Peace Army to be All American at Camp Upton
The War Department creates the first recruit educational center at Camp Upton to train illiterate and non-English speaking recruits in English and American citizenship. Major Ralph Wall Ferris, retiring as camp morale officer, leads the center after successful development battalion No. 6. Recruits undergo four to six month courses to qualify for service and citizenship.
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Camp Upton
L. I
War Department
Ralph Wall Ferris
Ferris
Nicholson
Ferris’ Development Battalion
Washington
Henry Jervey
Adjutant General of the Army
De Pere man finds 300 year old coguie jugs at site
Jules Dufrene unearthed four jugs on an old French trading post site in De Pere Wisconsin. The vessels bear Louis XII seals and fleur de lis. He hopes to keep the discovery for future days of the day of the big thirst.
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de Pere
Wis
Jules Dufrene
Louis XII
Dufrene
Antwerp Grows as American Relief and Base Aid Port
Antwerp shows signs of revival after reopening, handling a weekly load that would have filled the port before the war. The American relief commission and the U S army occupation base bring ships, barracks for 20 000 soldiers, and plans to open Contich port, reviving local shipping amid lingering German gravel obstructions and idle longshoremen.
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Antwerp
American Commission of Relief
Belgium
Lloyd
Holland
Daniel Is Fireproof at Bristol Shipyard
Daniel Sweeney a Bristol Pa shipyard worker is deemed fireproof after a bunkhouse incident. He slept with a heated cigarette in his mouth and was found asleep as the room burned without himself being burned. He was arrested and held until he could pay for the bed.
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Daniel
Bristol
Daniel Sweeney
Sweeney
Ile
Tie
Gedved Suspect Locked Wife In Home In Wisconsin Case
Kenosha in Wisconsin tale involving Fusmus Gedved a street car conductor who forced his wife to ride miles on his car then locked her in the house marking the bottoms of her shoes to detect any leaving. The wife, Mrs Gedred, obtained a decree after detailing troubles in the divorce court.
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Kenosha
Wis
Fusmus Gedved
Mies
Miles
Special Certificate to Honor Employers of Returning Soldiers
Washington announces a program honoring employers who pledge to rehire returning soldiers and sailors. Col. Arthur Woods says a certificate signed by Baker Daniels and Woods will be issued, with a War and Navy Departments badge to show compliance.
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Baker
Daniel
Colonel Wood
Washington
Col
Arthur Woods
Colonel Woods
War and Navy Departments
Legion of Boats
War Department
Daniels
Navy Department
Woods
United States of Americaa
Army
Navy
Newton D. Baker
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of War
United States
Washington, D. C
Just a Little Late, New York Marine Enlistment Shocks
Stephen Kresney rushed to a marine recruiting office after hearing of the war. He learned the conflict had ended before he could enlist.
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New York
Stephen Kresney
Metz the Ancient Stronghold of Lorraine and Its Palaces
Metz stands on a high hill at the Moselle and Seille junction. The city, once capital of Austrasia, endured sieges and unites 27 palaces, medieval churches, and Roman remains. It remains fortified with Vauban ramparts and 12 surrounding fortresses after territorial shifts and conquests.
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Metz
Europe
Moselle
Seine
Caesar
Gaul
Christian Science Monitor
Mettis
Austrasia
Place St. Croix
Place St. Louis
Place de la Comedie
Place Royale
Church of St. Etienne
Thierry III
Valentine Bousch
Adhemar of Monteil
Paris
St. Vincent
St. Clement
Monastery of the Templars
Rue Des Trinittires
Nexirue
Rue Jurue
Lorraine
France
Vaubuan
Carmontaigne
Old City
Mungin
Tree with a criminal nature booted from farm
A farm story recalls a Prussian tree that grew rapidly and hid stolen items. Barbed wire, a scythe, a calf carcass and many tools vanished nightly from near the tree. The farmer finally felled it to end the mystery of the kleptomaniac tree.
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Boston Globe
Harmony
Lewiston Journal
Prussia
Flower Language Hints at Alpine Marriage Traditions
The piece describes Bernese Oberland customs where a bouquet of edelweiss signals engagement, as it shows a man risked his life for love. In Glarus a single rose left on a girl’s window sill prompts a decision, as fading roses mean rejection without talk.
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Bernese Oberland
Glarus
Wounded corporal recalls gruesome war atrocity in hospital
A wounded corporal recounts seeing a French officer’s body hanging by the feet with a bashed face after a patrol. He says his men planned vengeance, but after finding two Germans in a barn they captured them alive and gave bread, noting their different race prevented further harm.
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Everybody’s Magazine
Vacuum Plucker For Fowls Described In Popular Mechanics
A vacuum type machine for plucking fowls is described and illustrated. It reportedly removes all feathers dry from an average bird in about five minutes. A motor driven fan creates suction in a large tube ending in a special plucking head, with feathers collecting in an overhead receptacle.
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Popular Mechanics
Not Traveling Honeymoon Finances Save for Farm
At a wedding a bride said they would not take a honeymoon trip because the money saved could buy a nice cow. Her father was described as a well-to-do farmer, and the remark reflected practical, rural values.
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Chicago
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Burlington
James Bryant
Bryant
Muscatine
Henry the Fowler
Holy Empire
Henry II
Charles V
Duke of Alba
Francois de Guise
Toul
Verdun
Messins
Charles VIII
Cardinal of Lorraine
Henry VII
Louis VII
Westphalia
Brunswick
Blucher
Marshal Buzaine
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