British Doomed in Mesopotamia
Cabled dispatches from New York report grave prospects for Britain in Mesopotamia. British forces retreat along the Euphrates. the Dibanich garrison north of Baghdad cut off. Baghdad enflamed. Churchill cites disorder, interrupted rail links, and need for fresh Indian relief forces. Rumeitha casualties reported. Shamiyah and Nadrigh districts described as delicate.
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Eckstein Hurt in Shoulder Dislocation at Local Drug Store
Andrew J. Eckstein carried his left arm in a sling after a dislocation last Friday night while stepping onto boxes in the rear of a drug store to reach top shelves. The injury was reduced without difficulty and caused little discomfort. Captain Max Sebald returned to Aberdeen South Dakota after visiting with his family here and resumes duties as recruiting officer. The Misses Hertha Hahn and Ida Muesing traveled to Minneapolis to visit friends, with Hahn returning Saturday and Muesing staying longer.
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Andrew J. Eckstein
Buffalo Lake News
Max Sebald
Aberdeen
Captain Sebald
Hertha Hahn
Ida Muesing
Minneapolis
Miss Muesing
Anecdote of Lafayette's aide and Wayne's prankish reply
In a Forum piece Count de la Lafayette recounts General Lafayette sending Major Anderson to General Wayne for reinforcements. Wayne swore at the Frenchman, Anderson calmly took notes for a report, and Wayne finally agreed to bolster Lafayette's command.
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Count de la Fayette
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Virginia
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Wayne
Anthony
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Gnally
Trouble Follows Wet Feet From Ear to Foot Health Warning
An medical advisory links damp feet to coryza or rhinitis and potential naso pharyngeal catarrhal conditions. It notes that wet hair and improper drying can worsen symptoms and advises temple and neck massage to boost vaso motor function and prevent lymphatic congestion near the ears.
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American Osteopathic Association
Moving Picture Man Films Eight German Soldiers
Lieutenant Cooper, a moving picture man, films advancing troops in a dawn attack. When eight enemy soldiers emerge from a shell hole and surrender, the camera operator continues filming, their cries and gestures mistaken by the enemy as a machine gun assault. The scene turns comic as Cooper marches behind the surrendering Huns with his camera.
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Cooper
Captain Swan
Berlin Indicted as Moral Cesspool by Cologne Paper
The Cologne Volkszeitung denounces Berlin as Europe’s most corrupt city and calls for judgment, denouncing Berliners as heartless foes of Kultur and urging a purge from its influence. The piece accuses Prussia’s capital of centuries of revolting sentiments and a monstrous debt of blood.
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Berlin
Europe
Cologne
Volkszeitung
The Bottom Fact and the Path to Truth
The passage extols thorough methods by noting a renowned American surgeon who traces symptoms to the primary cause. It argues across professions that finding the bottom fact is essential, illustrated by the horseshoe nail proverb about cascading losses from a missing nail and shoe.
Flogging under martial law reported in Lahore prisons
The Lahore Tribune cites disclosures that political prisoners in Lahore and Punjab jails face brutal flogging and harsher treatment than common criminals under martial law. The telegram describes miserable conditions, widespread innocence among prisoners, and states martial law tribunals lack separation of executive and judicial roles.
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Punjab
India
Lahore Tribune
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