Sabron and Pitchoune the Irish Terrier in a French Cavalry Tale
Captain Sabron of the French cavalry bonds with a motherless Irish terrier named Pitchoune. Julia Redmond, an American heiress, sings for him. Sabron departs for Algiers with restrictions on dogs. Pitchoune runs away and reappears during peril, while Julia and the Marquise d Esclignac navigate a planned match with the Duc de Tremont. Sabron is wounded, missing, and Pitchoune remains devoted through the perilous journey.
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le ‘Gemte de Sabron
Pitchorne
Marquise d'Esclignac
Julia Redmond
Labronse
Algiers
Pitchoune
Marquise
Julia
Duc de Tremont
Sabron
de Tremont
Eor Babron
Voyage Aboard the Yacht Sets Tiny Scheme for Julia
On a seaborne trip to Algiers the Marquise guides Julia Redmond and Tremont through delicate stratagems. The aristocrat plans to protect Julia’s reputation while ensuring Robert remains unaware of her feelings. Julia agrees to act charmingly toward Tremont as the voyage unfolds.
Duke in Doubt Amid Med Mission of Attica Romance
In this serialized tale Julia Redmond endures a moody journey to Attica while Tremont courts her with courtly charm. The Duc de Tremont, a noble Latin lover, is drawn to Julia though she remains distant and aloof, with the Parisian Marquesse and her aunt ever present. The chapter ends as Tremont plots a Mediterranean party and Julia faces a poised, uncertain future.
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Attica
Nea
Julia Redmond
Tremont
Florence Nightingale
Algiers
Marquise
Duc de Tremont
Agincourt
Julia
Robert de Tremont
Juliane
Tarascon
Chateau d'Esclignac
Mediterranean
Miss Redmond
Comtesse de la Maine
Comtesse
Faubourg’ St.Germain
Raymond
Milas Redmond
Hospital Barges Bring Mercy to French Front
Northern France uses hospital barges on Paris to front routes under Union des Femmes de France. Each white barge holds 40 beds with an operating room, nurses quarters, and two surgeons in a flying room. Wounded are craned aboard and towed by donated steam or motor yachts, a mercy effort funded by generous donors.
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France
Paris
Battle Front
Union Des Femmes de France
Wheelless motor car patent of 1914 using skids
The piece notes a 1914 patent for a wheelless motor car propelled by alternatingly lowered and raised skids. It recalls early locomotive doubts about adhesion on smooth rails and cites a designer who used jointed metal bars moving like a horse's legs as a related concept.
Submarines and Sunday Fiction from a Bygone Era
The piece notes early submarine attempts by a Frenchman De Son in the 17th century and the failed clockwork motor, leading to modern subs. It surveys Br Roe and E P Roe fiction including Barriers Burned Away and Pansy, praising Elsie in the 1880s wide reach, ending with Schenectady Union Star remarks.
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Langley
de Son
Rotterdam
East Indies
France
Br. Roe
E. P. Roe
Roe
Elsie
Billy Sunday
Balshazzar
Schenectady
Glass as Building Material
Architects advocate glass bricks for houses and apartments to improve light and cleanliness. They favor large blocks with pleasing tints, weatherproofing, and easy maintenance. Prisms on the lower face would direct light into rooms under verandas.
The Puritan Fallacy in Aiken’s Ocean Poem
A modern young poet Con rad Aiken is praised for a steamer trip on Long Island sound and for expressing a critique of the Puritan creed that beauty and sensitiveness imply sin. The piece argues that New England gloom undercuts faith and morals and calls instead to view the earth as a home for the heart and soul of man.
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Conrad Aiken
Long’ Island Sound
New England
Man Claims Love Defense in Murder Case
An upstate man seeks to prove he was sane by arguing he was in love as part of his defense after pleading not guilty to murder charges in a manslaughter case.
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Upstate
Milwaukee
Relics Of Old Race Unearthed In Nevada Cave Discovery
Archeological team from the University of Nevada nears completion of a cave exploration sealed 3,000 years ago near Humboldt Lake. They uncover relics and a skull claimed to be over 5,000 years old, suggesting a prehistoric civilization predating known American ancestors. Legends from Winnemucca and Sarah Winnemucca guided the search.
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Archeological Department
The
University of Nevada
Nevada
Kent
England
Fremont
California
Rockies
Humboldt River
Humboldt Lake
Humboldt Range
Lovelock
Néw
Winnemiscca
Winnemuccs
Winnemucca
Sarah
Sarah Winnemucca
J. C. Jones
Archeological Department of
State University
Cost of Building Wire Fence in North Dakota
United States Department of Agriculture circular outlines fence costs in North Dakota. Max per rod: 36.9 cents for three-wire with one-rod posts. two-wire 32.2 cents. four-wire two-rod spacing 29.7 cents. five-wire three-rod spacing 30 cents. Wire cheaper than posts for upkeep.
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North Dakota
United States Department of Agriculture
Plans for Tangier under international rule outlined
The article describes Tangier as the first truly international city with a 24 Moroccan and 11 foreign member assembly elected by popular vote. A mixed court is proposed with two Frenchmen including a presiding member, two Spaniards, two Englishmen, and one German, plus a Spanish public prosecutor. The scheme hinges on the war not derailing the plan.
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Tangier
Morocco
Egypt
Education in housekeeping linked to farming in Denmark
Edwin G. Cooley argues in a piece on Democratic Denmark that teaching country girls domestic skills grew naturally from training boys in agriculture. The observation frames household labor as a civic and educational extension of rural farming life.
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Denmark
Edwin G. Cooley
Deplorable Fate of a Nice Lady
A brief theater note presents a quarrel over a man named Googenspinner who, upon marrying a woman described as a good girl, gives her a bad name. The exchange features a scoundrel and a puzzled reaction, hinting at scandal and social judgment.
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Errox
Julla
Marquise d’Esclignac
Robert
Latish
Misa Redmond
Ministry of War
de Sabron
Mimi
Monsieur de Sabron
Nonsenes
Tante
Redmond
Ma Tante
Algiera
Charles de Sabron
Robert, de Tremont
Little Willie
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