Submarine Base Found Off Tory Island In Irish Sea
Officers learned British patrols detected a German submarine base near Tory Island off the Donegal coast. Six ringleaders were shot, fuel oil and provisions seized, and islanders questioned. Submarines reportedly operated after dark, crews stayed aboard, and the base may have existed for several months as ships moved through Tory sound.
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Ireland
Tory Island
Donegal
Ameran
Scotland
Atlantic
Irish Sea
Russia At War The Nation Struggles Through Turmoil
In Petrograd the mood is unsettled as Russia faces a brutal political upheaval. Amid hope and doubt the public watches land reform and expropriation debates unfold, while social order frays and a curious trend sees Jews buying land across the country.
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Russia
Petrograd
Rytsin
Volga
Hiador
Tomsk
Cold Wife and Denomination Math Quip
A man recalls his wife turning cold for days while he argues with remonstrances about driving a nail with a flat-iron. A teacher explains that things must be of the same denomination, noting that you cannot take three apples from four pears. A boy shouts you can take four quarts of milk from three cows.
Haggis and kilts as economy measures debated
A humorous note questions saving cloth by wearing kilts and saving food by eating haggis while pondering if music should be economized, reflecting a playful take on resource use.
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Tosoalo News
Possessed Military Secrets and the Russian Crisis
Sir Paul Vinogradoff outlines growing revolutionary sentiment in Russia, driven by autocracy and Rasputin’s influence. He notes British censorship and sympathy toward the czarist regime masking true discontent among the populace and elite circles, including Empress Alexandra. The piece cites fear of German influence and wartime secrets as fueling distrust and calls attention to the palace cabal surrounding the czar.
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Great Britain
France
Holy
Russia
Alexandra
Victoria
Duke of Edinburgh
Alexandra Feodorovna
Rasputin
Nicholas Mikhailovitch
Marie
Elizabeth Feodorovla
Camarilla
Cople
Sir Paul Vinogradoff
Autos in Guatemala Demand Grows Despite Poor Roads
A consular report notes about 150 cars in Guatemala with 123 registered in Guatemala City. Of these, 25 are German made imported before the war. two or three French cars. the rest from the United States. Many vehicles are second hand from the U S, with some of the latest models.
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Republic of Guatemala
United States
Republic
Guatemala City
Trench Tales on Home Front Support and Artillery
A British artilleryman praises improving condition of Allied troops after months of fighting. He notes German fighters remain capable but stresses the home front must supply guns and shells to push Germans from fortified positions.
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Kamerad
Tverman
Lesy
Germany
Plate Mystery Sparks College Ballgame Inquiry
A narrator recalls a first game attended and a girl asks why the foul line is called the plate while a companion offers a shaky explanation about where pitches are caught. The exchange captures a light moment amid a baseball outing.
Grim Belgian letter recalls deportations and misery of war
A May 1 1917 letter from Antwerp to Echo Belge depicts Belgian deportees from Germany returning maimed and starving. It paints scenes at the central station with grieving mothers, describes frostbite, broken limbs, hunger, and brutal conditions under German guards, and ends with Belgians’ vow to endure their suffering until victory.
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Germany
Central Station
Vanneau Street
Alberta embraces machine shearing in wool season
Machine shearing has generated wide interest in Alberta this season with many sheep ranchers adopting the method. Proponents argue it yields better results in cold climates when properly sheltered, and a large rancher expanded capacity this year.
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Alberta
Wyoming
Needs and parts requested in heated shop exchange
An angry man tells a salesman his brother bought two motors last week and asks for replacement parts. He requests two deltoid muscles two knee caps one elbow and half a word of scuticle, insisting they be supplied at once, as noted in the Christian Register.
Peace terms and the Prussian danger in Lloyd George speech
Premier Lloyd George argues the war ends only when Allied armies reach set objectives and Japan? No, he warns peace now risks disaster. He condemns German demands for indemnities and colonies, calls for Belgian independence and Mesopotamia settled by a future peace conference, and advocates democratization of Germany and a free government before negotiations.
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Lloyd George
Germany
Prussia
Belgium
Junkers
Palestine
Mesopotamia
France
Armenia
Mysterious Hero Of British Navy
Commander Gordon Campbell rises from obscurity with 700 junior officers promoted and earns the Victoria Cross and Distinguished Service Order in under eighteen months. Officials say his deeds and methods must stay secret until after the war, though public admiration longs to hear his story.
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Gordon Campbell
George
Campbell
Admiralty
United Press
Canadian Lumber Jacks in France Amid War Front Work
The report details Canadian Forestry Corps operations in a French beech forest near the front. Militry life blends with peaceful timber work as crews cut and load timber under gunfire, with plans to reach up to a million feet by August.
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France
Western Front
Canada
Canadian Forestry Corps
Russia Plans Immediate Wealth Tax Hike and War Material Prices
Bills from the finance ministry propose a thirty percent rise in the progressive tax on incomes over 400000 rubles and a seventy to ninety percent levy on profits of war material industries. The government orders the supplies minister to organize distribution of cloth boots petroleum soap and other necessities at cost-covering prices.
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Russia
Ministry of Finance
North America Faces Food Burden for 1917 18 Exports
The Journal of Commerce reports the world food problem places the burden on North America. Harvesting starts in the Southern US in May and ends in Canada in October 1917 18. North America’s wheat supply is estimated at 1 000 000 000 bushels with 700 000 000 needed domestically leaving 300 000 000 bushels for export.
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North America
Canada
Journal of Commerce
Car maker ponders flower inspired model names
A motor car manufacturer considered naming a new model after flowers. He proposed Crimson Rambler, then, on tasting the idea, his friend suggested Virginia Creeper as a playful alternative.
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Virginia
Sims Leads American Flotilla Off Irish Coast
Thoroughly trained Vice-Admiral Sims commands allied submarine chasers off Ireland. British officers praise American crews for thorough training and adaptability, noting they have earned high regard and the command of British ships in their waters.
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Sims
Sim
Choate’s Witty Exchange Amid Reception at the Court
The Rochester Times recounts a humorous moment when Joseph H. Choate as ambassador to the Court of St James stood near a door. An English guest mistook him for a footman and asked to be called carriage. Choate replied, How do you do, Carriage, noting he could not call him Hansom.
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Joseph H. Choate
Court of St. James
Mr. Choate
Rochester Times
Unsinkable cargo boat conceived by naval engineer Umberto Pugliere
The Italian ministry of marine accepts a new unsinkable cargo vessel design by naval engineer Umberto Pugliere. Revista Maritime notes the ship displaces 10 300 tons and can carry 5 800 tons of cargo. It features a double skin with a coal filled space between hulls to resist mines or torpedoes.
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Umberto Pugliere
Ministry of Marine
Revista Maritime
Contentment Says She Is a Beauty in Courier Journal
A quoted exchange from the Louisville Courier Journal features a lighthearted remark about a woman described as “a beauty” and a playful line about wisdom and reading the encyclopaedia.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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Island
Autos
Guatemala
Trench Tales
Choate
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