German Seamen’s Atrocities Spark Allied Revulsion After War
The article cites Dutch and Belgian lifeboat sinking by German forces and mass killings of seamen, noting more than 9,000 merchant seamen killed. It highlights Allied condemnation, the Merchant Seamen’s League response, and union actions toward German sailors and flag treatment.
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Stockholm
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York Tribune
Two Lovers Confront Past in Dublin Amid Secrets
Kate confronts Harry Cooper about their broken life and a dead wife as he pleads for a fresh start. He admits lies and a violent past while she reveals a revolver and vows to protect Dolly and herself. The scene hints at flight and a dangerous pact.
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Damon
Silverdale
Harry Cooper
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Meggick
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Meyrick
Hussars
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Alice Lysagth
Vanes
German Treachery at Authors Club Dinner
At a dinner for ex Amb. Gerard, speakers denounced German Americans as treacherous and corrupting US life. Dr van Dyke displayed a Lusitania medal dated May 5 1915 asserting advance notice of the sinking, while Commissioner Strauss urged harsh wartime measures and loyalty to the republic. A chaotic close featured a garbled endorsement of vigilance and victory in war.
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Strauss
Baltimore
France
Mr. Strauss
Saving Coal Through Natural Ice Harvests This Winter
The United States fuel administration proposes harvesting natural ice to save coal. Fifteen million tons of coal powers ice factories and refrigerating plants annually, and billions of tons of ice are produced each winter with much waste. Each ton of natural ice could replace a ton of artificial ice, saving about 500 pounds of coal. Garfield will discuss plans with ice companies to increase storage and use of natural ice this winter.
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United States Fuel Administration
Garfield
Fuel Administration
New Orleans
Do the Soldiers at the Front Pray
A Canadian minister recalls a WWI story told by an army chaplain. A dispatch rider faces enemy fire on a road and prays, I don’t give a damn for myself, but for England’s sake help me through. The anecdote underscores a wartime spirit of faith and duty.
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England
Chicago Evening Post
Thrift as a Moral Guide and Practice
The author argues thrift extends beyond saving pennies to include work, planning, and self control. Citing James J. Hill and S W Strauss, the piece defines thrift as foresight prudence and character building, urging teaching boys to work and plan to earn savings rather than relying on luck.
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James J. Hill
S. W. Strauss
American Society of Krift
Thrift
E. B. House
War End Timing Rumor Chain Stretches City Gossip
An extended, tangled rumor circulates through a city street scene about war end timing. A police beat remark, laborer, and various hearsay chain reference distant sources from Cuba to Timbuctoo and Klondike. The tale mentions a circus clown and a society dame in a sprawling, nonspecific claim.
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Timbuctoo
Cuba
Texas
Klondyke
Borneo
When to Be Used School Janitor
In a terse exchange the school janitor reports boys who stole a placard and nailed it over the coal bunker. The head master questions the location and the janitor confirms the acts occurred in the corridor area.
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Titus
Sirius the Brightest Star Four Hundred Suns in Size
Astronomers say Sirius, the brightest star, is about seventy billion miles away. It is a fixed star that drifts about an inch per century, implying a daily motion of 1,909,000 miles. Light from Sirius we see left the star thirty years ago, traveling 186,000 miles per second. The Sun would be almost invisible if swapped with Sirius, which would fill all space beyond Earth's orbit, equal to four hundred suns.
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Earth
Sirius
Milk supplies vital nutrients for life and growth
Chemically skim milk provides nearly all elements needed for life and tissue rebuilding. Young animals gain substantial benefit when consumed with other foods.
Incendiary Bullets Change Foothold in Flanders Combat
Report describes a new incendiary bullet used in Flanders. Fired from machine guns, these hollow-point cartridges carry slow-burning chemical charges that ignite hydrogen balloons. Observers atop balloons four miles behind lines deploy parachutes as they descend from about 1000 feet.
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Flanders
What is the most wonderful thing a man ever made
A fragment from the Moundridge Journal quotes a Sunday school teacher asking what is the most wonderful thing a man made. A little girl answers “a family.” The brief reads as a reflection on children’s insight and family value.
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Kansas
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