British Offense At Menin Road Aims At U Boat Bases
British forces launched a major assault east of Ypres known as the battle of Menin road. Haig seeks to pressure Ruprecht of Bavaria and cut German U boat and air bases along Zeebrugge to Nieuport while Italians push toward Trieste and Latins push against Austria. Kerensky proclaims Russia a republic and moves to quell disorder as European diplomacy heats. Labor strikes flare in the United States prompting a federal commission and industry guidelines.
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Edward W. Pickard
Belgium
Ypres
Menin Road
Field Marshal
Haig
Ypres-Roulers
Hollebeke
Ruprecht
Bavaria
Zeebrugge
Nieuport
Austria
Trieste
Laibach
Trentino
Aisne
Verdun
Germany
Argentina
Luxburg
Berlin
Senate
Sweden
Washington
Buenos Aires
America
Keim Fetisky
Russia
Kaledines
Kerensky
Council of Soldiers and Workmen
Council of Peasants
New Republic
Petrograd
Riga
Bolsheviki Overrun Petrograd as Kerensky Isolated
In Petrograd during Kornilov's rebellion Kerensky becomes virtually a prisoner inside the winter palace while Bolshevik and Kronstadt factions seize control of streets. Sailors and workers join delirious celebrations as three times Kerensky’s attempted militia selections are rejected.
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Korniloff
Russia
Pel Ograd
Kerensky
Winter Palace
Ing
Petrograd
Korniloft
Kronstadt
Yeainst
Ter
Nebraska War Efforts and Local News Roundup
President Wilson urges all states to join the Junior Red Cross to aid the senior organization. Nebraska faces a spike of local crimes. a teacher Miss Cora Hintz was shot and killed, with the killer suicide. The Deshler broom works and coffee-roasting plant promise new jobs, while Camp Funston expands as Horns. Nebraska drafts, school bond plans, county agena, and Red Cross leadership feature across the state.
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Wilson
Washington
Nebraska
Union
Red
COSS
American Red ‘Cross Society
Boards of‘ Education
Cora Hintz
Tartington
Frank Faust
Faust
Miss Hintz
J.M. Hintz
Coleridge
Hintz
United States
Deshler
National Army
Fort Riley
Kaw
Camp Funston
Lincoln
Morrill
Scottsbluff
Omaha Board of Education
Omaha
A. H. Hollingsworth
Company
Kansas City
Deming
N. M
Beatrice
Home Guard
Humphrey
Platte County Board
York
W. E. Green
Helio Signal Foiled by Tin Reflector on Aisne Hedge
During the early war on the Aisne a British pair spotted a heliograph signaling from a hedge. German shells pummeled the site until staff found a discarded sardine tin reflector causing the misfire. The tin, glinting in sun, drew heavy bombardment that claimed no casualties but destroyed the hedge.
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Germany
Berlin
Great Britain
Belgium
Painleve
France
Alsace-Lorraine
America
Bellig
Aisne
Frederic Colemanno
Mons
Ypres
Moussy
Jack Johnson
Monro
New Addressing Rules for Soldiers Letters
Washington issues instructions for proper mailing to soldiers in U S camps. Regiments in regular army numbered 1 to 100 101 to 300 in national army 301 up. Example formats show Regiment Army Private John Smith Camp Lee Virginia National Guard Camp Cody New Mexico National Army Camp Funston Kansas. Nebraska units awaiting national regimental numbers. readers should watch for official announcements.
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Washington
United States
Regular
National Guard
National Army
John Smith
64Th Infantry
Camp Lee
151St Infantry
Nebraska
Camp Cody
N. M
355Th Infantry
Camp Funston
Kas
Woman Captures Eagle at El Chivar Goat Ranch
Mrs. Winthrop Howland of Live Oak Canyon captured a large golden eagle that perched in a peach tree. After a fierce struggle she held the bird by the neck and leg, got it into a pigeon corral, and escaped with minor wounds.
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Winthrop Howland
el Chivar
Live Oak Canyon
Redlands
Cal
The War Garden and a Gardener’s Gaffe
Representative Mason of Illinois urged Chicago families to grow their own vegetables to curb prices. He notes many are ignorant of gardening, citing a letter to a seedsman asking for absurd, comically mismatched supplies like potato seeds, a bee with hive, grass, a wall of flowers, and flour plants, revealing public confusion.
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Mason
Ilinois
Chicago
How Big Ones Get Away
A New York aquarium collector notes morays escape by doubling, tying the line, and pulling free when hung. Grant reports hooks often break, letting morays slip away, while Mobray mentions morays strangling themselves with strong tackle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapman Grant
New York Aquarium
Mr. Grant
Prospective Rivalry Quoted Exchange On Venus Del Milo Figures
In a brief exchange a mother and daughter discuss measurements of the Venus del Milo. The mother answers questions with uncertainty while the daughter responds with mild embarrassment.
Ahead of Him Mr Gotcoin Now Willie
A fragment from Stray Stories features a tense exchange where a narrator asks Willie to tiptoe and lower the gas as his sister arrives. Willie claims a different instruction from the sister and asserts the plan is already set in motion.
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Mr. Gotcoin
Willie
Russian Ballet Dancers Gaining Access to Learned Professions
A new Russian government reform commission proposes abolishing the old system that confined ballet pupils to dance. Nine year old students at the Mariinsky Theatre school may now receive six-class secondary schooling and qualify for university matriculation, enabling careers as doctors lawyers engineers and technicians.
First Step for a Good Blowout
A lighthearted quip notes the first step to a good blowout is to raise the wind, implying party success hinges on creating favorable conditions. The exchange uses playful wordplay to suggest atmosphere.
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