Ruined French Towns After German Retreat Described
An observer tours the Arras to Peronne region and Hindenburg line noting obliterated villages, graves, and shells left by retreating Germans. Peronne and Roisel are described as ruins with forts, citadels, and scattered American engineer works amid vast destruction.
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T. Bye
Darter Mareh
Arras
Peronne
Ofen
St. Quentin
Roinel
Toluel
Rossel
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
To Cure a Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromoq
An old advertising claim touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets to cure a cold in one day. It asserts the medicine stops cough and headache and that each bag bears B. M. signature.
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B. M
Soldiers to Get Service Badges for Border Service
El Paso Texas March 30. The war department authorized Mexican service badges for officers and enlisted men who participated in Vera Cruz April 1914 to November 1914 punitive expeditions 1916 to 1917 border patrol engagements 1911 to 1917 and related campaigns. The ribbon is worn on a bar plate with full dress uniforms. officers in the field wear only the ribbon.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mar
Mexico
United States Army
War Department
México
Vera Cruz
United States
Border Patrol
General Funston
General Porshing
George T. Langhorne
Glenn Springs
Juare
Augua Prieta
Nogales
Napo
Ojinaga
Reading tastes of soldiers from trenches to hospital
A Washington dispatch reports that American and British troops share similar high class reading, favoring adventure stories and authors like Jack London, Rudyard Kipling, Conan Doyle, and Dumas. The piece notes gendered tastes and the absence of high brow psychology among frontline readers.
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Washington, D. C
Frank Merriwell
Oliver Optic
Trench
Hospital
Jack London
Mark Twain
Mark
Nat Gould
Rudyard Kipling
William le Quex
A Conan Doyle
Ian Hay
James Boys
Mistouri
Nick Carter
Delegates Attend National Child Welfare Conference
Delegates from every section of the country gather in Washington for a child welfare conference at the interior building. Discussions focus on children health with Miss Julias Lathrop outlining a nation wide baby saving campaign starting April 1. Speakers include Dr Grace Meigs Dr Dorothy Mendenhall Dr Josephine Baker Florence Kelley and others.
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Washington
Julias, Lathrop
Children's Bureau
Grace Meigs
Children’s Bureau
Dorothy Mendenhall
Wisconsin
Jowphine Baker
New York City Board of Health
Lane Cans
Iowa
Florence Kelley
National Cottonmers’ League
Sue Buthenhelm
New Jersey
Frederick Solike
Portland
Ore
Oregon Congress of Mothers and Plate Welfare
Woman's Sena Sen
Socialists in America urged to back war on the Central Powers
The Bohemian federation calls on the Socialist Party of America to declare support for the U.S. war effort against the Central Powers and to aid the government against all enemies, arguing the St Louis convention stance is untenable and urging a prowar, pro democracy line aligned with allied labor parties. Signatories include Tony Novotney and others.
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New York
Socialist Party of America
United States
Bohemian Federation
St. Louis
Russia
Socialist Party
Europe
Germany
Maswin
Party of America
Central Po
Nnt
Tony Novotvey
F. Belac
A. V. Vessly
Fr. Z
Farm Labor Question Will Be Solved Soon
Washington March 30 The article outlines government and state efforts to solve farm labor shortages during war. Plans include surveys to estimate needs, directing labor to where needed, training high school students, deploying volunteer farm workers, and creating farm help specialists to coordinate labor supplies across states.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Labor
State Agricultural Colleges
United States
Y. M
Thia
Athain
Germany
Tang
Ecole
Turo
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