Front Shifts Gallantly as Somme Battle Rages
Berlin dispatch from Crown Prince Rupprecht headquarters atop the Somme front describes a changing line and brutal bombardment. Artillery struggles amid rockets and shellfire as German troops hold trenches, with heroic acts by lieutenants, corporals, students, and a sergeant sustaining defense.
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Berlin
Cologne Volkszeitung
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Thiepval
Champagne
Verdun
Somme
Germany
Beaucourt
Serre
Stowers Funeral From Family Home In San Antonio
The funeral for George A. Stowers prominent Texas businessman who died Friday at his San Antonio home will be at 3 PM Sunday from his residence 315 Garden Street. Rev Wesley C Weddell of Travis Park Methodist Church will conduct services at the home and grave at Mission Burial Park. Stowers a member of the Travis Club Fraternal Order of Elks and a San Antonio Chamber of Commerce worker will be mourned by representatives of these groups and others across Texas and beyond.
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George A. Stowers
Texas
San Antonio
Garden Street
Wesley C. Weddell
Travis Park Methodist Church
Mission Burial Park
Stowers
Travis Club
Order of Elke
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
M. P. Strickland
T. P. Walker
C. E. Thomas
N. H. King
Affleck
S. G. McCullough
Nat Washer
Ed Rand
J. N. Nix
R. L. Ball
J. O. Terrell
C. A. Goeth
Frank Lange
George W. West
Cynric Roberts
J. E. Frost
Robert Barclay
Hubert Loeffler
A. L. C. Magruder
E. A. Hudson
L. J. Hart
Frank Winerich
R. L. Burnett
Death of Alfred Ferguson Four-Year-Old in Cleveland
Alfred Ferguson four years old son of Mr and Mrs J Ferguson died at 7 30 Saturday morning at 317 Ward avenue The funeral was held 4 o clock Saturday afternoon Rev Wolff officiating Interment in Hermann Sons cemetery
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Alfred Ferguson
J. Ferguson
Ward Avenue
Mr. Wolff
Hermann Sons
Death Notice for Mrs Theresa Noun in San Antonio
Mrs Theresa Noun 68 died Saturday at 1 15 pm in a local hospital. A Texas native and longtime San Antonio resident she is survived by one son Charles Noun of Galveston. Funeral arrangements show a 4 pm service.
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Theresa Noun
Germ Garden in the American Museum of Natural History
The germ garden houses living bacteria in a safe display for study by biologists and physicians. It showcases typhoid, diphtheria, tuberculosis, and other bacilli while also highlighting useful microbes like nitrogen fixers and the Bulgarian buttermilk bacillus.
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American Museum of Natural History
Vienna
E. A. Winslow
Kral
Aural Park
Winslow
Diptheria
Lus
Koch
Natural History Museum
Health Department
United States
Canada
Europe
Funeral Services at Riebe Undertaking Chapel
Sunday afternoon services conducted by Rev. R. Y. Barber of St. John's Episcopal Church. Interment slated for cemetery No. 3.
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the Riebe Undertaking Company
R. Y. Barber
St. John's Episcopal Church
Death Notice for Joseph Francis Kelly in Texas
Joseph Francis Kelly aged 33 died Saturday night at his parents home 1406 Grayson street Detroit native who lived in Texas twenty one years twelve in San Antonio Survived by brothers Maurice Newport News and four sisters Mrs T J Guern sey Laredo Mrs F G Butler El Paso and Grace and Anna San Antonio Funeral arrangements pending word from relatives.
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Joseph Francis Kelly
Patrick Kelly
Grayson Street
Detroit
Mich
Texas
San Antonio
Maurice
Newport News
T. J. Guernsey
Laredo
F. G. Butler
el Paso
Grace
Anna
Australian Italian pair win six day race in Chicago
Reggie McNamara of Australia and Francesco Verri of Italy won the six day bicycle race in Chicago. They finished with 53 points after dominating the final sprints and held a comfortable lead. Magin and Corry took second with 66 points, Madden and Drobach third with 71.
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Chicago
Reggie McNamara
Australia
Francesco Verri
Italy
Magin
Corry
Madden
Drobach
Cameron
Kaiser
Ryan
Thomas
Millen
Spencer
Koysky
Sullivan
Lawrence- Carman
Ohrt-Grimm
Berlin
Ohrt
Carman
Price Fixing Planned for News Print Paper
Washington on February 17 the Federal Trade Commission seems set to accept the offer from United States news print paper manufacturers to submit to arbitration. The commission will name a maximum price the industry will not exceed by March 1. Officials expect price fixing by arbitration to be the rule in future economic settlements.
