Escape Plot in Pauillac Prisoner Camp
Oliver Graith and Lancelot Ambrose plot to aid escapes as French forces march prisoners toward Bayonne. In Pauillac the two Englishmen face parole and suspicion while a trio of locals Floraine Cathon and Gaspard plot small favors to help a risky escape. Oliver learns of Gaspard Rousinoul and a plan to reach Etang via a contraband cargo route.
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Oliver Graith
Mediterranean
Pauillac
Ambrose
Oliver
Abe
Bayonne
Vengeresss
Smill
Floraine
Cathon
Bhim
Gaspard
Mademoisselle
Gaspard Rousinoul
Monsieur
Peg
Porithtyre
Susan
Fleur-de-Lys
Watching for buffalo at Okoboji becomes local sport
Des Moines Register reports a new Okoboji pastime seining for buffalo. Boats haul large fish with a wide net and heavy floats while a six-man crew works from a barge to circle the lake shore. No game fish are kept and authorities oversee catch limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okoboji
Buffalo
Elmer Heushur
East Lake
Minnewasta
South Beach
Miller's Bay
Harvard's Bay
Center Lake
Hiawatha
Des Moines N Register and Leader
How Nutmegs Grow on Trees in Tropical Climates
The article explains nutmegs grow on small trees up to twenty feet high with fragrant flowers resembling fly of the valley. Nutmeg is the seed, mace the thin covering. fruit size like a peach that splits to reveal the seed. Trees bore fruit year round, Jamaica trees yield thousands yearly.
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Asia
America
Jamaica
Banda Islands
Bear Hunting Revealed in Couple’s Quarrel Classified
A terse classified snippet shows a man muttering about fishing and a wife replying she now sees herself as bear hunting. The exchange hints at a domestic dispute framed in wry, old newspaper prose.
Education Completed at Cooking School
Ethel is told she attended a cooking school for three months. Mabel from Boston remarks that was sufficient and notes learning to brown beans tea perfection and codfish cooked in six different styles.
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Ethel
Mabel
Boston
Noted literary taste and exile reference in Philadelphia Bulletin
The Philadelphia Bulletin quotes that she has learned not to find merit in anything she reads. It contrasts this with Cardinal Polignac who would not have written the Anti-Lucretius if not for exile which afforded him leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Bulletin
Cardinal Polignac
Lucretius
Panama Canal Treaty Signed In Washington
The United States and Panama sign a treaty at Secretary Hay’s house granting U S absolute sovereignty over the canal zone from ocean to ocean with police and governmental control while Panama receives ten million dollars and annual installments. Colombia denounces the move and threatens to march on Panama, recalling diplomatic break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canal Zone
Colombia
Hay
Washington
Secretary Hay
M. Bunau-Varilla
Republic of Panama
Panama
Colon
New
Panama Canal Company
Panama Railroad
Bay of Panama
Canal
The News: Speculations and Quips Across Markets
A collage of remarks forecasts stock moves and ad trends with mentions of the steel trust, Speaker Cannon, Tom Reed rules, Canada coastline, Balkan war notes, and irrigation pragmatism. It mocks hype while noting cash flows in Spain and Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Steel Trust
Speaker Cannon
Tom Reed
Spain
Islands
Revivalist Minister Reveals Winnebago Indian Conditions
Rev. Sanford reports from Wisconsin on Winnebago conditions and Indian boarding schools. He cites high death rates from consumption and tuberculosis, widespread whisky use, overcrowded dormitories, and clean facilities yet severe health risks in Tomah schools, alleging boarding schools spread disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Territory
Sanford
Wisconsin
George
Tomah
Ear grafted on Western magnate by unseen donor
In Philadelphia Dr Andrew L Neklen grafted an ear onto a wealthy Western patient. The donor, a German in New York, agreed to give an ear for 5000 dollars. The operation involved removing the upper half of the donor ear and attaching it to the patient, with both men bound to prevent movement for twelve days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Andrew L. Neklen
New York
Jerome
Nelden
Dr. Nelden
Immigrants Stranded By Deep Montana Snowbound
Reports from Trout Creek district Montana describe several immigrant parties along the Spokane road near Missoula County snowbound and starving. A family of five near the Idaho border lacks provisions and cash living in an eight foot tent with snow covering the wagon bed. Two more immigrant parties are said to be trapped in passes amid extreme cold. Relief attempts are noted while heavy snow and cold threaten livestock losses across Sweet Grass County and beyond. A German farmer near Palmer Iowa named E Heinrichs died from freezing after his team plunged into a ditch. November cold breaks records in New Orleans with temperatures at 30 degrees.
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Trout Creek
Montana
Spokane
Missoula County
Idaho
Mostana
Sweet Grass County
Veasy and
McConnell
E. Heinrichs
Palmer
Iowa
Heinrichs
Mason
New Orleans
Sugar
Neighbors list fatal accidents and local items from Indiana
A lengthy notice reports multiple deaths and injuries in Indiana communities including New Market Evansville Rushville and Knox county. It notes farm orchard expansion at Wayne County poor farm a watermelon crop decline due to railcar shortages and a fatal train wreck near Hammond. It also covers G A R orders school health cautions patents and charity drives.
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Indiana
Hugh PP. Akers
Crisman
Henry L.bynum
Brazil
John C. Crimins
Indianapolis
Carl A. Ergo
Terre Haute
Macison R. Gustin
Sullivan
Milton Henrich
Laporte
William D. Labadie
South Bend
Richard J. Loree
Coxville
Robert F. McKinley
Bedford
John Peelle
Alfred J. Signor
Elkhart
William A. Stewart
Wolcottville
John Toohey
Stockwell
Oliver P
Wilhelm
Michigan City
State’ Board of Health
Williamson Jr Elected DKE President at Syracuse Convention
Henry C. Williamson Jr was elected president of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity during the national convention in session at Syracuse New York. He succeeds the prior leader and takes office immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Williamson,Jr
Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Syracuse
N.Y
Dawson Board Demands Canada Subsidize Boundary Decision
The Dawson Board of Trade requests government subsidy to support the Canada United boundary ruling. Officials seek financial backing to implement the decision affecting cross border trade and tariffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson Board of ‘Trade
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Hlanno Sands
R. E. Francillon
Castle Nau
Bordeaux
Olver
Lancelot Ambrose
Albon
Duval
Lesgues
le Barb
Evang de St
Cathan
Bisise
Etang
Gaspard Bonusinoul
Fioraine
Hay’s. ‘Home
Bunau-Varilla
New York Herald
Bogota
Beaupre
Senor
Carlos Ricos
Pannama
Ricos
Nicos
Air
Benupre
Panaina
le i AC
St. Louis
Canada
Germany
New Market
David M. Hicks
Wesley Summers
Evansville
Martin Haley
Crawley
Rushville
Orange
Wayne County
Hugh Miles
Independence
John Leach
Rich Valley
Wabash County
Walter Brannenberg
Anderson
Ward Chambers
Rossville
Louis Strouse
Joseph Wright
Princeton
Southern Railway
Wright
Pike County
Harry Franklin
Ernest Kelly
Huntington
Franklin
Martin Haler
Hunsinger
Connersville
Knox County
Busseron
Michigan Central Railway
Calumet River
Hammond
Richard Secor
Rathburn
William Martinbrook
Brakman
Department of the
Women’s Relief Corps
Department
Knightstown
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