November Comes In Like Roses In June In Town
Mary Jane reviews a bustling Frederick week with notes on Hallowe'en revels and Mardi Gras streets. She recalls All Saints day, social events, hospital sales, dances, church suppers, and plans for a Christmas community tree while urging charity at home and support for Company A's bazar.
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Hallowe'en
Pittsburgh
Hood College
Frederick
Baltimore
Grace Reformers
United Brethren
Opera
Terpsichore
November Welcome Message From Mary Jane
A November note from Mary Jane invites peace and the payment of the War Claim. It references oyster floats and pumpkin pies as seasonal imagery and asks readers to remember the Empty Stocking sale.
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Mary Jane
Fires Encircling Village at Bridgeport New Jersey
Three hundred men under wardens from several fire districts fight to save Bridgeport as high winds drive flames toward the village in Burlington county. Residents move household goods while wardens announce the fire has breached the last defenses. Fire has destroyed cranberry bogs owned by Harry Smith and William Gossler. Deer hunters return from the woods are drafted into service. new forestry park laws allow summons of able bodied men with penalties for neglect.
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Chatsworth
N. J
Bridgeport
Washington Township
Burlington County
Albert Sooy
Harry Smith
William Gossler
America Feeding Belgium Relief From U S S Aids Belgium
Millard K. Shaler reported from London that Belgian hardship worsened with over 30 percent of Brussels dependent on soup bread and weekly potatoes. Grain convoys from Holland offered hope as Americans continued relief, while many wealthy Brusseleans lacked bread. A German cruiser and destroyers arrived for port calls in Boston, signaling allied support.
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U. Ss
London
Millard K. Shaler
Brussels
American Commission For the Relief of
Belgium
Holland
America
Despondency From Indigestion Finds Hopeful Remedy
A reader from Indiana recounts severe indigestion and despondency improving after using Chamberlain's Tablets. The testimonial notes initial belief in a light diet, then relief after taking the product, and urges others to try it. Sold by dealers.
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Blanche Bowers
Indiana
Chamberlain
Karnak Drug Store Ad Beautiful Line
Advertisement for the ANSES DRUG STORE features a decorative display line titled Karnak brase ganda and showcases the shop's offerings in a vintage regional style.
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Karnak Brase Ganda Anses Drug Store
Ill Powers Unable To Crush Germany In War Letter
A former Frederick resident living in Nymphenburg Munich writes of the war zone. The letter, dated October 23, describes royal families, battlefield moves toward Paris, and the resilience of German leadership. It notes Hindenburg directing from bed to Warsaw and royal princes in France, with Red Cross nurses and a newly opened American hospital in Munich.
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Frederick
Nymphenburg
Munich
Francis Penwick Smith
Corinne Baugaman de Garmendis
Mynteh
Europe
Mre de_Garmendia
Bentztown
Alsace
France
Red Cross
Belgium
Germany
Hindenburg
Prussia
Warsaw
Paris
Frederick Eitel
Ludwig Ferdinand
Heinrich
America
Nymphenbure
Leopold
Bavaria
Marburg Introduces Baltimore Guests to Royalty and Consuls
Marburg from Baltimore introduced attendees to royalty and various consuls. They were pleased to meet representatives of many nations welcomed by the host.
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Marburg
Baltimore
Germans Held Back by Allies Front Dispatch
Allied forces halt German advances on multiple fronts as French bulletins recount renewed fighting near Arras and Ypres. Reports claim repulsed attacks in the Aisne and Argonne, trenches captured near Verdun, and continued shelling with no decisive front shifts.
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Ypres
Arras
Oise
Aisne
Vailley
Soupir
Argonne
Meuse
Verdun
Dixmude
Lys
Istica
la Bassee
Mihlel
Allies Fight German Fleet in Pacific Open Engagement
Reports from Valparaiso indicate a naval clash involving German, British, and Japanese ships off Yanjos Peru with possible British action by Admiral Craddock’s force after the Coronel defeat. A Japanese squadron pursuing the German fleet was sighted near Easter Island, about 2300 miles west of the prior battle site. A later item tells of Anna Boyer of Sunbury Pa who briefly woke from death after a diphtheria coma and greeted an embalmer before recovery.
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San Francisco
Valparaiso
Plive
Yanjos
Peru
von Spee
Sir Christopher Craddock
Coronel
Chile
Easter Island
Sunbury
Anna Boyer
Tsing-Tao Falls to Japan with Chinese garrison surrender
Tokio reports German fortress Tsing-Tao capitulated to the allies as Kaiser rewards for guns. A Berlin telegram notes emperor promises 750 marks per machine gun captured as part of the same dispatch. Different datelines from London and Amsterdam accompany the notice.
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China
Tokio
Tsing-Tao
Kaiser Otters
Guna
London
Reuter Telegram Company
Amsterdam
Berlin
Han
The Charm of Motherhood Advice Feature
A period feature advises women to prepare for motherhood, noting common health strains and urging use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to support female wellness and recovery. It promises confidential, womanly advice from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Carpet and Rug Cleaning and Dyeing Revival
A local advert details methods to cleanse carpets and rugs safely without damaging fabrics. It highlights a revival of latest colors and suggests dyeing to harmonize with color schemes for improved appearance.
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Gen. von Hindenberg
VRP
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Mronoprinzessia Cecilie
Boston
Uner Kronprinzessia
Cecilie
Point Shirley
Jower
Boston Harbor
Lamson and
Perry
Charlestown Navy Yard
Somme
Meusa
Andechy
Roye
Nampoel
Algue
Berry-au-Bac
Supigneul
Argensie
Woevre
Grande ,Couronne
Nancy
Perroy
Baccarat and
Blamont
Kaiser
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Mmi
Pavocsta
Frederick Gas and Electric Dept
Hagerstown and
East Patrick Street
Tsing-Tao Falls
Lydia E
West Second Street
Otti & Griffins Real Estate, Loans
Court
Frederick, Md
Footer’s Dye Works
Cumberland, MD
Kate Gittinger
East Patrick Stthiat
Runkles & Mullin
White Cross
James EE. FE
Doll
Mark Mabetete
Harry R. Flautt
City Opera House Shoe Store
Barery
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