War front scenes from Arras a Sunday visit
James M. Tu chy reports from Arras where British troops advance and supply networks move like clockwork. Camps line roads with motor garages and depots while French civilians remain scarce except the old and very young. aviators engage German planes as tanks and artillery reshape the battlefield amid shrapnel and smoke.
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James Mm. Tuchy
New York World
Brithah
France
Arran
London
Arras
Popular Capital Hostess Mabbinw Active In Washington Society
Mrs. W. D. Mabbinw, famed hostess in Washington high society, has lived worldwide with her diplomat husband. She has been notably active in entertaining allied confessions brought to the capital in recent weeks.
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W. D. Mabbinw
Washington
Widow Sends Hidden Mite For Army Y M C A
A note dropped in a church collection in Eugene Oregon claimed a widow donated her mite to support army Y M C A work. The note read I took in washing that I might give this mite for your comfort. No name appeared on the envelope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene, Ore
From private to brigadier general in Ohio’s Third Brigade
Cleveland story of Charles X. Zimmerman rising from a teen worker to brigadier general of the Third Ohio brigade. His career spans service in the Fifth Ohio Infantry, captaincy in the Spanish War era, later civil roles, Luna Park management, and Federal League ties. His men praise his leadership as he assumes a new command and gathers his former soldiers.
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New
Ohio Brigade
Cleveland
Charles X. Zimmerman
Cox
Third Ohio Brigade
Charles X
Fifth Ohio Infantry
Spain
Civilife
Luna Park
Federal League
Missouri Postmaster in New York Courtesy Slapstick Trial
James H. Guitar of Columbia Missouri, a post master, faced court after an odd room incident. He asked a bellboy for “salve” then brandished a large shooting iron and shouted “Git” when told to leave. Police intervened and he explained the scene to the court.
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New York
James H. Guitar
Columbia
Missouri
Mr. Guitar
Inventors Strive for Means to Rid Oceans of Submarines
Early action in America calls for mobilizing invention for fighting purposes. The article discusses the U-boat threat, the flood of proposed solutions, and the difficulty of making a practical device due to submarine invisibility and submerged operations. It notes that nets, mines, and air or sea methods have limited effectiveness and stresses selecting capable officers to lead experiments.
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America
United States Navy
British Board of Inventions
Mexican art flagged by government shocks Rodin exhibit
A fragmentary notice reports the Mexican government seizing or challenging a sculpture by Rodin amid a dispute over a Mexican art exhibit. Shenana Draper and others are mentioned in a garbled context about flags and protection of a sculpture at the National Academy of Fine Arts.
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Rodiff
Fighting Jimmy Paul of St. Louis Laid to Rest by Foreign Legion
Paris reports James Paul known as Fighting Jimmy of St. Louis died in action in Champagne while leading a bombing party against German positions. He was killed by a German ambush after a traitorous bluff. Fellow legion members honored him at an improvised cemetery with wounded soldiers attending.
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Jimmy” Paul
Font
Enemy
French Foreign Legion
Paris
James Paul
St. Louis
Paul
Jimmy
Champagne
Legion
Arthur Berry
Boston
Christopher Charles
Brooklyn
Paul Layo
Belloy-en-Snanterre
Somme
West Virginia Bans Loafing War Time Work Law
West Virginia enacts a wartime statute requiring every able male aged sixteen to sixty to work at least 86 hours weekly in any lawful employment. Exempts students during school, violators face fines up to 100 dollars or state assignment with dependents paid a small wage. The law aims to compel useful work during the war.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Italians Build Fine Roads in Albania
After the war Albania will have the best wagon rows in the Balkans, surpassing Greece and Romania. A 400 kilometer road from Santa Quarota to Saloniki opened, praised as a monument to labor and engineering. A motorist covers the route in about 20 hours. A second road of 110 kilometers from Aviona to Saloni is soon to open.
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Rome
Albana
Balkan
Greece
Romania
Santa Quaraota
Saloniki
Thalia
Howra
Aviona
Adiplate
Saloni
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Tommy Ia
Mlott
Watt
Poaithona
Arrasfeld
ARMY
Tip
Missourian
Bell Boy
Boards of Inventions
England
United States
New ‘York
Germany
Shotgheta
Tiis
Aevat Amt
Sen
Frain
Ralee Flags Underground
Shenana Draper
Eplery the
Emoyees
Henry
Sharpe
Henry G. Sharpe
Bagk
THE
Militia OF Mercy
Albania
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