Courageous Girl Hides Ten English Soldiers from Germans
In a Belgian town a schoolgirl shelters ten exhausted English soldiers. She hides them in a grotto then on to the top floor, cooks for the wounded, diverts tobacco rations, and orchestrates a rope evacuation. The Germans briefly leave. the ten escape to allied lines and vow to repay her.
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Paris
Ding
Dex
Commissariat
Peninyworth
England
George
Lord Smith
Doctor Fritz Holm The World Traveling Journalist
Dr. Fritz Wilhelm Holm of New York, a former newspaper man with China and Denmark ties, was born in Copenhagen in 1881. He organized a 1996 expedition into China and returned with the Nestorian monument of A D 781, a replica now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Fritz Wilhelm Holm
New York
China
Denmark
United States
Copenhagen
Frederick P. Holm
Doctor Holm
Metropolitan Museum
Protects an Indian maid guards oil lands in Oklahoma
Judge Mark L. Bozarth names E. W. Kimbley guardian of Katie Fixico an incompetent Indian owner of oil lands in the Cushing field. Lease transfers and a land sale to Walter Morton set a $23,000 price while she, aged out of minority, cannot speak English or gauge money value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C. Denton
Walter Morton
Not Parted Even by Death
Stamford residents recount a lifelong bond between Mr. and Mrs. William Woodhall of 195 Henry Street after life paths began in Creadley Heath England. The couple born over eighty years ago near each other married sixty years ago and died within seven hours of one another in this country.
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Stamford
Conn
Last of John Brown's Aids at Salina Farm
Luke F. Parsons of a Salina area farm, long a resident near Salina, is identified as the last surviving participant connected with John Brown and the border warfare before the Civil War. A Massachusetts native, he joined Free Soil forces in the Kansas Missouri border conflicts, nearly joined Brown’s Virginia raid, missed Harper's Ferry by weeks, now aged eighty four and still robust. Parsons seldom spoke of the episode until recent years, leaving him the final living link to that era.
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Salina
Kan
Luke F. Parsons
John Strown
Parsons
Massachusetts
Free Soilors
Kansas-Missouri
Crown
Osawatomie
Iie Wasa
Virginia
Cleveland
Harpers Ferry
Parson
John Hirown
Woman Advocate of Peace Miss Constance Drexel
Miss Constance Drexel an American girl in France at the outbreak of war joined relief efforts. She nursed wounded soldiers in Deauville and witnessed their return to the front. European women view self sacrificing American nurses as vital to peace, with Drexel active in a neutral women’s peace movement.
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Constance Drexel
France
Deauville
Europe
Miss Drexel
The Point of View and The Optimist Pessimist Debate Hope
A brief dialogue contrasts optimistic hope with pessimistic doubt. The exchange frames belief and skepticism as opposing viewpoints in everyday outlooks.
Cuticura Complexions Soap and Ointment Ad
The ad promotes Cuticura Complexions as soap to cleanse and purify and ointment to soothe and heal the skin scalp hair and hands. It claims they maintain natural purity and beauty under conditions that could disfigure. Sample offered by mail by sending a postcard to Cuticura Dept XY Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Adv
Fisherman Buys Trout to Save Face at Home
A man, fresh from a day’s fishing, buys six large trout from a fishmonger. He asks the shopkeeper to stand aside and throw them at him so he can claim he caught them, reasoning his wife will ask if he lied. The shopkeeper, amused, agrees with the ruse.
Dinner Dilemma Splits Between Conservatory Freshness and Youth Recitals
A witty Farm Life snippet frames Satan and the Cerulean Deep in a quandary about dinner invitations. One home features a piano conservatory graduate, the other a five year old boasting many recitations.
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Satan
True Friends. Hazel and Mary in a sharp quip
A brief dialogue scene shows Hazel asking Mary about her complexion and warns that you cannot buy a return ticket when headed for trouble, highlighting a moral about choices and consequences.
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Hazel
Mary
$40 Fine for Shooting a Robin in Hackensack
Hackensack New Jersey resident Rocco Vacoroa was fined $40 and costs for shooting a robin. The case notes the small penalty and local wildlife offense in the brief report.
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Robin
Hackensask
N. J
Robin Rocco Vacoroa
Watchman’s Question on Catain Law Stirs Department Tale
A new night guard in the Department of Justice defers to judgment on an odd telegram asking for any law against a catain matter. The reply, “I don’t know of any,” prompts the attorney general to remark that he knows of no such law. Washington Star report.
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Department of Justice
California
Washington Star
Getting All Sewed Up
A wounded soldier with two broken ribs sits up after returning home from the front and smokes a cigar. The doctor notes a stitch in the side. he says it proves the bones are knitting and the patient is recovering.
Torpedo Costs and Aiming Limitations Discussed
The article notes torpedoes cost over $5,000 each so they are used only when there is a fair chance of hitting. It states vessels hit so far have been stationary or slow moving, but expects submarines to improve and possibly strike fast moving warships.
Doubtful Assurances in a Sermon Reply
A well known minister asks if his sermon was approved by the audience. His wife remarks that the listeners were all nodding, suggesting cautious agreement. The exchange hints at mixed reception and public sentiment toward the address.
Neighbor Shares Garden Plan with Neighboring Gardener
In a brisk exchange, Mr. Growcher says it is not his turn to plant a garden this year. He plans to keep chickens instead, leaving the garden duties to his neighbor.
Hicks CAPUCINE CURES HEADACHES AND COLDS
Capucine advertises quick relief for headaches and colds with easy dosing. It notes an odd aside about marriage being a failure if abilities exceed assets.
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Black Sea
Oklahoma
John Brown
Kansas
Tia
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
W. LI
W.L
Brockton
Mass
Hicks
Capucine
General Roofing Manufacturing Co
Best Chi Pittebergh
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Louis
Minna Francisco
Seattle
Tote
Texas
General Hardware
Peden Iron & Steel CO
Houston
San Antonio
Kress Bidg
Tex
Preston
Hardway & Cathey
F. W. Heitmann
Houston, Texas
Rive Ses
C. J. Koehler
Rousyanerkt
Texas Optical CO
Parcel Post
Main Street
Panamas
Texas & Louisiana Hat Co
Travis Street
Houston Auto Training School
Texas Ave
M. H. Kotzebue
Mgr
ONJ
Mouston
McCane's Detective Agency
Honaton
W.N. U
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