Forces of en press advance on front as Germans retreat
Allied forces push along the line from Arras to northeast of Soissons with British troops taking forty villages and extending gains up to eight miles. French also report capturing 108 locations over three days as Germans burn villages and destroy bridges during retreat. Turks face pressure as British advance in Asia Minor and Mesopotamia. Russians reportedly advance near Kermanshah as conflict continues on the eastern fronts.
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Fr&ance
Arras
Soissons
St. Quentin
St. Quentin Qunon
Asia Minor
Persia
Mesopotamia
Dila
Bahriz
Bakuhah
Bagdad
Khandah
Kermanshah
Petrograd
Harunabad
Russia
Galicia
Romania
Custody Granted in Virginia Couple Divorce
Mrs Crisman gains custody of four children, oldest 14, with the husband ordered to pay $5 per week for child support and the divorce costs. They wed in Edinburgh Virginia on June 7 1901. Her maiden name Rachel Reed. They have lived here several years and the husband works at a well paid creamery as a carpenter.
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Manree
Crisman
Aia
Edinsburg
Sands
Rachel Reed
Russia Moves on Sweeping Reforms Amid War
Petrogad dispatch reports the new government pushing major reforms while war continues. Premier Lyoff and ministers meet daily with Duma officials as proclamations promise universal suffrage and a constituent assembly. The government signals voting plans for soldiers on front lines.
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Petrograd
Lyoff
Duma
Russia
Wife Granted Limited Divorce for Cruelty in Winchester
A limited divorce on cruelty grounds is granted in the Corporation Court of Winchester to Mrs. Rachel Crisman from her husband Wilbur T. Crisman. The ruling outlines the separation terms and custody implications.
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Corporation Court of Winchester
Rachel Crisman
Wilbur T. Crisman
Defense of Poetry
The passage argues poetry records the best moments of minds and reflects evanescent thoughts. It describes poetry as an expression of a diviner nature blending with the human mind, leaving traces like wind on the sea and footprints on wrinkled sand.
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Cain
Percy Bysshes@helley
Stole Eggs To See Moving Pictures
Hutton Byrnes and Charles Nickens, two youths, planned a trip to the moving pictures without money. They stole eggs from John Dillis, restaurant keeper, and were caught by a cook who restrained Nickens as the pair attempted to flee. They confessed before Magistrate Fultz, each receiving 15 days in jail, a $5 fine, and costs.
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Hutton Byrnes
Charles Nickens
Moving Pictures
John Dillis
Charles
Hutton
Nickens
Fultz
Salt as a Measure of Earth's Age by Professor Joly
The article discusses how real salt serves many roles from soda making to glaze. Professor Joly used salt to estimate the age of the world, calculating ocean salt content and river transport to yield a vast figure between 70 million and 25 million years for a former Earth.
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Joly
Mublin
Maurepe
Sit
One View of Living in the Present and the Past
The piece muses on memory and aging as people recall early friends and bygone years. It posits life threads through present and future, noting a background shaped by experience, and ends with a Ladies' Home Journal prompt about advertising spring sales.
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Ladies’ Home
Little Lost Tot Is Quickly Found
This morning Adalaide Virginia Reddish, year old daughter of Mrs. Reddish and granddaughter of J. M. Oates, wandered from home near Valley Hotel. She was found crying at North Braddock street and identified after police were notified. she was soon reunited with her frantic mother.
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Adalaide
Virginia Reddish
Mixing Concrete and Road Durability Testing
Engineers test concrete mixes with apparatus measuring wear on road surfaces to thousandths of an inch. Results show how future roads may be improved, not immediate conditions of the tested road.
Salt curing and hazards at evaporation piles
Evap salt curing forms large heaps that can shed chunks and bury workers. An electric auger now bores into piles above doors to reduce danger while salt moves to barrels, sacks, and carts for refineries. A reporter recalls a boy who tests tools by smashing them, hinting at a future as a furniture mover.
Snails as Cleaners for Aquariums
A Popular Science Monthly note explains snails help keep aquarium tanks clean. Placed in partial shade to balance heat and light they graze on quick growing plants using a ribbon like tongue with tooth edged lips that rasp and carry plant material into the mouth.
