Marriage Notice Clipped From Enaguah Newspaper
Fragmentary item reports the marriage of Joseph Farmer to Wits Walkleim, both of Coberidge, after about twelve years of courtship, with unrelated ad and stray historical notes following. The piece also includes brief, fragmented items on Old English holidays and a local anecdote involving an elderly Black man and a young couple.
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Ap Enaguah
al Stoke Open Trent
Joseph Farmer
Wits Walkleim
Coberidge
Pottery
Wounded American Soldier Recalls Trenches and Rescue
An American soldier recounts a brutal raid near Gomecourt wood. He describes being wounded in No Man's Land, the loss of eleven from his raiding party, and his return to the trench. He details ambulance scenes, a Red Cross nurse, and hospital journeys to Paignton where fellow Americans welcomed him.
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Bart
Scottie
Tadiy
Jock
Deed
Gommecourt Wood
Red Cross
Utd
Tito
Pannina
Southempton
Paignton
Jon Mitkey
American Warrens War Hospital
Tod Cross
Blight and Blighty Ride to a Temporary Hospital
The narrator recalls a first aid past after a wartime inoculation and being placed in an ambulance for a five mile road under shell fire to a temporary field hospital. He describes the drive, a stretcher scene, the doctor’s casual humor, an ale moment, then a long eighteen mile transfer with wounded comrades from the Royal Army Medical Corps.
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Bow
Skye
Chen
Royal Armys Medical Corps
The
Royal Irish Rifles
Hip
Wartime Ward Tales From a British Army Hospital
A first person reminiscence from a WWI hospital ward recounts the sights sounds and personalities of wounded soldiers. The piece describes bed sections ward alliances rivalries between regiments and the care of nurses as patients await convalescent homes and visitors bring fruit and sweets.
Senate Asks Investigation of Brewers Press Influence
Washington reports federal custodian A Mitchell Malmer disclosed fifteen brewers financed a loan to Arthur Brisbane to buy the Washington Times, tying pro-German aims to press influence in Congress. Senate demands a rough probe as Brisbanes defense and related letters are presented.
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Bates
Washington
Mitchell Malmer
States Brewers’ Association
Arthur Brisbane
Washington Times
Palmer
Senate
Harrisbure
Brewere Ta, Capital
Congress
Iquar
Capitol
Brisbane
The
Times
C.W. Feigenspan
Federal Trust’ Company
Feigenspan
Alejander Konta
Hane Tascher
United States
Bernard. Dernburg
Germany
Unclear historical quote from Peepte's Home Journal
Fragmentary OCR text presents a muddled quote about a man named Gap Johnson of Rempas Raiga and his many children. The source appears garbled with misread words and lacks coherent facts or context to identify a specific event, date, or full names.
Talkative Golfer Banter Amid Golf Gossip
The fragment recalls a Shoreditch style quip about a golfer and remarks on a wife’s skill and pace of play. The piece mentions a London Tit-Hit and Raxton barbers, noting a 60 cent hattenut charge in a humorous, clipped mock conversation.
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Larke
Lane Fair
London
Margery Plays In Open Air Amid Quiet Domestic Worries
A child named Margery spends most days indoors with her clothes off as a precaution while a parent notes she prefers staying inside to join older kids outside. A playful exchange reveals her suspicion about why she stays home.
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Margery
Laskey
Dean
Through the Earth by a Shaft to Antipodes Theory
An 18th century discussion by Sweder or Swager presents a calculation of object travel through the earth via a drilled shaft. It claims a stone would emerge at the antipodes after 38 minutes 20 seconds, then return to the start and reappear at 1 hour 17 minutes, based on moments of inertia and earth density data from mine shafts.
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John Maartes
Sauger
Weil Tate
Spuger
Washington House Approves Beverage Tax Package
The Washington House approved without debate a package including a $6 per barrel beer tax, a wine schedule to raise $20 billion, and an insurance tax increase. Distilled spirits see a rate rise from $320 to $8 per gallon, with estimated revenue about $795.2 million. the rectifiers tax was also passed.
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Washington
The
House
Coast shipbuilding centers cost rise affects families
San Francisco report finds the cost of living for an average family in June 1938 rose over December 1934 by more than 46 percent across the Pacific coast shipbuilding centers Seattle Tacoma Portland San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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San Francisco
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Los Angeles
Th ‘Bar
Bank Cashier Refuses Amount on Check in Alley Tale
In a Pearson's Weekly excerpt a bank cashier questions a woman's bill with her husband's name on the signature but lacking an amount. She insists on taking all funds. The dialogue reveals a dispute over payment and the cashier's insistence on proper terms.
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Pearson's Weekly
Old Time Remedy Promises Quick Kidney Relief
An advertisement urges readers to take Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules for aging related kidney and bladder troubles. It claims the remedy cures stiffness, back pain, and various organ issues, promising blood and kidney cleansing with money back if not effective. The copy touts 200 years of use and urges visiting a druggist.
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Haarlem
Eatonic
Pe Oper
H.ey Bremer
Fee Eaiole Homed Company
Wabaab
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