Yankee Soldiers in London See City, Theaters and Cafés
London dispatch describes khaki clad American soldiers wandering the city with humor and curiosity. They praise English girls, comment on the absence of skyscrapers, and write letters from Westminster Abbey to home. They seek dances, debates on cabaret culture, and gather at the Aldwych Y M C A Hut for a sense of home while observing air raids.
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London
Stara and
Staipes
Metropolis
Big City
Uncle Sam
Westminster Abbey
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Fleet Street
Lincoln's Inn Fields
England
Rats and Mice Threaten North Carolina Food Supplies
Raleigh reports urges farmers and citizens to start a coordinated campaign to exterminate rats and mice after a U.S. Department of Agriculture bulletin shows US losses exceed 200 million dollars. Trapping is urged as the most effective method, with multiple traps and persistent effort needed to curb the pests.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Agricultural Extension Service
Couden, 75, Former House Chaplain Celebrates Birthday
Rev. Henry N. Couden, longtime chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, marks his 75th birthday in Washington. A native of Indiana, he joined the Union army at the Civil War’s start, served two years, then was discharged due to battle wounds that blinded both eyes.
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Washington
Henry N. Couden
United States House of Representatives
Time to Live as If Freedom Depends on Us
Exhortation by Hildegarde Hawthorne calling readers to seize the great moment in history. The essay urges collective action to keep liberty’s torch burning and warns against slackers, urging personal sacrifice for the cause of freedom.
Funds Provided Helping Serbians Amid War Atrocities
Corfu reports describe U S funds aiding 136,000 Serbian prisoners in Germany and civilians, with minister Montchilo Nintehiteh detailing uses and Bulgarian cruelty. He cites mass deportations, seizure of livestock, lack of ports, no escape routes, and killings without trial as Serbia is subsumed by Bulgaria.
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Corfu
Island
Serbia
United States
Montchilo Nintehiteh
Nintehiteh
Germany
Nintchiteh
Belgium
France
Monastir
England
America
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Terzitch
Mme. Terzitch
Nish
Fresh air urged to curb colds in army camps
Army surgeons advocate more fresh air to reduce colds in cantonments after lessons from the Mexican border. They found that cold seasons correlated with meningitis, pneumonia, and measles, and that ventilated tents and dry clothing improved soldiers' health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. “ Evans
Ae Army
Quartermaster’s Department
Boston Hearing on New England Rail Fare Increase Requests
Commissioner Anderson of the Interstate Commerce Commission arrived in Boston to hear arguments from seven New England railroads seeking higher passenger fares and lower freight rates.
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Boston
Mass
Anderson
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
New England
Red Cross Conference set for Potomac division in Baltimore
Arrangements completed for a two day Red Cross conference in Baltimore starting tomorrow. Officials and members from Virginia West Virginia Maryland and the District of Columbia will attend the session.
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Baltimore
Potomac Division
The
American Red Cross
Virginia
West, Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
William Jennings Bryan Becomes War Daddy at Sea Camp
William Jennings Bryan sends a $100 check to Raymond B. Fosdick for wartime camp activities, becoming a war daddy for soldiers. The note mentions 331 3 soldiers, care costs of $3 yearly, and includes other civic notices and a local Montgomery Alabama ad for Foley's Honey and Tar Compound.
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William Jennings Bryan
Washington
Uncle Sam
Soldier Boys
Raymond B. Fosdick
War Camp Activities Commission
Mr. Bryan
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Municipal Theater
Reensboro
Modest Altschuer
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Tehhaikowsky
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Dvorak
New World Symphony
Wade R. Brown
Greensboro
N. C
Niutchitch
Lia Ni
Mexican
Red Cross Conference
Roaday Theater
Mary Pickford
Sloan
Stoan
Morris Plan Company
Morris Plan
Morris
High Point Morris Plan Company
Grege
Edwards’ Business College
James Edwards
Harriett Street
Montgomery
Ala
Foley
Mann Drug
N. H. Silver CO
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Stockholders Meeting
Bank of Commerce
W. Hk. Morrow
Treas
At, Boyd’s
Conservatory OF Music
Burrowes
C. Evelyn Boyd
Clara L. Boyd
C.B. Mattocks CO
L. L. and
Interurban Motor Line
High Point
N.C
Fligh
Winston-Salem
Greersboro
Hign Point
Elwood
Winston
Stoa Salem Line
Ley
Tinea
Elkin
Wilkesboro
Mt. Airy
All Pointe Weat
High Point Lv
High Point Elwood Hotel
Ensoro
Greensboro Guilford Beil
Kirkman
Sec
R. D. Penny
Mgr
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Wescott Roberson
W. C. Idol
F Board
Julius C. Smith
Insurance Department
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