Chemical age of earth history seen in New York exposition
The article notes the rise of the chemical age from ancient alchemists to modern chemistry, citing the American Chemical Society founded in 1876 with 12,000 members. It previews exhibits like heat resistant gas from straw and air conditioning tech, and discusses potash from kelp and minerals as global demand grows.
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Grand Central Palace
New York
Alexander
Hannibal
Caesar
American Chemical Society
New York College of Pharmacy
John W. Draper
William H. Nichols
Sirocco
American Blower Company
Germany
Iment
The Man In Left Field at Battery Park Scrub Game
A noon Battery Park game features soldiers clerks and sailors playing baseball. Left fielder Christian Clusman of Company C 9th Infantry shines with one arm disabled from a wound yet shows keen fielding and brave play. A London Times extract reports growing chaos in Bao-chuan and calls out lawless cruelty in the region.
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Commerce
Finance
Battery Park
Christian Clusman
Company C
9Th Infantry
China
London Times
Bao-chuan
Ching
Ular
Precedents in Flux as Wilson and World Move Ahead
The Des Moines Tribune notes that Wilson’s overseas travels and wireless leadership mark a shift in executive precedent. It argues monarchic and parliamentary norms adapt during rapid change, with many traditions evolving and others breaking to keep pace with a speeding modern world.
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Des Moines Tribune
Wilson
George
The Viewpoint on Trade as Co operation Not Conflict
The piece argues that international commerce should be seen as cooperation not conflict. It asserts that profitable exchanges benefit all parties and reduce fears of postwar German peacetime activity, emphasizing mutual prosperity over rivalry and urging lasting peaceful trade relations.
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Briase
Russia and Allies Promise Indemnity Reversal and Regenerative Hope
The article argues that terms of a Russo allied armistice suspend indemnities and return Russian gold under trust until peace signs. It predicts cancellation of a 4 billion dollar payment, freeing Slav peoples, and a shift to a free, industrious Russia led by business and educated masses, ending Bolshevik rule.
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Romania
Russia
Poland
Baltic
Greene
Germany
Prophets Forecasts and Postwar Prophecies Mocked
The author satirizes 67 expected postwar forecasts, mocking promises of government control, tariffs, wage shifts, Bolshevik threats, and endless political outcomes. The piece notes authorities failed to foresee business and advertising futures, leaving readers to fill in the rest.
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Fr Ja
United States
Doo
Evert
Epevisim
Russia
Visitors Bring American Hospital Visit Style to London
A correspondent notes British hospitals adopt American visiting procedures. The Red Cross care committee coordinates group outings in Bond Street via a large motor car. She describes spare hospital decor and calls for rebranding nurses with their proper names.
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Margaret Walter
London
Red Cross Care Committee
Bond Street
Eere
Americns Nuraes Emir Potmet
England
Air Power Dreams of Global Air Routes After Peace
London writer Handley Page predicts rapid postwar air links from Marseilles to London with Paris stopovers. Constantinople in 20 hours Rome in 12 and Margellites in eight, with a six-plane daily service costing under £600,000 to set up and run yearly.
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London
America
England
New York
Handley Page
Marseilles
Paris
Mlum
Sammy Says Charm of Slang Wins War Readers
The piece relays a letter from London Daily Mail about Sammy in France and England. It notes his chivalry and vivid slang attracting both French and English press. It describes his war experiences, meals six a day, a tiny wind train, camp life, and the motto Work Like Helen B. Happy with his blunt humor and hardy resolve.
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Literary Digest
Sammy
France
England
London
Matc
Noah
Helen B
Terra Firma
War Movie: Allied Forces Advance and German Leaders Flee
The piece notes American troops moving eastward toward German soil as Allied leaders Foch Haig Pershing Petain coordinate the push. German officials flee Brussels and other territories as Allied forces tighten grip. Crown Prince’s circle and Hohenzollern family leaders shift locations amid wartime upheaval. Rear Admiral Beatty meets German delegates aboard Queen Elizabeth to issue stern warnings.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Foch
Haig
Pershing
Petain
Brussels
Albert
General von Falkenhausen
Belgium
von Tirpits
Switzerland
William Hohenzollern
Holland
Beatty
Grand Fleet
Charles Hapeburg
Vienna
Fry
Saxe Coburg
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
British Navy Surrenders Submarines Under Strict Terms
The New York Times reports Admiral Tyrwhitt used overwhelming force to receive the first flotilla of German submarines. British crews stayed at stations as subs were examined and surrendered, with guards aboard and subs treated under strict surrender terms before transfer to destroyers.
