Red Cross Aids 15000 Paris Refugees From War Invasion
The American Red Cross evacuated and cared for about 15 000 refugees arriving in Paris from villages behind German lines. Volunteers organized meals, baths, clothing, and medical care at Gare du Nord and other depots, with push carts and service cars moving people to shelters and onward trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Paris
Gare du Nord
Red Cross
Hood
Canadian Red Cross
Watchful Servant in Japan
A Harper's Magazine excerpt describes a Japanese maid assigned to attend a Western family. She is short and sturdy, with a humble, dutiful nature, teaching them table manners and tea while attending to their comfort from dinner to bedtime. She embodies rustic harmony and silent service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper'’s Magazine
When Patience Ceases to Be a Virtue
A melancholy man in the corner cites a humorous maxim about time and hope. He quips that the true crisis in life comes not in business slumps but in the ten minutes his wife is preparing dinner, as measured by a passing judge.
Why the Sun Looks Oval at Sunset
The article explains that a dusty hot atmosphere acts like a magnifying lens, making the setting sun appear elliptical. It uses a glass over a circle on paper to illustrate the effect, noting viewing through the horizon edge enlarges breadth more than height.
Sinking of Norwegian steamer Augvald tops war news
The Norwegian steamer Augvald was sunk by a German U boat with sixteen lives lost. Washington reports say Pershing may command 500000 men on the west front within a month. Officials expect U.S. approval of intervention in Russia and a record ship completion in Belfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augvald
Pershing
West Front
Washington
Columbia
Peoria
Nonpartisan league activities in Iowa and state notes
Iowa items report renewed Nonpartisan league activity near Oska loosa in Mahaska county with county defense watching the meeting. Monticello employer BE Hoag hires older workers while enlistments shrink labor. Washington county weddings slow due to war, six licenses issued vs prior averages. Greene loses Private Claude W Tack at 16. body returned to Hoboken for burial. Muscatine cabbage ripens early thanks to heavy spring rain and high quality. Du Buque College draws attention as Schuchard resigns amid pro German remarks. Ft Leavenworth sentences Private Martin Fuhrmann for disloyal statements. Essex mayor Oberlin cleared in Becket case. Food chief Deems urges sauerkraut to aid conservation, clarifying Dutch origin. Harding at state convention proclaims one country one flag one language. Salem restaurateurs fined for ice cream cone violations. McClenahan of Iowa City nominated for state superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Nonpartisan League
Iowa
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
County Council of Defense
County Defense Council
BE. E. Hoag
Hoag Dusters
Monticello
A. J. Tack
Greene
John Tack
John A. Nelson
Hoboken
N. J
Tack
Muscatine
Frederick Schuchard
Dubuque College
St. Joseph’s
United States Court Room
United States
Mooney
Schuchard
America
Hell
Martin Fuhrmann
Salem
N. D
Quartermasters Corps
Camp Dodge
Ft. Leavenworth
Kas. A
Coroneer
O.W. Oberlin
Essex
Isaac Beck
Beck
Des Moines
Harding
Li D. Sprott
B. B. Barnes
Eac
P .B. McClenahan
Iowa City
Ratifia ‘Tion
Lik Amese
Eorrd
Benat
Cup Kenyon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wnat
Flight Front Front
New Abiding
Tavis
ED Cross
Japan
Home and Foreign Intelligence
Moving Picture
Crowder
Russia
Belfast
Ireland
Shipping Board
Heber Springs
Ark
Agricultural Department
Legation
King
Lister
National Guards
Northwest
South Dakota State Council of Defense
Siberia
Germany
France
Third Liberty
Treasury Department
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
Nashville, Tenn
Hoover
Wilson
Congress
Senate
House
Department of Agriculture
Navy Department
Rhondda
David' Alfred ‘Thomas
London
War’ Department
Ben R. Titman
South Carolina
David Roberts
Milwaukee
Wis
Lusk-Roberts
House of Correction
War Department
Arkansas
City of
Omaha
Crowell
Atlantic
Elizabeth
N. A
Cotton Exchange
Liverpool
England
Exchange
Great Britain
J. Konenkamp
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
St. Louis
Kaiser
Mirbach
Moscow
Kuehlmann
Berlin
Edward A. Rumely
The
New York Mail
Treasury
Borah
Idaho
Liberty
State News
Ncas
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!