Dame Indomitable Guarded Amid Ruins In French War
In a charred French village a lone survivor, La Dame Indomitable, cares for two American officers and labors for the Salvation Army. She stays amid shelling and gas, sleeping on boxes, walking miles for bread, insisting she is not old at sixty five or seventy, while the village lies ruined and deserted except for her.
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France
Don Martin
New York Herald
Amerlican
Salvation Army
Dame
Indomitable
la Dame
Paris
I Was A Hospital To My Town In War Time
An elderly Frenchwoman recalls sheltering wounded soldiers during early war days. She hid a chocolate cup for her hostess, fed coffee to injured troops, endured shell strikes on her home, and turned her house into a hospital. A French general later thanked her in a letter praising her bravery and her sons.
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Agin
Twie
Gretna Green in America: Elopement Routes Highlighted
In Pittsburgh a sixteen year old divorce plaintiff details Gretna Green style elopement in Wellsburg and New Martinsville areas. A taxi driver wife meets trains to rush couples to license offices and the altar. The claim emerged during a divorce hearing.
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Pittsburgh
Wellsburg
W. Va
Gretna
America
Otto Schenck
Youth is victor over noted foe in British air war
London reports Lieut Arthur Rhys Davids, an Etonian and Royal Flying Corps flyer, credited with 22 enemy aircraft destroyed or forced down in nine weeks. The Gazette notes his bravery alongside fellow airmen such as Lieut R H Ayre and details his near-fatal encounters with German ace Voss during a famed dogfight.
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London
Voss
Arthur Rhys Davids
Ivos
Rhys Davids
Chipstead Downs
Summerfield
Balliol
Newcastle
Royal Flying Corps
Young Davids
M. C
France
Schafer
Rhys
Alrmgn
Lieut, R, Wh, Ayre, R. F, Co
Peanut Flour Bread Hits Market In Florida
Washington reports peanut flour bread now widely distributed by a Gainesville baking company in cooperation with chemist B F Williamson. Made from peanut cake after oil extraction, it contains fat and offers almost twice the nitrogenous value of dried beef. The blend uses one fifth peanut flour to four fifths wheat flour for a balanced bread likely priced below wheat flour.
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Washington
Gainesville
Pla
B. FP. Williamson
Food Administration
Florida
Man Claims German Blood To Falsify Marine Enlistment
William Strasburger, an Newark New Jersey enlistment applicant, displayed a bandaged toe to Marine Sgt Thomas Green and claimed he bled German blood to prove his heritage. He argued he pricked the toe farthest from the heart to ensure German origin, but the World notes he did not meet weight and height requirements for service.
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William Strasburger
United States Marine Corps
Newark
N. J
Thomas Green
Green
Strasburger
New York World
Swamp-Root Promises Kidney Support After Grip
Doctors report grip epidemics leaving many with weakened kidneys and back or urinary issues. Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root, an herbal remedy, is advertised to strengthen kidneys after grip and is offered as a trial bottle by mail from Binghamton New York with ten cents postage. Regular and large bottles are sold at druggists.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
de Eure
Ady
Practical Clairce-Why Give Candy to June
Ambiguous lines reference love and possession involving Bob June and a dentist. The fragment hints at romantic rivalry with unclear names and actions. No clear event or outcome is described to form a factual news item.
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June
Bob
Smoked Shark On Sale Across Atlantic Fishing Grounds
The United States Food Administration bulletin reports fishermen from Florida to the Atlantic coast are capturing sharks suitable for food and smoking meat. The product is entering markets and finding ready sale.
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Atlaantic
Florida
United States Food Administration
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Victor
Germany
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Wrigley’s
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David Rovers
David Roberts
Veh ‘Co
Grand Avenue
Waukesha
Wie
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