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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
1
The piece outlines gift ideas for graduating girls from Twin Falls and others, suggesting practical items like silk hose, leather purses, travel bags, writing portfolios, and jewelry. It notes gifts to suit a maiden’s day, plus a feature on wedding gowns and a wedding dress photo from a New York show.
Paris May 14 General Denekin head of the Cossack anti Bolshevik government in southeastern Russia outlines his program to allied representatives. He calls for continuing the struggle against Bolshevism restoration of law and order a unified Russia a constituent assembly by universal suffrage regional autonomy self government for relots civil and religious liberty immediate agrarian reforms and protections for workers against capitalist exploitation.
Government region surplus war equipment offered a chance for mercantile gain. A Renault tourer was sold by the government and then resold by the purchaser on January 24. The sale brought in 35000 in the noted hours.
Before her death she donated 250000 dollars to the city for its schools and her will is said to increase the gift. Mrs Minejima, widow of a pawnbroker who died 40 years ago, accumulated 570 acres in Tokyo through real estate investment and led several banks and trust companies.
Miss Esther Anderson left yesterday for an extended visit in California cities. She recently returned here from Washington, D. C., and has been visiting her brother, A. R. Anderson.
Mrs. G. I. Higgins reports her son, Richard T. Higgins, is in the camp hospital at Brest, France, suffering from unspecified injuries or illness. The notice confirms military family communication during overseas service.
Higgins, a member of the 146 Field Artillery and former Company boy, fell critically ill after leaving Germany while en route home. Doctors say his condition is surprising but he will be unable to continue his homeward journey for some time.
Four police officers escorting a Sinn Fein prisoner to Cork were attacked at Knocklong station by an armed band. The assailants freed the prisoner, fatally wounded one officer, seriously injured another, and a third officer is missing. Knocklong, a small town in the county.
French actress Hance Dahon has wed Maurice Maeterlinck, the Belgian dramatist. This union follows Maeterlinck's divorce from his first wife Georgette LeBlanc. Renee 1826 and Maeterlinck 68 are noted, and this is the first US printed image of the new Mrs Maeterlinck.
Ty Limerick sits about 18 miles southeast of Limerick city along the Great Southern and Western Railway line. The snippet notes rural positioning and rail access near the town in an era of regional transport.
Compeigne May 14 Unexploded shells blanket the ground preventing plowing in the region. Engineers gather munitions for reclamation. Over 3000 German prisoners assist clearing debris. Gas works wrecked. no gas in the city but will be rebuilt. Repatriates walk miles for bread while aiding reconstruction amid ruined villages.
Ten thousand dogs of war demobilized after aiding the allies as dispatch bearers watch and staff dogs. Each dog bears a military service livery. Some return to owners, a firm asks for 300, others remain in service. SPCA will adopt wounded dogs and ensure lifetime homes.
Typhus is widespread in eastern Poland Russia Serbia and Macedonia. Red Cross officials consider an elaborate program to prevent spread to other countries. Italy France Britain and America may escape with proper measures, but many regions face the scourge. Hundreds of thousands of cases stretch from the Black Sea north into Russia.
The Pythian Sisters will hold their regular meeting on Friday at the Masonic temple. Current plans call for a brief session with standard group business and reminders for upcoming events.
Allied commissions report Turkish prisons filled with unfortunates afflicted by many diseases. Prisoners are nearly starved, subsisting on bread and hot water daily unless funds allow better food. Vermin infest beds. contrast noted with members of the Committee of Union and Progress held by the new Turkish government.
A fragment notes people living in comfortable quarters despite threats and hardship. It describes Turkish rugs and sunny terraces as distractions while friends visit, suggesting a paradox of domestic ease amid danger and stakes in their lives.
Henry J. Heinz president of the Heinz Company pickling and preserving firm died at his home in Pittsburgh after a short illness. Born in Pittsburgh in 1844, he was a noted philanthropist and Sunday school worker.
Betty Brown reviews a chic apple green organdie dress with a rolling collar surplice waist bell sleeves and overskirt finished by double felts quillings. The dress is praised as one of the smartest models for fashionable ladies as sketched for Faghign Art.
A dazed man found in the Curzon Hotel Mayfair, only in underclothes and shoes, is called the mystery man of Mayfair. His name may be Seely or something else and memory is largely blank. He mentions a Great Lakes home region and St Paul sounding familiar.
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