Abroad in War Time a Passage to Holland
The narrator recalls leaving Rotterdam on December 2 and boarding a train to Gravesend with a Frenchman a Dutchman and an Englishman. Delays at Gravesend and a dimly lit station lead to a tense embarkation onto the Dutch ship Koningin Regentes as Zeppelin threats loom and soldiers supervise baggage and boarding.
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George W. Bacon
Rotterdam
Holland
Iiolland
Gravesend
Victoria Station
England
Hollarengadden
Gromoose
Woman Killed In Runaway Near Rusk
A fatal accident near Rusk left Mrs. James Mason dead and her small child seriously injured after a buggy mishap when a frightened horse threw them. Mrs Mason, formerly Miss June Rollins, was the daughter of A C Rollins, a Cornwallis merchant.
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O. Dee
Petroleum
James Maison
Mason
Rusk
A Letter To Discontented Wives in Search of Happiness
A reflective piece urging American women to measure happiness by simplicity and personal well being rather than possessions. It argues for health, rest, and freedom, minimal rent and fashionable pressures, and presents domestic life as a source of enduring fulfillment. It offers guidance for younger women and highlights that happiness starts with action and nurturing the family.
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Mrs. Poyser
Dad Gariot
Martha
Miss Mattia
Bella
Dante
Bethe
Shakespeare
Lime mistaken for cottage cheese makes Harris ill
In Wilkes-Barre on December 2, Sandy Harris a 60 year old resident of Plains township hid in a barn and ate most of a pan he believed contained cottage cheese. Doctors pumped his stomach and found the contents to be slacked lime leaving his eyes badly crossed.
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Wilkes-Barre
Sandy
Harris
Plains Township
French aviator studies birds in air navigation
Paris dispatch notes Captain G observes migrating swallows fly about 800 yards up while ducks reach 2000 yards. He reports green necked birds at 85 miles per hour when climbing and 95 in level flight. Lapwings were seen over a mile high. Washington report recalls McAdoo's first work as a newsboy and later a farm laborer.
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Associated Presa Paris
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McGregor China Company
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Reed
Cornelius Sears
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Marriet
Parkersburg
Levi P. Wilson
Charles L. Borers
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Rogers
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Ralph Lee Burks
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Lou Ite
Medical College
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Buckhannon Chemics Company
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Partersburg
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Ala
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Surprise
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Tile
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Christmas Pictorial Review
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Bird Story
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William G. McAdoo
the Treasury
Macon Morning Telegraph
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