Soldiers golf society aids blind veterans postwar effort
The Society of Golfers, formed by soldiers, has over 600 members aiding blind veterans since the war began. Christian Tishiaert, a former railroad official, heads fundraising efforts to support trades and procure resources for the blind. About $2,600,600 is to be allocated, with pensions discussed in the Reichstag.
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Christian Tishiaert
Styno
J Vairio
Fitsie
Reichstag
Preservation Efforts For Holland Submarine Carried Through
The Holland submarine, retired after 1914, was sold for scrap by Henry A. ners Sons Co of Philadelphia after engines and valuable parts were removed. It was exhibited at the Philadelphia Commercial Museum until disused, then bought by J. Gibbons and son of New York City who lent it to the Bronx International Exposition for a year for public viewing.
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Folland
United States
Holland
Henry A. Ners Sons Company
Philadela
Philaphia Commercial Museum
Hitner Company
Shell of the Holland
Seran Iron
Walter A. Hall
Sitvar
J. Gibbons
Austitus Gibbons
Madison ‘Avere
New York City
Bronx
Raleigh Notes and Visiting Relatives Amid Warm Weather
In Raleigh on Sept 83 Mrs L G Diner of Greenville visits relatives including Mabel Goode of Belhaven and Miss Mary Brown of Wilmington. Local residents like Miss Jehorah Brown and Lena Whitfield return home as others travel to Ishoro and Richmond. Warm spell resumes after brief fall, with continued sunny days and high temperatures forecast.
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Mary Pruitt
Charlotte
Ishoro
Wilmington
Berlin Man Fined for Theft
Berlin shoemaker Herman Schlieper was sentenced to two years in state prison and fined 350 dollars for using and selling bread cards stolen from a Central Food Commission branch. He admitted possessing twenty cards, used three and sold nine, with eight remaining at arrest.
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Berlin
Herman Schlieper
Central Food Commission
New Phase in Friatt Case Reported
Amsterdam reports a new phase in the Fryatt case. German spies, disguised as escaped Russian POWs, infiltrated the British steamer Brussels and, once attacked by a submarine, disabled her machinery enabling the capture and later execution by Germany.
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Amsterdam
Brussels
Holland
Blood as Life Giver and Circulation Primer
A detailed explanation of blood function, composition, and circulation. It covers plasma and corpuscles, oxygen uptake in the lungs, arterial and venous blood colors, heart structure and beats per minute, pericardial sac, and the flow through the venae cavae, right and left atria, ventricles, aorta, and capillaries delivering nutrients and removing waste.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Red Cross
Two Austrians Share Same Wife in POW Camp Twist
On Asinara island two Austrian prisoners Joseph Heitinger and Kaver Lochler discover they are married to the same woman. Heitinger’s supposed death led the widow to remarry, and her new husband was captured later. The two husbands meet in camp and remain friends, keeping their wives’ letters secret. The piece also includes a science segment on blood circulation and arteries.
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Milan
Asinara
Joseph Heitinger
Kaver Lochler
Heitinger
Albania
Odhkes
Isonzo
Asinaria
Lochler
Will Review Wilmington At Grace Methodist Tonight
Rev. M. T. Plyler speaks at Grace Methodist church on "Wilmington 20 Years Afterwards." He recalls living in the city twenty years ago and is impressed with changes while hopeful about the future.
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M. T. Plyler
Grace Methodist Church
Wilmington
London Surgeons Reveal Astonishing War Wounds
London reporters viewing Royal Herbert Hospital Woolwich described advanced X ray imaging of bullets lodged in the trunk and limbs and a steel plate fixed to a broken leg. They noted bullets reaching the heart and a soldier recovering after a six inch femoral plate insertion with no pain.
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London
Royal Herbert Hospital
Woolwich
Countess Sigray Aids Transylvanian Fugitives in Budapest
Countess b gray sister to Mrs. Gerard assists tens of thousands fleeing Romanian invasion in Transylvania. Fugitives arrive by crowded trains and sleep in streets or barges while Budapest residents generously open homes to them.
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Budapest
Countess B.gray
James W. Gerard
United States
Berlin
Transylvania
Russia's Munition Miracle Seen by Arthur Ransome
Arthur Ransome reports from the New York Times on a tour of Russian munitions plants under Colonel Samoilov, describing the shift from import reliance to home production. He paints vivid scenes of peasant women operating precision machinery, cartridge and shell assembly, and the massive Putilov works producing shrapnel and heavy artillery for the war effort.
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Samoilov
Russia
Arthur Ransome
New York Times
Germany
England
France
English Midlands
Child Fractured Arm After Fall From Coop at Beach
Master Julian Noe six year old son of Rev. and Mrs. Thomas P Noe suffered a fractured forearm when he fell from a chicken coop in the back lot of his father's cottage at the beach. He was taken to Dr Cranmer's office and then home. No serious complications expected. Speaks Tonight L Clayton Grant Esq will speak at Ebenezer church Seventeenth street between Ann and Orange Sunday night at 830. Public invited.
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Julian Noe
Thomas P. Noe
L. Clayton Grant, Esq
Ebenezer Church
Seventeenth Street
Ann and
Orange
Assia Fears Japan Financiers Over War Wealth Loss
Petrograd dispatch notes Vic Novice Vremya warning that Russia risks losing its natural resources after the war as imperial commerce leans to aggressive Japanese interests. The article claims Allied financiers profit from Russia’s wartime wealth while Russian mines in the Urals and Altai fall under English French and American control.
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Petrograd
Vremya
Russia
Ural
Altai Mountains
Death of a Specter on the San Lucas Line
Engineer No 1919 faces a bloodless resignation after a phantom appears on the San Lucas grade. The apparition, seen by Collins and the crew, is later revealed to be a spider and rope trap, signaling the end of the specter of San Lucas.
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Neq Harper
Harper
Jones
George Collins
Collins
San Aldo
San Jan Obispo
San Lucas
George
Ned Harper
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Organpore
Raleigh
Lis Mabel Goode
Belhaven
Mary Brown
Jas. Osborne
Dsville
Jehorah Brown
Rfenshoro
Lena Whitfield
Youngsville
Walter Williman
Sallie Parham
Ituki
Mys. B. Pearson
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Richmond
Metry
Somme
Friatt Case
Captain Fryatt
War . Department
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Sigray
Putilov
Tere
Riga
ASSIA
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Specter
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