May strike at Metz as American army masses in France
A wartime column speculates that General Pershing's American force, totaling about 1,000,000 troops in France, may soon strike Metz or Lorraine. The piece notes American units with French and British forces are withdrawn for reorganization and places possible massing near Nancy, suggesting a major future attack to outflank German lines.
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Ameri|a
France
Hal Foch
Marshal Foch
Brefore
Nancy
Lorraine
Metz
Lorne
Flanders
Meiz
No Self Respect. Draft Convict in Eastern City
A man once normal in an eastern city faces a drastic turn after defying a draft law. Convicted of moral cowardice, he is led to prove insanity to avoid the penitentiary, becoming a shell of his former self. Once known by many, he is now called a king shorn of self-respect.
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United States
A Life in Prison By a Habitual Convict of Missouri
A seventy five year old man enters Missouri state prison to serve eleven years. He has spent most of his life in confinement, with eleven Missouri sentences and prior terms in Joliet and an Iowa prison. He is labeled a professional convict who cannot keep a job and keeps stealing small amounts, returning to prison repeatedly. Experts say prison cannot cure him and its only role is to punish and protect. The piece argues for a form of occupation to channel such habitual criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri State Prison
Missouri Penitentiary
Missouri
Joliet
Iowa
Nothie
Manly duty and the call to arms in wartime virtue
A powerful editorial condemns evasion of military service and praises those who answered the country’s call. It contrasts desertion with courage, recounting how many youths earned honors while others chose confinement or insanity to avoid service. The piece questions punishment and urges better treatments for the criminally inclined amid wartime trials.
Germany's Consolation Propaganda and War Remarks
A mixed editorial voice argues Germany seeks consolation in war defeat as blood and kultur become symbols of Teutonic triumph. It notes Vorwaerts propaganda praising Teuton ancestry in American troops, then shifts to brief items on cotton price protests, Berlin rumors penalties, and Arctic pole searches, plus light verse on armadillos, lizards, and crickets.
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America
Germany
Teutonic
Vorwaerts
Berlin
Majestic and Royal Theaters Light Up Varying Vaudeville Bills
The Majestic opens with new Broadway stamped acts headlined by Herman Timberg a violinist dancer and comedian noted for The Viol Ion and other performances Harris and Lynan provide laughs as a boxing finale while Alfred Bergen delivers refined concert style vaudeville. Royal Theater debuts a fresh vaudeville lineup featuring Gaston Palmer juggling Dianna Bonnar and Lulu McConnell with a theatrical and film program including The Demon and The Honeymoon.
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Majestic
Majestic Theater
San Antonio
San Autonio
Wade
Herman ‘Limberg
Gus Edwards
Mere
Nmberg
Ion
America
Timberg
Harris
Lynan
Alfred Bergen
Flanders Field
Simmons
Brantley
Julie Ring
James Norval
Gingarde
Royal
Royal Theater
Gaston Palner
Harry Coleman
Kitty Ray
Thea Warden
R. H. Warrison
Dave Manley
Dianna Bonnar
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Lulu McConnell
Grant Simpson
Edith Storey
The
Princess
Princess Theater
Moriarty Girls
Moran and Dale
Ray Snow
Monotogi
Constance Talmadee
Fox
Grand double program features Toys of Fate and The Geezer of Berlin
The Grand presents a four day run starting Sunday with Toys of Fate starring Nazimova and The Geezer of Berlin a Berlin travesty. A strong cast supports Nazimova in Toys of Fate while The Whispering Chorus at Jewel today stars Williams Hatton Dexter Marshall Neill in a tense Cecil B. De Mille drama about a man tormented by debt who turns to theft and disguise before a perilous reveal.
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the Grand
Madame Nazimova
Berlin
Nazimova
Irv
Cumming
Charles Bryant
8. J. Conley
Constance Talmadge
Dewel
Cecil B. de Mille
Photto
the Jewel Today
Kathryn Williams
Raymond Hatton
Willott Dexter
Sally Marshall
James Neill
Magnitude of American Army Base Depot in France
An Associated Press profile recounts the vast storage base for U S Army supplies in Western France near American Port. The complex covers four miles by a mile, cost $30 million, with 184 warehouses, 250 miles of tracks, and capacity for up to two million tons. It includes giant chimneys, a large refrigerating plant, docks, and vast open and closed storage, supporting an army of over a million with months of reserves.
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France
Associated Press
Manchester
Chicago
Bvums
United States
Keokuk
Signal Corps
Fragmented Prose Snippets From a Wartime Column
A jumble of aphorisms and misprints covers varied topics from labor to manners, love, travel, crime, and fashion. Notable bits reference prize fighting, Germany and Paris, American wartime stance, and a Kentucky farmer solving farm labor with moonshine. The text reads as a stray column of scattered quips and garbled phrases with few coherent facts.
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Thhe War Industries Board
Western Front
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
North Pole
Atrife
J -Tames L. Montague
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Calla
Skyesy
Sid Murray
Jband
California
Jenton
Ant
Soe
Russia
Tier
Paris
Waterhielons
Feking
By Briggs
the Tribune Assoc
New York Tribune
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