Arctic Explorers Roald Amundsen and Storker Storkerson Headed for Siberian Islands
Two Arctic explorers drift apart on ice packs toward Siberian island chains near the Lena river mouth. Amundsen aims to reach the north pole by air after riding the currents, while Storkerson pursues a westward route back to civilization, with no expected meeting.
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Roald Amundsen
At-lande
Storker Storkerson
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Pacific
New Siberian Islands
Arctic Ocean
Lena River
Siberia
Washington Evening Sar
Wioti
Amundsen
Storkerson
South Pole
Northwest Passage
Greek Red Cross nurses serve in Greek hospitals
Greek girls in American Red Cross nursing uniforms work in Greece's hospitals as part of an New England driven effort. They trained in Massachusetts General and Boston hospitals and four almost finished their courses plan to join the Greek mission abroad. They aim to strengthen Greek American ties while awaiting permission to sail with the mission. A second group in Boston studies dietetics domestic science and home aid at Simmons College and will sail for Greece soon.
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Red Cross
Greece
New England
Public Information
Periieston
American Red Cross
America
Boston
Simmons College
Sevres potteries to train blind potters for re education
The Sevres potteries near Sayres, linked to the French government, will open a training school for blind potters. Eight blinded men have already graduated from the modeling class into government shops, and land has been allotted to the committee for the new school and subsequent factory placements.
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Sayres
Sevres
Engineers and Medical Corps Game In France Spurs Fury
Sergeant R F Eddy of the Sixteenth Engineers reports a fierce football match with the Medical Corps played in France. He says both sides fought fiercely, none injured due to seasoned training, witnessed by about five thousand French soldiers. A spectator remarked, If that is what you Yankees call play I hate to see you fight.
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R. F. Eddy
Sixteenth Engineers
Frank M. Eddy
Engineers
Medical Corps
France
Polly
Eddy
St. Paul Firneer Press
World tin market records amid war shortages and prices
The tin market faces wartime chaos with heavy reliance on foreign supplies and price surges past 90 cents in futures, while New York universities rapidly expand military housing. New York University finishes an army training barracks in six days for eight buildings, under Prof Bliss and engineer John Lowry Jr, with rapid staffing and a staged completion plan.
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New York University
Army Training Corps
New York Tribune
Collins P. Bliss
University
John Lowry, Jr
Snake King recounts rise and fall in Mexican revolution
W A King known as the Snake King from Brownsville Texas narrates his experiences as an American in revolution torn Mexico. He says he once carried over 300000 pesos of Villa money and woke to find Villa and Carranza divided and his wealth vanished, leaving him penniless on the eve of Pershing’s invasion.
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Mexico
W. A. King
Cactus
Snake King
Brownsville
Tex
Washington
Pershing
Villa
Carranza
Yankee driver’s stunned smile as Prussian guard medics pass
A Yankee truck driver in a war zone drops his jaw in disbelief and then grins broadly at four Prussian guard officers marching past in drizzle. A stretcher on their shoulders carries a wounded doughboy who smokes a cigarette.
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Avecourt
Sacramento
Stars and Stripes
Two Ladies Debate Headlines on Streetcar
Two well dressed women linger in an outbound streetcar as a Nashville Banner headline reads Germany Sends Humissaries to Foch. One woman asks for meaning and the other admits ignorance, illustrating they are both permanent military experts in the eyes of the paper.
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Nashville
Germany
Foch
Nashville Bannes
Reindeer Record On Pull Power And Pace
Reindeer are cited as capable of pulling about 200 pounds at a ten mile per hour pace for 17 hours in a single recon noted as established by Santa Claus. The claim links a tradition with a formal endurance assessment attributed to Santa.
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Santa Claus
Why It Is Czecho-Slovak Nomenclature Explained
The Independent traces the term Czecho Slova k to linguistic accident and political needs. It notes Bohemia’s territorial sense, Slovak Czech language differences inflated in the 19th century, Masaryk as Slovak leader, and the push for equal rights. It remarks on Czech spelling and pronunciation issues.
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Bohemia
Serbia
America
Masaryk
Czecho- Slovak Republic
Clemenceau Endures Elaborate Parisian Dinner Hoax
In pre war Paris M Clemenceau faced a prank where total strangers received bogus dinner invitations to the premier house. He welcomed the guests and hosted a pleasant evening before revealing the ruse to them. The act was described as a lighthearted test of hospitality and trust.
