French Women Serve France Propose National Mobilization
Marquise de Moustier describes how French women organize to aid France akin to civil mobilization. The Association for the Endowment of French Women operates seventeen Paris offices with a thirteen member consulting committee. Enrollments specify roles from manufacturing to nursing, with meetings thrice weekly and broad government coordination to prepare for future needs.
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Marquise DE Moustier
America
Fred 8. Pitney
New York Tribune
Paris
France
Association For the
Mme
Emile Boutroux
Mme. Chenu
Maitre Chenu
Union of Commercial and Industrial Employees
Israel Levi
Wilfred Monod
M. Reverdy
Catholic Club of Workers
M. Gervaise
Union of Government Employees
Col Dobeny offers life to nation from West Plains veteran
Col Peter Paul Dobeny, eighty four, World War II era veteran and survivor of 1848 49 rebellion, has offered his life to the United States. He sought government permission to train cavalry at West Pilatus Missouri, came to America in 1862 with Kossuth nephews, and in 1888 organized a regiment of negro heavy artillery. He later engineered in the Ozarks helping blaze the Kansas City Fort Scott and Gulf rail line now part of Frisco System. In Paris lace workers plan to present a lace flag to the first American regiment in France. General Lafayette hailed from Velay region where his old chalet still stands.
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Peter Paul Dobeny
Weat Plains
France
Italy
Austria
United States
West Pilatus
Louis Kossuth
Ozark Country
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf
Frisco
U. S
Paris
Velny
Tafayette
Velay
Chaton
Rice for Ink Stains In A Stained Article
A fragment describes staining ink with bolted rice and water. The unusual method involves mixing rice with ink stains and using clear water last to rinse or adjust. The note hints at a traditional or improvised technique recorded in a historic page.
Mexicans Flee U S Fearing Conscription
Brownsville Texas reports mass flight of Mexican refugees fearing U S draft after Congress adopts conscription. Many flee back to Mexico, including a mother who tried to ferry her two sons across the river on a raft but the raft broke and onlookers rescued them.
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Brownsville
Tex
Great American Congress
Madero
Huerta
Villa
Carranga
Mexico
el Carmen
Albany youth tries to fake height for enlistment
Willis Hartman of Glenwood near Albany attempted to raise his height to meet military service standards. He wore adhesive plaster and cotton pads under his heels to create a “French-heel” effect. He passed the body check but fell short by one inch. Hartman said he did not want to be a slacker and lamented the scheme.
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Albany
Willis Hartman
Glenwood
United State Marine Corps
Willis
Sears
Hartman
Wireless for motorcycles as army message links
New York report on Captain Frank E. Evans marine corps invention enabling every US Army motorcycle messenger to carry a private wireless unit with 50 to 100 mile radius. The gear weighs under 12 pounds and can set up in 1 to 2.5 minutes, using a dynamo on the rear wheel and a 100 foot aerial. The system aims to keep constant contact with air scouts and field stations.
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New York
United States Army
Frank E. Evans
Marine Corps
Ordnance Board
Evans
Chicago bars horse meat shop proposal
Chicago city council health committee refuses to consider Christ Scheer’s permit to open a shop selling horse flesh. Alderman Cullerton says time not ripe and it is not a necessary step now.
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Chicago
City Council Committee On Health
Christ Scheer
Train Killing a Brave Soldier Capt. Durden Dies in Victoria
Captain Clive Durden of the Australians arrived from France and fainted on the platform at Victoria station. He died an hour later after being run over by a toy locomotive. He had spent six months in France in the fiercest fighting without injury before the accident.
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London
Clive Durden
Victoria Station
France
England
Durden
Hunters Drive At Stockton Kill 6000 Jackrabbits
Hundreds of hunters gathered in Stockton California for a jackrabbit drive at Hsealon where authorities estimate the pest kill ranged between six thousand and six thousand.
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Stockton
Cal
Hsealon
Tornado death toll 185 across seven states
Western Newspaper Union reports more than 185 killed and 107 injured as tornadoes devastate Kansas Illinois Indiana Tennessee Arkansas Kentucky and southern Illinois. Mattoon and Charleston suffer heavy losses with hundreds injured and millions in property damage as storms continue to spread.
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Chicago
Kansan
Illinois
Indiana
Ten-nesse
Arkansas
Kentucky
Ilinois
Mattoon
Milneis
Charleston
Andale
Kans
Dublin
Hickman
South
Dyersburg
Tenn
Dyer
Blytheville
Ark
Hebron
Kouts
Sayre
Birmingham
Ala
Doctora
Farming Wow A Business Farming Wow A Business
A nation wide cry for more economy and production drives investor interest in Western Canada. High grain prices and modern farming methods boost profits, with examples from Weight of Milo in Iowa, Smiths of Vulcan, and Nobleford affidavits showing large wheat and oats yields. Letters to government agents cite 240 acres yielding 10,000 bushels of wheat and declared per acre averages, suggesting Western Canada as a prime area for farmers seeking growth and returns.
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America
United States
Canada
CG. A
Weight
Milo
Towa
Joseph and Sons
Des Moines
Champion
Alberta
Hewitt
Champlon
Messrs. Smith & Sons of
Vulcan
Smith
Baye
Blyre
Newell J. Noble
Nobleford
Alberts
Namey Coe
Nancy Coe
Province of
Parental Supervision and Cultural Clash Reflections
A fragmentary dialogue contrasts parental aims with outcomes citing Shakespeare and Wagner. The minuscule exchange hints at social expectations, schooling, and taste shaping public mood while a stray line evokes consumer brands and eccentric phrasing.
Verned In That Direction Insight Sparks Social Shift
A fragment notes a shift toward economical social functions as the current trend. One Indiana remark suggests women known to the speaker will finally get a chance to shine, reflecting evolving social expectations.
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Indy
Nervousness and Blues in Washington Park Ill
A mother of four describes relief from female trouble backache nervous spells and the blues after using Dore and E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. She notes improved health and youthfulness and invites others to contact the E Pinkham Medicine Co for free advice.
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Washington Park
Ill
Dore
Sis E. Pinkham
Pinkham
E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mssa
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