No Man's Land a Strange Place Not Shown on Published Maps
This essay-like meditation describes No Man's Land as a vast, shifting fault line of Europe from Switzerland to the sea. It portrays mud, shells, and ruined fields as a real country that moves toward Germany, with varying landscapes and a constant wartime presence, ending with a note on a man named Atkins enjoying the game.
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NO Man’s Land
London
Ac Wal
Europe
Switzerland
Lucerne
Man's Land
Suiss
Noan
Flanders
Germany
Atkins
Automobile confuses streetcar tracks in obstructive tale
A Washington report quotes a policeman and Mr. Chuggins joking about a car that on every street car track acts as if it belongs to the company rolling stock, hindering traffic in a humorous exchange.
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Mr. Chuggins
Washington
Anecdote About Senator Flubdud Cited by Courier Journal
A Louisville Courier Journal anecdote centers on Senator Flubdud with a witty exchange quoted. The brief notes the humorous contrast between recognition and the anecdote itself.
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Flubdud
Louisville Courier-Journal
Wheat Shortage Worsens Across France and Europe
Information from the food controller shows France faces an increasing wheat shortage with a possible twenty percent bread ration cut. Pastry production is banned except Sundays and holidays. Denmark expects further ration cuts as cereal harvest falls short by about 20 million bushels from 1916. Switzerland enacts severe limits with sugar at one and a half pounds per month and bread at half a pound daily, butter at one fifth per month.
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France
M. Maurice Long
Denmark
Switzerland
Returned Soldiers Urged to Help Saskatchewan Alberta Harvests
The United Farmers of Alberta and the Grain Growers Association of Saskatchewan will press to recruit returned servicemen for farm work this year. Skilled and unskilled laborers may earn about 75 dollars monthly with board, as provinces seek to fill harvest labor shortages and expose veterans to farming. The Victoria Colonist notes the plan may attract men from British Columbia to Saskatchewan or Alberta.
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United Farmers of Alberta
Grain Growers’ Association of Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Victoria
Darker Days Yet Hope Remains Across Great Struggle
Excerpt from the London Daily Telegraph reflects on the costs of World War I since August 1914, noting young lives lost and silent suffering. The writer expresses ongoing commitment to ideals and cautious optimism despite continuing hardships.
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London Daily Telegraph
Canada Leads in Wheat Per Capita Production
Vancouver World reports Canada tops world wheat production per person at 7034 bushels per head. Argentina follows with 634 bushels and the United States ranks third with 4514 bushels.
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Canada
Argentina
United States
Vancouver
Whispers of Inquiry In Senate Inquiry Debate
Senator Sorghum questions value of further investigation amid ongoing doubt. The Washington Star quotes a weary exchange on whether more facts will change a known outcome. The mood hints at political fatigue and skepticism toward deeper probes.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
Martyr Nurse Sister Terese Recall of Heroic Sacrifice
A detailed obituary recounts Sister Terese Marie Terese, 20, a martyred nurse who trained in London and Edinburgh and served with the Red Cross in Serbia. Arrested by Austrian authorities for offering nursing to Serbs, she endured confinement and indignities before release. During German assault on Italy, she aided a wounded Scottish soldier and sheltered Red Cross staff, rescuing him as shells struck the hospital. Buried under ruins she died a martyr, honored by Scottish Royal Artillery soldiers who fired a salute.
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Edith Cavell
Eres Marie
London
Edinburgh
Red Cross
Serbia
Italy
Berlin
Sister Terese
Terese
Signora Marie
Miss Cavell
Royal Artillery
Are Pigs Cause of the War
An essayist argues the war's origin lies in Serbia as a pig exporter needing Adriatic ports. The piece links pig farming to national motives and suggests pigs may influence the war's end, urging farmers to raise hogs and households to economize on fat. The idea is framed as a provocative theory highlighted by Hoover.
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Serbia
Austria
Adriatic
Balkans
Mr. Hoover
Maharaj Kumar of Tikari Gifts Estate for Medina Women Education
One of India's wealthiest princes announces a deed of trust giving his entire personal estate, valued at 7.6 million dollars, to establish an education institution for Medina women in Delhi. The gift is seen as highly impactful given India’s money value.
