How a Zeppelin Pilot Is Trained
A London correspondent outlines the Zeppelins training path at Friedrichshafen. Young pilots spend three to four months learning aircraft handling, engines, aerostatics, wireless, gunnery, and flight theory, with monthly exams and a final test requiring 70 percent. They progress from lectures to supervised flights, then solo practice, before commanding raids.
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Lake Constance
London
Friedrichshafen
Great Britain
Berlin
Breslau
Hamburg
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Dr. Caldwell
W. B. Caldwell
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Dodson's Liver Tone Surpasses Calomel in Health Ads
An advertisement promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, pleasant substitute for calomel. It claims calomel is mercury and harms bones, while Liver Tone starts the liver without side effects, benefits both children and adults, and promises quick relief from biliousness and digestive issues.
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Dodson
Immelmann Quick on the Draw Gains Popular Fame in Berlin Shops
Photographs of Lieutenant Immelmann replace those of the Kaiser in Berlin shop windows. The famed knight of the air receives countless letters, many offers of marriage, and a Pour le Merite decoration. The Kaiser congratulated him on a rising victory tally as two English airmen, Percy Shaw and Ernest Coleman, were captured nearby.
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Rotterdam
Immelmann
von Hindenburg
Berlin
Frederick the Great
Western Front
Berliner Tageblatt
Percy Shaw
Ernest Coleman
This Skin Peeler and Immelmann in Wartime and Fashion
A survey of mercorized wax novelty as a beauty aid and a wartime interview notes Immelmann as a swift, bold fighter. English soldiers view him as a soldier not an enemy to hate. The piece blends society glamour with perspectives on air combat and prices.
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Immelmann
Smith
Brown
England
Newspapers In Jail
London May 20. E Cc Middleton a former British aviator and newspaper reporter has been jailed in Dover for discussing the royal air service with former comrades. He sought material for an article for the Daily Mail criticizing the government for slackness in expanding England air defenses.
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London
E. Cc. W. Middleton
Dover
Comerades
Daily Mail
England
German commander closes Cafe Wilson in Louvain
Amsterdam reports the Louvain German commander ordered the closing of a new cafe named Cafe Wilson honoring the American president. The eatery had been drawing brisk business prior to the closure.
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Amsterdam
Louvain
Wilson
Iron Vitality Trick Promises Strength Boost At Any Age
An advertisement touts nuxated iron as a life enhancing remedy. It claims a 50 year old man regained youthful vigor and that iron strengthens blood to convert food into tissue. The piece promotes a two week dosage and boasts a money back and charity donation guarantees.
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Sauer
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