Clever U boat trap nets six German destroyers
An English submarine captain recalls luring a German mine layer from the Weser mouth, mines laid, and a volley of damaged destroyers sunk. The crew then escaped under air power as Taubes harassed them, earning the Victoria Cross and Military Cross for the commander and crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New -York
Worth
Prus‘#ien
the Weser
New York “Herald
Leutenant
Taubes
Teutenant
Change in Russia Pleases Greece Says Divine Right Doomed
Eleutherios Venizelos, president of the Greek Provisional Government, asserts Russia’s abolition of despotism and the rise of democracy align with Greece’s liberal struggle against King Constantine. He links U.S. entry to the war with a broader victory for democracy, predicts autocracy’s collapse, and envisions a postwar world led by self-government and a League of Democratic Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleutherios Venizelos
Salonica
Greece
Russia
Constantine
Bulgaria
Serbia
Germany
Hope
Granuany
North American Republic
United States
Congress
League of Democratic Nations
Indiana grocers urged to curb food crisis and promote staples
Indiana grocers receive a bulletin from H E Barnard urging conservation and mobilization of food. He calls for emphasis on staple cereals dried peas beans sugars and fats while discouraging fancy groceries and high priced candies. Also notes formation of a fourth Indiana National Guard regiment and other state wartime measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
H. E. Barnard
Brute Food and Drug
Norway
H. BE. Barnard
Harry B. Smith
Indiana National Guard
John J. Toffey
United States Army
Indiana Guard
Smith
War Department
Toffey
Hurd
Sanitary Board
C. H. Hurd
Nant Lengineer
Indianapolla Water Company
Board of Sanitary Commissioners
Alappant
Inst ‘General Assembly
Water Company
Pot
Com
Goodrich
L. Wright
State Grange
Farmers’ State Central Committee
State Farmers’ Congress
Indiana State Grange
Indiana Federation of Agriculture Association
Executive Department
Wright
Coleman
Broken Health Recovery Told By Ohio Woman
A Lima Ohio woman describes severe health decline after displacement and partial paralysis. She credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and other products for improving her condition and offers to answer questions from other women. She lists her address in Lima, Ohio.
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Ohio
Lydia EK
Pinkham
Lydia FE
Sears
Mia
Jenwiz Moran
North 8
Lima, Ohio
The Children's Poet: Stevenson Through Hawthorne and Lang
A sympathetic sketch of Robert Louis Stevenson in St. Nicholas Magazine. The piece highlights Stevenson's passion for children and quotes Andrew Lang on his affection for kids and his line Kids is what is the matter with me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
Hildegarde Mwawthorne
Robert Louis Stevenson
Andrew Lang
Miss Hawthorne
Stevenson
Obstructing Navigation and Odd City Plans
Fragmented quotes describe alleged arrest over a drowned dog cited as obstruction to navigation. An illogical assertion about a sunken bark blocks river traffic. A miswritten Venice plan hints at a technical arts school aimed at handicrafts. The diamond statement concludes with a general note on diamond hardness.
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Smith
Jones
Brown
Aimet
The
Ciy of
Venice
Technical School of Arts
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Néssel
Jean Mitchelle
One Hundred and Twelfth
United States Navy
America
Stateamar
Entente
Mediterranean
Turkey
Jales
Grocers
State Food and Drug Commissioner
Red Cross
J. A. Sutcliffe
Uncle Sam
Sutcliffe
American Red Cross
Washington
Indiannapolis
Army
Marine Corps
Akewine
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Department
Navy Staon
E. F. Clement
Coppock
Edward Coppock
Fort Benj. Harrison
Central War Department
Chicago
Q. A. Carlisle
Studebaker Corporation of
South Bend
Carlisle
St. Joseph County
Woman's
Eerted
Ta Borg
L & Pinkham
Absorbine, JR
WE. Young, P. O. F
Springfield
Nutrition
Orr
Puan
Brata
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