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India
Delhi
Maharaj Kumar of
Tikari
England
Restored by Salt Brine Baths Aid Returning Soldiers
Restored by salt brine baths in Droitwich England, returning officers and men from France suffer severe shell shock and other trench ailments. The baths are noted for their remarkable effect in restoring these war victims to a normal state.
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England
France
Droitwich
Militarism Is Shown To Fail In Central Powers Says Times
The London Times surveys how central powers press for militarist rule while facing rising domestic discontent. It notes German and Austrian leaders acknowledge limits of conquest, and that Wilsonian ideas push their spheres toward self determination and possible peace terms despite wartime rigidity.
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Aswith
Wilson
Dernburg
America
Bonn
Germany
England
Vienna
Berlin
Count Czernin
Vassa
Russia
Italy
Cologne
Count Hertling
Strassburg
Trieste
Frankfurter Zeitung
Hindenburg
France
Fremdenblatt
Mr. Wilson
Austria-Hungary
London Times
Britain Surplus Footwear Buys Time for U S Army
The United States drew 190,000 pairs from Britain's shoe reservoir with no dent in stock. Britain has kept up the army shoe supply since 1915, hosting millions in storage and shipping millions more to allies including Russia Italy Romania and Serbia.
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United States
Great Britain
Russia
Italy
Rumania
Serbia
With Both Feet Americans Stand United in War Effort
The London Times notes Americans enter the war with resolve and no distraction from peace terms based on cash and conquest. It highlights reinforced alliance resolve and growing unity as Allied strategy deepens.
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Europe
The
London Times
Canada Seeks War Poster Likely From U S Candidate
The Washington government advertises for the prettiest girl in America to feature on war posters. The Montreal Star notes Canada’s chance to aid the allied effort with a favorable image for publicity.
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Washington
America
Canada
Montreal Star
Noted British View on German Atrocities in War Prisoners
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle reports a British officer’s testimony of starvation, torture, and a bayonet killing in German camps. He urges a humane, forceful document signed by observed officers, translated into German, to shock and inform prisoners and readers, and to counter German propaganda.
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Sir Conan Doyle
Germany
Britain
Expert teamster defends mild profanity when guiding mule
A Washington Star quote records an expert teamster saying profanity is improper for his own feelings yet sometimes necessary with a sensitive mule to get along. He notes humor and patience are key in handling stubborn animals.
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Washington Star
Mass Melting Planned for Vast U. S. Silver Dollar Stock
Report from the Hamilton Spectator notes a proposal to melt down up to 150 million silver dollars, weighing about 4600 tons, for export as bullion. The plan would transform circulating coinage into refined metal for international trade.
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U. S
Hamilton Spectator
New Dress Styles Signal Fuller Skirts This Season
Testaments to fashion reveal skirts trending longer while health notes warn chilblains at the knee cap pose treatment problems.
Warning to Germany: U S Chamber Calls for Responsible Government
The Boston Chamber of Commerce proposes a referendum urging German leaders to form a government answerable to the people before postwar trade resumes. It argues that Allied economic policy will curb German armament and ensure lasting peace if Germany abandons militaristic rule and becomes responsible to its citizens.
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Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Germany
Boston Chamber of Commerce
United States of America
Chamber
Inermany
Great Britain
Italy
America
Live Stock Totals at U S Markets in 1917
A report from the Bureau of Markets of the U S Department of Agriculture records 22,200,000 cattle 35,732,000 hogs 18,671,000 sheep and 1,324,611 horses and mules arriving at 53 U S livestock markets in 1917 totaling nearly 78 million animals. Compared with 1916 cattle rose by 4,657,000 while hogs fell by 7,380,000 sheep declined 1,762,000 and horses and mules dropped 81,465.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Suburbus Reunites After Weeklong Snow In
The Buffalo Express notes Suburbus emerges cheerful after being snowbound for seven days. He reports enjoying a cookout in the afternoon as the blizzard began and describes his temporary isolation from town.
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Suburbus
Buffalo Express
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