Pershing Army Report Highlights War Leadership and Meuse Victory
Washington reports Gen. John J. Pershing’s detailed war stewardship from start of American involvement through November 20. He credits officers and soldiers, recounts key battles from Marne to Meuse Argonne, notes French aid in artillery aviation and tanks, and tallies American forces and prisoners captured.
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Washington
John J. Pershing
Baker
France
Pershing
Meuse
Germany
Lne
Reims
Hel Sthetr
Twenty
Marne
Chateau Thierrys
Veingle
Pershing Gays
Ourmes
Marne Salient
United States
Foch
Chateau Thierry
Soissons
Berzy-le See
Beau Repatre Farm
Vierzy
Tigny
Salient
St Mihiel Salient
Waight
Port Sur Seille
Moselle
St Mihiel
Verdun
Forest of
Argonne
Seventeenth Corps
General Pershing
St Mihiel Ralient
Thinnenurt
Nomrard
Vigneulies
Thiaucourt
Vigneulles
Fresnes-en- Wueyre
Pershig
Americana
Mann's Land
The
Sedan
Meuse- Argonne
Hindenburg
St Quentin Canal
Jolin
Belgium
Europe
Alurmansk
States
America
U. S
Soldier recalls war. bullets that missed him amaze
A wartime soldier returns home and, in a South Ireland service with a lady, is asked what from his military career struck him most. He replies that the thing he found most wonderful was all the bullets that missed him.
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Ireland
National Kitchens Boost British War Time Food Supply
The British bureau of information reports 1,000,000 portions sold daily across 623 national kitchens and restaurants in London and countryside. These communal kitchens, a postwar development, save labor and fuel for housewives. Nearly 200 new schemes await approval as winter approaches.
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British Bureau of Information
London
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as the fastest remedy for stomach distress including sour stomach gas indigestion and bloating. It claims instant relief after taking a tablet and notes the tablets are inexpensive at drug stores.
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Pape
The Hard Hearted Jailor and the Suffragist
A fragment from a Buffalo Ex presa piece presents a dialogue between a suffragist and a hobo about jail and sacrifice. The exchange questions whether one would endure imprisonment for a principle, noting the dralier’s insistence on work and the failed experiment of the hobo.
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de Dralier
Buffalo Expresa
Haarlem Oil Capsules Promoted As Universal Kidney Relief
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a long trusted remedy for kidney and bladder issues. It claims easy dosing with five drops per capsule, imported from Holland, and widely available at stores, appealing to those with back pain digestion insomnia or stone-like symptoms.
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Bes
Holland
Enforced Silence and Trolley Ambulances
In the Birmingham Age-Herald the piece notes enforced silence in a domestic exchange and mocks a forgetful habit about teeth. It then shifts to a practical note on trolley ambulances stating open trolleys with seat backs removed can carry 16 litters and 16 sitting passengers, implying trolleys make useful mobile medical units.
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Abe
Spohn
Canta
Spohn Medical CO
Geshen, Ind
U. B. Ao
One of Those Foreign Makes and Faint Warnings
Quirky dialogue questions knowledge of Ukraine and warns against headaches remedies. A wry note on time and mortality frames the snippet with a bleak aside about worms turning and little excitement. The piece hints at cultural foreignness and personal health skepticism in a compact epigram.
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Ukraine
Meant Business and Shopping Jokes in Life Columns
Brief snippets explore humorous contrasts in fashion and shopping habits. A playful quip cites Mrs Hatterson and Mrs Catterson with a sailor’s dinner theme. The gag ends with a pun about roe as a suitable fish choice.
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Mra. Hatterson
Mra. Catterson
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Paris
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Vosges
Battle of
St. Mihiel
Carter
Arter
Eel
Chicago
Meg
Canada
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Aian
RSA
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