German Atrocities List Highlights War Crimes Across Four Years
A compilation by patriotic groups catalogues German violations in World War I. It cites bombings of hospitals and cities, sinking of ships with many deaths, executions, deportations, and unrestricted submarine warfare from 1914 to 1918, ending with ongoing abuses against prisoners and civilians.
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Germany
Pat Tsleties
Central
West
Paris
Evelyn
Bernstorff
Londn
Edith Cavell
Ancona
Sussex
Tucket
Mass
Arabia
Cardinal Mercier
Fritannie
Aegean Sea
Lansing
Zimmerman
America
Monument to W L Hoard as American pioneer and statesman
In praise of Governor W L Hoard and the Bennett law, the Madison Democrat argues for a monument to Hoard on public grounds. It credits his political stance and the Bennett law with shaping Wisconsin's wartime patriotism and Americanization against pro German influence, urging a monument honoring his distinctive American character since Lincoln.
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Germaniam
Madison
Wis
W. D. Hoard
Hoard
Wisconsin
Ita
George Sylvester Vierecks
Bernatorffs
la Follette
Stone
Couul
Bennett
Germany
Tts
W. L. Hoard
Abraham Lincoln
Edison’s 3 Day Trip Earns Court Witness Fee
Edison, appearing as a civil witness, received an eight dollar fee after motor trips from Llewellyn Park New Jersey to Brooklyn. He joked that next time the money is available he will come to collect it, noting the effort of serving as a court witness.
Gold Cost of War Expenditure Calculated at Length
Alfred Milnes at the National Liberal Club framed a view of war costs using a 240,000 ton scale of gold to cover the year. He suggested 24 085 tons of 2 carat gold would be needed and 11 782 coal carts would move the bullion. A separate estimate put the yearly war cost at 1240 per hour. In reality the world’s gold is about 3 billion, far short of the amount required.
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London Times
Alfred Milnes
National Liberal Club
Yanks Rescued In Dugout After 48 Hours Of Shelling
Two American privates held in a hill top dugout for two days during shelling by both sides were rescued by their comrades near Chatel Chehery on the edge of the Argonne forest. Captain Howell Foreman led the relief party. Germans guarding the dugout surrendered after a returned American reply.
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France
Indilig
Chatel-Chehery
Argonne Forest
Chehery
Howell Foreman
Atlanta
Eggs Cost Six Cents Apiece in Holland
Government report notes a 60 percent drop in Holland hens over two years due to feed scarcity and high prices. Hens decline from 4,000,000 to 3,000,000 since 1916, egg production falls from 755 million in 1914 to about 560 million in 1917, with prices rising above six cents though few eggs are sold at that rate.
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Holland
Simple War Cipher Revealed by Civil War Generals
A Civil War era cipher used by Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston and Gen. G. T. Beauregard shifted letter mappings daily. The method assigns A to different letters based on the date, producing varied enciphered forms of slogans such as To Make the World Safe for Democracy.
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United See
Shiloh
Albert Sidney Johnston
G. T. Beauregard
Johnston
Decatur
Ila
Beauregard
Washington
Yankee Bugler Outwits German Interrogation Front Line
A teen American bugler captured on the Marne front mocks German questioning by executing taps reveille and retreat, revealing innocence and local bravado in the face of interrogation.
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Mad Street Journal
Marne Front
Keys of Metz and Mets Returned to France
Engineer Diets saved keys of Metz and Mets now handed to M Clemenceau as fortress fall looms. Each key bears an ace and a letter: hearts eight for Porte Gerpennoise, clubs FP for Porte de Piria, spades D for Porte Die denhofen or Thionville. Clemenceau plans return to Mets. keys kept at the Ministere de la Guerre for safekeeping.
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Metz
Christian Science Monitor
Mets
Diets
M. Clemenceau
France
Porte Gerpennoise
Porte de Piria
Porte Diedenhofen
Thionville
Ministere de la Guerre
Eye on the Future from Tit-Bits in a family tale
Maggie has a new baby brother admired by George who offers to buy him for a shilling an ounce. Daddy declines, saying he will keep the baby until he grows a bit bigger and perhaps earns more money. The scene shows family affection and a quirky movable future.
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Maggie
George
Baby
Maggied
Precho
Daddy
German Propaganda Active in Mexico Reports say
The dispatch notes continued German propaganda efforts in Mexico with claims of disorders in India and France. It mentions incoming demands to be sent to Carranza from Washington and discusses ongoing influence operations.
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Mexico
Saya & We Aengnen
Ind
France
Washington
Italian Countess Sees Female Liberty Rise in Italy
Countess Maria Losch of Romé, visiting the United States on government invitation, outlines Italy’s postwar plans for women. She notes a shift from legal subordination to greater rights, aided by new labor readjustment policies and suffrage progress.
