Daring Deeds Performed by Knights of Air
London reports British air superiority over the Somme battle, noting pilots and observers circling in Prussian territory, silencing batteries, directing gun fire, and attacking Fokker formations. The piece highlights their youth, courage, and rare musical talent fueling the Royal Flying Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights OF Air
London
Philip Gibbs
Daily Chronicle
Somme
Battle of
Picardy
Dr Nke
Black Knights
Bapaume
Martinpuich
Courcelette
Flere
Ore
Mons
Seini
Hawk
Guna
Stan
Royal Flying Corps
Covent Garden
FIX UP FRACTURED JAWS London
The Americans in Paris established a military hospital at the Lycee Pasteur and pioneered jaw and dental trauma treatment. Surgeons faced broken jaws, missing bone, and infection, yet their methods restored alignment and function. Exhibits at the Royal Society of Medicine show plates and dentures demonstrating success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Lycee Pasteur
Hayes
Frey
Val-de Grace
Royal Society of Medicine
Queer Result of Paralysis in Greenville Child Likes Tobacco
Four year old Charlie Edwards son of Mr and Mrs EF Z Edwards recovered from infantile paralysis in Greenville. Doctors in New Bern cannot explain his new tobacco craving though he requested a cigar while his father watched. Charlie reportedly smokes about four cigarettes daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
N. C
Charlie Edwards
EF. Z. Edwards
Newhbern
Charlie
Newbern
Father Mays the Bey Gow
Gay
Missionary Call Beyond Local Churches and Comfort
Rev. G. Campbell Morgan urges Christians to abandon small, static systems and embrace a global evangelism that goes to the people rather than waiting for them to come. He links the forward push of the gospel to creation’s redemption and stresses tenderness, justice, and living faith as evidence of salvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christlin
Thin Nee
Jesus
Enya
Christ
Fael
Paul
Rev
G. Campbell Morgan
Worry to Nothing But Diluted Drilling Fear
The KITCHIN CABINET offers practical home tips on organization and economy. It urges planning daily routines, saving cooking water, reusing scraps, and preserving utensils to reduce waste and nerves while managing household tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Gulick
Picnic Planning Made Simple For All Ages
A guide to enjoyable picnics with minimal effort. It advises ready made picnic boxes as a light option, suggests simple carriers and small utensils, and recommends easy foods like sandwiches fruit and lemonade. Emphasizes child safety, portion control, and optional chafing dish for hot meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alicea
What Number Would You Like to Hear
A whimsical exchange features a record salesman asking for a preferred number while the switchboard queen responds with a line about hearing a call, giving a playful glimpse of radio era intrigue.
Sunday After Church Dialog Reveals Fashion Talk
Fragmentary dialogue shows Mabel and her father joking about sermon tone versus clothing choices after church. The exchange hints at social norms and humor centered on garments and presentation.
Anti-Tuberculosis Societies Plan Sale of Red Cross Seals
Anti tuberculosis groups plan selling Red Cross Christmas seals valued at one million dollars. Three hundred million seals are printed for Cincinnati distribution in a nationwide drive run with the American Red Cross and the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. In 1918 sales topped eighty million seals for eight hundred thousand dollars, and this year officials expect at least one hundred million seals or one million dollars in revenue with distribution from Alaska to Porto Rico and involvement of Montana Utah Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Tuberculosis Societies
Red Cross
Alaska
Canal Zone
Hawaii
Porto Rico
United States
Montana
Utah
Wyoming
Fire safety tip from British committee
Experiments by the British Fire Prevention committee show the best method to extinguish a small gasoline fire is to spread a mixture of ten pounds of bicarbonate of soda and twelve pounds of sawdust free of chips over the burning liquid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Fire Preventions Committee
Amédy the Missing Orban in Rural Detective Tale
Local column sketches Amédy the Missing and a rural life vignette. Orban reflects on lessons since moving to the country, linking a Princeton Tiger motif to the search for belonging and identity in a quieter setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amédy
Orban
Princeton Tiger
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Ines
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THE
Kitchin
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Mabel
Nelame
Cay Goer
Tadge
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Libby
Chicago
Greser
Imneah
HEW Home
Orange
Mass
Free Skinner Mfg.co
Omaha
USA
Aarasee Bonenenass Mesa Aire
Loutaville
Rebisson Potter Co
Leubeilis, Ka
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