Blanche Moulton Sees Hard Road From Tenderloin Past
In Cleveland Blanche Moulton once ruled the tenderloin district now cleans a home with a dust cloth and a plain dress. She weighs leaving behind a life of glamour as she contemplates marriage and a new start after twenty nine years with a former lover who forgives her past. She reflects on stigma, respect, and the harsh economics of life in the district.
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Cleveland
Blanche Moulton
Moulton
Aalidife
Anche
Blanche
Bathing Suit Controversy Rocks New York Beachfront
Youthful couples seen on Rockaways beaches face complaints about swimwear. Local officials and Sidekaway board of trade leaders urge action, questioning what constitutes modest dress. Commissioner MacKennee deflects, saying more clothing might be required and promising possible measures.
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New York
Alicmbouts
Thorndycke C. McKerches
Wilry McKennee
Sidekaway Board of Trade
MacKennee
Board of Trade
Grandfather Sam and Grandson in Army Honor Trio
In Dresden Germany July 24 a three generation army honor was noted for the Kloetzer family of Bockwa near Zwickau. Grandfather a veteran of 1870 war earned Iron Cross first class. son captained a Uhlan regiment. grandson lieutenant in reserve artillery. All three, including both father and grandfather, received Iron Cross second class along with stated wartime service details.
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Resden
Germany
Kloetzer
Bockwa
Zwickau
Grose
Political Pension Granted to Joseph Pease
In Mondon on July 24 Joseph Pease former education minister, displaced by the current coal ministry, is reported to have been granted a political pension of 6000 a year. It marks the sixteenth such grant in fifty five years with Gerald Chaplin and one other Commons member previously receiving similar pensions.
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Mondon
Joseph Pease
Gerald
Chaplin
House of Commons
Unclear historical notice on grain and ornamental use
Fragmentary report from July 24 notes a decree affecting grain, corn trimming, and preservation for ornamental bouquets in Austria. Mentions person SBELLERONTAINE and Arhegast, Seventr year old, with garbled place names and dates.
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Switzerland
Austria
Sbellerontaine
Arhegast
Mammoth Airship Over Explosives Plant Spotted in Pa Town
Smethport reporters describe a cigar shaped airship hovering over the Emporium explosives plant area in northern Pennsylvania for several mornings. Locals including Bernard Garlock Scott Walker and H Y Bockius report sightings as guards and Campers watch the hills and Bushkill site eight miles from Smethport.
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Pennsylvania
Smethport
Guard
Rosendale
Kennedy
Bushkill
Bernard Garlock
Scott Walker
H. Y. Bockius
Fins
Fortune Teller Fails to Read Indie's Mind
Atlantic City July 24 Recorder Gaskill presided over the case of Mme Morrison Boardwalk fortune teller charged by Adolphus Corwin secretary of the New Jersey Association for the Suppression of Vice and Imposter. The palmist faced a $100 fine and jail if unable to pay by tomorrow morning, testing foresight in court.
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Atlantic City
Recorder Gaskill
Mme.” Morrison
Infernal machine sent to Nashville businessman
G C Dury, a Nashville kodak and engraving dealer, received an infernal machine by parcel post. He could not open it, missing likely saved his life as the device failed to be fastened. Postmark read Ta coma. Dury could offer no light on the sender's identity.
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Nashville
Tenn
G. C. Dury
Kodak
Atamp
Mr. Dury
Tacoma
Bees Kill Five Dogs in Peeksill Hive Attack
In Peekskill on July 24 a swarm of bees attacked five hounds at the door yard of Leslie Low. Four persons suffered bites as the hive was disturbed by a hound, and the bees stung Leslie Low Jr. and others until a neighbor and family members drove them off.
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Peekskill
Leslie Low
Peeksiill
Wrinkle in field wound healing with shea dressing
A German report from July 24 describes a Murgeon whose work centers on Cossacks and battlefield medicine. It explains a simple wound treatment using a thick shea coating from burned cloth, bound with the soldier's bandage, intended for use far from hospitals.