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New York
Mall
Maria Losch
Romé
United States
Italy
Devas
Rome
Fegronmanshee
Countess Socchi
Taxation In Moderation Aims For Swift War Tax Reduction
Secretary McAdoo writes to Chairs Simmons and Kitchin urging broad but moderate changes to the pending tax bill. He favors reducing 1919 collections to 800 million and 1920 to 4 billion, continuing allied credits, and phasing war taxes by instalments to support business confidence, with prompt enactment sought.
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New York World
McAdoo
Simmons and Kitchid
House
Renate
Influenza Strikes Patient in Bed Amid Medical Struggles
A distressed account details severe influenza symptoms as the patient describes sneezing fever chills and pain while doctors and nurses struggle to treat the illness. The narration conveys fear and deterioration as the disease advances and mentions other afflictions and grim notions.
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Ian Truckle
Bearsea
Doom
Influenza Sparks Rant on a Windjammer Deck
A speaker aboard a windjammer rants that influenza is the worst illness, accusing the inveterate disease of being German rather than Spanish. The narrator calls for its vanishing and vows to confront the ailment with spirited resolve.
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Flander
Stentor
War Elevates Small Places in History Says Tit-Bits
The Pittaburah Leader cites London Tit-Bits noting small places like Givenchy Blenheim Waterloo and Austerlitz become famous through war. It mentions Agincourt Fontenoy Malplaquet Abu Klea Mafeking Stormberg Magerefontein Paardeberg as once ordinary sites now linked to historic battles.
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Givenchy
Messinen
London
Blenheim
Marlborough
Anse
Doxsen
Danube
Waterloo
Austerlus
Austria
Russia
Agincourt
Azincourt
Fontenoy
Malplaquet
Abu Klea
Mafeking
Colonno
Stormberg
Magerefontein
Paardeberg
End of hate as war ends and peace begins
The speaker urges an end to hate after peace arrives. Anger is not hate, they argue, and hate blocks credit, cooperation, and progress while kings fuel combative talk. They call for ceasing hate to foster friendships and safer, saner relations.
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Warwick
The Choice Before Mankind
The Manchester Guardian notes Prof. Gilbert Murray's speech on mankind's decision between a life without war or a life of perpetual war. It argues humanity must advance beyond past struggles or risk losing what has been gained through the long race for progress.
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The
Manchester Guardian
Gilbert Murray
Rousseau
Democratic drift in Germany through the ages
Collier's Weekly traces liberalizing echoes from 1800s Prussia to modern Bavaria, noting pushes toward universal suffrage and proportional representation. It cites Dresden, Karlsruhe, and Württemberg moves, contrasting historic serfdom with new citizen rights and calls for deeper democracy.
A Chance Now for Free Poland
The article argues Poland can rise again as a democratic nation after historic serfdom and noble dominance. It notes social shifts, a growing middle class, peasant ownership, and strong nationalists, while addressing Jewish population roles and antisemitism concerns as independence nears.
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Poland
Kosciussko
America
Posen
Germany
Rusela
Hussia
Names on Your Bond Highlight Teehee Cherokee Origins
An exploration of the name Teehee on U S Liberty bonds reveals Houston B Teehee, a Cherokee Indian raised under guardianship, who rose from reservation life to public service as a U S register of the treasury. The piece traces his early schooling, legal studies, and ascent to federal office, noting the origin of his surname.
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Secretary of the Treasury
William G. McAdoo
Register of the Treasury
Houston B. Teehee
Teehee
Requoyah County
Ome
Oneg & Ward
Negro stevedores marching with pride through WWI era acts
A fragmented passage recalls black soldiers in World War I marching to work and battle, singing under all conditions. It includes a baseball game, a bath at the ocean, and a captain leading a formation into cold surf to prove their nerve against German foes.
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Stars and Stripes
Muah
China
Fragmented Readings From The York American
Obscure OCR text shows garbled phrases about a mother and a possible legal matter. Names and clear events are unreadable, with no coherent narrative or identifiable individuals or organizations.
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Commerce Reports
U. S
Russell
Miss Harriman
Vincent Astor
Bordeaux
Vincanteen Club
Cent Astor
E. H. Harriman
Collier's Weekly
Reichstag
England
Woodrow Wilson
William II
Rhine
Niemen
Copenhagen
Crown Council
Dresden
Saxony
Baden
Karlesruhe
Wurttemberg
Federal Council
Jena
Prussia
Frederick William III
B. F. Henderson
Martinmas
Chateau-Thierry
London Spectator
Vince Gafteny
Bing
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