New Outline Map Of United States Using Lambert Projection
The U S Coast and Geodetic Survey announced a new outline map of the United States on the Lambert conformal conic projection at 1 000000 scale 25 by 32 inches. It uses shore line from the latest charts and marks state boundaries rivers capitals and large cities. The map matches the projection used by Allied armies in France and costs 25 cents.
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United States ‘Coast and Geodetic Survey
United States
France
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Detle
Pacific Coast
Maine
Aew
York
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Praise for Italian Army in Albania by American officer
New York Brig. Gen. George P. Scriven, former signal corps chief, praises Italy’s Albanian gains in Valona, noting its transformation from a squalid fishing village to a key Adriatic port. He recalls Italian roads, docks, and buildings, and credits Italy with securing a naval base and strategic position for the Balkan campaign. Scriven adds he has been awarded the Grand Cross of the Crown of Italy.
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New York
George P. Scriven
Signal Corps
United States Army
Rome
Valonn
Aviona
Albania
London
Italy
Valent
Adriatic
Valona
Penern
Wied
Serlyen
Balkan
Balkans
Volonia
Rulne
Tepelen
Argira-Castro
Preminti
Llascoviki
Santa Quaranta
Porto Palermo
Scriven
Washington
German Mine Field Discovered in China Sea
German charts disclosed a large mine field in the China Sea laid by the German raider Wolff in September. The field stretched about sixty miles long by two miles wide but was set too deep for most ships. Chinese trawlers, under British officers, are removing the mines. one mine floated ashore, killing sixteen Malay islanders who attempted to defuse it.
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Seattle
China Sea
J. B. Gupti
Senator
Orient
Wolff
Burglars Wake Francis Graves With His Watch
Francis Graves woke without an alarm when burglars dropped his watch on the floor overnight in Jerseyville Illinois. The incident prompted local police to investigate the unusual wake up call.
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Jerseyville
Francis Graves
American angel performs life saving amputation abroad
Miss Maria P Kourogen, a Greek heritage Massachusetts General nurse with Red Cross support, used a razor ether and cotton thread to amputate a Greek soldier’s leg on a Macedonian railroad siding. Despite a local doctor’s grim prognosis, the patient survived and later received an artificial leg from the American Red Cross in Athens.
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Drama
Macedonia
Maria P. Kourogen
American Red Cross
Kourogen
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Miss Kouroyen
Our Father's House and the Spirit of the Church
Lesson text outlines Acts and Pauline letters detailing origins of the church at Pentecost, entry conditions into the church, the primitive church portrait, and mutual duties of officers and members. It stresses belief, repentance, baptism, remission of sins, receiving the Holy Spirit, unity, fellowship, shared goods, prayer, praise, and orderly conduct within the church.
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Christ
Peter
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Church of Jesus Christ
Church of Christ
Nature’s Home Remedy Claims Two Century Help
An old advertisement touts Baarlem Oil Capsules as a universal cure for headaches digestion insomnia and urinary trouble. It claims the remedy comes from Holland, promises a money back guarantee, and urges readers to seek the genuine sealed product in drug stores.
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Baarlem
Borntokien
Holland
Eatonic
How This Nervous Woman Got Well
Alice Heuer of Christopher Illinois reports four years of nervousness and weakness ended by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She gained regular cycles and excellent health and says the remedy can cure many female troubles. The ad invites letters to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for guidance.
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Lydia E.pinkham
Alice Heuer
E. Pinkham
Lydia EB. Pinkham
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