Treat Captive Germans Kindly In French Prisons
Don Martin reports from France that German prisoners in French camps are treated humanely, and sometimes better, by officials and guards. He describes a prison near a main road with 200 German privates seen as a contented, almost familylike group under barbed wire and patrols as American troops pass by.
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France
Germany
Don Martin
New York Herald
Eamn
Somme
America
Taxicab Drivers in Cleveland Show Female Surge
In Cleveland the city sees more day drivers who are women as men become less common on the taxi ranks. A striking image shows a female driver calmly seated at a taxi stand while a man’s presence fades amid a changing street scene.
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Cleveland. O
Cleveland
Canned lightning as a war ender proposal
ital e scientific claim of a device called canned lightning could end the war in 30 days. tests allegedly burned through hardwood and exploded bombs from a barge on a river. the author notes the potential to destroy trenches, ships, planes, and overwhelm German defenses.
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Berlin
Romne
Tibet
Tiber
F. H. Randall
Chis
Spa
Mr. Rand
Guyon the French Fire-Eater Fights, Captures German, Escapes
Guyon, a regular fire eater, has been cited six times and wears the Croix de Guerre. He single handedly captured a German mitrailleuse, went into No Man's Land to rescue a wounded comrade, and was wounded four times. While off duty he helps Y M C A workers, and his story includes his wife, captured and later escaped to France via London. He fights with a fierce front line fury and calmness.
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Guyon
Foyer du Soldat
Paris
Germany
Holland
France
London
Boches
Letters Reach Dallas Soldier In France Frontline
Laird Woods of Dallas Oregon reports in a letter home that he has received his first mail since arriving in France. He sent four letters and six packages and notes he was delayed after leaving New York when his company sailed for France. He later joined the Montana National Guard unit serving near the fighting front.
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Dallas
Ore
LN. Woods
Laird Woods
France
Young Woods
New York
Oregon
Montana National Guard
Seattle landlords told to remove No Children signs
J. W. Spangler of the Seattle chamber of commerce appeals to rooming houses hotels and rental property owners to remove No Children signs. He cites wartime housing shortages and says the city faces an alarming housing situation for shipyard workers and others in war work.
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Seattle. Wash
Seattle
J. W. Spangler
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Keepsake Goes for Bonds in Tulsa
W H Martin of Tulsa deposited a $10 gold piece at the post office window and asked for baby bonds, saying he had carried the coin for 37 years and would part with it to aid American victory.
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Tulsa
Okla
Sam
W. H. Martin
Cotton Crop Plotting Strong Across the South
Reports from nearly every section of the South indicate a heavy cotton yield this season. Farmers planted heavily as prices hovered near 30 cents a pound, even as many urged more planting of food and feed crops to balance the season.
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New Orleans
South
Life Insurance Records Tie Liquor Use to Higher Mortality
A Life Extension Institute report based on 48 American life insurance companies over 25 years shows that very modest liquor users have an 18 percent higher death rate than normal, moderate drinkers with occasional excess rise 50 percent, and those consuming over two beers or one whisky daily who are still standard risks show an 86 percent higher rate. Overall, temperate drinkers in these policies average a 51 1 3 percent higher mortality, with potential increases if heavy drinkers were included.
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Life Extension Institute
Irving Fisher
Yale
William Howard Taft
American Life Insurance Companies
Prohibition Threat Grows As Industry Weighs Liquor Policy
A changing view in business circles sees a looming prohibition zone around mills and factories. Large financial interests push for a liquor-free field, arguing dependability and efficiency trump brilliance when alcohol is involved. California Wine association directors urge selling wine stocks and preparing for prohibition. Suffrage message warns women voters about vet prospects affecting voting rights.
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Yarmouth
The
California Wine Association
Characteristics of God's Word in Psalm Nineteen
The lesson outlines six descriptors of God's Word from Psalm 19 7 11 and matching benefits converting the soul and making the wise enlisting the law s six groupings titles qualities and effects with notes on the testimonies statutes commandments fear judgments and their impact on heart mind and life. It also discusses the Ethiopian eunuch case Acts 8 26 39 and the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ asserting eternal life is a gift not merit earned.
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the Lord
God
Philip
Samaria
Phillip
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Paul
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Lucerne
Switzerland
John Wanamaker
Marshall Field
Stern Brothers
Kaiser
Randall
Uride
Hans
United States
Oklahoma
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Liberty
Uncle Sam
Margaret B. Platt
P. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Ee Newspaper Union
John
Christ
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