War Dept reveals scope of wartime armament output
Washington reports detail the material side of victory, noting limited machine gun production in the United States at the war’s start, rapid Browning and Vickers artillery and rifle manufacture, and massive tank and pistol production as Allied and American efforts shaped outcomes.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Congress
United States
Ordnance Department
France
Disquiet in Slovakia as new regime settles in
A Polish-leaning dispatch from Pressburg describes Slovakia under Czech rule as unsettled. It notes three population groups Slovak intelligentsia Magyar and Magyarized Germans and peasants reaction to governance. Local autonomy sentiments grow while the administration favors Bohemian Moravian officials.
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Pressburg
Slovakia
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Bohemia
Moravia
Loot from German retreat swamps Belgium and France
Immense war loot left by retreating German forces floods Namur and surrounding areas. Estimates place value at four billion dollars with eight hundred barge loads, twenty thousand trucks, and cargoes ranging from iron bolts to household items. Items include stoves, chicory, candles, soda, dynamogs, farm implements, shovels, copper hidden under rags, and a vast mix of everyday equipment seized by the disposing board.
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Namur
France
Germany
Germany orders removal of imperial busts after revolution
German education ministry again orders down busts of the emperor and crown prince in classrooms. Amid debate over renaming streets named for royalty, the press views the topic as less urgent. Meanwhile Agapite Madrid of Lux Canyon, Minnesota, dies at 115.
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Coblenz
Ministry of Education
Germany
Albuquerque
N. M
Agapite Madrid
Lux Canyon
Moose and deer seasons spark debate across states
In New Jersey three hundred sixty five deer were killed in a four day season. The weight of the kill reached eighty five tons. Moose are returning to Wyoming with the game commission noting plentiful numbers and potential for an open season. Minnesota remains the only state with an open moose season.
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Door
New Jersey
Wyoming
The
Game Commission
Minnesotan
The Effects of Opiates in Children Warning Issued
A historical notice warns about opiate use among teens and cautions caregivers about narcotics and anodynes. It references Castoria products and stresses authentic labeling with proper signatures to prevent unsafe administration.
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Booth
Ft Cdr
Castoria
Fehr Optilidea
To Move an Army Transportation Needs at War
An 80 000 man field army requires 6229 passenger baggage box stock and flat cars, organized into 806 trains with a locomotive for each. The figures illustrate the vast logistical scale of wartime mobilization and the storage and movement demands of a nation at war.
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Army Corps
Not Your Heart It Is Your Kidneys
The ad warns kidney disease can mimic heart trouble and lists symptoms such as weariness sleeplessness nervousness backache stomach trouble pain in loins and rheumatism. It promotes Gold Medal Kidney Capsule to ease inflammation cleanse germs and restore health within a day with continued use for prevention.
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Nature
Arlem
Perished with their riders and a famous war horse Comanche
War reminiscences recount Comanche, Captain Keogh’s mount and sole survivor of the Custer massacre, carried wounded riders to camp with poles and blankets, later discharged after recovery. The piece also notes a chimpanzee exhibit and a spectator’s drawing line to a playful Grandma memory.
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Comanche
Custer
Keogh
Cuter
Horge
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