Dutch Frontier Guarded by 190 Miles of Fence and Sentries
An American observer describes Maastricht near the Belgian border during the early stages of World War I. He details frontier barriers, passes, and the heavy guard as German forces threaten Liege and advance through Belgium. Refugees pour into Maastricht as the war reshapes daily life and local sentiment.
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Liege
Belgium
Maastricht
Meuse
Jiuteh
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
the Hague
England
Vise
Women Learn War Game on Free Rifle Range at Winthrop
Women at the Winthrop free rifle range train to defend their country with Mrs. 2. M. Botto noted as a steady shot. The piece also describes Belgian and Dutch frontier defenses along the Meuse and Limburg, including fences, patrols, and fortified bridges near Maastricht and Roermond.
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Winthrop. Md
2. M. Botto
Maastricht
Belgium
Limburg
Netherlands
Westchester
Meuse
Germany
Zuyder Zee
Holland
Utrecht
Vosges
Amsterdam
Antwerp
Roermond
Aachen
Airy Roller Bird Performs Circus Tricks for Mate
A beaked performer from Africa, nicknamed the roller, dazzles with aerial flips and dives. He climbs high, tumbles midair, then glides to his perched mate, courting with acrobatic charm.
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Roller
Africa
Tower vaults modernized at London Tower
Historic dungeons opened to the public for sixpence as the keeper’s dungeons gain electric lighting and whitewash the site. The contrast between tradition and modernization dulls the aura of the ancient cellars. In Helena Montana George T. Stowell, 97, dies of pneumonia after a life free of alcohol and only one birthday smoke.
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London
Billings
Mont
George T. Stowell
Montana
Helena
Isis
Largest electrical range installed at Warren Springs hospital
The world’s largest electrical range is in the State hospital at Warren Springs Montana. It cooks meals daily for about 1500 people and demonstrates the facility’s capacity to handle large-scale food preparation.
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State Hospital
Warren Springs
Montana
Plant Iris Under Lilacs For A Pleasing Spring Display
The article suggests planting Rosa setigera in front of elderberries to create pink and white contrast, notes forsythias as early bloomers, and recommends bluebells under forsythia and German iris under lilacs to avoid bare bases. It highlights color harmony and a pleasing mingling of blossoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Magazine
Music dentistry alliance reported in New York
Dr John B Senesac originates idea to ease pain by playing music during dental visits. His assistant Clarence Senna plays piano as patients choose classical or ragtime. The approach reduces anxiety and aims to build a reputation for painless dentistry.
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New York
John B. Senesac
Clarence Senna
Dector Jenesac
Baby Grand
Engraving on Old Nut Piece From Virginia Mystery
Miss Mary Hook owns a hickory nut engraved by pocketknife in 1831. The initials W K and the date 1731 appear with images of a nut tree hog cormorant fox eagle and a squirrel. The work by ancestor William Kendrick a civil engineer and school teacher. Virginia. Alpharetta correspondence New York World.
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Mary Hook
William Kendrick
W. K
Virginia
Alphretta
New York World
French Steel Helmets Seen Cutting War Mortality
Doctor Roussy at the Paris Academy of Medicine shows a steel helmet with a long rent from a German bullet at 200 yards. He argues modern steel breastplates could be issued to troops in trenches, noting the helmet saved a soldier from fatal injury and only caused a minor scalp contusion.
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Academy of Medicine
Paris
Roussy
Pearls of Glass Imitation Pearls Described
Clever imitation pearls are made by filling thin glass bulbs with a fish scale nacre solution or by coating the bulb interiors with a ten percent solution and adding sodium phosphate before slow drying. The imitations resemble genuine pearls but can be detected by the sealed bulb ends.
Unpopularity Drives Big Box Office For Baseball Giants
Unpopularity is profitable in baseball as fans’ disfavor toward John J. McGraw and Frank Chance once boosted gate receipts. While McGraw faced loathing in Chicago and Pittsburgh, the Giants benefited as his appeal shifted, and Chance drew crowds at the Polo Grounds. A revival of old biases in Chicago and New York could lift attendance again, says the piece.
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John J. McGraw
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Giants
Frank Leroy Chance
New York
Polo Grounds
Cub Outfit
Charles G. Williams
McGraw
Tinker
Refuses to be counted out Eddie Plank vows long career
Eddie Plank, longtime rival of the Tigers, declares he plans to pitch until age forty five. He says he has never had a sore arm and will stay in the big leagues for five more years, insisting pitching is a studied job requiring a mix of fast balls and curves. He emphasizes control and the need to outwit batters.
