Gilded gown buyer flees Paris wartime to Gibraltar
Jane Gerson, a Hildebrand's buyer, battles mobilization and bank barriers in Paris. With aid from the ambassador's wife, she secures a possible route to Gibraltar, escaping the city as war looms and pursuing a dream of saving her Paris fashion orders.
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The
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Bright
Jane Gerson
Europe
Hildebrand’s
New York
Calais
Woodhouse
Egypt
Paris
Jane
Poiret
Worth
Pacquin
Doeuillet
Berlin
Malta
Capper
Wilhelmstrasse
Alexandria
Captain Woodhouse
Castle Clair
Russia
Germany
Doctor Koch
Difficul
Wady Halfa
Gibraltar
Billy Capper
Ger-son
Mademoiselle Ger-son
Ces
Portieres
Tania
Jase
Hildebrand
New -York
Zwell
Express Office
Harve
Ant’werp
Southampton
Gibralter
Italy
Hildebrande
Faubourgs
Dread
America
Hotel Splendide Proprietor in Gibraltar Faces War Turmoil
In Gibraltar on August 5, hotel owner Joseph Almer runs the Hotel Splendide amid war news. The Swiss proprietor balances neutrality with disruption to his Mediterranean street office as ships pass Waterport Street and the faded reception room echoes with worn grandeur.
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Joseph
Almyr
Joseph Almere
The
Rock
Switzerland
Germany
Almer
Waterport Street
Hotel Splendide
Joseph Almer
Healthograms on Summer Diets and Digestion
Dr. R R Daniels advises light meals in hot weather to ease digestion and reduce typhoid fever risk. Eat lighter noon meals, heavier dinners, avoid excess water after noon, and include raw salads daily. Beware meals that overload the stomach while heat lingers.
Fat and Health Not Tied to Weight Alone
The writing argues that thinness does not guarantee illness nor does weight loss imply health. It notes that becoming thin can accompany sickness and that weight gain often occurs during recovery. The text cautions against assuming disease is cured by simply adding weight.
Overeating meat described as most harmful food
The fragment asserts overeating meat is highly harmful and calls meat a high explosive food. It notes excess causes meat to form in the body, but the line breaks before completing the claim.
Meat and health in hot weather and a garfield anecdote
The article warns that in hot weather people should eat less meat including dairy and eggs as they become poisons if unused, and that four meat servings a week suffices for most. it also recounts James Garfield presenting a preserved apple to a girl and notes a Los Angeles anecdote about a 29 year old apple preserved with cloves.
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Myrtle Point
Apple 36 Years Old Breaks Record in Ohio Farm
An aged apple on a Mentor Ohio farm, once part of a former president’s harvest, sets a remarkable record for longevity. The discovery comes amid local pride in unusual fruit milestones in Los Angeles and beyond.
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Los Angeles
Mentor
Ohio
Local newspapers reflect a thriving community
The reader is urged to judge a town by its three local papers. A well-supported home newspaper signals strong schools churches business activity and educated residents. The text argues that investing in a home newspaper benefits both business and community development.
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Standard Oil ‘Company
California
Huling Lundy & Sons
Oregon
Myrtle Point Hardware. CO
Myrtle. Point
Earl Derr Biggers
Robert Welles Ritchie
Chapter
the Hotel, Splendide
R. R. Daniels
Museum
Hopeville
James Garfield
A. H. Tuttle
Date
York
Tuttle
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Tuttle
Los Angeles Express
Apple
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