Amundsen Praises Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Famous Norwegian explorer Captain Roald Amundsen visited Lake Forest near Chicago and filed a glowing report on the Great Lakes naval training station. He lauded its size, scope, and rapid expansion, noting thousands trained, air training devices, and a large Sousa-led band applauding the effort.
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Great Lakes
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Roald Amundsen
Mall
Paris
Lake Forest
Chicago
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
William A. Moffett
Well Developed Lad Prepares for Army
Knoxville reports Irwin White thirteen years old is the youngest would be serviceman in the U S army. At five feet ten inches and 175 pounds he is described as wonderfully developed after training at Fort Oglethorpe and hopes to go to France soon.
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Knoxville
Sam
Irwin White
Fort Oglethorpe
France
Fear Glass-Eye Famine
Denver glass eye makers say demand far outstrips supply with only three practitioners in the United States. Aaron Wohler, based in Denver, notes wartime loss in global eye replacement has spiked demand and warns it may take a generation to meet orders.
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Denver
Colo
United States
Aaron Wohler
Kohler
Europe
Victoria Cross for Capt McCudden Crowned War Hero
London reports Capt James Byford McCudden of the Royal Flying Corps has been awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery and enduring gallantry during late 1917 and early 1918. His record shows 54 enemy machines accounted for, with multiple escorts brought down and near-ground engagements under heavy fire. He also holds the DS O, MC, and MM with bars for further gallantry.
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London
Britain
France
James Byford McCudden
McCudden
Bishop
Guynemer
Ball
Baron von Richthofen
Royal Flying Corps
V. C
Kh. F. C
McCuddeno
Ile
Nip and Tuck: Conservation Key to Allied Food Supply
Washington warns the war hinges on a steady conservation program. Germany’s submarine attacks threaten grain and food shipments, making it essential for America to increase saving and production to sustain exports to the Allies.
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America
Allied
Washington
Germany
Tuck
Girl Trapper Treks 200 Miles to Register at Berkeley
Grass Valley resident Patsy Reece Sierra county California's only girl trapper walked nearly 200 miles to enroll for the second semester at the state university in Berkeley. She sent ahead her half years expenses totaling pelts of two lynx twenty five raccoons eighteen skunks fifteen foxes and five coyotes. Proceeds from the sale will fund her journalism college costs.
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Grass Valley
Cali
Patsy Reece
Sierra County
California
State University At
Berkeley
High Sierras
Reese
College of Journalism
Tongue Cut Out Message Found Hidden Under Stamp
Neb city doctor Wilkie reported captured in war wrote to relatives from a German prison camp. A censorship-edited letter reached him days later with a stamped note. Under the stamp the doctor had written They have cut out my tongue.
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Auburn
Neb
Wilkie
American recruit mocks oath with German blood tale
William Strasburger, applicant for the U S marine corps in Newark New Jersey, pricks his toe to bleed out supposed German blood and shows a bandaged toe to Sgt Thomas Green while insisting the blood is German. He is deemed ineligible for lacking required weight and height.
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William Strasburger
United States Marine Corps
Newark
N. J
Sergt
Thomas Green
Green
Strasburger
New York World
Freckles Remedy Promises Clear Complexion
Advertisement claims Othine double strength can remove freckles with nightly and morning application. One ounce often suffices to clear skin, with money back guarantee if not effective.
Over There to Stay
A Southern Black soldier describes crossing the Atlantic and facing a future in Europe with nerves and humor. He quips that enduring the voyage and a distant life in Europe would require nerve, while noting Atlanta as his home.
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France
Atlantic Ocean
Atlanta
Hall's Catarrh Medicine advertisement notice
Frank J. Cheney declares he is senior partner of F. Cheney & Co. of Toledo and offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Sworn December 6, 1886 before A. W. Gleason Notary Public. Medicine taken internally and acts through blood on mucous surfaces. Druggists 75 cents. Testimonials free.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. @ Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
F. J. Cheney & Co
Ohio
Just Missed It Verdict Turns To Manslaughter Finding
A terse conversation frames a case as a young man asks about a degree while the jury returns a manslaughter verdict. The exchange highlights the abrupt shift from expectation to legal judgment in a tragedy.
Furniture Pricing Sobered Many After Quick Talk
A quip notes that after men spend an hour pricing furniture and related items, many regret the words spoken beforehand.
Woman's nerves improved by Pinkham's compound
Winona Minnesota resident Mrs Albert Sultze credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from long standing nervousness and insomnia. The ad promotes the root and herb remedy as a standard treatment for disorders including displacements inflammation irregularities and backache.
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Albert Sultze
Olmstead St
Winona
Minn
Death, Faith, and War Shift English Thought
In England three and a half years of war deepen religion in letters. H. G. Wells sheds old skepticism for faith, and Sir Oliver Lodge’s Raymond spurs debate on life after death. The era pushes readers to reassess mortality and the eternal as war ends.
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England
H. G. Wells
Lse
Oliver Lodge
Raymond
Tailor Caller Pushed Off With Funeral Ruse
A Birmingham Age-Herald witty exchange describes a man pretending to be a tailor asking to see a bill. The reply says the person has gone to attend a funeral to inherit money, prompting the question if a relative is lost. The quip ends noting the tailor’s persistence.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Wise Mabel and the stag party explained
Louise asks where papa is going and mother says a stag party. Sister Mabel ages seven declares it means they stagger and adds a confident explanation. The exchange is recounted as a light domestic vignette from the Pittsburgh Sun.
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Papa
Mabel
Pittsburgh Sun
Newlywed Tension Over Bob Spilkins
A newlywed recounts meeting Bob Spilkins who envied her. She tells her spouse to cut Bob from their lives as she describes him as brainless and foolish.
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Bob Spilkins
Bob
Spilkins
Reverse Effect
A quoted exchange contrasts warning against loose methods with cautions that such habits often lead to tight spots. The dialog suggests caution and consequence in practical choices.
The Refusal Dialogue from a Courtship Scene
A brief exchange centers on a couple where she rejects marriage. He presses with a question about getting a dog as a companion. She remains firm, clarifying she has no intention to wed.
Kicking a Man After He Is Doing One Way
A report describes rough behavior toward a man who is attempting to stand up, noting that such actions are not always safe and can lead to danger or harm.
Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery Health Tonic Ad
An old ad urges renewing energy and blood health with Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery a tonic claimed to purify blood and boost stamina advisable with hot water before meals and priced sixty cents per tablet or liquid from drug stores endorsed by W N U Kansas City no 20 1918.
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Dr. Pierce
Oregon
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Amundsen Lands
Naval Station
John Philip Sousa
Mary
Martin S. Owens
New York
American Ambulance Corps
Mr. Owens
HMS
Downs
Girl
Trapper
California College of Journalism
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bright
Missouri
C. J. Moore
Malden
Bays
Doan
Kansas
C. Cole
N. Buckeyett
Iola
Kan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
George Robey
George
G. R
Wise Mabel
Louise
Charlie
Kansas City
Eatonic
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