Million Letters In the Mails Today From the Y M C A
Hempstead Plain on Long Island hosts 27 000 men in rain soaked camps as the Y M C A distributes over a million letters a month. Soldiers write home under flickering candles while Y M C A help lines provide tea at the front and religious services, games, and books. The piece extols the Y M C A as the largest express company of love and devotion aiding troops overseas in France and at home.
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Hempstead Plain
Long Island
Rainbow
France
Uncle Sam
Navy Yards
High Seas
Iowa
Des Moines
America
Association
Y M C A Drives Support for Soldiers in War Effort
The Y M C A operates hostels in France and London for soldiers, runs 3000 seat auditoriums, 2500 seat tents, and funds entertainment across 30 camps. It trains English speakers, provides banking, and ships money orders home. Campaign aims to raise 35 million dollars by next July with donations directed to American and allied troops.
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France
London
Camp Dix
Harry Lauder
United States
The Tomb of Caravans in Kara Kum Desert
Describing the Kara Kum desert as the tomb of caravans, the piece outlines ancient caravan routes from Samarcand and Bokhara to Meru and Europe. It warns of extreme heat, endless sand seas, shifting dunes, and perilous navigation marked only by bones and worn wells.
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Samarcand
Bokhara
Meru
Europe
Caspian
Kaara-Kum
Sahara
Desert
Kara-Kum
The Simple Breakfast Endures in Daily Living
The Minneapolis Journal reports A. J. R. defends the simple breakfast as fortifying for the day. A morning meal of water, cereal, peaches, bacon, toast, coffee, doughnuts, and a chocolate candy topper is ample for sustenance until noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis Journal
Colorado
Why Look After Daddy
Mary heads downtown with her father and mother. After dressing her, mother gives instructions on behavior and safety. The mother tells Mary to always hold daddy's hand when crossing the road. Mary replies that daddy can take care of himself.
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Daddy
Mary
General Maude Dies in Mesopotamia Command
General Maude, British commander in Mesopotamia, died after a brief illness. Premier Lloyd George praised him as a great leader and noted his triumphs in Mesopotamia including the capture of Bagdad. Maude was fifty three and had served in France before his Mesopotamian command.
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London
Maude
Mesopotamia
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Bagdad
France
The Waiter Motive Behind Persistent Achievement
A famed author describes the pressure to keep producing after first acceptance. The editor compares his job to a waiter who must continually bring in fresh good work, or risk losing quality and rating. Continuous performance is essential. nothing else counts.
Judicial systems through the ages and their roots
A compact discussion outlines how early tribes and ancient civilizations established judging authorities. It traces from tribal elders to Egypt, Hammurabi, Rome, and the transmission of civil law through Greece and Alexander, noting enduring principles of impartiality and mercy.
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Lewis M. Hosen
Egypt
Hammurabi
Babylon
France
Europe
Federal raid on I W W headquarters in Minneapolis
Federal agents seized literature and records from the Industrial Workers of the World in Minneapolis. The raid, requested by the U S attorney in Chicago, targets evidence on the group’s activities as leaders face indictment and the agricultural department ties are explored.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Industrial Workers of World
Chicago
Federal
Grand J
Unit States District Attorney's
Chiccago
Agricultural Department of the
Are Ws
Youth Admits Poison Plot Involving Langmann Family
John Henry Langmann confessed to a Chicago murder plot tied to the deaths of his foster father John Langmann and his first wife Young Langmann. He alleged an insect powder poison was bought to kill the victims and a plan to split an $8,000 estate with Mrs Langmann and her son John Kegas.
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Henry Langmann
Chicago
John Henry Langmann
John Langtmann
Young Langmann
Langmann
John Kegas
Cone Splirators
Two Bank Robbers Taken Near Angola
Coffeyville Kans Nov 20 two men who robbed the Liberty State bank at Liberty of 3600 dollars were captured near Angola by a posse from Liberty and Angola One thousand dollars was recovered the remaining 500 thrown into a creek The capture occurred without a shot and the prisoners are being taken to Independence
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Coffeyville
Kan
Liberty State Bank
Liberty
Angola
Independence
Prime of Life and Great Men Die Young
The piece asks what defines the prime of life noting that many famous men die young. It cites Alexander the Great at thirty-two, Caesar fifty-five, Napoleon fifty-two, Cromwell fifty-nine, Shakespeare fifty-two, Dickens fifty-eight, and many French Revolution leaders dying before fifty. Robespierre thirty-six, Desmoulins thirty-four, Danton thirty-five, Mirabeau forty-two.
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Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
Napoleon
Oliver Cromwell
Shakespeare
Charles Dickens
Robespierre
Desmoutins
Danton
Mirabeau
Proper wages and humane policy in industry
The Cleveland Pioneer argues that fair pay and worker well being are essential to sound business management. It says public expectation now goes beyond yearly dividends and that industrial practice should consider the human side, not just profit.
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Cleveland Vrain
Self Confidence and Success Thoughts from Hugo Masters
Hugo Masters argues in Physical Culture that self-confidence powers success far more than raw ability. He notes many fail not from lack of skill but from lacking belief in themselves, citing countless historical examples to illustrate the impact of confidence on outcomes.
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Hugo Masters
What Will the Harvest Be
Niksah argues Americans live in a country ringed by mines and nets. Since the war began, the navy has sown waterways and harbors with dangers. Nets to catch submarines dominate harbors while rivers are lined with mines.
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Niksah
Navy Department
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Cleveland H. Dodge
East Twenty-eighth Street
New York City
Lierty
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