Training Camp at Great Lakes Aims to Arm 20 000 Sailors
About 8,200 men are being fitted for service at the naval training station with plans to train upward of 20,000 in the summer. Camp Paul Jones hosts a tented city, wireless towers, and a varied workforce from the middle West including engineers, farmers, and factory workers. Captain W A Moffett leads preparations to build the world’s largest such facility while Lieut John Philip Sousa directs a 242 musician band in training.
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Great Lakes
Unit
John Philip Sousa
G. Smith
University of Michiegan
W. A. Moffett
Navy Department
Moffett
Congress
Paul Jones
Michigan
Missouri
Navy
Middle West
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansans
Iowa
Kentucky
Paul Fores
Deserters Flood Dutch Border As Uhlans Try to Stop Them
From The Hague report that Dutch border towns see large desertions from German forces. Up to 500 to 600 soldiers attempted to cross near Cadsand but were stopped by 200 Uhlans with machine guns. Most would be deserters were killed or captured. eight reached safety in Holland. Deserters recount dire Belgium and German conditions and lack of faith in victory. One escaped prisoner disputed the tale with a German flight lieutenant and a Russian general.
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W. J. L. Kiehl
Chicago Daily News
Hague
Holland
Cadsand
Bruges
Belgium
Germany
Maastricht
Leutenants
Alfies
Cas Wells
Von
Schneidige Neutenants
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Berlin
Leutenant
Weber Kamerad
Bertin
German and Dutch Observations from Wartime Frontiers
An embedded report describes German officers and soldiers along the Dutch border sharing meals despite harsh discipline. It notes Allied prisoners facing brutal treatment, and Dutch officers criticizing German caste prejudice while observing neutral zone exchanges and wartime shortages.
Cleveland Youth Pen Pies Message From Camp
Art Lippert of Cleveland writes from a Marine Corps camp praising his mother's pies and humorously notes they'd be worth twenty to twenty five dollars and taste like a million dollars to him, reflecting wartime sentiment.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Marine Corps
Art Lippert
Fight Log
Service
Mater
Insect Fight Tips For Garden Plants
Advice for controlling garden pests with sulpho tobacco soap sprays quassia tea and soap suds for rose bugs red spider and aphids. It covers root lice on asters chrysanthemums and vigilant methods like hand picking jarring beetles and powder treatment with powders refreshed for effective results.
Look Out for the Black Beetle
A reader warns of a deadly black beetle damaging asters and urges daily plant inspections. It prescribes making an emulsion from soap and kerosene, diluted with water, to spray plants at first sign of beetles to prevent further infestation.
Woman's relief cited from Lydia E Pinkham remedy
George R Naylor of Marysville Pennsylvania writes of years of cramps and period pains then finds relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. He reports longer steadier periods and improved health, encouraging others with similar symptoms to seek the remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
George R. Nayylor
Marysville
Rome
Ydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Lag Mae
Ly Gpen
Too Much forr Him in the Conscription Debate
A strapping young soldier complains that conscription saves the country but forces men into social roles. A practical plumber laments forced service while a minister, lawyer, and auctioneer clash over Egyptian law in the night, risking a gas leak dispute.
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Hymon
L Awyer
Five Decades of Swamp-Root Endorsement by Pharmacist
Otto H. Lippert of Cincinnati Ohio reports twenty five years of selling Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root with no complaints and strong customer praise He urges readers to try a sample bottle by mailing ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York and to request a booklet on kidneys
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
Value of Deep Breathing Health Tip
A health note claims deep breathing can extend life by five years. It advises 20 to 50 daily breaths using a ten count in, hold, and out. The writer cites personal experience, noting deep breaths improve circulation and may prevent colds, referencing Ladies' Home Journal.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Freckles Vanish With Othine Double Strength
Advertisement promises removal of freckles using othine double strength. Apply a wet ounce from your druggist night and morning to darken spots fade lighter freckles, claim is complete skin clearing often with one ounce, money back guarantee if failure.
Tramp Seeks Work After Soap Factory Unemployment
A dirty tramp at a back door pleads for aid saying he lost his job three weeks ago and has found no work. The woman asks what kind of job he held and he replies he worked in a soap factory. She notes he was not discharged for dishonesty.
Family servants rarely stay long at estate says Mr Orosstots
Evanescence quotes Mr Orosstots as saying his household keeps no persistent servants and they do not trouble the estate, suggesting high turnover among staff and little entrenched friction.
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Evanescence
Mr. Orosstots
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