Cairo in War Time 1915 Immersed in the City of Life and Decay
Stephen Graham portrays Cairo during WWI, a sunlit desert oasis alive with soldiers and tourists. He contrasts bustling streets, bridges, and hotels with funeral processions, ancient stones, and a timeless sense of antiquity shaping daily life and desire.
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Cairo
Egypt
Lower
Nile
Stephen Graham
Country Life
Desert
Pyramids
Mediterranean
Cafe Chantants
Dogs Real Heroes In War Dogs Are Real Heroes In War
The piece notes dogs as vital military units in World War I, detailing their roles as scouts, messengers, draught animals, and sentries. It cites French, Prussian, Belgian, Russian, and British war dog programs, names notable dogs and handlers, and highlights a Red Cross Dog League expansion and heroic acts such as Marquis and Cyrane.
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London
Theodore Marples
F. Z.S
Our Dogs
Continental Mail
France
Rene Haas
Alaska
Arctic
Megnin
L'Eleveur
Marquis
Saretourg
Pell
Podge
North
Bac
Ruff
Boesinghe Woods
Ypres
Prusco
Cyrane
Lutz
Verdun
Pointblank
Ben
Anzac
Gallipoli
Ben Squirrell
Suffolk Yeomanry
Ipswich
Fashion trends push women to look younger each year
Fragmentary OCR hints at a discussion of changing women’s fashion toward youthfulness. A passerby notes skepticism while another suggests resistance will grow if trends continue, hinting at social pressure to abandon older styles.
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Younr
God of Death figure found by Dutch explorer in cave
Captain de Booy returns from a West Indies voyage with a rare pottery water bottle depicting a hunchbacked god of death. He claims the artifact, unearthed in an ancient cave long before Columbus, is unique besides another known example. The find unsettled locals who feared caves and never revealed the piece.
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United States
de Booy
West Indies
Burlingame Considers Quiet Nights Law
Burlingame authorities draft an ordinance to curb loud barking by dogs and other noises that cause discomfort to sensitive residents. The measure follows numerous complaints and targets sounds made by humans animals or machines that are loud or prolonged during the night. Women with pedigreed kennels are expected to oppose the proposal.
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Burlingame
Man killed by electric shock in rail yard incident
Guy Walker, forty, was killed in White Plains while measuring oil in a tank car at the New York Westchester and Boston yards. He struck an electric feed wire with an iron rod, receiving about 11 000 volts. He fell unconscious, the voltage charging the car, and he died almost instantly. He leaves a wife and five children at Silver Lake.
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White Plains
Guy Walker
New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad Company
Walker
Silver Lake
Fought Shark and Swordfish Off Catalina Cruise
Los Angeles reports a three days fishing cruise near Catalina Island where a large thrasher shark was hooked. The account notes the vessel also encountered swordfish during the voyage.
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Los Angeles
Catalina Island
Entente and Central Powers Clash Across Fronts in 1915
A 1915 timeline notes an Anglo French push on the western front at Loos and Champagne, Russian bombardments on the Gulf of Riga, British actions at Zeebrugge, and Allied advances with the French reaching second lines. It also cites Russian repulses, Turkish defeats at Kut el Amara, Saloniki landings, and Austro German offensives across Serbia and Galicia with loan terms settled in the United States.
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France
Belgium
Loos
Champagne
Gulf of Riga
Kut-el-Amara
Tigris
United States
Russians Halt German Push and Allied Pressure in 1915 Fronts
On September 30 1915 Russians repulsed German forces around Dvinsk while Von Mackensen massed about 250000 troops on the Serbian frontier. French troops pierced a German second line in Champagne and on October 1 Russians checked a German offensive from Riga to Pinsk. Allies protested German officers at Sofia and British reports claimed over 50 German submarines sunk by a new device.
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Champagne
Vincent
White Sea
Austria
Dumba
Gergpans
Dvinsk
von Mackensen
Riga
Pinsk
Sofia
Wireless links reach Society Islands via Tahiti to San Francisco
The French government opened a radio station on Tahiti linking the Society Islands to the United States through Samoa and New Zealand, with messages likely costing over one dollar per word, later aimed to drop cost by using a wireless route. The tautara lizard, a living fossil from northern New Zealand, and Governor de Graeff of St. Eustatius are also noted along with a brief historical reference to 1776 harbor salutes and a Dutch colonial ledger fragment.
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Society Islands
South Sea
Tahiti
United States
Samoa
New Zealand
San Francisco
Bay of Plenty
de Graeff
Corny
Old Dutch Republic
St. Eustatius
W. L
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Curret
Rass
Etienne
Bellan
Verein Fur Deutsche Schaferbund
Red Cross Dog League
Saivaiki
GOD OF Death
California
Burlingame, Cal
Ron Rod
Zeebrugge
Lida
Vilna
West Front
Souchez
Hindenburg
Linsingen
Lutsk
Galicia
Great Britain
Bulgaria
Saloniki
Greece
Serbia
Butte de Tahure
Na- Varin Farm
Tolminao Zone
Dolje
Bagdad
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