London Air Defense Flight Amazes Inside City Skies
A British battle plane tours London outer defenses at 80 to 140 mph and 2,000 to 8,400 feet, with an RFC pilot and observer aboard. The flight over factories, arsenals, a famous school, and an American colony showed anti-aircraft batteries below and many aerodromes as the city faced German raids.
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London
Associated Press
Aban Arony
Garedevil
Pat Ona
Mackie
Royal Flying Corps
France
New York
Peach
Metropolis
Camp Dodge Troops Dominate BG Carnival
Kansas City report notes Camp Dodge with 4,400 spectators as they sweep the BG Carnival events. Mart Cudedock and Mike Gibbons highlight boxing and wrestling exhibitions while Tees Watlard defends the heavyweight title amid a strong turnout and lively crowd reactions.
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Kansas City
Modan
Mip Dodge
Mart Cudedock
Cand Dodge
Mike Gibbons
Camp Dodge
Tees Watlard
Amp Benet
Saving in Dress Report Says Britain Women Save Big
London January 27 The annual report of the national war savings committee estimates that the women of Great Britain could save 20 million pounds a week on dress alone, highlighting wartime thrift. The Niagara plants use an electric motor to keep intake canals free from ice with a back and forth trolley system.
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London
The
National War Savings Committee
Great Britain
Niagara
Treachery Not Fear Cause Italian Rout
A wartime column argues Italy could betray Germany for the democracies if the United States aids modern Italy while noting Italy’s peril of starvation without aid. It recalls Cadorna’s mobilization, seeks to explain the 1917 front collapse, and highlights Italian endurance amid harsh Alpine warfare and shifting armies.
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United States
Italy
South Ameria
America
Rone Aa
Pau
Fem
Persmere
Traby Hood
Europe
Cadorna
Charleroi Hero Held For Theft Of Postal Notes
Paris reports Pierre Giraud, a Charleroi war hero, sentenced to five years for stealing postal notes worth over 400000 francs. Sentence suspended on jury recommendation. Giraud, under military age, enlisted at the war's start and survived the Charleroi disaster, aided by the daughter of a savior, and aided escape amid German advances.
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Paris
Pierre Giraud
Charleroi
Giraud
Charteroi
One Man Band at Gem Theater Delivers Laughs and Music
At the Gem Theater a one man band act led by LeRey Bates entertains while playing multiple instruments. An accompanying cartoon image depicts Bates as a solo musician, offering a quirky blend of humor and music in a period entertainment piece.
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Gem Theater
LeRey Bates
Mr. Bates
Quincy Personal Notes and Local Posts
Diabetic four at Mersiman's. Mr and Mrs Thomas L Everly of Chicago have returned home after visiting Quincy. Several brief notices about dances, visits, travels, and local business. Includes address and business references in Quincy and nearby towns.
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Mersiman's
Thomas L. Everly
Chicago
Quincy
Charles Hussong
Hannibal
Hussong
Delaplain
J. C. Field
North Sixth Street
Des Moines
Florence Miller
Isiutf Tall
Marie Miler
North Ninth Street
Freiburg
Clara Grimm
Lydia Zelle
New York
W. T. Duker Company
Wiskirchen
J. A. Carter
North Seventh Street
Suarlay School
M. E
S. Whist
Fred P. Parker
White Plains
N. Y
J. K. Williams
B. S
Western Union Telegraph Company
Ouincy College of Miusic
Broadway
United States
Ross Moore
Rushville
Elizabeth Barnes
P. Laffer
US State Bank
Sadie Sweney
Tersey Street
Sweney
J. FE. Caldwell
Kansas City
Helen Mathen
St. Louis
T. H. Todd
Burlington
Gerald White
Thelma Randall
Brookfield
Quincey
Quin
Thomas J. Kendall
W. E. Ralph
Gretta Warren
Maine Street
Third Order of St. Francis
Weokay St. Francis School
Jessie Brown
O'Parrell
Thrir
Erte
Armory
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