Execute Hero But Let Coward Live
United Press correspondent recounts the fate of Captain Schastny, praised as a naval savior, who was executed by Trotsky’s regime after a trial marked by bolshevist rhetoric. The article contrasts Schastny with Dibenko, branded coward and drunkard, who survived but was expelled from the party and roams the Volga region.
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Joseph Shaplen
United Preas
New York
Bolshevist
Schastny
Dibenko
Helsingfors
Kronstadt
Baltic
Helsingford
Trotsky
Moscow
Red
Russia
Baltic Sea
Narva
The
Volga
Ceward
Americans Operate Captured Railroad Behind Lor Raine Front
Sept 23 report: American forces capture a railroad, repair six locomotives at Faucourt, and begin operating damaged engines. The detachment installs new tracks connecting with German systems, sending engines across miles of track and great stacks of untadd rail.
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Lorraine
Ngnesee
Saiient
Faucourt
Ges
Geeman
Monolulu Leader Brief on Advised Real Estate Advice
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Praneface Advi Realeter Advices receiving a four gh nanet and references to a wife of a first and his fate. Mentions Hawaii, Vacame, and a distant state position. The readable text is unclear and several names are garbled, preventing a full reconstruction of events.
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En Monolulu
Praneface
Advi Realeter
Hawaii
Suds
France and Her Women in War Time
London Times articles reflect Parisian sentiment on wartime gender roles and urban life. An elderly artisan from Faubourg Antoine laments potential destruction yet praises Paris, while discussions note exhausted female labor in munition and transport, calls for creches and welfare centers, and the impact on children amid air raids and a long war.
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London Times
Antoine
Faubourg
Lyons
Paris
Seine
Cite
Marais
Place Des Vosges
Montmartre
France
Marie Holbecque
Railroads Under Government Control Face Profit Test
The article argues that current railroad returns under government operation do not reveal merit or demerit of ownership. A key test will be performance in the 21 months after peace, with McAdoo aiming to provide best transport for the war effort at low cost to the public. It notes rates may rise or fall to balance fair wages and government self support. It also cites seven months of operation claims of solved coal supply issues, linking coal movement to car availability and production.
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McAdoo
Hla
Seaboard
Berlin
Edmund Burke Defends Representative Duty to Constituents
Edmund Burke speaks to Bristol electors urging a representative to maintain strict union and open communication with constituents. He says a supporter must weigh their wishes while preserving personal judgment and conscience, warning against sacrificing judgment to public opinion or faction.
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Edmund Burke
Bristol
Thelra
Lanterns and market life in Abdul Rahim's streets
A travelogue describes crossing a wet city bazar at dusk where servants greet with lanterns. Lantern size signals status and Persian lanterns ride on waxed muslin cylinders. Large lanterns precede the Vakil in processions, with biblical overtones of light guiding feet and market greetings echoing amid respectful exchanges.
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Bazar
Abdul Rahim
Alma
Sina
The lame battalion and new rehab for wounded soldiers
The New York Times reports a shift from the awkward squad to a lame battalion aimed at restoring wounded soldiers to combat fitness. The program teaches proper posture and movement, with drills to correct bad habits, foot care, and specialized hospital therapy to prevent deformities and accelerate return to service.
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New York Times
Sarah Stokes No Older Than The Hills Joke
A Minneapolis Journal joke notes a maiden woman questioned by a census taker. She insists she is as old as the girl next door and as old as the hills, prompting the census man to write the line in his book: Sarah Stokes, as old as the hills.
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Minneapois
Sarah Stokes
What Father Said From Pearson's Weekly
A fragmented verse piece recalls a father disowning a son for painting a door black and bidding him to never return. The text shifts to a chaotic meditation on sorrow, hope, and judgment with biblical imagery and mourning, hinting at themes of sin, vengeance, and salvation.
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Pearson's Weekly
Persian Hospitality. From the Christian Science Monitor
The Persian host greets visitors with ceremonial hospitality as the article examines cultural customs in hosting guests, reflecting on manners, ritual, and social expectations in Iranian hospitality traditions.
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Christian Science Monitor
Sugar Saving Sweets Fruits to Candied Preparations
Instructions describe selecting farm grown fruits and vegetables for candying. Wash, cut into sections, simmer in spiced or ginger syrup, strain, cook to thread, drain, dry, and finish by rolling in sugar. Applies to fruits and some vegetables with variations for syrup types and drying.
