Promise Shaped by Aunt as Sabron Hope Grows
In a North African hospital Sabron nears recovery under care of Julia Redmond and the Marquise d Esclignac. Julia faces pressure to promise marriage if Sabron follows to Paris, while Tremont awaits and Sabron anguishes.
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Duchesse de Tremont
Monsieur de Sabron
Mademoiselle
Monsieur
Duc de Tremont
Africa
Julia
Sabron
Patter
Maine
sParte
Tremont
Julia Redmond
Marquise A Bedignac
France
Robert
Marquise d’Esclignac
Sss
Marquise
Marquise d'Esclignac
Algiers
Orient
Trouville
Tante
Paris
Capitaine de Sabron
Red Cross Society
Madame de la Maine
Marquise a'Esclignac
Marquise d'Beolignac
Matante
Babfon
Marquise @Esclignac
de Sabron
America
Marquise d’Eaclignac
Faubourg St.Germain
Havana Before the War A Traveler’s View of Cuba
Before the Spanish American War Havana was risky due to yellow fever though sanitary work by the Army of Occupation improved health. Travel to the West Indies now appears luxurious and easy with modern transport, while Havana remains foreign yet comfortable for English speaking tourists. The island offers sugar country trips from Havana and the Vuelta Abajo tobacco region in Pinar del Rio, with extensive railroad networks and touring Possibilities across Cuba.
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Havana
Cuba
America
West Indies
Bray
Malecon
Vuelta Abajo
Pinar del Rio
Habana
START ON THE WRONG ROAD
A Kansas City Star reflective piece contrasts bank robberies with the fate of criminals who choose crime over labor. It argues that men who avoid work to gain money meet eventual long prison terms and misery, warning that indulgent youth fuels the wrong road.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Homemaking Dominates as Women Enter Trades
The United States Board of Education reports 24 million of 31 million females over ten work in homemaking. Vocational schools should emphasize scientific cooking as girls increasingly enter other trades but often return to homemaking.
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United States Board of Education Statisticians
United States
Federal Educational Board
Europe
Grave digging claim denied after dynamite blast injures Seattle man
The industrial insurance department rejected John Borgford's claim for a left hand injury suffered while blasting dynamite during grave digging. The ruling notes grave digging is normally peaceful and an exception cannot be made when blasting is necessary. Olympia reports the case, sourced from the Oregonian.
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Industrial Insurance Department
John Borgford
Seattle
Olympia
Wash
Portland Oregonian
Flag for New York City Adopted by Board of Aldermen
The New York City board of aldermen approved a flag with three perpendicular bars blue white and orange echoing the Dutch flag. It also adopted a new city seal to appear in blue on the white bar. The emblem will be raised at City Hall on June 12 marking the board’s 250th anniversary.
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New York City
Board of Aldermen
New York
New Netherlands
Board of al
War drains incomes of famed English doctors
The article notes a sharp drop in earnings for renowned English physicians and surgeons who once made substantial incomes. Many now volunteer for government service as private practice collapses, blamed on patients forgetting their illnesses since the war began.
Paris Humor Show Reflects War Strain on Satire
A wartime humor exhibit by Humorfate benefits wounded artists and orphans. French caricature shifts from merriment to grim topics like atrocities while English sketches preserve gentler, if limited, humor. Sculpture and trench sketches reveal practical dirt of war.
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Paris
Forain
Flanders
France
Red Cross
Hot Food Service For Soldiers In Italian Army
A photograph depicts hot meals being served to Italian soldiers. The scene emphasizes military provisioning with plates and utensils shown in use by troops in uniform.
Kansan Heroine Uses Fishing Pole to Save Two Children
Mrs. Fred Osborn of Argentine saved an eight year old girl who fell into the water near Ottawa Kansas by hooking the child’s clothing with a fishing pole and pulling her to safety. About an hour later a nine year old boy fell in and she broke her pole trying to repeat the feat before obtaining another rod and rescuing him.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Kan
Fred Osborn
Argentine
Here
Victoria Prize Egg Exhibited in Victoria County
J. E. Poole, a farmer from Victoria, Texas, displayed the largest egg on record. The egg measures 6% inches in one circumference and 3 inches in the other, weighs a quarter of a pound, and is showcased for visitors.
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Victoria, Tex
J. E. Poole
Victoria
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Miss Redmond
Morro Castle
Tropics
Central Park
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