Pitchoune the dog and Sabron endure desert ordeal
Captain Sabron, pursued by political intrigue in Algiers, is wounded and trapped in a vast desert with his loyal Irish terrier Pitchoune. As he drifts toward death he finds solace in memory of Julia Redmond and a dim hope of survival, while the dog remains by his side through night and fear.
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Pas le Comte
de Dablon
Pitchoune
Pitchorne
Marusse
Julia
The
Duc de Tremont
Papron
Algiers
Master
Baxbrog
Pitchouné
Babron
Sabron
Julia Redmond
Rouen
Ain
Desert
Plains
American Girl and Marquise Face Africa Mission
Julia Redmond asserts herself as Sabron’s fate remains uncertain in desert war. The Marquise d Esclignac, once a Schenectady American girl, plans a Mediterranean voyage crew and telegraphs for aid. Julia asks her aunt to secure Sabron’s life while preparing for possible Algiers engagement and a Red Cross role.
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Marquise d’Esclignac
Juln Redmond
Sabron
Julia
Marquise d'Esclignac
Parc Monceau
Rhone
Biarritz
Marquise d’Eaclignac
de Puyster
Schenectady
Julia Redmond
Desert Warer
Cavalry
War Department
Desert
Marquise
Matante
Chateau d’Esclignac
Africa
Eugene
Red Cross
Algiers
Robert de Tremont
Madame d’ Haussonyville
Robert
Nice
Mediterranean
Miss Redmond
Villa Des Perroquets
Duc de
England
Melanie
le Marquise d'Eaclignac
Madame la Marquise
Monsieur le Duc de Tremont
Criticism of Hospitals Over Drug Addiction Policy
The piece attacks Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt for spending time and money on the drug problem and the treatment of victims, arguing New York City’s care is a sham. It claims victims are released after ten days “cured” but left with nerve damage. Katherine Bement Davis cites 35 to 50 percent of criminals as drug fiends.
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W. K. Vanderbilt
of Charities
New York
Harvey C.mccarthy
Kensington
Bill Harrison
Shackamaxon Street Wharf
Riverton
Philadelphia Record
Travels in Asia through the Cossack lands and Kirghiz camps
The narrative from Stephen Graham in Country Life recounts travels from Kopal through Arazan and Abakum Pass into Kirghiz steppes. He describes Cossack villages, rugged mountains, green pastures, yak, tent camps, and the vibrant life along the road to Sarkand with encounters from traders to jugglers and local customs.
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Abakum
Seven Rivers Land
Rome
Semiretchie
Siberia
Provodnik Galoshes
Omsk
Sarkand
Tashkent
Russia
Europe
Mongolia
Lepsinsk
Lepsa
Old Fashioned Return With the War
Many wartime shifts appear quiet yet change homes and tastes. The piece notes mounted photographs flooding mantlepieces and neater hair brooms returning to simple lines as households adapt to war. It reflects a Manchester Guardian voice on evolving domestic aesthetics.
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Manchester Guardian
Influence of dams on fish in the Mississippi at Keokuk
The United States Bureau of Fisheries studies the effects of the new carrier across the Mississippi at Keokuk on fishes and mollusks. Keokuk offers unusual facilities for migration studies. The work aims to forecast fishery developments in the river lake, with hoped increases in fish supply offsetting crop losses on drowned lands.
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Mississippi
Keokuk
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Great River Lake
Imitation Air Travel
A London idea by Henry Salsbury recreates flight using a car suspended above ground with an aircraft like motion. Motions of a flying plane simulate travel while motion pictures shot from height are projected on a surface to give riders a complete illusion of airborne motion.
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Henry Salsbury
London
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