Seven Hun Spies Shot in Britain
British and German espionage lore dominates this wartime recount. The article details execution by firing squad at the Tower of London, a unique leather strap device used on spies, and the secret service’s wartime methods, including censorship and selective letter openings. It notes eight German spies executed and others imprisoned, with a mix of neutrals and duals aiding the Kaiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tussaud
Tower of London
Germany
Hingland
Barrage
Channel
Naval Intelligence Department
Hall
Cepsor’s Department
Strait of Dover
Roger Keyes
Secret Service
Ain
Ringland
Tenkage
England
Bea
Seal
Exelon
Sumnone
Wormwood Scrubs
Young
Walla
Gamel's Place in Burdened Lands Sees Change by Steel Roads
The piece contrasts camels and donkey transport with rising motor and rail systems in Jerusalém era trade. It notes dust from roads, new London firm signs appearing in towns, and a shift from camel reliance to steam tractors as modernization expands. The narrative foresees improved water, new methods, and peace turning the land into a land of milk and honey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalém
Mula
London
Manchester
Allis
False Diagnoses Warned by Doctors Across Atlantic City
In Atlantic City doctors misled by a suspected foreign problem visited patients in several cities for recovery from imagined ailments. Dr. Obevetter Jackson of Pittsburgh described errors in diagnosis and the prolonged treatment of a patient with tuberculosis, noting cases of mistaken health concerns and unnecessary hospital stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. I
Wibatepcea
Fong
Cayttey
Obevetter
Jackson
Pitteberghid
Roen Tren
Ray
Traymore
Koeniger
Dean
Calforeta
Surgeons Praise Rapid Wound Care in World War I Allied Efforts
Dr Charles A Waters of the US Army Medical Corps credited modern methods for locating bullets and shell splinters with saving thousands of American soldiers in France. He cited swift marine and army surgeries at Chateau-Thierry as key, noting a daily rate of 250 wounded passed by surgeons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A.waters
United States Army Medical Corps
France
Chateau-Thierry
Flax District Ruined as War Recasts Industry
The flax district once a center of European flax production near Washington is ruined. German forces seized barges used for drying flax and sold them as firewood. Flax mills, machines, and crews were requisitioned, soldiers quartered in factories, and the Leleweerachen bleaching plains replaced with tobacco and potatoes. Fields were plowed and repurposed, with many flax farms turned over for battlesfields. It will be 78 before fields bear flax again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Courtrai
Lys
Leleweerachen
Why We Save No 11 The War Savings Spirit
A dated piece urging thrift to fight poverty. It cites Montesquieu on wealth and despair, highlights New York's lower East Side, and argues saving from youth can eliminate poverty. It notes many families lack income after deaths and promotes self denial, sacrifice, and cooperation to improve future conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tae
Montesquieu
New York
Lower East Side
United States
Sleeping Sickness Reaches Westward Across United States
Medical notice describes Encephalitis lethargica spreading from Atlantic ports with a 16 percent early death rate. Symptoms include fever, lethargy, double vision, and progressive stupor. No specific treatment yet. care relies on rest, nursing, and symptom relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Atlantic
England
France
Public Sale at Palmer Cornwell Farm near Marshall
Palmer Cornwell schedules a livestock and farm implements sale at his farm eight miles south of Marshall on the Robinson road Thursday April 10. Four horses five cattle two sows and pigs and various implements will be auctioned. The ad copy notes the old saying about troubles and work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer Cornwell
Marshall
Robinson Road
Ownership Statement for Marshall Herald 1919
Statement filed under the 1912 act lists Charles Scott as owner and publisher of the Marshall Herald Marshall Illinois, with editor and business manager identical. No bondholders or secured ownership exceeding one percent reported. Sworn before County Clerk Fleming R Black on March 27 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Herald
Marshall
State of
Illinois
Clark
Charles Scott
Edltor
Usher
Marshall, Il
Same
Charlies Scott, Marshall
Fleming R. Black
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J. M. Solomon
The
Palace Optical of Robinson
Marshall House
Britain
Eale News
Gamel
Jerusalem
Germaine
No. 11
War Savinga
Organization For
Ilinois
Statement of
the City Drug Store
Machlan
Overland-Spiter Company
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