Two Thousand Cups of Hot Chocolate Aid French Front
The story tells how Joseph Kernan of Atli n New York led a Knights of Columbus kitchen car that provided 2000 cups of hot chocolate each morning to soldiers near Baccarat Paris and Chevy during the Argonne advance. He and partners faced fuel and sugar shortages, arranging ambulance and hospital car help to keep the supply line open.
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New York
France
Owen Conner
New York Herald
America
Knights of Columbus
Joe
Joseph IF. Kernan
Aticn
N. Y
Argonne
Sedan
Uncle Joe
Mr. Kernan
Francis Kernan
United States
Tobin
Paris
Chevy
Frederick Bundechau
Louisville
Louis Lasage
Baccarat
Luneville
Fred Bundschauf Lovlaville
Devre
K. C
Fred Rundschau
Seventy-seventh
Vine
Dr Ford A Carpenter Heads LA Chamber Meteorology Dept
Dr Ford A Carpenter of Los Angeles leads the city’s newly formed department of meteorology and aeronautics in the Los Angeles chamber of commerce. He leaves 31 years in the government weather bureau service to apply climate science to agriculture horticulture and aviation through practical atmospheric insights.
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Ford A. Carpenter
Los Angeles
United States
Department of Meteorology and Aeronautics
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Government Weather Bureau Service
Uncle Joe recalls wartime memories in New York
In a reflective voice the narrator recounts breakdowns on the road and wartime losses. He recalls meeting a well dressed stranger in a New York restaurant who saluted him as Uncle Joe, and reflects on the return of his trunk with fine clothes from France and his reluctance to shed his K of C uniform for civilian wear.
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Chery
New York
Joe
Argonne
France
K. of C
Counterfeit US Bills Supposedly Planned in Vienna
A group of counterfeiters was arrested in Vienna after a city engraving firm discovered a die made for producing large numbers of $10 bills. Police found about $50,000 in spurious notes printed and ready. The printer said men claimed to act as Ukrainian officials authorized by the American government to print the money.
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Vienna
Austria
Frm
Indianapolis
Jesse J E. Eschbach
State Board of Accounts
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Ele Stansbury
Otto L. Khiuss
Princeton
Barr and Harris
Otto L. Krauss
Evansville
Southern Hospital For the Insane
Helfrich
Michael Helfrich
Shelbyville
A. O. Baker
Sherly
George R. Tolen
Fountaintown
Morristown
Union
Perry
Vanderburg
New World’s Largest Warship Launched in Glasgow
A new battleship described as the largest warship in the world will slide down the slipways in Glasgow Scotland to set new records in naval construction. The vessel, a battle cruiser, represents a landmark in ship design and output.
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Hood
Great Britain
Glasgow
Scotland
Annals of
Naval Construction
Wad of Chewing Gum Found in Eel in Royalton
John Pennington, an eel camp operator along the Juniata River in Royalton, discovers a chewing gum wad inside a large eel. The gum shows human tooth marks and appears to have been chewed by a damsel whose moonlit canoeing inspired a kiss before dropping the gum into the river.
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Royalton
John Pennington
Juniata
Hood Navy’s Largest Warship Built
Builders claim the Hood is the largest warship in the British navy and the biggest ever constructed. At 44 000 tons normal displacement and about 48 000 at full load, it exceeds the American 42 000 ton superdreadnoughts. With 144 000 shaft horsepower from geared turbines, the Hood is expected to reach 37 knots.
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Hood
United States Navy
Girl tries on hat and runs from millinery store
In St Louis a well dressed woman entered Mrs Llewelyn Rosebroughs millinery shop to wait for her mother. She tried on hats and selected a $25 hunt then bolted, crying Mother oh mother, and disappeared. Police later received the discarded hat offering a possible crew to trace the woman.
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St. Louis
Llewelyn Rosebrough
City orders dogs wear bells for one year in Asheville
Asheville officials announce every canine in the city must wear a bell for the next year. They have purchased a large supply of collars and bells to distribute to dog owners to prove compliance.
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Asheville
N. C
Indiana Brevities Roundup of State News Items
Indiana brief items cover wage hikes for city officials in Wabash, rising Lafayette coal concerns, Columbus undernourishment in schools, sugar shipments easing shortages, Indianapolis rate hearings, ex mayor and prosecutor sentenced for mail fraud, hall of fame for trees, Goshen train crash fatalities, industrial board wage rulings, and various local notices across Lafayette Columbus Indianapolis and other towns.
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Wabash
Smith
Lafayette
Columbus
Indianapolis
Stanley Wyckoff
Federal Fair Price Commissioner
Indiana
Hect
Michigan
Louisiana
Wyckoff
Central Union Telephone Company
Public Service Commission
Hais
Paul Waynes
Publice Service
Robin A. Bunch
Muncie
Horace,g. Murphy
Delaware County
Atlanta
Anderson
United States
Darshial
Washington, D. C
American Forestry Association
Huntington
Ind
California
Ouimont Kennedy
Crawfordsville
Hattie McClure Kurtz
New York
Carrie McClure
Edward McClure
Jennie Shafer
Jacob Shafer
Mac Kurtz
Kurtz
Edward
Garrie McClure
Goshen
Kelly Foundry and Machine Company
Crawfordaville
Indiana State Industrial Board
Jerry Kollman
Montgomery County
Bollman
George Downing
State Board
Downing
General Staff
Lafayette —County
Purine University
Brazil
Hutchison
State Tax Board
Nashville
Aadlangpolis
State Board of Health
Linden
Leon Coogsey
Marion County Fair Price Committee
Gary
Gary Ellis
Loyal Order of Moose
Knights of Columbus
Petersburg
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Health Insights
An old advertisement from Ellensburg Washington touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for tired health and infertility. It cites personal improvements in household well being and urges women facing illness to try the product after formal advice from the Pinkham Medicine Co. of Lynn Massachusetts.
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Ellensburg
Wash
Cela Rom
Tyan E Pinkham
Cemanel
Jomvean
B. A. No
Pinkham
Pinkhamedicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Eatonic
Batonic
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U. S
Teorky
Alexander Keanter
Olind Yaad
Fe 'Nbrond
Girl
Mother
Banner Lye
Penn Chemical Works
Philadelphia Ues
Uticula
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