Rhineland Life Amid Occupation and Hunger Calm
Frankfurt looks calm at night under occupation with machine guns ready and guards in civil clothes. Leaders warn Berlin’s unpopularity grows as food shortages bite and workers resist returning to peacetime jobs.
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Vanden Tes
San Antonio
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The
Public Ledger Co
Vrankfort
Der
Kaiser
Germany
Rhineland
Frankfort
Ecuador Discovered Riches After War Stimulus
War drew attention to Ecuador revealing untapped resources and vast farming potential. US officials outline agricultural research, seed introductions, and a growing ecological focus as commerce expands from Smithsonians studies to the USDA investigations. Estimated cattle reach 1,267,000 with favorable grazing and rare diseases.
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Ecuador Agricultural Association
New Mevico
Philadelphia
Solomon
Keador
United States
Fr. W. Goding
Guaquil
Benater
Ecuador
Leviathan Towed to Dock After Record Passenger Landing
The Leviathan arrives at its New York dock after landing the largest number of passengers by a single vessel. It has carried over 90 000 men and vast stores of war material to support democratic efforts.
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New York
Game of Bluff Counted Heavily In Strategy of U-Boat Chasers
A London Times Service analysis recounts a British ship’s feint and the doomed German submarine duel. The crew, led by a commanding officer, maintain discipline and nerve amid peril as the disguised merchantman turns hunter, and the submarine is finally sunk by a warning shot and coordinated fire.
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London Times
Chevan Antonis Light
Philadelphia Paylig
London
Iser
Wilhelmshaven
Mr. Kipling
Hell
Tron
Young
Gator
Liging
Ioline
Japanese Shipbuilding Doubled In A Year
Japanese shipyards show exceptional prosperity after the war start with 65 steamers over 1000 gross tons launched in the first half of 1918. Aggregate tonnage reached 198 417 tons, up from 1917 and 1916 figures, with significant gains in vessel count and tonnage from prior years.
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Japan
Japan Times
Sea activity revived no increase in Texas coal output this year
Texas produced 1 500 000 tons bituminous and 4 200 000 tons lignite from 18 bituminous and 36 lignite mines in the year, with few new mines opened while many lignite mines expanded. Labor shortages and car shortages troubled operations, but safety remained strong with only a few fatal or serious accidents reported. inspector Bruce Gentry filed the annual report.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Bruce Gentry
Mas Gentry
Gentry
Vexas
Wis
Czech and Slovaks Share Race and Rule Across Regions
The text notes that Czechs and Slovaks are effectively one people with only linguistic and political differences. It explains their historic resistance to Austrian and Hungarian rule, locating Czechs in Bohemia Moravia and Austrian Silesia and Slovaks in upper Hungary adjacent to the Czechs. It also remarks on Czech civilization and economic prosperity within the empire.
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Indianapolis News
Bohemia
Moravia
Austrian
Silesia
Austrian Empire
Austria
German Empire
Hungary
Ew Iene
Remarkable family cow serves Martinsburg for years
The Brownsville Advertiser notes a cow owned by Walker and family in Martinsburg Andynin County that has watered the farm for over 16 years. Once milked daily, the cow yields from one to several gallons yearly, with a record of calves born each year since she was two.
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Walker and Family
Martinsburg
Andynin County
Brownsville
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