Broad-Mrited Allied Visitors Tour Paris and War Remains
A mixed English and American group touring Paris visits iconic sites including Place Vendome and the Church of Jeanne d Arc. They are warmly received at a fashionable hotel and at Blighty Corner as British troops note their noise over mines at Messines. The party receives Jo an of Arc medals from the priest, who quips that all serve the Bath Master and General.
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Place Vendome
Messines
Paris
Jeanné d'Arc
Train Over Sleeping Baby In Whaleyville
A 2 year old girl in Whaleyville Maryland escaped injury when a fast train bound for Ocean City passed over her in the track. Engineer L H Wallace did not spot the child until a few feet away. Brakes were applied and the child Annie Kosh was awakened crying with no injuries despite the locomotive and five coaches passing over her. The child is from a family employed at a nearby canning factory near Mardela.
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Whaleyville
Del
Ocean City
L.H. Wallace
Annie
Kosh
Mardela
Drifting Mines Plague Norwegian Coast Advert
Drifting mine fields line the Norwegian coast from Listeria nd eastward. Two mines sighted off Hallo drift toward Christiana fjord and many explosions heard near Halvo. Wreckage floats amid the debris as unidentified Norwegian motor boats fail to claim them.
Love at Second Sight in a New York Bus Romance
Lizabeth Ann, lonely in a cold boarding house, meets Richard Bennett on a Fifth Avenue bus after an accidental handkerchief mishap. He returns her lost item with money, sparks a cautious romance, and promises belief in love at second sight amid a 1917 New York backdrop.
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Lissbeth Ann
Anibot
Lizabeth Ann
New York
Ohio
Lizzie Ann
Fifth Avenue
Elizabeth Ann
Lizabeth
Richard Bennett
Richard
Fragmentary Opinion on Habit and Attachment
A brief, incomplete remark notes how people can become oddly attached to bad customs or habits. The text references a streetcar strap as a tangible example of everyday reliance and routine.
Unclear Fragments Point To Whimsical Exchange
Fragmentary dialogue shows characters debating a marriage and appearances with puzzled questions and misheard phrases. The scene hints at social banter around a partner’s status and behavior in a domestic or community setting.
War boosts Paris dress trade with Spanish and Norwegian buyers
The Paris dressmaking market shows resilience as war does not curb business. Spanish buyers dominate lavish orders, while Norwegian clients rise in importance. Mme Yvonne notes most pelts are rabbit fur dyed to imitate costly furs, with shipments arranged via England and direct to clients, reflecting a thriving luxury trade despite conflict.
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Paris
New York Sun
Place Vendome
Revue Des Modeles
Mme
Yvonne
America
Spain
Norway
Madrid
Mme. Yvonne
Christiania
Sweden
Kingdom
England
Sun
Women in Dramatic Roles by George Brandes
The piece lists Shakespearean heroines with their traits from Danish critic George Brandes. Katharine, Beatrice, Rosalind, Viola, Lady Macbeth, Portia, Helena, Tamora, Cordelia, Cleopatra, Marina, Isabella, Imogen, Termagant, Ophelia, Miranda, Desdemona are sketched as bold, witty, loving, virtuous, or steadfast figures, highlighting diverse female archetypes across tragedies and comedies.
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George Brandes
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Katharine
Beatrice
Rosalind
Viola
Lady Macbeth
Julet
Cordelia
King Lear
Cleopatra
Anthony
Marina
Pericles
Isabelle
Imogen
Cymberne
Termione
Ophelia
Miranda “Tempest
Desdemona
Millions Work In Mines Worldwide Output
The mining industry employs about 6 million men globally with 8.8 million in coal and 2.2 million in metal mines. In the United States mining is hazardous with over 1 million workers and about 3 in 1000 killed annually. Non fatal injuries are common, roughly 200 per thousand per year, and a 50 percent cut in accidents could save about 1,500 lives yearly.
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Engineering and
United States
United States Bureau of Mines
Snow and Ice Worms on Mount Rainier Snowfields
About sixty species of ice worms are known. Mature worms measure roughly one inch long and one twentieth inch thick, color varies from yellowish to dark red or black. They appeared on Mount Rainier snowfields from February to April 1916 at elevations between 2750 and 6600 feet, also on forest shaded slopes. They do not yet appear on solid ice or glaciers, but inhabit snow below the ice near Nisqually glacier moraines. The seasonal snow melts in summer, suggesting some life is spent underground.
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Mount Rainier
Nisqually
Telephone Many Years Ago
The article notes that while the telephone seems modern it dates to Hooke who described distended wire signaling sound instantly across angles. It says the world waited two centuries for the practical instrument that today saves much of humanity's time.
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Robert Hooke
Hooke
How Silk Worms Work And Transformation to Butterfly
The passage explains silkworm growth and cocooning. It notes worms reach full size seek a place to attach, spin a thread 500 to 1000 yards long around their bodies, taking 48 to 86 hours. After cocooning, skin and internal organs reorganize into butterfly structures, with emergence within a week to ten days.
German Conquest Plot Stirring South American Loyalty
A Chicago visit by Dr Savador A Pradt discusses a Prussian plan for Western hemisphere domination through war and, more important, economic and cultural influence. He traces German settlement in South America, its education from birth, and the threat to the Monroe Doctrine if Allied forces fail to win the war.
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Savador A Pradt
Buenos Aires
Brazil
Latin America
Chicago
Mexico
Argentina
Prussia
William I
Otto von Bismarcy
Mittel Europa
Jlan
Odessa
Europe
United States of America
Bismarck
von Moltke
William of
Germany
United States
South America
Mixrite Carburetor Company promotes gasoline saving stock sale
The Mixrite Carburetor Company of Decatur Illinois announces a stock offering to fund development of a multiple jet carburetor claimed to atomize gasoline and save fuel. Authorized capital $75,000, shares $1000 each, with A R Sisson of Marshall Illinois available to explain the mechanism or investors to mail payments to the Decatur home office.
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Charles H. Gillespie
Mixrite
Ilinois Corporation
Mixrute
Saveasoline
The Victorious Spirit in Naval Rescue
A paragraph about the Jacob Jones torpedoing highlights the Navy’s resolve. An officer warned about lifeboat overload, two men leaped into the icy sea, later found clinging to wreckage. The piece extols the American naval spirit and willingness to die for others.
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United States
Jacob Jones
Navy Department
Babes
Texas Wonder cures kidney bladder troubles
A patent remedy claim states Texas Wonder treats kidney and bladder issues for men and women, dissolves gravel, aids diabetes and back pain, regulates child bladder troubles, with mail order for $1.00. Dr. E. W. Hall of St. Louis endorses it. sold by druggists nationwide with testimonials available.
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Texas Wonder
E. W. Hall
Olive Street
St. Louis
Foley Kidney Pills Claim Quick Relief for Kidneys
An unnamed man from Ade Indiana recalls years of back and kidney pain finally eased after using Foley Kidney Pills. He reports rapid relief, reduced secretions, and lasting comfort, with widespread endorsements from others claiming similar benefits.
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Alvng Bowers
Ade
Ind
Eishe
Foley Kidney Filma
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