Carnegie Sheds Skibo Ties Moves Summer Home Plans
Multimillionaire Andrew Carnegie, 82, has become semi invalid after a grip and now restricts visitors. He will skip Skibo Castle in Scotland as a summer home, instead spending the season at Shadow Brook in Lenox Massachusetts, with Carnegies keeping only close friends.
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Skibo Castle
Duomfern
Lenox
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Carnegie
Nurees
Arnegiots
Henry & Pritchett
Carnegie Foundation
Shadowbrook
Camegies
Anson Phelps
Carnegie Famib
Peinch
Pelgzabcow
Car
Nebraska Convicts May Go to the Front in War Drill
Warden Fenton plans military drill for nearly all inmates at the state penitentiary turning the prison into a garrison for part of each day. Secretary OConnell, a former First Nebraska regimental member, would be drillmaster. About twenty ex-soldiers aboard. three prison cooks urged to save food per Wilson. Penitentiary farm to be enlarged.
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O'Connell
Hic
Wilson
Bits Uncle Gem Too. Ca f L.bes jumped the cost of
Unclear readable fragments show costs rising from 1 to f with references to items or actions labeled by odd spellings and incomplete phrases.
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L.bes
Facing the Submaring In France A Soldier's War Diary
A correspondent recounts travel through Bordeaux on a night train toward Paris, noting war sights of wounded soldiers and stark city streets. He recalls the French phrase C est la Guerre and the discomfort of cramped, cold travel while hoping the submarine story remains uncensored.
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Bordeaux
Paris
France
Potiers
Tours
Blois
Orleans
Hoarding condemned as unpatriotic by public safety official
Boston Henry B Endicott, executive manager of the Massachusetts committee on public safety, called hoarding money and provisions during a time of need traitorous to country and neighbors. He criticized individuals with money and credit who buy large quantities for themselves, worsening prices for real wealthy neighbors.
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Boston
Henry B. Endicott
Massachusetts Committee On Public Safety
Patrioti m
Rail lanes used for food gardens in Durham during war
Durham and Southern Railway with Duke ownership offers its right of way for vegetable gardens to bolster Americas food supply in World War I. Free seed is provided to encourage growers along the track.
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Durham
N. C
North Carolina
America
Durham and Southern Railway
New York Tobacconiats
Wedding Ring Recovered After Seven Years in Yard
Mrs Frack Carey of 182 Glipto Avenue Wilmington finds her long lost wedding ring after seven years. The ring was recovered by the current occupant who found it while planting flowers in the yard.
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Wilmington
Del
Frack Carey
Glipto Avenue
Notice of Board of Review hearings in Marshall Illinois
Notice is given that the Board of Review will hear complaints at its office in the courthouse at Marshall Illinois from 9 am to 4 pm on Monday Wednesday and Friday each week until August 1. Complaint blanks available from board members Edw Pearce Marshall Wo M Abraham Casey L A Shawler West Union W A By ram Martinsville.
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Board of Review
Court House
Marshall
Pearce
Wo M Abraham
Casey
L. A Shawler
How To Bail A Canoe In Still Or Rough Water
Guide from Boys' Life explains two methods to empty a swamped canoe axing it out or shoving it out. It warns a single person may not bail in heavy seas and urges removing heavy gear, using rope and a bag to keep the craft free, and to ride the stern or bow breasthook until help or shore arrives.
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New York
Ludger Gagne, Jr
Wesland
Boston
Louise King
Balem Street
Winchester
Mass
Revere Beach
Gagne
Boston Harbor
Boston Girt
Bevere Beach
Miss King
Louise
Thay
Cruise
Chromium steel enters first class shops as stainless alloy cutlery
The Scientific American notes a new stainless steel alloy by adding 12 to 18 percent chromium to mild carbon steel. Discovered in England and now produced in the United States, it resists rust and tarnish, elevating value despite higher cost and expanding potential uses beyond cutlery.
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Scientific American
England
United States
Inspiring scenes at Washington as veterans rally for liberty
H. C. Bell writes from Washington praising Confederate veterans joining Union supporters in a massive parade to back the war effort against Germany. He lauds Bob Lee and other speakers, notes crowds packing the Capitol district, and urges sacrifice for victory. He highlights Liberty Loan over-subscription, Red Cross funding, and renewed national resolve.
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Graydad
Confederacy
South
Wilson
United States
Germany
Bob Lee
Robert E. Lee
Southland
Washington
America
Corporal Tanner
Congressional Library
Pereat Union
Bull Run
Capitol Grounds
Mad Bill
Europe
Uncle Sam
Pension Bureau
Saltsgaber
Marine Band
Great
Republic
Washington, D. C
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Land of
Free
Pennsylvania Avenue
Peace Monument
Capitol
White House
Illinois
Belbium
France
Red Cross
Italy
Russia
London
Parise
United Brethren Church Children’s Day Program Notice
Marshall church announces Children’s Day exercises at 7:30 p m on Wednesday with prayer meeting at 7 30 p m and Grace 8 8B at 9 30 Sermon by Pastor Royer at 10 30 a m and children’s day programs at 7 0 p m NE Royer pastor.
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United Brethren Church
Marshall
Royer
Innocent bystander Strikes Back In Unexpected Turn
An unclear report notes an incident where an unidentified bystander reacts unusually during an event. Details are fragmentary, but the moment is described as an unexpected reversal.
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