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Frankport
Germany
Hurops
Teld
Falh Proposition Plaque Draws French Fire in Trenches
A vandalized placard reads We are too strong to retreat, too weak to advance, too proud to surrender posted on a post. Officers with field glasses have noted the misprint and French troops have used the placard as a target near the trenches.
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Jaye
Brindle Cow Playsmate of Eugenic Baby in Denver
Frederick Fish, eighteen months, Denver’s renowned eugenic baby, grows among a cow playmate. His mother Mrs. Fish touts eugenist and euthenist ideas, shaping environment and discipline. Frederick’s daily life emphasizes independent play, no spanking, and early moral training with scientific ties.
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Denver
Colo
Frederick Fish
Frederick
Gherry
Mrs. Fish
Santa Claus
Santa
Mrs Fish
City Pays 25 Cents on 1837 Newark Bond
Newark officials trace a 25 cent claim to a 1837 bond loan of 20,000 dollars. The certificate cites interest at 1 percent and a June 1 1857 payment date, with Abram Beach and James Keine as city officials and Theodore Frelinghuysen as mayor. City Treasurer Himer A Day says repayment is due for the bearer.
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Newark
N. J
Raymond
George Faber
Pittsburg
Abram Beach
Cty
James Keine
Theodore Fre
Inghuysen
Himer A- Day
Faber
Dress as Cheese at Newport Fete Charms Guests
At Mrs. William Grosvenor's Newport home a charity lawn fete featured decorations and costumes with a Chinese motif. A highlight was the fish ronde prepared by Miss Alice Grosvenor, drawing admiration from attendees.
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Newport
William Grosvenor
Alice ‘Grosvenor
War tale ends with enlistment after judge’s joke
A jovial court remark urged an Englishman Thomas Shaw and German Michael Manners to go to Europe and fight in trenches. Shaw later enlisted in Canada and was wounded in France, writing home he may lose an arm. Judge John A. Borden, a Civil War veteran, lamented Shaw’s injury and noted the prank’s outcome.
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Ashbury
Park
Europe
Thomas Shaw
Shaw
Sheffield
England
Michael Manners
Cookman Avenue
John A. Borden
Canada
United States Army
Frank Turner
Tam
la Bassee
Tye
Judge Borden
Engineer dodges service to marry widow and gain exemption
In Havre on July 24, a veteran engineer with three children sought to avoid return to front by marriage to a widow mother of three, gaining exemption from further service. A letter of congratulations from his company mocked the chance for peace in the trenches.
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Havre
Gnembers -Fis Company
Itmald
Osowiec Fortress and Railway Lines Amid War Front
A terse wartime note describes Osowiec near the Prussian border, detailing its strategic rail connections via Bielostok and the Petrograd line, with Osowiec village and Bohr river embankments as key defensive features. Fortifications guard a narrow river bend, while the Bohr remains navigable and defendable along the fortress perimeter.
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Prinver
Odontec
Soutiesst
Stochtelontok
Binlestoke
Osewloc
Germany
Osowiec
Bielostok
Thay Warga
Bohr River
Ocowiec
Gonionds
Ruslan
General Relsold Arrested by Italian Guards
An Italian newspaper recounts a humorous misidentification in the Garnic Alps where two guards intercept a man watering a dangerous pose. Inside a commander’s house the captive reveals himself as General Relsold, chief of the zone, who congratulates the guards for their duty and dubs the incident a prank.
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Associayad Presse Romh
Italy
Garnic Alps
Per- Bupage
Relsold
Diamond trade not hurt by blockade
London July 24 One German industry undisturbed by the British blockade is the diamond trade A German syndicate held rough stones valued at about 7 6 billion and now ships via Belgian cutters to the United States The United States remains the chief market as production in South Africa nearly ceases and mines close down It will take years after peace to restore the industry to former size
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FRESE
London
Africa
United States
Holland
South ‘Africa
Speeding and arrest by telephone in Bluttton case
J D Miles from Tutnoie sped through Bluttton and was spied by Marshal Murray. He telephoned Findlay police to arrest Miles on arrival. The village marshal confronted him on a trolley car and the mayor, Milica, announced the guilty plea by telephone for exceeding the speed limit. He paid a $5 fine and costs. Miles then headed toward Detroit with his gasoline burner.