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M. Clemenceau
Valuable Books Found During College Library Move
During the moving of Thiel College library in Greenville Pennsylvania rare Latin and Greek texts were recovered. Items include a 1473 Zell Co logne edition, a 1501 Virgil Aeneid with 1508 edition, a 1586 history of Rome by Andrew Welcher, and an 1804 German religious work, all well preserved, along with other volumes such as a Bible.
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Thiel College Library
Greenville
Zell
Cologne
Rome
Andrew Welcher
Frankfort
Roman Ghosts and Saccharin: War Times Reflections
A Chicago Evening Post piece recounts a quarry crew finding Roman relics, prompting lore of ghosts and a theft tale. It also traces saccharin from discovery to Remsen’s caution about safety and calls for soldiers to enjoy outdoor life back home.
Helped by Western Ideals In China and Overseas
A World’s Work excerpt discusses Chinese immigrants thriving globally despite poverty and prejudice. It notes Chinese traders strength in the Philippines retail trade, and praises Western ideals and American missions aiding China’s modernization amid official corruption and provincialism.
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Philippines
John Chinaman
China
Evolution of Feminine Attire Through the Ages
Eve began with simple fig leaves and grass coverings. Women then adopted blue peacock hues and red feather accents, later using fur hides and wool from Angora animals, cotton and flax fabrics, and even spider webs with beadwork. The piece credits Mrs. V. W. S. in the Kansas City Star for the comment on evolving modesty.
The Extreme Penalty in a Colored Porter Exchange
George the colored porter recalls a Negro gambling club where no one is rough and no one pulls a razor. He says if a man attacked him he would turn him over to the jaw and banish him from the club, the implied ultimate punishment.
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George
Helping Food Administrator in War Garden Scene
An industrious war-gardener is pictured busily at work reflecting on growing vegetables to aid the food supply. He jokes that if all ate less meat, everyone would be worse off, then digs earthworms and shifts to fishing, quipping vegetables or fish are the same to Mr Hoover.
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Thei
Y. M
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Vision of an Empress in Civilization’s Court
The piece reflects on Empress Eugenie widow of Napoleon III as she endures exile and loss. It notes her palace Versailles humiliation and her son’s death under a foreign flag, then foresees the authors of her undoing facing judgment before civilization’s court.
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Eugenie
Napoleon III
Versailles
Curious Coincidence Through Sunday Headlines Across Wars
The passage links major historical events to Sundays repeating across years. It notes Germany's surrender news arriving between Sunday night and Monday, the war declaration against Russia on a Sunday morning, Serbia's reply to Austria no later than a prior Sunday, President Lincoln’s surrender at Appomattox on a Sunday, and later Sunday morning reports of Cervera's fleet and the US Spain peace treaty.
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Germany
Russia
Serbia
Austria
Lee
Appomattox
Cervera
Santiago
United States
Spain
Prohibition Question in Allied Armies Referenced
A witty remark questions how allied forces would function without tanks, suggesting tanks as an essential military asset. The exchange notes the impracticality of prohibition in wartime logistics and armored warfare.
Proved Effect of Microbes on Human Growth and Intelligence
Doctor Roux of the Mastony Institute in Paris argues that without microbes humans could reach gigantic stature and far greater intellect. Based on trials by Dr. Michael Cohendy, sterilized air and food to newborn guinea pigs produced markedly reduced growth, suggesting antiseptic conditions from birth might greatly enhance future human welfare.
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Dector Roux
Mastony Institute
Paris
Michael Cohendy
Early Trench Journals Collected in Paris Library
The longest group of early crewed journals is held by Mr Charlies de La Honeiore at the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris for future historians. It includes Le Petit Bcho du 18e Regiment e infanterie territoriale edited by Corporal Huhuet and autographed, L Echo des Tranchies edited by Paul Reboux with pieces by Poincare Rostand Botre and Regnier, and Neho du Ravin of the Forty first chasseurs with a private wire link to abroad to the Bocies Wide World Magazine.
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Trench
Charlies de la Honeiore
Bibliotheque Nationale
Paris
le Petit Bcho du 18E Regimente Infanterie Territoriale
Corporal Huhuet
L’echo Des Tranchies
Paul Re
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Remsen
Tra Remsen
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Army
Flanders Fields
Chicago Evening Post
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