Thrice-wrecking hero of prison camp Auguste
The Württemberg prisoner Auguste, a 42 year old tailor from Nantes, earned fifteen days leave to fight for France after escaping a German run prison camp. He wrecked a gas shell factory three times, sabotaged acid tanks, and drew an escape plan that led to his return. His wife is German and his children were born in Germany.
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Paris
Nantes
France
Brittany
St. Nazaire
Gare d’Orleans
Auguste
Madeleine
Quai
Monsieur
Germany
Saxony
Dresden
French Escapee Desires Gun After Return to France
A man recounts escape from a camp to bid farewell to his wife and children. His wife urged him to surrender, but her sister urged otherwise, citing his French duty. He escaped again near the Swiss border and reached France after two months, pleading for a weapon to continue fighting.
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France
Swiss
Invents Pocket Wireless Hidden in Clothing
Bedford Hills New York Dr H Barrington Cox introduces a compact wireless sending and receiving system that can be concealed in a cloak or strapped to the waist. It uses five dry cells and a hidden transformer to emit Morse like signals over up to 18 miles with a leg wired spur for field use.
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H. Barrington Cox
Bedford Hills
N. Y
Seek Squaws as Brides on Bad River Reservation
Ashland Wisconsin C E Redfield allotment agent for the United States government arrived to allocate 35 000 acres on the Bad River reservation to 545 Chippewa members brought from California He carried a bundle of applications from Mexico for Chippewa brides He suspects the Mexicans seek the squaws mainly for land rather than affection.
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Ashland
Wis
C. E. Redfield
Santa Clara
Cal
United States
Bad River
California
Mexico
Store of Old Violins Hidden in Bank Vault
In the Mercantile Trust Co vaults Frank Della Torre, a prominent society man, has packed away more than twenty violins among thousands of dollars of securities. Torre predicts the instruments may be valued at four to five thousand dollars each in twenty years.
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Baltimore
Mercantile Trust Company
Frank Della Torre
Torre
Brick Punch Fixes Boy’s Crooked Eye in Fight
In Natchez Mississippi Charles Wright was struck with a half brick during a fight. The blow bruised his cheek but permanently straightened his lifelong crossed eye ending a birth defect.
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Natchez
Miss
Charles Wright
Wright
President Wilson Proclaims Thanksgiving Day in 1915
President Wilson designates Thursday November 25 as Thanksgiving Day in a wartime proclamation. He notes the United States remains at peace while Europe battles, praising our rights and duties, prosperous crops, and solid finances enabling global trade and steadfast service to mankind. The proclamation is signed in Washington with Secretary of State Robert Lansing.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Europe
Spccer
Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
Robert Lansing
Twins and Triplets for Texas Reported in August
State Registrar W A Davis records 4 720 births and 2 261 deaths in August. Among deaths the highest toll is in children under one year old with 409. Tuberculosis leads causes 244 deaths. auto and rail accidents total 47. Personal crisis reports total 29 with 20 homicides and one heat death. Drownings reach 188.
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Austin
Tex
Wichita County
State Registrar of Vital Statistics
W. A. Davis
New Haven Directors Resign Amid Antitrust Trial
Henry K. McHarg and Frederick F. Brewster resign as directors of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad during a Sherman anti trust trial involving nine former directors.
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New York
Henry K. McHarg
Frederick F. Brewster
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Road
New Haven
Yellow Fever Epidemic Reported in Buena Vista Colombia
Canal Zone health authorities report a yellow fever epidemic in Buena Ventura Colombia with nine deaths in the past week. Local officials warned residents to avoid crowded areas and seek medical attention if symptoms appear.
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Panama
Buena Ventura
Colombia
Canal Zone
Governor appoints George H. Corey Texas commissioner of deeds
Governor Ferguson names George H. Corey of 69 Wall Street New York City as commissioner of deeds for Texas. The appointment appears in the Austin Texas area dispatches. Corey assumes duties as an official Texas record and notary officer.
