Pershing on AEF Help in the Marne Counteroffensive
General Pershing recounts the American role in the 1918 Soissons front counteroffensive. American First and Second divisions, with the Moroccan division, spearheaded attacks across forests and plateaus, driving German forces back toward the Marne while sustaining heavy casualties.
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Rheims
Champagne
Marne
Soissons
Tenth Army
Mangin
Third Corps
Bullard
Berdoulat
Chateau Thierry
Cantigny
Dammartin
Meaux
Forest of Retz
Montreuil-aux-Lions
Villers- Cotterets
Harbord
Preston Brown
Twentieth Corps
Vierzy
Crise
Missy-aux-Boils
Paris-Soissons
Soissons-Chateau Thierry
la Raperie
Berry-le-Sec
Summerall
B. B. Buck
Soissons- Chateau Thierry
Chateau of Buzancy
Maine
Cameron
Noroy
Oureq
Ehighth
Hautevesnes
Courchamps
Chevillon
Fifty-eighth
Fifty-ninth
Sommelans
Charteres Ridge
Mont St. Pere
Charteres
Mezy
Jaulgonne
le Charmel
Croix Rouge
Courmont
Villardelle
Roncheres
Ourcq
Twenty-eighth Division
Bois Des Grimpettes
Crown Prince
Petain
Epieds-Mont St. Pere
Soissons-Chateau-Thierry
Trugny
Epieds
Bretail Wood
Epieds-Mont St. Pete
Tweny-eighth Division
Twenty-sixth Division
Croix Rouge Farm
Fourth Army
Marne Salient
Foret de Fere
Villers
Electric doctor coronaphone guards transformers nationwide
A 1931 Western Newspaper Union feature explains the coronaphone, an electrical doctor that detects transformer faults by distinctive sounds, notifies headquarters, and directs repairs. It reduces manned fault hunting and speeds service by monitoring high voltage transformers and substations remotely.
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Science
Western Newspaper Union
Chinese Fortunes Vanish as Marshals Fall From Power
The article recalls Wu Pei-fu once a top Chinese militarist ruling over a 60 million population and Hankow, now seeking a $2,000 monthly grant from General Tsung-ho or risk losing his bodyguard. It notes Chang Tsung-chang, who once led Shantung with 30 million people and 250,000 troops, living in exile in Beppu, Japan.
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Wu Pei-fu
Chang Tsungchang
China
Hankow
Tsung-ho
Szechuan
Chang Tsung-chang
Shantung
Beppu
Japan
Moroccan sultan displays Western table manners in Paris visit
The young Moroccan sultan on a state visit to Paris has learned Western dining etiquette from European instructors. Earlier sultans like Abdul Aziz, deposed before him, humiliated guests by biting fruit and passing it to others. Abdul Aziz later learned knife and fork handling from a French officer and even used them to eat coffee ice.
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Morocco
Paris
Abdul Aziz
Book Mark Guidance Between Mother and Son
A short exchange shows a mother guiding her son to find a readable point in a book by asking him to locate where the clean pages begin. It implies a quiet domestic moment centered on reading habit.
Blue Star Ointment Relief Promises Quick Skin Healing
A cooling germ destroying ointment melts at body heat and seeps into skin pores to kill itch germs. It claims faster healing for rash tetter ringworm ground and foot itch eczema and other troubles with guaranteed results or money back. Sold by drug stores everywhere.
Zebra loses stripes after rubbing tree joke
A humorous quip attributes a zebra’s stripped appearance to rubbing against a rubber tree, noting the animal remains a zebra despite the missing stripes. The line appears in Die Lustige Kiste.
This Woman Lost 64 Pounds of Fat
Mrs. H. Price of Woodside, L. L., reports losing 64 pounds after taking Kruschen. She weighed 190 pounds a year ago and now weighs 126, saying she looks younger than a mother of two. An 85 cent bottle lasts four weeks. money back if not satisfied after the first bottle.
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America
Clothespin Request Sparks 50 Foot Line Inquiry
A humorous exchange shows Bobby asking for clothespins for a 50 foot line, prompting a response from Hardware Man about quantities. The snippet captures a small domestic moment reflecting everyday thrift and cleverness.
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Bobby
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General Pershing
Fonreiche
Nir Ce
WNU
Liggett
Sixth Army
Bouresches
Torey
Belleau
Twenty-sixth
One Hundred Sixty-seventh Division
One Hundred Sixty-seventh
Genethe Farm
Hill 190
l’Hermitage
Retz Villers Cotterers
Parcy-Tigny
E.C. Taylor
Thedford
Anna Copeland
Anderson
St. Joseph's
Spurlock-Neal Co
Nashville
Tenn
WanteRseair Ntersm Ting
Houston
Galveston
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