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Eddie Plank
Tigers
Baseball Notes Hint at Early Season Moves and Trades
Hap Felsch shows good form for ball handling as Tigers pitchers struggle with readiness. Cleveland releases Nick Carter to Indianapolis. Pat Collins sent to Beaumont. Boelzle traded to Duluth via Quincy for R. J. Baker. Baseballs price rise means fouled balls cost two game tickets. Bemis signs with Utica. Herman Bronkie quits baseball. Compton adds Muskegon pitching hopes. Thorpe switches clubs while Leach misses McGraw promise.
Betting on Baseball Race in St Louis Pool
In a club baseball pool auctioned at a dinner in St. Louis the Browns sold first to President Phil Ball for 725 dollars but were knocked down to him as first choice. The Red Sox, designated second choice, sold for 850 dollars to Judge George Williams, longtime St. Louis American League club attorney. The bidding sequence also listed the New Yorks White Sox Tigers Washington with the Athletics and Indians as the field.
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St. Louis
Red Sox
St. Louis Browns
Phil Ball
George Williams
New Yorks
White Sox
Tigers
Washington
Athletics
Indians
Cardinals Fortunate with Catcher Prospects This Season
The St. Louis Nationals have produced star catchers like Ivy Wingo and Frank Snyder. Jack Roche's arm failed, and manager Huggins now has Tony Brot tem as a capable backstop with size range a strong throwing arm and quick release.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Tony Brottem
Cardinals
Ivy Wingo
Frank Snyder
St. Louis Nationals
Jack Roche
Huggins
Brottem
Ensign Cottrell Quits Baseball For Engineering Studies
Ensign Cottrell, former pitcher with the Boston Braves during their pennant year and later with the Pittsburgh and Chicago Nationals the New York and Philadelphia Americans and the Baltimore and Richmond Internationals, has left baseball to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is pursuing an engineer's degree with special courses.
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Ensign Cottrell
Boston Braves
Pittsburgh
Chicago Nationals
New York
Philadelphia Amer
Icans
Baltimore
McIntyre criticizes Cubs as weak and third-rate
Harry McIntyre, ex Brooklyns and Cubs player, says the Cubs lack first class championship players besides Saier and Zimmerman. He alleges Tinker is weak at second base and in the outfield and doubts his claim that the Federals could be a major league, predicting the team will finish in the second division.
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Harry McIntyre
Brooklyns
Cubs
Tinker
Saier
Zimmerman
Federals
Tris Speaker Salary Figures Under Review
Tris Speaker began his baseball career earning 65 dollars a month. Last year his pay totaled 17500 dollars, a amount that equals a third more than his daily salary of 65 dollars.
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Tris Speaker
No-Hit Dream Ends As Hughey Jennings Breaks Clarkson Spell
The 1892 Boston Nationals pitcher John G Clarkson courted a no-hit game against Louisville with 26 batters retired. Hughey Jennings broke the bid with a clean single on the first pitch he faced in the ninth, ending the no-hitter in dramatic fashion and preserving Jennings’ long baseball career.
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John G. Clarkson
Wizard of
Boston Nationals
Louisville
Clarkson
Hughey Jennings
Hugh A. Jennings
Hughey
Nap Lajoie Greatest Slugger Says Legendary Peers
Herman Schaefer recounts Nap Lajoie as the greatest batter ever, despite Lajoie’s modest speed. He recalls Lajoie’s .422 batting average and a famed Cleveland home run when Rube Summers pitched around him. Schaefer contrasts Cobb’s speed with Lajoie’s eye and power.
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Ed Delehanty
Ty Cobb
Bennie Kauff
Herman Schaefer
Napoleon Lajoie
Cleveland
Detroit
Rube Summers
Games for Spring 1917 Bring Tigers and Giants Series
Attendance at an inter league exhibition in Texas spurs a seven game series for next spring. The Tigers and Giants will play in Dallas on March 26 with about four thousand paying at the gate. Tigers to train at Waxahatchie again as part of the arrangement.
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Texas
Hugh Jennings
John McGraw
Tigers
Giants
Dallas
Waxahatchie
Bender Named to Philadelphia Strategy Board
Pat Moran appoints Chief Bender to the Philadelphia strategy board and he will coach on the lines as he did for Connie Mack. Connie Mack praises Bender as the smartest ball player to wear a uniform.
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Bender
Philly
Pat Moran
Connie Mack
Connie
Moran
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