Nine Year Old Heroine Saves Baby From House Fire
A nine year old girl Mary Ann Grobh of New York City recounts saving her eight month old brother Eddie from a blaze in Thayer West Virginia. Locked-in children faced dense smoke as the fire spread through the wash-house and main house. Mary battled heat and smoke to locate Eddie, guided by her mother’s plea to care for her brothers, and escaped with the infant to safety. The tale underscores the thin line between happiness and tragedy in a dangerous moment.
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Mary Ann Grobh
New York City
Mary
Thayer
West Virullo
Ollie Us
John
Pete
Eddie
Dad
Amany
Joh
Walla
Cod
Waring House
Ile
Batt
Wnw
A. Mses
I Shall Not Pass This Way and Russia’s Democratic Election
A compact review traces a quotation about doing good amid a discussion of golf origins in Holland, then pivots to Russia’s December vote. It critiques the so called democracy under the Timber Commissariat, detailing alleged shortages, censorship, and the supposed universal suffrage for 18 and up while noting religious groups’ nominating limits, portraying Moscow’s election as controlled yet claimed as democratic.
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Isay
Stephen Grelich
Sithound i
Dais
the Spectator
Addison
Conca Sipson
Emertkon
Edward Courtenay
Fearl
Anery
Timber Commissariat
Tulsia
Tunber Commissariat
Russia
Nicola
Lenin
Soviet Russia
Germany
Italy
Bolsheviem
Moscow
Stalin
Helgton
Mussia
Communist Party
Mitler
Siberia
Vladivostok
United States
Benin
Russias
Soviet Steel
United States Steel
Tascram
Black Sea
Mer Army
Red Russia
Washington Notes on Panama Toll Exemption Debate
Washington commentary on McAdoo’s push to exempt American coastwise ships from Panama Canal tolls, the Treasury and Congress resistance, Wilson era politics, and the anti lynching bill fight. Highlights include tax reform pressure, G-man powers, Southern party loyalties, and budget-cutting dynamics shaping Senate votes. Key figures: McAdoo, Wilson, Ashehurst, Chamberlain, Newlands, Dyer, De Priest, Hopkins, Ickes.
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McAdao
Plen
Treasury Department
Treasury
Congress
McAdoo
Woodrow Wilson
Americas
Wilson
Great Britain
Versnilles
Senate
Laleigh
Henry F. Ashehurst
Arizona
Pacffc
George BE
Chamberlain
Oregon
Francis G. Newlands
Nevada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eiiby Hoot
Theodore B. Burton
Democratic Party
Warren G. Marding
Califords
California
World Court
Snether Wilson
Arthur Pua Garmapot
Maryland
Republican Party
Leopidas C. ‘Dyer
SL Lowe
House
Emil Iluria
James A. Farley
Harry J. Hopkins
Harold B. Ickes
Ga Ita
Senator A
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Floyd Gibbons
Munter
Alpport
Wolland
Holland
Delft
Joseph W. Labing
E. P. Romashenko
Nicolai Lenin
Soviet
Eov
Iussia
Carter Field
Dyer
Wits
Republicgy Tegma
Oscar de Priest
Chicago
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