Indications of Offensive in Macedonia and Albania
Allied observers note possible new push in Macedonia with Bulgarian weariness and Austro German pressure in the front. French and Italian successes persist in Albania with attacks near the Retz forest and along the Marne to Aiuse front, while British lines face heavy bombardments east of Amiens and Australia and American troops conduct operations near Chateau Thierry.
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Washington
France
Albania
Lake Ochrida
Salonika
Macedonia
Retz
Marne
Amiens
Morris
Chateau Thierry
Mines Holding Submarines In British War Effort
Sir Eric Geddes said mines were hemming in submarines, reducing their freedom as mines stretched from Norway to Scotland. He noted a Wirvege across the Dover straits and mines in Helgoland bight with fast navy craft laid to defend the area. Occasionally an enemy submarine tries to break the Dover barrage.
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London
Eric Geddes
British Admiralty
Edward
Norway
Scotland
Straits of Dover
Helgoland Bight
Train Robbery In Kansas At Koch Siding
Three people were shot as thirteen bandits held up a Missouri Kansas & Texas passenger train near Koch Kansas. The robbers forced the engine crew to detach the mail and express cars before fleeing north in motor vehicles.
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Poola
KansThree
Koch
Idaho Educator Robert Milliken Dies at 80 in Nampa
Robert Milliken longtime professor of agriculture at the University of Idaho and pioneer resident of Nampa dies at age 80 after twenty five years in the city. The obituary notes his role in establishing agricultural education in Idaho.
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Idaho
Nampa
Robert Milliken
University of Idaho
Pittsburg Action Saves 81000 Tons of Coal
The fuel administration reports that government inspection of industrial steam plants in the Pittsburg manufacturing district has saved 81,000 tons of coal. The notice highlights efficiency gains from inspection measures.
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Washington
Pittsburg
The
Fuel Administration
Y M C A Hangout Behind War Front Doors in Paris
Clarence Budington Kell describes thirty sailors using a Paris YMCA club as a casual retreat. They ride nine miles for the free cafeteria, piano, and relaxed atmosphere, with a quick aid from a YMCA “Y” guy to arrange transport back. The piece praises informal hospitality and freedom inside the premises.
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Clarence Budington Kel
Land
Paris
United States
Joan of Arc
Elsie Janis Lifts Morale in Paris Train Shed Show
Paris theater becomes a train shed as American engineers stage Elsie Janis at the front. Her question Are we downhearted prompts a rousing No from the gathered Yanks boosting morale amid wartime strains.
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Alexander Woollcott
Paris
P.R. R
France
Painter
Elsie Janis
PLAN BOYCOTT ON GERMAN MADE GOODS
Beattle Washington women plan a nationwide generation long boycott of German made goods if prisoners are mistreated or harmed. Mrs B A Strout leads local and state volunteers to spread the propaganda among American women.
Elsie Janis the Barnstorming Star of the Western Front
The piece praises Elsie Janis for inspiring U S troops with song and morale on the front lines. It describes her as a fearless, glamorous performer traveling through tank towns, performing in officers messes, aboard aviation camps, and near bivouacs while mother accompanies her. Troops idolize her, giving roaring welcomes and loyalty.
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Columbus
Ohio
Western Front
France
Fred
Elsie Janis
Away
Come Contagion Barracks
Surprise for Church Folk at City Park Baptist
Denver police describe a mid week prayer meeting turned lawn care event at City Park Baptist where the pastor handed out old case knives to members prompting a weed clearing spree that left the church lawn weed free after one hour.
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Denver
Colo
City Park Baptist Church
Soft drink ban hits Little Rock girls and sugar limits
In Little Rock the food administration bans iced tea sherbets and water ices at soda fountains and forbids soft drink stands from serving iced beverages. The order also limits sugar allotments for manufacturers for the remainder of the year amid wartime rations. A separate note mentions a flour mill burning bran for fuel with 100 tons having roughly the energy value of 60 tons of coal.
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Little Rock
Arke
Tate Food Administration
the Food Administration
Freckle and Sunburn Remedy Using Lemons and Orchard White
A vintage ad promises lemon juice mixed with Orchard White in a bottle to create a quarter pint of lotion for freckles sunburn tan and whiter skin. It claims rapid results and harmlessness with grocer lemons and drugstore Orchard White available for a few cents.
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Adr
African golf claim stirs Front reports
A front line commander of a black regiment reports that African golf has been introduced and is liked by the French soldiers. The note appears in a Boston Transcript fragment reflecting wartime humor.
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Boston Transcript
Comfort Baby’s Okin Promoted By Soothing Bath Ointments
An advertisement touts relief for a baby’s skin irritation with hot baths of Cutiura Boap and topical applications Soap 25 Ointment 25 and 60. The copy emphasizes soothing, soothing relief for rashes and itching.
True Patriotism at Hotel Severin for Blue Devils of France
A French soldier injured en route to a breakfast event at Hotel Severin received medical aid from Dr. F. EB. Manker. The Severin’s president A Bennett Gates offered to pay, but the doctor refused the fee saying a French soldier could not pay him and he had a nephew over there.
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Blue Devils
France
Hotel Severin
F. EB. Manker
A. Bennett Gates
the Severin
Indianapolis News
Change of Heart Amid Sudden Temperature Swing
In Muncie Eli Hoover, a wholesale tobacco merchant, notes a sharp temperature drop after a warm evening. He recalls sweating in the garden and deciding to change his heavy clothes, but then changed his mind and kept them on. Ripples of weather whimsy echo in Indianapolis notes.
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Eli Hoover
Muncie
Indianapolis Newa
Austrian Travel Bureau Formed for Postwar Activity
An Austrian travel bureau with a capital of $300,000 has been organized largely to prepare for postwar activity. The move indicates an expanded interest in tourism and related services as Europe rebuilds.
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Tella
Kansas
Y.M.C. A. Wut
Bure
Elsie
America
State Food Administration of Arkansas
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