War-Time Heroic Tales From The Frontline and Home
Reports recount dramatic episodes from Helgoland to Compiegne with naval bravery and land exploits. A Philadelphia boy aids Hungarian refugees in London while French and German action brings heavy losses, daring escapes, and acts of selfless aid among wounded soldiers and civilians alike.
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Helgoland
Pegan 4
Actin
Theodore Tuperfer
Philadelphia
American Relief Committee
London
Budapest
Taperser
Hungary
Relief Committee
Red Cross War Stamps Aid Fund Plan Submitted
An editor of the American Press Association proposes a Red Cross war stamps drive to aid wounded. The plan, submitted to Miss Mabel T. Saantman chair of the Red Cross executive committee, seeks to swell donations for relief efforts.
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American Press
Robert W. de Forest
Red Crown Soery
Mabel T. Saantman
Executiv
Cross
Map shows plan for redivision of Europe
A London Daily Telegraph reporter describes a German and Allied aims map. It alleges ideas of territorial reshaping after victory, listing England as to be pushed into Devon and Cornwall and France as an extended Alsace while Germany would end near St. Petersburg. Russia would shrink to northern swamps with southern czar lands given to Austria or Poland under German protection.
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London Daily Telegraph
Rotteram
Berlin
Europe
Scotland
Ireland
England
Devon
Cornwall
France
Alsace
Lorraine
Germany
St. Petersburg
Russia
Austria
Poland
Austria-Hungary
Servia Fim
Nuremberg
Battle Field Box Party Describes Mons Engagement
Wakefield of Pittsburgh led eight Americans to witness the Mons engagement from within three miles of the rear. They paid $100 each to a French captain and traveled in spring wagons arriving at dusk. They saw limited destruction but the air roared with shells and farms burned, the scene fearsome.
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Mona
James A. Wakefield
Pittsburgh
Europe
French Commissariat
Mons
The Sword of the Silver Sunlight Opera Verse Fragment
An ornate poem fragment extolls a hero wielding the sword of the silver sunlight, with imagery of green banners, sapphire handle, and woodland song. It blends mythic praise with dreamlike lines and references a 6 cent cigar brand by John Hull dated 1861 12.
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Mweeter
Aatmaile
Maeterlinck On War and the German Spirit
Maeterlinck, the playwright, defends the allies while blaming the German spirit rather than the Kaiser alone. He contrasts two will powers in history and urges stamping out Prussian militarism to heal the planet, with the United States and Japan urged to take measures for Earth’s convalescence.
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Ganien
Leutenant
Dreseding
Paris
Hardouin
Loudon
Maurice Maeterlinck
Kaifer
United States
Harape
Patent talk on German gas shell raises Malta dispute
Washington reports outline a Krupp linked shell described as generating poisonous gases upon explosion. Patent records show Karl Wieser filed Oct 10 1910 and the patent issued Sept 12 1911. rights were assigned to Fried Krupp. Dispatches note the weapon’s mechanism and potential humanitarian objections.
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Washington
United States Patent Office
Malta
Patent Office
Kruppe
House of Krupp
United States
Karl Wieser
Germany
Brodeney
Wieser
Bridge Avenue Sewer District Hearing Notice Alma 1914
Notice of proposed Bridge avenue sanitary sewer from Bridge avenue and Pine River to 300 feet south of Michigan avenue in Alma Michigan. Maps plans and estimates available for inspection at city clerk. October 6 1914 hearing at 7:30 pm to hear objections and suggestions. City Clerk Db W Adams. 1853 Best Nickel Cigar in the city. The John Hull. 1851t2
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Alma
Mich
Bridge Avenue
Towit
Pine River
Michigan Avenue
Arid
Bridge Avenue Sentor
W. Adams
Legal notice in Gratiot County court case 1914
In Chanoury Thomas P Bartlett files to quiet title on the north half of the south half of the southeast quarter of section 30 in township 10 north range 1 west Michigan. Court finds unable to locate William B Nelson or his heirs legatees devisees or assigns and orders notice by publication. The case continues with O G Tut tle as solicitor.
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State OF Michigan
Thomas P. Bartlett
William B. Nelson
Township Ten
Range One
Michigan
O. G. Tuttle
Quieting title suit targets land in Michigan territory
The court orders defendants Liam 8 Nelson and others to appear by Jan 28 1015 or answer the Bill of Complaint. If not served within 20 days after copies, the bill may be confessed. Publication of the order in Alma Record is required within 20 days, weekly for six weeks, or personal service at least 20 days before appearance. Land described as southeast quarter of section 30 in township 10 N range 1 W, Michigan, 0. G. TuttLe solicitor for complainant.
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Ostend
Sottegehem
Brussels
United States
Europe
Teddy Bote
Germany
Jeg
Wea
America
de Vorest
Red Cross
de Foreat
Liam
Nelson
Alma Record
Kelly
Sears
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Chancery
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