Paris Remains Quiet Amid War Upset and Daily Life
Paris shows a rest cure transformation as war nears its third year. Postage stamp traders stay active, guides ply guests with English, and life in the capital centers on cafes, parks, and quiet streets. Prices in top restaurants remain lower than prewar, taxis abound near major venues, and Sundays in the Champs Elysees and Bois de Boulogne stay crowded with locals and visitors alike.
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Marne
Paris
Tuileries Gardens
Cook’s
Associated Press
Bordeaux
New York
Papa Poincaire
Caf de Paris
Ritz
Opera
Middle West
Champs Elysees
Bois de Boulogne
Baron Haussman
Asheville to film citywide promotional motion picture
Penny Brothers and Thomas Brothers with 8 A Lynch enterprises arrange a 1000 foot Asheville documentary to begin filming at Pack square featuring Norwood Park and Owens Place on Blanton Street. The production aims to promote Asheville in many states with free viewing for participants and no city cost.
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Asheville
Penny Brothers
Thomas Brothers
8. A. Lynch Enterprises
Atlanta
J. C. Penny
Pack Square
American Realty and Auction Company
Norwood Park
Owens Place
Blanton Street
Divorce of Vic ar Ackley from a Southern Belle
The New York State Supreme Court granted the divorce of Rev. Charles B. Ackley from Henrietta L. Ackley, famed as a belle of Atlanta and Washington, after a 1907 marriage. The decree allows Ackley to remarry anytime after today, while Henrietta cannot remarry for five years. The case cited her European travels with a man identified as Sam Charles. Henrietta is tied by family connections to General John B. Gordon.
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New York
Charles B. Ackley
St. Bartholomew's Chapel
Leighton Parks
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
Henrietta L. Ackley
Atlanta
Washington
New York State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Ackley
United States
Georgia
Theodora Shants
Duchess de Chaulnes
Hughes to Speak Only Once in Nevada at Reno Rally
Charles Evans Hughes was billed for his sole Nevada address in Reno tonight as crowds gathered from miles around. He traveled straight from Los Angeles and would then head to Utah for set speeches in Ogden and Salt Lake City before continuing east.
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Reno
Nev
Charles Evans Hughes
Nevada
Hughes
Los Angeles
Utah
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Backache relief advertised for legal life insurance relief
An advertisement claims Foley Kidney 8 eases severe backaches and sleepless nights, noting back pain causes life insurance refusals. It promotes Mann Drug Co as the seller with the product aimed at weak lame backs and weary sleepers.
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Foley
Mann Drug Co
Ambulance Work Under Shell Fire at Verdun
A Red Cross ambulance driver describes the Verdun front in vivid terms. He recalls the deadly roads, aerial threats, and the intense convoy operations as hospitals await the wounded. A dainty Parisian American orderly is revealed by a torchlight moment.
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New York
Red Cross
Verdun
London
Hades
Chick Evans
France
J. W. Brooks
J. B. Samson
Fragmentary OCR Item From Local Page
Readable fragments describe a brief local item with no clear names or dates. The text preserves only scattered letters and partial words, offering minimal factual detail for a fuller summary.
Executor's Notice for J F Blair Estate Guilford County
W M Allred executor of J F Blair deceased located in High Point North Carolina calls all creditors to present claims by July 31 1917 or be barred from recovery. Debtors urged to pay promptly noting this notice is dated July 31 1916 and filed in Guilford County North Carolina.
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J. F. Blair
Guilford County
N. C
High Point
W. M. Allred
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Havre
Corsicana
Tex
Seine
Place de la Concorde
Maxim’s
Boulevard Des Italiens
Broadway
Shadowland
Pennys and
Thomases
Vicar Ackley
J. A. Mart Drug Co
War’s
Reidsville
Winston-Salem
N. Wilkesboro
Elkton
Mount Airy
Virginia Sea
Southern Railway
North Carolina
Norfolk
Marion
Barber and
Winston- Salem
Charlotte
Salisbury
Os & S
Concord
Greensboro
Eeeee
SC Core
Lee
Navy Yard
Fortress Monroe
Ocean View
Newport News
Pullman
R. H. Debutts
Charlotte, N. C
Wood
J. Elwood Cox
C. M. Hauser
V.-Pres
V.A
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