Army enlistment in 7 year terms slows enlistments
An annual inspector general report notes reduced enlistment due to a seven year service term and lagging progress in saber and bayonet training under Lieut. Col. D. C. Shanks. Meanwhile large wheat purchases by foreign interests move Oregon and Washington toward 10 million bushels sold. The Senate backs arbitration treaty with France.
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Army
Inspector General's Department
D. C. Shanks
Northwest
Portland
Oregon
Washington
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by User
A Lackawanna, New York resident recounts using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after childbirth and notes renewed energy and health. The ad promotes the product as a standard remedy for female illnesses and invites letters to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co for personal advice.
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Lackawanna, N. Y
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. F. Kreamer
Electric Avenue
Lackawanna
N.Y
Pinkham Medicine Co
Ebnfi Sent
War costs soar as Germany France Russia face vast toll
German expert Captain Henke estimates yearly war costs at fourteen billion dollars. He places Germany and France each at about 2.8 billion dollars for armies of 3 million men, while Russia with 4 million men bears about 5.9 billion dollars in expense.
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Paris
Henke
Germany
France
Russia
Bond
Vienna Supports Families of Reservists and Galician Emigres
The mayor states Vienna is sustaining 82,000 reservist families at a daily cost of 50,000 dollars and also aiding 100,000 unemployed and 100,000 Galicia and Bukowina fugitives. Up to September 25 the city had spent one million dollars for the fugitives.
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Vienna
Venice
Galicia
Bukowina
Daylight Auto Run Demonstrates Steamboat to Denver Route
A Steamboat Springs party completed a daylight trip to Denver in fourteen hours starting 6 am and arriving 8 pm. The route used the new forest service road over Rabbit Ear pass then the old Park Range road to the Midland Trail at Kremmling. The trek tested the Rabbit Bar road link within Routt National Forest built by the forest service with state and Routt County cooperation. Officials say final surveys are under way for the remaining highway segment to be built with Grand and Jackson counties, with completion expected next year.
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Denver
Steamboat Springs
Craig
Hayden
Colorado
Forest Service
Rabbit
Pass
Park Range
Kremmling
Rabbit Bar
Continental Divide
Routt National Forest
Routt County
Tenver
Ta Gkround
Grand
Jackson
Health Seekers Bureau Aids Newcomers to Colorado
The Health Seekers Bureau established by Leaver Visiting Nurse Association aims to guide health seekers arriving in Denver and even before travel. It advises on hygienic self care and seeks suitable sanitary quarters, with founder A ver sharing recovery from tuberculosis and leading organized outreach.
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Theaver
Colorado
Denver
Aever
Peru
Cay
Umbrella Price Confusion Sparks Quick Quarrel
A rainy-day merchant accuses a seedy individual of stealing three umbrellas while the man retorts that the sign reads Only $1, prompting a dispute over whether the price applies to the entire lot or a single umbrella.
Skin Ailment Relief Prompted Cuticura Testimonial
A Denver reader reports a severe skin eruption starting on her mother's back that spread across the body, causing intense itching and disfigurement. After trying various remedies, Cuticura Soap and Ointment provided immediate relief and healing within two weeks.
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Stout
St. Denver
Colo
Dorothy Crissman
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Is That Clock Right at Funkah Willie House
The fragment mentions an old asylum style question about correct time and a sister seeking a clock. PrP answers there is a clock somewhere in the house. A character Dr. Vierve’a is referenced with Pleasant Pellets for stomach, liver and bowels and a sugar grenule product listed among ads.
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Funkah Willie
Prp
Vierve
Fragmented Rummage of Phrases on Explosives and Marriage
The text offers disjointed lines about a bride and her father, a bribe for a bride price, and a remark on laws about handling and storing explosives. It reads like a collage of notes with no clear narrative.
German Aviator Describes Air Battle Over Paris Front
Berlin report features Feldwebel Werner recounting a dramatic aerial duel near Le Cateau and Mons where he repelled a Bristol and a Bleriot with revolver fire while two Allied planes pursued him. He later dropped bombs on Paris and observed Zeppelins, arguing aviators shape modern warfare.
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Werner
le Cateau
Bristol
Comrades Slain Major Dupont Dies Heroic Death
Angouleme reports Maj. C Dupont of the artillery killed in action after his 700 man regiment held a meadow position as German fire opened. A German captain demanded surrender but Dupont manned a gun before being fatally wounded.
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Major Dupont
French Boy Hero In Thick Of Fight At Nevilly en Thelle
A twelve year old boy Andre Guede followed French troops through Nevailly en Thelle during a three day battle beyond the Marne. He stayed by Lieutenant Grivelet under fire, carried the officer’s sword revolver maps and gear, and rode to the hospital concealed in the ambulance train to accompany his wounded protector.
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Grivelet
Calvados
Germans Suffer Heavy Losses in Belgian Front
Belgians report German retreat and heavy losses as Belgian forces push back near Antwerp and Arras. French lines hold along the Oise to Meuse while Viennese and Austrian guns aid stubborn German defense. A vast Austro German thrust aims to check Russia near Cracow Galicia with 800,000 men in position.
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Flyer
le Cateau
London
Mons
Luxemburg
Aixta-Chapelle
Belgium
Brussels
the Aisne
Rove
Arras
Reve
Oise
Meuse
Titter
Faet
St. Mibhiel
Antwerp
Toul Wis
Proved Wonder of the Past Stock Exchange Tale
A humorous dialogue contrasts Greek and Jewish perspectives on ancient dig sites. The Greek notes copper wire found at 20 yards, claiming proof of early telegraphy. The Jew counters that excavations at Jerusalem yielded nothing at 30 yards, implying Jews knew wireless telegraphy.
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New Stock ‘Exchange
Athena
Dimitricoplous
Levi
Jerusalem
Bishop Brindle’s Cake Refusal Tale Sparks Laughter
The New York Press notes a humorous tale told by Bishop Brindle about a boy instructed to refuse cake. A second vignette follows, where Miranda and her lover share a dreamy meadow moment as the longest day ends and the June twenty second is revealed.
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Miranda
New York Press
Court hears laborer’s odd bill in two days work case
A court questioned a laborer about his charge per day and total. The man said he worked two days at three dollars daily and admitted he did not figure the bill but simply decided on it, leaving the precise calculation unclear.
Be happy use Red Cross Bag Bive and Ajl grocers
The note mentions Red Cross Bag Bive as a superior option to liquid blue and references a laundress and Ajl grocers with ady. The fragmentary text suggests product or advertising language without a clear event or concrete details.
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Ajl
Ady
Puck Quote on Political Bosses and Railroads
A witty exchange from Puck questions safety in politics versus railroads. The dialogue notes admitting to burning books as confession versus denying keeping books at all. The quip highlights satire of figureheads and record keeping.
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Puck
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Liege
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von Kluck
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