War Shadow in Courvoisier: Ethel Willoughby Reappears
In Courvoisier Captain Redmond plots with German spy Streetman as war nears. Ethel Willoughby, secret wife to Streetman and once Redmond’s lover, returns incognito at the Lion d Or, where American Charlie Brown encounters her and Henri Christophe senses tension in the inn.
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Ethel Willoughby
Henry Streetman
Larry Redmond
Sir George Wagstaff
British Admiralty
Charles Brown
Ethel
Sir George
Streetman
Captain Redmond
England
Stretman
Ethelee
Brussels
Henri Christophe
Christophe
Larry
Henri
Father
Belgium
Lion d'Or
Charlie Brown
Mr. Brown
Masseer le
Belgian Village Life Before the War Drama Preview
A vivid installment depicts tranquil Belgian village life just before the 1914 invasion. Readers meet Charlie Brown and the innkeeper, glimpsing Henri’s anxious care for his frightened daughter, and a suspenseful spy encounter sweetened with hopeful tones.
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Charlie Brown
Henri
Spy Captains Plan Exchange in Belgian Village Inn
Capt. Larry Redmond and a French agent confer in a Belgian village inn detailing a covert operation. The meeting underscores cross channel espionage cooperation between Britain and France.
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Larry Redmond
Brown Learns Truth About Madame de Lorde
A speculative note asks if Brown will uncover the truth about Madame de Lorde and join his friends in their spying or covert work as the tale develops. It hints at intrigue and personal discovery.
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Brown
Madame de Lorde
European War Update A Year Ago This Week
The September 25, 1915 issue recalls a sustained Entente offensive across a 300 mile front in France and Belgium with gains near Loos and in Champagne. Russian forces bombarded German positions on the Gulf of Riga while the British squadron shelled Zeebrugge.
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France
Belgium
Loos
Champagne
Gulf of Riga
German and Allied War Movements Report From Front Lines
On September 26 1915 Germans suspended attacks on Dvinsk while attacking east of Lida and Vilna. Allies advanced on the western front capturing Souchez and Loos as Russians repulsed Hindenburgs armies. British offensive pushed east of Loos and French reached the German second line in Champagne. The American ship Vincent was sunk by a mine in the White Sea with four lost. Austria recalled Ambassador Dumba.
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Dvinsk
Hindenburg
Loos
Champagne
Vincent
White Sea
Austria
Dumba
World War I Dispatches September 28 1915
British forces reach the German third line near Loos while Turks lose at Kut el Amara on the Tigris. Anglo-French loan of 500 million dollars settled in the United States. Lutsk falls to Linsingen as Austrians retreat in Galicia. Salonika landings announce aid to Serbia. Heavy Austro German push toward Serbia continues. Butte de Tahure Na varin farm see German resistance. Tolmino zone attacks repulsed. Italians fail near Dolje. Turks retreat toward Baghdad.
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Kut-el-Amara
Tigris
United States
Serbia
Butte de Tahure
Navarin Farm
Russian Forces Halt German Push Across Front
The Russians checked German offensives along a broad front from Riga to Pinsk while Russians repelled German advances near Dvinsk. Von Mackensen massed 250000 on the Serbian border and Allies protested German officers at Sofia. British devices reportedly sunk over fifty German submarines.
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Riga
Pinsk
Sofia
Wireless Tahiti Station Links Far Oceania to U S
The French government opened a radio station on Tahiti linking to Samoa New Zealand and San Francisco by cable with US messages costing over a dollar a word. A future all wireless route may cut costs by more than half. The tautara lizard remains a protected living fossil in New Zealand. Governor de Graeff of St Eustatius first saluted the American flag on November 16 1776. A British battalion’s rations list many items. German cement encases wires to reduce hum. British Columbia led Canada in fisheries value at about 15 million in 1915.
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Society Islands
South Sea
Tahiti
United States
Samoa
New Zealand
San Francisco
Bay of Plenty
de Graeff
Old Dutch Republic
St. Eustatius
W. L
St. Hustatius
British Columbia
Dominion of Canada
Flight of Imagination Sparks Two Heckling Proposals
A sharp exchange unfolds with a haughty girl vowing she would never marry Claude Sniggins and Miss Cayenne retorts that if he were the last man alive he would be too sought after for any proposal.
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Claude Sniggins
Miss Cayenne
Cuticura remedy ad with free sample offer
An ad promotes Cuticura Soap for itchy scalp from dandruff and eczema with hot water cleansing and Cuticura Ointment preapplication. Free sample by mail with a postcard to Boston. A brief story notes a battered man at a back door asking for food, spared by a woman who cites his front-line state.
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Dept. L
Boston
St. Louis Star
Roman Eyz Balsam Heals Granulated Eyelids
An advertisement claims Roman Eyz Balsam rapidly cures granulated eyelids sore and inflamed with prompt healing and relief, urging readers to try the remedy for eye ailments.
Wages and illness losses loom in public health estimate
Public Health Service Bulletin No. 76 estimates U S industrial workers lose about nine days yearly to illness. That yields an $800,000,000 annual loss, with potential savings of $400,000,000 if sanitation and safety improve. Yet health officials struggle to spark interest in this routine issue.
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Public Health Bulletin No
Public Health Service of
United States
Child Objects To Minister's Tom Talks In Church
A girl who was told not to speak in church speaks up after the service with a frightened plea. She says it was awful for the minister to show off and talk all the time, describing it as rude.
Every Man’s Idea of Hell Reflects Individual Minds
A preacher declares that each person holds a personal vision of hell, suggesting as many conceptions as there are minds, underscoring a plural, subjective moral landscape.
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Hell
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Henri Christopher
Madame
Cowie
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Vilna
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Souchez
Linsingen
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Styr
Galicia
Great Britain
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Dolje
Bagdad
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