Texag Man Oad It Done With World Of Good
Houston hardware salesman F Earnest Schmidt reports Tanlac improved his digestion, appetite, rheumatism, headaches, and energy after years of suffering. He now eats three meals daily, sleeps well, and plans to continue using Tanlac, urging others to try it for relief. San Antonio outlets are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanlac
Houston
San Antonio
Galveston
South
F. Earnest Schmidt
Colorado Street
Mr. Schmidt
Taniac
E. J. H. Meier and
Wagner Drug Co
Englishman recounts Somme advance from the front
A York and Lancaster officer describes moving into the Somme frontline, hearing barrage and shellfire, and gathering prisoners at collecting stations. He notes the mixed emotions of wounded soldiers, acts of aid across national lines, and the harsh conditions as the unit consolidated a new position amid heavy shelling.
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London
Somme
Nottingham
York and Lancaster Regiment
Fragmentary nostalgia in jungle moment
In a hazy jungle scene a tiger and narrator share a tense display as a companion comments on the flamboyant display. The dialogue hints at a fashionable misstep amid wild surroundings.
Copeland Cleared in Not Guilty Verdict in Black Killing
After eighty four hours of deliberation the jury found John Copeland of Marshall not guilty in the February 3 1915 slaying of anti Catholic lecturer William Black. The court awaits December term to decide whether George Ryan and George Tier will be tried on murder charges connected to the same case.
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Galveston
Tex
John Copeland
Marshall
William Black
Clay Stone Briggs
Tenth District Court
C. F. Hall
Briggs
Copeland
George Ryan
George Tier
Black
Ryan
Robert G. Street
Fifty-sixth District Court
No definite action expected in cases before December term
The report notes that no definite action is anticipated in the two cases before the court's December term. No further proceedings or dates are provided, leaving the situation in suspense pending legal schedules.
May Americanize Town Petrograd
Nov 1 report notes the Russo American Asiatic Society in New York proposed to Tomsk to install streetcars railroads electric lighting and canals. Russians see parallels to medieval advice seeking a guiding ruler and wonder if Americans would assume a Variaji like role to restore order.
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Petrograd
Rarik
Strange Case of Endowment Policy Matures at 28
A joke exchange notes Miss Oldbud who took a twenty year endowment policy in 1896 at age 19. The policy matures this year when she is 28, highlighting a life insurance quirk in a humorous line from Puck.
London shrines rise in slums honoring fallen soldiers
In London slums shrines replace saints with oak frames. The top card reads The Roll of Honor listing locally resident soldiers who died for Britain. The bottom card bears The Heroic Dead. Allied flags, flowers, posters, and Union Jacks surround the shrine, often on an old kitchen table base. Queen Mary recently laid flowers on one such prominent shrine.
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London
Mary
Hackney
Why It Was Popular Dialogue on a Howling Baby
A bachelor complains the baby is a nuisance and the mother retorts that the baby is popular in the neighborhood because its cries drown her singing. The exchange captures a humorous social clash over public behavior and attention.
Vienna Opera Star In Free Fight At Hotel Bristol
Report from Vienna says opera singer Fraulein Berta Elizabeth Kopp fined 7 dollars after a brawl with Fraulein Lewit outside the Hotel Bristol. The dispute over war loan subscriptions led to a melee with torn clothes, hat pins, and injuries, drawing police after twenty minutes of chaos.
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Vienna
New Vienna Journal
Fraulein Berta Elizabeth Kopp
Fraulein Lewit
Bristol
Fraulein Kopp
Polygamy Debate In German Periodicals
Berlin reports that German writers discuss polygamy as a wartime population remedy. Christian Ehrenfels supports limited polygamy for returning soldiers, while Grahovsky doubts feasibility due to costs. Wecken notes a 1650 Franconian Diet move toward bigamy to offset Thirty Years War losses.
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Berlin
Christian Ehrenfels
Grahovsky
Wecken
Germany
Squeeze becomes cider joke in Irish courtroom tale
A judge questions an Irishman as Pat recalls being grabbed by the throat. He says the man squeezed so hard he feared the Adam’s apple would be pressed to cider, delivering a sharp local humor punch line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
The Bad One Baby Swallows a Quarter
Mrs. Dorkins cries out that the baby has swallowed a quarter. Mr. Dorkins gathers a handful of change as concern grips the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Mrs. Dorkins
Mr. Dorkins
Calming remark as heir seeks to quiet Maria
A man holds an item from his pocket and tells Maria to calm herself saying he has tried to remove it, implying a difficult task and tense moment.
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Mymelt
Tier
New York
Blue Coats
Russo-American Asiatic Society
Tomsk
Anheuser-Busch
ST. Louis
Vienna Opera Star
Karl Leiprich
Tosca
Louis
Boot Shop
East
Houston Street
America
Winston -Churchill
Hearst’s
Mr. Churchill
Janet
Lise
Free America
Arst
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