General Pershing rises to command U S Expeditionary Force
A writer in the Review of Reviews lauds Brigadier General John J. Pershing for his long, varied career from West Point to Arizona, the Philippines, Mindanao, and the Mexican border. The piece notes his rapid rise to brigadier and then to lead the American expeditionary forces in France, highlighting decades of frontier and colonial service.
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J. J. Pershing
France
American “Review of Reviews
Miles
Sixth Cavalry
Hcer
West Point
John J. Pershing
Missouri
Geronimo
United States Army
United States
Mexico
Villa
Pershing
Roosevelt
Genera Pershing
Removal Allowance Rules for Soldiers Amended in Gazette
Gazetted amendments cover removal costs for soldiers moved by choice or exchange, and conditions when the department pays conveyance. Provisions detail travel allowances, furniture removal limits, and lump-sum options. restrictions include no compensation for losses, use of military transport when available, and war-time transfer limits.
No Rubing Laundry Help Promises Easy Washing
A Victorian advertisement touts No Rubing Laundry Help as safe for all fabrics from silt to flannels, claiming no rubbing needed and perfect results. It urges buyers to insist on the genuine penyina No Rubbing and warns against imitations.
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Alfred
Prisoners of War Report Praise for German Commandant
A private letter from Wellington notes German captors treated POWs with surprising kindness at Karlsruhe after the Moewe raid. An American officer describes meals, shelter, and orderly care, while prisoners endure hunger between meals. The Karlsruhe commandant is praised as a gentleman to his fingertips.
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Wellington
Georgic
Moewe
Maine
Yarrowdale
Swinemmunde
Baltic
Karlsruhe
Berne
McK
Baxter's Lung Preserver Promises Quick Chest Relief
District residents praise Baxter's Lung Preserver for coughs colds bronchitis and sore throat. The earld price of 10d and wide pharmacy availability is noted as the remedy's long standing popularity and efficacy over fifty years.
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Bexster
Baxter’s
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Ashburton Branch
BERG
W. Strange & Co., Ltd
Christchurch and Ashburton
Barrett
Crewdson
Horrockses
Ara
Iniata
R. D
Johnston Ashburton
Gap Individ
Hera
H. and
Graighead
Tailors and Costumiers
Tancred Street
Ashburton
General Pershing
America
South-west
Arizona
Santiago
Spain
Tenth Cavalry
Lawton
Philippines
Mindanao
Bayan
Bacolod
Manchester Bros
NZ Clothing
Zerdands
Shakespeare
Tool Emporium
Geo
Meddins
the People's Ironmonger
Burnett Street
Goloshes
Zealandia
Boot Store
Amos
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