Mauretania Brings First Large Body of U S Troops Home
The Mauretania arrives at Gravesend Bay with thousands of American troops including air service units and casuals. Mayor Hylan requests a Fifth Avenue parade and a city welcome, while crowds gather at Battery Park. Guards plan demobilization and health checks at Hoboken, with coastal officials coordinating the homecoming.
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New York
Mauretania
United States
Gravesend Bay
Hoboken
Navy
Mury T. Mayo
England
Air Service
March
Geo. G. H. McManus
Ambrose Channel
Battery Park
America
Knights A? Columbus
Police Department
Iowans Listed in Casualties and War News
A long item lists Iowa residents reported killed or wounded, including Alfred English Carroll Tas s MH, Fred Siertens Fayette, Walter Byrne Barnum, and many others with towns like Bellevue Ames, Davenport, and Charles City. influenza counts total 54,000 cases. Red Cross and Camp Dodge notes, WWI service details, Medal won by Sergt. Fairall, Florence Olson as a young Red Cross worker, and various legal parole actions intertwined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Dick Duneberger
Newton
Joseph E. Dvorak
Mr. Vernon
Walter Durand
Calmar
Andrew WY
Grodricks
Libertyville
Moty Js
Delaney
Decorah
George Kyger
Ashton
Donald Mickerson
Sioux City
Arthur G. Witt
Hawarden
Dee Avery
Shell Rock
John Yanveen
Pella
Goule J
Kennedy
Rothwell City
Lloyd FL
George Edward Lewis
Countess Slairs
Angelo Agrazone
Centerville
Joe Hesser
Somers
Fred M. Slayden
Charles City
Alysh E. Showers
Cromwell
Ira Schanta
Crawfordsville
Carl L. Malcalwsen
Charles G. Bixby
Fred‘tics L. Berg
Dubuque
Fred Pabst
Grand Center
George &. Weber
Grat
Goldiers
Camp Dodge
Camp Pike
Camp Cody
France
Sergt
G. Fairall
George W. Fairall
Iowa
Argonne Forest
Machine Gun Corps
Fairall
Florence Olson
Sioux ‘City
Hinton
Red Cross
United States
Olson
Red Cross Neacquartere
Florente
Farl Caddock
Tari Caddock
Henry C, Carlson
Anamosa
Guy. W. J. Ivarding
State Board of Parole
William Towers
Lucas
Emina Moore
Page County
Lucag
Yanks Gain in Russia Advance Up Pinega River
An American detachment aided by Russian volunteers pushed 33 miles up the Pinega river near Archangel clearing Kurtchinska of the Kolsheviki and taking prisoners. Shoulder straps of the old Russian army were restored to officers and enlisted men in the northern forces for the first time since the Kolohnavski revolution.
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Archangel
Haz
Pinega River
Vilage
Austro Hungary War Losses Reported by Telegraph
Copenhagen dispatch via Exchange Telegraph says Austria-Hungary suffered about 4.6 million killed and wounded in the war with 800000 men dead and 17000 officers among the losses. Württemberg ruler abdicates, renouncing the crown in a note. Brum resigns as foreign minister. Montevideo reports Baltesar Bramlax stepping aside to support a different presidential campaign.
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London
Austria-Hungary
Copenhagen
Br. Beum
Montevideo
Baltesar Bramlax
Mire
E. Bron
Truth About the Cotton Situation In War Markets
Clarence Ousley, assistant secretary of agriculture, defends wartime cotton policy and denies price fixing as a war measure. He cites market fluctuations, grade disparities, and the need to move low grade cotton to keep funds in circulation, while criticizing selective critics and misrepresentations in the New York Journal of Commerce.
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Imluserins
Peo- Vidling
Cotton
Clarance Ousley
Agriculture
Afr
Tam
York Journal of Commerce
BB. Comer
Avondale Wis
Gouvernor
Alabama
Cotter
Coter
Department At Agriculture
Bradstrests
Boston
Arizona
Georgia
Florida Sea Island
Department of Agriculture
War Industries Board
Chainmin Garuch
War Industriys
Aline
Louston
Baruch
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Houston
South
Bartuch
Hays
Governor Comer
New York Journal of Commerce
Department
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Treasury Department
Secretary of Agriculture
New York
New Orleans
Fse
Carder
Comer
Bureau of Markets
Savannah
Galveston
Augusta
Montgomery
Little Rock
Norfolk
Datus
Memphis
Committee On
Ambiguous visit aims to aid victim in profiteering case
A fragmentary exchange shows a speaker planning to assist a person who was harmed by profiteering, expressing intent to use money to support actions that align with “the right Gang” and “buy Liberty banda.” The context and identities are unclear.
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Liberty
Nero Predicts Rome Fire Echoes German Retreat
In a fragmented line, Nero pauses his fiddling to remark that the blaze in Rome offers a glimpse of the future. He compares the inferno to a German retreat, speaking to a friend with a wary tone.
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Nero
Rome
Fragmented 1920s dialogue excerpt on marriage and bread
A scrambled conversation about future happiness, war bread, and intimate moments pools into a wedding match style exchange. The text fragments reveal social norms and intimate joking within a domestic scene without clear names or events.
Appointment of U S Representatives at the Peace Conference
The article outlines the selection of Woodrow Wilson Robert Lansing Edward House Henry White and Tasker Bliss as the American delegation to the peace conference at Versailles. It notes Bliss as a surprise choice and recounts White’s long diplomatic service including roles in France Italy and Britain.
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Wallington
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Robert Lansing
Edward M. House
Versailles
Henry White
Italy
France
Gem
Tasker H. Bliss
Supreme War Courcil
White House
Luimaelf
Shite
Honey White
Mabassador Ta Raneo
Edward M. Louse
Tasker J. Bliss
Dt Hoon Pasate
White Long
Roosevelt
Vienna
London
Cleveland
Rome
Allo Wce
Alvedeas
Mireh
UNE Grepartini
Bassador
Prunes
Wil Parley
Berlin
Great Britain
Ammistee
Cologne-Gazette
Daily Express
House
Orlande of
Haly
Chamber of Deputies
Mrewier
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Iowa State
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Ile
United Seges Departiment OF Agriculture
Wis
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Paris
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Choren
Ambassador White
American Commission
Bavaria
Bavarit
Haya
Weilin
Boelbist Council
Munich
Stebilist Council
Bolt
Philipp Sehelde
Mtater
Matheus Dareborger
Trent
Penes
Visesunt Kato Jan
Panytlag
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