Records Tell How American Destroyers Sink Submarines
London reports brave anti submarine actions by American destroyers escorting a merchant convoy. A lower-ship engagement describes depth charges and torpedoes sinking a German U boat after frequent periscope sightings. It praises crews, noting youths and nerves under fire, and recalls a Nelson era tactic under peril.
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London
Fine
Meretantaian
Nosquito
Admiralty
America
Twee Armements de Stroyers
Whitehall
Renew Energy With Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery
Advertises Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic to renew energy, improve blood quality, and relieve headaches and backaches. Claims pure red blood prevents illness and promotes vitality. Promotes hot water before meals and herbal tablets and liquid. markets tablets for sixty cents at drug stores.
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Dr. Pierce
Oregon
Attack of grip and Swamp-Root sales pitch mix
Fragmented lines discuss grip illness and a Swamp-Root herbal remedy from Dr. Kilmer & Co. The text mentions weak kidneys a common claim, an offer to send three am, and snippets about ambition and a mock paper. Overall reading reads as ad like and conversational.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
N. Y
Lauder’s Cousin Killed in Tyson Coal Mine Accident
Cumberland Maryland report says John Lauder, cousin of comedian Harry Lauder, was killed in the Tyson coal mine near town when a rock fall trapped him. He was employed at the mine at the time of the accident.
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Lauder
Cumberland, Md
John Lauder
Harry Lauder
Tysom
Here
Let's Hold the Line Poem by Norreys Jephson O'Conor
A wartime verse by Norreys Jephson O'Conor of the Vigilantes urges steadfast defense as British and allied forces hold the line from western towns to France. It calls soldiers to endure, avoid excuses, and resist rallying in weariness while defending freedom against the Hun.
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Norreys Jephson O'Conor
The
Vigilantes
France
Girl Scout Captain Leads Covert Patrol Near Florida
Newly appointed minister Hoffman Phillip is named captain of a scouting troop in Mayport Fin. The group, aged thirteen to sixteen, patrols the coast east of Florida armed with rifles or automatics to deter and uncover pro German activities. The narrative describes fearless night patrols without qualm.
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PL Stark
Hoffman Phillip
Colombia
Mayport
Fin
Florida
Foretold War and Coal Shipments Highlight Early 1800s News
Russian consul Joseph A. Conry warned of a future war with Germany in an address to the Ninth Regiment Veterans in GA dated April 6 1804. He predicted conflict with the German empire while noting no desire for war and urging a volunteer militia of 500000. Separately Memphis Te was highlighted by large coal shipments from Kentucky via the Mississippi River with a steamboat towing 15 barges of 9000 tons from Caseyville to Memphis, a transit that would have required multiple trains.
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Sas
Bowta
Aisler
Kaisers Pets
Boston
Joseph A. Conry
Germany
Conry
Ninth Regiment Veterans Assortation
Memphis
Teon
Kentucks
Mississippi River
Caseyville
Frayed Almanac Fragments and Patent Remedies Bluff
A jumble of faded notices and mock advertisements shows old time patter about Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The text mentions Frank J Cheney of Toledo asserting a patent remedy claim and a notary public oath amid stray lines about soldiers and meals.
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A garbled report notes a Great Lakes rookie near battle lines. The commander, frustrated by a private’s tardiness, calls Bizw to the front and asks if he is with them in the war.
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Great Lakes
Heine
Carmaander
Bizw
Pang
Original class math problem from Hiault teacher
A teacher asks for an original problem and William volunteers a puzzle about a baby sister one year old at twenty pounds who gains two ounces daily until sixteen years old, while the cost of living doubles in ten years.
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Hiault
William
Tehebeth
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