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Chicago
J. D
Miles
Tutnoie
Bluttton
Murray
Findlay
Wip
Milica
Milus
Detroit
War Prisoners Labor in Soviet Farms Near Petrograd
July 24 report from Petrograd states 308 prisoners are employed in agriculture and other work. Prisoners’ monthly wage runs about $5, roughly half the market rate. Officials say harvest prospects caused no large demand for prisoner laborers, and the work is generally satisfactory.
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Prea
Excessive Heat in Kartouma Presages Casualties
Intense heat in Kartouma pushed temperatures to extreme levels, lasting weeks. Local reports indicate rising deaths among residents unable to cope with the heatwave and lack of adequate cooling in homes. Authorities urge precautions as the situation persists.
Valuable bull in Bernardsville attracts high bid
Bernhard Meyer of Finchers owns a 1 000 pound Holstein bull named Cordesia Scott. A unnamed millionaire offered to buy the bull for 100 a pound for eight years. Meyer estimates the bull will weigh 2 000 pounds in three years, making it worth about 200 000.
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Bernardsville
Jaly
Bernhard Meyer
Fincerns
Cordesia Scott
Millonaire
German barbed wire defense on the Western Front
Fragmentary WWI report describes German use of a metal device resembling a squib for wire entanglements near Dunkire. The device reportedly uses a high pressure cylinder to eject burning liquid ten feet toward barbed wire, burning through it more quickly than simple cuts.
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Dunkire
France
Charleston Health Commission Sets Office in Capitol Wing
Dr Jepson and Health Council establish offices on the second floor of the capitol building. Mayo Tolman, sanitary engineer, investigates Piedmont Clarksburg West Union water supplies and discusses typhoid outbreaks. Clarksburg water is good but West Union needs fixes. Piedmont reports some typhoid complaints.
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Charleston
Jepson
Stare Desith Jcommiscionér
Forstteatute Health Council
Capitol
House of Det Exutes
Bir Alice
Topson
Mayo Tolman
Tolman
Amesachusetts Institute of Tachnology
Massachusetts
Maryland
State Boards of Health
Piedmont
Clarksburg
West Union
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio
Ratiron
Poeta
Cahenet
Wests Union
Fapson
Worth
Upo Union
Department of Health
Odd Baseball Feats Mark 1915 Season Across Leagues
Major and minor leagues deliver unusual records as 1915 nears. Jack Niese's 41 game hitting streak for Oakland sets a Pacific Coast league mark, surpassing Ty Cobb and Hal Chase. Otis Clymer posts a minor league hitting streak record of 25 straight games. Harry Harper and Me linger post pitching feats, while long games and unusual on field incidents draw attention, including a notable balk call and gate issues in Chicago.
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SUN
York
Tayé
Romie
Jack Nese
Oakland Fear
Ty Gobb
Cobb
Hal Chase
Otis Clymer
Ainfe
Galle
Harry Harper
Gondapolia
St Paul
American Association
Itogamas
Melinger
Cedar -Roplas
Gantral Association
Ftreen
Tea Rune
Merahalttowny
Scorale
Hexamo
Burlington
Keokuk
George Cut
Kiem
Rosa
Chicago
Rube Ottering
Sn Balin Hs
Japon
Das Tocan
Ag Coceerne
Fon
Sugden
Ma Ptevent Athletics Browns
Gama al
Hill Too Steep to Yuderport Mountain Climb
A garbled report describes an attempted ascent of a Potter County mountain by C. B Chatter of War lan. The climber’s car allegedly struck, cutting gasoline and forcing a retreat. Event details and locations are unclear due to damaged text.
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Yudersport
Padely
Chatter
Warlan
Potter County
Bo Ae
Cate
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Talian
Jerry Case
Russia
Kartoum
Engiteh Soldere
Fay anneciaTes
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Kartouma
Flack
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Loretta
Loretta Kennedy
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