German Soldiers Punished for Aiding Suffering Refugees
A German officer recalls invading Belgium with the first forces, witnessing and taking part in executions and looting. He describes brutal street fighting near Donchery, mass deaths, and the moral decay of troops as famine and coercion spread amid war.
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Pioneers’ Corps
Engineers’ Corps
United States Army
Belgium
Leutenant
Sugny
Germany
Vivier-Au-Court
Vivier-Au- Court
German Pioneers Build Pontoon Bridges Under Fire
The article details German pioneers constructing pontoon bridges across the Meuse while enduring French gunfire. The next installment promises a vivid, perilous description of this hazardous undertaking and its challenges.
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Meuse
Venice Bridge of Sighs a Commonplace Passage
The Bridge of Sighs links the ducal palace to the public prison over the Rio della Paglia. Completed at the end of the sixteenth century it rarely witnessed political punishment. only Antonio Foscari and other ordinary criminals faced death there, its name reflecting Italian pity for criminals in distress.
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Cers
Meuse
Donchery
Bridge of Sighs
Howells
Byron
Venice
Carceri
Rio Della Paglia
Antonio Foscari
Thomas Yale Connection Reverberates Across Yale Legacy
The London Chronicle recalls Thomas Yale buried in Wrexham North Wales and notes officers in the new American army with Yale ties. A root from his grave was sent in the early 1890s to Professor Phelps, then American minister in London, to plant against the college building.
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Thomas Yale
Yale College
Wrexham
North
Wales
Phelps
London
London Chronicle
Propaganda Crisis and German Subversion Abroad
The article warns that rumors of a decisive armored train loss are spread by a foreign press campaign. It discusses a vicious pamphlet El Vampiro del Continente and a forged edition of Why America Went to War used to undermine U S credibility. It notes German influence in South American newspapers and steps to counter enemy propaganda.
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South America
United States
America
German Propaganda Floods Americas With Lies About Rainbow Division
Washington reports German campaigns abroad spread disinformation to discredit U S leaders and press, with a free book in Latin America branding the United States as a vampire of the continent. Officials warn propaganda targets illiteracy and minority groups, aiming to inflame tensions and undermine Allied confidence.
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Mexico
South America
United States
Washington
Spain
Central
Continent
Wilson
Lloyd George
Rainbow
Father of Cyclops victim welcomes service for country
J. P. Baggs, father of H. T. Baggs, who died aboard the Cyclops, declares his desire to contribute to the nation. Described as a heavyset man with spectacles, he speaks before raft boards and is revealed as a skilled mechanic assigned to a U.S. shipyard during the investigation.
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Bimmingham
Ala
J. P. Baggs
Tam
H. T. Baggs
United States
Profiteers Unchecked Threaten Italian War Effort
The article reports Italy’s war costs soaring to about 10 million dollars daily as expenditures rise across war ministries. It highlights food shortages caused by hoarding and middlemen profits, with lamb prices surging and limited enforcement against profiteers. Public unrest threatens national morale amid potential offensive risk.
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Italy
RAISE MORE SHEEP
A United States Chamber of Commerce report urges reviving the sheep industry to halt decline. It proposes using cut-over timber lands for grazing, expanding on farms, and maximizing Western ranges. The piece cites per capita wool trends and imports, urging action to boost domestic production and economic independence.
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Washington
United States
Committee On Statistics and Standards
The
Chamber of Commerce of the
Liberty baby born in Chicago weighs nine pounds
Dr and Mrs W Moore Thompson of Chicago report the first Liberty child born on Liberty day April 26. The girl weighed nine pounds and was named Liberty reflecting the holiday.
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Chicago
W. Moore Thompson
Liberty
Memorial to Carrie Nation fountain planned in Wichita
The Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union will erect a drinking fountain at Union Station as a memorial to Carrie Nation. The State association has voted $1,000 for the project and the city commissioners will accept and maintain the fountain in Wichita where Mrs Nation began her temperance campaign.
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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Wichita
Kan
Kansas Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Union Station
Carrie Nation
German books destroyed in Shell Lake school incident
Unknown persons entered Shell Lake High School and destroyed all German textbooks, prompting possible temporary suspension of German classes after the school board declined to abolish the subject.
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Shell Lake
Wis
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Somme
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