Horrors of War Seen in a Bristol Inn Visit
The account recalls a wartime England trip in which a young waitress learns her fiancé is dead, two mothers mourn at a station graveyard, and a wounded American teen loses limbs. The writer condemns war’s horror, urges peace, social reform, and a global brotherhood.
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Bristol
England
Attie
Urry
Hattie
War Office
Hattief
Paris
London
America
France
Prune Wins Acceptance on Army Menu In 1917
The article notes prunes rise from jest to necessity as a trusted army staple. Surgeon general backs the fruit with a favorable subsistence report, citing 20 million pounds consumed by troops in 1917 and a calculated 1.1 billion prunes by size design.
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Army
Berlin
Flanders
Picardy
Cyclist Saves Lieutenant By Ramming Runaway Parachute
A cyclist at a military training camp drove his motorcycle into a speeding parachute dragging a wounded lieutenant after a 2000 foot jump. Wind carried the corded canopy across rough ground, entangling the officer. the rider’s crash into the parachute halted its pull and saved the man.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Wage War on Grasshoppers in California Farmlands
California county horticultural commissioners report widespread grasshopper infestations across Sut ter, Modoc, Lassen, Butte and other counties. State horticultural officials urge coordinated action, with poisoned bran mash, burning, harrowing, and flooding cited as effective controls.
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California
Ome
George H. Hecke
Hecke
Sutter
Modoc Lassen
Butte
County Horticultural Commissioners
State Commission
King Salmon Run Delayed Along Yukon River
The Yukon river run of king salmon was about four weeks late this year causing concerns of food shortages for white residents and natives who rely on the annual catch. Delayed winter ice in the Bering Sea at the river mouth is thought to have prevented fish from entering the stream, with Bering Sea ice moving later than in a decade. Salmon are harvested in river traps and shipped to camps along the shores.
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Yukon River
Bering Sea
Yukon
Divorce Granted Over Kilt Fracas in London Court
A Gordon Highlanders lance corporal won a divorce in London after his English wife refused to be seen with him in public because of his kilt. On leave she reportedly greeted him with a crude remark about the kilts.
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London
England
Gordon, Highlanders
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