US Troops Sing Before Battle in France
A Chicago Post report describes soldiers shedding horseplay and showing sober resolve before combat. It highlights YMCA entertainment helps ease tension, songs sung on leaving camps, and soldiers' determination to face casualties with patriotism. Letters to loved ones increase as men prepare to fight.
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Amelica
Natron
CC. Lyon
Chicago Post
YY. M. GC. A
YM. GC. A
Moe
Etvil Wele
Chaiddhe
Clementine
Meewenold
Though Blind He Wants to Get Hands on "Bill
Albany, No Y. Joseph Carroll of this city is blind, but he knows he could get the litser. Carroll was called before a local draft board. He appeared, led by his mother, and was immediately rejected. In sorrow he told the physicians, it may he haind tit I know DT could get my hui om that katser.
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Albany
Joseph Carroll
Carroll
Ted
Katser
Leavenworth class rips Kaiser picture in geography class
A Leavenworth Kansas teacher’s fourth grade class tore out a page with Kaiser Wilhelm’s picture during geography. The girls covered his face with paper while the boys tore out the offending image. The teacher smiled and did not punish. A state law bans destroying public school books.
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Leavenworth, Kan
Leavenworth
Kaiser Wilhelm
Kansas
Dying man donates $450 to Liberty Loan booth
In Philadelphia a gravely ill man declared he would die soon and handed $450 in cash to a Liberty Loan booth. He said the money came from his bank account as a gift to Uncle Sam and asked not to receive bonds. He left quickly without leaving a name.
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U. 8
Philadelphia
Sald
Liberty Loan
Sam
Lia
Two Hour Fight Ends With Dead British Pilots
A Bristol fighter with two occupants fought airborne action for about two hours over No Man's Land before fuel died and the craft crashed west of the lines. The German albatross was engaged and downed as the Britons stayed with the doomed craft until impact.
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Loenden
London
Arras
Deadly backfire aboard Bristol air craft in fatal crash
Examination showed two men on board were dead from back gunshot wounds, the petrol tank empty. The Bristol machine, praised as a top control craft, glided about ten miles after the battle, then altered course and circled. It eventually crashed after remaining aloft for over two hours.
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Bristol
Immigrant buys Liberty Bond despite language barrier
Mrs. M rs Hasenstab, a 100 year old native of Bavaria Germany living in Altoona Pennsylvania, cannot speak English but has purchased a $100 Liberty bond. She also wishes to see the Kaiser stop.
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Liberty Bond
Altoona
Mary Hasenstaub
Bavaria
Germany
Store Stands At Attention In Flag Ceremony
In San Francisco a department store unfurls an American flag from a high balcony as employees and patrons watch. A 30 piece band and 60 voice chorus lead The Star-Spangled Banner while no goods are sold. The noon ceremony, moved from nine, invites patrons to join.
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San Francisco
Cal
Ble
Lesson for June 16 Christ dying for our sins
The lesson centers on Mark 15 39 declaring Truly this man was the Son of God and the crucifixion narrative. It emphasizes Jesus voluntary suffering for humanity and the atonement through his shed blood, detailing the mock trial crowning with thorns crucifixion and the seven scenes from arraignment to death with emphasis on redemption through Christ.
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God
Evotionar
Ein
Jesus
Christ
Pilate
Israel
Simon
Cyrenian
Romnena
Golgotha
Saylor
Expert's Tribute to Western Canada Soil Yields Rich Crops
A Western Canada soil analysis by Prof Stevens and success stories of farmers transforming fortunes. The piece notes high levels of potassium phosphorus nitrogen and organic matter in prairie soil, cites a farmer growing 7,000 bushels of No 1 Northern wheat on 200 acres, and explains settlers from the United States flock to Alberta Saskatchewan and British Columbia gateways like Calgary Edmonton Lethbridge Regina Moose Jaw Saskatoon Kamloops for land and work. It highlights rising immigration as evidence of vast potential and promises of food production for the world.
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Canada
United States
Western Canada
Stevens
State College of Washington
Pullman
Wash
Brooks
Alta
Oak Harbor
Calgary
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Alberta
Regina
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
North Portal
Coutts
Kingalaite
British Columbia
Vancouver
Prairies
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D. Teather
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Son OF God
Daley
Saito
Brookly
Vania Perefieaie Taadrel Wey
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