Huns Craft Poison Gas Weapons in World War I
The article traces German plans to use poison gas, from early Krupp designs in 1910 to practical gas shells and cloud attacks at Ypres in 1915 1918. It notes secret German research, the Hague conventions, and allied responses including gas defense as the war progressed.
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Krupp
London Illustrated Pa
Kriegstechniche Zeitschrift
Berlin
Orient
Bagdad
Ple
Germany
Friederich von Bernhardt
France
North Africa
Russia
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
England
Bacdad
Paris
Marne
Kitchemer
Ypres
Belgium
Louvain
Tess
The War Comes Home On a Rocky Headland
A British correspondent recalls a tranquil sea scene above a war zone when a torpedo attack sinks a ship. Another vessel fires on the torpedoed hull, while survivors row to shore. The narrator witnesses war’s reach from a peaceful cliff, the gulls and sea unchanged.
Wireless operator Sparks heroically stays at post as ship shelled
Mr. Godfrey Isaacs recalls the courage of a wireless operator nicknamed Sparks. With a submarine shelling a ship four miles offshore for an hour, the operator stayed in his cabin and relayed a priority message to a land station and an American light cruiser, even after a direct hit decapitated him. The cruiser’s timely arrival prevented the ship's sinking.
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Godfrey Isaacs
British Admiralty Board
Sparks
Mr. Isaacs
U.S
Jerusalem Clean City Era Supports Palestinian Orange Trade
Cairo dispatches quote the London Times on British measures in Palestine. The provisional military administration under Sir Charles Money controls occupied areas, restoring Jerusalem to normal life and proving pro British sentiment. Administration costs come from army funds with no local taxes, and cash is paid for all requisitions.
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Orange
Palestine
Cairo
London Times
Provisional Military Administration
Sir Charles Money
Jerusalem
Go Berry Picking For Winter Jam Making
This note urges frequent berry picking this year as fruit will be scarce and jam will be needed next winter. It promotes canning all picked berries and saving sugar for jam. It also mentions sugar sent to the sea bottom by submarines for soda fountain drinks.
Substitutes for Wheat Flour Roll Out in Canada
A rapid expansion of substitute flour production across Canada is reported. Quaker Oats Company of Peterboro has installed a mill to produce corn flour, cornmeal, oat flour and oatmeal at 7000 barrels per day. Two additional mills to yield 200 barrels of substitute flour or clay are being installed in London and Penetang.
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Canada
Quaker Oats Company
Peterboro
London
Jau Ad Penetang
Nut Shells and Fruit Stones for War Effort
The national salvage council of England urges saving all hard nut shells and fruit stones for a government war purpose. Householders should organize local collections, possibly with children. Dry fruit stones in sun or warm oven and pack shells and stones separately in sacks for dispatch to the nearest station.
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National Salvage Council of England
Swiss government to aid bees with sugar relief
The military department announces next fall support for beekeepers. Each bee master will get sixteen pounds of sugar per hive to sustain the colonies through winter into spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Military Department
Sea battle aboard merchant vessel with submarine engagement
A merchant ship reports an early morning encounter with a German submarine. Darkness hid the sub at first but contact followed at 5 30 am as the U boat pursued and fired. After multiple rounds the submarine surfaced in smoke and later disappeared as two destroyers arrived to escort the steamer.
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S.O.S
United States Navy Praises British Service Harmony
Lemuel P. Padgett of Tennessee, chairman of the naval committee, issued a statement on the committee’s return from a naval base in Ireland praising the British Navy. He said British and American navies are working in complete harmony and that cooperation could yield complete satisfaction to both peoples.
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Lemuel P. Padgett
Tennessee
Naval Committee
United States Congress
Ireland
The Profits of Farming Ad Bargains Near Toronto
The Toronto Star notes farm for sale ads imply farming wealth is not guaranteed. Listings near Toronto ask $111, $100, and $55 per acre with homes and barns included. The piece argues such prices echo real value beyond agriculture and compare to buying a paying business for $10,000.
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Toronto
Toronto Star
Parrot Replaces Caller In Columbus Red Cross Campaign
Hospitality explained by A. E. Clark of the City Bulletin of Columbus recounts a door knocking scene. A campaigner seeking entry for Red Cross work hears repeated invites to come in, only to find the door locked and a neighbor clarifying there is no one home and the caller is speaking to a parrot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Clark
City Bulletin of Columbus
Red Cross
Catholic Weekly Union
Troubles of the Entente Tommy in Italy
A Punch humorous note blends slang and currency puzzles as Marco jokes about exchange rates. The piece twists wartime talk into a riddle about francs lire and shillings using colloquial banter.
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Tommy
Italy
Marco
Canada’s Four Year War Record Highlighted by Ottawa
A formal Ottawa statement reviews Canada's war effort from 3,000 initial regulars to over 450,000 overseas and hometrained personnel. It lists casualties, honors, munitions output, exports, shipbuilding, and wartime loans and gifts totaling about 90.6 million dollars to support the Allied cause.
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Canada
Ottawa
France
Royal Red Cross
Great Britain
Deiminion
Dominion
Europe
Verdun to Be a Tourist Mecca with Five Franc Guides
A Saturday Evening Post piece imagines Verdun as a museum like the citadel turned cultural site after the war. The colonel proposes three francs for a standard tour and five francs if the commanding officer acts as guide, while guests imagine genteel tours and souvenir collecting amid the echoing corridors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdun
Citadel
M. Martin
Saturday Evening Post
False Arm Wonder at Roehampton Hospital Demonstration
An artificial arm, designed by A C Adams, is supplied to maimed soldiers at Roehampton Hospital. The light aluminum steel prosthesis weighs 2 lbs 3 ozs and enables tasks from digging to billiards with natural swing. Demonstrations show rapid tool attachment and smooth movement, resembling a real limb.
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Roehampton Hospital
A. C. Adams
Thought for Stay-at-Homes Quote by Gilbert Murray
A compact reflection on sacrifice and civilization urging unity and resilience. The passage emphasizes that men die for the society and its common life and calls on readers to weigh wisdom and unity in shaping the future.
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Gilbert Murray
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Britain
United States
Congress
Sata
Canadian Patriotic Fund
Canadian Red Cross
British Red Cross
Belgian Relief Fund
Y.M.C.A
Dominica
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