Gas Men Help Win War at Edgewood Arsenal Maryland
Edgewood Arsenal near Baltimore housed a 10000 man operation producing deadly war gases. The facility grew into a self contained city with large chemical plants filling shells, chlorine and phosgene production, and 35 miles of rail, overseen by the Army and Central Construction Corp.
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Edgewood Arsenal
Maryland
Bulthgiore
Anns
Falgewod
Aberndere Proving Grounds
Mets
Ain
United States Army
Arsenal
Auld
Hankar
England
France
Central Construction Corporation
Edgewood
Cok
Edwin M. Chance
Ordnance Department
Construction Corporation
Vis
Itors
Silk Stockings Banished in Kansas Gymnasium
Lawrence Kansas reports a new rule banning silk stockings for women in Kate Sis hero gymnasium. All gym girls must wear cotton stockings to promote uniformity economy and democracy according to authorities.
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Kansas Gymnasium
Lawrence
Katesis Hero
McNultys' Deeds Win Them Lasting Fame
Two Marines named McNulty from the same era share parallel heroism in France. First Sergt Thomas John McNulty earns fame during a Belien Wood charge and is wounded, while First Sergt John McNulty receives the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary bravery at Saint Ment and Saint Etienne. Both men served in the Marines and rose to first sergeant rank. The article notes their near-identical paths and valor.
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Washington
McNulty
Frante
Marine Corps
France
John
Thomas
Thomas John
San Francisco
Norfolk
America
England
Great Richt
Bellen Wood
Thomas John McNulty
Battalon
Patrick McNulty
Ilving Ston
Bennet Street
Scranton
John McNulty
Rian Ment
Saint Etienne
Fnally
Jane 4. Wilson
Dashwood Street
Wiping Out All Traces of War From Front Lines
The article notes widespread removal of barbed wire entanglements trenches and camouflage along stationary fronts in Paris region. Civilian crews remove earthworks renew narrow gauge railways and cart away shell dumps while older fortifications are touched up postwar.
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Paris
Juvigiy
Aisne
Mangin
Super Tenth Army
Tigers
Huntle
Vworne
Emil
Merry Tyre
Pepe Hanks
Sympathetic Twins Sick at Same Tin Town
In Norway Maine, two brothers, Jamie and Henry Hower, are described as sick together amid wartime chaos. One is a soldier overseas and the other at home, with a damaged town scene showing shells, craters, and scattered ammunition. French cleanup after bombardment is noted as spring approaches.
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Norway
Fenry
Jamie Hower
Thba
Jamin
Leflore
Impossible In Maine to Many Save the Wealthy
A garbled 19th century Bangor text hints at social constraints on liquor, tax and class in a dry territory. The fragment mentions Me-War era slang and the difficulty of sociability among the wealthy during prohibition-like conditions.
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Maine
Bangor
Wins Service Cross for Chaplain’s Heroic Rescue
The article recounts Chaplain Thomas Swany arriving in New York after service in Sagtnsw where he aided two wounded doughboys under heavy fire. It notes a dramatic night involving joint actions, whisky trade details, and local chaos amid wartime tensions, with mention of whisky prices and secrecy.
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Sagtnsw
New York
Count Admits Good Lo New York Case Trial Details
The trial recounts claims by Mrs Anna Grafel that Conor Cankl Bela used a fake wedding to extort money. Bela allegedly looted 100 weekly from her and traveled to Newark offering to start a business while threatening to harm her if she refused. She testified Bela professed love and swore he was single.
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New York
Dlaouis Alberthye
Conor
Cankl Bela
Mulqueen Genes
Anna Grafel
Newark
Missing Westown Man Sought After Identity Clues
An elderly man was found wandering in the South End and unable to identify himself. A public description and photograph circulated. after three days he was restored to a hospital and family, whose members had long sought him. Mrs. J N Borofsky learned of the description and identified him as her father.
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Wweston
Vietio
Aptitsi
Lis
Pital
J. NH. Borofsky
der Ian
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