Underground villages in France used by Huns in cave warfare
German cave warfare aids a northern defense along Picardy and Santerre. The vast canal from Peronne toward Soissons links to the Bapaume-Camtrai line, with underground villages like Hermes sheltering troops and hiding arms, while authorities warn of church fortifications and potential destruction from allied artillery.
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France
Santerre
Picardy
Staf
Hermes
Enuerte
Noren
Edison of the Trenches: French soldier builds early dictaphones
The piece describes a young French soldier at Verdun who rigged improvised dictaphone devices using 78 shells and barbed wire to intercept and relay German communications. He created a wireless link to his front line, enabling real time updates as artillery battles raged, praised by George Kenneth Endy in The Popular Science Monthly.
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Fort Favannes
Verdun
Acre
George Kenneth Endy
Popular Science Monthly
Edison
Soldier's Vigil Over Hidden Wires Amid Shellfire
A stark account notes the repair work and constant watch over underground wiring to illuminate soldier toilets, while shellfire threatens to sever the lines. The men maintain vigilance as explosions loom, risking injury to keep essential facilities functioning.
Hudson Bay trade forecast over optimism for 1917 wheat exports
Newfoundland seal steamer Nascopic just returned from Port Nelson with officers predicting export of Western Canada wheat to Europe via Hudson Bay could begin in autumn 1917. They cite Winnipeg Port Nelson railway and port facilities as key catalysts. Twenty four California boy farmers toured eastern cities, winning their trip by besting 100 competitors in California University crop contests. They gathered ideas while on the continental voyage and noted interest in agricultural prospects.
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Canada
Europe
Hudson Bay
Port Nelson
Winnipeg
Calfornia
Bos
University
California
Britain's foresight saves world from big rise in rubber costs
Britain’s early interest in rubber cultivation and control helped avert a dramatic price surge. Government planning allowed supplies to meet demand as motor and allied industries expanded, with British interests controlling a large share of crude rubber. Rubber goods and overshoes became affordable for civilians and soldiers alike, while leather prices remained high and rubber footwear gained popularity this year.
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Britain
Brazil
Brian
Great Britain
Russians capture Czech workers amid war mobilization plans
The report describes Russians capturing Bohemian laborers and Czech graduates from Prague and Brno, who are pressed into factory and military work. It notes a growing Czech corps forming with brigades and units, some wearing Austrian uniforms, ready to fight against German forces.
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Thy
Bebenan
Wusi
Polytech- Sie
Prague
Brno
Fortelly
Volestecrad
Behcaias Sea Siorsts
Tormey
Will Tate
Great Gold Tales From Alaska A Swedish Explorer Returns
Swedish explorer Christin Leden returns to New York after three Arctic years. He shows four harpoon heads carved from gold and gold bearing quartz specimens brought by Eskimos. Leden travelled northwest toward Hudson Bay, crossing vast distances, with his outfit shipped to Fort Churchill. He avoids naming the exact gold site, citing safety and further expeditions.
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Alaska
Christin Leden
New York
Arctic
Sland
Re. Leden
Hoae
Fort Churchill
Hudson Hay
Mr. Leden
Kimos
Seden
Struggle for Principle Drives American Battalion in Canada
A New York State officer, the only clergyman to command a Canadian attached American battalion, explains his move from khaki to leadership. He believes the war is a clash of nations and ideals, and cites the Lusitania sinking as a turning point prompting him to join combat. He notes American units grew from one to four battalions and emphasizes honor over safety in fighting.
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A.naniock
New York State
London
American Legion
Canada
Union
United States
America
Prophecy of War Hope and Allied Setbacks Commented
A wartime piece notes optimism in Germany from a prophecy writer while British and Allied prospects appear grim. It recalls events around Verdun the Austrians in Transylvania Mackensen in Dobrudja and the Somme push. The author warns prophets should know before predicting outcomes.
