Montenegrin Folklore and Red Cross Mission
A dispatch from Aug 15 describes Montenegrin beliefs about disease and hygiene amid a Red Cross mission. Superstitions linger as villagers seal windows and blame spirits for illness while ignoring medical advice. A case notes a throat ailment cured after disregarding antiseptic guidance. The report also mentions British war pond inscriptions exceeding 1,750,000.
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Associated Press
Monteneste
Lerican
Red .Cross
Frv
Baleful
Red
Blind and missing hands soldier writes with aids
London sept 12 blind Sgt Alan M Nichols of the Second Durham light infantry, despite losing both hands, is now able to write letters as proficiently as a normal stenographer. Through patient training a specially constructed typewriter aluminum hands and his own spirit restored his writing ability, passing a two hour fifteen minute test with only two corrections.
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London
Alan M. Nichols
Durham Light Infantry
Nichols
Going After Alleged Thief, Man Is Hurt
Antonio Tabbacchine of 60 Har rald avenue was treated at the emergency hospital yesterday at noon for wounds to his right foot and hand. He said a man who had been stealing his wood attacked him with a hoard containing rusty nanxy. A tetanus injection was given.
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Antonio Tabbacchine
Harrald Avenue
Two Held In Retention Case Near New York City
Judge Wilder granted a continuance until this morning in cases against Jim Miscola and Micha Carrado charged with stealing crokers from a grocery store on Boston Avenue last Saturday. The incident occurred south of New York City.
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Judge Wilder
Jim Miscola
Micha Carrado
New York City
Boston Avenue
Inter intervention plot questioned by Senate panel
Washington reports state that League of Free Nations claims of a Mexico intervention plot were based on information from George F. Weeks. L. J. De Bekker testified that weeks supplied most league literature, defended Carranza, and accused the U.S. President of knowing who backed the alleged plot amid tense cross examination.
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Washington
League of Free Nations Association
Mexico
Géorge F. Weeks
Mexican Review
Carrenga
L. J. de Bekker
Senate Foreign Relations
de Bekker
Lésangue
League
Fall
Brandegen
Carranza
United States
Bekker
War Board Proposal Seen To Dominate Postwar Labor Policy
Ottawa report cites the success of the wartime War Labor Board in resolving 1245 disputes and fostering wage increases, urging creation of national industrial conferences and boards to handle postwar labor issues, with local and district bodies and a production board to raise output and cut costs. The secretary W Jett Lauck argues for a national labor board as a court of last resort and a participatory program for democratizing industry.
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Ottawa
Oxt
United States War Laper Board
W. Jett Lauck
National Industrial Conference of Canada
National Labor Board
War Labor Board
Lauck
National’ Industrial Conference
Congress
Ony
Almillar
Pershing Begins Office Routine After Return From France
Washington reports General John J. Pershing settling into office routine at American Expeditionary Forces headquarters after parades and receptions. A large staff allocates offices and ships papers from Chaumont to the new HQ as the First Division and congressional welcome mark the week’s events. Pershing plans to address final accounting before taking vacation.
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Washington
France
General Pershing
Hero of
American Expeditionary Forces
American Expeditionary Forces General Headquarters
Chaumont
Mexico
Villa
Pershing
Nomadic Trucks DeLuxe Tires Prove Durable
De Luxe tires on two of five Nomadic Trucks exceeded 25 000 miles with tread remaining strong. Truck owners across Ohio Indiana Virginia Tennessee and beyond report favorable opinions of De Luxe Tires and their performance for fleet use.
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Peck Slip
Ohio
Indiana
Virginia
Tennessee
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