Pottery and progress across ages and places
The article surveys pottery as the oldest art, noting its universal diffusion from ancient Egypt to all cultures and highlighting its deep roots after the Flood. It then shifts to topics on finance and demographics, including calculator rules for interest and city population comparisons with Los Angeles, followed by a note on early missionary history in London in 1649.
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Tower of Babel
Mosale
Los Anges
Los Angeles
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United States
New
New York City
Chicago
Philadelphia
Penny for each Yank killed in war drives Victory Loan plea
Army and Marine casualties reported by General Pershing are summarized to urge readers to subscribe to the Victory Loan before May 10. The piece emphasizes personal duty, condemns those who do not participate, and quotes a Pacific Coast banker who says no borrowing until subscriptions are complete. It invokes civic accountability and memory of those lost or wounded.
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Army
Marine Corps
Pershing
America
The Price of Peace Victory Picture to Air War Footage
The official Victory film will run over 3000 feet of footage from the Western front during the war's closing days. Ten additional reels will depict heroic deeds by Americans and be shown in nearly every moving picture theater in the United States.
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United States
Gompers Returns to America for Victory Loan Drive
The dispatch recalls Samuel Gompers sobbing on American soil, praising the country that gave him asylum and opportunity. He champions the Victory Liberty Loan, urging workers and organizations to participate to finance democracy and secure peace, calling the loan a path to a brighter future.
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Gompers
Victory Liberty Loan
America
One Year Ago Today in 1815 Battle Near Ypres and Amiens
Fragmented wartime note recounts renewed attacks by Gonnanus against British lines at Bed Flam hill north of Ypres during the 1815 offensive and mentions American troops briefly entering combat to stem Allied losses as allies debate shipping and liberty loan funding.
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Gonnanus
Leberpendert Hill
Ypres
Amiens
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Council of Allies
Flag from Capitol Over German War Declaration to State
The flag that floated over the Washington Capitol during Congress declaration of war on Germany will be presented to the state achieving the highest oversubscription in the Victory Loan. It is an historic relic. Elliott Woods, superintendent of the capitol building, donated it to the Treasury Department for safekeeping and future pilgrimages to the capitol bedding of the state winning it as a prize in the Victory Loan.
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Congress
Germany
Elliott Woods
Capitol
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Treasury Department
Help Women Join Victory Loan Effort Promised by Carter Glass
A wartime appeal urges women to enlist in the Victory Liberty Loan drive. It quotes Carter Glass praising women’s wartime service and calls on every woman to become a teacher in the Victory Loan, stressing duty and national obligation and invoking maternal motivation to persuade all men to participate.
British Limes and German Attacks Across Flanders
May 1 marks a year since fierce Allied defense in Ypres and Noyem sector, with appalling losses but continued resistance. Germans mass reserves at Liege as Allied missions offer limited aid. Victory Liberty Loan appeal urges subscription.
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Noyem
Ypres
Liege
America
Fixings Stamps Highlight Best Tan Overworked Bank
The note comments on fixings stamps being best for tan tones amid an overworked bank account sketching strain on finances.
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