Letters From France Describe War Route And Vladivostok Visit
The letter recounts a long France trek from Le Havre to Romagny and Fontains with military police, then Belfort and Metz vicinity near armistice. It mentions Vladivostok Siberia observations, a zoo visit with Siberian and Bengal tigers, a Russian bath, Golden Horn restaurant, a six reel tragedy film, and a Thanksgiving dinner. The writer notes minimal influenza spread, a large hospital in use, and saving money amid limited spending.
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Red Cross
St Lawrence
Sidney Harbor
Nova Scotia
Liverpool
Southampton
la Havre
France
Seymour
Hericourt
Fontains
Romagny
Fulleren
Alsace
Belfort
Chaux
Nancy
Toul
Metz
Vladivostok
Golden Horn
Fear and deception in historical Indian crime customs
The article discusses fear as a weapon in old Indian justice, noting that suspects were made to chew dry rice while officers watched for saliva. It cites belief that guilt halted saliva flow, while innocence allowed it. An example shows a farmer using feathers to trick thieves, leading a man to betray himself by touching his head.
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India
Why Barberry Should Be Killed Editorial Calls For Dig Up Shake Burn
An Ameri can Lumberman editorial argues the barberry spreads black stem rust in wheat. It cites 1916 US crop losses of about 200 million bushels and warns of a repeat unless all barberry bushes are removed and burned except the Japanese variety deemed innocuous.
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American Lumberman
Barberry
United States
Gum as Water Substitute Chewing Gum Seen as Health Aid
Historic discussion notes chewing gum as a widely used stimulant with practical value. The New York Medical Journal cites universal chewing as a physiological need. Military and relief agencies report gum orders to replace scarce water and aid troops in the field.
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New York Medical Journal
Gulf States
United States Army
War Department
American Red Cross
Yankees Move 850 Ton Stone House in France
Sergeants Abe Griesner and Mike Murphy of Company C moved an 850 ton stone house on jacks and rollers to a new site in France. French officials doubted the feat but the house settled without a crack, a testament to American ingenuity aiding railway expansion.
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France
Abe Griesner
Mike Murphy
Company C
French Academy of Sciences
Spiker
New Surgical Battle Formation for Wounded Soldiers
The Societe Francaise de Secours aux Blesses Militaires unveils a mobile surgical ambulance for active operations. It features tents for triage radiography and prep, an operating tent with sterilizers and autoclaves, and ward tents for hospitalization. Transportation relies on two trucks and two trailers.
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French Aid Society
Societe Francaise de Secours Aux Blesses Militaires
Granville Woman Exhausts Long Work Day At Drum Shop
Miss Jessie E. Cone of Granville Mass has worked over two years tacking hoops on drums in Granville drum shops, averaging about two thousand hoops daily. She uses the same hammer, has worn out three handles, and works from six in the morning to five thirty in the evening. At home she assists her sister on the farm, milks the cow, and has raised twenty five bushels of potatoes while drying beans and canning over seventy jars of vegetables in the past year.
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Jessie E. Cone
Granville
Mass
British Air Uniform Approved for Royal Air Force Officers
The Air Ministry in London announces a night blue uniform for officers and airmen. Some months will pass before widespread supply. khaki will be available soon and gradually replaced by blue uniforms.
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British Air Ministry
London
Royal Air Force
When Meat Was Cheap Sweets Restaurant Founder reminisces on steak price
The bankrupt Riverside restaurant Sweets owner recalls serving superb steaks for 6 cents after the Civil War and helping his father, reflecting on earlier profitability and cheaper meat.
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Sweets
New York
Riverside
Gas Masks for Horses Boost War Effort
The War Department announced that the gas defense service is turning out over 5,000 gas masks for horses daily or shipping them immediately to France for use by animals in the American expeditionary forces.
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War Department
Gas Defense Service
France
Christmas in California continued reminiscences of Marshall's past
The article recalls California real estate declines and a hoped revival, notes Noah Platt’s “Marshall Fifty Years Ago” memories, and fixes on Marshall in 1870s by describing old sites. It mentions Dan Miller’s cottage, the Lockard and Wright buildings, Long Branch hotel, Vincennes and Chicago road, and the Archer House.
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California
Europe
Noah Platt
Miller
Main
Fourth Streets
Wright
Yovert ‘Meyler
de Kilborn
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Chas. M. Sullins
Optician
Heinz
Freestone
Li. Parsons
Wabash
Stephen Bradley
Siberia
Sou
Eleanor Sant
British Air Uniform
Georgette Crepe
Crepe de Chine
Foster Martin
The
Herald
Brunswick
Altona
H. M. Dewey & Co. Furniture and Undertaking
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