Paris Mobilizes as War Echoes through Gilded Streets
Martial law grips Paris for first time since 1870 as mobilization unfolds. Crowds, banners, and the tri color fill boulevards while trains depart with tens of thousands of soldiers. Americans offer aid as midinettes sing La Marseillaise and a local hospital converts to military use.
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Paris Q
England
Rue de la Paix
Montparnasse
Holy
Trinity Lodge
William
Angela
Delaports
Jean Marie
Chamoleaux
Paris Curfew Enforced As Spies Sought And Women Fill Jobs
The curfew is in force with all indoors by 9 PM as cafes and theatres close. Parisian life shifts with foreigners monitored, police on alert for spies, permits required to stay, guards on tubes, pigeons questioned, and shops requisitioned. Women take men’s work roles while Bennett reports as a journalist for the New York Herald.
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France
Comeraie Francaise
Iwone
Albert Carree
Georges Ricou
Odeon
Paul Gavault
Quinor
Chantant
Mauarres
Gatea
Ava
Paris
Infanta
Jamea Gordon Bennett
Inmea Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
Howe
Wilson
Jesus confronts rulers after fig tree in temple parables
An August lesson reviews Matthew chapter 21, focusing on Jesus answering chief priests. It discusses the parable of the vineyard, Israel’s failure, and the transfer of the kingdom to Gentiles, concluding with the stone the builders rejected becoming the head of the corner and the coming judgment on Jerusalem.
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Christ
Jesus
God
Luke
Israel
Fsalah
Jerusalem
Beachey Day at Springfield State Fair Attractions
At the Illinois State fair Barney Oldfield and Wild Bob Burnham join 63 attractions for Beachey Day on September 26. Aeroplane daredevil Springfield-Lincoln Beachgy and Oldfield are set for opening auto races September 18 and 19, with expected record crowds.
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Springfield
Lincoln Beachgy
Barney Oldfield
Illinois State Board of Agriculture
Bob” Burnham
Oldfield
JOPLIN STARTS PRISON TEAM
Jesse Joplin of Duquoin, who confessed to killing Dr. D. Winter Dunn former mayor of Duquoin, had a new trial request denied by Judge J. H. Forno of Pana. He was found guilty and given a life sentence in the Chester penitentiary. He was taken to Chester to begin serving the term.
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Winton Dunn
Duquoin
Fornoff
Jesse Joplin
D. Winter Dunn
J. H. Forno
Pana
Joplin
Pluilty
Chester
Civil service announces two eligible lists in state exams
The state civil service commission released two eligible lists from recent examinations. Stationary Engineer names include Wigle, Stratton, Smith, Sohneon, Haller, Warloff, Abts, Sharp, Stevens, and others across Illinois towns. Seamstress names include Sheridan, Sullivan, Boyce, Miller, Dickhart, Goheen, Dillon, Sherlock, Sewell, with many city and town entries. All wait for vacancies.
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Springfield
State Civil Service Commission
Walter HE. Wigle
East St. Louis
George H. Stratton
Quincy
Harry R. Smith
Cairo
Joseph H. Sohneon
Chester
Henry Haller
Bonnie
Edward C. Warloff
Albert H. Abts
John M. Sharp
Charles D. Stevens
Elgin
Charles S. Burdick
Edward Mohan
Jacksonville
George H. Wenrick
Pontiac
A. L. Deaton
Elmer L. Bishop
W. C. Harris
Alonzo Downing
Lincoln
Christian Baum
Herman Mead
John R. Livingston
Normal
Harry A. Lacey
Kankakea
James V. Steagall
St. Charles
Thomas J. Cooney
Robert S. Barger
Bartholomew
J. Scanlon
Willam P. Hogan
Peoria
Harry D. Sherertz
Herrin
Sterling G. Hanner
Oakland
Charles F. Kelly
Joliet
John B. Lufkin
Carbondale
Daniel L. Howerton
Henry England
Watertown
Frank Lauder
Orbondale
Fred DB. Dewester
Anna
James A. Clark
de Kalb
William Horton
Charleson
Anna Sheridan
Geneva
Ann Sullivan
Julia Boyce
Joan Miller
Rose E. Dickhart
Julia Goheen
Maud J. Dillon
Mary Sherlock
Anna R. Sewell
Chicago
Marala J. Wallace
Ella B. Lohan
Catherine C. Rellihan
Cullom
Florence P. Lyon
Minnie S. Laughlin
Wood River
Alice Williamson
East St
Iluis
Ella Huffman
Mary B. Boyd
Me Leansboro
Lillian Angelo
Nora C. Gronéman
Nellie G. Jackman
Neva B. Carter
Springerton
Cora I. Tate
Louisville
Mabelle W. Anderson
Moline
Roxy Snyder
Carterville
Cora E
Dally
Food Price Advances Reported By Wholesale Grocers
Meomington notes sharp rises in staples with sugar up 50 cents per hundred pounds, navy beans 80 cents per bushel, flour 10 cents per barrel. Other items listed with similar increases. Wealthy Southern Illinois woman dies at seventy six, Mrs. Mary A. Perrine, long landowner and ice plant dealer. “Happy Jack” Stack Painter Harrisburg gunman killed by switch engine. Illinois court officials convene Cairo annual convention of circuit clerks and recorders.
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Annam
Mary A. Perrine
Mississippi Bottoms
Illinois
Carlyle's Caustic Tongue Over an 1877 Millais Portrait
The tale recounts Carlyle and his niece viewing Millais portrait of Carlyle painted in 1877 at Millais home. When asked if all the ornate furnishings came from a paint pot Carlyle quipped about fools in the world. The portrait suffered a late vandal attack and remains unfinished after only three sittings.
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Carlyle
John Millais
National Portrait Gallery
London
Millais
Safety First Banner Sparks Alpine Village Mockery
A youth bearing a banner with Safety First passes a snowbound Alpine village where a maiden mocks him with irony. The scene hints at a moral that bold action is needed for business to stay brisk, as conveyed by a Puck-like quip.
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Puck
Andrea's Joyful European Trip Plans
An excited citizen anticipates a European journey praising sea travel and the prospect of voyages across the ocean. He imagines standing on the steamer’s prow to breathe the sea air while his wife playfully confirms that many travelers lean into the voyage and inhale deeply.
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Andrea
Europe
Mirthful Exchange With A Slower Pay Plan
A playful vignette features a judge, a creditor, and Miss Wyereigh in a comic exchange about delayed payments and delayed affection. The scene unfolds with quips about forgiveness and pace, highlighting social pressure and wit in a courtroom setting.
Missouri Wotanists Catalog Ozarks Flora for Students
Missouri Wotanists organize field surveys to collect and classify Ozark flora for educational use by students, aiming to document plant diversity and support regional natural history studies.
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Missouri Wotanists
The
Ozarks
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