Figures Of America's War Cost And Casualties Reveal Scale
Washington reports a comprehensive summary of U S participation in World War I. Total direct cost near 22 billion dollars, 4.8 million in service with 4 million in the army, and two deaths per hundred soldiers from battle or disease. It notes rates of expenditure, casualties, ship movements, and industrial output by nation.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Leonard P. Ayers
General Staff
Army
Ayers
Secretary of War
America
Russell Sage Foundation
Peace Committee
American World War I Air and Ground Efforts Highlighted
The record notes American combat divisions in France relied on own artillery for 75 days and British and French support briefly. U S planes built abroad and at home totaled thousands, with 8,800 service planes produced for Allies and training output over 8,000 planes. Air squadrons rose to 45 by November 1918, with 740 planes in service and 755 enemy aircraft downed. American divisions fought 200 days and major battles including Meuse Argonne and St Mihiel, with large front lines and massive artillery use.
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Signal Corps
France
United States
Panama Canal
Great Britain
America
St. Mihiel
Gettysburg
Meuse-Argonne
Orphaned Fawn Adopts Man as Its Guardian
Williamsport Pennsylvania reports George Hummel a Liberty resident found a fawn guarding its dead mother near Grey's run. He fed the fawn crackers, the creature followed him home and is cared for by Hummel under game protection.
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Fawn
Man
Williamsport
George Hummel
Liberty
Hummel
Big Increase in Counterfeiting Threatens Secret Service
Washington reports a surge in counterfeiting since February 1919 with twelve new note issues in circulation. Chief W H Moran urged Congress for $125000 more, on top of $275000 already granted, citing low agency salaries averaging 5 dollars and 40 cents per day and funding shortfalls.
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W. H. Moran
Congress
Europe
Moran
Secret Service
Wrestling Parson in Army Holds Rhine Campaign
Chaplain Currie of the Second division known as the wrestling parson stages nightly fits in Leutesdorf near the Rhine. He wrestles soldiers from the Sixth Marines and wins about 75 percent. Each bout ends with a pledge to bring five more soldiers to church the next Sunday.
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Chaplain Currie
Germany
Currie
Rhine
Leutesdorf
Sixth Marines
Trunks Seized at Mildred Donnell Wedding Amid Judgment
Deputy Sheriff Theodore Edler confiscated two trunks and 9 baby grand pianos from Miss Mildred Donnell during her wedding to Thomas Hunt Talmage to satisfy an $851.50 judgment held by James M. Haley US secret service agent. Most items, except the piano, were ready for removal in circuit court with Judge Davis presiding. Alsace barber Chollet cuts long beard after vow kept since 1870.
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St. Louis
Theodore Edler
Mildred Donnell
Enright Avenue
Thomas Hunt Talmage
New York City
Martin J. Shaughnessy
Washington Terrace
James M. Haley
United States
Secret Service
Davis
Coed Aids Montana School of Mines Big Butte Project
Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors take part in the annual white M on Big Butte with 5,000 gallons of water and 300 pounds of lime carried up the hillside. The seniors oversee tools and timing while the lone female student at the school of mines helps gallantly in the laborious effort.
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Montana States School of Mines
Big Butte
School of Mines
Hardwood Floor Care Note Oxalic Acid Treatment
If an unfilled or undressed hardwood floor becomes gray apply a solution of two ounces of oxalic acid dissolved in just enough water to wet it well all over. Let stand 15 or 20 minutes, then rinse in cold water and proceed to wash without suds as usual.
New Zealand Lumber Vanishing
The piece notes rising use of native timber in New Zealand and warns that at current consumption rates the supply of standing timber may last not more than thirty years.
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New Zealand
Three-Button Signate Bell and Ice Plow Invention
Inventor unveils a triple-tone electric bell with distinct push button signals for three doors or rooms. A separate plow driven by a motorcycle keeps skating rink ice smooth, offering a novel motorized ice maintenance device.
Border Cavalry Post Encounter with Prompt Sentry
At a border cavalry post the officer of the day waited for a sentry. A Maine recruit rode up and, after a pause, the officer asked what he would say. The recruit replied that if the officer were walking he would shout Halt, reflecting rustic humor from Private M. K. Russell.
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Maine
M. K. Russell
Mother Shipton Hoax Recalls Prophecies and End-Times Claim
The piece outlines the hoax surrounding Mother Shipton the English prophetess linked to Henry VIII era. It notes anonymous 1641 publication The Prophecie of Moth er Shipton in London and Hindley 1862 reprint with added doggerel predicting 1881 end of the world, while Hindley admitted the verses were a hoax in 1873.
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Mother Shipton
Henry VIII
London
Charles Hindley
Richard Heady
Hindley
Tired of Life Batter’s Halt at Kingston Court
A boy at Kingston London children’s court pleaded being tired of life as the motive for attempting self harm. He explained a companion saw him with his head on the railway line and a scuffle ensued before bystanders intervened and saved him.
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Kingston
London
Popularity Misleads According to Uncle Eben
Uncle Eben contends that popularity can mislead, noting that a man who frets over a tune from a ukulele is often more popular than one who stays focused on steady work.
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Uncle Eben
Youngest QUR soldier Michel Bourdain joins U S Army
Fourteen year old Michel Bourdain from a farm in Malne et Loire becomes the youngest U S Army recruit. He serves with the fifty fourth coast arty, earns 260 francs a month, sends money home to help his parents open a Bordeaux store, and is adopted in the United States by J H Murphy of New York.
