Red Cross Man Wounded in War Becomes Joy Cart Thief
Private Jean Fournan, known as the Red Cross Man, bears a cross scar on his back from shrapnel near his spine. He, Corporal Heil, and Sergeant Kelly share convalescent ward tales at American Hospital No. 1 in Paris, while he celebrates eating, humor, and Americanization after battles near Soissons and Compeigne.
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Paris
Jean Wollman
New York City
American Military Hospital No. 1
Red Cross
Cage
Fournan
Soissons
Wismes
France
Frank Heill
Columbus
Texas
Heill
Bowie
Webb la Pointe
Sheboygan
Wis
David Ritteow
No. 1
Regular Army
Kelly
St. Joseph
Mich
Ritton
Ward 238
Philippines
Mexican
Fere-en-Tardenois
Titled Persons Yield to Yanks Aix Rest Center for AEF
Aix-les-Bains France reports that American soldiers receive priority in the rest and recreation center for the AEF. Dukes counts and other titled personages are displaced from accommodations and even the dance floor and bar are reserved for Yankees. The Y M C A runs the casino and theater for soldiers while titled guests are limited.
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Walter Kellogg Towers
Aix-les-Bains
France
Aix
Europe
Y. M
Cits
Hoosier Fired First Shot In World War I
Alexander Arch of South Bend Indiana a sergeant in Battery C Sixth field artillery fired the first American shot in World War I in France He reportedly yanked the lanyard of the pioneer gun as dawn broke on October 23 1917 The letter to the press recounts this notable action by the Indiana battery in the American expeditionary force.
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New York
Germany
Indiana
Alexander Arch
South Bend
Ind
Sixth Field Artillery
United States
France
Factory Women Back Overalls As Work Wear
A Mansfield Ohio factory committee investigated wearing of overalls at work and found female employees favored the practical uniform. The group reported positive reception from factory girls who see overalls as comfortable and suitable for daily tasks.
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Mansfield
Mountaineer Recruited Amid War Arrival in Uniontown
Jacob Warris, a long vanished mountaineer visiting Uniontown, expressed eagerness to serve. Police learned he had no registration card and inducted him on the spot, saying his place is at the front with the old shooting iron.
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Uniontown
Jacob Warris
Harris
Town panel backs modest dress for working girls
The committee concluded that the girls in overalls on the street were not immodest and approved the measure. The decision follows neighborhood chatter about suitable street attire for workers and supports the women traveling to and from their jobs.
Frank Mills Finally Accepted by Red Cross
Rejected 31 times in the army and navy, Frank A. Mills of Chicago 4 feet 11 inches tall is accepted by the Red Cross for service over there.
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Chicago
Frank A. Mills
Red Cross
Senators Slash Tax on Spirits and Inheritance Reform
Washington reports that the Senate finance committee favored taxing inheritances of 10 000 and more after state taxes, and cut the distiller’s tax to 2 20 per gallon for nonbeverage uses. House and Senate conferees failed to resolve rent profiteering in the war time prohibition section and adjourned.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Senate Commerce Committee
War Industries Board
Haave
War Finance Corporation
Stamford White Dies at Home in influenza
A Stamford White president of the board of trade died at his home 5217 University avenue after two weeks illness of influenza. He served two terms as board president since 1910 and was senior partner of A S White & Co. grain and provision. White was born in Liverpool England.
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Chicago
A. Stamford White
Board of Trade
University Avenue
Ma. White
Ile
A.S. White & Co
Liverpool
England
Italian aviators claim sinking of U boat
Rome reports Italian naval airmen bombarded an enemy submarine from a low height and believe the U boat was sunk in an official statement issued on October 25.
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Rome
Belgian capital moves to Bruges after western front gains
The Belgian government announces it will establish its administrative departments in Bruges after the province of western Flanders and parts of eastern Flanders and Uitainth were recovered from German forces.
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Bruges
Havre
Flanders
Uainant
Pennsylvanian Private Soldier Escapes German Prison
An American private and prisoner in Germany escapes and regains his regiment in Alsace. He is noted as the first American private among German captivity to break free and return to Allied lines. The man is identified as a Pennsylvanian with Lithuanian family roots.
