West Virginia novelist drives war ambulance in Paris
Charleston author Henry Sydner Harrison, born in Sewanee Tennessee, arrived in Paris after London to drive an American hospital ambulance. He will transport wounded soldiers in Paris and hopes to be sent to the front soon. Harrison wrote Queed and Angela’s Girls and has published many short stories.
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Charleston
Henry Sydner Harrison
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Harrison
London
New York Sun
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Peruh
West Virginia Hero Receives Carnegie Medal for Bravery
In the 1914 15 period West Virginia man Stanley Murphy received a Carnegie Medal for risking his life at Kennedy Station on January 21 1913 to save Trude Hill Lucille Hill and others from a ten inch pipe explosion. He died after lifting a tent and fleeing with his wife as the blast struck. The report notes four mine disasters and a total Carnegie fund of 63400 distributed for those losses.
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Weeinia
Subati
Stanley C. Murphold
Eller
Gertrude B. Will
Lucille V. Hill
McTer
Kennedy Station
Sax
Safet
Murphy
Neved
Mystery Woman In Mill Town Hid Sex For Years
Florence Beaudoin of Williamsett Massachusetts lived as Albert Beaudoin a man since age sixteen. A suffragist and mill worker she smoked chewed and kept hens. She died of heart failure and neighbors learned she was a woman. Her sister knew the secret but disapproved.
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Boston
Florence Beaudoin
Williamsett
Mass
Albert Beaudoin
Holyoke
Gin
Mary Lepine
Joseph Lachappelee
Alonzo Baowlien
Mister
Herbert Provost
Miss Zeaudo
Canada
Review Highlights Lincoln Bismarck in April Current Magazine
The April issue surveys Lincoln and Bismarck as two of history’s greatest statesmen, speculates on what Lincoln would do today, and analyzes Bismarck’s influence. It also surveys articles on Germany’s submarine threat, neutral diplomacy, and the Japanese China issue, plus fiction by Steele and Mena and a note on Frank Froest rumors.
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Abraham Lincoln
Bismarck
Lincoln
Germany
British Isles
Turkey
Austria
China
Washington
Japan
Lnerineet
Mexico
Brimot
Wilbur Daniel
Steele
Maria Cristina Mena
Joseph Ernest
Zizi
Oma
Almona Davies
Berth
Knatvold
Meilett
Tillman Warns New York Threat From Foreign Fleet
Senate naval affairs chair Tillman says maneuvers off New York prove a foreign fleet could reduce Manhattan into debris despite forts. He envisions an approach via Long Island Sound Hell Gate and mine detonation to bombard the city, noting dreadnoughts may become obsolete after modern warfare advances.
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Washington
Tillman
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
New York
Manhattan Island
Sandy Hook
Long Island Sound
Hell Gate
Dangerous Life of the Motor Dispatch Rider
London correspondent describes the motor dispatch rider as facing extreme physical strain and constant danger. From greasy cobbles and rain to shelling and sniper threats the rider battles poor visibility, heavy traffic, and hostile sentries while delivering orders at top speed.
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London
Wil
Joffre Family Roots Traced in Noble Lineage
An erudite genealogist report places the Joffre family among noble lines. Tracing from Geoffre de Chabrignac in Limousin archives, it notes emigration from France to Spain later returning to Roussillon and links branches to Geouffre de Aus Russac and Geouffre-Comnene.
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Associated: Press
Monsier Gossett
Tulle
Joffre
Limousin
Jouffre
Geoffre de
Louis XV
Brive
Geoffre
Geouffre
Geouffre de Aus Russac
Geouffre de Lapradels
Geouffre-Comnene
Greece
Whiskey Bottle Reappears to Miner on River Nile Trip
A West Virginia mining man, A. R. Coates, received a bottle of Kentucky whiskey he had not ordered. The bottle, found in a murky river while he and friends floated down the Nile a year earlier, contained a note with his address. The distillery sent a replacement bottle with compliments.
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Virginia
Minn
R. Coates
Express
Kentucky
Mr. Coates
Bavarian Youth Seeks New Battle After Three Wounds
A Berlin report quotes a young Bavarian, wounded three times in Belgium France and Lille, who after dismissal from the Bavarian army now offers himself to the Austrian army and even the Sultan. His father died in Vosges fighting and his sister is married. He vows to avenge his father and seeks further service.
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Austria
Traction Company Timetable From Clarksburg to Multiple Points
Traction Company express cars depart Clarksburg for Grassetti O neil Mt. Clare Weston Shinuston Fairmont Fairview Farmington Mannington and intermediate points daily except Sunday. Deliver shipments for Mannington and intermediate points by 9:00 a.m. Fairview area by 11:00 a.m. Western area by 12:00 noon. Quick service and care noted. Monongahela Valley Traction Company.
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Grassetti
O'Neil
Mt. Clare
Weston
Shinuston
Fairmont
Fairview
Farmington
Mannington
Monongahela Valley 9 Draction Companys
Large crowds still pour into San Diego
San Diego sees steady arrival of first class trains as travelers flock west at low rates. Tourists visit the exposition then head to San Francisco while banks report rising checking and savings accounts signaling longer stays. Weather remains dry with two weeks without rain and booster groups organize coast routes to Mexico and the western hinterland. The Light Infantry Blues of Richmond lead a spectacular delegation, with other groups from Dayton and Brooklyn attending after conventions.
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San Diego
Cal
San Diego Exposition
Southwest
San Francisco
California
West Country
Mexico
Bac
Metro
Middle West
Brooklyn Teacher’s Association
Dayton
American Hospital Association
Light Infantry Blues
Chmond
West Dennis youth arraigned in swamp killing case
Elliott Wixen of West Dennis is charged with the March 18 killing of Winnie Cahoon after luring him and Frank Chase to a swamp. Wixen, who allegedly held a long grudge, says he killed Cahoon because Cahoon had teased him. Chase escaped as Wixen fired.
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Provincetown
Mass
Elliott Wixen
West Dennis
Winnie Cahoon
Cape Cod
Wolver
Vixon
Cahoon
Frank Chase
Wixon
Chase
Ivan
Generals in Present War Are Very Old
The British Medical Journal notes a shift in general officer ages in the current war due to modern tech. It argues Napoleon died young by today’s standards and contrasts past leaders like Wellington Ney Nelson and Alexander the Great with present figures Von Kluck and Hindenburg, all older generals.
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London
British Medical Journal
Napoleon
Waterloo
Wellington
Ney
Nelson
Alexander the Great
Hannibal
Scipio
Sitz
John French
General Joffre
Pau
Gallen
von Kluck
Marshal von Hindenburg
Visit of German Kaiser to Lodz Revealed in Reports
Cable reports describe Kaiser Wilhelm II touring Lodz guarded by police with streets closed and bells rung. He visited a Polish castle, attended a religious service, and, though elderly in appearance at first, showed vigor during the open air address and officer reviews.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Lodz
Russia
Petrikovka
Triedrich Strasse
Puoldiers
Peror
Night Riders Trial Opens in Butler County Special Term
Louisville Kentucky April 3 a special term of the Butler county court opened to try the night riders known as the possum hunters accused of blindfolding and lashing two girls from a prominent family with whips Deputy guards protect the court as the grand jury indicts many wealthy men in connection with the assaults The civil suits filed by the women name thirty six defendants including Jacob Gardiner and other affluent residents of the district
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Logisville
Butler County
Kentucky
Louella
Katherine Webster
Tinto
Sabey
Jacob
Gardiner
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