Viewing Ruins in and Behind Ypres
Lowell Mellett tours the Belgian towns near Ypres, noting Poperinghe’s refugees built shanty streets, the desolated farms and cobbled roads, and the ruined Cloth Hall and cathedral arches. He describes a bleak landscape of war’s aftereffects and compares restoration to San Francisco after its fire.
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Lowell Mellett
United Press
France
Ypres
Poperinghe
Belgium
America
Shell
San Francisco
German claim of exhausted Allied army echoed in Berlin dispatch
A Wolff Bureau report in the Berlin Tageblatt, carried in New York, says Foch’s reserves were exhausted before his Marne counter. It claims the entente’s hope for a decisive intervention failed, the crown prince’s victory shattered parts of the Allied force, and a retreat to the Vesle followed.
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New York
Foch
Marne
Wolff Bureau
Berlin
Ypres
Rheims
Marshal Foc
Veale
Boy Scouts Draw From Average Homes in Minnesota Study
Dale, scout executive for Hennepin county, studied 1606 cases to see what backgrounds join the Boy Scout movement. Only 387 came from homes with “superior advantages,” while about 74 percent hailed from average homes. Findings split into 20 classes and suggest schools as a possible uses for the movement.
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The
Minneapolis Journal
Boy Scout
Ladvig
Dale
Hennepin County
Miss BS
Amerta i. Neapolia
Juarez Port of Missing Men Prompts U S Consular Files
Juarez Mexico, a crossing point for Americans who vanished in Mexico, hosts tales of murder, banditry, and feuds. The Polomas cattle ranch area ties to the disappearance of Tom Kingsberry, foreman for Polomas Land & Cattle Co. of Los Angeles, who vanished after inspections.
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Juarez
Mexico
United States
Tom Kingsberry
Kingsberry
Polomus Land & Cattle Co
Los Angeles
Here
Palomas Cowboys
Jose Ynez Salazar
Salazar
Palomas Company
Rancheria
Russia as a Target of German Kultur in War Context
The piece argues Russia suffered not solely from German propaganda but from a long German influence over Russian science, education, and culture. It contrasts German cultural dominance with English Anglo-Saxon institutions and notes Russian ignorance of English conditions, implying Germany’s strategic cultural superiority aided its war effort.
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Europe
Vecerni Cas
Russia
Saya
Germany
England
Egypt
France
Greek Charged With Taking Royal Plaque
Greek immigrant George Haidiarakos was arrested in Scranton Pennsylvania on larceny charges for allegedly stealing a silver plaque valued at 40 000 tied to the Royal Greely family heirloom from Thomas Tripolitis of Chicago Haidiarakos claims ownership and says the plaque descended through his wife’s family since 1422 and traveled to the United States from Constantinople at the war’s start.
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The
Washington Times
George Haidiarakos
Royal Greely Family
Thomas Tripolitis
Chicago
Haldiarakos
Scranton
Beths
United States
George B. Mason
Heroic Dash Through Steam Prevents Baltimore Train Wreck
New York World accounts a daring act by W. Neste in rushing through steam to avert a collision east of Newburg. The maneuver saved a passenger train but another engine crew member died and several injured in the wreck. Bennett flew the oncoming engine as the signal crew acted to avert disaster.
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New York
Neste
Baltimore
Newburg
Bennett
Wency
Cary
Sorghum and millet offer substitutes for poor corn stands
In the northern Corn Belt seed shortages threaten poor corn stands and force replants. The piece urges millet sorghum and Sudan grass as substitutes with varieties like Early Amber Orange Red Top and Gooseneck. It covers sowing rates harvest timing and care to avoid Johnson grass contamination.
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Acre
Sudan
Social Invention and the Need for Reform After War
H Addington Bruce argues great social inventors are needed to reconstruct after the war. He cites Russia and Justice Brandeis, urging practical, high capability reformers to create financial independence against sickness unemployment and old age, lest society collapse into a world of dependents.
