Soldier Wins Bride Through a Can of Milk Romance
In Greenville and Fort Bliss a single labeled condensed milk can sparks a love tale. Laura Turner writes her name on a can and a Texas sergeant pursues, earning a furlough to woo and wed, while a German vineyard romance relocates to Centerville Pennsylvania, where Philip Rodney and Jessie Schaffer overcome disinheritance and wealth loss for a lasting union.
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Greehville
Trada
God of Commerce
Laura B. Turner
Miss Turner
St Wan
Packer
Commissary Department
United States Regular Army
Fort Bliss
Fex
Ebner
Laura E Turner
Greenville
Teaas
Fort Lt
Greenvilla Tl
Poe
Misa Turner
Greensville
Prretta
Cupid
Sergi Sharp
Cin
Soldier Boys
Rhine
Ptubp
Rodney
Philip, Jr
Augustus Schaffer
Jessie
Philip
Philip Rodney
Behaffer
America
Wide Ocean
Jessia
Schaffers
Washington County
Monongahela River
Centerville
Taft rescinds limited enlistment in second lieutenant slots
War Department reduces to enlisteds only eighteen of the vacancies for second lieutenants prompting a Navy inquiry into the Nero grounding and protests over removing Puritan from DC Naval Militia parade. The Navy plans a Labor Day fleet review under Rear Admiral Evans including new battleships and cruisers with dozens of vessels and torpedo flotillas.
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Order of the War Department
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General Staff
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Block Island
Naval Militia of
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Oyster Bay
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Bullets at Chickamauga report on mock battle injuries
Chattanooga Tenn Aug 21 The Seventeenth Regular Infantry private wounded in yesterday's Chickamauga Park encampment sham battle was not dangerously hurt. He was struck by a stray bullet rather than blank cartridges. An investigation was conducted as the First Georgia Regiment faced opposing troops. The Third Tennessee and a South Carolina regiment replaced the Georgia and South Carolina commands during the exercise.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Regular
Chickamauga Park
Georgia
Tennessee
South Carolis
South Carolina
Cruiser Sails With New York Militia Afloat
The United States cruiser Minneapolis carries part of the Second Battalion New York State militia under Commander Robert P. Forshew for a week long cruise in southern waters. About 2% of the militia aboard will drill off Virginia coast and return to land in New York Saturday.
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New York
United States
Minneapolis
Robert P. Forshew
Virginia
Holiday at Camp Roosevelt in Mount Gretna
State troops from Connecticut including a regiment of infantry and two regiments from Maryland will arrive tomorrow for a week of instruction with the Federal troops at Camp Roosevelt Mount Gretna. Today is a holiday and routine duties only.
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Mount Gretna
Connecticut
Maryland
Camp Roosevelt
Steamer Henry Wilson Runs Aground In Fog Near Portland
In heavy fog the United States Quartermaster's steamer Henry Wilson ran ashore on a ledge at Cushing Island near Portland Maine. Tug Weitzel failed twice to refloat the vessel, breaking both bows. Connecticut Guardsmen depart Hartford for Mount Gretna Camp in Pennsylvania for a weeklong drill under Col. Edward Schulze.
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Cushing Island
Portland
Aug
United States Quartermaster
Henry Wilson
United States Engineers
Torpedo Boat Wilkes Gets Ensign
Florence Italy August 11 The Fioren aine section of the American Navy League sent a silk ensign to the American torpedo boat Wilkes. The Wilkes was last reported to be at Norfolk Virginia.
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Wilkes
Florence
Italy
Fiorenaine Section
American Navy League
Awercan
Wikes
Tors Folk
Diminished Vitality in a Flippant World
A newspaper ad style note argues vitality as life's core and warns that loss of appetite strength and endurance signals diminishing vitality. It touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the greatest vitalizer for restoring energy and health.
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Hood
The Mouse Trap Past The Thief In The Night
A husband suspects his wife of pocket theft and sets a steel mouse trap in his trousers. At midnight the trap bites, revealing the thief as the wife who sobs for mercy. He lectures her on a wife’s rights while the trousers remain his property.
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Rodney
Mr Rodney
Mrs. Rodney
The Modern Woman Aesthetics and Notes on Fashion
A survey of fashion trends describes a new veil of black ribbons in lingerie, the return of ornate bedspreads knits, and a glowing account of a tea based cocktail with rum and lemon. The piece also recounts women crossing the Thirty-fourth Street ferry to test new gowns, using transit as a gauge of social success.
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Department of Lingerie
Westchester
Song
Island
Flushing
Thirty-fourth Street
New York
Manhattan
Long Island
Putters or Women Spiral Puttees Adopted by Englishwomen
English women adopt spiral puttees shaped from ankle to knee to avoid twists. Worn with spats they match costumes and serve as a practical outing accessory. The item is presented as an English novelty not intended for men.
Rodneys' Mousetrap Trial Roils Their Romance
A domestic dispute unfolds as Mrs Rodney seizes her husband s money and endangers their marriage with a theatrical mousetrap scene. Rodney yields, the couple faces rumors of divorce, and whispers persist that they may reconcile and start anew.
Second Hand Mail Boxes In Rural Post Offices
A summer visitor notes rural post offices use high box numbers. The postmaster explains country offices get surplus boxes from city locations, so numbers climb above 1000, with none below 1000 to imply bustling activity.
Ladies' Cop Must Be a Diplomat Hero and Patient
The piece profiles a city policeman dubbed the ladies’ cop who guides shoppers across busy intersections. He stresses patience, diplomacy, polite address, and calm humor to win trust, sharing anecdotes about assisting women in danger, handling gifts, and balancing public scrutiny with kindness. He notes the need to study stores and names to advise on shopping, and recalls a German perspective on domestic strife.
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Job
Rhoda Lovelace
Beng
Muriel
Tha Tair
Richard Harding
Dorsey Foultz
Paing
Tye
Nis
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