French Composer Camille Decreus recalls war service in trenches
Camille Decreus, famed French composer and pianist, describes volunteering for France, serving in the Forty sixth Regiment, and the death of Collignon at Vauquois. He recounts trench life, a band leading a desperate charge, and his honor discharge at Fontainebleau.
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Camille Decreus
Collignon
New York
Ysaye
William A. Clark
Greenwich
Conn
M. Decreus
Lette
la Tour
Fontainebleau
Juvisy
Tourret
Senator Clark
Ivry
Petitbourg
America
France
Vauquois
Photograph of Tankositsch linked to Austria Serbia war crisis
The first photograph from the United States shows Wogo Tankositsch, the man alleged to have hatched the plot against Austria's crown prince and wife. Austria demanded extradition for murder, Serbia granted most terms but resisted trial abroad, tensions rising to war. Tankositsch is described as a major in the Serbian army.
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Wogo Tankositsch
Austria
Europe
Tankositsch
Serbia
The
Hague
Japanese stowaway Suzuki captured after four years
Genjiro Suzuki, a Japanese stowaway who arrived at Smith Cove on the Sado Maru four years ago and escaped, was taken into custody by U S Immigration Inspector H A Myers and will be deported. He had worked in logging camps and shingle mills and last August served as cook on the Koko Head at Port Angeles before recognition.
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Fort Townsend
Genjiro Suzuki
Smith Cove
United States
H. A. Myers
Suzuki
Port Angeles
Myers
In the Engine Room Fighting Strain in Battle
A vivid sketch of a battleship engine room under fire describes the grueling fighting strain on engineers and stokers. It follows the crew's premonitions of boiler or steering failure and the momentary chaos as torpedoes and subs threaten the ship, ending with a harrowing image of the crew enduring near-certain danger.
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Stokeholds
Edmund Makes New Friend at Public School
Edmund just began attending the public school and befriends Walter, a boy his mother had never heard of. She asks if Walter is nice and if he uses naughty words. Edmund answers Yes, he is and swears he won’t teach him any.
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Edmund
Walter
A Greater Surprise
A mother plans a surprise party for her daughter as five children debate inclusion. The youngest child muses on inviting everyone, suggesting the family itself could be the bigger surprise.
What do you consider the greatest human paradox
A secret session of a woman's club.
Reputation for being bad becomes their only asset
A terse line reflects a mindset on men valued for notoriety rather than merit, suggesting reputation as the sole positive attribute in a cynical view of character.
Be Kinder to Yourself in Mother's Magazine Lesson
Mary Carolyn Davies urges women to practice self kindness and quietude. She argues that teaching daughters to be kind to others without guiding self care leads to chronic anxiety and potential nervous breakdowns. By learning to rest and be prudent in laziness women can improve their own well being and positively affect those around them.
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Mary Carolyn Davies
Mother's Magazine
Miner Billy X Picks Christmas Drink at Sawyer’s Bar
In Siskiyou County legend, Oro Fino mine foreman Billy X spends his Christmas layoff at Sawyer’s bar where miners claim the whiskey is worst on earth. The superintendent asks why, and Billy explains he wants to gauge drunkenness by when the drink begins to taste good.
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Siskiyou County
Sawyer’s
San Francisco
Billy X
Oro Fino
Billy
Sawyer
Tough Luck and a Vagrant Bet Tale
A dialog recalls a ten thousand dollar bet by a man named Jones to walk from San Francisco to New York with no money. He reached Philadelphia where authorities arrested him as a vagrant and he was forced to ride in a patrol wagon, disqualifying him. The tale ends with a quip on a husband refusing to let his wife buy neckties.
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Majestic
Dardanelles
Soissons
Paris
Joffre
Argonne
Vauqueis
Legion of Honor
M. Deergus
Alt
Lasset-Schneider
Fifth Corps
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