Army at Mackensen’s Serbian HQ Seen as a Business
A Associated Press correspondent reports at a field HQ in Serbia that General Headquarters operates like a large business with officers as managers and soldiers as workers. The piece details routine, discipline, logistics, and human moments among German and Austro-Hungarian officers, noting mud, wagons, and grape harvests as everyday challenges. Neutral public opinion is dismissed by officers who defend their actions as necessary in total war.
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Marshall von Mackensen
Serbia
Berlin
Palatinate
Rhine
Rene
Munich
Germany
Fiancée Still Clings to Hope After Persia Sinking
Miss Wilma Whitacre fiancé of Robert N. McNeely United States consul to Aden waits for news from officials who acknowledge no living chance for him. The couple planned to marry this winter with a June return and Miss Whitacre, Northwestern graduate and singer, had performed publicly last summer and fall.
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Aden
Persia
State Department
Miss Whitacre
McNeely
Mr. McNeely
America
Raleigh
Whitacre
Northwestern University
Extreme German Army View Quoted in Damaged Text
Fragmentary OCR notes quote a harsh extreme view within the German army on a subject, with implications of strong ideological stance and possible internal controversy. The readable portion signals a tense, partisan stance without full context.
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Young
Palace of Industry to rise at Willesden Green in London
Ground broken for a massive Palace of Industry exhibition building at Willesden Green six miles from central London. The 610000 square foot hall will open in 1917 for the Industries of the Empire Fair, a major cooperative trade exhibition with 3000 exhibitors across 70 lines. The display will feature only British goods.
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London
Palace of Industry
Willesden Green
British Casualties at Loos Total 60,000
London report states British casualties in the Loos battle last September reached 2,378 officers and 57,288 men. The figure was announced in the house of commons by Harold J. Tenant, parliamentary under secretary for war.
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London
Loos
France
House of Commons
Harold J. Tenant
Schedule No. 142 From Asheboro
Train timetable item lists No 136 departing Asheboro at 12 15 p m and No 134 departing Asheboro at 5 40 p m with No 142 schedule in morning slot 7 05 a m.
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Asheboro
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Will
Mackensen’s
Associated Press
Eral
Fied
Uni
Robert McNeely
West Liberty
Iowa
Wilma Whitacre
Robert N. McNeely
United States
Southern Railway
Leryn
Sessa
P. m
Alaska
Pacific
Paris
Orient
Samuel Woodworth
Massachusetts
Scituate
Mass
Duane Street
New York
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