Pro-German Rule in Russia and War Fronts Review
Russia falls to Lenine led radicals as provisional government collapses and offers immediate peace. Italian retreat deepens. British seize Passchendaele Ridge. Americans form war mission to Paris. Japan-US talks and U.S. war policy outlined. U boats active but limited losses. political shifts loom in Germany and Austria Hungary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passchendaele Ridge
America
Paris
Edward W. Pickard
Kerensky
Russia
Nikolai Lenine
Bakhmetef
Petrograd
Kronstadt
M. Bakhmeteff
Germany
Winter Palace
Aurora
St. Peter and St. Paul
Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Council of Soldiers
London
Moscow
Livenza
Count Cadorna
Tagliamento
Piave
United States Heads War Conference in Europe
The United States joins a joint Allied war conference in Europe led by Col. E. M. House to push for greater unity in prosecuting the war. The American delegation includes Admiral Benson Gen. Bliss Oscar Crosby Vance McCormick Bainbridge Colby Dr. Taylor Perkins Auchincloss and Gordon Auchincloss. The group aims to coordinate military finance supply and strategic planning and to consider peace terms only as a possible topic if relevant to victory.
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Emperor William
United States
Chicago
New York
John F. Hylan
Tammany Democrat
Ohio
American War Commission
Paris
Col
EB. M. House
W. 8. Benson
Naval Operations
Tasker H. Bliss
Oscar T. Crosby
the Treasury
Vance CG. McCormick
War Trade Board
Bainbridge Colby
Shipping Board
Alonzo E. Taylor
Hoover
Thomas N. Perkins
Priority Board
Gordon Auchincloss
Commission
Lansing
Lansing Laidj
Washington
IE. M. House
Wilson
Europe
House
W. S. Benson
U.S. N
Vance C. McCormick
Alonzo B. Taylor
Thomas Nelson Perkins
Polk
State Department
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
Colonel House
Good Roads Movement Accelerated by War Effort Across the Nation
Motorists arriving in Washington say the war with Germany hastens road building as highways become a wartime necessity. Eastern troops mobilize on the seaboard while railroads cope with demand, and the South Central West regions push thousands of miles of pavement to speed troop movements and daily life. Virginia and Western states join the nationwide drive.
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Sir Douglas Haig
Flanders
Passchendaele
Crown Prince
Aisne
Ailette
Allenby
Palestine
Beersheba
Gaza
Washington
Germany
Washington Star
Atlantic
South
Central West
Middle West
New York
West
Virginia
Italy Has Good Schools Across the Kingdom
The article explains Italy's public and private elementary schools across 8 262 communes with more than 50 000 communal and 9 000 private schools. Parents may choose not to send children if taught by a competent private teacher. Secondary schools split into classical and technical, with seven years required and curricula in languages, sciences, and humanities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
United States
Kingdom
Los Angeles Becomes Largest U.S. City by Area
The city of Los Angeles has expanded to 337 square miles, surpassing New York 314, Chicago 198, and Philadelphia 129 in land area, making it the largest U.S. city by area though not by population.
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Los Angeles
Cal
United States
New York City
Chicago
Philadelphia
Certain-teed Products Corporation
New York
Wloula
Boston
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Seattle
Indianapolis
Atlanta
Memphis
Richmond
Grand Rapids
Nashville
Salt Lake City
Des Moines
Houston
Duluth
London
Sydney
Havana
Swedish Name Almanac Aims to Expand Daily Given Names
The Swedish almanac differs from English editions by listing a Christian name for each sex for every day of the year. Names must receive royal approval from the king. The project seeks greater name variety to avoid repeating a small set of names. A similar royal almanac exists in a German state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Official Canadian library story telling for children grows
Public libraries in several Canadian cities host Saturday story time for children aged six to fourteen in a dedicated children's room. In St John New Brunswick the program has run three years and now runs two age based half hour classes. The program draws more demand for lighter books and brings in guest storytellers during summer sessions.
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Public Libraries of Canada
St. John
N. B
Doctor Bell Endorses Early Motherhood
In the Journal of Heredity Doctor Bell argues that young women are better mothers than those delaying maternity until after thirty. He advocates early marriages saying offspring of young mothers exhibit greater vitality and may surpass children born to older parents in intellect.
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Bell
Journal of Heredity
Washington, D. C
High Value of Good Roads Makes Farm Haul Costly
The author argues farm product transport adds 900 million dollars yearly to costs by roads. Using 12 miles per trip and 25 cents per ton per mile, 300 million tons are moved annually to markets or railheads. This total rivals primary railroad operating expenses, strengthening the case for better wagon roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Litter Maintenance in Poultry House Improves Sanitation
Litter kept on the floor of the poultry house should be removed when it becomes damp and filled with droppings that do not dry. White washed walls make the poultry house lighter and more sanitary.
Patching Old Gravel Road Maintains Surface Quality
Patching done properly when the road is wet followed by a road drag keeps an old gravel road surface in good condition until it wears enough to need a new surface.
Creatures of Habit Hens Keep Quiet in Busy Yard
Creatures of Habit describes how well contented hens in a chicken yard stay calm and do not disturb the garden next door. The piece centers on domestic poultry behavior and routine in a rural setting.
Get Rid of Boarders Hens Now, Seek Healthier Flock
Editorial urges farmers to remove old and decrepit hens this season as they offer little production and consume substantial feed, advocating a leaner, healthier flock for better yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count von Hertling
Reichstag
Junkers
Don’t Go With Poor Roads Says Contentment to Prosperity
A brief proverb-like note urges choosing happiness and contentment over pursuing prosperity through bad roads, implying moral caution about the means to success.
Bethlehem casts monster ingot for 16 inch navy guns
A Bethlehem steelworks Bethlehem Pa correspondent reports the plant has cast a 310000 pound 16 inch gun ingot for the United States navy battle cruisers being built at Camden. The ingot fills three furnaces and measures 15 ft 7 in by 100 in with a 80 ft long tube to be formed and bored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Steel Works
United States Navy
Camden
Bethlehem
Philadelphia Record
Lion
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Jerusalem
Maximalists
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Mincio
France
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Venice
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Alcedo
John T. Melvin
G. W. Childs Drexel
Rochester
Mediterranean
Admiralty
von Hertling
Budapest
Japan
Viscount Ishii
China
United States IN War Conference
Allies
England
Umit
E. M. House
Concrete
Maryland
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