Wealthy Broker Scheme Unfolds At Grand Ball
Hugh Keene, invited to a glamorous party, is drawn into a shadowy trading plot. Walker promises covert brokerage for large sums, installing a private wire to execute trades. Keene contemplates a quarter of a million dollars in potential commissions and the thrill of insider influence, while Edith Hilton and social circles swirl around the scheme.
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Edith
Iffiton Waethers
Wuenta Edith
Hugh Keene
Reo
Guid
Etood Waller
Hugh
Dth
Iecketter
Mra. Hilti
Courne
Walker
Jaball
Keena
Hugh Keane
A.mes
Snat
Largnty
Uradieg
Welkore
Hallary Xis
Corfina
Health Talks on Weak Feet in Childhood and Diet Tips
A medical note warns that weak feet and flat arches in children, especially girls, hinder walking and activity, urging proper footwear, caution with soiled shoes, and medical advice. It also covers epilepsy in families, cautions about alcohol and tobacco, and offers old fashioned salad making and dressing guidance emphasizing cold greens, marinating, and a French vinaigrette.
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United States Army
Wurind
Orton City Hospital
Nat A Nutes
German Expert Discusses War Situation
Amsterdam reports Major Morabt, military expert, argues on tactics in the east and the need to balance munition shortages with English production. He notes enemy ammunition waste remains boundless, front losses are replaced, and doubts England can sustain current efforts in France.
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Amsterdam
London
Bers Iiney ‘Fagelalt
Morabt
England
Ballave
France
Start a Factory of Your Own Paints Ad Copy
An upbeat ad offers cement powderpaint passersing with oil paint qualities that resist blistering peeling cracking and rubbing off while proving water air and fire proof. It promises 30 square feet per gallon at 2 cents and includes a test sample. Secrecy prompts special inducements for orders using alcohol or gasoline.
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Publishers Mail Order News
Yeedy's Laboratory
Wheeling
W. Va
Teddy's Nervine Extract Ad Promises Quick Profits
An optimistic Wheeling West Virginia advertisement touts Daddys Nervine Extract, claiming one pint yields 20 quarts and features a prepaid sample offer of two quarts for $1.00. It markets a home preparation secret and urges readers to try, promising strong returns.
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Arik
Sanity Pastors
Teddy
Wheeling
W. Va
ULB A
Boy rescues gas worker from vault near Sixth Avenue
Walter Parker Merrill, a 10 year old boy from 279 N Street, saves Arthur Thomas, gas company employee, found unconscious in a vault on Sixth Avenue and J Street after a valve loosened and gas escaped. Thomas was revived at St Mark's hospital with gas fumes overwhelming him.
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Salt, Lake
Jime
Walter Parker Merrill
N Street
Arthur Thomas
Gas
Thomas
St Mark's Hospital
Sixth Avenue
Streat
Merrill Lad
Sprague
Gpul
Thomas’s Tanga and Dr Sprague's Prognosis
The note describes Thomas at a small room with Dr Sprague and his assistant. Dr Sprague said Thomas would recover if no further complications or reactions occurred. He lives at 124 B Street with his parents.
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Thomas
Palmotor
Dr. Sprague
Dardanelles Could Be Captured Soon Says Returnees
Returning travelers from Turkey report Constantinople under siege like conditions. They describe terrorized populations, food shortages, rising prices, factory closures, and heavy shipping stoppages in the Golden Horn. Hatred toward Enver Pasha and the CUP is described as indescribable.
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Jime
Tialiane
Turkey
Constantinople
Golden Horn
Enver Pasha
Committee of Union and Progress
Tuver
Mehid
Dardanelles
Germaia
Constantinople Under Strain Amid Ottoman Turbulence
The text portrays extraordinary preoccupation with Bulgaria and feared intervention. Soldier disturbances are frequent. two army corps have been destroyed. It cites 70,000 wounded in Constantinople and 47,000 wounded from a delayed Dardanelles advance with 134 brought in. It notes Turkish victories and a British submarine allegedly saluting Constantinople as German.
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Bulgaria
Constantinople
Ftrat
Dardansites
Women killed in severe storm at Tohoka Texas
In a devastating wind and hail storm at Tohoka 90 miles north of Big Spring, Texas, reports indicate women were killed and a number of people injured. Many houses were unroofed and damaged by the storm.
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Big Spring
Texas
Tohoka
Here
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