Crown Jewels Smuggled From Russia Hidden by Czarina
The article recounts how during the Russian revolution the czarina secretly summoned the crown jeweler to replace gems with paste and smuggle the jewels to her German relatives. The Orloff diamond and Catherine the Great’s black pearl are highlighted as famed salvaged pieces. The jewels now rest in a German principality’s treasury, guarded as Russia’s fate looms.
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Gema
Czar
Ina
Germany
House of Romanoff
Chingo
Vladivostok
United States
Severn
A Toceselo
Petrograd
Sweden
Denmark
Czarina
Hesse-Darmstadt
Zemss
Russia
Tzarkoe-Selo Palace
Catherine II
Orloff
Buddha
Prince Orloff
Imilaimniliton MomArs
England
Czar Nichollas
Women Lead Beaver Town Armistice Barrel Parade
Three hundred Beaver town residents, two thirds women, marched eight miles from Beavertown to Middleburg to honor the armistice and accompany Mrs. Neri Feese who rolled a barrel the full distance in a Christmas wager. Led by the Thoxoelville band, they were met by Middleburg Red Cross and citizens. Mrs. Feese wore a banner United We Stand. Her son J. Blaine Feese serves in France. Trucks and cars met the group for the return trip.
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Beavertown
Middleburg
Neri Feese
Thoxoelville
Red Cross
Woman seeks name change over Teutonic tie in Seattle court
Mrs. Lilian M. Teutenberg asked a Seattle superior court to change her name, saying Teutenberg is too Teutonic. Judge Calvin Hall approved the change to West. She has a son, Harry West, with an American Army officer in France and was married in Chicago in 1898, with a divorce granted in 1905.
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Tootin
Calvin Hall
Seattle
Lilian M. Teutenberg
West
Harry West
France
Chicago
Teutenberg
Centenarian John Remeau Celebrates 105th Birthday in New Hampshire
John Remeau of Goffstown New Hampshire turned 105 by chopping wood and doing chores at his daughter’s home. His birth certificate states he was born in Canada on November 14 1818.
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John Remeau
Goffstown
N.hs
Mr. Remeau
Canada
Urge saving waste paper to support essential uses
The article urges households to save waste paper and rags to supply mixed waste paper for boards and newsprint, improve pulp for boxes and containers, and aid the Salvation Army and junkmen in maintaining adequate paper inventories for government and essential needs. It stresses collecting old paper, magazines, books, and leather via school children.
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Salvation Army
Sugar loss avoids famine and new surgeon general speech
The article reports that U S sugar consumption dropped by about 500 000 tons over July to October averting a domestic shortage and enabling Europe to share in relief. It also covers Maj Gen Merritt W Ireland new surgeon general noting his plan to work in the field in France and his push for more doctors and nurses amid the grippe outbreak.
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France
Merritt W. Ireland
Gorgas
Pershing
Food exports must rise to feed liberated Europe
The article argues the United States must increase exports to 20 million tons to feed liberated nations and support democracy. It discusses prewar baselines, port capacity, and shortages in fats pork dairy and protein feeds, warning famine could fuel unrest and endanger civilization.
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Europe
United States
Australia
Ani- Mala
Triva
North America
West Indies
Russia
Longevity Found in Busy Life of 100 Year Old Layton
Frederick J. Layton of Philadelphia marked his hundredth birthday describing modern life as happiness through activity. Born in Nottingham England, he moved to the United States at forty and worked as a horse trader in St. Louis Delaware and finally Philadelphia where he has lived over four decades. He enjoys visitors and says he likes to be busy, sharing his birthday with neighbors and friends. He is survived by 68 grandchildren and great grandchildren, the youngest being five week old Charles Quarles, son of a soldier in France.
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Gruppe
United States
Russia
Ireland
France
Frederick J. Layton
Philadelphia
Frederick Layton
Nottingham
England
St. Louis
Delaware
Charles Quarles
Start a Bat Roost to Fight Malaria Warns Dr Campbell
Dr Charles A Campbell of San Antonio urged creating bat roosts to combat malaria at the Southwestern Medical association meeting in Dallas. He said malaria is a major enemy and bats, feeding at night, can help control the disease if provided with simple backyard roosts.
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Charles A. Campbell
San Antonio
Southwestern Medical Association
Dallas
Doctor Campbell
Horsewhipped by Women in Rockford Public Square
Edwin Brooks of Rockford Michigan, 46, was escorted to the Rockford public square and horsewhipped by about a dozen women as a crowd of around 800 jeered. He says he only tried to box his daughter's ears after she insulted her step mother, and that a raised hand deflected the blow into the girl Edith Brooks aged 15 who was struck in the eye.
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Edith
Edwin Brooks
Rockford
Mich
Brooks
Raised Cotton In Town Prompts Southern Comparison
Postmaster F. C. Boeke of Hubbard Iowa has grown fifteen cotton plants in town and harvested ripe cotton. Several plants produced up to eighteen bolls, showing cotton can thrive outside the South.
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F. C. Boeke
Hubbard
Married by Wireless Ceremony Reported for Private Gall
Court records reveal a wireless wedding of Private Herman Gall and Miss Margaret Rohl of St. Paul. The ceremony was reportedly performed via wireless transmission according to recent filings.
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Wireless
Herman Gall
Missy Margaret Rohl
St. Paul
Cleveland Sacks German Textbooks for Camp Library Fund
War mothers announce German books will be sold as waste paper to raise money for the camp library fund. Contributions are solicited.
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Cleveland
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