Four Months Hidden Frenchmen Evade German Lines
A 150 strong French unit survived 4 months in Luxembourg Namur forests after August siege. They conducted guerrilla operations, held supply trains, and gained aid from villagers while evading large German patrols. French commander personally directed sorties, killing a German commander at Houyet. German notices failed to flush them out.
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Paris
Luxemburg
Namur
Belgium
Liesse
Semois
Mezicres
Saint-Hubert
Givet
Ardennes Mountains
Liesse- Semois
Houyet
Dinant
Ardenne Gail
Psychology of courage at the British front
A medical officer reports that fear fades after days in trenches and a second courage emerges. Under fire soldiers gain a self called manhood, learning to control and measure fear, discount possibilities, and become veterans. Those never under fire cannot predict feelings when their hour comes, but many reach the second courage.
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London
Nurse Influences Prince of Saxe Meiningen Death at Maubeuge
A young French Red Cross nurse tended the eighteen year old German tenant prince after a fractured skull left him unconscious. He died three days later. The nurse arranged funeral honors, photographed the body, and sent belongings and illness details to Meiningen. The duke of Saxe Meiningen thanked the nurse and later directed troops to treat Maubeuge’s residents with consideration.
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Noulogue
Frince
Red Cross
Maubeuge
Prince
Saxe-Meiningen
Meiningen
Duke
Maubenge
Tea for Men in Trenches
The article notes both French and German troops are supplied with tea in the trenches. Tea is easier to make, quenches thirst, and retains warmth longer, possibly turning both nations into tea users after the war. It contrasts current low consumption in France and Germany with potential future English tastes for coffee and cigarettes.
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London
France
Germany
Algeria
Egypt
Berlin paper urges use of German in business
The Berliner Tagblatt asks Americans to communicate with German firms, associations and individuals in German. It explains we all know English but would prefer contact in our own language at this time.
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Berlin
Berliner ‘Tagablatt
Westoby
Mary
England
Westeby
Roberts
Africa
Forgiveness Follows a Fatal Africa Hunt
Roberts and Westoby, former lovers of Mary Joyce, clash in the African wilderness. Westoby saves Roberts from a lion and is fatally mauled, confessing Mary never loved him and seeking forgiveness before he dies. Roberts forgives him, and Westoby dies with remorse and a last plea about Mary.
Improvised Evolution and Horse Adaptation Tale
A college exam answer uses the horse’s evolution to illustrate environmental adaptation. It traces grass-eating teeth, leg development for speed, crossing to Asia, pack work for humans, return to North America, and hoof simplification to a single toe, noting shifting dental and limb traits as adaptation progresses.
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New York College
Bering Strait
Asia
North America
Country’s resource critique sparks debate on conservation
A quoted criticism argues the nation remains backward in conserving natural resources. The speaker stresses the need to acknowledge failures and the value of preserving precious assets, urging action to improve conservation efforts.
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Igat
On the Line of Death Tells of Trench Desolation and War
A frontline correspondent describes barren fields and a trench line along the Aisne, where dead French soldiers lie scattered as German uniforms merge into gray grime. French troops bury their dead and burn captured German arms, while the war’s toll darkens villages along the Marne and champagne regions.
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Aisne
Arthur Ruhl
Col Ner
Uia
France
Marne
Champagne
An Oriental Meal Delights with Foreign Touches
A description from National Magazine recounts an Oriental meal that diverges from American cooking. Meat in small square portions is prepared in unfamiliar Oriental styles, grapeleaf wrapped rice bites resemble spinach, squash treats please the palate, and pastry cheese and sweets differ from the norm. A Turkish pipe with Persian tobacco replaces the American cigar, and the Arabic bill of fare, written backward, reads like a stenographer’s notebook.
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National Magazine
Hare Lip Hereditary Study By Blades At Cold Spring Harbor
William F. Blades of the Eugenics Record Office conducts breeding experiments with harelip strains of Boston terriers to show heredity of harelip and cleft palate in humans and animals. He notes difficulty obtaining reliable statistics due to concealment of mild cases and prior surgical remedies.
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William F. Blades
Eugenics Record Office
Cold Spring Harbor
L. L
Blades
Hare
Life Expectancy Up Fifteen Years Says Vaughn
Dr Victor A Vaughn of the University of Michigan speaking at the City Club in St Louis said the average U S life expectancy has increased by fifteen years since 85 years ago. He likened crime to a disease caused by heredity and environment and urged treating it as a disease and disinfecting its breeding places.
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United States
Victor A. Vaughn
University of Michigan
American Medical Association
St. Louis
Vaughn
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Geduine
M. Speyer
Somersetshire Regiment
Chayimen
Explorer
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Mary Joyce
Ufe
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Robert
Lion
Weatoby
Roberty
Europe
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