High Jumper Saves Girl in Narrow Escape Then Finds Love
Ross Evans rescues a frightened girl from a runaway car and saves a child. He later learns the story of Nellie Moore and a bent nickel that coincides with a chance to rise in fortune. The coin becomes a family keepsake and he forges a hopeful romance with Nellie.
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Ross Evans
Ross
Ross Ae Pate
Nellie
AC Company
Everdem
Nellie Moore
Benson Terrace
Fair
Lois
W. G. Chapman
Vast Congressional Library Shows Massive Collections
Harper's Weekly notes the library holds 2 125 255 books 135 823 maps and charts 630 799 volumes and pieces of music and 360 949 prints. It adds 136 720 books last year and seeks 800 000 more racks. Visitors average 2454 daily, yet it rarely feels crowded. Travelers between trains visit freely near Union Station.
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Congressional Library
Congress
Union Station
Harper's Weekly
Rural Waggery in a Rainy Town Tale
Ira Beasore stops in as rain expected and catches Orio Tuttle setting tubs and barrels to collect soft water. Orio jokes about washing plans and Ira retorts that soft water won’t come, predicting heavy rain. Tally of rural humor and a playful exchange in a small town scene.
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Ira Beasore
Orio Tuttle
Tully Marshall
Ira
Orio
Orlo
Young’s Magazine
New Observation Ladder for French 75mm Gun Batteries
A new observation ladder with a steel shield is issued for use with the renowned French army 75 millimeter gun batteries, enhancing field spotting and targeting protection.
Population figures from World Almanac 1915
A Birmingham statistician notes Birmingham’s population is likely between 190,000 and 200,000, higher than the almanac’s 180,000. Atlanta remains about 200,000. Texas cities rise with Houston at 132,000, Dallas 125,000, San Antonio 120,000, while New York City tops at 6,625,000 and Chicago at 2,437,526.
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Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
Texas
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
New Houston
New York City
Chicago
Only Woman Aviator Shown By War Front
The Princess Shapovskaya is the sole woman army aviator in the great war. In East Prussia she is said to be in active service after initial rejection due to her sex. She proved capable of handling a machine and was eventually accepted, having learned to fly in Germany.
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Princess Shapovskaya
East Prussia
Germany
Letter from dying French officer reveals humane bond in war
A moving letter written by a French cavalry officer on a Flanders battlefield is received by his American fiancée in Paris. He describes being wounded, aiding by a Scottish officer and German private, sharing morphine, and reflecting on liberty, faith, and humanity amid combat. The note ends with a fading cry of battle.
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Hie
Paris
Flanders
Uhlans
France
Red Cross
Germany Revises War Death Notices to Spare Families
Germany changes how fallen soldiers are labeled in mail and directs military authorities to use kinder wording. Local officials will appoint a person to deliver frontline death notices to families to soften the news in towns and cities.
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Germany
Monkey War Veteran Jacko Rats Troop Travels in Harwich
A veteran pet monkey named Jacko, belonging to H. M. 8. Loyal, has served in three wars. Born in South Africa, he traveled on a railway carriage roof during a Harwich visit and later joined naval actions in the Boxer rebellion and engagements with German destroyers. He endured sea service on multiple ships and found refuge in a dish-kettle after combat.
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Jacko
Loyal
Harwich
South Africa
China Station
London Daily Mail
Tramps Raid Peacock Pen At Montecito Estate
Hoboes raided the grounds of Montecito magnate Gardner Hammond in California and carried off imported peacocks. Sheriff Nat Stewart searched hobo camps after a 4 am discovery, with the Hammonds offering a large reward and no questions asked for the birds' return.
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Peacock Pen
Millonaire
Gardner Hammond
Montecito
Cal
Nat Stewart
Hammonds
Fragmentary letters reveal dismissed dignity and deflection
A garbled OCR segment presents phrases about a “Young Mr. Twobble” being dignified and mentions letters to someone that may burn. The excerpt reads as a fragmented, dated-like communication with unclear context and no clear event or identifiable subjects.
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Mr. Twobble
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Women’s Volunteer Reserve
Underwood & Underwood
London
War Office
Kenneth’ Edmiston
Marion Allen
Leutenant
Atberté Drag Oons
England
Alberta
Alsace
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