Finance problem in easy terms explains war funding shares
The piece argues government war expenses require broad self sacrifice, comparing a proposed tax or bond plan to a local scenario where citizens must cut personal spending. It narrates a Hoosier tale of Heber Grim to illustrate how willing people are to sacrifice when facing a common defense need.
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Iiun
France
Belgium
Themeelies
Oder
United States
Anle
Goshen
No Waste in Army Camps Conservation Message Cites Food and Material Use
The army urges strict waste prevention through kitchen waste separation and farming at camps and cantonments. The plan reallocates feed, uses interned aliens and prisoners for farming, and aims to reclaim men as well as materials, with soldiers improving physically for potential front duty. The effort showcases disciplined resource use and national efficiency.
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Thes
Army
Yanks Halt German Drive Near Chateau Thierry
Eyewitness navy department account details June fighting near Chateau Thierry with American divisions and Marines holding line. Marine Brigade and 68th infantry battalion commanders named. multiple acts of bravery described including repeated machine gun charges, solitary heroics by private soldiers, and strong defense that stopped German breakthrough.
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Worhington
Chateau Thierry
Tourine
Pert
Navy Department
Harnett
Spy Rounded Up By Trap Shooter
A wartime unit captures a spy linked to a trap shooter posing as a signal sergeant. The report cites a top shooting club member in the States and mentions French operations, a tramp battery, and continuous shelling as allied forces maneuvered under threat.
Plane mission details and harsh weather hamper Atlantic crossing
A chaotic World War II note describes attempts to cross the Atlantic, German countermeasures, and a sequence where sergeants and troops detect nefarious activity. It mentions wires, pigeons, and a German under officer among the combat actions and deception efforts observed by military personnel. The passage captures tense improvisation and improvised signals during reconnaissance and air operations.
Flag Overhead in Wakewood and Hamel Stand Fight
An American sergeant in the Aliette troupe and Australian troops rally against a German machine gun post near Wakewood and Hamel. They clear a dugout, defeat five Prussians, and raise Old Glory amid heavy fire. A Chicago sergeant plants the flag on a trenches parapet as bullets shred the banner, leaving a single fragment as a historic keepsake.
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London
Wakewood
Hamel
Chicago
Rhinelander
Popular Symbol in China and Buddhist Motifs
A historical note on Chinese symbols describes the Buddhist knot as a sign of longevity and the eight commandments, two paired fish for domestic felicity, and the umbrella as a symbol of official life. It mentions a canopy presented to a departing mandarin as a token of administrative purity and ambition.
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China
Boy meets dog during walk with tiny bow says name
Grandma warns grandson about a large dog as they stroll. The boy bows and proclaims his identity as Ford Bradley, claiming knowledge of a "Telephone Probe" invention by Alexander Graham Bell, said to locate a bullet’s exact position in France.
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Grandma
Ford Bradley
Alexander Graham
Constant Tse
France
Ministers Go To War Churches Closed In Albany and SF
Albany and San Francisco report that churches lost ministers as men enlist. Rev Wilit takes charge at Wallace Firthen Meth church while Seekarie church estate remains without pastor. Keery church in the village closes temporarily for Uncle Sam’s war call. Mr Eaton heads soon for France to work with MCA.
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Albany
Wilit
Wallace Firten
Seheharie
Esate
Keery
Samter
Eaton
France
MCA
Girl in Every Port Reston Mase Report
Writing to members of Fraternity Lodge of Reteknhe in Milford Lieut Libert M Crockett son on war duty in France says censoring the letters of the bore to their sweethearts back home is one of the iota I'm up against most every night Some of them have had one sweetheart and some of them have two three and four.
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Reston Mase
Fraternity Lodge
Reteknhe
Milford
Libert M. Crockett
France
Acetylene Lighting Reaches French and Algerian Streets
Acetylene is increasingly used for street lighting in over 28 towns across France and Algeria. The article notes widespread adoption of the gas for public illumination, highlighting urban improvements and practical deployment in multiple municipalities.
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France
Algeria
Promised restraint replaces money in wartime tale
A New York banker bids farewell to his son a young lieutenant going overseas The son asks for one thing not money a vow to resist drinking and to remember his mother and siblings The father agrees and the two shake hands before the son goes off to war as others question the change in the banker and recall ancestral ideals reflected in The Obituary Atre text
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Heber
Enioll
New York
Alcowmol and the stimulant debate from old science notes
The Carb Signal discusses early scientific skepticism about alcowmol as a stimulant. It references fifteen years of research, hypotheses on brain activity, and experiments at the Carnegie Institute of Washington, noting concerns about regulation, migration, and depressant effects on trepiraties, with the term stimulant increasingly contested.
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Carnegie
Washington
K. Miegine
Mack
Beer Criminology Warns of Moral Decay in Drinkers
A physician from Malan argues that beer consumption alters mental faculties and leads to premeditated crimes. He cites Germany as an example of a nation ruined by beer fueled aggression and questions the nation's desire for a drink that enables such acts.
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Mary F. Cushman
Malan
Germany
Herry
How He 18 Handicapped
A Pittsburgh Observer poem fragment by Rev. M. A. Lambing notes the first and last to suffer or recover in addiction, poverty, work, and family care. It contrasts early loss with late gains, describing cycles of ruin and endurance through a speaker’s experiences.
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Rev. M. A. Lambing
Pittsburgh Observer
Moneer
Questioning saloon displays and temperance plea by Bryan
A Bryan quote questions why saloons hide their finished products while merchants show goods in windows. He urges temperance, noting police intervention in each stage of alcohol production and urging action to stop alcohol’s harm.
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W. J. Bryan
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