Home Service of Red Cross Aims to Steady Soldiers Morale
A Red Cross official urges robust home service to support soldiers overseas by ensuring letters comfort, care, and reliable aid for their families. He stresses cheerful home communication boosts morale and reduces anxiety, arguing home service must be as capable as a trust company in safeguarding soldiers’ welfare.
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Ington
Red Cross
Brank Parsons
Civillan
Persons
Home Service
Ant Cettera
Orrlys
Paris
Woman Makes Eight Day Auto Trip From Camp Gordon to Home
Mrs. Rowland of Ete City, wife of a soldier at Camp Gordon, Ga, traveled alone from Georgia to Oklahoma for eight days. She said she saw no one but negros in miles of cavalry country and planned to visit her husband before he heads overseas. On return she followed Sherman’s route to the sea.
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Oklahome
Oity
Oklahora
Rowland
Ete City
Gordon
Georgiaa
Georgia
Sherman
the- Sea
Lally Mic
Roila
Ill-fated oil can fall from sky shocks Rushville resident
In Rushville Indiana Mrs Susan Tingley aged ninety three was badly hurt when an oil can fell from a plane while she sat in her yard prompting grim speculation about the future of aerial aircraft and daily danger from flying debris in the home front era.
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Chicago
Susan ‘Tingley
Rushville
Ind
Huns Are Poor Fighters In A War Letter From Capt Pirestone
Pittsburgh readers receive a letter asserting German troops are inferior to American forces. It praises American Army bravery and initiative while noting enemy officers may have had longer training. contrasts shell sizes and artillery terms with a casual tone.
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Pittsburgh
T. J. Pirestone
Unclear fragment on sufi learning
The readable line notes a claim about learning not to obtain sufi practice, but lacks context or names to establish a full event or source details.
Yanks Man French Railroads Near Verdun
American railway engineers in France worked along a Verdun to St Menehould line, advancing close to German rails nightly. Denys L Wall and Joseph Gio of Chicago and Missouri respectively earned the Croix du Guerre for bravery during bombardment near Verdun. The eye bit line is now fully manned by U S personnel with military trains and supplies.
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France
Chicago
Verdun
St Menehould
Denys L. Wall
Maryland Avenue
Joseph
United States
Americas
Parrot Demonstration Helps Settle Dispute
A New York magistrate settles a case over a parrot between Mrs. Mary Beard and Mrs. Julia Lutmin. The bird, presented in court, led the judge to rule that Mrs. Beard must pay £3 10s for the cage and Mrs. Lutman’s claim, after which the parrot remained with its owner.
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New York
Mancuso
Parrotiike
Papa
Momma
Travels Long Way Alone To Tokyo Trip Story
Beattie Washington reports twelve year old Guy de Warsee traveling alone from Groton Massachusetts toward Tokyo to join his father, Belgian secretary in station in Japan. He has lived worldwide including two years in Persia and asks if he may take a BB gun on the voyage, cautioning about accidental discharge if confronted by Germans.
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Massachusetts
Japan
War Towne Baby Brigade Formed by Lydia
Fourteen year old Lydia from Meyeland in O-Lydia-Waoldke organizes a new group titled War Towne Baby Brigade. She says the brigade will assist Warren families by caring for children whose mothers work with the war effort. The effort seeks girls aged around fourteen to seventeen to join and recruit members for the newborn unit.
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Meyeland
Lydia
Waoldke
Warren
Gomne
Cira
Gen
German Banned In School Play Sparks Debate
A fragmentary report notes a ban on a German play in Wis-Gorvini schools. The text references a public school controversy and a request from a person or group connected to Duere Ave, amid unclear actions and dates. The item emphasizes censorship and community reaction.
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Baty Clytro
Gorvini
Thie
Duere
Captain Guardabassi's heroism on the Italian retreat
Captain Francesco Guardabassi of Perugia, awarded the silver medal for valor, told how he steadied a disordered Third Army retreat from the Carso to the Piave during October 1917. He helped halt panic on the bridge at Latiamanto and inspired troops to form an orderly withdrawal amid Austrian cavalry scares.
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New York
Huelt
America
Franecesco
Mario Guardibassi
Perugia
Alyvition
Miergette
Guardabassi
Carso-Tagniamanto
Latlanus
Guardrbusgl
Carso
Piave
Bacamite
Bui
Half Million Prisoners Repatriated Through Swiss Mediation
Swiss efforts enabled the exchange and repatriation of over 500000 prisoners of war by mid month, with Switzerland coordinating information, food, and hospital trains. An evolving series of agreements with France, Germany, and later Austria and Italy expanded protections, including humane treatment and repatriation of disabled soldiers.
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Berne
Inat Munth
Bwityerland
Byori
Inn
Switzerland
Papa
France
Germany
Auston
Italy
Convo
Pone
Nevarely
Elvil
Cornel
Daternationa
Red Cross
Geneva
le Balligerants
Interpgilong
Bwit
Hentty
Fel Blum
Dyldeen
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Orth
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Chu
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Rand
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