Real Reason for Germany's Big Drive on the Western Front
The Providence Journal argues Germany pursues a western front offensive not for imperial expansion but to break the Allied line and seize seas, ports, and oceans. It credits Britain and France with maritime dominance that blocks German ambitions and highlights Petain’s resolve: They shall not pass.
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Germany
Heber
von Hindenberg
France
Roseia
Wilhelmshaven
Kiel
Kaiser
Baltic
Black Seas
Asia
Africa
South America
Russia
Dardanelles
Western Front
West
India
Picardy
Belgium
Petain
The
Providence Journal
U S Plans Mass Army Expansion For World War Effort
Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals estimates the United States will field 2,200,900 soldiers by July 1 with 600,000 more in training than prior forecasts. A 10 to 11 billion dollar army appropriation is expected, and year end strength could reach 3,000,000. Marine corps would grow from 30,000 to 75,000 with 28,000 on French fronts and 47,000 as reserves.
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George W. Goethals
United States
Congress
Marine Corps
France
America
Germany
Washington Post
West Front
Yretz
Canada
Red Cross
Winnipeg
Canadian Red Cross Society
Berlin
Eorly
Canadian Red Cross
Toronto
Manitoba
Unien
Red Cross Soccor
Winnipee
H. Gardner
The
England
Ee Red Cross
Picardy
Ottawa Announces Jewellery Excise Tax Dates
Ottawa announces new Jewellery excise tax rules for imports and domestically made goods. Beginning May 1 1918 tax is paid by the importer at import or by the maker at sale for home produced items. Tax on stock on hand April 3 to be paid when sold.
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Ottawa
The Right Age in the Great 3905 Scout Contact
A young man, claiming conscientious scruples and saying he was born again in the great 3905, faces an officer who asks if he objects to joining the Boy Scouts.
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Hetly
Boy Scouts
Boston
Tailor Negotiates Payment Ahead of Alterations
Fragmentary dialogue shows a tailor pressuring payment in advance while a customer asks about a discount. The garbled text mentions names and altered terms but lacks clear events or outcomes.
Saskatchewan and Destruction of Game War Time Letter
A letter from Hon. W. R. Motherwell Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture argues for preserving game as meat supply during war. He warns against turning wildlife into a commercial commodity and urges prohibiting slaughter of young lambs and calves to boost meat stocks.
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Saskatchewan
Great Britain
United States
W. R Motherwell
Peace Treaties of No Value Reflect War Council Chief
H. P. Davidson, chairman of the American Red Cross war council, tours Europe and says Brest Litovsk and Romania treaties remove any belief in negotiated peace. He returns to lead a $100 million Red Cross drive and cites a global resolve to crush German military power.
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H. P. Davidson
American Red Cross War Council
London
Red Cross
Europe
United States
Davidson
Brest-Litovsk
Rowmnania
Brave British Soldier Remembered for Duty and Valor
In a tribute the London Daily Mail lauds a British soldier who faced aircraft poison gas and fierce battle with unflinching duty. It compares his sacrifice to Spartans at Thermopylae and Athenians at Marathon, vowing the deeds will not be forgotten.
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Christian of Old
Apollyon
Themopylae
Marathon
London Daily
British Soldiers Testify on Italian Prisoners in German Camps
Eyewitness accounts from soldiers recently repatriated from Germany describe harsh treatment of Italian prisoners at Langensalza and Dulmen camps. Reports allege starvation, beatings, and executions by German guards, with instances of Italians begging for food and being stabbed or bayoneted.
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Germany
Langensalza
J. Taylor
Essex Regiment
Horace ‘Hills
Suffolks
H. J. Dodd
London Regiment
Dulmen
Vaughan
Lee
Greig
Baxter
Dulmien
Cassel
Finnlay
Rowe
Hold On to Weather the Tempest like a Skipper
The London Morning Post urges steadfast resolve akin to a British skipper who held on through a brutal typhoon. It says the nation must keep calm and persevere against the German onslaught, trusting faith and firmness will see victory.
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Joseph Conrad
London Morning Post
Germans Call for End to Air Attacks on Open Towns
The piece notes German officials facing pressure from deputations to halt aerial bombardments outside war zones. It cites a Reichstag proposal for a peace accord with the Allies and mentions changing German public sentiment from early WWI triumphalism to recognition of air raid cruelty.
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Germany
Reichstag
London
Chesterton
Savage
Freen
the Hamilton Heraba
Newspaper Next Door to Butcher Shop Smell Sparks Waking Staff
A Peterborough Review item notes the drawback of a newspaper office located beside a butcher shop. The constant raw meat odor is said to wake staff and affect daily work.
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Peterborough Review
Germans Expelled From Major U S Clubs Amid Anti German Sentiment
The article notes a surge in anti German actions in Chicago and New York clubs. Germans are expelled for audhemy and for German language use or German origin material. German waiters are barred and clubs purge members suspected of sympathy with Germany. This marks the start of broader discrimination.