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Eiveryone
Nature
Interascope
Lansing Assails German Diplomacy in Note to Carranza
Washington reports say Secretary of State Lansing rejected Carranza's demand that neutral nations press European powers to end the war. Lansing accuses German diplomacy of abusing freedoms on American soil and under American protection. He says U S policy will not alter international law and praises Carranza's lofty aims.
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Washington
United States
Carranza
Municipal Reform in Georgia Bull Law Enforcement
For years a Georgia law forbidding bulls to run loose on streets has not been enforced but now authorities plan to enforce it. Several bulls are at large in the area, prompting renewed attention to municipal reform and animal control.
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Georgia
Blackshear Times
Plants That Prepare for War
Plants defend themselves with spikes venom and armor like the Dranrle gorse and holly. Some use venom akin to nightshade while others deter herbivores with foul smells. Lax varieties rely on taste and goats are the only animal seemingly unaffected by their defenses.
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Gerses
In Praise of Poetry and Prose Its Quiet Beauty
A brief reflection on poetry as art not merely difficult prose. The author argues poetry elevates pleasure rather than diminishing it and warns against pedantic commentary that hides poetry’s beauty.
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C. M. Crothers
Hungary’s Past Inspires a German Writer’s Confident Echo
A German writer reflects on Hungary’s history and folklore, saying the name awakens tradition and medieval heroism. He notes enduring spirit within Hungary’s borders despite changes in names and eras, linking poetry and national memory to present identity.
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Troticus
Hungary
Sparrow’s Amazing Appetite And Incredible Bird Feats
A free sparrow reportedly eats seven grass seeds daily, seeds large relative to its size. A white tailed hawk weighs 12 pounds with a six foot wingspan and can lift a 42 pound hog to a hundred feet, then escape a half mile before being shot.
Worthy Prayer Quote Reflects Soul Strength
A brief quotation by Gears Meredith contrasts prayers for worldly goods with prayers for inner strength. It frames the latter as a vital passion that awakens the gifts one seeks.
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Meredith
Theatre Fires Through the Ages
A historical note recounts major theater fires across centuries. It cites Shakespeare era Globe in London burning with full house in 1613, early 1700s Surrey Covent Garden and Drury Lane losses, the 1811 Richmond U S theater fire with 70 deaths including Governor Smith, and the 1903 Troquet Chicago catastrophe with 573 fatalities per the New York World.
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Globe
London
America
Richmond
Smith
Chicago
New York World
Cartagena A Picture of a Storied South American Port
The article portrays Cartagena as a scenic northern South American sea port famed for its old walls and red roofted homes. It notes the fortress like walls, preserved towers, and the historic inquisition headquarters that once dominated the New World.
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Cartagena
Cacttagena
South America
Cartajrena
Americas
Spain
Inquisition
New World
Masons Help Unresponsive Neighbor in Odd Porch Exchange
A curious scene on the Mason porch unfolds as a young woman asks for chocolate and hints at plans involving a new suitor. The dialogue is playful and confessional, hinting at schemes to “make fudge” tonight and referencing a Mr Arnold recently arrived in town.
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Hidy
Mr. Arnold
Losfiuill
War Preparations Continued From Page One
Count De La Rochette senior staff officer of the Seventeenth Infantry French army in New York on leave says American entry will turn the war. He cites vast American wealth and munition factories as decisive, not rapid mobilization. He just returned from Washington with papers for the French ambassador.
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Germany
New York
America
Count de la Rochette
Seventeenth Infantry
United States
Washington
Watercress Grower Loses Crops to Hungry Herons
A large watercress grower suffered heavy losses when caddis worms ravaged his beds after a flood of herons altered the usual predator balance. The herons devoured the worms ahead of time, allowing the pests to devastate the crop.
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Watercrest
Washington
Decree Refering Estate of Mary S Hackney to Master Commissioner
Circuit Court of Frederick County Virginia references the estate of Mary S Hackney deceased to a Master Commissioner to ascertain real and personal property, settle accounts of Maurice M Lynch executor, and notify all parties in interest. The Master Commissioner will report findings and convene creditors with notice by newspaper publication in Chester Virginia.
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Eee
Rick County
Remna
Maurice M. Lynch
Mackey
Nae
Ore
Neery
Virginia
B. Aiken
Alfred
W. Wright
Frederick
A .Y
Hackney
B. Hackney
Weschester
Mary S. Hackney
Winchester
J. H. Lagcy, SR
Circuit Court of
Frederick ‘ Maurice
Lynebys Pee
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