News of the Week Cut Down for Busy Readers
War updates from Europe describe American draft, furloughs, and army mobilization. Prolonged accounts detail Provost Marshal General Crowder announcing draft timing, numbers, and store restrictions, plus U S Army actions in France and Allied coordination as American forces grow. The piece notes air losses in France, a deadly accident, and Germany's continued attempts to shift the war’s center of gravity.
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Marsal Genart Crowder
Creopiite
Simone
Apeieulwerkurg
Atl
Marhn General Crowder
Iowa
Minnesota
Germany
War Department
Weekly
Military Review
Tentans Jorm
German Troops Enter Ores Amid War News Burst
Reports from Merlin announce German forces entering Ores as wartime activity intensifies in Europe. Odessa, a Black Sea city of about 400000, is cited with heavy air and naval actions affecting ports and merchant traffic.
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Merlin
Odessa
Black Sea
Russiance
Hettieh Admiralty
Fen
Pritieh
Freiburg
Germany
Bruges
Tornado Leaves Destruction Across Northwestern Ohio
A powerful tornado crossed northwestern Ohio causing extensive damage. Scores injured, many homes wrecked, and hundreds of outbuildings saved by emergency crews. Property losses estimated between one and ten million dollars. Also reports include aviation incidents and military court cases from Virginia to Texas.
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Acro
Ohio
ONO
Cyclone Rips Australian Towns Killing Nine
A cyclone devastated several towns between Cooktown and Cairns in Australia, killing nine and injuring many. Cardwell recorded sixteen inches of rain in 24 hours.
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Australia
Cooktown
Cairns
Cardwell
First Steel Ship Launched In South
Observation tower at naval aviation station Warrington Head Pensacola Fin erected for the use of our lying instructors who note the efficiency and skill with which our coming American Marines handle their machines as they speed through the air. Our Three Kinds of Men discusses classes of men and who writes about the first and second class. English burglar trouble in London is noted along with a humorous exchange about putting everything in it.
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London
Copenhagen
Maree Cochin
France
Engine
Belgium
United States
Allied Labor Conference
Naval Aviation Station
Warrington Headh
Pensacola
Fin
America
Chase
Germany
Gas Defense Service
Womanlike Boggs Sighs at Aging Mirrors
A short vintage remark notes a woman named Boggs appearing older than twenty seven. The speaker facetiously adds she can’t alter her looks as easily as she can age, wryly suggesting a stronger change in time than in appearance.
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Boggs
Puck
Reading habits in quirky telegrams hint at bygone era
A fragmented text shows characters debating reading taste and market interests with playful misspellings. The snippet references a Miss Minesox and Mr Stucks bonds, hinting at a humorous, early 20th century conversational piece about newspapers and finance.
Silence and the police chief's push for women officers
A fragmented note discusses Washington's chief of police advocating women joining the police force. The passage references "silent forces" and hints at broader social debate about gender roles in law enforcement.
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Bacon
Washington
Egbert
Rhodesian Locomotives from American Locomotive Company
Article notes nine mountain type locomotives for Rhodesian railways with 22 bychromed cylinders and superheaters. Also mentions tongue fish, census male and female counts, a leather substitute patent, prohibition-era wine rules, silver import/export figures, Masonic lodges invited to St. Augustine church, pheasants release plan, largest service flag in Indianapolis, and a piano transposing keyboard patent.
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Rhodesian Railways
Lave
Fies
American Locomotive Company
Oklahoma
Troy
Holy Name Society
St. Augustine’s
Pocopson
Dis Nome
Pointy
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Sugar Supply to Assured Packers War Planes and Military Rolls
The Food Administration urges sugar and supplies for households and essential food producers for wartime needs, with allotments tied to stock reports due by March 15. Aircraft demands rise as war extends, needing skilled labor, parts, and maintenance. officers from the Medical Reserve Corps face removals. Promotions and Four Minute Men plans target schools, while gifts ship duty-free to expeditionary forces. A Navy hospital unit expands abroad, and licenses for fertilizer trades tighten to March 20.
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Food Administration
Fool Administration
Ciba
AML
Army
Medical Reserve Corps
Western Canada acreage expands amid wartime farming gains
Reported rise in western Canada farmland is linked to milder January plowing in Alberta and Florida January. American land buyers paid 15 to 90 dollars an acre, lured by wheat yields of 20 to 50 bushels per acre at two dollars a bushel. The Post-Intelligencer notes emigration to Canada driven by cheap, fertile wheat lands, with wheat profits boosted by war prices.
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Western Canada
Fincher Greet
Alberta
Cannas
Post-Intelligencer
Seattle
Wash
Canada
Dakotas
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Fertle
Western
Canads
Cheerful Company Note in a 19th Century Companion
A quoted snippet from Girls Companion urging cheerful company as a remedy for gloom. It contrasts a drooping mouth and anxious eyes with the value of happy thoughts and sociable conduct, implying a person who is not cheerful cannot brighten the world.
Toasted cigarettes for soldiers in France Red Cross story
Red Cross nurses in Europe supply toasted cigarettes to wounded soldiers in France, praising toasted tobacco for flavor and shelf life. An advertisement promotes August Flower as a remedy for various ailments, and a joke about whale spouting ends the page.
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RED Cross Nurses
Europe
American’ Tobacco Company
Red Cross Society
France
Red Cross
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