The Mysterious Bag and a Jealous Wife
Amy Hale suspects her husband Harvey Hale of infidelity after glimpses of a traveling bag and a hidden letter. A careful search reveals a letter from Hale to another woman denying any affair, and Amy learns Hale’s loyalty, ending her jealousy with confirmation from the bag’s contents.
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Amy
Harvey Hale
Eher
Amy Hale
Harvey
Broadway
Mrs. Hale
Mabel Coe
Hale
Aly
Linle
Philadelphia
Gibbs
Mr. Hale
Mr. Gibbs
YM. C. A
Daisy Fellows
Miss Fellows
War bread among nations described in wartime rations
The piece compares Allied and German rations during war. It notes the British soldier’s dry dog biscuit four inches square and three ounces, the French war bread that swells in hot water, and the German pea sausage made from peameal bacon and fat, a Berlin cook’s preservation method yielding twelve soup plates per eight inch sausage.
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Tommy
I.ck
Berlin
The National Capital’s Origins and Early Meetings
The site of Washington city chosen in 1791 with the capitol cornerstone laid in 1793. Congress met there first in November 1800 after prior sessions in Philadelphia New York Baltimore Lancaster York Princeton Annapolis and Trenton.
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National Capital
Washington City
Capitol
Congress
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Lancaster
York
Princeton
Annapolis
Tremton
Excavations Uncover Mastodon Tooth in Lyndon Illinois
A mastodon tooth fragment seven and a half inches long and three and a half inches wide was found during excavation at Lyndon. The fragment suggests ancient fauna in the area and adds to local paleontological interest.
State News Roundup Highlights War Efforts and Local Events
The article reports on military training in the Second Illinois Field Artillery, rail wage increases in Aurora, and aviation camp moves to Rantoul. It notes civic actions in East St. Louis, a large oil-industry presence in Carlinville, and various local appointments, resignations, and society events across Illinois towns including Taylorville Havana and Rockford.
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Thi Ads Field Artillery
Carlinville
Mgra
Pittsburgh
J. Evans
Oak Park
Englewood
Chicago
Englewood Avenue
Chicago City Bank and Trust Company
East
Virginia
Athens
Farmers’ Institute
Mason County
Havana
Truman Loveless
Harlow Hardy
Taylorville
Annapolis
Wheeler
Kilbourne
Pana
A. L. Snow
Macon
Lansdowne Christchurch
East St. Louis
Elijah Dillon
Benton
Aurora
Burlington Road
Eugenia
Doggett
Ashburn
Rantoul
Conference For Democracy and Terms of Peace
Germany
Johnny Paris
Belleville
Carroll
Ogle
Lee
Elizabeth
Paul A. Atz
Frank I. Foster
Louis I. Eigle
Titonka
Carl Jackson
Gardner
Farmers’ National Bank
Odell
Illinois
Rock River
Rockford
Cantonment
Lowden
Ashburo Field
Chanute Field
Board of Education
George N. Bradley
Amboy
William Harris
C. M. Brown
First Presbyterian Church
Joliet
Russians Reported Breakthroughs on Eastern Front in Galicia
Petrograd dispatches say Russians captured 16 officers and 900 Austro Germans in eastern Galicia, with additional captures totaling 834 officers and 35,809 men between July 1 and 13. They also seized heavy guns and mortars as forces clash along Lodzinany, Kalusz, and other fronts.
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Petrograd
Galicia
Russian War Department
Brussiloff
Lodzinany
Lomnica
Kalusz
Washington
Gulf of Riga
Roumantia
Riga
Lemberg
Korniloff
Carpathians
von Moedre
Kahisz
Carpathian
Trosdansky
Warships Sink Divers and Submarines Reported
Berne reports American warships destroyed four German submarines and an alleged Grace steamer sunk in mid July. The Grace, owned by Standard Commercial Steamship Corp of New York, was torpedoed with three naval guard losses and two injuries.
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Berne
Cgermany
Washington
Grace
Naval Armed Guard
State Department
Standard Commercial Steamship Corporation
Whitehall Street
New York
Argentina Demands Reply Over Toro Torpedoing
Buenos Aires reports Argentina has instructed its Berlin minister to demand a German government reply to a note seeking satisfaction for the torpedoing of the Argentine ship Toro and a pledge to halt attacks on Argentine ships.
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
Berlin
Toro
Crown Prince Returns to Front from Berlin
Berlin reports the German crown prince who had been in the city on political crisis duties departed for the western front.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Crigin
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News OF Illinois
Lyndon
Masonic Order
Harvard
Albany
Horace Sanders
Stephenson County
Jo Daviess County
Roy Gray
Beald
Illinois Traction Company
Alvin Ditsworth
Altone L. Millan
Freeport
Amasa R. Booth
Springfield
Virden Township
Eetelson
West Park
Cora Webster
Arcola
Danville
George A. Lotz
Matilda Tedrick
Elinor Thompson
Jacob Frank
Illinois National Guard
Mollman
Central Union Telephone Company
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Townsend Street
Alfred Dodd
Marion
Murphysboro
Anna
John Boyd
Sharpe’s Landing
Anna Schultz
Tough A. Bailey
Sinois Press Association
Elgin
Elizabeth Schmidt
Casper Schmidt
Eigin
Keystone Steel and Wire Company
Peoria
Red Cross
John Strickwald
Winslow
Strickwald
Russ
Kaiser
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