Building towns ruined by Huns in huge task
French front dispatch reports the Somme and Oise departments face slow reconstruction after World War I destruction. Of 9,000 houses destroyed and 2,500 damaged in Somme, only about 950 have been rebuilt in ten months. Portable houses, local labor, and aid from American, British, and French charities support a plan centering on a temporary city hall, school, and central store as rebuilding begins. Transportation and land cultivation progress accompany animal restocking and salvage efforts amid continued wartime constraints.
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Department of the Somme
Department of the
Oise
Somme
Cdgiers
Department of Rows
Soen
Iister
L Fying
Associated Press
Red Cross Reconstruction Branch
Ashong
Baseball activity surges on west coast
San Francisco reports unprecedented amateur baseball growth with many games scheduled Sundays at suitable fields. Sailors and teams from naval stations and corners organize leagues across the Pacific coast, drawing major and minor ranks into competitions. Enthusiasts say a big league pitcher can be seen for bush league prices or even free.
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San Francisco
Cal
Mar
Pacific
Christian Science Reading Room Near Camp Kearny
A Christian Science building intended as a reading room for soldiers nears completion at Camp Kearny on Center Street just outside the reservation. A secretary will administer the facility which will be open around the clock.
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Willa
Camp Kearney
San Diego
Cal
Center Street
Hostem House
Shipyard Work Big Job for U S Fleet Corporation
The Emergency Fleet Corporation finances fifty eight shipyards with wood steel and composite vessels. By Feb 1 total spending nears 27.9 million dollars with $99 million shipyard value and $54 million needed for completion. Hogar land yard expected to add about 15 to 0 million dollars in costs.
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Fleet Corporation
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Mnateel Ahipm
Cccccuses
Ncs
Hogarland Yard
Garden Lesson Tells How to Grow Own Food
Garden lesson explains using stable manure as fertilizer for backyard plots and notes low costs. It mentions prepared commercial fertilizers at seed stores and suggests that well used fertilizer yields larger crops. Future lessons will cover soil spading fertilizing cultivating sowing and planting.
Spokane to host W S C vs Montana football game
Spokane officials announced that Washington State College will host the football game against the University of Montana on November 23 after talks between the two schools at the Northwest Collegiate Conference meeting. Additional arrangements were discussed to possibly move the Oregon Agricultural University game to Spokane.
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Spokane
Wash
Washington State College
University of Montana
Oregon Agricultural
Parpe Ober
Aged Woman Knits Record in Moscow Idaho
Mrs. Alwida Smith, over 70, has knitted 18 sweaters two pairs of socks and four wristlets since November 1. A Civil War nurse her husband was wounded and she enlisted as a private to reach him. Her two sons served in the Spanish American War and a grandson joined the navy last March.
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Moscow
Idaho
Alwida Smith
WHAT IS GOING ON IN GERMANY
An eyewitness account describes German wartime censorship and indoctrination. It recounts prisoner parades in occupied towns, restrictions on printing casualties, and control of news to shape public perception. The piece questions whether the German people will awaken as U S soldiers begin sending letters home.
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Germany
England
Austria
Hungary
Vienna
Cougars Named UW Varsity Nickname by Board
The University of Washington board of control officially adopted Cougars as the varsity nickname. California has Bears and Princeton Tigers, but Seattle’s institution will be known as the Cougars.
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Seattle
Wash
California
Bears
Princeton
Tigers
University of Washington
University Board of Control
U S Won’t Send Enough Hospital Supplies to France
Washington reports Charlotte Evans Marsh daughter of Admiral Robley Evans and wife of Commander C C Marsh says the United States can never send enough hospital supplies to France. She has raised about 8090 dollars and 5000 dollars in goods for Avignon hospitals since last May with no expenses charged to the charity.
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Washington, D.C
United States
France
Charlotte Evans Marsh
Robley Evans
Bob
C. C. Marsh
Avignon
Ees de Sienna
Saweences
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Morgan
Propla
Sevdbteen
Switzerland
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Helie
Boteh
Russia
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Desiong
Los Angeles
Peerless Iron and Wire Works Co
Larimer St
Denver
Heyenne
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Santor
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Cheyenne Steam Laundry and Cleaning Company
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