Policing Austria Hungary Faces Peril After War
After the war Austria-Hungary collapses social order and risks fragmentation as new self government emerges. Riots crime and private distress threaten stability while allied troops may supervise transitions until native authorities assume control. The danger mirrors past upheavals in Russia but could differ as nations seek independence.
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Austria-Hungary
Austria Huungary
Russia
Germany
Balkan
Keep the Habit War Wasted No Time and Resources
The piece argues Americans must retain wartime habits of thrift and efficiency after peace. It urges continuing energy saving and mindful spending to fund better living, philanthropy, culture, and personal growth, warning that slipping back to waste would prove us still wasters.
The End of the Male Waiter Era
The labor board lists waiting men as non-essential with selective service age, and women are filling roles in upscale restaurants and hotels. The piece argues women can serve as well or better, noting widespread advertising for women cooks and applauding the shift amid reduced male labor.
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Labor Board
Sig
Harsh Terms: Germany’s Bid for Harsh Peace in Bucharest
The piece recalls German officials telling Romanian delegates to expect harsher terms from Western powers, arguing Germany has shown both brutal war methods and the art of defeating opponents. It warns the Allies may not have learned the peace lesson as thoroughly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Bucharest
Romania
Still Murmuring Gas Attacks From Recent Frontline Fighting
A wartime despatch from northern France describes gas shells releasing fumes in villages retaken by American Allied forces. The report notes the hiss of bursting shells and the deadly cloud accompanying assaults by American, British, and French units.
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France
Luncheon and dessert ideas from household hints
A household hints page lists a luncheon menu including Cream of Rice with Bananas, Shirred Eggs on Toast, Baked White Fish, Mashed Potatoes with Turnips and Carrots, Cottage Cheese Balls, Jello, Rye Muffins, Grape Conserve, Cocoa, Butter, and Cocoa Coffee. It also provides tried recipes for Apple and Corn Meal Pudding, Hard Sauce, Graham Nut Brownies, Honey Bran Cookies, Carrot Marmalade, Rolled Oats Barley Drop Cakes, Velvet Ginger Bread, and Corn Souffles with detailed ingredient lists and steps.
Dimmer Tales of Reconstruction Era Courtroom Exchange
A southern planter meets a freedman Uncle Josh who now preaches gospel for pay. The exchange includes a joke about a good husband and a court question over a wife’s black eye and a linked $10 payment.
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Josh
Yassah
Marster
Man describes wife as knife juggling expert in court
A husband testifies to a court that his wife juggled knives and forks and threw a knife at him, showing a lacerated forehead as evidence. He argues the incident was not amateur behavior.
Schoolgirl Told to Remove Gum and Feet From Aisle
A schoolgirl is rebuked by a teacher for chewing gum and for stretching her feet into the aisle. The teacher commands her to remove the gum and place her feet properly.
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Mary
War uses gas as civilians suffer in Flemish villages
A wartime cry highlights daily German gas use with civilians dying in Flemish towns. Ambulances haul in women and girls gasping for breath and blinded by the weapon. The speaker decries ongoing fighting and pleads for peace amid calls for retribution.
Getting Ready for Peace in the United States
The nation must prepare for peacetime after extensive wartime planning. The transition faces many problems including soldiers’ reintegration, labor, utilities, trade, industry, housing, education, transportation, and government reorganization. Two Washington proposals differ on central authority between executive or Congress control.
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United States
England
France
Washington
Conless
German wartime claim on gas efficiency and masks
A dramatic wartime snippet asserts German poison gas is more lethal than ever while claiming Allied defensive gas masks are twenty times more effective than the enemy's. The damaged text mixes bravado with technical bravura and wartime rhetoric.
Casualties listed by War Department this day
Washington Nov 6 War Department casualty lists report 1076 names with breakdowns including 59 died of wounds 82 killed in action 109 died of disease 79 wounded severely 70 wounded degree undetermined 266 wounded slightly 19 missing in action and 1 076 names across multiple units led by Corporal Joseph Hendrix Jr of Cleveland and others from Ohio towns such as Cleveland Toledo Columbus Cincinnati and Akron plus Marion Paintsville Greenfield New Petersburg and more with many listed as killed in action or wounded in various degrees.
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Washington
War Department
Oh‘oans
Corp
Joseph Hendricks Jr
Cleveland
Tony Kliraeck
Louis Campanelli
Clarence
R. Gardner
Triadelphia
William H. Mann
North Lenton
William Naus
Marion
Chas. Griswold
Conneaut
George FE. Hearn
Shay
Howard A. Michel
Springfield
Sam Mike
Canton
Lynn OQ
Williams
New Petersburg
Julian W. Heinmann
Fred M. Moody
Coshoeton
Jocoh I. Kichler
Emil Sejba
Stephen Conners
Bellaire
Verly Caol
Greenville
Rudolph C. Klewer
Clyde
Joseph Patrak
Toledo
James F Lawicki
Edward Mincer Clyde
John & Nardelli
Roswell
John W. Edwards
Columbus
John Stanley Montowski
Peter Bain
Crescent
Bernard E. Baker
Sunbury
Ross R. Landis
Rock Creek
Raymond Leslie Lovell
Fobnstown
Letters From Mien Im Service
Mr Mathew Davis of Hollister receives a letter from A B Brubaker in London dated October 16. The letter details Virgil Davis serving with YMCA work in England, with the writer a United Brethren minister and Otterbein graduate. He praises American troops and notes Virgil is healthy while aiding in reading, writing, and distribution of religious material.
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Mathew Davis
Hollister
A. B. Brubaker
Russel Square
London
England
Virgil
Sam
United Brethern Church
Otterbein
Dayton
Soldier letter from France praises cozy camp life
In October 2 letter from V. H Hambel Co. L 34th Engineers in France reports good weather, stove, electric lights, ample food, and comfort. He expects to return home soon while noting Americans eat later than in the states.
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V. H Hambel
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