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Austin
Tex
Ferguson
George H. Corey
Wall Street
New York City
Texas
Telling a Woman Not to Worry as Ineffective as Warning a Small Dog
A brief observation notes that advising a woman to relax carries little impact, likening it to telling a small dog not to eat too much. The comparison highlights limits of reassurance in managing behavior.
Grim White Spectre Pneumonia Warns Neglected Cough
An advertisement tone warning links pneumonia to a neglected cough or cold. It promotes Mansfield's Cough Bal, priced 50c and 1.00, and notes delay is dangerous. The fragment combines street chatter and other product ads with light humorous banter about clothing and Burns.
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Mansfield
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promotes Malaria Fight
The ad touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a quinine and iron remedy to drive out malaria and build up the system. It promotes the 50 cent bottle and includes a joke about hay fever remedies and boxing lessons for free advice.
The Proper Place Statue Gears Joke
A humorous exchange about a statue of a famed inventor surrounded by cogwheels. The punch line suggests placing the wheels in the inventor’s head, highlighting a playful take on invention and thought.
Capucine Ad Claims Quick Relief For Women
An aged advertisement touts Capucine as not narcotic or dope and promises rapid relief for ladies with a brief promotional pitch and instruction to try it.
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Adv
Sketch Under Shell Fire From French Front Art
The Century magazine prints Henri Jacquier’s drawing of a ruined farmhouse scene from the front in France. A shell burst near him as he sketched, flinging earth into his car, yet the artist completed the rapid drawing.
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France
Century Magazine
Henri Jacquier
M. Jacquier
Thick lovely hair promised by Cuticura treatment
An advertisement claims thick lovely hair results from using Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment on dandruff and scalp irritation. It promises a clean healthy scalp and offers free samples by mail with a booklet, addressed to Cuticura Dept XY Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Daytime Aurora Seen From Viking Alberta
H B Collier reports a daytime aurora at Viking Alberta latitude 53°N half an hour before sunset on April 22. A high cloud above the horizon acted as a screen, with bright hazy milklike streamers arising about 15 degrees from just below the cloud.
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H. B. Collier
Journal of the
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Viking
Alberta
Mansfield's Magic Arnica Liniment Ad
Immediate attention urged for sprains swellings bruises rheumatism and neuralgia. Mansfield's Magic Arnica Liniment is recommended with three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00. Adv.
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Mansfield
Sincerity Question Tangles Truth in Business Talk
A brief exchange questions his sincerity and reveals a candid claim that his motive is personal profit. The dialogue contrasts belief in honesty with a straightforward admission of self interest.
Mrs. Thomson Praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Remedy
Philadelphia woman aged 52 describes six years of severe monthly pains during change of life. She reports relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and endorses it as a helpful women's remedy. Readers urged to write for confidential advice to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Philadelphia
Mrs. Thomson
W. Russell St
Lydia E Pinkham
Commission Deems Unemployment Core Issue in Pennsylvania Prison System
State commission in Pennsylvania calls lack of work a fundamental evil in prisons. Louis N. Robinson notes denying work and earnings is cruel and unusual punishment, forbidden by the Eighth Amendment.
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Pennsylvania
Louis N. Robinson
United States
The Dog and the Hare Aesop Fable Prelude
A hound pursues a hare up a hillside. The dog bites at times then fawns as if playing. The hare asks the dog to reveal true intentions, noting it cannot trust a friend who bites and an enemy who fawns.
Lincoln Birthday Echo From A Boston Schoolboy
A Boston schoolboy, age twelve, offers new information about Abraham Lincoln. He states Lincoln was born in February 1809 on a sunny day in a log cabin he helped his father build. The piece contrasts quirky tonic ads with the historical anecdote.
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Lincoln
Boston
Abraham Lincoln
New Zealand Bans Lead Coated Cooking Utensils
New Zealand prohibits import of cooking utensils coated or lined with lead or any lead alloys. The rule targets items that could contaminate food and poses health risk warnings to consumers and importers.
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New Zealand
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Liver Cleansing
An advertisement promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel for liver and bowel cleansing. It claims the product is vegetable and non salivating, with a money back guarantee and broad use recommendations for adults and children.
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Dodson
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