Hero in a Navy boiler room saves destroyer crew
An American destroyer faced a possible boiler explosion at sea as flames and steam flooded the boiler room. A first class fireman leaped to shut an oil valve and seal the room, risking his life to save the ship and crew. His swift action avoided disaster and he acted as duty demanded, not for medals.
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Frazier Hunt
Conyright
New
Navy
United States
Midocean
France
Clore
Shorty
Market for Canned Goats Milk Expands Worldwide
Market gains for canned goats milk rise globally as a profitable industry. Goats yield about twelve times their weight in milk yearly versus cows three times, though goats are less reliable year round. Goats milk is rich and sought for invalids and children, with claims of tuberculosis immunity.
Sanity and Wan Shows Mental Steadiness Trend
A Popular Science Monthly note claims England and Wales care for over 3,000 fewer insane persons in two years, contrasting wartime trends with earlier rising lunacy figures. The item suggests prompting reflection on social welfare outcomes amid broader national changes.PORT IS AT WORK. Mrs Mec. Carn, a translator of French and Italian, is starting a lathe job at an airplane factory in Swistvale, Pa.
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England
Wales
Popular Science Monthly
Port
Mec. Carn
Swistvale
Secrets of Beauty in Wartime Age Yet Shines
A fragment describes grandmothers and young women striving to preserve charm and eye appeal during war times. It notes methods to camouflage flaws, prevent tired eyes, and maintain a cheerful, confident demeanor through simple routines and beauty tips.
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Ivan Evey
Moat
Fatmore
Imassere
Beccley
Earsiel
Browe
Juvigny Story of American Breakthrough at Juvigny
Frederick A. Smith recounts American troops near Juvigny in France driving back German forces. Soldiers overrun caves and machine gun positions as prisoners are taken and civilians react. includes vivid personal recollections from Doughboys and a German child prisoner. The article highlights courage, chaos, and the human cost of early 1918 combat in the village.
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Frederick A. Smith
New York Times
France
Hoya
Juvigny
Juvig My
Tony
Phe
Germany
Grant
Wagoner
Shell
KML
Solawons
Deragle Rout of the Germans in Bourlon Wood and Cambrai
The article describes British advances along the Hindenburg line near Peronne and Feourt St Quentin as troops push southeast and clear enemy positions. Civilians in liberated towns recount four years under German occupation with sieges, gas, shelling, and relief as soldiers restore order and deliver food, clothing, and safety.
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Bourlon Wood
Cambrai
Hindenburg Line
Peronne
Feourt-St. Quentin
If Persone
Feld
Kwept
Furious Battle Near Noyon Drives French Advance
Paris dispatches report General Humbert's Third Army in a two day battle northeast of Noyon along the Canal du Nord near Campagne and Genevry, the French finally pushing through German defenses despite heavy machine gun fire and fortified canal works. The war office said French forces also drove Germans north of the Oise and Vesle fronts, with notable gains north of the Vesle over a 20 mile front.
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Associated Press
Paris
Humbert
Third “Army
Noyon
Canal du Nord
Campagne and
Genevry
Oise
Vesle
War Office
War end plans and civic effort urged by leaders
The text discusses favorable wartime conditions, uncertainties at war’s end, and calls for orderly readjustment. It urges continued civic action and a modernizing program by the Young Men's Christian Association as constructive war work, focused on manhood conservation and public welfare.
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Walt Waul
Murd
Young Men's Christian Association
Tess
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