Geographical scope of the great war spans continents
Observers describe the war’s enormity with a maplike scale from Riga to the Black Sea and from the Baltic to the Adriatic. Fronts stretch 1,125 miles in the Baltic region and 800 miles across the Balkan peninsula, with the Verdun and Somme theaters echoing across vast distances.
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Mitteleuropa
Chicago
San Francisco
Kerensky
Riga
Baltic
Black Sea
Verdun
Rupprecht
Haig
Flanders
America
New York
Gettysburg
France
Round Top
Cemetery Ridge
Triest
Channel
North Sea
Adriatic
Constantinople
Lemberg
Lille
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
Galveston
Bismarck
North Dakota
Single Men First In Draft Law Debate
The piece argues R. Wilson as the draft law’s top authority, not General Crowder, with the President as interpreter. It suggests single men will be sent first, with married men likely held in reserve. It criticizes draft boards for not exhausting single men before those with dependents and cites political pressure and delays affecting quotas and exemptions. The President’s stance against exempting married men is highlighted as a key point.
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R. Wilson
General Crowder
Weeks
Crowder
Congress
My Abandoned Nephew Eally Heathen in New England Village
A letter from a relative condemns his grandnephew, a minister’s son in Maine. The writer alleges he drinks, flirts with local women, shirks work, and eschews church, despite a pious family and strict community morals. The piece ends noting a ten month old child in the family.
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Eally
New England
Hic
Tenchin
Tle
Who's Who In Peace Council Reveals Members
The People's council, a peace and democracy group, lists officers David Starr Jordan, Lella Sage Secor, Rebecca Shelly, Elizabeth Freeman, and Lochner as executive secretary. The organizing committee includes 44 members from varied backgrounds, with figures such as John M. Works, Eugene V. Debs, Victor Berger, Morris Hillquist, and Miss Fola La Follette.
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People’s Council
Lochner
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
California
Mr. Lochner
Ford Peace Party
Lella Sage Secor
Seattle
Rebecca Shelly
Michigan
Elizabeth Freeman
Suffrapet
U. S
John M.n Works
Eugene V. Dele
Terre Haute
Victor L. Berger
Wisconsin
Morris Hillquist
Socialist Party
Mias Fula LaFollette
Senator LaFolette
Desirable room to rent via Whig want ad
In these days of December 1, many women seek extra income. The text suggests renting a spare room and advertising it through a Whig style notice to attract desirable roomers.
How the News Was Received in the Green Forest
Sammy Jay brings news that Big Tom and Mrs Gobbler have moved to the Green Forest. Reddy Fox and Old Man Coyote react eagerly, guessing the pair are Turkeys. The tale follows Sammy alerting Mrs Peter and chasing reactions across the forest.
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Buster Bear
Green Forest
Big Tom
Mrs. Gobbler
Sammy
Briar Patch
Peter
Mrs. Peter
Sammy Jay
Mrs. Grouse
Reddy Fox
Old Man Coyote
Mrs. Reddy
Reddy
Honker the Gooose
Mr. Grouse
Red
Spinach sowing guidance for war gardens
There is still time to sow spinach for fall and winter use. Sow thinner than in spring, thin to about two inches apart. Use a little nitrate of soda around start of growth to prevent yellowing. Spinach not used this fall can be stored over winter with light straw cover.
Fresh Peace Project Launched by Germans
Paris reports that prominent Germans and Austrians in Switzerland are working on a peace plan to sow friction among Entente powers and force minimal central powers concessions. Named participants include former chancellor Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg arriving Ragatz, Prince Von Buelow in Berne, and Baron Von Giskra in The Hague.
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Paris
Switzerland
Berne
Journal Des Bats
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Ragatz
Prince von Buelow
Italy
Baron von Giskra
the Hague
Enryl andy Anderson and the pantry command incident
A quirky wartime tale describes Enryl andy Anderson reading a rule book saying soldiers could seize food and march dissenters to be shot. Fatty Bellows tests the idea on his mother who punishes him, then Fatty reports to General Anderson. Notes mention swimming in danger and Red Cross girls.
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Enryl Andy Anderson
Jennior Home
Gards
Fatty Bellowes
Andy
Fatty
Reddy
Fatty Camel
Bellowes
Mersy
Alfrid
Missus Bellows
Genral Anderson
Crick
Torp Stebbins
Red Cross
Be Prepared Recipes for Apple Jellies and Preserves
Procedures for making apple mint jelly, old fashioned apple butter, and apple barberry preserves. Includes quartering and coring apples, heating juices, sugaring, adding mint leaves, boiling to jelly, and canning steps. Also outlines cooking times, sugar quantities, cinnamon, and methods for sealing jars.
Flour Price Drop Seen by Pillsburg Mills Chief
MINNEAPOLIS September 1 A C Loring president of Pillsburg Flour Mills company says a reduction in flour prices follows price fixing and the new level will be far lower than spring rates.
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Minneapolis
A. C. Loring
Pillsburg Flour Mills Company
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