Lady Auckland’s Air Route From Society to Workshop
Palm Beach feature profiles Lady Auckland daughter of Colonel Hutton who, after a troubled London life, traveled to America to promote aviation. She and her son ran a flying school and she repaired aircraft in overalls while balancing society life. Her eldest son, a lieutenant, was killed at St Blot near Ypres on March 1, 1915.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Auckland
Lady Auckland
George M. Hutton
C. B
Arkwright
Knauth
Trent
Stock Exchange
Gravenhurst
Marie Antoinette
Lord Auckland
France
Eton
London
Isle of Wight
Dickens
Channel
America
St. Blot
Ypres
Sixtieth Royal Rifles
King George
Military College
Sandhurst
Girl of Gypsy Band Escapes Enslavement in Oakland Tale
Evelyn Mitchell a sixteen year old girl who spent nine years in gypsy bands both in America and Europe escaped captivity and was brought to Montana by Oakland and Montana officials and a Havre teacher. She was sold to the Marino band for two thousand dollars in 1912 and kept in wretched conditions until agencies secured her in California.
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Helena
Mont
Evelyn Mitchell
Montana
M. L. Rickman
State Bureau of Child and Animal Protection
Glacier Park
Georgiana Allen
Havre
Oakland
Cal
H. A. Davee
National Teachers’ Association
Davee
Miss Allen
San Francisco
Astoria
Marino Band
Evelyn
Butte
Donlan
Mary” Mitchell
Gichi
Gichis
Rich
Boys Learn Bachelorhood At Central Academy
In McPherson Kansas a domestic science course attracts a dozen male applicants under instructor Miss Viola Graham. The program covers cooking and sewing and runs for the rest of the school year. Female students urge college men to parties while male students pursue culinary arts.
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McPherson
Kan
Central Academy
Viola Graham
Junk profits in Eugene as carload exports rise
In Eugene Oregon a local junk firm shipped its eleventh carload of salvaged metals to Seattle in eight months. Two men with a rickety wagon collected eleven tons of rubber nine tons of brass and thirteen tons of copper and other metals earning receipts over 23000 dollars.
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Eugene, Ore
Eugene
Seattle
Mrs Asquith and Lady Haig Active In British Politics
London reports Mrs. Asquith and Lady Haig wield influence in public life aiding their husbands rise to high positions. The piece notes Mrs. Asquith's role in wartime policy, her links to German prisoners, and Lord Kitchener’s backing for Haig, with mention of their family connections and duties.
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London
Ister
Duchess of
Devonshire
Manchester
Duke of Devonshire
Asquith
Gallipoli Peninsula
Co. C. Monro
Ian Hamilton
Dardanelles
Lord Ribblesdale
Haig
Douglas Haig
France
Lady Haig
Lord Kitchener
General French
India
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Douglas
Aldershot
von Haig
Alexandra Henrietta Louise
Victoria Doris Rachel
Cincinnati Doctor Discovers Antidote for Mercury Poisoning
Physicians at Cincinnati General Hospital report an antidote for bichloride of mercury, a highly corrosive poison. Miss Birdie Talbott ingested four tablets and, after treatment with a drug combination from Professor Martin Fisher, was fully cured and discharged.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati General Hospital
Birdie Talbott
City Hospital
Martin Fisher
Medical Department
Cincinnati University
Estherville Claims State’s Oldest Lady Auto Enthusiast
Estherville Iowa claims the state has its oldest woman auto enthusiast. Mrs M E Jehu 73, proprietor of Estherville green houses, recently bought a car and after lessons from a demonstrator took charge and plans to drive regularly.
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Estherville
M. E. Jehu
Boy A Financier in Ipswich Debut for 1914
Gerald Pershin a fourteen year old Ipswich youth told friend M A Slocum of a chance to buy twenty five old owes from Robert Jones. Slocum signed a bank note enabling the purchase. Pershin later paid 83.60 with interest and claimed 110.80 profit from sheep, wool sales and the original purchase.
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Ipswich
Gerald Pershin
M. A. Slocum
Robert Jones
Puffed Up Like A Balloon
Rock Island doctors punctured the neck to relieve an eleven year old boy named Fred Lawson after a wagon wheel rim damaged his bronchial tube. Air escaped under the skin causing his body to swell to twice normal size. He was near suffocation but the procedure saved his life.
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Rock Island
Fred Lawson
Lawson
Hostler An Heir In California Estate Revelation
Pasadena. Roxie Shadwick a stable hostler received a letter from the postman claiming he is heir to a wealthy MoDoc county granduncle’s estate. He recalls the uncle’s reputed wealth and plans to consult a lawyer when time allows.
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Pasadena
Cal
Roxie Shadwick
Modoc
Bottle Found On Hoquiam Beach After 16 Years
A bottle with a faded note from the schooner Transit dated August 10, 1899 was found by Indian Bob Wayne near Moclips. The message says Ten days out from Honolulu bound to San Francisco with calm seas and a well being crew led by J Peterson. Wayne found it after a record high tide following days of offshore wind and heavy surf.
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Hoquiam
Wash
Pacific
Schower
Bob Wayne
Moclips
Honolulu
H. I
San Francisco
J. Peterson
Wayne
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Rovers
Willi
Oregonian
Mrs. Asquith
Great Britain
Lad
Hostler
Pacific Ocean
Leavenworth Market
Chas. Eckhart
Lamb-Davis Lumber
Leavenworth, Wash
Seventh Ave
Pike St
E. R. Douglas
Western Farmer
Pacific Northwest
Leavenworth
The
Echo
Pacific North
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