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Hotel de l'Europe
Boniface
Daddy” Lecer
Europe
America
Yankee
Hans
Berne
Switzerland
Germany
Alsace
Governor appoints nine to probe Minnesota fires
In Saint Paul on October 26 Governor Burnquist named a nine member commission to determine responsibility for the recent Minnesota forest fires and to recommend legislation to prevent similar disasters in the future.
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Minnesota
Sc. Paul
Minn
Burnquist
Krueger in custody after Wisconsin shootout noted
Brainerd Minnesota October 24 Leslie Krueger one of the brothers in a sensational shooting duel with a posse near Owen Wisconsin recently is jailed here. The youth, a draft evader, confessed.
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Brainerd
Minn
Leslie Krueger
Owen
Wis
Prince Umberto Dies at Twenty Nine in Italy
Rome October 24 Prince Umberto count of Salon cousin of King Victor Emmanuel died at Crespane near Monte Grappa where he commanded a battery in the Italian army He was twenty nine years old.
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Rome
Umberto
Salon
Victor Emmanuel
Crespane
Monte Grappa
Iowa Camp Dodge urges home travel to save gasoline
Iowa officials instruct camp personnel to use homes instead of motorcycles and autos for travel to conserve fuel. The article notes a motor transport shortage to be relieved by the same order and reports fines totaling 10100 dollars levied on recent law violators in Sioux City.
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Camp Dodge
Sioux City
Camp Pike
William McAndrews
Lost Nation
Charles M. Clark
Oakland
Gerrite A. van Satten
Pella
Iowa
State Board of Health
Dubuque
United States
Moore
Waterloo
Charles City
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Cedar Falls
Ole O. Roe
W. C. Butler
Base Hospital
France
Philip A. Brooks
Lynn
Dave Whalen
Tipton
Bryant D. Badger
Council Bluffs
Walter E. Sayer
Eldora
Glenn B. McKinnon
Burt
John 8
Marshal
Clarinda
James Thomas Nevins
Harvey L. Norman
Hubbard
Leo M. Cochran
Letts
Wills Sr. Woodward
East Peru
William ,.Rehdner
Davenport
William Parker
Inverest
George A. Aldinger
Hampton
Murrell W. Starnes
Ottumwa
Walter F. Meyer
Burlington
Leo P. Mc
John C. Henrichs
Atlantic
Everett McManus
Aurelia
George C. Hardinger
Garrison
Dimitrios G. Stratisopuls
George Bauer
Keokuk
Frank Daniel Nowack
Des Moines
Albert C. Dethlefs
Manning
Dennis Enright
Manchester
Glen A. Morgan
New Boston
A. 8
Hodges
North Colweth
Clement J. O'Rourke
Dr. Sumner
Iowa City
Ames
G. B. McDonald
Forestry Department
Iowa State College
State Fuel Administration
New German Austrian State Declared Amid Breakup of Empire
Basel Oct 26 German Austrian deputies form assembly to create the Corain state of Austria seeking German autonomy and relations with other nations. Kurl Seitz elected president. provisional national assembly to govern Germans in Austria with 20 legislators and powers to incur debts. Amsterdam Oct 25 Austrian authorities hand over control of part of Poland to Polish authorities per Vienna dispatch.
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Basel
Austrn
Austria
Cormans
Fiddlerr Seitz
Amsterdim
Poland
Vienna
Vossische’ Z Aclaumge
Berlin
Need Men for U S Ships
Washington reports a large Navy recruitment push with about a thousand sailors needed for the coming year. Secretary Pantels informs the House Manual Committee that a 20 acre aid for the Trapton Roads project is under discussion, aiming to increase personnel to over 700,000, up from about 4,000 at the war’s start.
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Washington
Navy
Pantels
Trapton
Yankee Airmen Down HMS With Allied Air Victory
Northwest of Verdun on October 25 Lieutenant Sidney White of Elizabeth City North Carolina downed a German two seater aircraft and four other enemy planes came to assist. Lieutenant Whee Coal of Anderson Indiana shot down at Catloon.