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New York Times
Tyrwhitt
Harwich Harbor
Soldiering Through Sleet and Storms
A veteran voice laments soldiers facing harsh weather while enduring frontline duties. Children and civilians may boast of comfort, yet the fighter fights outdoors through rain and cold. The homely pity of officers and the calling of resilience highlight the duty of endurance until the boys return.
A Timely Hint In A Hallway Conversation
A young man lingered past his welcome as a clock tolled midnight in a hall She addressed Miss Green with cool restraint and asked him to leave The late warning signaled an end to his stay in a concise social moment
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Minneapolis Tribune
To Make Man Happy
A reflection on happiness privileging simple duties and inner life over external wealth. The author cites watching corn grow and labor as core joys, alongside reading thinking loving hoping and praying as path to fulfillment.
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Ruskin
All Paris Greets Pershing In Wild Outburst of Joy
General Pershing in an hour of danger and delight as 60,000 Parisians pressed around his car in Place de la Concorde. The crowd cheered his name from Seine to Champs Elysees as he shook hands with children and accepted flags and flowers while moving toward the Arc de Triomphe.
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Paris
Pershing
Paria
Place de la Concorde
John J. Pershing
Rue Rivoli
General Pershing
Seine
Rue Royale
Champs Elysees
Tuileries Gardens
Snall
France
Arc de Triomph
Diary of a Bruges Citizen under German Occupation
The Bruges resident recalls constant observation aircraft and German shelling from St Croix that damaged harbors and killed about a dozen leaving school. Bombs, photos, and censorship marked the funerals as Germans controlled notices. Underground shelters were built as 1917 ends, and wine hid in a partition wall was seized.
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Bruges
London Times
St. Croix
Quai Long
Quai de la Poterie
von Buttlar
Kommandant
Fliegerangriffe Auf
Sisters of the Poor
Masa
Kommandantur
Rue Longue
Notre Dame
M. Ganehof
German Prison Camp Atrocities Documented In War Report
A historical report details brutal conditions in German camps including torture and executions. It cites 1914 1915 incidents at Munster Soltau and Erfurt with prisoners beaten shot or starved. It notes medical neglect and the release of Belgian doctors praised by allied governments.
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Thorn-Nord
Gottingen
Osnabruck
Hanoree
Noncom
Soltau
Munster
12Th Line
Schilling
Erfurt
Wittenberg
Destree
Bolland
Switzerland
Germany
German Atrocities Torture of Prisoners Documented
The Belgian government commission publishes its 23rd report on violations by Germany, focusing on Belgian prisoners of war. It cites 11 Hague violations in occupied Belgium, including extortion, looting, and collective punishment, and details forced conscription of Belgians into the German army and dire torture anecdotes at Soltan in 1944.
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London Times
Germany
Belgium
Porentery of War Committee
Soltan
Tact and Cemetery Humour In A London Vicar Tale
Archdeacon quips about tact in public schools and recalls a vicar eager for more burial ground. The pastor, delivering condolences to a widower, praises the “new cemetery” as filling up nicely, illustrating cautious speech in delicate moments.
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London
Pariah Burying Ground
Alr
A Fair Exchange From the Boston Transcript
A strange message from a Boston Transcript item includes a maid asking Mr Jonge to shoot his dog to stop it from waking him. It also features a request to Mr Snapp to convey respect to Mr JJones and a sensational plea to poison a daughter and burn her plane.
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Boston Transcript
Unclear fragmentary wartime tale from Boston Transcript
Fragmentary lines reveal a distressed exchange with Hina Viadoffovitehaktolt and Ivan Ninegepoteki during a battle scene. The note hints at a partially returned figure speaking of part of something lost or regained, but the overall narrative remains unreadable.
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Boston Transcript
Hina
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