Dutch Frontier Guarded by 150 Miles of Fence
Maastricht near the Belgian border endures wartime measures as 150 miles of barbed wire fences, embankments, and sentry posts mark the frontier. Refugees pour in from Wise and Liege battles echo, while Dutch power holds a cautious line with bridges, patrols, and plans to flood areas if needed.
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Maastricht
Holland
Los Angeles
Liege
Limburg
Belgium
Meuse
Leman
Aachen
von Ermich
Verviers
Wise
Germany
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
the Hague
England
Smeermaes
Vise
Netherlands
Westchester
Zuyder Zee
Utrecht
Vosges
Antwerp
Roermond
Women Learn War Game at Winthrop Rifle Range
Women gathered at the Winthrop rifle range in M4 reflecting a preparedness wave. Mrs. B. M. Botto stood as a steady shot among many first time learners showing determination to defend their country.
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Winthrop
B. M. Botto
Tower vaults modernized at London public dungeons
The Tower of London has opened its keep dungeons to the public for 12 cents. The site’s whitewashed cells are lit with electric lamps, reducing their historic mystique though the Yeoman Warders remain. George T. Stowell, 97, pioneer Montana resident, died in Helena after a birthday cigar.
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London
Tower
Office of Works
Whitechapel
Billings
Mont
George T. Stowell
Montana
Helena
Largest electrical range installed at Warren Springs State hospital
The world’s largest electrical range is now installed at Warren Springs State hospital in Montana enabling meals for 1,500 people daily.
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State Hospital
Warren Springs
Montana
Novelty merges megaphone and fan in latest trend
A megaphone and a fan have been combined into a recent novelty item. Elsewhere notes highlight New Zealand annual death rate under 1 percent, a dissolvable vacuum bottle, heatless enamel glaze pottery, wet-light matches by Japan, widespread electrical uses, concrete mold patents in Missouri, Ceylon’s plumbago mines, an air-propelled French hydroplane, and an advertising automobile resembling a wooden shoe.
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New Zealand
Missouri
Ceylon
France
Africa
Freak Joints Earned His Living and Blacklisted
A famous New York con artist known for feigned sympathy and dramatic physical tricks dislocated knees and elbows as part of his act. After repeating the scam too often he was blacklisted by police and forced to pursue other, less wary fields. He is described as having one of the most disjointed lives on record.
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New York
Emerson and the Religious Spirit Foretell New Human Rise
A critical meditation argues humanity needs a renewed religious charge before following Emerson as teacher. The text portrays Emerson as a revelation of capacity and a momentous fore shadowing, not yet a strong example, urging abstinence from quick judgments.
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Emerson
O. W. Firkins
Finding the Bride From Genesis Reflects Spiritual Calling
A sermon links Abraham’s servant seeking a bride for Isaac to the Holy Spirit calling the church. It notes guidance at the well, gifts to Rebekah, and the need for earnest spreading of faith, citing Spurgeon and Uncle John Vassar as examples of fervent testimony.
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Abraham
Itsane
Isaac
God
Jesus Christ Our Lord
Christ
Jesus
Rebekah
Paul
Rebeckah
Romeona
Charles Spurgeon
London
Wothers
John Vassar
A. J. Gordon
Dedham
Rebecca
Be so rich in God that you can afford to do without everything else
A devotional quotation attributed to B M Adams urging spiritual wealth above material needs, emphasizing reliance on faith over worldly possessions.
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B, M, Adams
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Belgian Relief Commission
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Stewart Davis
Chicago Coliseum
Chicago
Charles D. Hilles
Republican National Committee
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Ohio
Hpictetus
Snac
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