Feeding the Army in France 1.5 Million Pounds Beef Daily
An extended look at the U S Army logistics in France shows daily mobilization of about 1.5 million pounds of refrigerated and fresh beef plus vast quantities of bacon mutton ham canned goods and coffee to sustain American troops at Soissons Toul Marseilles and beyond. Brig Gen Hagood explains the plan as a huge teamwork effort across transportation construction supply and hospitalization with nine operational zones and a central purchasing board coordinating European supplies.
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Charles N. Wheeler
Chicago Tribune
United States
France
Soissons
Toul
Marseilles
Bay of Biscay
Ahmost
War Department
Ilnes
Johnson Hagond
Army
General Staff
Congress
South Carolina
University
West Point
Bell
Wood
Hagood
West Pointer
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
Napoleon
War College
Europe
Chicago
Feneral Hagood
Pershing
W Warbard
SOS
Tan
Ostaff
SOC
Charler ‘Cates Pirnes
Quik
Astride Plane Upside Down Survives Fall Into No Man's Land
A British airman at 1600 feet saw his tail shot away by a shell. The plane flipped and he rode it astride the fuselage as it remained out of control. He glided under heavy fire and crossed German lines a few hundred feet above ground before crashing. he was injured but expected to recover.
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London
Central Indiana Gas petitions to discontinue domestic gas in several towns
The Central Indiana Gas company asks the Indiana public service commission to stop supplying natural gas for homes in Muncie Riverside City Normal City Fairmount and Hartford City and to switch these towns to artificial gas at new tiered rates. It also notes current gas rates in Anderson Elwood Alexandria and Marion and proposes raising them to match the new Munice area rates. The item также covers political party filings and state fair arrangements in Indianapolis and various local notes.
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Muncie
Central Indiana Gas Company
Indiana Public Service Commission
Riverside City
Normal City
Fairmount
Hartford City
Anderson
Elwood
Alexandria
Marion
Norimal Elty
Indianapolis
Socialist Party
Indiana
William T. Jackman
William H. Henry
John W. Kelly
Bernice Marton
Coalmont
Francis M. Wampler
Worthington
Philip N. Doty
Fort Wayne
Frank
Lamonte
Evansville
Supreme Court
Andrew J. Wart
Richmond
Stephen G. Garrison
Montpelier
William V. Simms
Jasonville
Hiram Cousins
Fourth
Herbert C. Miller
William Scheffler
Lyons
Appellate Court
Peter G. Keely
Garrett
Forrest Wallace
Veedersburg
Charles FE. Kennedy
State Board of Agriculture
State Fair Ground
United States Army
Fair Ground
Brazil
Liberty Guards
Coulimont
L. J. Donnell
Lafayette
Tippecanoe County
Goshen
Brookville
Franklin County
C. S. Myers
Totor Mall
Wallace Buchanan
Myers
Tio
Chicagoi
Detroit
Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of
Willam A Morris
Shield Lodge
Frankfort
Erect S. Pancake
Clifford
Elmer Bassett
Chiller Lodge
Shelbyville
Nathan J. Lane
Bloomington
Charles L Pulliam
Terre Haute
John W. Craig
Greensburg
Thomas II
Neal Lebanon
South Bend
Robert A. Brown
Franklin
Harvey M Thompson
Ralph W. Gaylor
Mishawaka
H. A. Grant
Hammond
Rudolph Weymuller
Navy
Inn
Trobert Colgrove
Albert J. Jarchow
Edward Smith
Toy ©. Rhodes
Adolph Weyhmuller
Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railway
Lincoln Highway
Rundolph
Smith
Eliza G. Browning
Red Cross Committee
Tidiama
Derrhern
Clarence
Madison County
Géent
Bres
Hearth
Tdi
Marksteren
United States
Mmrshal
Marshals Office
Crown Point
Take County
Tranklin County
Crawfordsvite
Wabash College
Caleb Denny
Conendant
Knollie
Woman Works 15 Hours a Day in Peru Indiana
Mrs. Anna O from Peru Indiana says she suffered chronic backache and abdominal pains until using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She details long hours of housework factory work and relief after treatment urging others with similar ailments to try the remedy.
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Peru
Ind
Dia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Anna
West 10Th St
Soldiers from Camp Dix See Ocean at Atlantic City
About 1,500 soldiers from the Southwestern states visiting Atlantic City toured the boardwalk. Two Arizonans tasted the sea for the first time and remarked on its saltiness. An ad note promotes Wrights Indian Vegetable Pula as a digestive aid.
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Atlantic City
Camp Dix
Diary Excerpt From Shipboard Soldier Keeps Up Spirit
Daily diary notes from an American soldier aboard ship showing morning moods. He records waking cheerful with porridge supplies at 8am and again at 9am noting breakfast minus the porridge, conveying simple shipboard routine and morale.
Castoria Advised for Mothers Check Bottles Carefully
Parents urged to verify Castoria bottles for infants and children carry the familiar signature. The notice emphasizes trust in a remedy used for over 30 years and mentions that children cry for Motcher's Castoria.
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Motcher
Who Is the King of England V? A Class History Quiz
A classroom history moment shows a teacher asking who is the king of England. A student replies the king’s first name is George and hints the last name starts with a V, though not in the textbook.
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England
Mildred
George
Utis
Unclear fragment hints at wartime phrase usage
Fragmentary lines include a phrase about a boy and a wartime term. no clear event, person, or place is identifiable, leaving only ambiguous slang and partial quotes without context.
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Pullman
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U. S
Yankee Auto
Italy
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Wright
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Mies
Calvor Dé Hology Bakers
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