Secret Services Across Nations and Intelligence Tactics
An analysis comparing German and Russian secret services with British systems. It notes Germany’s centralized, comprehensive intelligence network versus English fragmentation. The piece discusses agents, methods, and the need for reorganizing Britain’s naval and military intelligence to match continental practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Russia
Ngland
Sooty
Puvic
Rusaia
Sysni
Brian-Lefevre
Parclara
Shaw-Lefevre
Friends of
Usstin Freedom
Useras
Rusan
Centralia
Baluchistan
Persia
India
Elf
Great Britain
Beland Rusa
Germany
Unite Kingdom
Tan General Staff
Uedom
England
Key
Lish Elds
Gerneccret
Foreign Office
Brance
Mashoda
Admiralty
Mily Intelicence Department
Desert Strangler Haunts Mojave With Eleven Found Dead
A desert mystery reports eleven victims in the Mojave over forty days. The killer known as The Strangler leaves rope marks on the necks and robs the slain. Prospectors John Carmen and Andrew Frotham are identified among the dead near Duggoet, suggesting possible multiple assailants or a gang preying on travelers.
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Mojave
Harmon
India
John Carmen
Andrew Frotham
San Bernardino
Duggoet
Carmen
Frotham
Indian Name Change Plan Targets Native Surnames Reform
Washington reports the Interior Department orders all Indian allotting agents and teachers to standardize family names for citizens. Names deemed vulgar or uncouth such as Tobacco Mogul and Coffee will be replaced, while original Indian names should be retained where feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commissioner Jones
Garland
United States
Indiana
Interior Department
Anadarko
Mr. Jones
Hogs Unprofitable as Packers Limit Purchases
Live Stock World notes Packers will not pay higher for hogs. Prices around $7 are cited as too dear, with light receipts causing market fluctuations. Analysts expect possible 50 cent drop yet hogs to stay pricey, while sellers anticipate continued high values amid tight supply.
Chorus Girl Seeks Vaudeville Sketch in Kansas City
The chorus girl proposes a two person musical sketch for vaudeville, detailing a stranded actress heiress plot with hotel cutoffs and a gas problem. She explains rivalries with other girls, a Paris education, and a suitor suspected of fraud, while outlining character bits and punch lines for the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray L. McCardell
Kansas City Times
Amy de Branscombe
Amy
Paris
Altoona
Peruna praised by Ottawa woman for health boost
Miss Della Janveau of Globe Hotel Ottawa writes that after blood and digestion problems she tried Peruna from Columbus Ohio and within three weeks felt renewed appetite and energy. Adia and Adin Brittain of Sekitan and Ohio report relief from stomach heaviness bilious spells and fainting. Dr Hartman offers free medical advice via the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus.
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Della Janveau
Globe Hotel
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna
Adia Brittain
Sekitan, O
Adin Brittain
Vaudeville Sketch Dialogued About Stage Chicanery
A long dialogue describes an aspiring star and partner negotiating a vaudeville sketch. The female lead explains desired roles, billing, songs, and stunts while the male partner proposes acts and a plan to share earnings. The passage ends with a plug for the Klean Kool Kitchen stove trade mark as a separate aside.
No Children Allowed Views from Plat Jani tors Union
A garbled telegram fragment jokes about a proposed family size increase and hints at union opinions while mocking career ambitions with suggestive wordplay. The readable portion cites the Plat Jani tors union and a policy stance on family size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Telegram
Plat Janitors’ Union
Free Homesteads and Water Abundance Promoted
The notice advertises 160 acre free homesteads with water fuel and fertile soil. It mentions affordable building materials, pasture, hay, and a mild climate offering reliable growth. It directs readers to contact the Superintendent of Immigration in Ottawa or offices in St Paul Omaha for certificates and rates.
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Surry
Hood Gyaas
Au Atica
Super Intendent of Immigration
Ottawa
Canada
Tadlolmes
Jackson Bt
St. Paul, Minn W
Notign
Nork Lite
Omaha
Nebstertown
Ds Thorakots
de Gevernment Aes
Canadian Homesteading Prospects in Western Canada Draws Settlers
A Stirling Alberta letter from M Pickrell to a Canadian Government agent extols Western Canada as a healthy climate with mild winters, vast yields, and high farm values. He praises crops near Edmonton and Raymond, cites large oat and wheat yields, sugar beet factory plans, and strong stock farming potential. He urges southern farmers to relocate, noting examples of rapid personal wealth and home opportunities.
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Canada
Stirling
Alberta
Free Homestead Lands
M. Pickrell
Beechwood
Western
Terra Firma
Edmonton
St. Albert
Raymond
Lethbridge
Lacombe
Wetask Twin
Halmonton
Ponoka
Wetaskhwin
Manitoba
Luecombe
Wetaskiwin
States
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Emden
Kiel
Dai Winden
New York
Gor
Washington Star
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Ae Hartman Sanitarium
Miss Della
Janveau
St. Jacobs Oil
Iano
HAWKS
Anatoma
Canyon
Yosecreu
Ero Malle
Chicager
Western Canada
Osnade
Bronx City
Blous City
Tador Liste
Sloux City P'T
San Francisco
Cal
Lowiaville
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