British Knight Lecture Broadens War View For Americans
Sir John Foster Fraser spoke at the chautauqua last night, offering a wide, global perspective on the war. He traced the Balkans to the front trenches in Belgium and France, praising the Allies while gently rebuking criticism, and left attendees with a clearer sense of our role and shared sacrifices.
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Sir John Foster
Fraser
Chautauqua
Sir John
Lize
John
Balkans
Russia
Belgium
France
British Isles
America
Skelley Returns to Express Offices at North Western Station
Louis Skelley resumes express office work at the North Western station after years of varied roles on wagon train and in other positions. He plans to stay in the express business and move toward the top, while Lovie also returns to inside work at the same offices and handles billing.
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Louis Skelley
Lovie
North Western
Uncle Sam
Cheerful resolve among wounded soldiers at Fort McHenry
A letter from Lt Vaughn details the brave calm of disabled soldiers from Toul and Chateau Thierry. It recounts a shell strike, injuries including leg and arm losses, and a bartender named Schmeltzer who will seek a new trade after recovery. The piece highlights lightness amid upheaval and the drive to reclaim life.
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Fort McHenry
America
S. J. Vaughn
DeKalb
Mr. Vaughn
House Debate Drives Manpower Bill Amid Draft Controversy
Washington August 22 Congress moved to speed a great man power bill to provide fighters for next year amid clashes over Dent's amendment delaying callups for 18 and 19 year olds. The Senate approved an anti strike provision while the aircraft committee faulted early war production and urged centralized one man control to boost plane output.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
March
Baker
Dent
House Military Committee
War Department
Senate Aircraft Committee
Military Affairs Committee
Liberty Motor
War exhibit to open in Chicago attracts many visitors
A war exhibit slated for Chicago in the early part of next month draws decent attention from here. Many residents plan to travel to see the two week display of war curios. The exhibit chairman is the brother of a local railroad cashier, adding local interest.
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Chicago
American Railway Express Company
Boy Scouts Hurry Stamp Drive As War Bond Push Closes
The Boy Scouts run a War Savings Stamp booth at Second and Lincoln Highway under Burr B Smiley in DeKalb township. Names of Pershing Patriots posted in a window show heavy buyers including Gust Strizios Charles Weddell and Mrs William Harmes, with a Waterman man purchasing 63 stamps. Drive ends Saturday night and township quota aims to exceed prior totals as Scouts report encouraging progress.
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Pershing
Kaiser
War Savings
Second
Lincoln Highway
Burr B. Smiley
Leslie
Gust Strizios
Buffalo Candy Kitchen
Charles Weddell
William Harmes
Waterman
B. B. Smiley
DeKalb Township
Tornado Strikes Tyler Minnesota. Death Toll Rises
A western Minnesota tornado devastates Tyler and nearby Florence with 13 to 50 deaths reported and the entire business district destroyed. Florence records 31 identifications. 25 killed and about 100 injured in Tyler. Gov Burnquist appeals for aid as Home Guard units move in and relief supplies arrive.
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United Press
Flornce
Minn
Minnesota
J. A. Burnquist
Florence
Tyler
Former store manager now at Camp Pike
DeKalb friends of H. G. Christiansen who took over the manage ment of the five and ten cent store here at the promotion of Stanley Strongman have received interesting letters from him this week telling of the army life at Camp Pike Ark. He has been made a corporal and says the life relieves him of work and the barracks are fixed up for their accommodation. Christiansen had trouble with the inoculations, leaving his right arm very sore.
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Toul
Chateau Thierry
Mbnididier
France
Schmelzer
Schmeltzer
Jim
Fort Mae- Henry
DeKalb
H. G. Christiansen
Stanley Strongman
Camp Pike Ark
Woolworth Store
Christiansen
Posters Urge Food Conservation Across Public Spaces
Across town, signs fill windows and boards urging food saving. A striking McCann board at the depot shows American soldiers going over the top with the slogan Same something waste nothing. Restaurants echo the call for a clean dinner plate as posters promote conserving for the soldiers overseas.
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McCann
Soldier Boys
Dr Cook Speaks to Kankakee Teachers
Dr John W Cook returns home from Kankakee where he addressed the county teachers during the ongoing annual institute. J Manley Phelps, engaged in chautauqua work and awaiting his call to the Chicago ensign school, is expected home early next month and plans to depart for service soon.
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Cook
Kankakee
John W. Cook
J. Manley Phelps
Ensign
Chicago
Thousands of German Prisoners Taken in Allied Assaults
British forces launched a front wide attack from the Ancre to the Somme, taking between 2,000 and 3,000 German prisoners. French troops advanced nine miles since Saturday between the Oise and Aisne, crossing the Aillette river and inching toward Noyon as Allied aviators report disarray and a likely retirement.
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United Press
London
England
The
Ancre
Somme
Haig
Flanders
Paris
France
Mangin
Aillette
Oise
Aisne
French War Office
Lassigny
Soissons
St. Pol-aux-Bois
LaQuerney-le-Bagge
Champs
Guay
Courcy le Chateau
Noyon
Vauchelles
la Mile
British Hold Achiet le Grand in Latest Advance
London reports say Achiet le Grand, the furthest British advance north of the Ancre, has changed hands several times but is now firmly in British control. Noyon is enveloped and outflanked from the east. French troops poised to cross the Oise canal beyond Zaresnes and Marlincourt. Divette river in French hands. Mangin's forces near Maniacoc. Germans repulsed after a counterattack northwest of Soissons. A fleet of 70 heavy tanks spread terror among the Germans.
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London
England
Achiet-le- Drand
Ancre
Noyon
Oise Canal
Zaresnes
Marlincourt
Divette
Mangin
Manicaoc
Soissons
German resistance stiffens as British press toward Hindenburg Line
On August 22 war dispatches report German troops defending along the Ancre and back roads as British forces close to the Hindenburg Line. Six divisions amounting to about 72,000 men were identified amid heavy nighttime shelling. Arras and Albert rail line witnesses fierce fighting as British troops clear dugouts. casualties and dead Germans mount.
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France
Byng
Ancre
Hindenburg Line
Yesterda
Arras and Albert
Bapaume
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