Boy Sailor in Mexico Writes Home From Navy Life
Clark County youth recounts service in the U S Navy hospital corps from Pensacola to Tampico. He describes aiding refugees aboard the Dixie to Galveston, then transfers to the Des Moines and Washington, noting tropical waters and native beggars. He invites letters from old schoolmates.
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Clark County
U. S. Washington
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Uncle Sam
Navy
Hospital Corps
Naval
U. S. S. Dixie
Pensacola
Florida
Mexico
Tampico
Mex
Vera Cruz
Galveston
Dixie
Boston
Mass
U. S
Des’ Moines
Portsmouth
N. H
L. PH. Mundorf
I. App
U. S. Navy A. 8. G
Washington
New York City
Folly of Jingoism Rages Over War and Wilson Criticism
The letter denounces pro neutrality agitation and foreign pageantry as dragging the United States toward a costly global conflict. Author K. C. Bell appeals to patriotism, urging an end to pressuring Wilson and Bryan and to reject anti government resolutions.
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Wilson
Bryan
Carthage
Rome
Oil Outlook for Casey Field Sees Early Test Drilling
Casey cor respondent notes weather improves and drought ends. leasing surges outside limits and wildcat tests planned by Huckleberry and Sullivan in Clark County area. Ohio Oil Co. eyeing deep tests. Pure Oil locates on Arthur Brown farm. tests target 1000 feet. Also mentions a phonograph record idea to curb intoxicated drinking.
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Casey
Oil City
Clark
Huckleberry & Sullivan
Mid-Continent
Sullivan County
Ohio Oil Co
Trenton
Ohio
A.M. Myers
Tim Beasley
Pure Oil Operating Co
Arthur’ Brown
Crooked Creek Township
Cumberland County
Directing a Battle from the General Staff Arm
The staff officer coordinates battle reports monitors troop needs and ammunition, ensures orders are carried out and wounded are cared for, and oversees prisoners and provisioning. He observes opposing forces, may join firing lines with authority to alter orders, and trains through long practical service and war college study.
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Foual
Stef
Jazarets
Commissariat
War College
New York Tribune
Beard of the Turk and a Turkish military tragedy
An Albanian soldier Hadji Bairum killed German Colonel von Schlichting on parade at Yildiz to punish a chin touch deemed a grave religious offense. The offender was executed by his own battalion despite a reprieve appeal. The sultan expressed sorrow and Turkish officials attended the funeral. The incident illustrates strict discipline and religious customs in Ottoman service. The piece also notes forgotten slang around the word cheese and its origins.
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von Schlichting
Yildiz
Hadji Bairum
Washington Star
Resourceful Blondine Giddygad Seeks Marriage Hint
A brief Youngstown Telegram squib notes Blondine Giddygad as notably resourceful. A man quips about a powder spot on her nose after she catches his eye, and Gerty replies she does it after eating marshmallows.
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Blondine
Gerty
Lincoln's Overcoat Dilemma On a Dusty Road
An oddly quoted scene centers on Abraham Lincoln, traveling in Illinois, being asked by a stranger to carry his overcoat to town. Lincoln agrees but notes the scheme to reclaim it. The piece weaves themes of optimism, deception, and human folly as it contrasts surface appearances with deeper truth.
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Ilinois
Daya Lincoln
Lincoln
Strangely Caught Angler Fish Said to Hold Ducks
A Connecticut angler reeled in a large angler fish at South Beach and reportedly found two ducks inside its stomach. Captain Palmer displayed the specimen at a local market window while Webster’s Dictionary notes its large mouth and water bottom-hugging hunting method. No ducks confirmed by official records.
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Connecticut
Greenwich
Palmer
South Beach
J. Kennedy Tod
Innis Arden
Lophius
Pigcatirius
Europe
America
Long Trip on 50 Cents by Houston Boy to New York
Fourteen year old Dacy Bambrick fled Houston with 71 cents and a 50 cent travel budget. He rode freight and brake-berm benches to New York with stopovers in New Orleans Atlanta and Washington totaling over 3000 miles. Remanded to the Children's Society, he hopes his grandparents in Houston can be reached. he prefers staying home to running away.
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Texas
New York
Houston
Describes Wounds of Modern Bullet
New York report explains U S army corps analysis of wounds from old round musket balls versus modern high velocity steel jacketed bullets. It details wound morphology by zones from 0 to 2,500 yards and notes greater tissue devitalization with early projectiles.
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New York
P. C. Fauntleroy
United States Medical Army Corps
Fauntleroy
Ninety Mile Gales Reported in London
An official report states British airplanes continually perform successful scouting as a strong headwind of ninety miles per hour affects operations.
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London
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Illinois River
Black & Hutchinson
Hurst Building
West Side Square
A. R Sisson
Marshall
Illinois
K. C. Bell
Louise
London Chronicle
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Buster Brown
Réed’s
Arrow
Monarch
Axid Best Clothing ‘Store
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