Plan to Make Oil from Shale
Salt Lake City discusses shale oil as a potential major future industry. Utah states shale deposits in Colorado Utah and Nevada could meet rising petroleum demand. University of Utah labs led by Dr W D Bonner study reduction and refining while cautions on wildcatters and hype accompany tentative experimental plants.
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Bureau of Mines
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Congress
Sears
Skeleton of German standing army remains in force
Coblenz reports state that every infantry artillery and cavalry regiment of the German standing army in July 1914 still exists except for certain Alsace Lorraine units. These regiments are now skeletal organizations, possibly reduced to a few hundred men.
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Coblenz
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Bald Eagle Killed Near Independence
A bald eagle about three feet from beak to tail was killed near Independence, causing local wildlife officials to investigate the incident and search for clues leading to a possible perpetrator.
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Independence
Parrot Speaks German Triggers Hunters Near Rebben
Mrs. Muto’s parrot on a hunting trip near Rebben spouted German, prompting two men to jail after an incident in which they confronted the bird. Warden Tin tern reports the verbal outbreak as the cause of the disturbance.
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Germany
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Maulla
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Myest Ty Niel
New York Aims to Be World Style Center for Woven Wear
Delegates from across the country attend the United Waist League of America meeting in New York. Samuel A. Lerner commends broad support from waist and dress manufacturers and other producers of women’s wear. He notes a Pennsylvania Railroad offer of a site for a 600 building to house all waist manufacturing plants in New York.
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Wother
United Waist League of America
Samuel A. Lerner
Woman's Weir
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Pennsylvenia, Railroad Company
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Pountmneren
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Ghata
Elkewi
Uleht
Borg
Brest
German advance pushes into Germany described by dispatch
Philadelphia report notes Germans polishing Americans shoes as they advance. A letter from Pvt Blythe to his father recalls the march into Germany and the curious reception by locals. The lieutenant served overseas a year with the 18th telegraph battalion and was slightly gashed.
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Philadephia
Anercans
Silvyes
Leur Mrank HH
Blythe
Germany
Pour Mindred
Gaspel
Planning for War History in Italian Armies Report
A flawed draft warns that many officers are tasked to study war campaigns in America while others review evacuated regions in France and Belgium. The note torn from a broader plan cites efforts to recount campaigns of the Italian army and the antinci campaiens without clear accuracy.
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Italy
France
Belgium
Hedjaz Plans Greater Arabia and Unified Arab Nation
A proposed leadership by Hedjaz aims to unite speakers of Arabic under one government. The plan envisions a vast Arab state stretching from the eastern Red Sea to Mecca and possibly including Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Acadia, with England already controlling key areas after the Turkish collapse.
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Faye
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Hedjiz
Peuinsul
Mecca
Thilestine
Syrian
Mesopotamia
Acadia
Holjaz
Brest port of Brest described as key American stay
The article portrays Brest as a vital American military port hosting 40 000 troops. It notes the city’s rough modern needs, limited utilities, and wartime food and housing provisions. The piece admires the port’s strategic value and contrasts it with Brest’s rustic old-town character and evolving infrastructure.
Harborside Base Supplies Allied Forces Amid War Strain
Describes the Prince Max port used as a forward of ficer hub with a hospital, barracks, and cantons for 10,000 troops. Details include transport plans, daily rain, confinement, and medical and security measures as American and Allied soldiers prepare to depart, with life at the harbor under wartime strain.
Americans in Paris Prisons Reflect Quoted War Records
Chicago Tribune reports many American soldiers in Paris Petits Roquettes prison for absence without leave. Most inmates are noncommissioned or lower ranks. several hold notable WWI war records and had fought with shock divisions. Incarceration follows overstayed leaves or forged passes amid lingering dismissal from active duty conditions.
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Petit Roquette
Rue Roquette
Our Army
Pac
Aimerlein
Heelie
Argonne
Hasard
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