Supreme Allied War Council Pledges Ultimate Victory
The supreme war council states full confidence in victory with American aid and General Foch’s leadership. It notes Russian collapse freeing eastern fronts and warns of renewed German assaults. Allied resolve remains firm, with improved command arrangements and US troop transport enabling a lasting defense for free nations.
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Supreme War Council
Foch
Wilson
United States
Alliance Free Peoples
Europe
Sureme War Council
Berlin
Anuric Promoted For Kidney Trouble Relief
A testimonial style notice promotes Dr. Pierce’s Anuric as a cure for kidney and back pain. Readers are urged to heed warnings of distress signals and adopt changes like more exercise and water intake while using Anuric to relieve chronic symptoms.
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Pierce
Aseheman
Asuric
Hamilton
Jaxx
Queen
Toronto
Seaton St
Indian Forestry Official Arrives in Vancouver to Study Logging
F S Leete, conservator of forests for India, arrived in Vancouver to study American logging methods. With 26 years in India’s woods department, he will tour British Columbia operations before moving to the United States. He notes India’s large forest acreage and reliance on hardwoods, while America emphasizes softwoods, and cites a plan to shift from elephants to mechanical power in logging.
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F. S. Leete
Forestry Service of India
America
Vancouver
British Columbia
United States
Leete
Department of Woods and Forests
India
Burma
Canadian Forestry Service
American
Lumor
The German Way Dance Cancelled as Officials Seize Finery
Sunday preparations by girls led to a planned dance that never occurred. Burgomaster locked the hall, had each girl sign a name on official paper, and announced cancellation. Police seized the attendees’ fine garments as the forbidden event was exposed.
Practically Closed Dredger Identified in Zee Brugge Breakwater
Air photos show the Zee Brugge Belgian submarine base entrance silting rapidly as the British blockade efforts intensify. A sunken vessel inside the breakwater, initially thought to be an enemy destroyer, is now seen as a loss that has hindered German attempts to clear the channel.
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Zeebrugge
Bar
Sos
Idols and Houses Set Ablaze by New Christian Teachings
A Central China citizen recalls a local upheaval where families discard idol worship and domestic items to enact a symbolic burn as a response to Christian teaching. The account frames this as a revolutionary communal act reflecting shifting beliefs and social norms.
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China
Scraps of War Gathered by Post Battle Cleaners
After battles, a second army of territorials clears the field of unused shells, unexploded munitions, helmets, rifles, and other material. They risk danger from ordnance and bombardment while salvaging metal, explosives, and gear for future use.
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Marent
Charlie Chaplin in Heaven Dialogue Exchange
A short dialogue imagines Billy asking if actors go to heaven. Father confirms some do, and Billy asks if movie stars like Chaplin join them. The tone suggests a humorous or moral inquiry about fame and the afterlife.
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Charlie Chaplin
Heaven
Billy
Unlicensed Eating Houses Illegal On and After Ist
Posted notice declares unlicensed eating houses illegal starting on Ist with penalties. It warns operators to cease food service and close establishments to avoid action by authorities.
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Santee
Canada Sisea
Ite
PT Cements
Lloyd George Calls Allied Sacrifices Essential for Victory
Premier Lloyd George lauded British and American sacrifices for the Allied cause and warned that a Prussian victory would crush civilization. He urged unity, resolve, and endurance as the crisis persists and emphasized Americans as a vital force in France.
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David Lloyd George
Printers’ Society of London
Mr. Lloyd George
France
Lloyd
von Ludendorff
Tod
Rowe Pierson
Krupp Long Range Guns Shown To US General At Essen
A Paris dispatch reports Frau Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Höhenlohe displayed two immense long bore cannons to an American general at the Krupp works in Essen in 1914. She claimed the guns, costing 240000 dollars each, could defend the Panama Canal and warned they are only trial guns needing repairs after 20 to 25 shells.
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Daily Chronicle
Paris
Frau Bertha Krupp von Bohen Underbach
Krupp Works
Hersel
Essen
Krupp
Frau Bertha
Frat Bertha
Panama Canal
Boots On The Road Prank In West Tipperary Village
A drunk man in a West Tipperary village wore a priest’s boots to a local pub run. The boots were sent for repairs by the priest but were not ready. The man claimed he had them on the road when confronted by the priest, who noted they were meant for repairs.
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West
Tipperary
Bill
Willian
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Supreme Allied War Council
Smore Tucketis
Lloyd George
Britain
P. Ing ‘Wimpson
Aline
U. S. General
Bertha Krupp
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