Iowa scientists return from eight day Antiguan voyage
From the Des Moines Register Iowa City nine eight day cruise of nineteen University of Iowa scientists to Antigua and New York ended August first. Prof Dc C Nutting led the party which collected zoological specimens and equipment valued for mounting and study. Six thousand miles were traveled with ample hospitality from island governors and officials. Miss Gertrude Van Wagenen, a biology research assistant, accompanied the group and plans to visit New York before resuming duties.
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Des Moines Register
Iowa City
British West Indies
University of Iowa Etion
Antigua
New York
Dc. C. Nutting
Bond
Des Moines
Nutting
A. C. Thomas
Pelican Island
Professor Nutting
Barbados
Professor Nutting Gays
Gilbert Carger
Islands
John B. Henderson
Washington
Quebec
Gertrude van Wagenen
A. van Wagenen
Iowa University
Mias van Wagenen
University
First American women commissioned as lieutenants in French army
Three New York doctors Caroline Finley Anna Von Shelly and Mary Lee became the first American women to receive army ranks as lieutenants serving with the women’s overseas hospitals financed by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. They earned French decorations for surgical work under bombardment and were praised by the hospital’s French chief as model surgeons.
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New York
Caroline Finley
Anna von Shelly
Mary Lee
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Finley
Cornell
Vienna
New York Infirmary
van Shelly
New York City
Babies’ Hospital
Bellevue
Edward
Raymond Brown
National Suffrage Association
France
Charles L. Tiffany
Tals Ittle
Ile
Public School, Melting Pot in Americanization Debate
The Minneapoka Journal argues for English immersion and standardized textbooks to Americanize children of immigrant backgrounds. It cites German Americanization concerns, panels a federal push for English education, and criticizes German language schooling as hindering citizenship and future American identity. The piece urges public schools to foster English fluency and national belonging.
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Minneapoka Journal
Kaiser
America
Lane
Congress
C. G. Schulz
Minnesota
Real Names Versus Trade Names In Merchants Practices
A Philadelphia Public Ledger critique urges merchants to use real names for goods rather than flashy trade labels. It cites a furniture buyer who preferred American, plate glass mirror and other sturdy names over foreign “satin veneer” terms. The piece notes labels can mislead and warns against fake foreign branding while promoting genuine American products and transparency.
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Fair Play League
A Land of Luxury From the Review of Reviews
The United States has advanced from poverty to affluence rapidly yet should balance luxury with thrift. The piece recalls cabinet ministers shopping for modest markets, cites a French senator’s remarks on comfort, and urges widespread thrift to fund the fourth Liberty loan with about 20 million Americans participating.
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United States
Washington
Supreme Court
America
Russia
Methodists Plan Farms to Aid War Orphans in Europe
The Minneapolis Journal reports American Methodists lead a cross church effort to aid war orphans. They bought a 260 acre farm near Lyons France with additional land to house and train orphans, including a school and industrial and agricultural facilities. Navy funds will support farms in France and Italy, under a war council and sustained by the Methodist missions board. Plans cover France Armenia Serbia Belgium and Russia as key fields of activity.
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Minneapolis
Lyons
France
Navy
Italy
War Council
Methodists
Methodists Boarda
Secretien
Armenia
Serbia
Belgium
Russia
Mission plan to reclaim deserts as farmland across regions
North of Palestine and near the Caspian and Black seas, Christ’s teaching is urged for aid to the needy. Specialists say worn-out fields and deserts can become fertile by Rocky Mountain methods. Societies prepare to send this fall, with support from northern Methodists.
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Palestine
Caspian
Black Seas
Christ
Rocky Mountain
Turkish Boys for Germany
The Berliner Neueste Nachrichten notes Germany trains Turkish youths in industrial and agricultural trades and high schools. About 1,500 Turkish boys study in Germany with the Turkish-German Society funding roughly half of the $119,000 annual cost for 400 boys from Turkish high schools, parents paying the other half.
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Germany
New York Times
Berliner Neueste Nachrichten
German-Turkish Society
Kabeer
pan-Germana
Kaiser Laughed at War Echoes in Abrupt Verse
A wartime verse questions Kaiser Wilhelm II about past bold boasts and Germany’s war plans while praising American troops in Europe. It reflects imperial tensions, anti-German sentiment, and allied sympathy, noting the costly hope of victory and young soldiers marching with Old Glory.
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Paseoner
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Jehovah's Ear
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Andrew Brieux
P Ht
Peking
Forman
Panama
Hawaiian Islands
Non
Wis
Melting Pot
Philadelphia Public Ledger
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Singapore
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