Fragmented War Memoir of Adams in Argonne Campaign
A wartime narrative follows Adams a West Point graduate and American envoy in Paris during the early invasion. He fights German forces, defends a suit against Col. Griesman, and aids Aimee while pursuing a French ally through the Argonne Forest as German forces mass between the Meuse and Aisne rivers.
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Adams
West Point
Manuigen Paris
Germany
Chateau Laguts
Caughie
Aimee
Col. Griesman
Regz- Hussars
Colones
Griesman
Latour
Fleischmann
Nts
Lowenburg
Meuse
Aisne
Gonne
Oding
Argonne Forest
Aire
Reims
Chalons-sur-Marne
Gen- Messonier
le-Duc
Argonne
Forigsu
Chateau
O Lowenberg
Sne
Frenzied Charge Against French Forces in Moonlit Pursuit
In a night forest encounter, German forces under Lowenberg and Fleischmann ambush French troops marching north. The charge erupts with cannons, carbines, and sabers as soldiers crash through a mass of fleeing enemy, Lowenberg falling to a bullet while Fleischmann fights to extract him.
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Fleischmann
Lowenberg
Lancer
Bhussars
Lena Fleischmann
Myself
Melee Through Woods to the Chateau Ride
Fragmentary pursuit scene as riders drive infantry away, chaos in the woods. A riderless horse, a heavy load under an arm, and a tense return toward the chateau twenty five miles distant unfold with a sense of peril and haste.
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Lowenberg
Fiefechmannn
Chateau
Griesman
German Invasion Plan Unfolds Amid Army Prep
The narrative describes a vast army near Verdun with wagons and armored cars moving in readiness. Emperor coldly questions Latour about Latour’s spy and a Paris betrayal while German supply lines and commissariat appear highly organized. Latour plots dramatic escape using a Vinton car, aiming to seize control and evade Griesman’s pursuit.
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Commissariat
Latour
Baloon-Sheds
Fleischmann
Verdun Road
Vinton Pe
Paris
Mademoiselle Lagunay
Griesman
Aimee
Chateau
Vinton Machine
Berlin
Freischmann
White Squaws and Red Men in Indian Satire
Johnny Mine, Kickapoo linguist Mah-me-qua-che-mah-che, in Washington on Mexico tribe business, denounces white governmental methods while claiming white wives are akin to red men. He says both cultures dress with paint and feathers, and asserts little difference between the white squaw and the Indian.
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Jonny Mine
Washington
Witha
Johnny
Brisk Street Car Fling and Hair Trade Details Stir Readers
A Brooklyn case recalls Margaret Jordan slapping a middle aged Sicilian masher after he harassed her on a street car. The judge praises the self defense. The article shifts to a discussion of artificial hair trade, noting purification, pricing, and the care needed to match shade and texture for natural looks.
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Maggie” Kline
McCloskey
Margaret Jordan
Brooklyn
Maggie
Joseph Sowalsky
Uses for bags in thrifty housekeeping
The article urges saving used salt and flour bags by washing and storing them for daily tasks. It highlights their value as dust cloths and for polishing glass and silver, noting they rival purchased cloths and save money. An example shows bags used to make rough shirts for two boys, stressing penny pinching and fabric longevity.
False Hair Trade Expands With London as Hub
London serves as the main distribution point for false hair sold in many forms. In five years the trade has grown rapidly with manufacturers favoring Europe. A leading artificer dismisses Chinese hair as cheap. Girls sell hair to merchants by cutting or offering portions, though the practice is not as severe as feared.
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London
Germany
Austria
France
Italy
American heiress shuns London title talk
Miss Rhea Reid daughter of the tin plate king D O Reid arrives at the Carlton Hotel to a London buzz about marriage prospects and fortunes. She says she seeks no titles and wishes to marry for love, not status.
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Miss Reid
Economic Snapshot Of Global And Local Industry
Calcutta tops Indian city populations while the Codex Alexandrinus in the British Museum is valued at 1.5 million dollars. Argentina reports over five million people and last year's exports yield 62 dollars per capita. In Philadelphia three hundred lines of goods are produced across sixteen thousand factories with five hundred million dollars in capital, employing three hundred thousand workers and generating six hundred fifty million dollars in annual output.
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Argentine Republic
United States
Philadelphia
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Aoman
Palisade Pattern Co
Battery Place
New York City
Abdress
City and
Calcutta
India
Thirteenth Street Lead Pencil CO
W. 13Th Street
New York
Commissioner of Pensions
Taber & Whitman CO
Warder Bidg
Washington, D.C
el. A. L. Rice
N. Y
A. L. Rice
North Pt Adams
Kaga
Dept. F
Milwaukee Ave
Chicago
F. P
Batiste
Birdley Somers CO
W. 19Th Street
New York, N. Y
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