Weekly War News Digest and Home Front Notes
A wartime digest urges careful kerosene use and lamp maintenance to stretch fuel for winter. It covers air war evolution from observation to bombing, Allied and German bombing history, and the challenges of long-range bombing, plus home front training and public attitudes toward food rules and democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil Conservation
United States Fuel Administration
Allied Flying Corps
Karlsruhe
World Independence Day drive by film firms and war labor ads
In 1918 wartime notes outline July Fourth ideals shared globally by Women’s War Work leaders. The campaign invites theaters to run trailers urging farm labor recruitment aided by eleven major film manufacturers and the U S Employment Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Old World
America
Globe
Europe
Committee On ‘Public Information
Josephine Roche
United States Employment Service
Department of Labor
Farm Service Division
Moving Picture
Employment Service
Girls Assist in Plane Production Splicing Cables
Workers described by H. E. Miles include girls aiding airplane production by splicing cables and performing other tasks as part of factory labor efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Miles
Cure for Dysentery Reported From Des Moines
William Whitelaw of Des Moines Iowa recounts hearing a Ashland Kansas resident describe Chamberlain s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy saving his daughter from a deadly dysentery attack after a physician had given up. He says he used the remedy himself with good results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Kansas
Chamberlain
William Whitelaw
Des Moines
Iowa
War game mirrors baseball but fans bear umpire’s chances
The comparison notes that in the war game fans must take as many chances as the umpire, unlike baseball where the umpire controls calls. The statement highlights the harsher, more open risk faced by spectators in the war game context.
Notice for Public Filing of Homestead Claim in Montana
Department of the Interior notice announces James K. Harris of Chateau Montana filing for three year proof to establish homestead claim on lands described in sections 27 and 34, township 24 north range 6 west, before A C Warner at Chateau on August 17, 1918. Witnesses listed: Russell R. Mellon, Fred Lee, Louis Owens, George Sabo Jr., all of Chateau. First pub July 11, last Aug 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Great Falls
Montana
James K. Harris
Chateau
Ney
Township 24
Range 6
West
Meridian
A. C. Warner
U. S
Russell R. Mellon
Fred Lee
Louis Owens
George Sabo, Jr
Chotteau
J. A. Barker
Register
Department
of the Interior
Stella M. Cady
Range
Ohn D. Godwin
George M. Bony
Daniel A. McFarlane
Frederick W. Mcfarlane
Kalma
German shelling Paris despite claims of restraint
An OCR fragment references German artillery on Paris and a broader claim of restraint, noting a surprising belief that it is more blessed to give than receive. The readable text is fragmentary and lacks clear dates or sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
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Ches
Toom
Black Sea
Germany
McJones
MrcSmith
Food Administration
United States Army
Congress
Adjt
Henry P. McCain
Navy
Daniels
H. E. Allen
Harry Koppel
William H. Kane
United States Naval Reserve Forces
Austin Foss
Koppel
Kane
Foss
Pauline
Allen
Story
Apollo Concert Company
Chautauqua
Moana Vierra
Royal Hawaiian Quartet
Arthur D. Carpenter
Hoening
A. C. Zehner
Metropolitan Artists
Elliott A. Boys
Henry Warren
Mother Goose Chautauqua
New York City Marine Band
Elsie Mae Gordon
Mario Lolito
Mary Adel Hayes
the Hichorns
Japan
Minasaku
Toshi Yamamoto
Hichorns
Major Smith
Mother Goose Chautauqua Aftternoon
Schubert
Beatrice E. Heskett
Schubert Serenaders
Russia
Science
Prince Kropotkin
Union
Canada
Canal Zone