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Germany
Verdun
Transylvania
Mackensen
Dobrudja
Somme
Prisoner Punishments At War Camp Reported In Telegraph Exposé
A London Daily Telegraph series cites a Spaniard soldier describing harsh treatment of POWs at a central Africa camp. He recalls tying wrists to an iron bar, bricks removed, prisoners kept in a barbed wire cage for days without shelter, food, or rest, leaving many exhausted or injured.
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Fortene
London
Daily Telegraph
Tate
Prise
Wittemburg
Ruslebon
Central Africa
Ware
Marvelous Daring Of Young Birdmen
English aeroplane advances rapid. Canadian Royal Flying Corps members from Toronto master twenty new types in months. Lieut A Evans McKay reports front trips in northern France after illness. Rev W F Price in London lauds aviators for downing two Zeppelins, noting costly German airship program and heroic acts two miles above ground.
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England
Royal Miliary Flying Corps
Toronto
W. J. McKay
A. Evans McKay
Royal Flying Corps
McKay
France
WF Price
London
Zeppelin
Germany
Striking Cures at Canadian Hospital Ramsgate England
Mental suggestion restores speech hearing and taste to Corporal Hogan of Grand Trunk and to others like Villeneuve who had been blinded. Col Starr of Toronto leads orthopedic work in Canada and prepares similar institutions in England as Col Jones expands Ramsgate style care across Britain.
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Charles Starr
Toronto
Canada
Ramsgate
England
Robert Jones
Great Britain
Ramstate
Britain
Corp Hogan
Grand Trunk
Villeneuve
France
Britain's Heroes and the War War Effort Revealed in Portrait Gift
British wartime leader Lloyd George spoke of a revelation of Britain’s wealth in heroes across classes as he presented a portrait gifted to his wife and himself. He praised countless acts of valor, devotion, and sacrifice by soldiers, noting the nation’s unity and the need for peace through victory.
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Lloyd George
Parlatiam
Warr
Britain
Downing Street
Reves
Mise Wen
George
Fthy Roberts
Tloyd George
Mise Vater Lough
Penmant
Penryn
David
Lloyd | George
Bien Sae Tean
Thitk Tam
Miss. Pennant
Wales
Mametz
Indians Are Doing Their Bit in the Great War
The Indian community in Ontario totals about 1 200 full blooded Canadians enlisted overseas. Mist Jones earned the Military Medal. reserves contributed over 6 000 dollars. The 14th Battalion and Bull Moose Battalion units show strong Indian participation across Ontario, Saskatchewan, British Columbia and other provinces. Notable Brant family members are cited with Lt. Brant killed at Ypres and other descendants wounded or honored for service.
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Mist Jone
Indian Department
Ontario
Sand
Bull Moose
Oisebec
Saskaniewan
Princ Edward Psland
British
British" Columbia, 1, New Brunswr
Yukon
Charles Smith
Battaln
Caneron D. Brant
Ypres
Milton Martin
James D. Moses
John Stea Jovan Coa Cooke
India
Imatti
Drangemare
Liewt
Brant
Joseph Brant
le Crain
Nathan Montare
Belanger
S2nd
Bavery
New Japanese Consul Seeks Trade Openings With Canada
Numano, appointed consul in New York to replace Dr Yada, envisions closer Canada Japan trade relations. He notes Canadian admiration for Japan's efforts and aims to secure Canadian resources like fish minerals pulp wood and wheat while Japan offers textiles toys silk goods and other products.
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Canada
Aro Numano
Dr Yada
New York
Japan
Hogan’s Flop Aid for Outcasts Flourishes in Shadowed Era
The piece notes Hogan’s charity shelter offering two cents nightly in advance and soup at near-cost, praising its humane purpose despite the man’s controversial past. It contrasts his post conversion focus on aiding battered humanity with a broader, skeptical view of high prices forecast by the Farm Mortgage Bankers Association. It also mentions Britain’s 25 million dollar aid to disabled soldiers and training efforts.
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Hogan
Chicago
Hogan's
Theotory
Farm Mortgage Bankers Association
Memphis
Tenn
Spragie
Harvard University
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