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Washington
United States
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Irregular Dialogue Fragments from a 90s Incomplete Transcript
A fragmentary exchange features characters Miggs and Griggs in a quirky schoolhouse setting. An odd daylight saving debate appears, with scattered lines about arithmetic teaching and a cabaret bug. The text ends with an unclear reference to "Butte de Hxmpeia."
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Butte de Hxmpeia
Chenal Sings Marseillaise Stirs Paris Audience
An American traveler recalls Mile Chenal’s stirring performance at the Opera Comique in Paris. The moment the Marseillaise begins the audience rises as Chenal appears, sings with a silk gown and tricolour cockade, and then kisses the French flag amid wounded soldiers and sobs of patriotism.
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London
France
Paris
Mile
Chenal
Montmartre
Opera Comique
Sons of
Glory
Gracefus
Alsace
Texas float plan dropped for inaugural parade
Washington Feb 17 plans for a Texas float in the inaugural parade were abandoned after a meeting of the general inaugural committee. Mrs Cato Sells said Texas funds will be promptly returned and praised Texans for their generous response despite not yet meeting the full amount.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
States
Cato Sells
Navy mobilizes ships to guard new Danish West Indies base
The Navy Department orders mobilization of all available ships in the Danish West Indies waters to defend the new base guarding the eastern entrance to the Panama Canal. The battleship Illinois, commanded by Commander F. A. Traut, leads the fleet, with other ships joining once not needed for Atlantic and Pacific fleets.
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Navy Department
Danish West Indies
Panama Canal
Illinois
F. A. Traut
Atlantic
Pacific
True oil field found in England says Forbes Leslie
William Forbes-Leslie reports a genuine petroleum discovery at Kelham near Newark in England. He notes drilling depths around 2440 feet reveal free oil in Norfolk shale and expects deeper intersections between 2500 and 3000 feet. He cites vast, inexhaustible potential and several minor surface seeps as evidence.
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London
England
William Forbes-Leslie
Kelham
Newark
Forbes-Leslie
Norfolk
West Norfolk
Fodbes-Leslie
Southgate
Clowne
Chesterfield
Coalport
Alfreton
Riddings
Britain
German Citizen Wants To Lead First War Battalion
An elderly German-born American, Major Charles D. A. Loeffler, repeatedly visits the White House seeking to be placed first on the U S enlistment list and to command the first battalion to fire a gun in case of war with Germany. Despite his long service, age and eyesight may bar active duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
White House
Secret Service
Wilson
Charles D. A. Loeffler
United States Army
United States
Germany
Loeffler
Congress
Washington
Capitol
Major Loeffler
War Department
Banquet Dream Prompts Hub and Wife Chat
A light breakfast talk between a husband and wife centers on indigestion and a dream. The husband mentions a dream of attending a big banquet while discussing his sensitive stomach. The wife questions his discomfort and comments on the conversation.
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Hub
Doubts the Baring Time Money Saying
A fragment shows a back-and-forth about time and money with phrases like It time is money and I usually have time to spare. The text appears as a clipped dialogue snippet with uncertain context and speakers.
Elks Honor Edward Rightor At New York Dinner
New York Elks Lodge No. 1 hosted a Waldorf dinner honoring Edward Rightor of New Orleans grand exalted ruler. Six hundred members and delegates from across the country attended marking the lodge’s forty ninth anniversary with toastmaster Clayton J. Heermance and speakers including Representatives Longworth Adamson and Keenene.
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New York Elks
New York
Elks Lodge No. 1
Edward Rightor
New Orleans
the Waldorf
Clayton J. Heermance
Mr. Righter
Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati Lodge
William C. Adamson
Carrolton, Ga
William A. Keenene
East St. Louis
Lll
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin lauded by mother of four
Mrs Aug Doellefeld of Carlyle Illinois writes that Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin keeps her four children in perfect health and she would not be without it. The laxative combines simple herbs with pepsin to gently regulate bowels. It is pleasant to taste and marketed at fifty cents a bottle with a free trial offer from Dr W B Caldwell Monticello Illinois.
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Aug. Doellefeld
Carlyle, Ill
Dr. Caldwell
W. B. Caldwell
Act
Washington St
Monticello
Llinois
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Halof
By Garrett P. Serviss
Shelley-Loring
McNamara
Verri
Griggs
Miggs
S. Illinois
U.S
Joske’s
Joske
Tae Bic
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