Germany’s Mitteleuropa plan and American risk
The piece argues Germany seeks a vast empire across Europe and into Asia and the Persian Gulf, citing 1895 pamphlets and 1911 writings. It links Berlin to Bagdad rail, Belgium’s invasion, and a looming Western expansion that could threaten the United States, urging decisive victory to curb German aggression.
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Germany
Europe
Asia
Persian Gulf
Russia
Central Europe
Berlin
Mitteleuropa
Poland
Tannenberg
Kingdom of
Vistula
Galicia
Austria
Rome
Black Sea
Bulgaria
Turkey
Serbia
Belgium
France
America
Africa
South America
England
Afrien
Atlantic
National Wheral Party
Burgeois
Sailors Deposit Near Million in Brooklyn Navy Bank
American sailors last year deposited nearly a million dollars in a branch bank maintained at the Brooklyn Navy Yard building. The report notes steady savings activity by naval personnel and highlights the Navy facility as a community financial anchor.
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Brooklyn Navy
Summer fashion in linen and satin gowns and waists
The article showcases summer outfits with linen coat dresses, white organdie trim, and blue accents. It describes low-heeled doeskin shoes, wide brim hats with chiffon, and various "just so" waistlines and jumper dresses. It also discusses choices in necklines, collars, and decorative trims like filet lace and satin cords. A featured bright combination pairs soft white satin with rajah silk in blue green hues.
Fashionable summer cape and sun hats plume the garden
The piece describes summer fashion with garden hats made of mat eri als like organdie and parasols. It highlights a Belgian blue taffeta cape lined in peach, seen as a chic wrap for beach or boardwalk, noting the belt and front view suggest a coat-like silhouette rather than a true coat or cape.
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Gtr
Iberta
Hus
Walnut logging for war material urged by government firms
Government contracts for black walnut to supply gun stocks and airplane propellers drive demand for logs 12 inches and larger, with carloads containing four to six thousand board feet. Prices vary by log diameter and clearness, ranging from 40 to 60 dollars per thousand feet for propeller stock and 60 to 120 for gunstock lumber, with the best logs from 16 inches diameter and up needed for propellers.
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Aélohibors
Military recruits taught warfare via nation pictures
The government instructs recruits through visual media in wartime methods. Military buildings and cantonments across the country adapt to instruction rates, using film and propaganda to train soldiers efficiently.
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Percen Inl. M.C. A
East Tennessee and West Linville River Central Railway Note
The notice from the East Tennessee and West Linville River Central Railway gives daily train Nos. 1 2 3 4 and periodic Nos. 7 and daily except Sunday with parlor cars on Nos. 1 and 4. Cable No. 77 runs at 6 45 a m on Sunday May 27 1917. Connection at Shulls Mills with the automobile line to Blowing Rock North Carolina seven miles away. Obo W Hardin vice president and superintendent.
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Shulls Mills
Blowing Rock
N. C
W. Hardin
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