Pursuing the Guilty: Allies seek justice for German crimes
The Allied powers plan to demand personal accountability from German leaders and soldiers for wartime crimes in Belgium and France. A tribunal may try those who ordered attacks on civilians and prisoners, including the Lusitania and other incidents. Edith Cavell’s murderers and other involved parties could testify, while missing justice for war crimes would push reconstruction of civilization.
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Germany
George Smith
Austria
Belgium
France
Sussex
Llandoveryy Castle
Leinster
Lusitania
Edith Cavell
Captain Bryatt
Great Britain
Laws that are not law delay Texas reclamation projects
The Texas Supreme Court weighs the constitutionality of two reclamation laws passed by the Thirty-fifth Legislature creating improvement districts and bonds rules. Attorney General rulings question their validity, halting all proposed reclamation work and stopping ongoing projects while decisions rest. The outcome will impact future land reclamation in Texas and illustrate legislative judicial tension.
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Supreme Court of Texas
Attorney General
Supreme Court
Texas
Tay
Questions Loom Over Reclamation Laws and Financial Losses
The piece argues that failure of Texas reclamation acts to unite legislative and judicial branches risks vast monetary losses for contractors and residents. It notes bonds issued to fund cranberry and other projects may halt, harming districts and ordinary citizens who depended on timely work and stable law.
Jeans Call AAR See Thus in the Absence of the Cranberry
A fragmentary notice references jeans and an association in absence of a cranberry. The readable text is sparse, offering limited event details or identifiable organizations.
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Jeans
The Cranberry: From Side Dish to Important Harvest
A historical look at the cranberry’s rise in prominence amid sugar shortages and turkey abstention. The article explains cranberry agriculture, bog cultivation, government pest control, and flood irrigation used to protect crops, noting the fruit’s northern climate and the care needed to prevent crop failure.
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Department of Agriculture
Bulletin
Texas
Cleanliness Key To Public Health In War Time
An editorial urges sanitary living to curb disease during the influenza era. It warns that filth breeds illness, especially in war cities like San Antonio, and advocates kerosene, lime, and deodorants while stressing personal responsibility. It notes isolation of Germany and reports a sugar allowance tweak for city prisoners, praising Hoover.
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San Antonio
Itis
Russian Liberty Faith in a Phoenix Rising From Ruin
The piece conveys Kerensky’s confidence in a liberated Russia rising from Teutonic Bolshevik ruin and the unshakable Russian will to be free. It contrasts tyranny and terror with nature’s guidance, noting German corruption has sharpened the path to freedom amid a readjustment period.
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Kerensky
Russia
Toussin
Tustinet
Eedom
Beloit Daily News
Flags of the Allied Nations Russia and the Russian flag evolution
The article traces Russia s flag history from the Bolshevik red banner to the three stripe white blue red design. It notes Peter the Great adapted the Dutch tricolor with a St Andrew cross and subsequent czars changed the layout, ending with the modern arrangement.
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Russia
Peter the Great
Holland
Peter
Andrew
Czar Veter
Vast U S Troop Landing Rate in France Report
Stars and Stripes summary shows September figures for the U S base ports in France. Daily troop disembarkations averaged about 10,508 soldiers, with 433 landing hourly and 33 per minute over the month. Transportation capacity, rolling stock, and locomotive output also rose, marking new records in supply handling and railroad yard work.
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Stars and Stripes
BO S. Sche Ae
Washington
France
Aeeay
Gold on Uniforms Only
London dispatch from AP says civilians must not wear gold lace embroidery or thread. Board of Trade restricts gold embellishments to military style dress, allowed only on fiscal services uniforms or merchant marine officers.
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Associated Press
London
the Board of Trade
Mercantile Marine
Spies Madame Steinhell One of France’s famed conspirators
The story chronicles Madame Steinhell a magnetic Paris socialite and alleged spy tied to high political intrigues. It traces her influence on President Faure her rumored role in Dreyfus affairs and the sensational 1908 murder case where she and her husband’s deaths sparked a famed trial.
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Madame Steinhell
Cambodia
Henriochefort
Tua Patrice
Dreyfus
Arthur Steinheil
Paris
Faure
France
Peanecois Felix Faure
the Elysee [Atave
Youre
Mme. Steinheil
Steinheil
Mme
Mmne
Paris pa_pers
Vaure
No Work No Eat Regulation in Soviet Republic
Associated Press correspondence notes the motto He who does not work does not eat is central to the Soviet constitutional framework. The congress approves a broad franchise based on productive labor while excluding monks, clergy, officials, and certain beneficiaries of unearned income. The constitution seeks to abolish class distinctions, nationalize key resources, and place labor under state control to empower workers over exploiters.
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Preas
Mostow
Soviet
Witth-Alussian
Russia
Germans Fear Heads Cut Off if They Surrender to U S
AP dispatch reports German officers telling prisoners that U S troops cut off heads on arrival at the rear. A teenage Brooklyn sergeant brought two wounded prisoners to a field hospital. one begged not to be beheaded, while the other cried for mercy as he was led away. The doctor reassured him, but fear persisted among captives.
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Associated Press
United States
Brooklyn
Qua
Fragmented aphorisms and oddities from a curious page
A garbled collage of proverbs, quips, and local color references, mentioning language nations, Swiss quarantine, generous quotes on memory and regret, and stray notes about pills, cannabis rumors, and a Marihuana Gazette. The fragmentary text weaves disjointed observations, wordplay, and oddities with few clear events or dates.
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SAN Antonio Light
Renee Sale
the Food Administration
Mr. Hoover
Taczinet
Teigh
Mitchell Holges
Philadelphia
North Americ Art
By Briggs
Henry
Ic& Sox
FUTT
Tauen
the Tribune Assoc
New York Tribune
T. S. Sanborn
the Press
SON Terhune. Co
The
New York Evening World
Slav Republic
Hur
Switzerland
Sue Size
2 Man
Iearn
Turkey
Bulgaria
Hungary
Karolyi
Bill Kaiser
Phil Mixer
Well Enon
Marihuana
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