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The report discusses battles near Russia Jassy and Galatz and Bulgaria Craiova and Bucharest. Craiova has fallen with little resistance. Bucharest sits among low hills, described as a vast fortified camp able to house 200000 men, per a 1905 British War Office report. General Cottesco’s 22 month effort echoes Verdun, with 1885 fortifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Jassy
Galatz
Bulgaria
Craiova
Bucharest
Mackler- Ferryman
British War Office
Paris
Cottesco
Sarrail
Verdun
Fortifications of Chitila Area in World War I Defense Network
The article describes heavily fortified forts connected by a modern railway and telegraph system, each armed with 6 inch to 8 inch howitzers and rapid fire guns. Chitila dominates where rail lines converge. General Cottesco expanded perimeters with trenches to deter siege assaults, requiring hundreds of thousands of defenders and over a million attackers.
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Chitila
Ploesci
Pitesti
Cernavoda Bridge
Giurgevo
Hamburg Breast Tea Claim for Cold Cure
An advertisement promotes Hamburg Brust Thee as a remedy for colds and grip. It advises a tablespoon of the tea steeped in boiling water, strained, and consumed as a tea to open pores, relieve congestion, loosen bowels, and drive the cold from the system. The product is described as inexpensive, vegetable, safe, and harmess.
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Hamburg
S Jacobs Oil Backache Remedy Ad
Backache and lumbago relief promised with 25 cent bottle of S Jacobs Oil. Rub into sore areas and by fifty counts the pain eases. Claims to be harmless and quickly end misery without leaving you crippled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honest St. Jacobs
Honest “S Jacobs
Thanksgiving at Ft Louden Hears Singing and Plays
Thanksgiving at Ft Louden featured morning services and generous boxes from distant homes. Gamma Alpha Literary Society presented a one act play The Best of Pearls with a skilled Dramatic Club, while vocal and instrumental performances showcased the school of music’s renowned technique. Local officials, faculty relations, and visiting siblings highlighted a festive weekend atmosphere with recitations, solos, and holiday hospitality.
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Tabernacle
Episcopal
Gamma Alpha Literary Society
Florence Gordon
Abigail Jefferis
Kathleen Arnold
Helen Rice
Elizabeth Martin
Evelyn Black
Rhoda Phillips
The
Dramatic Club
Roll of Honor at Ridge School November perfect attendance
Ridge School honors students with perfect attendance for November. Names include William Pitcock, Haywood Pitcock, Leonard Butler, Fair Butler, Boyd Butler, Willie Dodson, Nellie Lupton, Naomi Butler, and Lillian Dodson. Ruth Mauzy, teacher.
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Ridge School
the Ridge School
William and Haywood Pitcock
Leonard, Fair and Boyd Butler
Willie Dodson
Nellie Lupton
Naomi Butler
Lillian Dodson
Parcel Post Aims To Cut Food Prices By Mail
The U S Post Office urges housewives to use parcel post to buy food from local farmers. Instructions will go to over 10 000 postmasters to list farmers willing to ship produce and dairy to consumers, with guides available on request. Postmasters will promote the plan to housewives leagues civic groups and individuals. Agricultural agents will aid farmers with practical tips.
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Wiashington
Post Office Department
S. United States
Parcel Post
Department of Agriculture
Sage and Sulphur Compound for Darker Hair
An old remedy touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use tonic that darkens gray hair evenly, restores natural color and lustre, stops dandruff and itching, and can be applied with a sponge to a strand at a time for noticeable results by morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Foley's Honey and Tar Trial Offer
Cut out this slip and mail with five cents to Foley & Co. Chicago to receive a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup plus Foley Kidney Pills and Foley remedy.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Salts cure listed for kidney relief and an 1916 divorce suit
An ad touts Rad Salts to flush kidneys and ease back pain citing meat consumption and urinary symptoms. The notice reports Ollila Mabel Magalis suing Ernest F. Magalis in Winchester Virginia for absolute divorce on desertion with publication orders and court steps dated November 21, 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court
Winchester
Ollila
Mabel Magalis
Ernest F. Magalis
Virginia
Evening Star
J. B. Beverley
Harry H. Lynch
Miss Maud Brown Returns From Northern Visit
Miss Maud Brown has returned from an extended visit to friends in the northern cities.
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Maud“Brown
Foley's Honey and Tar Ends Child Croup Cough
Billie Mayberry of Cokert Ga reports two children began choking and coughing three weeks ago. After a dose of Foley's Honey and Tar before bedtime, their cough and croup signs disappeared by the next morning. Sold everywhere.
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Atof Corp
Billie Mayberry
Cokert
Foley
Fey Ee
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House OF Bargains
Hellers
Etta
Annie Grim
Chichester
H. D. Albin
Bell
United
Piccadilly Street
Market St
Dk. Hess
Miller’s Drug Store
Ft.Louden
Guy Bratton
Pearl Cook- Man
Myrtle Kreiser
Katherine Worden
Madeline Hatcher
Dorothy Stuart
Ernest Embry
Elizabeth Steck
Sieveking
Schubert
Greig
Beethoven
Chippin
Godard
Sibelius
J. L. Spillman
Mary E. Lamp
Chambersville
Union
le Togniz
Andarrd
Swift Specific CO
Swift
Atlanta
Rayo
Standard Oil Company
New Corey
Baltimore, MD
Washingams
D.C
Charlotte
N.C
Norfolk, Va
Charleston
W. Va
Richmond
Charleston, S. C
Ruth Mauzy
P. D. Department
Wood’s Seeds
Wood
T.W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen
Richmond, Va
E.P. Loomis & Co
Barclay Street
New York City
England
South America
Union Bank of Winchester
Maryland Fur & Junk Co
Fisher
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