Brotherhood in Arms on Somme Front Amid War’s Mass
Reporter recalls a tale of allied trust on the Somme between a British and a French commander who led their troops over the parapets together. He notes French soldiers guiding British advances and the shared morale along a 160 kilometer front, with vivid scenes at Notre Dame de Lorette and Vimy Ridge.
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Somme
Arno Dosch- Fleurot
New York
Ypres
France
Vimy Ridge
Arras
Mort Homme
Les Bourges
Notre Dame de Lorette
Ablain-St. Nazaire
Souchez
Verdun
James H. Hare
Egypt
Gallipoli
Midlands
Kent
Ulster
New Bullet Pierces Steel at Sandy Hook Tests
Army officers report promising results from tests of an .80 caliber armor piercing bullet at Sandy Hook proving grounds. The projectile pierced a three quarters inch steel plate at 50 yards and passed a silhouette target behind it. Officials say a single bullet could penetrate through 10 to 20 men in a row.
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New York
Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
Laughter and Tears as a Human Safety Valve
A recent book argues laughter and tears serve the same mechanism to vent emotion and shield the body from injury, presenting them as two forms of the same emotional safety valve.
Swamped by Foreign Gold at New York Assay Office
The United States sub-treasury in New York handles massive foreign gold shipments from France and England via J. P. Morgan and Company. The office processes over 600 million dollars in gold bars, each worth about 8500 dollars, with heavy guard and melting down for refinement before recasting. Superintendent Vernie M. Bovie signed a ten million dollar check for a foreign gold shipment.
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United States
Assay
2Xample Assay
Vernie M. Bovie
Bears in East Kill Sheep
Smethport reports 80 sheep killed by bears in three months with remains found by James Irons of Irons Hollow. Depredations reported from Clermont Bloomster Hollow and Robins Brook, south and east of Smethport. Countywide losses estimated above fifty sheep in McKean County over the period.
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Smethport
James Irons
Irons Hollow
Clermont
Bloomster Hollow
Robins Brook
Bear Invades Orchards Near Oregon Town
Mrs. W. L. Hodges urged her husband to kill a bear that was foraging in the orchard near Oak Grove. Mr. Hodges rushed home from a business trip as men worked to frighten the bear away from timber by the draw after it had eaten apples.
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Ood River
Ore
W. L. Hodges
Hodges
Oak Grove
Iowa Education Reform Urges Major and Service Lines
The Iowa Educational Commission reports to the State Board of Education recommending major and service lines at Ames and the State University, with shifts including discontinuing advanced work at Cedar Falls, expanding home economics, limiting graduate studies, and temporary football separation to reduce interschool strife. The board cautions against revisiting 1912–18 decisions and outlines legislative and administrative implications.
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Des Moines
Educational Commission
Iowa
Iowa State Board of Education
Ames
Cedar Falls
University Senate
State Board
State Board of Education
Electricity in Time of War Highlights Electrical Industry Role
Howard B F Coffin, chairman of a naval board committee, says the electrical industry stands at the foundation of national defense. He notes factories producing electrical apparatus will pivot to military needs and stresses the importance of central power stations and reliable power for war and peace. Telephone and telegraph use are essential to national defense plans.
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Howard BF. Coffin
Naval Consulting Board
Prent
Delense
Telephone
Telegraph
Wse
Cause Of Hail Explained By Rus sell Spectral Study
Scientist Rollo Russell outlines hail formation from high altitude clouds between 16 000 and 40 000 feet. Warm moist air rises in cyclonic whirl, then cools and condenses forming a nucleus that electrifies as condensation occurs. Ice particles attach to the nucleus creating concentric layers. Strong upward currents during storms carry hot moist air into cold upper layers, forming electrical clouds and hail.
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Rollo Russell
Usurper Ruling the World and the Coming King
The article portrays Satan as the god of this age who blinds minds and hinders the gospel. It argues Christ’s reign is delayed, though a future return will dethrone the usurper and bring Jesus as king to rule Earth. It cites Bible verses to support the vision of impending divine judgment and rightful reign.
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Trakt
Satan
Michael the Archangel
Moses
Ateides
Mike
God
Christ
Europe
Mmany
Strange Viper Sled Craft Impresses In Seaway Tests
The viper or sen sled emerges as a distinctive and fast motor craft with catamaran like looks and surface propulsion. Government fits include deliveries to Army and Navy and recent shifts from open boats to cruiser style with cabins, control cockpits, and forward motor compartments.
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Army
Navy
Delivery Every Ten Years Post Office Plan
Announcement that the post office will dispatch mail to Tristan da Cunha, a route last used ten years ago, drawing interest as a whaler will carry mail to South Georgia and on to the island. Officials note little local awareness amid plans for future yearly service and island development.
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Heristan d'Acunha
South Georgia
Cristun d’Acunha
South America
Cape of Good Hope
Newfoundland Iron Ore Reserves and Wartime Trade Shifts
Government geologist places Newfoundland ore at 8.0355 billion tons with Belle Isle estimates at 35 million tons plus. Since 1805 about 15 million tons mined and exported. prewar shipments went to the United States United Kingdom Canada Netherlands and Germany. Since the war began exports to Germany ceased and shipments to other nations dropped, Canada receiving the major share for munition use.
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Newfoundland
Belle Isle
Conception Bay
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Netherlands
Germany
Family birthday gift shows love over wealth
Frank presented his mother with a small gift he bought, amid ceremony. His brother and sister laughed as he remarked that the sentiment matters more than the cost.
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Frank
Witty Exchange on Women and Noses
A humorous dialogue questions why women repeatedly powder their noses and doggedly suggests society views the nose as a center of attraction. The quip plays on vanity and social norms with a tongue in cheek remark.
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Bi. H. English
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Town City
State Pharmacy Commission
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General Assembly
W. S. Harding
Clarke
Harding
State Executive Council
Harry Shropshire
Board of Control
State House
County and District Fair Managers Association
State Agriculture Association
Iowa Draft Horse Breeders’ Association
State Grange
State Horticultural Society
George Newcomb
State Banking Department
Iowa State College
Game Department
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National Guard
Hughes
Wilson
Iowa National Guard
Basher
Bennett
Ellett
Prohibition
Supreme Court
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