Horseshoes as Luck Cars Through Military History
Horseshoes were once luck emblems for soldiers and sailors, adopted in the medieval era as symbols of victory and safety. Oakham’s treasury houses about 200 such shoes from queens to monarchs, while modern warfare keeps the mercy of these lucky emblems alive on tent poles, gun carriages, and ships alike.
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Henry II
Oakham
Walchelin de Ferrets
Oakham Hall
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Victoria
Queen Alexandra
Edward
Germany
Jack
Nelson
Trafalgar
Financial Center of World Moves Dollar Over Sterling
A New York trust company plans to sell travelers letters of credit in dollars rather than pounds. Dollar drafts will be drawn on New York and cleared there, signaling a wartime shift in global finance. The World notes the dollar premium, the appeal of U S credit, and the risk of New York losing the title as world financial center after the war.
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Great Trust Companies
New York
London
Europe
New York World
War time France loses church bells and daily life
In parts of France the Angelus and mass are silenced as priests and bell ringers go to war. High mass ends, organs fall silent, and cafes close on Grande place. Black-clad families ration pennies to aid soldiers, sending what they can as hunger and sacrifice grip communities.
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France
Price Rise in Petrograd Strikes $10 Million Burden
An official Petrograd statement shows residents of the Russian capital paid $10 million more for daily necessities in 1914 than in 1913 due to the war. Salt led with a 50 percent rise, followed by rice 56 percent, groats 57 percent, flour 18 to 20 percent, sugar 14 percent, and eggs 8 percent.
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Petrograd
Vague wartime remark sparks inquiry at docks
Sam Pinckney notes another German warship interned while Mr Blackburn mentions English actions with submarines. Livingston Lance asks if the crew was lost, signaling lingering wartime curiosity and tension among locals.
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Sam Pinckney
Mr. Blackburn
Livingston Lance
Your Grandmother Knew What To Do
An advertisement for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea or Herb Tablets promotes grandma era remedies. It claims herbal tablets cleanse the system and restore vigor with no harmful effects. Sold by druggists nationwide for 35 cents a package.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Miss Eva Lofberg to Teach Piano in Ironwood
Miss Eva Lofberg will be in Wakefield next Saturday September 4 to arrange piano lessons for the coming year. Interested students may write to 332 Marquette Street Ironwood or call 171 J to enroll.
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Eva Lofberg
Wakefield
Marquette Street
Ironwood
Nonresident Frank Nancarrow must answer suit in Gogebic case
In Gogebic County Michigan a 1915 chancery suit by Myrte Nancarrow versus Frank Nancarrow declares the defendant a non resident of the state and resident of England. A court order requires him to appear within five months and file an answer, with publication of the order in Wakefield Advocate or personal service twenty days before appearance.
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Gogebic
Chancery
Bessemer
Myrte Nancarrow
Frank Nancarrow
England
Wakefield Advocate
William 8. Baird
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J. T) Archer
Michigan
Ole Alquist
Wakefield, Mich
Tony Selsemeyer
Esccamer & Mayhew
A. F. Olson
Financial Center OF World
Novak
Jos. Novakoskip
POD
Weakctield
DR. Coons
Crown & Bridge
Kerkes
J. He Urquhart, M D
American ExpressCo
The
Advocate
Bessemer. Mich
Russia
State OF Michigan
Gogebie County
Mich
Curtis Buck
Ironwood, Mich
Lake Front
Alex Helberg
Brotherton
Wakefield, Perry House
Alex Kanieski
Skud, Goldman & Co
Wakefield, Michigan
REX Theatre
Ramsay
John Eusebio
Black Box
Frank Kanieski
I. K. Bydar
Ironwood, Michigan
John Ofian
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