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Verdun
Liewl
Sidney White
Elgabeth City
N.C
Geri
Tve
Lient
Whee Coal
Anderson
Ind
Catloon
St Louis Commissioner Resigns Amid Police Suspensions
Henry Lo Weeke resigns as city commissioner of weights and measures in St Louis after a Friday suspension of police officials. The government proceedings led to the police board action with suspensions kept confidential amid secrecy.
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St. Louis
St. Lois
Henry Lo Weeke
Weights and Measures
Polico
William Your
Two Student Aviators Killed in Training Crash
Miami Illinois October 25. Student aviators M T Hope of Merashe Til and Percy M Gering of Pittsburgh Pa were instantly killed at the Marine Corps aviation field while practicing aerial turns.
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Miami
Ila
M. T., Hope
Merashe, Til
Percy M. Gering
Pittsburgh
Marine Corps Aviation Field
British Army Seizes 200 Guns North of Courtral
A war report states that north of Courtral the British Seventy Army captured 200 guns along with their Tinkers and ammunition. The account places the event at the corps level with the pursuit continuing.
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Trance
Courtral
Seveond
Major Emery Released by Hans Copenhagen
Major Henry Crosby Inery, Russia representative of the Guaranty Trust Company of New York, captured by Germans on the Aland Islands in March, has been released.
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Major Emery
Hans
Copenhagen
Maj
Tlenry Crosby I’nery
Russhia
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Aland Islands
Mareh
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth Visit Bruges by Air
Dunkirk October King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium arrived in Bruges by airplane. They toured the main streets and were met with a joyful welcome from the populace.
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Bruges
Dunkirk
Oct
Albert
Queen Elizabeth
Belgium
Explosion Kills Seventy in Dessau Factory Blast
An explosion at a Dessau factory on the Dessau road near Sasel Switzerland kills seventy and injures about five hundred. Rescue efforts continue as more bodies are believed trapped in the rubble.
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Germany
Sasel
Switzerland
Dessau
Devlin
Italian Cavalry Chases Foe in Albania
An official statement reports Austrian renegades in Albanian territory retreating north of the Mat river, about 80 miles north of a Bosan location, as Italian cavalry and Albanian detachments press the pursuit.
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Tome
Matta
Dbusan
Woman saved from operation by Lydia E Pinkham consult
Black River Falls Wisconsin resident Mrs A W Binzer credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with curing her organic troubles and avoiding surgery after doctors wanted one. The letter praises the remedy for inflammation ulceration and related symptoms and invites women to seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Fau Claire
A. W. Binzer
Cole’s Curboltnalve Reliefs and Heals Ailments
An advertisement claims Cole’s Curboltnalve quickly relieves and heals diseases of attaching and torturing alin, instantly stops burn pain, heals without scars, and offers a 250 value, with a request to send 260 to The J. W. Cole Co. in Rockford Illinois for a package. The copy also mentions plug horses hats and men.
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Cole
J. W., Cole Co
Rockford, Ill
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad Claims Quick Health Boost
An advertisement urges readers to use Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules to combat weakness from overwork and poor habits. It touts rapid strength return and relief for urinary, kidney, bladder, and stomach issues, claiming a 200 year tested remedy from Holland.
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Haarlem Oil Capes
Holland
Haarlem
Tolland
Nanual
War shifts fashion as wrist watches and inks rise
A London jeweller notes two fashion fades driven by wartime needs. Wrist watches become essential for officers and civilians trade in watches and links increases. The soft cuff and khaki shirts with wrist buttons end cuff links era as men forego jewelry.
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London
West End
Thoughtful Nephew Probes Mother on Extra Kid
A small boy asks his mother if she wishes for another child. He quips that it would mean two more pounds of sugar each month, a playful line captured by the Chicago Tribune.
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Agene
Chicngo Tribune
Man’s plans falter as he drives through narrow gap
A man faces a tight squeeze as he attempts to navigate a narrow gap in his route. Difficult terrain and stalled progress highlight the challenges of the journey.
Unclear Fragment Notes Cultural Expressions and St. Vitus Dance
A fragment notes that a mule affectation is permissible while cautioning against assuming cultures express themselves through the brows. It references St. Vitus dance as a contrasting expression but remains fragmentary and contextual.
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St. Vitus
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