Belgium Plunder and Atrocities Reported by Belgian Relief
Washington reports a Belgian relief summary detailing German depredations since 1914. It cites massive war taxes, confiscations of bank reserves and raw materials, destruction of industry, and widespread famine with severe food shortages and rising prices. It notes relief efforts by the Belgian commission, with improving but fragile aid.
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National Bank
General Society of Belgium
Belgium
Germany
Alost
Mons
Europe
Commission For Relief In
National Committee On Food Supply
Society Girls Join Philadelphia Stenography Classes
Miss Olivia de B. M. Guzzam and two other Philadelphia society girls enroll in stenography and typewriting at a city business college to fit for government service. The piece condemns wartime abuses in Belgium, citing deportations, prison camps, forced labor, and mass executions as part of German occupation aberrations.
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Olivia de B. M. Guzzam
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Business College
Germany
Belgium
Athus
Luxemburg
Holland
Blankenberghe
Cardinal Mercier
Library Slaps Hon Kultur In War Time Curbs
Los Angeles bans German books from public libraries and forbids German language study for all ages to counter German viewpoints. English titles seen as pro German philosophy are also banned as part of wartime cultural suppression. In Indiana a town organizes a massive coal saving effort with 900 residents chopping 660 cords of wood.
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Los Angeles Public Library
Los Angeles
Cal
Board of Education
Los
Angeles Public
Germany
Lawrenceburg
Ind
No man can make money as a pirate and give it away as a Christian
A compact reflective line notes the incompatibility between pirate wealth and Christian charity, implying that wealth gained through piracy cannot be reconciled with Christian virtue. The phrase presents a moral contrast without detailing events or individuals.
In Century-Old Draft Case Two Brothers Hurt Themselves
Milwaukee authorities say Edgar and Arthur Berth twin sons of a Millersville farmer were charged with injuring themselves to evade the draft. One boy lost a toe and the other an index finger while chopping wood claiming accidental injuries. Federal officials brought them to Milwaukee for questioning.
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Milwaukee
Edgar
Arthur Berth
Millersville
Is Crime to Kill a Mule in Washington Prison Term
A French livret militaire issued to soldiers carries a penalty of two to five years for maliciously killing a government mule. The 34 page manual must be kept on the person and shown at every requisition. It lists possible crimes and penalties, with the cover protected by Red Cross funded oilcloth cases.
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Washington
United States
Belgium
America
Red Cross
American Fund For
Liberty as a Difficult Destiny of Free Men
A reflective line underscores liberty as a slow fruit and a hard won achievement. The quote credits B Emersgoen and suggests freedom is the perfection of humanity despite its high cost.
Fortunes by Smuggling Haparanda in the Arctic Border Trade
In the Tornea region near Haparanda the war opened a new Klondike as smugglers move tea coffee rubber and sugar across the frozen Tornen river. Sledges driven by reindeer dogs and ponies cross at night bound for Sweden where goods command high profits. The Ny frontier town thrives with hotels and a cosmopolitan crowd, while border tensions linger from past incidents and prohibition markets.
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Tornea
Russia
Vornea
Lapland
Tornen Bay
Circle
Sweden
Finland
Haparanda
Tornen
New Klondike
Archangel
Vladivostok
Rus
Hiavarands
Vinland
Henaranda
Lehrbass plans to drop bombs near dad s old home
Madison, Wis. A State University journalism student Lloyd A Lehrbass told his father he enlisted in the U S Army Air Service and would fly to Berlin to drop a bomb near his father s old home. The father replied God bless you, son. Lehrbass s father was born in Berlin and came to America as a child.
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Madison
Wis
Berlin
Lioyd A. Lehrbass
The
State University
United States Army
America
Helena Woman Remains Steadfast Amid Four Wars
Mrs. Almon from Fairmont visits her son in Helena as her family graveyard spans four wars. At seventy three she supported troops in the Spanish War and now bids farewell as her son prepares to join the aviation corps front. She continues to knit for the cause.
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Vicksburg
Almon
Aimon
Goodby
Large Feet Get Him Off
Private Ivey Cleveland of the Twelfth company Third battalion One Hundred and Sixty fifth Depot brigade at Camp Travis leaves with an honorable discharge. He earned the distinction of having the largest feet seen on the parade ground, originally wearing No 14 brogans that proved too small.
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San Antonio
Tex
Ivey Cleveland
One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Depot Brigade
Camp Travis
Brazos
Cleveland
Ivey
Chicago leads war munitions by new giant metal works
In Chicago a rapid plan to produce shells and guns unfolds with oversized concrete iron lathes and planers. Lucien I. Yeamans, nephew of Grover Cleveland, heads the project building 80 foot boring machines and 184 foot beds to speed up weapon manufacture.
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Chicago
Governor Returns $25 Gift From Brother Prisoner Relief
Oklahoma Governor R L Williams returned a $25 check from a prisoner's sister who had seen her brother during Christmas clemency. He suggested she credit the amount to the warden so the man could obtain a benefit flag he proudly raises each morning and lowers each evening for neighbors to salute.
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Chicago
Oklahoma City
Okla
R. L. Williams
Woman named UC yell leader breaks tradition in vote
At Berkeley University the junior class elected Miss Marion Sutton as yell leader, winning more than twice the votes of her male rival J. S. White who claims several men knocked him down at the polls.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Marion Sutton
J. S. White
Lyereett Head Boy Sparks Daily Flag Raising in Waupaca
In Waupaca Wisconsin thirteen year old Ly erett Head son of potato buyer J A Head inspires a daily flag raising and lowering due to his deep patriotism. The story highlights a youthful display of civic spirit and local reaction in the town.
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Waupaca
Wis
Lyerett Head
J. A. Head
Children discuss feeding toy animal asks about pasteurizing bir
In a playful exchange the children debate what to feed their toy animal Ruth asks if bir can be pasteurized Big sister suggests corn oats and hay and the other replies with a curious question about pasteurization.
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Iuth
Big Sister
Ruth
German American Patriotic group forms at Newton
Jasper county Germans plan a patriotic branch in Newton as part of the German American Patriotic Association. W A Chase of Sioux City is bound over to a federal grand jury for draft evasion after injuring his toes to dodge the law.
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Jasper County
Newton
John Hail
Independence Public School
Iowa
Minneapolis
Beal
River Sioux
Omaha
H. J. Metcalf
State Defense Council
One
Albert E. Behmer
Sutherland
Cecil M. Conley
Atlantic
Fred H. Turner
Fred C. Brummett
Clarinda
Manson
General Pershing
France
Johnson
Germania
Manilla
Manilla Opera House
Frank Alber
Polk County
Iowa German- American Patriotic Association
German-American Association
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Commission For Relief
National Committee For Relief and Food Supply
National Committee
Commission For the Relief
Bruges
Antwerp
Brussels
Liberty
Teuton
Aed
Faghtier Laxiy
Frontier Customs Post
Dad
Monster
Kaiser
Lucien I. Yeamans
Grover Cleveland
Lad
Iowa State
Cedar
Waterloo
Boies
Andrew Peterson
Anne Peterson
J. KK. Driver
Denmark
Peterson
J. A. Cousins
New Hartford
Iowa Senate
Mr. Cousins
Dubuque County
Wisconsin Territory
Hutchinson
Algona
F. W. Kutschara
Gramd
Juslee Hutchinson
National Army
Camp Dodge
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