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Michel Bourdain
Malne-et-Loire
Ammmunition
Michel
Ingisah
Bordeaux
Fifty-Fourth
J. H. Murphy
New York
United States
Sergeant Murphy
A. BW. F
Heat systems for aircrew gear in German war effort
A German account describes flexible electric heaters for airmen. Initially using AC from wireless gear, DC from 200 watt dynamos at 50 volts replaced it to avoid signal interference. 30 watt sections warmed camera shutters, film clocks, gun parts, and aircraft controls, with asbestos core heaters and resistance wire spirals. Gloves had special tip heaters.
Poisonous Insects and Reptile Bites Overstated Fatality
Henry Lindlahr M D argues life risk from bites and stings is exaggerated. He cites statistics showing only 2 to 7 percent of such cases are fatal, challenging popular superstition about creatures like rattlesnakes Gila monsters and tarantulas.
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Henry Lindlahr
M. D
Los Angeles
Simple Courtship in New Guinea Custom
A New Guinea woman sends a string to a man’s sister or mother to signal love. The recipient informs the man, and no direct courting occurs. If the man thinks marriage is possible he meets the woman alone to decide whether to marry or drop the idea.
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New Guinea
Yankee Troops Kill Four Mexicans Amid Carranza Protest
American forces report four Mexican bandits killed in Mexico after surrounding an adobe blockhouse in a raid led by Captain Leonard Mittack. President Wilson vows to pursue and sanction withdrawal only if bandits are captured or killed or pursuit ends. Carranza protests invade claiming U S troops cross border. Diplomatic exchanges over the incident continue at the State Department.
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Marfa
Wer
Ams
Mextco
Leonard Mittack
Washington
Wilson
Carrinla
Mexico
Carranza
Bordon Datriet
United States
Tsehtiwens
State Department
Bontthis
Hansing
Taser
Germans and Americans clash at Neufatewasser
Dispatches report a brawl between German and American sailors in Copenhagen sparked by a Monday night dance hall quarrel. Several civilians were wounded and one German seaman injured as the disorder spread to the streets after the sailors departed the dock. The incident involved the destroyer Hale and occurred four miles north of Danale.
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Copenhiegen
Neufatewasser
Danale
Amertennan
Salors
Dimen
Hale
Seven Bandits Killed After U S Cruiser Raid
A reported dispatch from Gen. Puebla Gonzales to Mexican Consul Mende Perro says seven Mexican bandits who robbed sailors from the United States cruiser Cheyenne off Tampico last month were captured and executed by Carmunan authorities. The bandits reportedly possessed the sailors belongings.
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Quiventon
Tex
Anilors
United States
Nampico
Puebla Gonzales
Mende Perro
Finnish minister Sangiamoinen presents credentials to Wilson
Washington on August 22 1919 Armaos Herman Sangiamoinen the first Finnish minister presented his credentials to President Woodrow Wilson marking a diplomatic milestone for Finland in 1919.
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Washington
Armaos Herman Sangiamoinen
Finland
Hia
Wilson
Cleveland raid unrests big Ohio marijuana claim
Cleveland detectives and federal authorities raided a house in an wood new Kullertown, uncovering what locals call a large marijuana operation. Officials say the case involves substantial quantities and ongoing investigation.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Wood
New
Kullertown
Alva B. Chisholm Dies in Cleveland at 48
Alva B. Chisholm longtime aide to the president of the American Steel and Wire Co. died in Cleveland at age 48 from heart failure. He was a prominent figure in the steel industry and based in Cleveland. Funeral arrangements were not specified in the report.
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Gleveland
Iowa auctioneers open two day ethics conference
Mason City Iowa August 24 auctioneers from across the state begin a two day conference focusing on traditions professional ethics licensing and registration to control the trade.
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Mason City
Iowa
Ships to Owners after repairs surveys end
The American passenger liners Finland Kroonland and Louisville St Louis will be released from government service once surveys for repairs are completed. All three have been transports.
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Washington
Hners
Finland
Kroonland
Louisville
St. Louis
Explosion Damages Mohefin Steamship Off Rio de Janeiro
An undetermined explosion aboard the American steamship Mohefin while discharging cargo caused damage to the ship and cargo estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Rio Janeiro
Mob Lynches Suspect Near Louisburg
Taken from Sheriff Kearney two miles from Louisburg in North Carolina, Walter Gillett, a Black man accused of assaulting a farmer's wife, was shot to death by a mob while being led to jail.
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Louisburg
N. C
Walter Gillett
Kearney
Nervous Breakdown Reformed by Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy
Newark New Jersey woman says three year nervous breakdown left her weak with daily headaches. After two years under a physician she tried Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound on a friend’s suggestion and felt better from day one. She now works normally and recommends the remedy.
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Newark
N. J
Lydia B. *Pinkham
Misa Flo
Lydia
Pinkham
Miss Kelly
Strained Relations Across Quiet Household
Fragmentary dialogue shows tension between Mrs Wiges Ain't and Mra Oldent as Len attempts a covert approach. The scene hints at family estrangement and improvised reconciliation efforts amid uneasy interactions.
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Wiges
Oldent
Lendon
Lift off Corns With Freezone The Quick Way
An advertisement touts Freezone treatment for all corn types and toe calluses. A tiny bottle costs a few cents at drug stores. Two drops applied to the corn stop pain instantly and remove the corn or callus with no soreness.
Parker Wall Speech Sparks Debate In Assembly
A fragment indicates a remark by Parker opening with a preamble about actions before spending. The dialogue suggests questions about what prompted the wall across the site and the speaker’s initial framing of the issue.
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Sige
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