Cologne Cathedral Legends Amid War Time Tales
A wartime piece recalls Cologne now under British occupation, praising its blend of medieval life and modern structures. It recounts the Dom cathedral as a rare Gothic survivor and relates legends of the architecture including deals with the devil and a doomed architect, ended by a fatal fall from a spire.
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Cologne
Mary Browne
Donoho
Hohenzollern
Sireis
Rheims
Amiens
Flanders
Zand
Europe
Treves
Raleigh Dolls on sale at our store this week
The Raleigh Dolls are advertised as life like American made, solidly built to withstand rough use. Prices range from 2.50 to 20.00, with about 200 dolls received this past week and offered at a sale.
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Raleigh
Toys Discount Attracts Shoppers To City Store
A local retailer advertises a 25 percent discount on dolls with prices listed as three dollars dropping to two twenty five, four dollars to three dollars, and ten dollars to eight dollars. The note invites shoppers to visit with children to view the stock, claiming the selection is the most complete in the city.
Cologne Legends and Gates Echo Medieval City Tales
The article recounts Cologne folklore such as the Two White Horses and a buried jewel legend, notes the still-standing house with horse heads in the window, and describes gate tolls and a famed fountain girl. It closes with a medical note rejecting straw bread as unsuitable for humans citing Rubner and German experiments.
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Tintwight
Cologne
Journal of the
American Association
Rubner
Berlin
Germany
America
Train Teachers of Workmen Urgently Needed for Shipyards
The need to train thousands of raw men into skilled workers has prompted an urgent call for more teachers in shipyard training schools. A normal school has been established to convert experienced workers from related trades into instructors for beginners, as part of the education section's trade and conversion branch.
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Education Section
Philadelphia Reed
Influenza Reported Steady In San Antonio Health District
San Antonio health officials report the influenza outbreak remains steady with about 200 new cases on Saturday and no deaths. About twenty physicians reported cases, and the week ended December 7 showed lower mortality than October. A Monday meeting will decide on possible school and church closures and any required steps.
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Suan Antoni Health Board
San Antonio
Health Board
King
Fire From Cigarette Ignites Porch Roof In Two Story Home
A fire sparked by a lit cigarette tossed from a second story window onto the porch roof caused $5 damage to the residence of A B Phelps at 401 Baat. Dewey Place. The two story shingle roof dwelling valued at $6000 with full insurance. The incident occurred at 10 50 o clock Saturday night.
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A.B. Phelps
Baat
Dewey Place
Garner seeks probe of Mexican fruit ban inspired by trade aims
Congressman John N Garner urged investigations into the 1913 quarantine barring Mexican citrus from U S markets. He cites California and Florida growers profits and influenza demand as possible motives, and proposes inspecting Mexican orchards and shipments at U S border to relieve next season. He asked Secretary Houston and President Wilson to act.
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Washington, D. C
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
San Antonians
John N. Garner
United States
Houston
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Garner
California
Florida
Mexico
Congress Ben Garner
San Antonio
Texas
Secretary of Agriculture
Pop Geers Hopes to Retire About 1928
Edward F. Geers known as the silent man of sulky aims to retire around 1928 at age 67. The Grand Circuit driver says he may drive ten years more if St Frisco can reach 2 06 to 2 00. He plans to own horses while remaining active and then pass driving to younger colleagues.
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Free Press of
Milwaukee
Geers
Pop
Pop Greer
St Frisco
Collision injures Mulligan at Presa Street scene
At 6 20 P M Saturday afternoon Mulligan of 201 Hart Avenue Harlandale was seriously injured when his horse drawn wagon was struck from the rear by an automobile in the 1900 block South Presa Street. The horse was killed. The driver has not been located by police.
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Mulligar
Hart Avenue
Harlandale
South
Presa Street
Mulligan
Bryant Avenue
Site
Magnesium gains role in wartime industry shifts
The article outlines magnesium as a light, formerly little known metal now vital due to wartime needs. It notes U S production rising from 75 400 pounds in 1916 to 116 038 pounds in the first half of 1917 and stresses cheap power and water resources to further expand output for alloys and pyrotechnic uses.
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America
United States
Wik
American aviators freed by their Hun captors
Four American fliers Capt. James Norman Hall Lieut. Charles R Godman Lieut. Robert J Brown and Lieut. Henry C Lewis arrived in Paris from Germany after escape aided by German officers. Hall described travel through Munich Linden and Lake Constance to Switzerland and back to France. Hall, injured, hopes to join a new squadron with the American army.
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Dy Paul Avhes Rockwell
San Antonio
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Daily News ‘Co
Paris
France
James Norman Hall
Colfax
Iowa
Charles R. Godman
Boston
Robert J. Brown
Ing
Minneapolis
Henry C. Lewis
Philadelphia
Germany
Hall
G' Muulnty
Munich
Bavaria
Linden
Lake Constance
Switzerland
Ani
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