Debutante Joins War Work Inspires Arkansas Suffrage Support
Miss Josephine Miller of Arkansas, who served with Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney to set Red Cross service in Branca France, says women showed nobler courage than romance suggests. She recalls French women on the Marne front and notes her experiences influenced her suffrage and political activism.
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Mies Josephine Miller
Mra Harey Payne Whitney
Red Cross Service
France
St Louis
New York Settlement Service
Fifth Avenue Bridge
Red Cross
Josephine Miller
Ambulance Americaine
Paris
Arkansas Equal Suffrage League
Harry Payne Whitney
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Branca
Arkansas
Marne
Joan of Arc
Miss Miller
Lightning Splits Gas Main Near Pendleton Indiana
In Pendleton anderson county during a storm a natural gas main was split for several feet and gas ignited. A ten foot flame burned as earth around the pipe was torn away. Frank Rumler the superintendent said the company likely knew of the issue soon after the flame appeared.
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Indiana
Anderson
Ind
Penddleton
Pendleton
Frank Rumler
Girl Bums Way Killed on Train While Seeking Magazine Data
Elizabeth Yiuber a Radcliffe graduate and Taunton native and daughter of a wealthy manufacturer was killed in Los Angeles as she traveled by train to the desert to gather data for a magazine.
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Los Angeles
Cal—Mills
Elizabeth Yiuber
Radcliffe
Taunton
Government must build sleeping cars for rapid troops
Railroad officials cite federal ownership and operation of tourist sleeping cars as essential to moving large troop contingents quickly. Delays stem from car shortages, distribution by the quartermaster general, and militia inexperience with loading rules.
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George J. Chariton
Chicago and Alton Road
Pullman Company
Chicago
Illinois
Illinois Central
Foley Kidney Pills Relieve Severe Backache Says Green Bay Man
Joseph G. Wolf of Green Bay Wisconsin reports Foley Kidney Pills relieved a severe backache that troubled him for months. The ad urges Foley Kidney Pills for a weak back and sleepless nights and notes they are sold everywhere.
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Joseph G. Wolf
Green Bay
Wis
Foley
Eight janitors collect pay for work at statehouse
Testimony in Fergus suits at Springfield describes eight mythical janitors who allegedly earned 3430 for duties at the Clinois statehouse during the forty ninth General Assembly. Dowell Parker and Richard Madden testified they did all janitor work and never saw the other eight men on the state payroll.
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Clinois Statehouse
General Assembly
Springfield
Dowell Parker
Richard Madden
Statehouse
Gave the Baby Rest Children and Cough Remedy Claims
A Pottsville Pennsylvania resident Mrs. Wm Leonard reports her baby improved after one dose of Foley's Honey and Tar a non opiate cough medicine sold everywhere. The note emphasizes babies cannot keep covered at night leading to colds and cites the product as reliable for families.
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Foley
Wm. Leonard
Pottsville
Rural Health Americas First Duty
Senator Joseph B. Ransdell argues in the senate that typhoid fever and malaria cost the nation about 928 million annually. He warns that preventive health for people is the highest national asset and cites 271.9 million lost to typhoid and 694.9 million to malaria per year, far outpacing man disease funding.
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Joseph B. Ransdell
Louisiana
Senate
America
United States
Ransdell
Mrs Langtry Talks of Book Plans in Washington
Exaggerated remarks accompany Mrs Langtry during a lunch in Washington where she notes plans to write a book of impressions from her American tour. She highlights interest in the American family dynamic and the independence of children.
Indifference of American Children Shocks European Minds
A Philadelphia Press excerpt compares American youths to European youths noting US children desert their parents earlier but parents accept it. Mrs Langtry remarks on a New York broker tale, then asks about Mary and Rochester visit to her father and mother. The broker quips about finding them, highlighting cultural contrasts.
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Rochester
Philadelphia
Have You a Bad Back Marshall Resident Recommends Dean's
A Marshall resident, Mrs. Thomas Craig of 814 Locust St, endorses Dean's Kidney Pills for back pain and kidney weakness. She cites relief from headaches and general improvement after use, noting price 50c and availability at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y distributes the remedy.
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Wii
Marshall
Thomas Craig
Locust St
Dean
War Prices in Paris Report From an American Engineer
An American engineer in Paris writes of wartime hardships in the City of Light. He notes cold boiled ham at 95 cents a pound with 10 cent slices, butter at 64 cents a pound, gasoline 20 cents a quart, alcohol 48 cents a quart, and sugar 14 cents a pound. He fears the war lasting another year but says he is comfortable and has a bed, though living is tight.
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Germany
Paris
City of Light
Judge Taft’s Quiet Stance Amid Rising Retaliations
The remark notes Taft’s calm posture as others carry out reprisals, implying a restrained approach while tensions escalate around him. It frames Taft as deliberate rather than vindictive in confronting brewing political revenges.
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Taft
Patrick the Apostle of Ireland a Roman in Myth and Name
The article traces the origins of Patrick arguing he was a Roman born in 396 to Calpurnius and Tollifus, taken by Picts around age 15, sold to Ireland, escaped after six years, returned as a missionary in 425, and became bishop in 441, with Celts naming their eldest son after him.
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Patrick
Erin
British Isles
Pat
Emerald Isle
Patricius
Calpurnius
Tollifus
Rome
Scotland
Dumbarton
Glasgow
Ireland
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Detroit
Charles Brandenstein
Uncle Sam
J. B. Fergus
Brady
Russell
Edward L Merrill
Great Blood Hounds
Marvin’s Mill
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