Great American Machine Shop in Western France
In American port near Western France a vast wartime facility hums with trip hammers riveters and cranes. Enlisted American workers turning out 90 ton locomotives 12 inch cannons and cars daily in a transformed marshland site now a pivotal logistics hub for Allied railway expansion and front line supply.
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France
Mall
Capitol
Washington
America
Baron, Dornes
Associated Press
Bethlehem
Carnegie Works
Pennsylvania
New York
United States
State Railway of
French State Railway
Allied War Service
Sivas
Pon Te Paesea
Shaw
Bankers Ready for Loan
The Annafist and the controller of the currency compare bank resources and profits. In mid 1918 national banks report profits up 62.4 million, deposits and resources rise sharply, with no national bank failures this year.
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New York Times
Annafist
America
Britain Fights Booze Memorable War Time Memorial
R G C Westenberg highlights a British memorial signed by 2500 leaders across army navy munitions and public service. The piece argues alcohol harms war effort by weakening troops delaying munitions and ships consuming food sugar and coal resources and draining financial and moral strength.
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Great Britain
Privy Council
Seice
Adupation
Britain
Conchmarines
Mercantile Marine
Dope Scandal Report Pushes War Cellulose Takeover
A British House of Commons select committee reports on the Dope Scandal tied to the British Cellulose and Chemical Manufacturing Company. It details government subsidized contracts, stock inflation, and a push for expropriation to secure cellulose supply for aircraft. The piece condemns lax financial controls and promoter greed rather than outright corruption.
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House of Commons Select
Cellulose & Chemical Manufacturing Company
Select Committee
War Office
Cellonite Company
Usines du Rhone
Lyons
England
Ministry of Munitions
United Alkali Company
Courtaulds
Admiralty
British
Camille Dreyfus
Henry Dreyfus
M. Clavel
Basle
Great Rieks
Chimneys on the Rhine Under Allied Bombardment
The article notes repeated Allied air raids on Rhine industrial towns from Basel to Mainz and Frankfurt, highlighting smokey chimneys as symbols of German war industry. It cites Karlsruhe Darmstadt Mannheim and Cologne rail hubs as targets, and discusses morale, supply lines, and fears of crippling munitions plants.
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Rhine
Rhine Valley
Basel
Switzerland
Mainz
Cologne
Eee Iron and Steel
Hessen
Krupps
Pelgium
Holland
Mannheim
Karlsruhe
Darmstadt
Coble
Bonn
Bingen
Duesseldorf
Frankfurt
Germany
Badische Soda
Anstia Pabrika
Ruesseldorf
Banks Offer Free Safe Storage for Liberty Bonds in Chicago
Several Chicago banks announce they will store Liberty bonds for any holder without charge or restrictions. The move aims to assist small investors amid a nationwide fourth Liberty Bond drive and broad public uptake, with banks emphasizing patriotic support and secure handling for securites.
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Chicago
Daily Nova
Liberty Ponds
United States
Notable Border Fence As Barrier For Escape
Observers note the border fence line with German sentries every two hundred yards. bribes and weather aid escapes. Night rains and wet wood affect the tunnel plan as sentries retreat to shelters, making a tunnel under the fence plausible.
Eben Leighton Mows Hay Anew at 101 in Maine
Eben Leighton, age 101, of Mt. Vernon Maine, was seen recently mowing hay with a hand scythe the old fashioned way James as reported in local notes.
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Eben Leighton
Mt. Vernon
A Criterion of Character and Inner Truth
A fragmentary reflection on character contrasting inner strength with external world. Notes Lavater's idea that true self shapes how one faces nations, friendships, and fears. Emphasizes self-awareness, moral will, and the battle with internal enemies shaping outward life.
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Joan Caspar Lavater
Aerial exploration to expand after war say British expert
Harold Brighouse of the Royal Geographical Society predicts widespread postwar use of airplanes for exploration and survey. He notes Amundsen's Arctic expedition will employ air planes for geographical and meteorological research, and praises aerial photography for mapping uncharted lands and locating natural resources.
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London
Harold Brighouse
Royal Geographical Society
Associated Press
Tain Amundsen
Arctic
J. Brighouse
Africa
Not Democrats From the Louisville Courier Journal
Senator Lodge critiques Bolshevik rule in Russia calling it undemocratic and cloaked in class rule. He argues democratic ideals are perverted by treachery and ignorance and warns against Bolshevik tyranny masquerading as democracy.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Lodge
England
France
Italy
United States
Russia
Germany
Hohensollerns
Bolsheviate Democrats
Kussia
Rabbits Turn War Aid as Trade Booms
Dispatches report the British board orders 600000 crates of skinned rabbits, requiring 21008000 rabbits to be killed, weighing 30000000 pounds after creasing. The market shifts from pest control to a profitable wartime supply in England while Australian and southwestern US production expands.
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Washington
Australia
United States
Mifticial
England
Fragmented Boston Transcript item on water danger
A damaged OCR fragment from the Boston Transcript references a water danger and an incident at sea. The readable bits mention the ocean, a headed ship or person, and possible peril but lack clear names, dates, or outcomes.
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Boston Transcript
Delicate operation removes hyphen in American wartime stance
London speaker James Keeley urged an American resolve to fight Germany, denouncing German propaganda and the hyphen between American and German identities. He cited mass enlistment, Liberty Loan support, and wartime unity as crucial to victory and warned against sympathy with Germany.
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London
James Keeley
Over-Seas Club
United States
Keeley
America
Cross
Wilson
Germany
Lusitania
Ofith Cavell
Fryatt
Belgium
France
Serbia
Chaos in Siberia Amid Disintegration Claims by Nakashima
Shimonoseki reports from May quote Gen. M. Nakashima of the Japanese army saying Siberia is disintegrating under Leninist puppet rule. He cites refugees appealing for Allied aid, German and Austrian POWs arming contingents, and widespread distress among intellectuals and farmers facing famine due to seed shortages.
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Shimonoseki
Japan
Siberia
M. Nakashima
Russia
China
Semenet
Murder of Chinese minister shocks Springfield readers
An attack in a Vice city dining room left Li minister dead after two shots fired by Mah Chew who fled with a companions and later killed himself. Tang, former ChineseInterior minister, died shortly after as police investigated political motives tied to China’s government duties. The suspect Mah Chew reportedly fled toward a weapon stash before dying by suicide. August 26 details and U S education background noted.
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Springfield Republican
Wie Bo
Pane
Lung Ole Ter
China
Mah Bie
Coetae Barber
Basher
Tang
Chilarao
Mah Chew
Lie
Wa Bn
Weill
Victoria Chieno Wald
Ban Vrengaco
Tie
United States
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