Failure Wins Hero's Reward
A former West Point cadet, after disciplinary struggles at the Hudson school, rises from private to lieutenant in France. He served with Pershing in Mexico, volunteered as a runner, and carried vital messages through heavy shelling, returning with litters for the wounded.
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Mexico
France
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Fismette
Hundreds Die In Influenza Pneumonia Surge
Philadelphia reports hundreds dead from influenza pneumonia with many bodies unburied. Undertakers struggle to cope as new cases decline and officials believe the outbreak is coming under control.
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Philadelphia
Hunor
Naval Headquarters Move Planned for Seattle
The 13th naval district headquarters will move from Bremerton to Seattle with Rear Admiral James M. Glennon and staff arranging direct telegraph and telephone links between Seattle Bremerton Navy Yard and university training quarters while a new site is sought.
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Seattle
James M. Glennon
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University
Road Bulletin Details King County Route Conditions
Road bulletin lists routes in Seattle and surrounding areas with varied conditions. Des Moines Kent and Voor Kent Orittia Past Side roads thin or closed due to construction. Enumelaw area open first five miles then detours signposted. Kanaskat new bridge under construction. Diamond to Auburn Black Diamond and Green River routes good. Renton Issaquah and Kirkland areas with paving in progress and closures. Sunset Highway Summit greatly improved. For updates call Main 5990 local 52.
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Bread by slice for people of Vienna
In Vienna bread rationing has fallen to half, with German Bohemia districts reporting only one quarter or one sixth. M Seliger testified in the reichsrath that bread is sometimes distributed by the alice in those areas.
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Vienna
N. BE
Zurich
Bohemia
M Seliger
Reichsrath
Huns Loot Bodies After Rail Disaster
An Oct 12 report from Amsterdam describes a Lansberg Brent Litovek line wreck killing 50 and injuring 100. Before authorities arrived, Prussian peasants plundered the dead and the train crew, taking valuables from corpses.
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Amsterdam
Cooks Beat Back the Front with Feeding Frontline Troops
Army cooks in France pushed Germans back near the Marne by keeping hot chow flowing to fighting men. A mobile kitchen rode toward shelling, feeding any hungry soldier while the crew spoke of wartime changes and the value of good food and diplomacy in lifting morale.
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France
Mall
Marne
Ray
Jim
Market Report Prices for Local Produce and Nuts
Local prices listed for vegetables and fruits per sack, crate, or bunch. Include carrots, cabbage, celery, corn, cucumbers, lettuce, onions, peppers, peppers and more with various regional tags and price ranges. Also shows nut pricing and dried fruit values across many items.
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Walla Walla
Lemon Cure Rumors Sweep Through Public Health Lore
The article describes widespread but unproven remedies for the Spanish flu including lemon and onion treatments. It notes Rome and Boston supporting lemon use while combatting hoarding. It warns of a lemon shortage and urges conservation while recounting anecdotal flu benefits attributed to onions and citrus.
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Boston
Massachusetts
America
Rules to Fight Flu at University Camp Revealed
The notice urges soldiers and sailors to avoid crowds and practice hygiene to stem Spanish influenza. It stresses coughing into elbows, washing hands, breathing fresh air, eating well, and choosing foods carefully. It promotes cleanliness, cool and warm balance, and avoiding shared items to prevent spread.
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Univerity
Yank Sniper Rings Bell Three Times at Front
Paris dispatch reports a U S corporal in an American regiment achieving a 1000 per cent sniping average with three shots in five minutes at 600 yards. He then set a sniping record of two bodies a day for three consecutive days.
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Paris
Pennsylvan ia football hit by influenza and games called
University of Pennsylvania football faced a double setback as Coach Bob Folwell contracted Spanish influenza, forcing the Navy Yard Marines game to be canceled and the Georgia Tech trip to be postponed due to war department limits. In other notes Jack Root, ex champion, named army athletic director in Southern California. war department approves camp golf for soldiers with cross country and miniature courses planned nationwide.
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Chicago
Jack Root
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California
Washington
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War Department
Elsie Janis Performs Behind War Smoke in France
In France on Oct. 12Elsie Janis the actress arrived atop the Marne battlefield front lines to entertain the troops. Her makeshift stage stood in a field that recently witnessed some of the war’s bloodiest combat as smoke cleared.
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Marne
Elsie Janis
Christmas pudding to every Tommy in theatre of war
London reports that every soldier in war theatres will receive a Christmas pudding this year with plenty of plum in it. Preparations are already underway.
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London
Oregon Will Play Today
Portland reports the Multnomah Athletic Club will face the University of Oregon in Eugene on Saturday as the football season opens. George Hertz will take 17 players. Oregon Aggies also schedule a next week game in Portland. The Vancouver service team looms as favorites against the Aggies in Corvallis.
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Multnomah Athletic Club
University of Oregon
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Oregon Aggies
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Vancouver Barracks
Corvallis
Altho
Aggies
Yankees Eager for Battle News
Paris dispatch reports soldiers at the front read English papers printed in Paris with greater avidity than civilians back home as war coverage narrows to frontline events.
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Paris
Football Under Way as Illini Clash with Great Lakes Naval
Chicago October 12 The gridiron season opens across the Midwest despite influenza disruptions. Illinois meets the Great Lakes naval training station in what promises to be the day's marquee game while Chicago Minnesota Purdue Ohio State and Wisconsin also play weaker opponents ahead of later big confrontations.
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Middle West
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Great Lakes Naval Training Station
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Purdue
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Seven Day Leaves Promised for American Soldiers
Paris reports a rumor that American soldiers in Europe may soon receive seven day leaves. Many have been in service for months with little time off since the second Battle of the Marne when ten percent were granted two days in.
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Paris
Amercan
Marne
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