Belgian King's Palace Described After Desertion
Berlin Tageblatt reports from its Antwerp front describing the abandoned Belgian king’s palace. The piece notes deserted streets, guards, and a tour through the royal apartments revealing silk carpets, a bronze chandelier, empire style rooms, a mahogany desk, and the king’s sealed inkstand. The narrative highlights the king and queen’s sudden flight on October 2 and references a newspaper headline that uttered a significant warning.
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Berlin
Tageblatt
Antwerp
Edinad
Belgium
Hit
Tere
Elis
Cologne
Louvain
Albert
Social life in Pont-a-Mousson cellars amid shellfire
A Pont-a-Mousson correspondent describes life in a concrete cellar of the Mines Francois where 30 to 40 neighbors shelter during shelling. The dark room houses wine bottles, carrots and onions, with doors, light slits, and a dim atmosphere. Residents gather to discuss the war and track every shell as it passes, awaiting each loud explosion.
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Pont-a-Mousson
France
Pont-a Mousson
Francois
Mmes
Lawyer Lost in Desert Survives Five Days in Utah
Samuel H. Baker, Denver attorney and mining broker, was lost five days in the Utah desert near Thompson after searching for a stray horse. With only a can of milk for sustenance, he crawled on hands and knees, surviving until reaching a sheep camp and eventually Thompson. He was accompanied earlier by M. J. Gill of Denver while inspecting radium properties and uranium claims.
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Denver
Samuel H. Baker
Thompson
Utah
Tie
Baker
M. J. Gill
Salt Valley
Soldiers in the Making How Australian Boys Are Trained
An excerpt from Norman Duncan's Uniper's Magazine describes early teenage military training in Australia. Cadets begin voluntary physical training at age twelve, with compulsory service starting at fourteen, including drills, parades, and rifle practice over four years under strict penalties for evasion. Observations in Kalgoorlie and Brisbane depict cadets marching with rifles, and truants sent to barracks for ten days of confinement under stern drill staff.
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Inds
Kalgoorlie
Western Australia
Brisbane
Queensland
Norman Duncau
Uniper
Our First Millionaires in 1845 Led by Astor’s Fortune
A 1845 New York pamphlet lists nineteen millionaires with John Jacob Astor at the top credited with 25 million. Next are William Backhouse Astor with 10 million and Peter G. Stuyvesant at 4 million, with others like Lenox founder James Lenox and Isaac Bronson Jr. also noted among early city wealth. The report contrasts later giants like Commodore Vanderbilt and Alexander Stewart, then pivots to a science note on comet tails and an anecdote about actors and their teeth from Pennington’s Weekly.
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Astor
New York City
New York
John Jacob Astor
Manhattan
Mr. Astor
Whitney
William Bo Astor
John Jacob
Pewr G. Stuyvesant
Peter Stuyvesant
St Mark’s Thurch
Second Avenue
Isaac Bronson
Commodore Vanderbilt
Alexander T. Stewart
T. P. Barnum
Why the Hired Girl Left and Weathered Skies at Sea
A fragmentary quarrel over payment aboard a ship near Ambrose lightship hints at crew disputes and a rough sea scene. The text references a bargaining arrangement, called cutten money, involving payment to a pilot and a younger man during a difficult voyage.
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Ambrose Cautine
Sime
New York
San
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S. S. Nathanson
Broadway
Post Office
Long Branch, N. J
Long Branch Building Directory
Bailey & Burns Plumbers
Rathbone, Sard & CO
Long Branch
ME Monroe Poole
Ev. Poole
Inessort
Cedar Avenue
West Long Branch
N. J
WM. Carr
Alex P. Paul
Telephone
Gurr & GO
Plana
J. R. H. Hughes
THIRD
Franklin Aves
Central Depot
M. Houllevigue
Revue Scientifique
George Ellery Hale
Arrhenius
Penarson
Mr. Alfonso
Spain
Washington Star
THE
Slocum Coal Company
Tel
Broadway and
Seventh Ave
H. Willard Wiseman
Emory Street
Asbury Park, N. J
W. C. Wiseman
Cornelius
A. W. Cornelius
Cookman Ave
Asbury Park
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