London still crowded as Americans plan European tours
London remains full of hotel rooms as about 2,000,000 Americans gear up for postwar travel to Europe. Percy S. Bullen warns visitors should secure accommodation in advance or delay trips until conditions improve. Belgium and Ostend show better readiness for steady tourist demand, while London considers a national reception committee to organize lodging and guidance.
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New York
Europe
Percy S. Bullen
Association of Foreign Press Representatives
United States
London
Argonne Forest
Chateau-Thierry
St. Mihiel
England
Bullen
Western Front
Royal Colonial Institute
Lemion
Liverpool
France
Belgium
Nadesa
Hatonic
Rag Doll on Arm Delights Broadway Crowd
Mrs. Carl Lamb of Philadelphia created a stir on Broadway with a 12 inch rag doll dangling from her arm. The doll named Patsy Dooley accompanied her and she planned to take Patsy to China, along with a brother doll named Thomas Squeel ix.
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New York
Carl Lamb
Philadelphia
Lamb
Broadway
Patsy Dooley
Communists Plot in Germany Reported by Berlin Officials
Berlin reports describe a dangerous communist current in Germany with plans ranging from mass demonstrations to murder. Documents seized from Spartacists reveal attempts to form red shock troops and target officials, with attacks on officers and use of women and children as shields. Munich remains a hub for agitation and funds traced to Bolshevik Russia and allied groups.
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Berlin
Germany
Spartacans
Spartacists
Munich
Blau
Halle
Russia
Austria
Czecho- Slovakia
Bears and deer tame behavior in U.S. parks draw tourists
In Yellowstone and other national parks, deer and bears have become habituated and follow people for food. Officials note deer entering homes and bears begging along roads, with tameness aiding access but risking dangerous outcomes beyond park boundaries.
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Denver
Hordee MM
Albright
Yellowstone
National Parksistant
Stephen M. Mather
National Parks
Woman Dog Catcher Made World’s Only Female Pound Chief
Mrs Laura Dietrich serves as deputy pound mistress in the city dog pound. Superintendent William Fox says initial doubts faded after observing dogs respond more calmly to her. He notes that dogs resist a woman less than a man and she handles them with less trouble.
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Gatcher
Deriver
Cole
Laura Dietrich
Pearls Found in Oysters Dined Upon in Wisconsin
Forrest Wilson bought a quart of oysters for five tenths of a dollar. He bit into a hard object and found a pearl. His companion, later, had a similar discovery. The largest pearl is valued at fifty dollars and the smaller at ten dollars totaling sixty dollars.
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Relelt
Wis
Forrest Wilson
Colonial Era Chicken Dishes and How To Prepare Them
A collection of old fashioned chicken recipes explains varied preparations. Chicken loaf and croquettes use rice and celery. corn pudding blends cold chicken with milk and eggs. esalloped chicken layers rice or crumbs with white sauce. chicken pie combines leftovers with biscuits. Creole chicken pairs cooked chicken with onion pepper tomato and butter served over rice.
A Chapter On Cookies From Anold Recipe Guide
A recipe excerpt describes cookies and frostings with instructions for White Cookies Ginger Snaps Nut Cookies Chocolate Cookies and Macaroons. It lists ingredients amounts and basic mixing steps for each cookie type and notes frosting keeps indefinitely when covered.
New England Dishes and Simple Home Candies
A readable older piece offers pantry friendly recipes and menus. It covers orange jelly and fudge with marshmallows for a quick treat, a pork pie with apples, oyster chowder, pan fried chicken with corn fritters, and corn fritter batter notes. It also notes fast broth based sauces and kitchen tips for economical cooking.
Change in Life Promoted by Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Fremont Ohio resident Mrs M GooDEN describes relief from menopausal symptoms during her forties after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports heat flashes nervousness backache headaches irritability and the blues diminished and overall health improved. The Pinkham Medicine Co offers guidance and insists on confidential handling of letters.
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Fremont
Aoa Ad
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Tex
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