Belgian Chauffeur Wins Helmet for Louise Marie in Wartime
A Belgian taxi driver ferries a Chicago News correspondent toward Dunkerque. He trades his fear for courage, earning Louise Marie a Prussian helmet after a night in the trenches and a successful assault against German forces. The journey blends love, war, and bold risk as he returns to Dunkerque to claim his prize.
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Louise Marie Speke
Edgar A. Mowrer
Chicago Daily News
Ars
Edward Carpenter
Dunkerque
Louise Marie
Antwerp
Prusco
Whittier hall workers knit warm notes reach wounded in hospitals
College girls at Whittier hall Columbia University conferred wool knitters to aid soldiers in England and Scotland. Notes enclosed with shipments from Dundee and Edinburgh express personal sentiments from soldiers and promise future correspondence.
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New York
Whittier Hall
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
England
Scotland
Marie Seger
English Rooster at War
St Louis Henry Hoehn of German descent suffered facial wounds after an encounter with an English chicken named Plymouth Rock. The cock, kept at a meat market, leaped at Hoehn as he prepared pullets, slashing his face with spurs. Hoehn killed the bird with a cleaver after the attack.
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St. Louis
Henry Hoehn
Hoehn
The First Requisite and a Life Insurance Hint
A quip arguing that declaring you would die for love is hollow without substantial life insurance as practical proof. It links devotion to financial preparedness and cautions against empty promises.
Nelsons Barred as Boarders in Flushing Sign
Mrs S. 3. Nelson posts a notice in Flushing Queens declaring no more Nelsons may be taken as boarders, stating she has five Nelsons living there who are not related to her.
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Flushing
N. Y
Nelsons
S. 3
Nelson
Walk Far for Job Shows Long Trek for Work
John O'Day walked from Butte Montana to Brooklyn seeking employment but was disappointed by the outcome of his labor quest.
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New York
John O'Day
Butte
Mont
Brooklyn
Farmer 90 Defies Time Living 59 Years on One Acre
Hiawatha Kan to live on the same acre of ground for 59 years is the record of J S Taylor a ninety year old farmer of Walnut township near Fairview He settled on it in 1856 but now owns 999 acres additional.
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Hiawatha
Kan
J. S. Taylor
Walnut Township
Fairview
Early Fish and Worm Hook Upset Old Proverb
A witty line questions the saying that the early bird wins by noting the early fish also catch the worm and the hook involved, flipping the usual merit of being first.
Farmer John Wins Love and Legacy in City Scheme
John Edgerly, a cautious young farmer, learns his late uncle leaves twenty thousand dollars. The judge and daughter Vera’s suitor ploy backfires as John learns of a cousin’s widow and three children. He renounces the fortune to help them, returns to Vera, and marries. the estate then grants the couple a share, completing a virtuous arc.
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John Edgerly
John
Vera Brooke
Vera
Judge Grinnell
Ivy
Miss Grinnell
Josiah Whitby
Randal
Fright Ends Hiccups For Netcong Merchant
Roscoe Wilson a merchant of Netcong New Jersey began hiccupping after jaundice and sleeplessness. Three physicians treated him with medicine and stories but nothing helped until a fit of fright triggered sleep and the bed shook so violently he woke and stopped hiccupping.
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Roscoe Wilson
Netcong
N. J
Wilson
Carpets on Pavements and Persian Dye Traditions
An article discusses Persian carpet dyes, contrasting traditional indigo, madder, and vine leaf dyes with modern aniline dyes. It notes the new rugs seen in bazaars wear quickly and fade, while genuine Persian carpets with many stitches and silk hearthrugs command high prices, reflecting lasting beauty and craft.
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Persia
The First Tumblers in Early Drinking Vessels
The article explains the origin of tumblers as metal or wooden drinking vessels. One view says the name came from their side-lying use when empty, another that their rounded bottoms caused them to tumble if not set down carefully.
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Glasgow
Edinburg
St. Andrew's Hospital
Dundee
Fannie
Aisne
John
Maggie
Trish
Patrick
Fashion shifts rapidly toward three patticoats for girls
A Ohio State Journal note observes swift fashion swings as girls move from modest attire to three patticoats, illustrating rapid trend changes and evolving styles.
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Ohio State Journal
Making Best Use of Nuts in School Lunches
A guide on using nuts to enhance nutrition in school meals. It favors buying in shell for safety and outlines quick boiling wash methods to sanitize shelled nuts, blanching almonds, extracting pecans, and sweetening slightly rancid walnut kernels.
Sauces for Boiled Fish From Classic Recipe Pair
A traditional guide presents two fish sauce options. The first uses yolk enriched brown sauce with butter stock and lemon or vinegar, boiled briefly then poured over the fish. The second blends butter and flour, white stock, cream, almonds, olives, lemon juice, beef extract, salt, and cayenne for a rich accompaniment.
Pilgrims Plum Pudding Across a Frugal Bake
A thrifty pudding method uses half a five cent loaf soaked in milk with raisins salt eggs sugar milk butter and spices. Bake three hours in a water bath then add cold milk and continue baking slowly, keeping covered to avoid boil out.
Bread Making: Yeast Rise and Oven Times
Directions call for four cups boiling water two tablespoons butter lard and sugar each three teaspoons salt one yeast cake in lukewarm water then 12 cups flour. Mix knead let rise overnight shape loaves in morning bake until browned.
How to Fry Oysters Without Eggs
The guide recommends using a flour and cream batter with salt pepper and baking powder as a substitute for eggs when frying oysters in deep fat. Dip in this batter then cracker dust and fry to achieve tender oysters. the method also works for frying croquettes chops and other foods that need a batter.
Cream Two Cupcake Batter From Old Recipe
A vintage recipe describes creaming two cupfuls sugar with half cup butter then adding beaten egg yolks from three eggs. Gradually mix in one cup milk then alternately fold in three cups flour with baking powder sifted with flour. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites and vanilla then bake in layers and ice when cold.
Mock Pumpkin Pie Recipe From Historic Household Advice
A preserved older recipe describes mixing prune pulp with eggs and spices to bake a pie filling. It calls for milk heated nearly to boiling, a butter fragment, sugar, and a single crust, yielding two small or one large deep pie. Prunes are steamed prior to sifting for texture.
Not Far from the Kingdom of God
A sermon on the young man who asked Jesus about the greatest commandment. It notes three positions he occupied near the kingdom: promising, painful, and perilous, with warnings against merely assenting or delaying. The piece urges readers to accept Jesus’ invitation to come and find rest.
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Jesus
Lord Jesus
Lord
God
Kingdom of God
Reader
A Saying on Money and Time by Gotthelf
The quote notes how some guard money until ruin while others guard time until they reach its end, urging mindful use of wealth and hours. It contrasts frugality with wise time management through a concise moral observation.
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Belgium
Dun Ikerque
France
North Sea
Red Cross
Carlo
Gaston
Seventh Infantry
U. S
Mexican
U. S . Georgia
United States
Caperton
Jennie
Siren
Augustus Goodrich Sherwin
W. G. Chapman
Acrobatic Feat
Mark
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