Port Said Transformed by Military Rule Into Model City
Port Said has been cleaned up under military rule, reducing crime by about fifty percent and disease by around forty. Streets once famed for vice, including Rue Babel, see fewer denizens of the underworld, and drinking is heavily restricted to limited hours.
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Port Said
Payot
East
Associated Press
Rue Babel
P. G. Elgood
Archigld Murray
Elgood
Egypt
Laymen Missionary Union Opens Convention in New Orleans
In New Orleans on March 13 the annual Laymen's Missionary Union convention of the Presbyterian church opened with nearly two thousand delegates present. The three day gathering includes many prominent lay and clerical representatives from the southern Presbyterian church.
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New Orleans
Laymen’s Missionary Union of the
Presbyterian Church
South
Take Over Camp Lands In England By Army Decree
London March 12 150000 acres of land have been taken over in England for encampments and military pur poses by the authorities. Buildings on these lands valued at 2500000 pounds have been commandeered.
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London
Eng
England
Catarrhal Deafness Cure Claim Claims Remedy through Blood
An advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a bloodborne remedy and offers a $100 reward for any case not cured, with circulars free and patent drug details from Cheney & Co of Toledo.
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Hall
Ai! Druggists
F. J. Cheney & CC
Toledo
Fall of Bagdad Surprises Berlin and Vienna
Geneva reports from Paris that Bagdad's fall astonished Berlin and Vienna. Turkish reinforcements from Aleppo and Smyrna may allow a longer stand, with calls for a new Ottoman army if a fresh campaign is planned against General Maude. Rifaat Pasha left for Constantinople saying the situation is serious.
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Geneva
Paris
Bagdad
Berlin
Vienna
Aleppo
Smyrna
Feyler
Journal de Geneve
Maude
Rifaat Pasha
Constantinople
Manager of Raleigh Club Former Wake Forest Star
Wake Forest March 13 Lee Gooch the demon slugger of the 1913 Wake Forest baseball team has left for Raleigh to take the managerial reins of the capital city club for the coming season. An Oxford diamond product Gooch has played pro ball each summer since leaving Wake Forest in 1913 and is expected to win popular Raleigh support.
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Wake Forest
Lee Gooch
Wake Forest College
Raleigh
Capital City
Gooch
The Prince of Scotland Title Revival Discussed
A Yorkshire Post report notes talk of reviving the title Prince of Scotland for the heir to the throne. It explains historical usage, contrasting it with the Prince of Wales and detailing related honors such as Duke of Rothesay and Earl of Barrick.
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Prince of Scotland
Great Britain and Ireland
Scotland
Duke of
James I
Royal House of
Great Britain
Prince
Prince of Wales
Navy strength in US fleet praised with needs for growth
The London Times lauds US naval spirit and training, noting high seaman proficiency and public pride in naval power. It argues for expanding the enlisted force and cites reserves for the Arizona, Vermont, Kansas and New Hampshire and plans to enroll about 74 to 800 sailors for Great Lakes service.
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London Times
United States Navy
United States
Arizona
Vermont
Kansas
New Hampshire
Great Lakes
Broadway Licks Its Chops As Pawnee Bill Arrives In New York
Pawnee Bill, once partner of Buffalo Bill and head of Pawnee Oklahoma’s Arkansas Valley National Bank, tours New York with 5,000 twenty dollar notes issued by his own bank. He aims to see all the sights and indulge in town. Broadway reacts with renewed interest.
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New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Broadway
Pawnee
Bill
Buffalo Bill
Maj
Gordon W.lille
Okla
Arkansas Valley National Bank
McAlpin
Protectors of Wild Life Center Hold Third Conference
The third annual conference on game breeding and preserving under the American Game Protective and Propagation society met at the Waldorf Astoria New York. Conservation commissioners, naturalists, authors, forestry experts, and game protectionists from across the country attend to hear lectures and view photographs and moving pictures of wildlife conservation efforts.
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New York
American Game Protective and Propagation Society
Waldorf-Astoria
Delver
Southern Mayors In Conference Open in Savannah
The Mayors Association of the South Atlantic and Gulf States marks its first year with a largely attended convention in Savannah, with Mayor Boden of Jacksonville presiding. Mayors and officials from many southern cities discuss a wide range of municipal problems at the opening session.
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Savannah
Mayors’ Association of the
South Atlantic and Gulf States
Jacksonville
South
Boden
Sixth German War Loan Opens This Week in Berlin
Advices from Berlin say subscriptions to the sixth German war loan begin Thursday and run to April 16 with installments due to mid July. The issue includes 5 percent imperial bonds redeemable at 192 percent and redeemable treasury bonds at 4 percent interest issued at 98 percent.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
His Will Power
A Boston Transcript item notes that Old Blank impresses with strong will power as he commands financial influence. His nieces and nephews fear opposing his decisions, underscoring his formidable force of personality and control.
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Boston Transcript
Old Blank
Coupon Ad For Foley Cure Package
Cut this slip and mail with 5c to Foley and Co. Chicago for a trial package. It includes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Mann Drug Co.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Mann Drug Co
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