Metropolis Zanzibar Lures Wanderers From Many Lands
The piece portrays Zanzibar as a seductive East African metropolis famed for clubs coffee shops cinemas and bazaars. It contrasts its beauty opulence with stark dangers while recalling haunting nights at a grand Arab house overlooking the harbor and ships under moonlight.
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Aden
Zanzibar
William Ashley Anderson
Harper's Magazine
Rome
Paris
Cape Delado
Sons of the Corsairs
Oman
India
Arabia
Somali Coast
Africa
Europe
Persian Gulf
Seychelles
Madagascar
Youthful Soldier of Fortune Becomes Polish Officer at Sixteen
A youthful veteran who earned a commission in the Polish army at age sixteen shows remarkable early military ascent. The piece highlights his rapid rise from enlistment to officership amid early wartime service and notable assignments shaping a storied career.
Heroic Polish Volunteer Josef Zalot Joins U S Army
Having returned to the United States and civics, nineteen year old Josef Zalot enlisted as a buck private at the U S army recruiting headquarters. A youthful hero of campaigns against Germans and Bolsheviki, he joined Polish volunteers in 1917 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in Canada. After battles at Rheims and Champagne and service with General Haller, he fought on the Polish front in 1919, then returned home and now serves at Camp Dix New Jersey studying to become a second lieutenant.
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United States
United States Army
Josef Zalot
Philadelphia
Cwamp
Haller
Eighteenth Infantry
Camp Dix
New Jersey
Explosion In Halifax Buckles Curaca Ship Back Nine Feet
The Curaca buckled severely after the Halifax blast, nine feet two inches at the bow and six feet six inches at the stern. Re floated and towed to New York, she was dry docked and water pumped to the keel blocks. Plating was cut and water removed until both ends settled when joined.
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Halifax
Curaca
Scientific American
New York
Hotel Work Offers Independent Living For College Women
A historical note explains hotel positions from room clerks to waitresses, detailing duties from memory and guest relations to handling mail and inquiries. It notes salaries from 50 to 150 dollars a month, room and board, and mentions summer hotels as well. The piece promotes hotel work as a respectable, practical path for ambitious women seeking independence.
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C. O. TD
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