American Goy In Foreign Legion Writes Of War
Russell Kelly, a 22 year old son of a New York attorney and former Virginia Military Institute student, describes his service in the French Foreign Legion near La Targette and Souchez. He details brutal front-line fighting, brutal casualties, dug trenches, German tunnels, and a harsh view of war, praising cautious leadership and President Wilson.
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New York
Russell Kelly
Virginia Military Institute
Hordeaux
French Foreign Legion
la Targette
Souchez
Valbenne
Lyon
Champagne
New York's Oldest Twins Plan 86th Birthday Celebration
Middletown New York Mrs J C Barrett of Edmonston and Mrs Nathan V Brand of Leonardsville claim to be the state s oldest twins and plan an eighty sixth birthday event featuring the cradle from their childhood to be used for rocking the guests.
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Middletown
N. Y
J. C. Barrett
Edmonston
Nathan V. Brand
Leonardsville
Cat litter raised high by mother in tree near Rich Hill
Frank Brown eight miles southwest of here reports an unusual scene a cat mother is raising a litter of kittens in the forks of a tree about fifteen feet above the ground residents watch the feline brood and wonder at the height of the den.
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Rich Hill
Frank Brown
Here
Prison Camp Tour Details From German Officer Camps
London reports on visits by Ohnesberg and H Rivington Pyne from the American embassy to German officer camps at Heidelberg Villingen and Igolstadt and to prisoner camps at Stuttgart Ulm Nuernberg and Wuerzburg. Lieut Ernest McLurg and the Second Canadians at Heidelberg occupy new barracks with good food. Villingen commandant allows daily officer excursions with guards and sketches permitted for art with limited supervision.
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London
Bure
Ohnesberg
H. Rivington Pyne
Berlin
Heidelberg
Villingen
Igolstadt
Stuttgart
Ulm
Nuernberg
Wuerzburg
Ernest McLurg
Burglars Found Hidden Under Bed in City Residence
Off duty Patrolman Thomas Weber helped nab five youths hiding beneath a bed in the four story white stone home of stockbroker Charles Muller at 474 West One Hundred and Forty-first Street. Weber, alerted by a neighbor, climbed to the roofs and arrived as the last youth fell through a skylight. A shot was fired at him by a second neighbor who mistook him for a burglar. The five youths were arrested on burglary charges.
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New York
Thomas Weber
Charles Muller
West One Hundred and Forty-first Street
Weber
One Hundred and Forty-first Street
Muller
Mullers
Asbury Park
Want Ad Romance Smashed in a Cleveland Divorce Case
Chadron Nebraska report recalls a Cleveland want ad for a husband that led to a divorce in common pleas court. Judge Terrence Reynolds granted Catherine Wilkes a divorce from William G Wilkes after he answered the ad and married nine days after their first Cleveland meeting. Wilkes claimed he owned $4100 at marriage and farm interest. wife controlled finances and stayed on the Middlefeld farm.
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Chadron, O
Cleveland
Common Pleas
Terrence Reynolds
Catherine Wilkes
William G. Wilkes
Wilkes
Middlefeld
War's Horrors Told by German Woman in Berlin
Miss Angelia Morgan, delegate to the Hague Woman's Peace conference, recalls a German hospital scene where a Berlin patient says he weeps by night and the Munich Red Cross hospital shows blinded soldiers learning to read. One man's facial injuries require lifelong masking after his fiancée's planned marriage ends with war.
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Berlin
Angelia Morgan
Hague
Cooking Vegetables to Aid Digestion Cabbage and More
Miss Oberlin of Colorado Agricultural College urges cooking vegetables in abundant water to improve digestibility. Creamed cabbage is prepared with coarsely cut pieces and white sauce, then baked with buttered crumbs. onions cauliflower and turnips follow the same method for better color flavor and digestion.
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Miss Oberlin
Colorado Agricultural College
Sirups Made From Cider and Sugar Varieties
The article outlines methods for making sirup from cider or water with ginger, detailing quantities and steps. It notes using strong sugar varieties like Porto Rico for darker sirup and compares the product to maple sirup, highlighting flavor similarities and preparation hints.
Toome Tuna Loaf With Parsley and Olives
Make a tuna loaf by mixing Toome with two well beaten eggs lemon juice parsley green peppers salt and pepper bake half an hour. Garnish with parsley and olives. Serve with a sauce of butter flour salt paprika water and butter then whisk in chopped hard boiled eggs.
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Toome
Silence cloth alternatives for hot dishes and table care
Readers debate Canton flannel silence cloth shortcomings. A tip suggests making a washable silence cloth from cheesecloth with multiple paper layers, edge overcast, and knotted like a quilt to prevent sticking and white rings on wood.
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Mother’s Magazine
Apple Dumpling Batter and Fruit Bake Instructions
A recipe lists dry ingredients flour salt baking powder cinnamon sugar and butter then mixes with milk and an egg to form a dough. Apples are cut into eighths or sixteenths and tucked inside, with sugar cinnamon sprinkled on top before baking and serving with butter.
Convenient Clothespin Bag for Hanging Lines
A square bag with a hanger sewn on top and a central slit near ends allows easy pin insertion. The bag hooks to the line and slides along as clothes are hung, keeping pins handy during sorting.
Strawberry Muffins From Simple Bake
A brief home recipe lists ingredients: one pint flour two small teaspoons baking powder half cup sugar a pinch of salt. Add beaten egg and one cup milk, mix, fold in mashed strawberries and two tablespoons melted butter. Bake in muffin tins in a quick oven.
Progress and faith questioned by Dr Richardson lecture
Dr Ernest Richardson of Princeton quotes Dr Samuel J Andrews on religious progress. He recalls Andrews noting twelve hundred Philadelphia churches and contrasts with eight hundred Jerusalem synagogues at Jesus Christ's crucifixion. The exchange prompts reflection on historical views of church growth.
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Ernest ©. Richardson
Princeton University
Samuel J. Andrews
Philadelphia
Sideboards Shaved By Clerk In Quirky Exchange
A humorous exchange in a furniture store has a clerk confessing he shaved the sideboards two days earlier after a customer questions their appearance. The moment captures light local color and shop chatter.
Reason for the Mustache Fueled by War Fashion
A London Chronicle excerpt traces the mustache craze in the British army to Teutonic influence and Austrian officers from the Waterloo era. It notes how the guards resisted regimental fashion, Crimea’s winter beard warmth led to flowing whiskers on return, and the trend became a London fashion symbol.
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War Office
Crimea
London
London Chronicle
The Way Out
A timid young man in a parlor scene muses that with money he would marry. The girl at the sofa’s end suggests he try borrowing instead, prompting a wry moment between them.
Wedding Guests Laugh And Women Weep At Ceremony
At the ceremony men smile and women cry, likely due to social pressures and expectations surrounding marriage. The scene reflects differing reactions among attendees and the emotional atmosphere of the event.
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Ata
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