War Oddities and Army Enlistments Across Britain
Reports from Liverpool and London note varied wartime mobilizations. John Eaton of Baf fin Bay traveled 1460 miles to enlist in the Scottish Horse after hearing of the war. Henry Collins of Cambridge boasts a family with many in the army and has been congratulated by the king. In Rugby, over 2,250 current and former students joined the army, with 207 killed and 280 wounded.
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Liverpool
John Eaton
Baffin Bay
Scottish Horse
London
Henry Collins
Cambridge
New Castles Boom in Tyneside Shell Mills
New Castle on Tyne reports a surge in military trade as thousands of women in Tyneside munition districts move into shell making and earn substantial pay in wartime industry.
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New Castle-On-Tyne
Tyneside
Belgian clergy writes Pope on WWII occupation toll
A Belgian clergyman in Amsterdam estimates the German occupation has imposed a sentence on Belgians totaling 10,000 years. He writes to the Pope outlining the suffered ordeal and seeking guidance.
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Amsterdam
Paris Remains Fashion Center Amid War
New York dec 17 Paris continues to be a fashion center with importers at the customs house reporting the largest month for Paris models arriving in the United States. The gains include both individual gowns and trade imports, despite the ongoing war.
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New York
Paris
Custom House
United States
Rural School Closed One Week for Harvest Help
Fond du Lac Wisconsin December 17. A rural teacher claimed she closed her school for a week to aid pota to harvest. County Superintendent Duel opposes funding small schools and favors salaries that support businesslike school management rather than preparing students for incidental vocations.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Eason
Farm Sale Near Chaseburg Sells 260 Acres
The Robert Lampert farm of 260 acres, located south of Chaseburg, was sold today to John Helwig. F A Chase served as seller with a price between twenty and thirty thousand dollars.
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Robert Lampert
Chaseburg
John Helwig
F. A. Chase
Aneemic Teacher Recovers With Vinci Remedy
A La Crosse reader letter shares how a Key West Florida teacher named Miss Baez recovered from anaemia nervous collapse and fatigue after using Vinci. The ad claims Vinci iron peptonate and cod liver extract restore energy and sleep while correcting blood vitality, endorsed by Hoeschler Bros. druggists in La Crosse.
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la Crosse
Vinci
Mary L. Baez
Key West
Hoeschler Bros
Wisconsin
War speech fuses British classes as Duke Rutland hosts Ben Tillett
London observers watched Duke of Rutland and Ben Tillett share a stage to praise war effort and class cooperation. Tillett praised front-line comrades from Eton to Bethnal Green and urged Britain to supply shells and gas to defeat Germany.
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ED L. Keen
United Press
London
John D. Rockefeller
Bill Haywood
Duke of Rutland
Ben Tillett
His Majesty's Theater
Ben
Rutland
Cambridge
Tillett
Duke
Docker
England
Ben Tillet
Flanders
Eton
Oxford
Bethnal Green
Knut
Thut
Germany
Newspaper Desk Work Studied in His Book
Grant M. Hyde, UW journalism instructor and press bureau editor, releases Newspaper Editing a new textbook on desk work for newspapers. It complements his 1912 work Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence and covers copyreading headlines proofreading makeup syndicate material rewrite typography and printing.
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Madison
Wis
Spejal
Grant M. Hyde
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Mother Hen Executed for Abnormal Eggs at Dallas Farm
Dallas July 17 report states Mrs T P Marshall head of Dallas County Demonstration Farm executed a registered Minorca hen named Henrietta after weeks of laying defective eggs. Autopsy found another egg forming. Poultry experts undecided on cause and no rooster is kept at the farm.
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Dallas
Texas
T. P. Marshall
Dallas County
H. J. Haiselden
Henrietta
Allied advances in Flanders and northern France persist
A year ago today an allied push across Flanders and northern France faced no German denial. Berlin claimed the Russian Silesia-Posen offensive failed and that Russian forces are retreating through Poland.
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Flanders
France
Germany
Berlin
Poland
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