What Young Ryan Thinks of It
A Greensboro News excerpt describes Thomas Fortune Ryan marrying a second wife in Charlottesville twelve days after his first wife’s death. It notes public shock and shame, quotes the New York World reporting Ryan’s telephonic rebuke to his father, and contrasts a life of 43 years with the swift remarriage amid grief and scandal.
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Ryan
Greensboro
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Baltimore
Cuyler
Charlottesville
New York
Suffert, N
Mr. Ryan
Suffren
Letters From a Monroe Boy in France
Mrs A L Monroe has received letters from her son Lieut Andrew Monroe in France preparing for trenches. He writes about behind the firing line, air raids, interest in aviation, and plans to transfer. He notes front line proximity, meetings with aviators, and learning French. mentions wine and water habits of locals and baggage mishaps. Includes a glimpse of French and British forces and a New York cotton sale funds for British Red Cross.
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A. L. Monroe
Andrew Monroe
France
Lhut
Monroe
Aviation Corps
America
Joan of Arc
Aviation Corp
Paris
New York
England
British Red Cross
Texas
Houston
Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Dark Hair Color
An old patent remedy Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound is marketed for turning gray hair back to a natural dark shade. The pre-mixed preparation is claimed to darken and add gloss with simple application, though not for disease treatment or prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Grove's General Tonic Adective Muddle
Ad copy fragment touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a general remedy with claimed tonic properties. Mentions iron and vitality effects, but text is garbled with incomplete phrases and unclear benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
Twelve Michigan battleship crewmen lost at sea
Washington reports a picket boat from the U S S Michigan foundered in home waters with twelve crew members aboard. Only three bodies recovered. Navy defines all hands lost. Names include Arthur A Flow and James C Flow.
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Washington
Michigan
Navy Department
U. S. S. Michigan
Department
Arthur A. Flow
Seaman
James C. Flow
Matthews
Mecklenburg County
N. C
Italian Army Reconstituted Strengthens Morale
Italian forces reform regiments brigades and divisions behind the Tagliamento river as the third army remains intact. Duke of Aosta’s achievement is praised for stabilizing the front while the Italian airman Baldioli flies from New York to Langley Field in two hours thirty two minutes covering about 336 miles despite heat and clear skies.
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States
England
Frits
Italy
Associated Press
Duke of Aosta
Tagliamento
Newport News
Baldiell
New York
Langley Aviation Field
Hampton
Baldioli
Langley Field
Mineola
Emperor Charles to be proclaimed king of Poland
Vienna report states Emperor Charles will be proclaimed king of Poland on his name day and will rule the south Slav states including Bosnia and Herzegovina and parts of Serbia with a degree of autonomy. The Munich Neuste Nachrichten quotes the Vienna source for the claim.
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Charles
Poland
Amsterdam
Munich
Neuste Nachrichten
Vienna
Bosnia
Hersegovina
Serbia
Austria
Kaiser's Hall of Fame draft deserters count
In New York City 1,490 men called in the draft failed to answer and are classed as deserters. The passage names various wartime figures and acts, including the first soldier in Belgium, the sailor who torpedoed the Lusitania, and others associated with early World War I events.
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Cme
Belgium
Lusitania
New York City
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