Turbulent Tale of Madame Storch the Turkish Beauty
The piece traces the life of Madame Storch known as the Turkish Beauty a German spy linked to Berlin and Constantinople. It details her travels across Europe and to New York where authorities detained her at Key West and interned her in Fillmore or Fillmore land before deportation to France. The death just before a planned debrief adds to the intrigue surrounding her espionage career. Additionally the report notes pneumonia as a major killer in World War I with over 40 000 deaths and 26 000 from the influenza pandemic impacting camps and troops.
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Despina Duavidowiteh Torch
Madame Nexte
Baroness de Belleville
Madame Hesketh
Madame Davidowitch
United States
Capitol
Berlin
Constantinople
United States Secret Service
War Office
Madame Storch
Belgium
Madrid
Amile
London
Rome
Lisbon
Geneva
Copenhagen
Europe
America
New York
Havana
Cuba
Panama Canal
State Department
Washington
Canal Zone
Secret Service
Department of Justice
Key West
Fillsealand
France
The Moth and the Flame Poem Fragment by Balloch
A short verse fragment by Douglas Balloch dated 1930 contemplates a moth living three days as a metaphor for human life. The speaker muses on spending brief life in flames and the fleeting nature of existence. The piece juxtaposes sin with a candle and laments mankind’s destiny.
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Douglas Balloch
Nutty NATURAL History by Hugh Hutton polly tik parrot caricature
A satirical piece features a parrot native to Far East plum tree forests, famed for repeating clever phrases. The bird sits on a ballot box with a peanut head and filbert body, its beak mocked by overuse yet proud. The illustration uses split beans, cloves, and painted stripes to convey a purple and gold costume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Bewanaper Bervica
Patriotism and the Flag as Sacred Emblem
A column extols intense loyalty to the flag, calling it a sacred emblem and urging citizens to teach reverence for the emblem and to support right over wrong. It recalls loyal service by those who died for America and warns against the land of spree and knave.
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America
Motlinggs Cook Book Emphasizes More Vegetables Over Meat
The text from Motlinggs Cook Book extols fresh green vegetables and decries heavy meat. It offers recipes for Five Minute Cabbage Harvard Beets German Cabbage Salad and Cabbage With Apples with step by step instructions and measurements, stressing digestibility and flavor.
Matchmakers Form Union Against Love Marriages
In a Bell Syndicate feature the article argues that a newly formed matchmakers union aims to defend arranged marriages against modern love matches. It portrays matchmakers as scientific, well paid, and influential, defending the older system despite lacking verifiable divorce figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aciiow
Marie Matchmakers
Bell Syndicate
Ina
Why We Do What We Do Vacation Insight by Thomson
M K Thomson argues vacations serve deeper needs beyond leisure. They feed starved aspects of personality, break career monotony, renew will to work, and restore optimism after routine wear. Aimed at urban and rural readers, the piece notes climate and social change refresh the self for renewed effort.
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Ife
McClure Newspaver Syndicate
How it Started By Jean Newton
The piece argues that English gains richness from foreign influences, citing the term barbecue as example. It explains barbecue derives from Haitian barbgeon meaning a stick framework, used for roasting whole animals, illustrating language’s blending from far and near.
Sweet Potatoes and Yams Cite Food Value Across Regions
The piece notes sweet potatoes as a staple in tropical regions and Americans, where vines grow on poles and large roots are harvested carefully. It compares yams and Jersey varieties, highlighting Jersey as versatile for boiling, mashing, or baking, with salmon colored flesh and lemon tinted tones.
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United States
Jersey
Glory Without Cash in Paris Paint Sale Tale
American painter Thomas B. Jones, based in Maleren, receives acclaim from a New York critic for Pollensa Port selling at Salle Drouot for 200000 francs after years of struggle to fetch 1000 francs. Jones modestly calls the rise grand, likening it to a derby winner.
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Thomas B. Jones
Maleren
New York
Fils
Paris
Pollensa Port
Salle Drouot
Gome
Mr. Jones
Boy Scouts Send Records as Gift to Sheridan Vets
Five hundred phonograph records were gathered from Laramie residents by the Boy Scouts and sent to the Veterans' hospital in Sheridan. The ex-soldiers there recently received two fine phonographs donated by the Albany County Past No 14 American Legion Auxiliary.
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Laramie
Wyo
Boy Scouts
United States
Veterans' Hospital
Sheridan
Albany County
American Legion Auxiliary
Reason Brown and Black Dialog on Shopping Trips
A brief exchange notes that Brown asks if his wife takes him on shopping trips. Black replies that she does not, citing her disliking his advice on prices.
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Brown
Black
Business Woes and Burnt Biscuits Stir Banter
Gossip centers on a local business facing downturn and possible wind‑up while a party laughs at failed baked goods. The exchange hints at financial strain and social friction around a prominent resident.
Lose pounds of ugly fat for 85 cents a month
An advertisement touts a 85 cent bottle of Kruschen Salts promising rapid fat loss and increased energy. It claims a 4 week supply will help shed pounds, improve skin, and spur activity while offering health benefits and impressive costs compared with other fat loss methods.
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Motliggs Cook Book
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M. K. Thomson
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