Living Through Bolshevik Battle in Moscow Hotel
A letter from Mrs Elele Meserve recounts eight days under bombardment at the Hotel National in Moscow during November 1917. She describes rats in the cellar, windows shattered, walls torn by shells, and Red Cross aid as Bolsheviks and cadets fought for control. The hotel later suffered major damage before Bolsheviks were defeated and the family moved toward home.
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Seattle
Wash
Jude
Mowcow
Mussin
Elele Meserve
Thin City
Tsu
Barry Meserve
National City Bank of New York
Petrograd
Moscow
Tiberita
Hotel National
Rate
Hotel d'Europe
Pee Frogend
Labor turmoil in Brunswick faces martial law crackdown
Details from the German Metal Workers Journal describe Brunswick workers lured into protest, then punished under martial law. The authorities jailed thousands, deployed a military court, and enforced strict conditions, while families faced hardship as strikes and demands for food, eight hour days, and free assembly were halted.
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Amsterdam
Gerrman
Atria
Germany
German Metal Workers
Brunswick
Tix
Brunawick
Trnmers
Metal Workers’ Union
London
Pavla
Petrograd
Fearful Teacher Shortage Hits Normal Schools
A professor warns that a nationwide teacher famine slows enrollment in normal schools and may trigger a crisis. Reports from multiple regions describe shortages, resignations, and a looming struggle to staff public schools as veterans return from war and training efforts falter.
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Yoo Public Echoo
Doctor Allen
Eleteen
Philadelphia
Caxton
Easter Festivals In Spanish Cities Across Holy Week
The piece describes Easter celebrations in Fontarabla and Seville, noting processions, sacred images, and the deep religious fervor. It contrasts Spanish Holy Week rites with symbols from Rome, Petrograd, and Venice, and mentions food customs such as blessed baskets and a central lamb dish, reflecting tradition and wartime context.
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Christ
Fontarabla
Spain
Seville
Hunter
Rome
Petrograd
Venice
Spanish Peninsula
Mary Magdalene
Poland
Tetsow
Cloge
Germany
Turkey
Unite States
Easter Dove Procession in Florence City Pageant
In Florence at Easter a huge black cart garlanded with flowers and fireworks is drawn by white oxen to the Cathedral square. A rope from the cart to a pole in the Duomo holds a white plaster dove that ignites a fiery tail at noon. The dove travels the rope and returns to the perch as explosions erupt. Peasants watch keenly for signs of future weather, hoping for a warm summer if the dove moves smoothly.
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Florence
Gould
Godfrey de Bouillon
Jerusalem
Europe
Duomo
Above age limit yet enlists as U S guard
An 1886 era fragment notes a man beyond the normal age enlisting in the United States Guard or militia. It mentions Custer era times and a son in aviation service, with a tone of pride over his health and fitness despite age limits.
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U. S. Guard
Springfeld
Amd
Tayardis
United States Guarde
Custer
St Beth Bie
Allleere
Athens
Lande
Aviation
Sevdoa
Deer Hunter Arrest Follows Nears Home Feeding Spot
In Colchester New York a deer approached a woman’s food near her home prompting Andrew Delwanwe Delawmater to use a firearm. He was arrested after the incident and charged by a local warden with a $150 fine or reward related to the hunter’s actions.
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Colchester
Andrew Delwanwe
Dauline Phillipe
Delamater
All Had Faith in Eternal Life in Past and Present Belief
The text reflects a universal longing for immortality across ages. It notes varied views of the future life from fantastical to sublime and asserts that people from sages to common folk have always held some form of faith in life after death.
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Sanity
Almere
Day of Victory in Easter Reverie and Resurrection
A fragmented passage honors Easter as a triumph of good over evil and hints at resurrection. It reflects on victory, mastery, and the fleeting ascent of death, framing the day as a symbolic commemoration of renewal.
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Sereor
Common Easter Bellete and Lamb Lore
A compact reading notes Easter superstition about new clothes bringing luck, and the belief that seeing a lamb at dawn signals good fortune. It mentions the devil disguising as a lamb or dove, reflecting popular folk notions.
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Buster
Finest Weather in Tropics Amid Strange Malayan Fauna
The piece describes idyllic tropical days with sun and variable winds, noting distant waterfalls and shifting air patterns. It evokes exploration of Malayan beasts and birds, the heat rising from hot field walls, and a continual reawakening to lush surroundings as explorer Willan Bee Be, likely a fictional narrator, records the scene.
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Drst
Theoewes
Willan
Fragmentary notes on perfumery ingredients and mixing
The text describes a botched or incomplete process for creating a perfume extract. It mentions the delicate hellotrope and the miroir of vanilla combined with bitter dininnoid, with added tincture of vinta and otto of bitter almonds and orange essence to attempt an extract of hellotrope.
Palestine Vegetation List Cited in Beefprwees Record
Fragmentary note outlines vegetation in Palestine including olive branches and myrtle. Text mentions mounts, pine urninelios and myrtle branches with unclear references and place names. The readable elements suggest a historical catalog of plant types tied to a local levantine setting.
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Palestine
Poor Thing Miss Mertie The Thinks She Is Handsome
A fragment notes Miss Mertie Wasp thinks herself handsome, mentioning Ming Warm Yeu and a waist described as out of style, reflecting playful vintage phrasing.
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Mertie
Wasp
Handsoue
Ming Warm —Yeu
Fragmentary Speech Reveals Conflicting Doubts
A garbled text fragment presents unclear dialogue about advantage and truth. Names, places, and concrete facts are not discernible, leaving readers with a puzzling snippet lacking coherent context or outcome.
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Seattlé
Cadete
Red Cross
Bolshoviki
Labor Journal
Tella
Special Military Court
Wielsimment
Eltideen
Tahoe
United States
Dr. Wine I
Allen
Gel Bern
Eden
Love
Paradise
W., Tm Songs of Light and
Fontarabia
Earluniveness
Mall of
Calvary
Mallerman
Boyd Park
Salt Lake City
Mountain States
Forter-Walton Co
Salt Lake City, Utah
Soneentas
Salt Lake Stamp Co
Wiles
Utah Nursery CO
Kearns
Mulcks
Oldimebley
Funn Tight Iron
Ured Cay
Randall-Dodd Auto Co
Ssit
Lake City
Tropics
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