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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1915
Page
18
New York reports on women detectives, nicknamed cows by crooks, who conceal identities to aid police work. Isabella Goodwin, a lieutenant, gained fame for helping arrest robbers who targeted a bank messenger and bolted along Broadway.
Twenty seven Belgian, French and English officers confined on Urk Island in the Zuyder Zee refuse to promise not to escape. Guards keep tight watch as a Belgian commander and an Irish British ace highlight the stubborn standoff and the island’s remote, clannish character.
The landsturm law expands Holland's trained military force from about 330,000 to an anticipated 650,000. It reclassifies previously relieved men including students and providers, drafts oldest and youngest cohorts, and aims for 550,000 ready for mobilization with a target of adding roughly 220,000 more trained troops over time.
Aug 71 dates and text fragment describe an upcoming San Diego event featuring Native Indians dancing. historical newspaper note includes incomplete phrases about the dancing and aging performers with unclear specifics.
Paris reports a massive gold influx as 118 million francs in gold were exchanged for bank notes at the Bank of France and its branches over several weeks. The drive followed a finance minister’s call for patriotic funding of the gold reserve amid ongoing war in trenches, with weekly results growing and an estimated 8.5 billion francs of gold in circulation in France.
The Pala tribe plans a ceremonial display for the San Diego Exposition August 26 27 and 25 may mark their last. One hundred aged tribesmen will perform dances in traditional costume while four hundred nine younger members attend without costumes and participate in games and gambling. Old women will weave baskets and make lace, a famed craft, as others wear their best picture hats and wait their turn.
A Herlin professor determined the commercial value of a lightning flash lasting a thousandth of a second at twenty points. The analysis focuses on instantaneous energy potential and market implications for rapid discharge events.
Invitations have been issued to tennis players nationwide for the twelfth annual tournament at Fairmont Country Club starting August 30. Entries close August 29 at 8 a.m. with drawings. Events include men’s singles and doubles and mixed doubles. Cups awarded to winners and runners up, with the reigning cup holder W S McElroy to compete. James O Watson of Fairmont acts as referee. Matches best two of three or five sets, play begins at 9 30 a m and 2 p m daily, with social events and a club reception and dance planned.
A Canadian officer and his wife ferried a young English girl home from Winnipeg. A nun aboard the ship turned out to be a German agent in disguise, spying with a mirror and concealed shaving setup. The intruder was captured, disrobed, and handed to military authorities on arrival in England.
An attractive girl, who appeared under twenty, walked into the West Forty-seventh street station seeking help from Lieutenant Clark. She gave the name Omma Role and said her father lives in Buffalo, claiming they had a troubled situation. The report ends abruptly with uncertain details about events that followed.
London Aug 21 Soldiers returning from France urge decimal currency base. Proposals favor using the farthing and florin as units, with 200 farthings per florin and 10 florins per pound. The shilling would be 50 farthings and sixpence 85 farthings, easing transition from prewar coins. The plan mirrors Allied decimal usage in war.
In Metuchen New Jersey a teachers strike threat prompted resignations as the school board sought a music candidate. A photo from Collegeville Pa of Miss Grace F Sayer circulated and prompted a motion to hire based on the image. She had hoped to become an actress and received a Broadway offer, but was told there were too many applicants. She traveled to New York and faced rejection, ending up homeless for two nights with no funds or shelter.
H A Jackson, returning to St Athens area, presented 10 department exhibits for the department of archives and history. Items include a Spanish matchete with large blade, a hemp skein from the Philippines, and cobblestones from the old paved Panama trail built by King Philip to transport precious metals. Also shown were eight geological samples from the Cucaracha slide in the Panama Canal region. Jackson aided in dredging the slide for canal removal.
Summer baby care covers thirst relief with regular water, minimal dressing, cool rooms, and light fabrics. Prickly heat and chafing are treated by tepid baths, soda baths, talcum powder, and avoiding soap on irritated skin. Constipation guidance urges routine bowel habits, diet tweaks for breast and bottlefed babies, and avoiding laxatives without doctor advice.
Grafton August 21 reports indicate Baltimore and Ohio railroad July gross earnings near $80,000 with net revenue around $3,000,060. Officials say traffic and coal shipments rise, driving costs down as vast improvements under President Daniel Willard yield higher volumes at lower expense. Meanwhile Asheville reports 16 year old Myrtle Pressly arrested in Arden on blackmail plot tied to threatening letters and arson. Edward Frady and Martin Rickman also jailed amid community shock.
Mrs Anna H Scott culinary expert of the Philadelphia North American outlines cooling summer beverages. Emphasizes acids water and ice for the overheated system and notes large ice water intake can be risky but not harmful. Describes lemonade orange juice iced tea and methods using syrups mint and marmalade for quick serving and refreshing results.
Suma Dean Hoftmeier daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank N Hoftmeier, of Hagerstown, was baptized at Zion Reformed Church by Rev Dr Keifler. She was named Suan Jean after her great‑grandmother. Water from the Jordan, brought by Mrs Edward Updegraf from Palestine, was used in a family bowl handed down for generations.
A luncheon accompaniment outlines iced coffee and iced cocoa as refreshing drinks. It details making strong strained coffee with crushed ice and optional gin or whipped cream, and provides a cocoa syrup method with sugar water and salt. Also covers grape juice drinks, watermelon and pineapple juice blends, blackberry juice, peach and plum canning leftovers, and serving ideas.
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