Immersed in Moscow Siege Tales From Allied Captives
Fragmented diary style report recounts Allied prisoners in Moscow and surroundings during a wartime period. It notes British, French, and American personnel, including YMCA workers and engineers, recounting capture, confinement, and relief efforts. Accounts mention refusals to break, days of endurance, and contrasting deployment by allies near a Red Army stronghold.
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Bron Volonda Tavis Pekeu
Moscow
Freneh
Mse Cuprain Wilson
Joyal Engineers
Prager
Crordian
Hospital Fire Devastates Pahoa Facility During Operations
A hospital in Pahoa caught fire, trapping patients just hours after surgery. Firefighters and volunteers rushed through smoke filled wards to rescue those inside. The three story building became fully engulfed as flames spread, with crews fighting the blaze while residents watched in fear. The loss is estimated at 150000 dollars.
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Framsein Sievdos
Foil Attack on Tiger Amid Mass Anarchy Unfolds
Disjointed report describes a foil attack on a figure named Tiger amid nationwide disorder. Monks and associates implicated alongside unclear names and places. A tangled narrative mentions Corstens, Banlle Cuttin, and Carin in uncertain Paris connections amid chaotic events with multiple named persons.
Youths in Paris Cheer Clemenceau as German Envoyes Visit
In Versailles on May, youths disrupted the orderly routine by cheering Premier Clemenceau and marching with placards reading Vive la France. The German envoys, passing the Hotel des Reservoirs, appeared to be met with a pro Clemenceau display rather than a German demonstration.
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Versailles
Alte Efion
Clemenceau
France
Rue Des Reservoirs
Hotel Des Reservoirs
Tugo-Slavs Attack Carinthian Front Amid Armistice Tensions
Reported clashes describe Tugo-Slavs moving to seize Carinthian zones including Arnoldsiehy Vilieh and Rainer with about 4 000 troops. Vienna disputes claim lines near Arnokistel and Klagenfurt as armistice terms are reinterpreted and border forces reinforce.
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Paris
Carini
Arnoldsiehy
Vilieh
Ttosenbaete
Rainer
Viena
Buerich
Eprentiona
Dryve
Arnokistel
Klagenfurt
Gouin Avs
Janesville Jail Guarded After Sheriff’s Fatal Shooting
A cordon of deputized sheriffs armed with tiles surrounded the county jail in Janesville, Wisconsin, after news of Sheriff Mall Latbran's death from an assassin’s bullet came in. Latbran died at Evangelical hospital in Madison from wounds to the neck and side. The shooting occurred on Richard Marty’s farm, four miles south of Monticello, Wisconsin, on Saturday afternoon.
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Tungsyllion
Wis
Sheri Mall Latbran
Evangelicat Hospital
Madison
Gattlel Vogell
Richard Marty
Monticetlo
Wisconsin Assembly Drops Movie Censorship Bill Indefinitely
An assembly committee on state affairs voted to postpone indefinitely a proposal to establish a state film censorship board. Supporters argued it would safeguard morals and protect children, while opponents said regulation is unnecessary and harms the film industry already governed by existing laws. Public sentiment favored minimal controls, noting viewers regulate exhibitions and offenses are handled by current statutes.
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Board of Censors
Wisconsin
Assembly Committee On
Oshkosh Northwestern
The Letter and the Quiet Parade of Daily Life
A letter sealed and stamped moves through a tidy social scene. A maid posts it while idlers jeer and a trucksman jokes. Agents smoke, a carrier delivers, and a girl returns the note to the mother who smiles and offers it to her child.
Sprained Ankle Care and Ferns Under Strain
For a sprained ankle act quickly and apply Chamberlain's Liniment per its directions. A star woman tending two ferns believes she knows all about intensive agriculture, showing confidence in her method.
State legislature weighs soldier compensation plan
The legislature forms a committee to craft extra pay for soldiers and considers bills offering either $10 monthly for service time or tuition and a four year education subsidy. A combined plan is likely, balancing cash and in school allowances, with emphasis on addressing lost years and debt owed to veterans.
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Cumberland Advocate
Prognosticator Foresees New Global War Beginning 1828
London readers are told in the British Journal of Astrology by a writer signing as Shepharial that another work war will start in June 1828. He claims to publish dates a year in advance, predicting Turkey’s perfidy leading to its overthrow by 1921-22 and Prussian influence shaping Greece, Turkey, and Russia. He envisions Vienna and Berlin as malevolent centers spreading through Russia to Syria and Palestine, with another allied victory forecast.
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London
British Journal of Astrology
Shepharial
Turkey
Greece
Russia
Wye
Vienna
Berlin
Black Sea
Asia
Syria
Palestin
Why Men Listen In The New Republic Opinion
The piece argues men endure listening as the price of being heard by others. It notes men primarily listen to other men who demand attention, while women seek approval over being listened to. The essay frames a sex difference in conversational priorities and underscores human desires for attention and acceptance.
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The
New Republic
Candy for soldiers would fill an eight mile truck train
From the signing of the artisties to April 11, the War Department purchased for shipment to soldiers overseas thirty nine million ninety four thousand three hundred seventy five pounds of candy five million two hundred fifty thousand packages of salted almonds and peanut and two million six hundred twenty five thousand packages of popcorn confectionery. It would require a truck train eight miles long to carry this load of sweets for the soldiers.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Hoglike men and their visions of famine pursuers
A quip notes that some men are so greedy they imagine a gaunt wolf of famine pursuing them whenever they miss a meal. The linePlayfully critiques gluttony and fear of scarcity in a regional tone.
Fine Feathers A Boston Romance Ends In Self Worth
Marilyn Day, a shy Boston shop clerk, accepts love from Bob Everest as they bridge social gaps. He reveals he lives nearby and wants a shared future, while Marilyn decides not to buy the costly waist she once desired, choosing independence and mutual support over vanity.
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Martha
Nome
Brother
Georgette Wuist
Marilyn
Deen
Miss Day
Mir. Everest
Bob Everest
Aroot
Ter Vale
Marissa
Neighbors the Sign Ivory Zeppelin Piano Practice
Neighbors discuss a daughter improving in piano practice in a terse community chat. A resident asks about progress while others nod in agreement, signaling a shared local observation and quiet approval.
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Ivory
Agai
Italy Asked 10 Return to Paris in Peace Talks
Dispatches describe Allied leaders debating withdrawal threats and the possible impact on the Paris Peace Conference. President Wilson aims for a ready German handover, while Allied views split on including China and Japan.
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Italy
Paris
President Wilson plans extraordinary session upon arrival
White House officials say President Wilson intends to return to Washington by early June and call the new Congress into extraordinary session around that date if events in Tunis permit. He may issue orders from Paris once the arrival date is certain and appear before a joint session of lawmakers. Plans remain tentative pending developments.
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Ciiedy
Dreimie Llvyd George
Germany
Wilson
Washington
Wilte House
América
Apia
Congress
Paris
United States
Tunis
White House
Small Loss on War Goods in Government Sales
Washington reports that wartime sales of surplus materials since the armistice up to April 25 total $158,381,306.23, about 1 percent of original cost. In the wreck period ending April 25 sales reached $2,210,689.95, including $1,248,097.00 for horses and mules.
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Woashington
War Department
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