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H. Addington Bruce
Russia
Louis D. Brandeis
Justice Brandeis
United States Supreme Court
Sid
Brandeis
Renson
Chicago Daily News
Justice Brandela
Army Turning Out Cooks by Wholesale at Camp Howze
Nine hundred skilled cooks trained for overseas duty have graduated from the government school for cooks and bakers at Camp Howze Fort Worth. The program emphasizes practical work theory and kitchen care with focus on food conservation and ration management to reduce waste.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Government School For
Camp Bhowle
Red H. Morrell
Kaiser burns child as Harlem crowd protests
A fire disaster on No 299 One Hundred and Eighth Street involved a girl aged in her teens and her uncle Balvaggio. They were injured when a fragment of the Kaiser poster burst into flames in front of their home. Both were taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Kaiser” Burns
New York
Harlem
Jenitarenhi
Oo Balvaggio
Mount Grappa Becomes a Byword for Valor in Italian Army
Italian forces defend Mount Grappa against Austrian attack in June, halting their drive toward Bassano. Accounts describe heavy artillery exchanges, prisoner captures, and bold infantry advances that repelled the enemy, with Italian troops singing hymns and celebrating victory as the road to the invader is blocked.
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Italy
Matl
Mount Grappa
Milan
Alighiero Castelli
San Lorenzo
Ines
Grappa
New Wartime Greenbacks Debut in Circulation
The first wartime currency, the $1 and $2 notes, enter circulation to replace silver certificates withdrawn as the treasury melts its silver reserves for export to the Allies. The $1 features George Washington on the face and an eagle on the reverse. the $2 shows Thomas Jefferson and a battleship.
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Inc
Treasury
George Washington
Federal Reserve
Thomas Jefferson
Draft Age Law Sparks Local Registration Push
In Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania locals await a new draft age law. John B. Elliott, a coal company worker, registered with the draft board and passed required inspections as part of the community's response to anticipated policy changes.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Hollidayburg
John B. Eiliott
Coe
Moeens
Army Bands to Expand and Reorganize in France
American army orders call for regimental bands of 50 pieces with lieutenant as bandmasters and a general reorganization. Walter Damrosch advised changes while in France. Musicians may drop stretcher duties to practice full time. Experiments consider adopting the French bugle in B flat for clearer band music.
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France
Mall
Walter Damrosch
Unita
Gender of the Piave Worries Italians in Rome
Rome reports a heated debate over whether the Piave river should be feminine La Piave or masculine Il Piave. Supporters cite Carducci and d Annunzio for masculine gender while Venetian writers favor feminine usage. Both maps and the Italian general staff use the feminine form, but the question remains unsettled.
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Henry Wood
United Press
Rome
Italy
Piave
Maria D'Angelo
Carducci
d’'Annunzio
di Annunaii
Bombo
Goldoni
Sarpi
Gaspare Goze
Mapa
African Elephant Proposed to Aid European Reconstruction
Pittsburgh report cites John Ringling and Edmond Laplen proposing use of African elephants to replace horses and mules in France's postwar reconstruction. They say one elephant can do the work of 26 horses and describe elephants transporting timber and lifting construction beams.
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Pittsburgh
John Ringling
France
Themusunda
Mr. Ringling
Edmond Laplen
University of
Louvain
Helgium
Europe
Laplea
Congo
Call of the Wild Car Ad From Age-Herald
An odd classified style dialogue shows a Birmingham matron seeking a distinctive motor car. The salesman coyly offers a model with a siren that imitates a timber wolf howl, prompting a humorous exchange about matching the husband’s love of nature.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Boy Travels Parcel Post from Cincinnati to Versailles
An 18 year old boy weighing seven pounds was shipped by parcel post from Cincinnati to Versailles Indiana. The auto truck delivered him alive and overnight he stayed in Versailles. The postmaster marked his collar fragile and perishable and he was posted the next day to his home.
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Irvine
Versailles
Ind
Cincinnati
Vervailles
Parcel Post
Cinginnati Dewnpaper
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BOY Scouts
P. G. Holden
Camp
Bowie
Morrell
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