Verdun Battle How British Helped France
British aid to the French army at Verdun is described as unprecedented and essential. The British offensive alongside French troops culminated in victories such as Loos, Haluch, and other trench advances, with enthusiastic French support and renewed Allied confidence amid harsh German resistance.
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France
Verdun
Warner Allen
Bulletin Des Armees
Champagne
Arron
Loos
Halluch
Prry Cera
Marshal French
Cambreas
Marne
Great Britain
Atkins
Tommy
Aden
Tompersan
Neuve ChayeNe
St. Eloi
The Antithesis of Christianity in Our Crisis
A brief excerpt warns of a Prussian militarism as the clear opposite of Christian ethics. It portrays a materialistic, domineering spirit that elevates political ambition into a moral creed within the surrounding crisis.
Destruction of Turkey Seen as Postwar Policy
A Toronto Globe summary argues for dissolving the Ottoman Turks and obliterating Turkey after World War I. It contends Germany aimed for worldwide domination and warns the Allies must dictate surrender terms to prevent further Balkan and Asian upheaval. It cites Armenian massacres and outlines future regional rearrangements.
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Turkey
Germany
Bey
Austria-Hungary
Hungary
Austria
Serbia
Boania
Mersegovina
Montenegro
Bulgaria
Reece
Rowmania
Balkan
Russia
Asia Minor
Mesopotamia
Toronto Globe
Denver Prohibition Strains Local Businesses and Charities
The halt in whiskey sales since January first 1916 hits Denver merchants and services hard. Gas and Electric Light Co reports collections up 5 percent, while pawnshops see declines. The Italian Methodist mission loses free meals to poor children, now eating at home. February license renewals rise 185 percent versus last year, far above the 2 percent U S city average. A clergyman’s tale shows wives tact in handling visitors as headlines note Persia and Persian trade.
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Denver
Colorado
Gas and Electric Light Co
T Pawn
Proiub
United States
Aetty
Conditions in Germany Report From The Front and Home Front
A reader recounts views on German life during wartime, noting shortages of sugar and bread, ration cards, beer and coffee adulteration, and civilian hardships in Berlin and Hamburg. Describes Paris fashions, Easter races, and public displays while highlighting troop movements and political anxieties about the United States.
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Berlin
Paris
Herliners
United States
Kaiser
Verdun
Hamburg
Turkey
Bremen
Afttwerp
Denmark
Switzerland
Tapoke
Germany
Brave Rescue Earns Edward Medal Second Class for Calgary Men
In June 1915 near Calgary Alberta a hundred foot steel span washed from a bridge in flood. Gardener Garden was swept away and clung to timber. John Roderick McDonald and Leo Patrick Powell rowed in a small boat through dangerous rapids to reach him. They saved Garden despite cold water and debris, risking their lives to pull him aboard.
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Ae London
Sos
Edward
John Roderick McDonald
Leo Patrick Powell
Alberta
Bow
Calgary
Garden
McDonald Ant Powell
Carriea
Brave Act Earns Lieut Honor For Heroic Field Duty
A wounded officer under heavy fire at dawn sees a decisive counterattack by German forces. Lieut. H took charge, spiked two guns, hauled three operational mules and wounded captain to safety, while directing a barrage that repelled the attack. He earned the Legion of Honor and the War Cross.
Dream use and famous dreamers span history and fiction
The piece discusses dreams as a source of real insight and invention, citing Robert Louis Stevenson who crafted Jekyll and Hyde from sequential dreams, Julia Ward Howe’s Civil War hymn, and an inventor whose dream solved a gear problem after a near execution. It reflects on dreams guiding scientific and literary breakthroughs.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Jekyll Hyde
Julia Ward Howe
John Brown
Lancety
South Africans Engage in Desert Skirmish Amid Rain and Strain
A mixed force including Andses Sikhs and Yeomanry clashed with a German Turkish commanded unit of Scousai in the Western Desert. Rain forced wagon abandonments while South Africans endured rifle fire and heavy fatigue from harsh foot marches before stabilizing their position.
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Western Desert
Scousai
Fouin
Mmn
Wireless Heroic Drift of the Aurora in Polar Ice
The Aurora became trapped in Antarctic ice in 1915 after months adrift. Wireless operator Hooke and crew endured storms and equipment fixes, sending signals from a damaged ship to Australia and New Zealand. A breakthrough on March 10 restored contact and led to rescue prospects as ice broke and the ship drifted toward Tasmanian and New Zealand shores.
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Aus
Arora
Aurora
Hooke
Hooter
Australia
Commonwealth of Australian
Macquarie Island
Awarua
New Zealand
Marcquarie
Marek
Hons
Tasmania
New Zeal
Britain and Allies Face Strains in War Demands
A fragmented wartime passage outlines Britain’s pivotal role as supplier and ally. It notes Russia Italy France and Belgian forces relying on Britain for ships materials and military support, while detailing supply costs and contested fronts. The text then shifts to a domestic scene with a neighbor observing a woman’s eyes and a dinner-table mischief, forming a jarring contrast to the war discourse.
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France
England
Russia
Italy
Salonika
No Half Measures In Dealing With The Germans
A report of a German aviator landing behind British lines and being captured, noting a new type aircraft and a British counterattack. The speech urges full mobilization against Germany, criticizing pacifist and internationalist sentiments and stressing that Britain must endure victory over the German threat to civilization.
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Pulot
Recreation huts aid troops with in war’s idle hours
War era huts provided by the Church Army offer warm quarters for up to about a thousand men. They include writing materials, a billiard area, and a chapel, supplying comfort and companionship during long, tedious periods between battles.
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Hwt
Church
Church Army
Png
Great Britain
Fiendish Tactics and War Code Reflections
In wartime ethics a soldier must follow a code of honor even amid ambush. The piece condemns German trickery such as using civilians or Red Cross symbols, praising British restraint and calling out German atrocities. It contrasts news items with a humorous Q&A about what to cut from the paper, showing campus wit.
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Red Cross
Hecona
Seesune
Pinet
Yale Record
Fragmentary dialogue about food and misread lines
A noisy exchange shows Uncle Ernest and Bobby discussing what to do with a fleeh of the whale and a plated samba entrance phrase. The text is garbled with odd spellings and interruptions, making the intended meaning unclear.
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Ernest
Bobby
Keneat
French Army and Canadian Ties Highlight WWI Exchange
A correspondent describes warm French-Canadian relations in World War I, noting French and Canadian units fighting together and sharing morale. He cites a civil engineer from Montreal and McGill University as an example of cross allied ties and cultural exchange.
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Lon
Tyous
France
Canada
Dominion lHrkige Company
Montreal
McGill University
Wapare
Ely
Ing
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