The Battle Line and Gasoline Science Inside A War Page
German forces retreat across Belgium as Belgian French and British units push toward Brussels and Louvain. The article also explains gasoline pre heating and fuel economy methods with practical tips for motorists and notes on war as a dynamic art and science.
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von Arnim
Belgium
Mons
la Cateau
Paris
Brussels
Louvain
Germany
Wilhelmstrasse
Prussia
Berlin
Hindenburg
Tudendorff
Hirson
Conserving Gasoline Through Simple Practical Chemistry
The article notes wartime gas saving drives and explains that many so called savers rely on similar principles. It urges car owners to apply basic chemistry and arithmetic to economize fuel rather than trusting many devices.
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England
United States
Mississippi
Avidon
Army schooling and the evolving demands of modern warfare
The article argues that military training does not prepare veterans for current combat challenges. It contends that today’s war problems change rapidly and require ongoing adaptation beyond the initial training, with leaders and officers needing fresh experience to command effectively in new environments.
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United States
England
France
Marne
Chateau-Thierry
Verdun
Metz
Crowder and draft leadership praised in wartime profile
A strong defense of General Crowder as provost marshal general highlights his broad view of the draft amid wartime crisis. The piece credits his insistence on balancing military needs with national economic stability and notes past drafting mistakes were largely local. It argues his work will be remembered among the era’s great contributions to victory.
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Washington
Crowder
United States Army
Tse
Europe
War Workers Hunt Homes in Crowded Washington
Washington, Oct. 18. A sharp rise in war workers arriving in the capital has left no vacant houses or apartments, with hotels and boardinghouses full. Couples and single women face housing discrimination while lines form at cafes as officials race to house newcomers.
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Washington, D. C
Capitol
Washington
Georgia
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Want
Never Too Old to Wed in Cottonwood Falls
J J Colway of Chanute Kansas and Mrs HH Owen of Cedar Point Kansas were wed by Rev J J Bryan at the Cottonwood Falls Methodist Church becoming the county's oldest couple to marry possibly in Kansas. The groom is 84 and the bride 76, their combined ages exceeding a century.
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Cottonwood
Walls
Kan
J. J. Colway
Chanute
Kans
HH. Owen
Cedar Point
J. J. Bryan
Cottonwood Falls Methodist
Kentucky
Flags of the Allied Nations Greece flag story and war updates
The piece traces Greece s flag origins from Bavaria s blue white motif under Otto s rule to the nine striped blue white field with a canton and cross. It notes Greece s shift to an Allied war stance under Venizelos and declaration of war on Germany on July 2 1917 and mentions Greek army actions in the Balkans. It ends with a wartime quip about munition workers and daily pay.
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Greece
Bavaria
Otto
Mart
Venizelos
Interlocking hairpins and quirky quips from San Antonio
A fragment from a late 19th or early 20th century page mixes jokes and notices. It references a bald head and dog, milk prices, Spanish influenza jokes, a sign reading Work or Fight, and a quaker in uniform. Also notes on lemon speculators, Chrysanthemum spelling, and an oyster stew with young oysters.
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San Antonio
Comuerpad
P. Nussous
FP. Nurious
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Burdspe- Ive
Cambrai
Supreme Command
THE
Army's School
Dr. Solf
Omaha
Paradise
Khor
Frank Hurburn O'Hara
Allied Purchasing Board
Allied’ Purchasing ‘Board
Gen. Dawes
Nowaltys
T. L. Senborn
Tommy
Timmy
Tim
Yue
Chisaga
Ian
Dow
San
Antonio
Chicago News
London
Dinal
Betty
Birmingham Sap Herald
Briggs
Linde
the Tribune Amoc
New York Tribune
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