American influenced revues dominate English venues
The article notes male audiences prefer light relief with informal manners and smoking. It highlights American influence in English revues through dance, ragtime, slang, and rapid action. A copyright case about titles like Splash Me and Some Splash was heard, with Some Glee mentioned as a competing revue.
French Soldiers Kept Well Fed Two Meals a Day
AP correspondence notes French soldiers enjoy two solid meals daily with bread and coffee for breakfast. Ragout and pot au feu dominate dinner and supper, with vegetables and potatoes plentiful. Cooks are valued as vital regimental figures, while every usable part of the meat is fed to the men.
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Associated Press
France
Eek
Mornin
Soldier rations and bread details in captured lines
The text describes limited meat and bread provisions for soldiers. It notes occasional steak or chop supply for treatment, bread types including French bread baked with milk, and portions cut away before serving. It mentions wine allowance and optional luxuries like salad cheese or fruit, plus soldiers growing some greens near their position.
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Paria
Germans Ask Why Foes Are Not Seeking Peace
Harlan Der 6 reports Overseas News Agency analysis notes German interpellation in the Reichstag on peace terms. It argues enemies, after Balkan defeats and military failures, have not begun negotiations and may misread Germany's potential peace terms as signs of weakness.
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Germany
Clermany
Scientists and Soldiers Tale in Crystallography Honors
In wartime London, W. Bragg and his son receive Neotel medals for crystal formation studies linked to Prof. Love. Fellow researcher M. J. Moseley dies from Gallipoli gunfire. The Braggs and related scientists contributed to X ray and crystal research influencing physics Nobel work.
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London
Deryuiy-Liieutenant
Rage
WN. Brage
Neotel
Tinh
Minsters Ae
Monry J. M. Moseley
Aateer
Gallipoli
Bragg
Prof Lave
Prof Love
Russian Troops in Winter Camps Near Front Line
Petrograd dispatch describes the First Siberian corps wintering in near front trenches along the Sastehn front. Camp quarters are semi underground with steam baths, ample food, and clothing while shells whistle overhead and daily fire continues. The unit tours include officers clubs, a 20 piece orchestra, and Red Cross HQ under Kalpashnikoff.
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Petrograd
Sastehn
Rees
Russian Red Cross
Andrew Kalpashnikoff
Washington
Malcolm Grow
Philadelphia
Chorus Man Is Almost Absolete Since War Began
London readers note the decline of chorus girls as revues dominate theaters since the war began. The piece contrasts London revue trends with French and American influences, noting fewer chorus numbers and a shift toward star comedians, solo acts, and modern spectacle.
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London
Varity
Marcie Hello
New York
Piccadilly
Wartine
Needle shortages plague daily life in wartime Italy
Rome reports scarce needles toilet supplies and drugs as Germany supplies much of Italy. Aspirin remedies are scarce doctors struggle to fill prescriptions. Transportation shipping for war uses strains sugar and coal costs rise. living costs jump.
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Rome
Italy
Germany
Weld County to push Sterling Cheyenne state highway plan
New Raymer Representative C R Graves reports Weld and Logan county officials discuss building a state highway from Sterling to the Wyoming line via Willard Stoneham New Haymer Keota Briggsdale Grover Hereford with possible convoy labor. Officials aim to connect Deadwood Denver Yellowstone Lincoln highways at the Wyoming border.
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Cole, Dee
Loman
Weld County
Wyoming State Line
Laramie County
Wyoming
State Line
Cheyenne
Deadwood
Denver
Yellowstone Park
Lincoln
Grover
Keota
Briggsdale
Ureeley
State Highway Commission
Weld
Logan
Logan County
C. R. Graves
New Raymer
Sterling
Maharajah of Kapurthala Returns From Paris Jubilee
After a nine month absence Jagatjit Singh Bahadur, ruler of Kapurthala, leaves Paris to mark the silver jubilee of his accession in Punjab. He says he sees no danger of revolt in India though German efforts to stir disloyalty persist in Kapurthala and other areas.
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Paris
Kapurtha A
Jagatjit Singh Bahadur
Punjab
India
Kapurthala
Rail Road Dream Hushed by Uncertain Local Prospects
Local discussions center on a proposed Greybull Valley railroad tied to gas wealth and a Meeteetse smelter. Secretary Houx’s optimistic talk sparks curiosity, but authorities caution that past railroad promises in the area were not fulfilled.
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Greyhull
Greybull Valley
Hare
Secretary Houx
Hien
Proming
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