How Submarines Were Foiled by U S Convoy Tactics
An official from the United States Shipping Board describes convoy methods used to deter German U-boats. The account details formation, camouflage, and navigation from New York harbor to open sea, highlighting naval escort, color schemes, and the psychology of convoy discipline.
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United States Shipping Board
New York
America
Canada Reborn as War Result Reconstruction and Brains Behind Nation
An editorial asserts Canada’s transformation after World War I, noting 50,000 fallen and 150,000 wounded, $1.1 billion wartime cost, but praising industrial, financial, and agricultural gains. It highlights Canada’s wartime efficiency, the Mons victory, and a push to reconstruction with abroad credit and a Lloyd Harris commission.
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Toronto
Canada
Europe
Lloyd Harris
Washington
Temperance Union lectures on alcohol habit formation
A National Woman's Christian Temperance Union event discusses why alcohol forms a habit, comparing addiction to hypnosis and intoxication, noting brain effects and loss of self-control. It quotes Dr. Carl Scheffel on moral and psychological influence and warns that repeated drinking easyens later indulgence.
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Carl Scheffel
Boston
Fortune teller keeps wounded soldiers in hospital amused
A Red Cross worker in a Paris hospital uses cards to entertain recovering U S soldiers. She predicts happiness and hopeful days ahead as patients, weary from trench life, share in lighthearted séances and rumors of good news and reunions, guided by the fortune telling cards.
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Red Cross
States
Lfe
Night Owls Dig For Smoke Fund At Hotel
Regular hotel Virginia roomers arrive after midnight. Landlady Mrs. Clarke fines each latecomer and donates the money to the our boys in trance tobacco fund.
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Seattle
Virginia
Booze Instead of Bread Figures From The Tribune
The New York Tribune compares annual food sacrifices to drink with potential bread and grain supplies. It states four million people could have rye bread for 100 days, fifty six million could have cornmeal for 100 days, sixteen million could have rice for 100 days, and one hundred million could have 18 pounds of rice per person, plus one gallon of molasses each. It adds that two hundred eight million two hundred thousand loaves of bread could have been made from rye.
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The
New York Tribune
Prohibition Cities Lead Nation in Bank Increases
Bradstreet's report on bank clearings from 100 cities shows prohibition areas top the nation in growth. Tulsa leads with 85 percent, followed by Muskogee 70, Oklahoma City 69.3, Atlanta 59.5, Richmond 54, Wichita 49.2, Denver 43.4, while St Joseph tops the wet city list at 41.3.
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Bradstreet
Prohibition
Tulsa
Muskogee
Oklahoma City
Atlanta
Richmond
Wichita
Denver
St. Joseph
Prohibition Stance Cited by Archbishop Against Saloon Influence
The Archbishop denounces saloons as the cause of material ruin for tens of thousands of families and moral ruin for young men and women, arguing the prohibition tide reflects a universal fact, not fanaticism, while noting the nation's need for war funds should not bargain with brewers or distillers.
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Messmer
Increase of Israel: from seventy to six hundred thousand
The lesson outlines Israel's rapid growth after Joseph's death, the fear of a new king, and bold attempts to curb the nation. It highlights cruel taskmasters, the killing of male infants by midwives, and Moses's birth and education, showing God's plans overpower human schemes.
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Israel
God
Pharaoh
Egypt
Joseph
Jacob
Moses
Miriam
Christ Revealed Through the Body of Believers
A meditation on how Christ transforms believers like John Newton and uses the body as a living revealing agent. It argues the Spirit dwells in the humble believer, making the body a servant of the soul and a witness to Christ through conduct, will, and obedience.
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Broadway
Fire Island
John Newton
Satan
God
Christ
Necessary Ingredients for a Lifelong Loving Life
The verse urges patience and kindness as foundations for a lasting life. It emphasizes that love does not envy or boast and that investing time in meaningful acts yields eternal value.
Self denial as a token of divine preparation
The quote asserts that consistent self denial marks the work of God's spirit in believers, signaling preparation for eternal glory rather than occasional restraint born of laziness or partial affection. It presents spiritual discipline as evidence of grace guiding the faithful.
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God
Wen
Keble
Divinely Appointed Process in Life’s Discipline
The passage presents hardship as a divinely appointed process guiding experience through the will of the Father. It urges cheerful acceptance as necessary discipline shared by all, even the Son, rather than random or irrational obstacles.
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France
Association Men
Young Men’s Christian Association
Europe
Bishop McConnell
The
Young Men's Christian Association
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