rescued soldier describes his self view as a lifelong failure yet one who takes pride in serving. He reveals amputation of his right leg twelve days prior and asks his father to keep his wife unaware, insisting the pain reminds him he remains among the mutilated yet honorable.
Jitneys Spread in Vancouver Cutting Rail Traffic
Robert E. Mansfield reports jitneys arrived in Vancouver near January 1 1915 with about 350 in operation and average daily receipts of eight dollars per journey. He notes BC Railway traffic dropped in January 1915, carrying 1 198 323 fewer passengers than January 1914, and city payments from the railway fell 35 percent from 27766 to 1816. The city faces an estimated 20000 loss if the decline persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Mansfield
United States
Vancouver
B.C
British Columbia Railway
War Costs and Taxes in 19th Century Conflicts
The text details Franco German and Russo Turkish war expenses, noting France paid 1,287,000 francs with half for indemnity, and Russia spent 152,650,000 rubles over two years. It cites tax rates from the Crimean era and figures from Sir Michael Hicks Beach, as reported by the Westminster Gazette.
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France
Germany
Russa
Michael Hicks-Begch
Westminster
Turbie accident leaves sister unseen tonight
A fragment from Lippincott's notes describes a girl nicknamed Sis who cannot be seen tonight due to a turbie accident. Her brother explains the hair was burnt up but she was not present and does not know yet.
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Mr. Jones
Lippincott
New Floating Mine Promises Advantage Over Rival War Mines
The British navy unveils a new mine that lacks floats or tackle and can be launched from a torpedo tube or thrown overboard. It rests on the sea floor until activated to rise to the correct depth, then pivots and moves in leaps below the surface, making it hard to sweep. This device avoids easy detection and could revolutionize underwater warfare.
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Scotsman
Stella I Want a Man in a Million
Bella I want a million in a man echoes a sentiment of desire for exceptional worth in a partner. The phrasing contrasts two lines to emphasize a quest for rarity and value in romance.
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Stella
Bella
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