The Refugee Experience in a Nation at War
A first person piece by a self described Mexico American refugee chronicles how patriotic but displaced citizens face consular aid, scarce jobs, and rising relief limits. The narrator recalls crossing the border with little money, desperate meals, and efforts to return home as authorities weigh political tensions and personal survival.
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Tam
Turkey
Timbucto
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San Antonio
Mexico
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Wilson
Rio Grande
Garrett
Mike
Texas
Dudley
Sam
Ingersoll
Billy
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Prodigal Returns to Texas Seeking Aid and Transport
The narrator travels toward a northern home while awaiting a train, asking for help from county officials and the Associated Charities. A day of delays follows as Judge Davis denies transport due to an overdrawn appropriation, and refugees from Mexico face community limits. The piece ends with a meta question about the meaning of the tale.
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San Antonio
Associated Charities
H. N. Leary
Davis
Bexar County
Catholic drive to aid poor through meatless days
The bishop of Paderborn urged rural Catholics to extend meatless days and donate saved meats and fats to cities for the poor. Farmers respond enthusiastically with Koerbeke parish near Soest sending 4500 pounds of smoked meats lard and butter to Paderborn’s needy in three weeks.
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Berlin
Paderborn
Koerbeke
Soest
Russian Priest to Visit New York After Scandal Revelations
Moscow reports Father Iliadov, a priest linked with M Khostoff to kill Rasputin, is departing for New York. He plans to reveal sensational scandals in Russian political and aristocratic circles at Petrograd and beyond.
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Moscow
Ruskoe Slovo
Iliadov
M. Khostoff
Rasputin
Russia
New York
Father Iliadov
Petrograd
The Whale’s Little Joke and a Whale of a Saying
A Washington Star quip recalls the old joke about stripes and style with a burglar and pocketbook thief remarking on black and white stripes once deemed disgraceful. A Hudsonian twist mentions the saying It’s hard to keep a good man down and a whale telling Jonah the truth.
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Enatcher
Washington Star
Tom
Travis Park Quartet Impresses at Epworth League Encampment
The Travis Park Quartet led by Harry E Dickinson tenor and Gilbert E Schramm bass plus Mrs George E Gwinn soprano and Miss Hilsa Harms alto won admiration at Port O Connor State Epworth League encampment. They performed at Epworth and Rockport concerts and earned a return engagement. They may travel to Beaumont and Houston for further engagements.
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Harry E. Dickinson
George E. Gwinn
Hilsa Harms
Gilbert E. Schramm
Travis Park
Port O’connor
Epworth League
Epworth
Rockport
Beaumont
Houston
History of the Danish West Indies and St Thomas echoes
The National Geographic Society bulletin recalls early Danish rule in the Danish West Indies islands St Thomas and St John amid colonists from four nations. It details religious orders and armed provisions for defense, harsh slave laws on St John, a 1733 slave uprising, and the brutal punishments and tragic death of Judge Suchman and his daughter, with French aid ending the revolt.
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Crab Island
Porto Rico
Peter Stuyvesant
Manhattan Island
New Amsterdam
Hudson
New York
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St. Eustatius
West India and Guinea Company
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Spanish Main
Charlotte Amalie
Bluebeard
Gold Coast
Africa
Suchman
Martinique
Host
Brim's Bay
Germany to curb rumor mongers in wartime measures
BERLIN Aug 12 The German government will vigorously curb rumor mongers spreading false wartime news. In Brunswick Wilhelm Schroeder a wealthy tradesman received three months in prison for telling friends that the German general staff had been captured at Picardy and that Field Marshal von Hindenburg attempted suicide after a grave eastern defeat.
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Brunswick
Wilhelm Schroeder
Picardy
Marshal von Hindenburg
Jellicoe Hosts Lunch Blindfolded By Slacker Quip
In London on August 12 Admiral Jellicoe appeared in mufti at a luncheon. A wounded Dardanelles middy, recently discharged from hospital, dined there incognito with him. To spare the boy embarrassment Jellicoe asked the hostess not to reveal the guest. The middy asked what he would do next and quipped about mooching about Sea North Sea with that slacker Jellicoe.
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Jellicoe
London
Admiral Jellicoe
Mufti
Dardanelles
John Jellicoe
Sea North Sea
Jelcoe
Teachers of music and art seek May or Temple of Music spots
Teachers of music and art are urged to respond by September 1 for available studios in the Mayor Temple of Music. The fireproof building offers noted comforts, conveniences, business prestige, and professional dignity for instructors, making entry highly desirable.
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Mayor Temple OF Music
Shows Much Talent Young Pianist Hattie Stephens
Hattie Stephens, 10, daughter of Mr and Mrs F M Stephens, after five months study shows notable talent as a pianist. She studies under Mrs Thomas Booth.
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Hattie Stephens
F. M. Stephens
Thomas Booth
Music Festival Chorus to Resume Rehearsals in September
The Music Festival Chorus plans to resume Monday evening rehearsals on September 11 after adjournment in June. Conductor H W B Barnes aims to present Haydn Creation as the season finale, completing a cycle with Handel Messiah and Mendelssohn Elijah. The chorus is expected to grow stronger this season.
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Music Festival
H. W. B. Barnes
Haydn
Handel
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Ballet Russe presents Sadko ballet with mimey scenes
Opera House hosts a ballet adapted by Adolf Bolm with designs by Leon Bakst. Blom stars in the leading role as Rimsky Korsakoff's Sadko unfolds beneath the waters of the river gods. Ballet Russe returns March 14 with the Boston National Opera Company.
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Opera House
Rimsky- Korsakoff
Bolm
Leon Bakst
Blom
Ballet Russe
Boston National Opera Company
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