Battlefront at St Mihiel Vaux Marie Describes Desperate Fighting
Edward B. Clark writes from near St Mihiel about the German fifth army's salient along the Meuse, the fierce Vaux Marie battle, and the high toll on graves and villages. He notes French advances, supply buses, peasant sacrifices, and war's stark contrast with spring flowers on the battlefield.
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Vaux-Marie
Paris
Edward B. Clark
Union
St. Mihiel
France
iIt
Fifth Army
Crown Prince
Meuse
Marne
Republic
Argonne Forest
Langle de Carry
Sarrai
Aire
Miser’a Hidden Pile Revealed in North Carolina Safe
In Raleigh area, the Lamm home safe opened near Wilson uncovered over 50 000 dollars in cash. Lamm, dead recently, was believed worth 100 000 but estimates now suggest three times that figure. An old sack contained 34832 in gold certificates and 16000 in cash in thirteen envelopes.
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Raleign
N. C
T. R. Lamm
Wilson
Lamm
Pigeons Deliver Wedding Message From Chicago to Kankakee
Chicago news reports Frank Waltenberg eloped with Bertha Shack of Kankakee. He released three carrier pigeons at the Grant hotel. they flew to Shack's loft in Kankakee bearing the note Bertha and I were married today. Mrs Waltenberg quipped I hope pa won't take it out on the pigeons.
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France
Chicago
Frank Waltenberg
Bertha Shack
Kankakee
Ill
Grant Hotel
Pa Shack
Bertha
Waltenberg
Whitman Hears Infant Cry From Far Away
Governor Whitman visiting San Francisco heard his infant son crying over the telephone. The scene involved the child held to a transmitter as the call carried across the continent to Albany New York.
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Albany
W. Y
Whitman
Faff
San Francisco
Young Whitman
Pastor Shoots Eagle During Snipe Hunt Near Alexandria
In Alexandria Indiana Reverend Isaac Cox shot a gray eagle perched high in a tree. The seven foot wingspan bird weighed eight and a half pounds and survived the fall before dying from blood loss. The report also notes local livestock losses and a coyote incident on the Rogers ranch with hogs roaming fields. Presbyteran church member Kribs and his wife are highlighted for long church service.
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Alexandria
Ind
Isaac Cox
Coyotes at Work in Condon Rabid Pack Escapes Control
Rabid coyotes have recently caused significant damage in Condon Oregon with reports of attacks on livestock and pets. Local authorities urge residents to secure pets and avoid wooded areas during peak activity hours. Officers investigate sightings and coordinate with veterinarians for containment.
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Condon
Ore
Will leaves entire estate to Westminster church
Washington Ind. David Kribs dies leaving an estate estimated at 2900 dollars to the Westminster church in his will filed here. The bequest covers his full estate according to probate records.
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Washington
Ind
David Kribs
Westminster
Fishes In Fishless Pond Fined In Perth Amboy
Aleck Buckowiskie fined twenty dollars for attempting to fish in Keasley’s pond though it has been fishless for twenty years and he had no fishing license.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Keasley’s
Aleck Buckowiskie
Mound Dwellers and the Naher Ancestors Myth
The term mound dwellers names prehistoric central West inhabitants who preceded Indians. Fortified mounds served as tombs and fortifications. builders are viewed as remote ancestors rather than a separate civilized race. Ethnologists now emphasize Indigenous descent from these mound builders rather than separate exodus.
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Central West
Old Lawyer Reveals Unlikely Start Up Story
In a Boston Evening Transcript excerpt, a young lawyer explains his rise after his rich uncle’s death left him with a large inheritance. The elder lawyer clarifies the fortune came from a client’s uncle, not kin.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Delights of Camping Out
The piece extols camping for health and vigor while advising careful planning. It recommends small, congenial parties and expert guidance, noting benefits for nerves and stamina. It also references Leslie's Germany 1914 and a large beet acreage figure.
Perils of College Life for One Who Is Not a Christian
The Rev Howard W Pope Moody Bible Institute Chicago discusses the dangers of secular college life for students lacking Christian faith. He warns about moral risk, intellectual challenge, and spiritual drifting in higher education settings.
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Howard W
Pope
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Now or never to embrace Christ for life and purpose
A sermon asserts life without Christ is an unresolved enigma and moral drift. It argues faith in Jesus clarifies existence, enables peak work, and prevents spiritual decline, citing Darwin and Huxley to illustrate intellectual imprisonment without faith and urging immediate decision for salvation.
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Christ
Jesus
Lord Jesus
Jesus Christ
God
Charles Darwin
Stafe
J. Douglass Adam
D. D
New York
Northfeld
T. TH. T Huxley
Nide
Huxley
John Morley
House of Commons
Ireland
Morley
All Must Be Well by Thomas Erskine
A spiritual reflection affirming trust in God amid darkness. The speaker, Thomas Erskine, asserts that belief in a perfectly good and powerful creator enables assurance that everything will be well and that light can emerge from darkness.
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Thomas Erskine
Reputation and character, a Paine quotation
A terse reflection on reputation and character by Thomas Paine. The quote contrasts worldly judgment with divine knowledge of a person’s true nature.
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God
Thomas
Paine
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Gerard de Ganay
Place de la Bourse
Pretz
Vassincourt
Louppy le Chateau
Revieny
Fossil
Rogers Ranch
Ferry Canyon
Presbyterlan
Kribs
Sam
Mexico
General Carranza
Jessie Hardy Stubbs
United States
Benton Mackaye
Steele Mackaye
Jacob Jones
Camden
Leslie
Germany
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