Elba’s Iron Ore Mines Boost War Effort
A correspondent notes Elba’s iron mines gain strategic value amid war, supplying ore to Italian munition factories. The Genoa Rome Express carries workers and soldiers ashore, with Piombino’s freight facilities expanding to handle Elba ore. Napoleon’s name fades as war work dominates island life.
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Island
Elba
Italy
United States
Rome
Blue Island
Piombino
Campiglia
Campigia
Napoleon
Ville San Martino
War Prophecy Realized Through Food War Economics
The Atlantic cites Ver non Kellogg tracing modern warfare to famine and economic collapse. It argues the food problem now drives the war, with massive casualties and munition use, eclipsing traditional combat in shaping outcomes.
Illiteracy Rates Across Europe Before the War
An analysis compares illiteracy in Austria Hungary England Scotland France Portugal and Spain using varied bases such as population over ages or marriage counts. The study notes differing methods and defines illiteracy as the inability to write one’s language unless otherwise stated.
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France
England
Spain
Portugal
Austria-Hungary
Scotland
Austria
England and Wales
Hungary
Dice Puppeteer at Y M C A Barracks Prank
A Southerner asked an attendant at Y M C A No. 21 for di es jokingly asking for dice used in gambling. The attendant explained no dice are supplied. The man then asked for boxing gloves to borrow, promising to return them, before marching toward his barracks.
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Boston Globe
Lumping Them Off
A small girl tired from a day of play asks for a general blessing for the whole family and friends in her evening prayers. The Echo prints the quaint request as a charming closure to the day.
Married in California Christmas Eve Wedding Report
The note from San Diego describes a Christmas Eve wedding at 4015 Front Street to Sergeant C C Nims of Company B 115th Engineers and Miss Bess Nicholas of Tacoma Washington. Rev John Beery officiated in a festively decorated setting with pine holly bells and a Christmas tree. Attendants were Miss Helen Converse and George Converse of Company B.
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N. V. Converse
Front Street
C. C. Nims
One Hundred and Fifteenth Regiment, Engineers
Bess Nicholas
Tacoma Washington
John E. Beery
Mission Hills
M. EF
Helen Converse
George Converse
Company B
Cone
Disappointing Scenic Theater Showing in Leavenworth
Gene Stratton Porter’s Freckles received a poorly produced stage version at the Scenic Theater last Wednesday evening. Critics say the cast was lacking though scenery impressed. local talent and competent criticism were both missing, leaving an audience dissatisfied with the song play.
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Gene Stratton
Porter
Leavenworth
SS Ss
Miss Margaret Wilson Aids Red Cross Fundos
Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of President Wilson lent support to Red Cross funds by singing at multiple entertainments boosting charitable efforts hosted during wartime.
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Margaret Wilson
President Wilson
Red Cross
Boy climbs telephone pole to dodge switch
A father planned punishment for his son and went to fetch a switch. The boy disappeared, later revealed to have climbed a telephone pole and remained safe. A neighbor pointed him out. The boy agreed to come down after declaring peace, with a promise of a tougher whipping next time to compensate.
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Indianapolis
Elks Discuss Forming Local Antlers Club
About fifty Elks met at the Masonic Temple to consider creating a local Antlers Club and advancing community benefit. L O Taylor Jr urged immediate action and a follow up meeting was set for Wednesday Jan 30 at the Great Northern Lumber Co Club House to plan fundraising and formation. The evening featured a supper and a musical dessert by local talent.
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Masonic Temple
Elks
Urge Building of Tunnel Through Cascade Mountains
H W Soderling secretary of the Wenatchee Commercial club urged immediate construction of the Chittenden tunnel as a military measure. He called the project feasible financially and engineering wise and said it would benefit Puget Sound and regions east of the Cascades by enabling rail connections on a water level grade. He noted wartime road tie ups and anticipated railroad preparations for postwar completion. The Washington district foreign trade exceeds San Francisco by about 90 million dollars.
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Chittenden
Cascade Mountains
H. W. Soderling
Spokane Lawyer Pens Second Novel After Censor Review
A Spokane lawyer has written a second novel while praising the campaign style. He suggests the effort is strenuous but continues writing another. A Newark silk stocking factory faces picketing as unfair to organized labor amid government takeovers of Dorset factories.
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Spokane
Newark N.J
Two by Four Burg Stroller Notes and Local Oddities
The Stroller shares quirky items from New York to New Orleans. A Wenatchee apples shipment to Louisiana caused a scare over unpaid express charges. Nat Goodwin may marry a Leavenworth girl. Blunt remarks about Irish extinction in 1971 circulate as statistics. A New Jersey man jailed for attempting a kiss and draft nonregistration prompts curiosity. In New Orleans four wives acquitted of murder in four months. An Irishman dies from excessive ice water drinking in London. The Stroller closes with a quip on a city called a two by four burg.
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London
Hair and Scalp Remedy Claim Promises Health and Shine
The product is offered with a guaranteed promise to improve hair and scalp health and glossiness or a money back. It is described as a reliable remedy to restore condition, cleanse, stimulate, and invigorate the hair and scalp.
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M. Bloch
Vernon Kellogg
Atlantic
California
Elizabeth Nicholas
San Diego
Washington District
San Francisco
Dorset
Wisconsin
New York
Stock Exchange
Usavenororth
O. Henry
Yaptown-on-the-Hudson
Wenatchee Valley
Louisiana
Nat Goodwin
Broadway
Leavenworth, Wash
Accounting Department
Big Mill
Jimmy
New Jersey
New Orleans
Rudyard Kipling
Rexall
Rexall “93” Hair Tonic
Wheeler’s Drug Store
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