Marines Hold Paris Line in June Battle Near Chateau Thierry
Graphic navy account recounts American divisions led by Major General Barnett and Major Thomas Holcomb defending near La Valee Chatel and Belleau Wood in early June. Marines and French forces repelled German columns, with notable heroics by Sibley, Robertson, Duncan, and others amid heavy artillery and machine gun fire.
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Washington
Chateau- Thierry
Marine Brigade
Navy Department
Barnett
Paris
Thomas Holcomb
la Vaie Chatel
Champillon
Lucy-le
Belleau Wood
Sibtey
Sixth Marine Regiment
Holcomb
Robertson
Bouresches
Duncan
Spy Rounded Up By Trap Shooter
United States signal service sergeant in the Toul front area used pigeon homing to trap German spies. While repairing wires he noticed pigeons over the wood and used a 12 gauge shotgun to shoot down carriers. four pigeons bore coded German messages. A later detachment of military police captured a German under officer posing as a peasant.
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Aiis
United States Signal Service
Toul
Front
Iate
France
Signal Service
Quartermaster’s Department
Flag of the Yank: Australian and American troops seize wire and trenches at Hamel
An American sergeant leading Chicago men and Australian troops raised a small American flag over a machine gun post in Watrewood and Hamel. They charged a dugout, killed the guard, and cleared the trench defenses, the flag then perched on the parapet amid shellfire until only a torn fragment remained as a memento of the historic day.
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London
Watrewood
Hamel
Chicago
Stara and Stripes
Yank
Ministers Go to War All Churches Closed
Albany N Y churches close as Rev William Wallace Eaton of Schoharie Methodist resigns to enlist. Eaton will join the Y M C A in France while all village churches wait for ministers to return or appoint substitutes.
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Albany
N. Y
William Wallace Eaton
Methodist Church
Schoharie
Sam
Mr. Eaton
France
Letters From France Censoring Ends For Rebekah Lodge
Lieut Hilbert M Crockett on war duty in France writes to Milford Fraternity Lodge of Rebekahs that censoring letters from soldiers to sweethearts back home is his nightly task. He notes some men have one sweetheart while others mention two three or four.
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Boston
Mass
Fraternity Lodge
Rebekahs
Milford
Hilbert M. Crockett
France
Building Highways to Help Us Win
A Farm and Ranch editorial urges rapid state and interstate highway construction across the Southwest. It argues that public roads will link counties and states, boost commerce and social benefit, and support wartime resource mobility. It calls on every Southwest community to participate.
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Southwest
Highway Building for War Behind English Armies
The English army routes are being built and maintained under Gen. H. P. Maybury. A lieutenant colonel under Maybury has led road work for two years with 1,000 to 12,000 men, including German prisoners. Up to 2,000 tons of material a day are used to keep traffic passable, with broken stone at $7.50 a ton. The effort prioritizes function over cost to ensure steady movement of traffic.
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H. P. Maybury
England
Maybury
Toll roads fade as state takes over York Pennsylvania line
The Pennsylvania action to take over the York Pennsylvania road has led to the removal of several toll gates, pleasing drivers on this stretch now part of the Lincoln highway. Earlier, in 1603, colonists along the route urged a governor to build a better road to Philadelphia, obtaining a jog and plank highway seen as an improvement.
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York-Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
United States Road Rules For Mountain Roads
Government rules for motorists in national parks govern passing on narrow mountain roads. Drivers must take the outside of the road when overtaking a vehicle on steep grades, a safety and courtesy rule on less travelled lanes.
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National Parks
Freckle Reduction Shake With Lemons and Lotion
A vintage ad promotes Lemon Juice for Freckles. Squeeze two lemons into three ounces Orchard White, shake, then apply a quarter pint of the freckle and tan lotion. Grocers supply lemons and Orchard White. massage on face and neck for lighter skin. Harmless, advertises.
Being Superintendent Turns On A Pillow Fight Tale
Representing G A H Shideler, Charlies A McGondgle, now Plainfield Indiana Boys School superintendent, recalls his predecessor Shideler, who weighed about 800 pounds and faced a transfer tale. A boy feared punishment for telling truth about a new game where nightwear pillows are used to pretend being superintendent.
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G. A. H. Shideler
Charlies A. McGondgle
Indiana Boys’ School
Plainfield
Jefersonville
Shideler
Jeffersonville
Indianapolis News
Testimonials From Cheney Co. in Toledo Ohio
Fragmentary OCR noting BP J Cheney Co in Toledo Ohio with unclear context. Mentions lic varsot and cate area thesis and testimoniais free with limited readable facts.
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BP. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Not Quite Extinct in Old Fashioned Morality Debate
A quip from the Birmingham Age-Herald questions what has happened to the old-fashioned critic who warned motion pictures harmed eyes and morals. The irascible reply mocks both the antivampire prude and the prior view, noting societal shifts on cinema’s impact.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Things Money Cannot Buy Quote Reflects Cost of Living
A dialogue notes that some things are priceless while the wife jokes about the high cost of living, highlighting the tension between philosophy and everyday expense. The exchange frames value beyond money in a concise, witty moment.
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