Army Pay and Remount Service Growth Echoed in War Effort
Howard Coffin outlines the expanding aircraft program and remount service to support the US Army, noting wage scales for enlisted ranks, remount personnel, and veterinary corps. He discusses transport, ship tonnage, hospital admissions, and the broader mobilization costs including Red Cross funding, labor shifts, and war insurance figures.
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Prem Committee
Sn Public Information
Washington
Howard B. Coftin
Aircraft Production Board
Air Service
Army
Eerthie
Debarkition
Amateriil
S&l
Flesteiss
Beld Artillery
Coast Artillery
Aad
Vorlons Corps
Engineers
Ardnance
Signal Corps
Quartermaster Corps
Medical Department
Apat
Hattalton
Semot Miljory
Sergeril Ae Jorn
Aasimtont
Ordnance Ser
Sergen
Ker Keun
Elas
Meilont
Signat
Suister
Aentor
Alanka: From Russian Averies to a Great Country
Judge Seward notes that the term Alanka, formerly Russian Averies, was coined by W H Seward. The word, a corruption of Aleut roots meaning a great country, reflects a historical naming shift prior to 1997.
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Seward
Alanka
W. H. Seward
Demand Baltic provinces and German fortunes shift in war News
Proletariat uprisings in Austria-Hungary looming as Russians ask peace terms while Germany faces a British naval clash. Troop movements, mutinies, and political battles ripple through Brest Litovsk talks, with Italy and Japan watching. The war cabinet debate widens as Baker and Chamberlain clash over administration. General Tasker Bliss sails to Paris to push renewed Allied offensives.
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Brest Litvak
Cieneral Homtmnn
Hive Tobstiowiki
Dave Courland
Battte
Riera
Brest Litovsk
Germany
Congress of Soldiers
Russia
Riesty
Tramp Printers Land in Prison
Gus and Bill, two tramp printers, are captured after fleeing in a box car and end up in the Pontine reformatory. Misadventure leads them into a prison print shop where guards and officials debate their case before the pair gain liberty through the wheels of justice and a Chicago printer named Uncle Jim advocates for them.
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Gus
Bill
Nin
Pontine Reformatory
Ponting Reformatory
Bil
Jin” Maddigan
Uncle Jim
Chicago
Living
Guys
Uberty
Wheels of Justice
City Kitchen Stops Waste at New York Pier
Vegetables received at New York City food aid warehouses and rooked into crates are being used by a new city planning and drying kitchen run by the Red Cross war council. The eight hour daily operation will expand later. Convalescent homes for soldiers are being built at Fort McPherson and Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
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New York
Csty
New
York City
East Side
Ited Cross War Council
Mumma
Paul
Washington
Fort
McPherson
Fort Oglethorpe
Greece
Watch Found Safe After Laundry Mix Up
In Antonio Texas a watch carried through Fort Sim Houston post laundry was returned to its owner still running. It was left in the pocket of an army shirt and saved from damage when a laundry employee felt it before washing finished. The watch had not lost a second.
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Antonio
Tex
Fort Sim Houston
Women of Middle Age Find Relief in Vegetable Compound
Urbana reader recounts relief from grippe and change of life symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports renewed strength, able to do housework, and urges other women to try the remedy for nervousness heat flashes backache headaches and the blues.
Apt Student Marries Her Professor Amid PhD Pursuit
A young woman pursuing a PhD at Columbia marries her professor during her second year. A friend quips about the engagement while Edith explains her plan. The ad text promotes Halls Catarrh Medicine claiming it cures nasal catarrh and purifies the blood. Unknown printer notice follows.
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Columba
Silds
Edith
Thad Noden
Pimply Faces Cure Ad Tricks To Promote Ointment
An advertisement touts Cutleura Ointment and Cutileura Soap as a remedy to remove pimples and achieve a clear complexion. It promises free samples and lists prices for Soap and Ointment, with address in Boston and mail order availability through druggists. The text also mentions a sensational quote about political ambition in Atlanta and cites a 1.4 city salary increase for employees.
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Dept. X
Boston
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Taito
Honith
France
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Lyceum
Mun
Red Cross
Italy
Wit
National League of Woman's Service
Aben
Benin
Trent
Pinnmagella
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Quette
Weretve
Bureau of Warring Insurance
America
Suilure
Petrograd
Baltic
Proletariat
Austria-Hungary
Bakers
Chamberlain
Edward W. Pickard
Japan
Pasteur
Pre. Warnwehl
Red Guards
Mulia Hive
Viborg
Davidetid
Eins Mianty
Aqstrin
Morehy
Austria
Chartes
Chirlen
Bohemia
Mongary
Austein
Wrermans
Holt
Cologne
West Front
Reader
Manders
Namies
Forbes
Planders
Nancy
Pershing
Monte Omy
Timle
Emsidermbie
Anto Mave
Bick
Monte Spinonein
Viave
Medulli
Sultan Selim
Tesla
Ftrestan
Nagery Polit
Tritish
Belgium
Peute
Nottingham
Wilson
Gurfeld
Roosevelt
Chamberlain MN
Baker
Denit
Taker
Senator Chamberlain
War Department
Senate
Nemy Campe
Mhumberkin
Tasker H. Bline
Paris
Supreme War Council
Case
Lydia E. Pinkham
Aburee Cove
Grand Avenue
Woukatha
Bona
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Jw Tits
Atlanta
Yager
Tai Pt
Gilbert Bros. & CO
Baltimore
Charleston
Jamison
Summerville
Charlotte
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