How First Ships Crossed Ocean With All Lights On
Letter from Quar termaster Waldo L. Myers describes the U S S Bushnell voyage from Philadelphia to Queenstown and St Nazaire in 1918. He details crossing with running lights, convoy absence, storms, a U-boat sighting, and hospitality from Welsh families and Red Cross nurses. He notes he will sail to Portland England then Azure Islands and Bermuda before returning to Philadelphia.
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Orizaba
Siboney
St. Nazaire
France
St. Navarre
Brest
Bell
Plymouth
England
Great Western R. R
Liverpool
London
Fishguard
South Wales
Clynderwen
Wishguard
Rosslare
Ireland
Cork
Waterford
Red Cross
Metropole
Queenstown
Bantry
Princess Benia
Castletown
Bushnell
Bantry Bay
Portland
Eng
Azure Islands
Bermuda
Philadelphia
Myers
Tech High
Have Found Another Champion Swimmer In Hawaii
Hawaii has discovered another swimming champion in Sam Kanoa a sixteen year old native boy from the Boys Industrial School He escaped recently and swam six miles to sea through the breakers before being captured his feat suggests he may outrival even Duke Kahanamoku in time to come
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Duke Kahanamoku
Sam Kanoa
Boys’ Industrial School
Kanoa
Airy Voyage Overseas Off Until Spring
The planned trans Atlantic flight by a huge United States Navy aeroplane is delayed. Experts say winter seas are unsuitable for overseas flight experiments, and tests at Rockaway Beach will not lead to an event before spring.
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Washington
United States Navy
Rockaway Beach
Dives
Pomeroy & Stewart
Ostrich Chicks Die After Glass and Nails Diet
In Madison Wisconsin at Vilas Park Zoo three of fifty ostrich chicks survive a hazardous feeding, a “hardware diet” of broken glass nails and wood. One chick’s stomach yielded five wood pieces a large pebble a two inch screw two glass shards and several nails during the autopsy.
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Madison
Wis
Vilas Park Zoo
Quarantine Lifted as Yellow Fever Epidemic Ends at Ports
San Salvador reports steamships resuming port traffic after quarantine was removed. Segantined ports reopen following the disappearance of the yellow fever epidemic, allowing entry and departure to and from Guatemala.
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San’ Salvador
Gautemala
Letter from France Describes Doughboys' Valor and Vivid Frontline Imagery
Tom Whalen of Supply Co. 76th Field Artillery in France writes home from the front praising American infantry as the Attack Division. He recalls prisoners, harsh trenches, and fierce fighting, noting Germans dubbed the Americans the Red White and Blue Devils and praising the Doughboys' daring and humor.
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W. W. Whalen
Buchanan Valley
Tom
France
Bill Hohenzollern
76Th Field Artillery
Republicans Plan Cautious Tax Fight
Republicans in the Senate pursue a cautious strategy on the $6 billion war revenue bill, seeking to oppose flawed features on the floor while avoiding blocking essential legislation. Senator Smoot denounces excess profits tax as unworkable and advocates a flat normal tax on net profits, urging a simpler scheme aligned with treasury recommendations. Senate debate opens with three hours of reading on the measure and plans for early Republican criticism from Senator Penrose.
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Washington
Senate
New York Times
Smoot
Finance Committee
Senate Today
Utah
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Europe
Penrose
Green growth on abandoned house roof attracts officials
For seven weeks farmers along Lane road watched a green substance rise on the Le Gale farm roof in Gaffney Falls New York. The growth reached five feet before Jabez Monton reported it to village president H B Shotts and two others who accompanied him to inspect the site.
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Gaffney Falls
N. Y
Lane Road
le Gale
Jabez Monton
H. B. Shotts
Glove prices list for Trefousse kid and French kid styles
The ad lists Trefousse Tres Bon white or black kid gloves with contrasting stitching at 3.25 dollars per pair and Sans Pareil black or white options at 2.75 dollars. It also notes black kid gloves with pique seams and embroidered backs at 3.50 dollars, plus tan kid gloves with pique sewing at 3.25 dollars.
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Coby
Pomeroy & Stewart
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American Blue Jackets
Harrisburg
W. H. Myers
North River Street
Quartermaster Waldo L. Myers
U. S. S. Bushnell
Hoboken
U. S
Father Whalen
Brother
Masha
Bill
Rhine
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart
Pennsylvania
Etree
Arenes
Pomeroy & Stwart
The
Rain Capes
Brass
Athenie
Ofus
Seaton
Pomeroy
Astrakhan
California
Santa Clara
Seco
Basement
Abe
Oxford
Edaseseericrions
Everett
Government
Carlisle
Penna
China
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