Indomitable Americans Fight Fierce at Marne Front
Paris reports the brave flow of American troops arriving wounded and dying to the base hospitals. A nineteen year old Chicagoan begged water and food after a brutal shelling as Red Cross crews rushed aid. Heroes like Louis Cooke of Rayville and Lonnie Shelton of Burdine rallied at dawn to drive back German forces, with many praised for not quitting.
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Paris
United States
Chateau-Thierry
Chicago
Red Cross
America
Louis Cooke
Rayville
Cook
Henries
Lonnie Shelton
Burdine
Shelton
Mr. Bowie
Kentucky
Arthur Baker
Doorway
Baker
Daring river crossing ends in heavy losses and heroic saves
Eyewitness reports recount a chaotic crossing as bridges collapsed and German forces tried to flood the river. American artillery, including a Texan with a Stokes gun, stymied the assault, with estimates of 3,000 enemy across and 1,500 captured. A sharpshooter earned praise for felling twenty eight engineers, while African fire wounded several soldiers and forced others to seek cover.
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Heinie
Anton Zolnowski
Turner Avenue
Chicago
Zolnowski
Elmer Sturtz
Wellsburg
Sturtz
Paris
Frank Hogan
Galveston
Tex
Germany
James L. Paul
Spruce Street
Philadelphia
Paul
Jackies captivate kiddies in France outing
French refugees and orphans adopted by American sailors enjoy outings with their tall guardians. Mignonette Lulu and others are described as very happy. American sailors and soldiers have made a hit with the French children and are familiar sights in French villages.
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Mignonette
Lulu
France
Turks Quit Work on Unholy Ground
Antigo Wis A series of mis fortunes including the drowning of one worker and the murder of another led Turkish railway laborers at Monico to demand transfer away from the site they called unholy ground. Their request was granted.
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Antigo
Wis
Monico
Judge Delays Case in Walter Zharickosowsky Charge
In Bellaire Ohio the judge did not address the complainant or the defendant by name as Walter Zharickosowsky was arrested on a charge of provoking him. The judge tried the names several times and then took the case under advisement.
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Bellaire
Walter Zharickosowsky
Salunnas_ Voiceilychowonishwiski
Strike Big Gas Pocket Near Mannington
A 138000000 foot gas well was brought in on the Gump farm five miles southwest of Mannington. It is the largest gas well drilled in this section in five years.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Gump Farm
Mannington
Frontline Raid and Firefight in No Man's Land
An American soldier recalls a trench raid in No Man's Land during World War I. The party hurdles barbed wire using a cut lane, relies on a taps code, and faces a sudden German barrage. A bullet wounds the narrator on the cheek and shoulder as he fights toward safety and joins a fierce counterattack by Allied troops.
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Jonah
Suicide Ditch
Royal Engineers
No Man's Land
Tommy
Pepper
No Man’s Land
Fritz
Berlin
Bowie
Scottie
U Boats Murdered Thousands in Unrestricted Warfare
An exchange warns that unrestricted U-boat warfare is pure murder when ships are attacked outside fighting links. The government cites that by February 1918 German U boats had killed 14 120 noncombatant British men women and children, not counting other nationalities.
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House of Commons
The Drawback of a Home Made Man
A humorous anecdote notes how a wife transforms her husband into a sturdier man. The piece uses quirky language to describe a life improved through domestic influence and practical skills.
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Ua Ditch
Pep
Samuel
Marne
Jackies
Mummmili Mme
Mammmimue
Mara
Arey
Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
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