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New York
Germany
Lawyer’s definition sparks a family road to wit
A sharp witticism from a Buffalo Courter cartoon jokes about lawyers. In the caption a father quips that a law yer is a man who provokes two men to strip for a fight and then robs them of their clothes.
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Buffalo Courter
Red Cross Moving Pictures To Tour Manitoba Schools
The Red Cross plans a moving picture campaign in Manitoba in June using an automobile with its own operator screen and lighting. The province is divided into thirty districts to stage the show in country school houses lacking electricity. The film aims to appeal to Manitobans and honor the sacrifices of young men serving at the front.
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Red Cross
Manitoba
Winnipeg
E. F. Treiz
United States
Manitoba Red Cross Campaign Urges Wide Participation
The Manitoba Red Cross seeks broad support to aid wounded soldiers. District organizers will mobilize communities, appoint canvassers, and hold mass meetings to explain Red Cross relief from trenches to hospital trains. Winnipeg pledged over half the provincial target, with Easter figures prompting larger future fundraising.
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Red Cross Society
The
Red Cross
Winnipeg
Canada
Manitoba Red Cross
France
Flanders
Canadian Red Cross
Manitoba
England
Canadian
Wiani
Statue of Frederick the Great toppled from pedestal
The article recalls the 1964 act of removing the Frederick the Great statue from its pedestal at the Washington war college, hoisting it onto a truck, and storing it in the building cellar. It notes Kaiser Wilhelm sent the statue as a pledge of friendly relations and urges melting it into bullets to shoot it back.
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Frederick the Great
War College
Washington
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
America
Prede
Frederick
Port Huron Times-Herald
Whistler Fails to Secure Artist's Work in Autumn Salon
A historical note recalls Whistler attempting to secure two fellow artist’s works for the autumn salon. He succeeded in getting one painting hung. When the painter visited the celebrated artist’s masterpiece, Whistler uttered an exclamation indicating the work was not favored, and the efforts were openly refused by the organizers.
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Whistler
Sarnis Oy
Misconception About Depths Makes Iron Float
The article debunks the idea that at extreme depth iron would float due to water density. It explains that a body sinks if it weighs more than the displaced fluid, and notes water becomes ice under immense pressure, preventing floating behavior.
The Original Food Crisis Bobbie’s Mother Question
A fragmentary text presents a family scene with Bobbie and a cryptic question about Adam and Eve. The quotation marks and names suggest a literary or debated topic embedded in a broader historical context. The source’s readability is limited but hints at a personal narrative tone.
Sugar shortages reflect global shipping and regulatory strain
Public concern grows as Canada enforces May 1 sugar limits amid Cuba and West Indies supply doubts. Analysts note trans Atlantic shipping delays and rail deficits hinder movement, while officials weigh direct Cuban imports and wartime demand. The piece also condemns German actions as brutal and argues force is needed to end barbarism and safeguard civilization.
Russia as a doubtful asset to Germany in war guidance
A wartime editorial argues Russia’s loss is a heavy liability for Germany until it can be mobilized for industry and agriculture, while the United States rises as a dominant democracy. It predicts air superiority will end the war, devastate German war capacity, and force a reckoning on invasion.
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Germany
London Daily Telegraph
Europe
Justice Younger
Hus
Wilson
Hius
Russia
United States
Germany's Losses Across Trade and Empire Highlighted
The text claims Germany has forfeited foreign trade and its last colony after the East African campaign. It asserts Germany has lost national prestige, readership, the dye trade, patent rights, and key raw material sources. It also notes the loss of millions of sons and soldiers.
Moth Infestation Shipment Sparks Formal Letter Exchange
Mrs Wigg complains to the manager about a mislabeled parcel full of moths. The firm replies that moths were not ordered and offers to replace or refund, asking the moths be returned at their expense promptly.
A Wise and Generous Decision
The United States government agrees to brigading American battalions with French and British units. The move marks a strong military and moral pledge, showing coordination among allies and boosting the field army as a cohesive force.
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United States
France
London
America and England Unite For Enduring Freedom
The London Times reports on the shared resolve of America and England to fight tyranny and to persevere until victory. The first anniversary of their wartime alliance marks a pledge to reshape a battered world toward freedom, justice, and law.
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America
England
London Times
German Plot Discovered Dynamite Bomb Found in New York Door-Wax
A bomb containing five pounds of dynamite was found in a door wax of a fair story building owned in part by Little Publishing Company, publisher of Life, in New York City. Inspector Owen Fagan of the bureau of bomb investigations called it one of the most dangerous devices he has examined. the contrivance weighed twelve pounds, measured a foot long and half a foot wide, and was wrapped in a Philadelphia newspaper.
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Owen Fagan
Bureau of Rombustabies
Litte Publishing Company
Life
New York City
Philadelphia
Nine Million Without Bread Crisis Suppresses Food to Allies
Reports say nine million people in Northern France are nearly without bread as U S shipments to civilians are paused for ten days to move three million bushels of grain for the Pegian vehicl. The halt aims to redirect grain to allied populations amid shortages.
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United States
France
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