Americans Found Hospital in Constantinople With 100 Beds
Americans in Constantinople establish a hospital with 100 beds to serve as a future American medical center in the Near East. Admiral Bristol chairs the board. Red Cross supplies beds and staff. Dr A R Hoover to direct. Dr Elsie Richards Graff as assistant. Rockefeller foundation to inspect.
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Constantinople
Near East
Admiral Bristol
G. B. Ravndahl
American Chamber of Commerce
Claflin Davis
Amercan Red Crows
James P. Coombs
American Committee For Relief
Turkey
A. R. Hoover
Elsie Richards Graff
Vas
Sar College
Wellesley
Americum Committee For Relief
Anon EO Roth
Rock
Chenside
A. Batelle Sutton
Detroit
Roberta de Sharpe
New Jerk
Mary E. Coughlin
Acton Center
Mass
Constantinople College For
Ovent
Rockefeller Foundation
Bard of Iespection
Young Men's Christian Association
Young Women's Christian Association
Relef
American Committee For Relief In the
Vite Richards
Camden Buys Whitman House for 8000 in Camden
Camden acquires Whitman home for eight thousand dollars. City plans to convert the house where the poet wrote many works into a public use. The purchase reflects a dedication to preserving literary heritage in Camden.
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Camden
Whitman
Watt Whitman
British professor endures six days inside high altitude chamber
Joseph Barcroft a Cambridge physiology reader spent six days in a hermetically sealed glass chamber to test oxygen needs at altitude. He exercised on a bicycle and slept while nitrogen was added to reduce air oxygen levels. Blood tests after the trial aligned with expectations and he reported feeling shaken but unharmed.
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Joseph Barcroft
FFROS
Cambridge University
Barcroft
Physialoniead
Mr Barcroft
Iowa Battleship to Become Unmanned Target Ship
The battleship Iowa in Philadelphia will be converted for an unmanned radio controlled target exercise in Chesapeake Bay with smoke screens and course changes to mimic battle conditions. Engines will run with no crew aboard as it sinks after trials, joining the old Texas and marking a first in American naval practice.
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Washington
Iowa
Cervera
Santiago
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Chesapeake Bay
Texas
San Marcos
Ohio
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Puts Will In You Easy to Get Strong
Hot weather reduces appetite and causes lassitude making you feel weak. Take an atonic tablet before and after meals to remove excess acids and gases, aiding digestion. Eutonic cools the mouth and stomach and helps appetite, promising renewed pep in hot weather. Get a big box from your druggist at a trifling cost.
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Nature
Atonic
Eutonic
Edison Sends Telegraph Message After 19 Years
Edison, in Orange New Jersey, used a telegraph key for the first time since 1901 to send a message to the Old-Time Telegraphers and Historical Association. The note will be inscribed on an imperishable phonographic disc for the archives as a record of his sending style.
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Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Old-Time Telegraphers and Historical Association
Edison
Burglary Suspected After Disturbed Home Scene
A detective notes uncertainty about burglars entering the house as the owner’s wife and children are away for the summer. He considers both burglary and the possibility that the husband is keeping house alone, given the upset conditions in the home.
Between Two Loves Quandary Shapes a Cigar Band Dilemma
A Louisville Courer Journal item portrays a man torn between two loves. He muses over a choice as one woman wishes him to quit smoking while another asks him to keep lighting cigars, revealing a lighthearted domestic tension.
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Louisville Courter Journal
Diamond Dyes Dye Name Prompts Careful Dyeing Message
Say Diamond Dyes. Do not streak or ruin your material in a peer dye. Insist on Diamond Dyea. Directions in package.
Freezone promises painless corn removal
An ad touts Freezone as a quick painless remedy for hard and soft corns and corns between the toes with instant relief. It claims a tiny bottle, sold by druggists for a few cents, can remove corn and calluses without soreness.
Thanatopsis And Its Meaning In Bryant Poem
The term Thanatopsis derives from Greek and means view of death. In Bryant's poem it is interpreted as a meditation on death.
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Bryant
You Can’t Get Even With Your Physician
A terse line appears as a fragment advising that retaliation by returning a call to a doctor is ineffective, suggesting a cautionary tone about medical interactions. The text reads as a partial warning likely from a column or satirical item.
Expensive Baton to Honor Marshal Foch Unveiled in France
A gold embossed baton to Ferdinand Foch honors his Metz and Second Battle of the Marne victories. The baton, 260 percent inches long, bears the motto Terror belli cus Pacis and the inscription Marechal Ferdinand Foch 1914 19. James A Flaherty of Philadelphia will present the baton when the Lafayette statue is unveiled in France by the Knights of Columbus.
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Ferdinand Foch
France
Marshal Foch
Metz
St Gond
Marne
Strasburg
Marechal Ferdinand Foch
United States
Lorraine
Knights of Columbus
Pennsylvania
James A. Flaherty
Philadelphia
Lafayette
Age of the World Claim by Historian John Von Muller
Historian John Von Muller, cited for his extensive research on the age of the world, concludes in 1920 that the Earth is 7,642 years old. His dating relies on Biblical references and accepted figures.
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John von Muller
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound testimonial
Omaha woman Mrs J O Elmquist says she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for twenty years to ease female troubles and keeps a bottle in the home as a helpful remedy. She endorses the product and invites others to try it with confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
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Omaha
Neb
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. O. Elmquist
S. 20Th Street
Nebraska
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Yankee Understatement From The Companion
A reader recalls a grandfather story of John Teele a Yankee teamster who perilously slowed a rolling log with a rope tied to his waist and a dog nearby. The tale recalls a near miss and a later recovery with a neighbor’s help.
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John Teele
John
Tolin
Santa John
Golfing legend Harry quits over lost ball
A Louisville Courier Journal snippet recalls a quip about a longtime golfer named Harry quitting after losing his ball. The conversation among cronies at the first tee hints at a humorous, light tone about a veteran Scot with 40 years in golf.
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Harry
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