Red Rose Girl in Wartime London Ontario Romance
War era tale follows Private Snelling of the Eighteenth Western Ontario battalion in France and London Ontario as a nurselike romance unfolds. A Red Rose Girl sets a symbolic beacon for return and resolve amid battles and a wounded soldier’s quest to find her.
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London
Canade
France
Canadea
Prange
Ontario
Stanley Bnelling
Eighteenth Western Ontario Battalion
Awung Wong
St. Dot
Canpen
Eighteenth Ontario
Theo
Iytog
Boeiling
Gerces
Ypres
Mando
Snelling
Canala
Ont
Tve
Carsiyn
New Paris
Kidnapped Boy Reunited With Long-Lost Mother in Portland
Ralph Stewart, now nineteen, was separated from his mother a month after birth when his father placed him in a public home. His search, coordinated by Portland Juvenile Court under William Spencer, led to a clue tracing the mother to Rockport, Washington, where Mrs. F. J. Melville was found and the reunion occurred.
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Portland
Ore
Ralph Stewart
Thin City
Stewart
William Spencer
Spencer
Rockport
Wanh
Mra F. J. Melville
Liberty air engine tests simulate high altitude conditions
The United States Bureau of Standards builds a reinforced concrete chamber to reproduce 20 000 foot air density and temperature. It will test new Liberty air engines under thinning air, regulate pressure with an intake valve, and measure performance with an external generator and observation windows.
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Washington
Bureau of Standards
America
Bureau
Engin
Bureau Planne
France
Bureau of Standarde Experta
Seyond
Pendleton Holds Sheriff Eds Capture of Virginia Murder Suspect
Sheriff Bud Edwards arrived in Pendleton to take Logan Vernon alias J. R. Rash into custody for a Virginia carp murder 11 years past. Rash evaded authorities until his arrest here. Edwards bears a bullet scar from the Allen tragedy courtroom fight that left a judge, sheriff, prosecutor, and two jurors dead after Floyd and Sidney Allen and associates attacked officials.
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Pendleton, Ore
Bud Edwarts
Carroll County
Allen
Pendleton
Logan Vernon
J. R. Rash
Virginia
Floyd
Sidney Allen
Edwards Ix Anid
Floyd Allen
Little Boy Saves Child in Well Rescue at Depere
Lawrence Kidney, four, rescued two year old Robert Van Gemert from a drowning well. While brothers played near a deep well, Robert fell in. Lawrence warned his brother not to delay and grabbed the child by the hand, pulling him to safety amid mud and water.
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Depere
Wis
Lawrence Kidney
William Kidney
West Depers
Robert van Gemert
Lawrence
Robert
Kidney
Ukulele Wins Heart but Ends in Tragedy in West
A man named Joseph Gonsalves arrived from the West with a ukulele that enchanted Rosie Brien but failed to win her heart. The song drew Hoale away, and a search led police to an apartment where the lovers were found too late. The pale were married.
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Rosie Brien
Joseph Gonsalves
Hoale
Hema
Gonsalves
Howse
Pale
Long Island work on New York archdiocese mausoleum
Melvyn Beatrice Wilton spent eight summers at Calvary Cemetery applying sculptural and mural work to Cardinal Farley’s mortuary chapel and mausoleum. The Byzantine style structure sits atop the cemetery’s highest point with views of the city and Long Island Sound. Built of blue Indiana limestone, the project is valued at about a half a million dollars.
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Mins Melvyn
Beatrice Wilton Hie
Calvary Cemetery
New York City
Cardinal Farley
New York
Indiana
Bin Man's Death Delays Funeral in Houston
John Lewie Ingram, an 86 pound bin man, died after three days of illness. His funeral was postponed as the undertaker lacked a coffin large enough for him. He is survived by his widow and brother. Ingram traveled by buggy built for him, and his chairs and home furnishings were specially made.
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Houston
Tex
John Lewie Ingram
Ingram
Bin
Howe
Patriotic Hens Grow War Garden in Rhode Island Estate
A Rhode Island farmer claims patriotic hens tended a war garden producing 34 potatoes from peels that the birds planted themselves. The largest potato weighed 17 ounces and 16 ounces followed, with the birds helping weed and feed the scraps to themselves.
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Manel
Ooe
Arnold
Parka
Germany’s War Linen Shortage Bites Hotels and Clothes
Berlin reports severe textile scarcities from the war. Hotels and restaurants cannot use table cloths or offer multiple towels daily. Bed linens must last seven days, and after October 15 underclothes permits will be limited to owners of three shirts and two sets. Nightwear production will cease.
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Berlin
Vowsische Zeitung
Surgeon helps Atchison youth rejoin national guard
Ben Byrne of Atchison underwent a major operation to qualify for the army after failing the physical earlier. He left Atchison hospital for treatment in Hiawatha, returned disappointed, then chose to recover and try again to enlist with Company F, Kansas National Guard.
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Atchison, Kan
Ben Byrne
Atchison
Army
Atchison Hospital
Byrne
Hiawatha
Company F
Kansas National Guard
Fisherman Hooks Four Foot Shark Off New Jersey Trip
Reading physician Dr. D G Long had a narrow escape when a four foot shark bit his clothing aboard a boat at Fortesque New Jersey. His companions Charles Cole and Felix Oehring killed the shark by severing its head before it could strike again.
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Reading
D. G. Long
Fortesque
N. J
Charles Cole
Felix
Oehring
Arabs Vow Revolt Over Turkish Officer’s Death
Reports from Cairo say Arab tribes growl at Ottoman rule after Abitah Kader, a Turkish officer commanding an Arab contingent, shot a lieutenant who failed to salute during prayer. Arabs call the act unfit for a holy war and threaten defections.
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Cairo
Turkey
Abitah Kader
War Gardeners and a Wartime Home Front Love Story
Fred and Laura endure war era strain as their bungalow loses color to dull upkeep. Old Mr Prompter pressures work while Laura regrets recent harshness. a late night kitchen scene reveals affection and hope amid hardship.
Champ Clark Defends Position in Debated Speech
The report notes Champ Clark in a heated exchange with Representative Gillett of Massachusetts over exaggeration during a debate. Clark counters that in his district there is belief that a bird is bound to its subject, reflecting vivid rhetoric in the Washington Star excerpt.
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Champ
Champ Clark
Washington Star
Gillett
Mannmechasetts
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Little Boy
Germany
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RED Cross
Mra
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Ethel Ronnavell
Hae
Ted Croke
Laura
Oret
Fred
Mary Ann
Christman
River Aide
Mr. Prompter
Ange
Prompter
Dina
Laure
Henrie
Clore
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