Lanyon's Prison Past Tests a Forgiving Boss
Lan yon plans a vacation with twenty one thousand dollars saved for his mother in Maine. Facing a prison past and a theft from Dwyer, he fears capture in Jersey City. Dwyer reveals a shared history, forgives him, and urges return to Maine before resuming work.
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Lanyon
Maine
Lower Broadway
Berrian
Dwyer
Freddie
Trujillo
Honduras
Fred
Republic of Honduras
Jersey City
Death by own action said to astrologers
A Calcutta inquest hears a Bengali student died by suicide after illness and failed exams. His father cites communications with astrologers in India and abroad whose wild predictions worsened his despair. An English astrologer foretold fame for famous figures. an Indian one promised he would pass with distinction.
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Calcutta
India
Faim
Goethe
Lafayette
Rooting Geraniums in Water for Quick Hopeful Roots
An amateur grower learns the fastest rooting method by placing slips of geraniums and nasturtiums in a sunny window glass of water. Roots begin within a few days and can be transplanted once established.
Life of Spy Tales from Frontline Counter spies in war zones
A wartime reporter recounts ruthless on the spot trials of captured German spies and French counter spying efforts near Paris and the Belgian front. It describes methods, executions, and notable cases of spies posing as priests and farmers, plus a Bavarian lieutenant masquerading in the Paris war office.
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London
Paris
von Kluck
Hessian Hussars
Joseph Habig
War Department
Leutenant
Prohibition Tightens Across Petrograd After Storm
Thousands endure a driving snow as liquor shops close under martial law. The final prohibition extends to all alcoholic drinks in the empire, following two prior curbs on vodka. Cities such as Odessa, Warsaw, Moscow, and others are affected in this broad crackdown.
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Petrograd
Apucien
Empire
Odesss
Warsaw
Moe Pee
Sisak
Sey
Goats Used as Spy Signal in World War I Case
In Chalons sur Marne a French court martial sentenced Alfred Durot to death for treason. A German bombardment targeted Puiseulx near Reims while a shepherd fed five white goats, trained by occupiers as signals to reveal French gun positions, exposing the hidden spy plot.
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Puiseulx
Durot
High Price for Matches at the Front
London dispatch reports matches are scarce at the front with an officer from the Second Sherwood Foresters paying 2.50 for a single match.
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London
Second
Sherwood Foresters
Berlin shopkeeper posts 30000 mark pledge for first landing
A Breslau shopkeeper advertises a 30000 mark prize to the German soldier who first lands in England. The bold window notice ties national pride to a bold wartime boast amid growing war rhetoric.
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Berlin
Breslau
England
Estimate of a French officer on German advance and peace dates
The Daily Mail highlights an unnamed distinguished French officer who says the Germans will not be driven back over the Rhine before February 1916 and that peace will not be achieved before 1917. The source notes the officer cannot be named.
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Zondon
The
Daily Mail
Sas
Rhine
Pigs Aloft to Panama In Taxi Ride and Livery Stable
A Panama banker Ramon Arias traveled to New York with six young pigs, asking a hotel to care for them. Unable to find lodging for swine, the porter and a livery stable owner partitioned a stall for boarding. The pigs, bought at West Washington market, will be shipped to Arias’s Panama farm, with daily board costs and a custom crate for the voyage.
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Wolcott
New York Times
George Dunn
Ramon Arias
Panama
United States
Senor Arias
Dunn
Washington
Elidia Rescued From Sinking by Northwestern at Port Gardner
In Port Gardner a purse seine boat Elidia nearly swamped by a massive chum salmon haul. The Northwestern towed and bailed the Elidia, transferring much of the catch as both boats carried the load. A historic fall run began with a huge quantity of fish in the net.
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Elidia
Port Gardner
Northwestern
Everett
Wash
Seattle Post
Intelligencer
The Miserly Hermit of Misery Grove Speaks
A seventy-year-old recluse in Misery Grove reflects on a life of loves and misadventures. He explains his solitary, charitable existence, his past romances with many women, his stern father’s medical ambitions, and the irony of his nickname while insisting he remains content with frugality and aid to widows.
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Rhine
Peter
Cain
Abel
Sand Hill
Misery Grove
Artificial daylight by gas mantle invention described
A European announcement describes a screen used with an inverted incandescent mantle to produce artificial daylight. The device uses a whitened box, a domelike reflector, and two glass plates chosen to imitate natural north daylight.
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Henry E. Ives
Europe
Louisville hosts last Democratic convention bid
Ollie James of Kentucky praises Louisville for welcoming delegates with no need for beds in the crowded city. He jokes that visitors would have such a good time they would not think of sleeping. The exchange contrasts a Denver protest and James’s statewide patriotism.
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Ollie James
Kentucky
Louisville
James
Denver
War Wounds and Oxford Hospital Mortality
Doctor Osler says war carnage is lower than feared with 800 wounded at Oxford hospital and only one death from lockjaw. He credits antiseptic field care and high speed bullets for low mortality, notes no wounds from dumdum bullets, and mentions surgeons agreeing.
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Osler
Oxford
Switzerland Seeks New National Hymn To Replace Rufst Du
Switzerland considers adopting a new national hymn to replace Rufst du Mein Vaterland currently sung to My Country Tis of Thee and God Save the King. It reports a potential replacement beginning Heil dir Mein Schweizerland but it is unclear if the tune remains or a new one is created.
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Switzerland
Vaterland
Schweizerland
Carnegie Hero Fund Eligibility Clarified for North America
The Carnegie Hero Fund covers acts in the United States and Canada including Newfound land and adjacent waters, applying within specified years of the act date. Details outline geographic scope and time limits for eligibility.
When Iceland Went Dry
The Icelandic parliament banned the import and sale of intoxicating liquors two years ago. Consuls in Reykjavik protested as a diplomatic rights issue. A concession allowed import of beer wine and spirits for on premises use up to 800 liters annually per consul, in one consignment, benefiting France and Norway only. Other Icelandic consuls remain excluded and unpaid.
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Iceland
Reykjavik
France
Norway
No Whispering Rule Leads to Literal Hearing
A little girl learns the church rule against whispering and promises to obey. During a brief service with Auntie, the child treats the rule as literal and asks why they came to hear this “before last week,” highlighting naive humor in a church setting.
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Beosd
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U. S
S. Jason
New York
America
Morne
Panema
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