U S Coinage History and Global Sound Lore Noted
The piece reviews early American gold coinage from 1792 and large US mint output including double eagles and eagles. It threads in international uses of the eagle symbol from ancient Persia to Napoleon and Austria, plus odd sound phenomena like brontides and Barisal guna reports. It then shifts to topics from shark fishing, Bermuda onions, and Sir Samuel Romilly, to walrus hides, California trees, and Chinese family rites with quirky local anecdotes.
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United States
Ireland
Ole Stendard
Napoleon
Austria
Ruenia
Aleo
Losses Like This Make Us More Determined To Press On
Secretary Baker responds to the sinking of the Lusitania warning of wartime losses. He says the nation must win the war and will win it, and that details will be shared to ease public anxiety while notifying families of the dead.
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Baker
Washington
Tuxcania
American Guns Pound Seamans On The Front In France
American anti aircraft batteries shelled and drove off twenty enemy aircraft attempting to cross the lines. Rain hinders trench work as heavy guns shell key points while machine gun units and grenades engage the foe. Casualty reports include a second lieutenant hit by a sniper’s bullet amid ongoing shelling and mud filled advances with troops driving mules to front.
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France
Leutenant
Aurania Torpedoed by German Submarine in Atlantic
New York reports the Cunard liner Aurania, 13 400 tons, was torpedoed by a German submarine within 48 hours while en route to the United States. The vessel was badly damaged but not sunk and is proceeding toward port with government vessels assisting. Passengers and crew aboard at the time. definitive details awaited.
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Aurania
Cunard Line
Hit
Port
America
New York
Cunard
United States
Cunard Ling
Tarde Trends in French Aid to American War Effort
French commissioner Andre Tardieu told a New York dinner that by July 1 France can manufacture enough artillery to supply about 20 American divisions, roughly 500,000 troops, if the U S agrees to supply raw materials. He praised American mobilization, noting the U S army now exceeds its 1917 size and commended Allied cooperation and France's wartime output.
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New York
France
United States
America
Andre Tardieu
Tardieu
Canada
Europe
Pra
Government to pay railroads compensation under bill
Official figures from Interstate Commerce Commission show railroads earned about 959 million in 1917 with government compensation estimated at 945 million by Senate committee chair. December earnings fell 30 percent as costs rose. total 1917 revenues near 4.02 billion with expenses around 2.46 billion.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Smith
Senate Committee
Health conditions improve at all U S cantonments
Washington reports continued improvement in army camp health with fewer deaths and hospital admissions. The measles epidemic continues to decline while pneumonia remains prevalent but down overall, and new meningitis cases show a decrease.
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Washington
United States
U S Navy Will Send More Ships to Europe Regardless
Secretary of the Navy Daniels declared in Baltimore that submarines will not deter the United States from aiding France. He stated ships will carry men and equipment to Europe as fast as possible and that goods will travel only in ships flying the U S flag.
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Baltimore
United States
France
Navy
Daniels
Atlantic
Adamson Law Penalty Debate Drives Rail Labor Talk
Washington reports that Heberling of the Switchmen's union told the railway wage commission the Adamson law penalizes overtime and undermines the eight hour day while the only enforceable hours rule is the eight hour law. In Wichita Falls Texas Hubert P. Game, 22, an Aviation Cadet from Oakland, California, died when his plane collapsed at a few hundred feet.
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Asher Hoon
East Carmi
Washington
Ke, Heberling
Switchmen's Union Today
Railway Wage Commission
Wichita Falla
Tex
Hubert P. Game
Oakland
Cal
Shippers Protest Railway Pay Bill in Washington
American Livestock association leaders prepare a brief in Congress against a railroad pay bill. They oppose guaranteed carriage payments to railroads as excessive, warn of surplus railway accounts, and say the measure shifts costs to shippers.
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Washington, D. C
Aimocat
Hindenburg Strategy Revealed as Pershing Uncertain
New York reports General Hindenburg shows uncertainty over where General Pershing will strike in France. He concentrates reserves near Metz and southern Alsace, implying German defense pivots on American movements while espionage fails to reveal Allied plans. The piece suggests a cautious, defensive stance along the Alsace Lorraine frontier.
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J. W. T. Mason
New York
America
France
Hindenburg
Pershing
Metz
Alsace
Alsce
Mets
Missourian Airman First Flight Shoots Down German
A Missouri lieutenant, on his first flight, shot down a German aircraft over Saarbrucken during a French bombing squadron mission. His partner, another American lieutenant, engaged but was unable to inflict decisive damage and returned with frostbitten hands.
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Bowie
Roosevelt in hospital after surgery reports stay stable
Telegrams flood Roosevelt Hospital as visitors are restricted New York February 9 The condition of Colonel Roosevelt after fistula and ear surgeries is unchanged and stable He has eaten breakfast and rests well maintaining normal temperature and pulse Doctors say no new symptoms appear and will likely see him at 1 PM Mrs Roosevelt is joined by Mrs Longworth and Mrs Derby as efforts continue to monitor his recovery
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Wu Fu Tung Fung
K.P. Oppenheimer
Knoxville
Little Morris Franktin Weisner
Buffalo” Nickles
Buffalo Bill Weisner
Joseph Davis
Kent County
Delaware
Julian Emerson
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Martin
Roosevelt
Harold M. Keyes
Roosevelt Hospital
Keyes
Ne Besoin
Tors Duel
Martin Saw
Rane
Imogendent
Roosevelt Nore
Nicholas Leommarts
Richard Derby Somalnad
Mra. Longworth
Indictment in Draft Conspiracy Case Abroad
A United States grand jury indicted an individual charged with conspiring with known groups to hinder the selective draft during the war with Germany. The case names the alleged participants and alleges efforts to disrupt war mobilization.
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Witla
Hungary
Workers of the World
Badin Hinder
United Sistes
Germany
United States
Grand Jury
Peace clash in Lemburg leaves three police dead
Reports from Amsterdam say a four day peace demonstration in Lemburg ended with three police officers killed and about forty civilians wounded as authorities clashed with protesters. Vienna dispatches note the Austrian cabinet resigned and Emperor Charles received the resignations on February 7, amid parliamentary debates on war end and reforms. The labor movement urged workers to return to duty after the strike, signaling a potential settlement.
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Amsterdam
Lemburg
Carl
Vienna
Baron Vor Heydler
von Seydler
Eee
Hhe
Respect for Law in Prussia Deteriorates in War Years
Amsterdam reports in the Prussian lower house the impact of war regulation breaches on public order. Minister Spahn cites nearly 600000 sentences for war regulation violations in Prussia and notes unusually high juvenile crime figures.
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Amsterdam
Ministry of Justice
Spahn
Prussia
Railroad Bill Reported by House Amid Peace Plan
In Washington on February 6 the administration railroad bill is amended to set government center two years after peace. The measure aims to safeguard rail operations and guard against freight diversions during wartime adjustments.
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HOUSE
Washington, D. C
Administration
Uit
St. Louis Car Strike Nearing Settlement
St Louis February 6 A strike by 3000 United Railways employees in Bevarese near St Louis may end Saturday as company and workers reach a basis for settlement.
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ST. Louis
United Railways Company
Bevarese
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