Noted Explorer Praises Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Capt Roald Amundsen writes of Lake Forest facility near Chicago praising its size and scope. He notes training of 13 000 since war began, 23 000 current recruits, air training devices and sound location tests for U boats, and the 700 man Sousa band in the arsenal.
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Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Roald Amundsen
Mall
Paris
Lake Forest
Chicago
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
William A. Moffett
America
John Philip Sousa
Lere
United States Navy
Fear Glass Eye Famine in United States
Denver glass blower Aaron Kohler says only three U S workers make glass eyes. He notes pre war one in 200 wore a glass eye, but demand now far exceeds supply. The trade, concentrated in Europe, may take a generation to catch up as each eye lasts about a year.
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Denver
Colo
United States
Aaron Kohler
Kohler
Europe
The Salute Higher in Command Poem by Buhler
A poem by M. E. Buhler about military courtesy and the salute as a pledge of duty. It describes soldiers and officers meeting, the silent greeting, and the resolve to be worthy in word and action across sea or land.
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M. E. Buhler
War Courses Added At University Of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma in Norman has added six special chemistry courses in the school of mechanical engineering to meet wartime needs. The program covers petroleum products petroleum and natural gas technology and several laboratory classes.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Hen lays eggs in a willow tree in East Hartford
J A Daniels of Silver Lane reports a hen nests in a willow tree ten feet above ground and has been laying eggs regularly on the high perch after a hired man observed the bird cackling on a branch.
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East Hartford
Conn
J. A. Daniels
Silver Lane
Mr. Daniels
Captain McCudden Wins Victoria Cross for Gallantry
London reports Captain James Byford McCudden Royal Flying Corps, age 22, has received the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery during December 1917 to February 1918, adding the Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Military Medal, and bars to other decorations for a record of destroying or driving down dozens of enemy machines in high risk aerial actions.
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London
Britain
France
James Byford McCudden
McCudden
Bishop
Guynemer
Ball
Baron von Richthofen
Indienne
MceCudden
Nip and Tuck Washington Warns on Food Supply
The article urges steady and constant conservation in America to sustain the food flow amid German submarine attacks. It notes grain and food shipments are targeted and stresses saving more food at docks and from 1917 surplus to cover 1918 needs, with cereals as vital exports to allies and a warning that war cannot endure if production and saving lag behind consumption.
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Washington
America
Germany
Armerien
Tucking Food Production as a War Effort
The article states that saving and producing food is a direct military contribution to the war effort, underscoring how domestic food measures support victory.
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Tuck
Tongue Cut Out By HMS Auburn In War Prison Message
In Neb city a famous physician says Germans cut out his tongue after capture. Before the owner left for war he told relatives to look under a postage stamp for a secret message. A later German prison camp letter carried a censored stamp note. The stamp hid the line They have cut out my tongue.
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Auburn
Neb
Wilkie
Monsage
General Grant saluted by veterans on Memorial Day
On Memorial Day 1884 Grand Army of the Republic veterans marched past General Grant in New York as he watched from his window unable to speak. Tears filled his eyes as he saluted the old soldiers, a final farewell to the army that saved the Union.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Lee
Washington
Jerusalem
Grand Army of the Republic
New York City
Vicksburg
Corinth
Shiloh
Chattanooga
Appomattox
Memorial Day Verse Reflects on War and Grief by Velas Matlock
A reflective poem laments ritual Memorial Day phrases and the cost of war. It evokes soldiers buried with honor, the nation’s promises, and ongoing sacrifice as another year passes.
Memorial Day by Herman Hagedorn
This piece honors Memorial Day as Americans decorate graves and recall lovers sacrifices of past wars. It links remembrance to resolve to preserve liberty against a modern foe while praising both military and civilian sacrifices for democracy’s enduring peace.
Old Soldiers Remain Steadfast Through Diminishing Ranks
Although their ranks shrink steadily, veterans still march on with many journeys ahead before the last departs for the final rest.
Memorial Day Reverie and Civil War Toll Reflections
Wartime elegy celebrates sacrifice and freedom while lamenting deaths in the Civil War. The piece notes a vast toll, mentioning a million soldiers sent to eternity and the broader cost of conflict amid a fading national resolve. It also briefly references Uganda's Protestant ring and population.
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