Germans Spread Propaganda Across Americas Through Fake Books
Washington reports German propaganda aimed at the United States and Latin America, financed from Spain and backed by a vast network. A book titled El Vampiro del Continente circulates for free in Mexico and South America to sow distrust in U S officials, while a preface misleads readers into believing it from the U S government.
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Spain
Mexico
Central
South America
Continente
Continent
Wilson
Lloyd George
Germany
Berlin
England
Enghland
America
Georgia
Ween W
Bravery of London Women Aided King Albert’s Soldiers
Baroness Tserclaes and Miss Marie Chisholm risked their lives near the Belgian front tending wounded after a German gas attack. Shielding-time gas masks worn in a behind the front dressing station, they discarded them to help the wounded. They continued beside the cellar dressing station near the Nieuport Ypres line, finally collapsing and being moved to safety.
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London
Tserclaes
Marie Chisholm
Albert
Acca
Wing Albert
Nieuport- Ypres
Dishwashing Private Banks Big Bond Gift in Liberty Drive
In Camp Gordon a private from Pennsylvania, W J Etherington, who owns major coal company interests, pledged $50,000 to each Liberty bond issue and paid $10,600 by check. A Liberty loan captain noted he would arrange payroll deductions for future subscriptions and a nest egg upon return from France.
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Camp Gordon
France
Bas
W. J. Etherington
Pennsylvania
Hair Worth Ten Dollars a Week at London Court
In London a court heard Mrs. Violet Titherley sue a hair dresser for $500 worth of damaged exhibition hair after an electrical drying machine cut her hair from five feet six inches to waist length. She claimed she could earn $10 weekly showing it, but the jury awarded $110.
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London
Violet Titherley
Survivors Tell Tales Of German Sub Raid Off Jersey
Survivors describe a German touring submarine off New Jersey for eight days to two weeks, sinking several small vessels. Captains Holbrook and Gilmore recount being boarded, the crew taken to the submarine, and later released with basic rations and a silk umbrella salvaged by the Germans. The U boat reportedly carried two four-to-five inch guns, and communications with shore stations occurred nightly as more details emerged.
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America
New Jersey
New York
Charles E. Holbrook
Hattie Dunn
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Secret Service
The
New York Tribune
Charleston
Ferny Cwo
Monro
Yaree BI
Portland
Newport News
Sweeney
Gilmore
Edna
Austria
Philadelphia
Santiago
Cuba
Holbrook
Neighbors Not Dog, Munice Police Report
In Muncie Indiana the police hunted for a so called mud dog after calls from neighbors. Mickey McCabe dispatched to kill a brown bulldog treed an entire neighborhood but returned reporting the dog was not mad or angry and that the neighbors were the ones upset. No orders to shoot were issued.
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Muncie
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Munccie
Mickey McCabe
McCabe
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Floating garden feeds Alameda boat resident’s wartime plot
William Hull, a house-boat resident in Alameda, built a floating garden on piles with a sidewalk around his boat. He filled boxes with soil and expects a flourishing crop this season, estimating more than a hundred pounds of vegetables.
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