World's Biggest Trust Company Drives War Effort
A. Mitchell Palmer heads the alien property custodian, the nations largest trust company acting under Congress to seize enemy ownership. Property of German owned wealth is sold to loyal Americans to fund Liberty bonds, finance ships and food, and keep industry humming against the Hun. Citizens are urged to report enemy owned assets across the country and cooperate with authorities.
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United States
Washington
Uncle Sam
Congress
United States of America
Bureau of Investigation
Francis P. Garvan
Jerome
New York
Germany
A. Mitchell Palmer
Treasury
America
William Penn
Palmer
New Jersey
Connecticut
Chicago
Florida
Mexico
King’s Bed in Seattle Promises Regal Night
A Seattle piece centers on a luxurious bed once used by a king during a France visit. A valet dressed in velvet and gold lace attends the guest, highlighting a high style moment in a local scene.
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Seattle
Wash
Greece
France
Marine Sly Describes France Furlough in Soldier Hotel
Ridge Sly of Yakima a U S Marine now with General Pershing's forces in France writes his mother about a furlough spent somewhere in France out of the battle zone. He says troops are quartered in hotels set aside for American soldiers on leave and he slept in a chamber once used by a Grecian monarch.
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Peave
Ridge Sly
Yakima
United States Marine Corps
Pershing
France
Sly
When U S Got Busy Man Made Check Good
During the Liberty loan campaign in Bartlesville Oklahoma a solicitor secured a 5 payment toward a 100 bond but the bank declined the check. After repeated attempts the collector turned the check to a federal agent who, after presenting the government receipt, made the payment good.
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Bartlesville
Okla
American gas masks best in world say British envoy
Maj. J. J. Auld of the British scientific mission declares American gas masks superior to German designs. He notes the German reward of ten marks for capturing an American mask and praises the American design as gas proof and quick to don in about six seconds.
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Chicago
J. J. Auld
Major Auld
Bravest Woman in War Returns to Denver
Miss Eunice H Beaton known to allied officers as the bravest woman of the war returns to Denver after two years as a Red Cross ambulance driver on the western front in France. She plans to train women as ambulance drivers for government service and is famed as an outdoor sportswoman who faced shellfire while carrying wounded and driving an ambulance under fire.
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Denver
Colo
Eunice H. Beaton
France
Red Cross
Miss Beaton
No Man’s Land
German Language Outpaced in the South
In Birmingham Alabama the German language and German names are being phased out. Rev Hans Reuter pastor of Zion Lutheran church said he will discontinue sermons in German. Schools across the South have dropped German instruction and several businesses have replaced German names with English equivalents.
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Birmingham
Ala
Hans Reuter
Zion Lutheran Church
Observation Post Duty Amid Nightmarish Trench Life
A World War I correspondent recalls life on an observation post near the German line. He and fellow bombardier Harry Cassell use Morse tapping to pass messages while Old Pepper, their strict commander, forbids shelling unless ordered. They plot a risky ruse to fire without direct orders and dream of escape from the trenches.
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Fritz
Jack Johnson
Paris
Tommy
Yank
Berlin
Old Pepper
Pepper
Harry Cassell
D 238
Cassell
Morse
Signalers
King’s Arms
Rye Lane
Two Artillerymen Confound Old Pepper With Clever Move
In a lighthearted wartime note, two artillerymen prank Old Pepper by pulling off a humorous ruse that outsmarted him and sparked laughs among their unit. The brief recounts the playful trick without escalating the incident.
Clothespins as versatile play items for children
Clothespins serve as a versatile play object for babies and even soldiers. They can be used to construct fences trees log houses and other items. Prefer modular toys that can be assembled and disassembled as well as blocks engines balls and doll accessories to aid dressing skills.
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U.S. A
United States Marine
U. S
Berne
Switzerland
Arthur Guy Empey
Empey
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