Russia Will Stand Firm Over Peace Talks Says Minister
The new government asserts Russia will defend its honor and maintain strength of the army. It stresses unity with allied democracies and rejects a separate peace. Prime Minister Kerensky reiterates no counterrevolution while he remains war minister.
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M.T
Russia
Belgium
Serbia
Roumania
United States
France
A.F. Kerensky
Black Sea del Tes
War Time Prohibition Rally Draws Large Edinburgh Crowd
Sir Edward Parotti leads a large gathering in Usher Hall Edinburgh praising wartime prohibition. The speaker notes the crowd's size shows community support for the cause amid urging for economic savings during the war. The article references 109 days as part of the wartime period.
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Edward Parottires
Fdinburg
Shopper Questions Store Goods in Quiet Exchange
An elderly woman entered a shop asking to be shown some tablecloths. A salesman brought a pile for her inspection but she asked if there was anything new, prompting the clerk to respond.
Prometheus estimates Verdun steel harvest in scrap worth
Prometheus the organ of the German iron trade calculates the Verdun battlefield yields. If weekly shells average one million, with 260 square metres and 90 pounds per shell the total steel equals 1 350 000 tons. That mass could load 135 000 wagons and equals 13 tons per acre, worth about 45 pounds per acre at 3 pounds 10s per ton.
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Prometheus
Verdun
Valor and sacrifice amid Victoria Cross debates in war
The piece argues the Victoria Cross is the ultimate British honor awarded only after rigorous proof and witness, with examples of legendary bravery. It cites Michael O’Leary, Albert Jacka, Private Potts, Lieut. A V Smith, Major Yates, and Major George Wheeler as remarkable acts, noting the extraordinary standards for the medal.
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Crimea
South Africa
New York Sun
Michael O'Leary
Albert Jacka
Potts
Berkshire Infantry
Suvla Bay
A.V. Smith
East Lancashire
Yates
Second
Yorkshire Light Infantry
le Cateau
Act
George Wheeler
Seventh Lancers
Shaiba M Ja
San
Reassured His He You Don’t Really Care for Me
The fragmentary text shows a garbled line likely from a poet or prose with unclear context. It contains a suggestive exchange about care and reassurance, but the source is too damaged to identify people, places, or a clear event.
Pan Germanism and US Threats in Early 1900s Pamphlet
A London Times summary notes a Berlin pamphlet arguing Pan Germanism for global war aims. It asserts Germany’s naval and mercantile strength could overwhelm US forces across oceans and proposes joint sea and land operations to coerce terms after rapid overseas transport and coordinated attacks.
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United States of America
Army and Navy Club
Berlin
London Times
Germany
Japan
China
Oversea
Mercantile Marine
Weltpolitik
Baron von Edelshritn
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
America
United
Wales
Heavy American Firms Expand in Canada, Investments Rise
Manufacturers' News of Chicago reports about fifty U S firms establishing branch plants in Canada over the last two years with an average investment around 300000 each. This amounts to roughly 15000000 in new investment and increases total American plant presence in Canada to a substantial figure.
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United States
Canada
News of Chicago
Tribute to Canada in the War Effort
The Los Angeles Times lauds Canada for leading in manpower and money, noting massive armament, war loans, relief aid to Belgium France Serbia and Poland, and support at home. It highlights Canadian courage on the battlefield and home front efforts, including women’s labor and increased farming.
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Canada
Belgium
France
Serbia
Poland
Red Cross
Vancouver
Los Angeles Times
Far North Boy Scout Troop Thrives Under Hunter Leadership
From Hay River near the Yukon a Scout troop of Eskimo and Indian youths, led by Wm. Robert Hunter of the Anglican mission, shows keen learning and discipline. After six weeks travel to Ottawa, Hunter praised the boys for their readiness to learn and for forming a strong, mission-based troop that returns youths to their tribes ready to apply training.
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Yukon
Hay River
Robert Hunter
Canada
Destruction by retreating German Army in French towns
Eyewitness account details widespread ruin in Peronne and Bapaume as German forces fell back. Trees, houses, and hospital rooms were savaged. gardens looted, churches blown, and furniture torn. The observer notes deliberate, systematic destruction aimed at erasing value and beauty.
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Bapaume
Peronne
la Pucelle
Papauine
Berlin
Hotel de Ville
Heroine
Mont of
Babylon in British Hands and the Babylon of Old
A writer in the Christian Guardian notes two Babylons, the modern Hillah with mud bricks and a nearby ancient Babylon surrounded by Baghdad. British control extends over Ur, Kut el Amara, and the region once central to the Babylonian empire as Union Jack guards the relics and modern town.
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Babylons
Babylon
Nebuchandnesgar
Christian Guardian
Hil
Hillah
Bagdad
Berlin
Samaria
Kut-el-Amara
Abralon
Babylonies
Britain
Babylonian Empire
Burglary Metaphor Shapes Dean Inge War Talk
Dean Inge compared the war foe to a scientific burglary by a large gang and dismissed hope in progress, socialism, democracy, and religion as safeguards. He urged sweeping reforms from top to bottom in national education after peace, acknowledging wartime compulsion yet urging self change.
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Temple Church
London
Dean Inge
Canadian Victory at Vimy Ridge Highlighted by Ottawa Journal
The Ottawa Evening Journal notes the Canadian force carried the Vimy Ridge victory with artillery wholly Canadian. General E W B Morrison of Ottawa led the Canadian artillery, while only one non Canadian officer served as liaison with British officers along the line.
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The
Evening Journal
Canada
Vimy Ridge
Ottawa
E.W.B. Morrison
Canadien Pa
Ottawa Evening Journal
Fragmented note on watching Vira and Gotrox
The text reads as a garbled fragment about watching Vira and Gotrox closely. It mentions Biggins and Arduppe with unclear context and dates. No coherent event or action is established.
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Gotrox
Nes
Biggins
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