Californians in Albania Aid War Effort
Twenty six Californians form an ambulance section of the American field service in Albania. They trek mountainous roads under fire, face frequent air raids, and adjust to harsh food, water, and climate while aiding war-damaged villages and observing a ragged poverty-stricken population. Prices surge as bread climbs from thirty centimes to two francs a loaf, with higher costs in winter.
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Albania
Associated Press
American Field Service
France
United States
Greek Aftermath: Government Purges Supreme Court Judges
Athens reports a sweeping purge of the Areopagus as the new government removes the chief justice and six associates along with about sixty lower court judges. Officials cite political bias and Venizelist persecutions, signaling ongoing purification of the judiciary. In the United States, Texas Governor James F Ferguson becomes the ninth governor impeached, with a list of prior impeachments and removals.
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Athens
Constantine
Supreme Court
Areopagos
Venizelos
Minister of Justice
Washington
James F. Ferguson
Texas
United States
Peekskill Bakers Sickened After Oil Contaminated Buns
Amateur baker used machine oil in bun preparation causing an illness outbreak in Peekskill. About 200 people reported sickness, prompting medical attention and local health warnings.
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Peekskill
Commemoration at Tennyson Tomb London Date
Floral offerings from literary and other societies were laid at Lord Tennyson’s Westminster Abbey tomb marking the twenty fifth anniversary of his death. He died in 1892 at his Isle of Wight home after serving as poet laureate for over forty years.
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London
United Kingdom
Lord Tennyson
Westminster Abbey
Isle of Wight
Sale of Mihanovich Line Merges With Royal Mail Group
Buenos Aires reports the sale of 75 percent of the Mihanovich Steamship Line to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and Dosero Brothers for about 7.006 million dollars in gold. The new holding base operates roughly 350 ships and several yards. The line owned the Presidente Mitre, once seized briefly in a dispute with Britain. Nicholas Mihanovich rose from a penniless Austrian sailor to found Argentina’s largest navigation firm over 23 years.
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Buenos Aires
Mihanovich Steamship Line
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Dosero Brothers
United States
Mihanovich Line
Presidente Mitre
Great Britain
Argentina
Vnty
Nicholas Mihanovich
Paraguay
Divorces Sought After Short Married Life
A southern man seeks a divorce from the minister who tied him in marriage three weeks prior. The minister cannot grant divorces, while the husband insists his wife Liza is worse than he was promised. The exchange highlights a troubled interracial marriage scene.
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Darkie
East Side Youth Seeks Enlistment for Cowboy Sweetheart
A young East Side man plans to enlist after his Polish girlfriend vows to marry only a man in a United States uniform. The pair hope to wed once he completes training and serves.
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East Side
United States
Estate administrator notice for Mason A Kellam
Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Mason A Kellam late of Guilford county North Carolina this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at his home Greensboro N C Route No 7 on or before the 28th day of September 1918 or this notice will be pleaded and bar recovery All persons indebted to said estate will please make payment Adm of M A Kellam Deceased This the 28th day of September 1917 Take This for Chills fever Malaria For a malarial condition with chills fevers and sweats take Foley's King of Malaria Chill Tonic It combines the virtues of quinine without its unpleasant taste with strong purifying and tonic properties of fron It gives appetite strength and vital energy Try it Mann Drug Co
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Mason A. Kellam
Guilford County
North Carolina
Greensboro
N. C
Mann Drug Co
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