Germans Lose Initiative in Second Year of War
New York report marks the second anniversary of WWI noting Allies gain the initiative as Germany shifts to defense. It details Verdun, Russia, Serbia, Italy, and Austrian fronts, plus a global cost tally of 55 billion dollars and daily wartime expenditure around 110 million.
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New York
Germany
Belgium
France
East Prussia
Serbia
Montenegro
sheHs
Lauman
Verdun
Joseph Joffre
Hend
Tratians
Trentines
Brest-Ditowsk
Olitn
Lutsk
Brody
Grodna
Dukne
Pinsk
Vilna
Teutens
Higa
Nrenkv
Routinania
Tarnopol
Czartorysk Sectober
Iuxt
Austria
Paris
England
David Lloydtreurge
Great Britain
Biter le
Prince
Volhynia
Galieia
Russia
Lwin
Jiussin
de Witt
stegYo
Famouus
Ltrle
Transylvania
Sounne
Trentino
Italy
Cameroon
Mesopotamia
Bagdad
Roger “Casement
Irish
Sinn “Fein Society
Dublin
Skaggerrak
Austro-Hungary
Gerany
Germaany
Europe
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Holland
Switzerland
Japan
United States
Cuba
Portugal
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Panama Hat Prices Hit High in Mexico City
Thomas Randolph of the National Bank of Commerce cites a Brownsville correspondence claiming strikingly high prices in Mexico City for Panama hats and other goods. The letter notes 64 000 for a hat and 6 500 for a suit, illustrating Carranza currency as exchange medium.
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St. Louis
Mexico
Thomas Randolph
National Bank of Commerce
Brownsville
Lower California Could Be Republican Under Dictator Rule
The piece outlines rumors that Baja California may secede to form a republic under a Diaz era dictatorship. It notes geography, resources, ports like Magdalena Bay and La Paz, foreign interests, and U.S. concerns about colonization and neutrality. It highlights Ensenada and La Paz as key administrative centers and potential flashpoints.
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Lower
California
Mexico
Republic
Lower California
Gulf
Pacific
Charles M. Pepper
Washington Sur
Admiral Dewey
Dewey
United States Navy
Peninsula
Ensenada
San Diego
la Paz
Santa Rosalis
Gulf Coast
Santa Rosalia
United States
Magdalena Bay
Washington
New Bedford
State Department
Knox
Senate
Lodge
Europe
Asia
Roosevelt
Porfirio Diaz
Gulf of California
Sea of Cortez
Pacific Coast
Kovel a Strategic Center in the War Map
Kovel, a 30,000 resident town, sits at a rail hub linking five directions and surrounded by key fortresses and towns. Nearby Dubienka battlefield recalls Kosciuszko’s 4,000 troops resisting 18,000 Russians, nine years after American thanks for his artillery leadership.
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Kovel
TT Mises
Brest-Litovsk
Poland
Eit Na Geographic Society Chivletia
Rovno
Russian Army Corps
Lublin
Warsaw
Vladimir-Volynski
Sarni
Kiev
Turiya
Pripet
Volhynia
Kkovel
Dubienka
Dorocinsk
Lublin-Kovel
Kosciusko
Denison Woman Praises Lydia E. Pinkham Remedy
Mrs G O Lowery of 419 W Monterey Denison Texas credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her long standing female troubles after severe symptoms left her barely able to work She says the medicine saved her life and urges others to begin treatment promptly.
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Denison
Texas
Lydia EK
Pinkham
G. O. Lowery
Monterey Street
Denison, Texas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Irate subscriber quarrels over number inquiry ad noted
An enraged customer complains about a five minute call to a number while a grocer advertises Red Cross Ball Blue laundry whiteners. The taunt about satisfying curiosity reflects a sharp sales pitch from a store ad.
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Red Cross Ball
Adv
Magnet Bill the tire saver of the auto age
A grizzled man nicknamed Magnet Bill works for an automobile industry figure as a tire saver. He uses a tin bucket and a large magnet to pick nails and metal from roadways, preventing punctures on thousands of cars daily, saving tire costs.
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Magnet Bill
Rai
Popular Science Monthly
World’s Advance
Safety First Teeth Tale At Baltimore Speech
A clever Tabor orator in Baltimore once absentmindedly bit his finger during a speech in another city. After losing his teeth, he replaced them with artificial ones and, before a Baltimore talk, set them aside and told the audience safety first.
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Baltimore
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