Feathering His Nest in Wartime Schemes
Latimer Cobb, urged by Latimer Cobb's cousin Hardshell Hopper, inflates patriot image while secretly funneling a million into Liberty bonds for personal gain. When stock crashes, Cobb loses wealth. Hopper seizes control, justifying it as safeguarding investments rather than true patriotism. The tale exposes financial manipulation during wartime and the vanity of public virtue.
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Hardsbell Hopper
Latttver Cobb
Freedleor Deghew
Latimer Cobb
Min
Henee
Manietel Hopper
Hardshell
Martshell Hopper
Steve
Fireteigns
Giltmiged Securities
Yeetentay
Hart
Tell Hopper
Colt
Latimer
Hamshel
Lather
Lattimer
Pwo
Hardshell Hopper
Niseyusin
Hardaheli Topper
Plordehell
Wall Street
Stork
Mardetel
Latimer Cobh
Heyer
Thordebed
Joe
Flardshell Hopper
Neeta
Hantehell Hopper
Belgium Stands With Allies In Fight For Freedom
The Belgian minister to the United States declares Belgium and Belgium’s people stand with their allies against German aggression. He recalls brutal German coercion, deportations, and attempts to divide Flanders, praising unity and the shared mottoes of freedom and union. The message echoes resolve to endure until victory.
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Germany
Eiter
France
Cnttle
Anil Maxe
Flanders
Walloon
Belgium
Treat Captive Germans Kindly In War Prison Camps
A World War I era article describes German prisoners in a French camp near the Somme, noting humane treatment of privates, with officers undignified by guards. An American observer recalls prisoners watching Allied columns, and a German captive expresses mixed feelings about war and future emigration to Australia.
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France
Prince
Germany
Don Mertin
Preenee
Somme
Trn
Americs
Cuet Fraguents
Taxi cab drivers knit but they are women in Cleveland
In Cleveland a surprising local scene shows women taxi drivers knitting while at work. The peaceful activity unfolds amid a city with many male drivers, highlighting a shift in the driving community and a glimpse of daily street life amid urban change.
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Ceveland
Cleveland
Ting
Erie
Canned lightning war engine could end the conflict
The article describes a sensational 1910s era device “canned lightning” that scientists claim could destroy trenches with concentrated electric currents. Tests on the Tiber banks allegedly demonstrated powerful arcing capable of wrecking aircraft, ships, and fortifications, with hopes it would end the war in thirty days.
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Bertin
En Helian Scientionn
Tiber
F. W Rendall
Saga
Offeinis
Erientiet
North Sea
Rand
Alrane
Rendall
War Heroes Guyon and Gaven Stories From Front
French soldiers Guyon and Gaven stand as examples of wartime bravery. Guyon fights near no man’s land, earned Croix de Guerre and wounded four times while aiding comrades. Gaven, newly married before Call to service, endured a year apart as his wife was captured, escaped, and returned to work in a munitions factory in Paris.
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Paria
Guren
Guyon
Gaven
Bercian
Germany
Holland
France
London
Paris
Freech
Letters From Home Reveal Oregon Troops in France
In Dallas Oregon Mr ant Mre SN Wonde revived a letter from son Laird Wiese reem'ly stating he had just received mail after arriving in France. The 8th letters and packages to other Company L boys were in hospital in New York when Oregon troops sailed for France. He later joined the Montana National Guard near the fighting front in France.
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Dallas
Ore
Ant
Laird Wiese
New York
Oregon
France
Montana
Naethena Guard
No Children Rule Banned in Seattle War-Era Notice
J W Eppagter, president of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, appealed to landowners citywide to remove NO CHILDREN signs from properties. He argued the wartime housing shortage for shipyard workers made the signs a problem for roving workers and household proprietors.
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Seattle
Nohildren
J. W. Eppagter
Keepsake goes for bonds in Tulsa request
W. H. Martin of Tulsa says he has carried a gold piece for thirty seven years and, despite hunger and temptation, will part with it to aid American arms. He deposited a $10 gold piece at the post office window and asked for some baby bonds.
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Oklahoma
Tulsa
Sam
Vietory
American Arma
W. H. Martin
Cotton yields seen high across the South in spring
Reports from many regions indicate a strong cotton crop this season with prices around 30 cents per pound. The notes suggest broad oversupply in the market as harvest progresses.
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New Orleans
South
Nervous Woman Cures With Doctor's Compound Claim
A reader letter recalls a four year struggle with nervousness and a claimed cure by a vegetable compound from a doctor. The writer asserts relief and breath improvement, noting a belief in a medicine that supposedly cures female ailments amid wartime savings measures and local letters.
Too Weak to Fight Aiseless Echoes of a Fragment
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a dire scene with garbled lines referencing weakness, endurance, and a cryptic “METAL” motif. It mentions a medical or ritual context, with scattered phrases about strength, endurance, and an uncertain speaker or subject.
Fragmented local line reveals unclear injury and delay
OCR text shows a garbled report mentioning a person named Bert, a rough incident, and someone reaching a place through a doorway. The passage is damaged and lacks coherent facts or clear actions to summarize.
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Hon. E. DE Cartier
Dimeter
E de Cartier
United States
Mappy
Prean Camp
Lacerne
Switerrland
Merlin
Generel
America
Kaiser
Bride
Hans
Bentee
Borpreeed
Egger
Daisy Fly Killer
Amguert
Bert
Hunt
Stegdy
Moco Monkey
Br Sia
N and
Nee
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