Rewarded. Hill kite tale and math brag emerge
A brief moral note contrasts boys solving short division with a kite tale about John and James sharing twine. A wartime product ad extols Elixir Babek, claiming malaria cures and heavy praise from a U S Cavalry trooper in the Philippines, priced at 50 cents with delivery from Washington.
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John
James
Johnny
Philipines
Washington
Brasie O'Hagan
U.S. Cavalry
Balayan
Philippines
Kloczewski & Co
Where He Learned
A child defends his speech claiming he only visited Tommy Brown’s house to play with a parrot his uncle sent from Chicago. His mother questions the claim and suggests he has been with other boys, highlighting a lesson about language.
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Willie
Mamma
Tommy Brown
Chicago
Ardmore Tank Car Blast Kills Fifty In City
A spark from a hammer ignited a tank car of gasoline in Ardmore Oklahoma triggering a chain of explosions and fires. Fifty are dead and about 200 injured as flames wreck Main Street, with most buildings damaged or destroyed and martial law declared.
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Ardmore
Okla
Main Street
Sante Fe
Frisco
Rock Island
Jute Wins Over Cotton in Postoffice Twine Contract
The Postoffice Department will switch to jute twine for letters starting November 1. Ludlow Manufacturing Association of Boston won the bid at 0.099 per pound, beating cotton options. 2.5 million pounds of jute twine will be used in the year, totaling about 247000 dollars.
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Postoffice Department
WII
Washington
Ludlow Manufacturing Association of
Boston
Mass
Beaumont Manufacturing Company
Spartanburg
S. C
Glencoe Cotton Mills
Columbia
Lancaster Cotton Mills
Lancaster
Lancaster Mills
Horn Files Another Appeal in Bridge Bomb Attempt Case
Werner Horn, the German army reservist who attempted to blow the International bridge between Canada and the United States at Vancero, Mo., last February, filed an appeal from the Federal Court decision denying his release on a writ of habeas corpus.
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Horn
Boston
Werner Horn
Canada
United States
Vanceboro
Austria to Recall Dumba as U S Demands
Washington reports that Dr Constantin Dumba Austro Hungarian ambassador will be formally recalled by Vienna. The United States notes that a simple leave of absence would not satisfy its demand and Penfield conveyed that the U S wishes would be complied with.
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Austria
Dumba
Washington
Constantin Dumba
United States
Penfield
Vienna
Skirmishes in Haiti Reported Near Cape Haitien
Details from Rear Admiral Caperton to the navy department describe fighting between natives and American forces near Cape Haitien. One marine killed, ten wounded, and more than fifty Haitians killed as patrols attempted to clear supply lines to the interior. Two patrols engaged after arriving at Hauieu Cap and firing became general.
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Haiti
Washington
Cape Haitien
Navy Department
Caperton
Interior
Hauieu Cap
French and British Advance in West Front in Months
The offensive on a 20 mile front between Zeebrugge and Liedport yields major German trench losses. French forces claim the bulk of gains around Perthes Beausejour Suippes and north of Arras with 12 000 prisoners. The drive aims at Verdun, and French reports say Champagne ground is held and expanded.
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London
Verdon
Zeebrugge
Liedport
Perthes
Beausejour
Suippes
Champagne
Arras
Souchez
Marne
Verdun
Broadway Cave-In Kills Woman As Street Sinks Over Subway
A Broadway street near 28th Street collapsed over a new subway, killing an unidentified woman and injuring three others. Police and fire crews searched for missing workmen as vehicles and bystanders watched. The hole stretched about 50 feet with a 30 foot deep pit, caused by suspected weight-related weakening of supports.
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Subway
New York
New Subway
Broadway
28Th Street
Theatre District
European War Anniversary Week Recaps Sept 27 1914
Compiled World War I brief notes mark a year anniversary with Allied successes on the Meuse and Polish fronts. German advances, Russian offensives, and Japanese actions at Kiaochow and Tsingtau are mentioned along with naval raids, bombings, and social turmoil across Europe and allied theaters.
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Meuse
Poland
Suwalki
Przemysl
Roumanian
Kiaochow
Paris
Warsaw
Austria
Alost
Hindenburg
Dembica
Carpathians
Hungary
Tsingtau
German Congo
Cattaro
Tilsit
Kaiser
Smuggling Ring Alleged Involving Bulgarian Immigrants
In Toledo Ohio Mike Tonoff a Bulgarian was arrested by government officers on charges of smuggling 800 or more Bulgarians from Windsor Ontario to Detroit and then to Toledo. Affidavits from several of the people transported supported the case.
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Toledo
Windsor
Ont
Detroit
Mike Tonoff
Conditions of Big Loan Proves Near Agreement for Credit to Britain and France
A New York report says Anglo French financial commission and Eastern bankers near agreement on a one billion dollar credit loan to Great Britain and France. Details include about 1 000 000 000 dollars, joint Anglo French notes, and a 5 percent interest rate yielding roughly 5 1 half percent to investors with notes priced just under par. Carranza Troops Not Present in Progreso Border Clash
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New York
Anglo-French Financial Commission
Great Britain
France
Tte
Carranza
Washington
Funston
Nafarrate
Progreso
Texas
War Department
No sane reason to shift seats in rowboats story
A humorous note notes that war may be necessary but derides changing seats in rowboats. It comments on how close some men come to press exposure, with a cross on a half tone indicating where an innocent bystander stood when an event occurred.
Daily Thought on happiness and unselfishness
A brief quotation emphasizes happiness comes from helping others rather than pursuing personal joy. It contrasts unselfish people who contribute to others with dissatisfied ones who seek happiness for themselves.
High Point Milling Co Flour Ad Promises Quality
An advertisement from High Point Milling Co promotes White Frog and Luxury Flour as the best for all baking. It claims the flours are made from the best wheat and produce superior bread, cakes, and pastry, concluding with a cordial sign off from the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Milling CO
High Point Milling Company
Carolina & Yadkin River Railway schedule October 14 1914
Train timetable for Southbound and Northbound service listing station times from High Point to Thomasville and High Point with arrivals and departures between High Point Denton Gordontown High Rock and Thomasville. Note states times are not guaranteed and subject to change without notice. W E Price agent.
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High Point
Thomasville
Gordontown
Denton
High Rock
W. E. Price
Agt
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Richmond Barber College
Richmond
Fletcher
Jack
Justice of the Peace
Vick
Srethons
Yager
Jas. E. Baum
Hawk
N.C
Gilbert Bros. & Co, Inc
Baltimore, Md
Verdum
Moll
Marines
Lierre
Antwerp
Semlin
Tsingtao
Emden
Gulf of Bengal
Madras
Zeppelin
U. S. S. Tennessee
Adriatic
St. Mihiel
Orchies
Niemen
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Uzsok Pass
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Royal Military College
England
Roye
Termonde
Kiaochow Harbor
India
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Mariampol
Ossowetz
Papeete
Tahiti
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Itolo
Leipzig
Union
Elsinore
Foreign Office
American Red Cross
Pauillac
Acces
Cochran
4Th
K Streets
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Franklin Park
White House
Eugene S. Cochran Manase
Eee Ae Richmond
Virginia
J. W. Sechrest
W. T. Kirkman & CO
Mr. Farmer
N. C
Carolina & Yadkin River Railway Company
Chie
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North State Telephone Co
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