Work Takes Over at Plattsburg Camp For Officers
At Plattsburg New York the camp runs on relentless drills from dawn to night with 40000 would be officers striving for commissions by August. Cadets juggle musket and textbook while meals are rushed, and while discipline is strict the democratic spirit helps, as officers and recruits train together for future service.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Washington
America
France
Uncle Sam
Stewart
Nonce
War Department
J. M. Walling
Sam
Joys and rigors of battalion drill in a British training school
Describes daily routine and evolving drills in a British army training school. Readers learn about platoon moves, officer rotations, and the chaos of forced command. Emphasizes map making, night operations, discipline, and the rise of independent thinking in modern soldiers.
Duino and Timavo Source Near Trieste in Italian Advance
The piece describes Duino with its 500 residents, ruined castle, and nearby Timavo river source a mile from San Giovanni. It notes Duino Sistrana rail access from Trieste, historical ties to counts of Duino and the line to Venice, plus local pilgrimage significance of Timavo cited by Virgil. It mentions shifting control during Italian advances and ties to nobleholders Prince Hohenlohe and Prince Alexander of Thurn and Taxis.
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Duino
Austria
Adriatic
Trieste
Bay of Panzano
Gulf of Trieste
Venice
Duino-Sistiana
Sistiana
Fiume
Pola
San Giovanni
Timavo
Reka
San Kanzian
Virgil
Hohenlohe
Alexander of
Thurn
Small republics join anti German wave in democracy bid
Washington notes Cuba and other South and Central American states severing ties with Germany as part of a broader democratic effort. Officials hail the move as moral support in the war of ideals, likening the action to David and Goliath and stressing serious cooperation despite limited direct involvement.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
Washington
M. Jules Jusserand
Treasury
McAdoo
France
M. Jusserand
United States
Ammbassador
Cuba
Europe
David
Goliath
Republis
Uncle Sam
Irishman quits hot water regimen after balloon feeling
A physician asked a patient if he drank very hot water an hour before meals as directed. The Celt replied he tried but quit after thirty five minutes saying it made him feel like a balloon.
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Philadelphia Evening Star
Murder confession clears count after decades in Siberian mines
Count Kasimov, once condemned for the murder of Prince Dolgorovski, spent fifty years in Tomsk mines after a 1862 conviction. An elderly Petrograd laborer, dying, confessed to killing the prince to avenge his sister, revealing Kasimov’s innocence and leading to the count’s release.
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Kasimov
Siberia
Tomsk
Petrograd
Prince Dolgorovki
Count Kasimov
Siberian
Ruined nobleman retreats to hermit life near Moscow
Mines the count returns to Petrograd but rejects social rank and fortune. Almost penniless he spends three years of ruin as a hermit in a small house by the Russian capital. Only visitors are relatives and old friends who give roubles to stave off starvation.
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Petrograd
French Canary Aids Allies In Battle
A yellow bird in a small wooden cage is used to detect poison gas in French sapping galleries. If the canary dies from gas, soldiers deploy gas masks and halt tunneling as the mine work continues with precautions for the gas risk.
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London
France
Stenographer Haled At Swift Beef Plant
An elder Swift, famed Chicago beef founder, bans women in bright clothes at his yards. A stenographer working for Mr Blank’s firm is docked for fashion, earning twenty five dollars a week, and the boss vows further docking if she resists.
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Swift
Chicago
Ten popular Japanese flowers suited for California gardens
A list of ten favored Japanese flowers including apricot cherry chrysanthemum iris lily morning glory peony plum quince and wistaria that can be grown in California gardens.
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Japan
Califorsnigh Gardens
City Physicians Explain Why They Prescribe Nuxated Iron
A New York report quotes doctors recommending organic iron to combat iron deficiency. Noted physicians from Chicago Boston and New York extol Nuxated Iron for boosting red blood cells nerves and endurance, claim dramatic strength gains in weeks, and warn against older iron forms while offering iron health promises.
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New York
N. Y
Ferdinand King
America
A. J. Newnam
City of
Chicago
Jefferson Park Hospital
Schuyler c. Jaques
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
E. Saver
Boston
Howard James
Manhattan State Hospital
Brooklyn State Hospital
Inurope
Iran
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Dore Jr
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Texas
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el Paso Herald
Ft. Worth
Star-Telegram
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San Antonio Light
The
Great Southwest
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Russia
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Prince Dolgorouki
New York City
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