War Lessons Shape Flying Ranks and Engines
An article argues that World War I accelerated aviation mastery and aircraft design. It notes how war pressures boosted pilot skill, speed, and climbing performance, comparing German French and British approaches before concluding mammoth airplanes offer navigation benefits but lack current practicality.
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Popularce Monthly
Carl Dienstadt
America
Cost of Living Rising Sharply in Italy This Winter
Italy faces a grim winter as coal and staple goods soar in price. Coal now costs 50 dollars per ton, with earlier prices in the 30s and 40s, while sugar, coffee, wine, beer, milk and butter also command sharply higher prices. Italy plans to import 750000 tons from England and 250000 tons from the United States for industrial use.
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Rome
Italy
France
England
United States
Five American Athletes Sail for Europe
Five American athletes set sail from New York aboard the steamship Oscar II. They are J. G. Loomis, J. E. Meredith, Fred Murray, Robert Simpson and Andrew Ward, heading to Sweden Norway and Denmark to meet top athletes of those nations.
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New York
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
J. G. Loomis
J. E. Meredith
Fred Murray
Robert Simpson
Andrew Ward
Courage to edit under Belgian police pressure
Editors in Belgium face a perilous climate as police strain every nerve to surveil newspapers and press services. The secretive environment forces editors to navigate danger with courage and ingenuity to publish.
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Belgium
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Coughs in Children
Mrs Ada Sanders of Cottontown Tennessee says Foley's Honey and Tar is the best cough remedy for her two little girls, relieving colds, hoarseness and bronchitis. War set by Mann Drug company.
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Cottontown
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Foley
Mann Drug Company
Russia Holds Outer Mongolia in Chinese Parliament Battle
Peking reports Russia demands Outer Mongolia delegates not sit in the Chinese parliament while maintaining control over Mongolia's internal affairs. China questions the 1913 ratification and the validity of the Russo Japanese treaty, with the Hutuktu of Urga likely to decline representation under Russian pressure.
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Peking
Russia
Outer Mongolia
China
Japan
Inner Mongolia
Chenghiatun
Far East
Prince Kondacheff
Foreign Office
Mongolia
Yuan Shi-Kai
Urga
Outer Mongolian
Combles Falls After Brutal Frontline Fight
Paris reports that Combles was not a village but a fortress where two battalions resisted fiercely. French and British forces closed a ring, capturing the town in 20 minutes amid heavy casualties. The garrison was essentially wiped out, with dugouts and cellars filled with dead and wounded as celebrations spread to allied villages.
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Paris
la Liberte
Combles
Thiepval
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