Proletariat Rising Across Europe and Allied Reactions
Reports from Brest-Litovsk outline German demands for Courland and the Baltic provinces, with Russia rejecting terms and preparing for war. Bolsheviks crack down at home while Ukrainians move toward a separate peace. Finland and Hungary see socialist agitation and food crises amid broader central power tensions. Britain’s Labour Party endorses Wilson and Lloyd George while opposing peace talks while German gains persist.
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Fatherland Party
Brest-Litovsk
Hoffman
Germany
Courland
Baltic
Russia
Reval
Petrograd
Congress of Soldiers’ and Workmen’s
Moscow
Constituent Assembly
Austria
World War Fronts Stir As German Offensive Looms
The article reports heightened German strength and possible west front offensive ahead of a reader review. It notes intense artillery and air activity in France and Flanders, expected attacks on British lines in Flanders and French lines near Nancy, and questions Pershing’s troops holding the line at the Nancy sector. It mentions Italian Tentons evacuated territory west of the Piave after losses around Monte Tomba, and Turkish naval losses Medulla and Sultan Selim to British mines after brief Dardanelles sorties. Goeben damaged and grounded at Nagara point. It adds U S efforts to obtain neutral vessels aiding coastal traffic, provoking German charges of unneutrality, and Belgium’s measured reply to the pope’s peace note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Front
France
Flanders
Nancy
Pershing
Medulla
Sultan Selim
Dardanelles
Breslau
Nagara Point
United States
Sweden
Germany
War Cabinet Debate and Coal Shortage Amid Snow
Fuel Director McAdoo imposes an embargo on three major eastern coal routes to protect fuel food and munitions. Congress fights over a war cabinet as Chamberlain accuses the War Department. President Wilson defends Baker while Chamberlain cites a damaging letter from a father about army neglect. The dispute turns personal and partisan as critics seek reform.
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Garfield
McAdoo
Atlantic Seaboard
Congress
Penrose
Stone
Roosevelt
Chamberlain
Baker
Wilson
New York
Oregon
War Department
Senate
Balzer
Bliss Arrives in Paris to Represent U S at War Council
General Tasker H Bliss chief of staff has reached Paris to join the supreme war council and is expected to press for a renewed large scale Allied offensive operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tasker H. Bliss
Paris
Supreme War Council
War program limits planes and grows army remount and veterinary corps
The article details the air service expansion limits, noting 4,000,000 allied personnel would be needed with current ratios. It notes the remount and veterinary corps grow from minimal beginnings to thousands, with depots expanding from 5 to 84. It cites hospital admission rates in France versus the United States and outlines pay scales for enlisted men, along with food, housing, and equipment provisions and other wartime logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Public Information
Washington
Howard E. Coffin
Aircraft Production Board
Air Service
Army
United States
Debarkation
United States Army
Washlington
Veterinary Corps
France
Field Artillery
Coast Artillery
Cavalry
Engineers
Ordnance
Signal Corps
Quartermaster Corps
Medical Department
Post Exchange
Insurance pledges flood in to aid service families
A million checks a month will be issued by the bureau of war risk insurance to support America's fighting forces and their families. Applications from soldiers and sailors for insurance approach four billion dollars in total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of War-Risk Insurance
America
Change of Life Relief Reported by Urbana Woman
Mrs Frank Henson of Urbana Illinois describes severe winter grippe and weakness before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She reports renewed strength and relief from hot flashes and nervous symptoms enabling her to do housework She endorses the remedy for others passing through the Change of Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Lydia EL Pinkleham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Frank Henson
Orchade St
Ill
Not So Much Work
Mr Bangor-William chats about a broken glass that only shattered into two pieces. William says he was fortunate since picking up countless shards would be a nuisance, and the exchange plays on the humor of daily chores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bangor
William
Pimply Faces and Cuticura Remedy
To remove pimples and blackheads smear with Cuticura Ointment. Wash off in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Free samples available at Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston. Sold at druggists and by mail. Soap 25 cents, Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Life dialogue warns of swearing by Bridget and mother
A brief scene shows a mother warning Bridget that her husband swears occasionally. Bridget replies that she doesn't mind, and she herself swears too, reflecting family tolerance of imperfect language.
Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children Ad
Many children suffer illnesses and the ad claims the remedy breaks up colds in 24 hours relieves feverishness headache stomach trouble teething disorders moves the bowels and destroys worms. It notes 31 years of use by mothers and advertises in 25c druggists and asks for samples with address A S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
One Failure Ad Promo Jokes and Health Advice
The fragment humorously contrasts perfection with clocks in a mansion and promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for liver bowel and stomach regulation. A reflection on rule setting contrasts with the urge to prove exceptions.
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Dr. Pierce
Garfield Tea Herb Laxative Ad Vends Liver Aid
An old advertisement promotes Garfield Tea as a herb laxative claimed to aid a disordered liver. Listed for sale by druggists with an imperative to act on the remedy.
A face that never wears a smile should be avoided
A terse aphorism notes that a grave expression can repel as much as a hostile glare. It hints at social caution and the value of approachable demeanor in daily interactions.
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Austria-Hungary
Bakers
Edward W. Pickard
Japan
Far East
Siberia
Tarauchi
Finland
Red Guards
Viborg
Davidstad
Lyzed
Charles
Bohemia
Prague
Hungary
Cologne
East Front
Belgium
Labor Party
Nottingham
Lloyd George
Monte Tomba
Tentons
Italy
Piave River
Monte Spinancia
Piave
Howard Coffin
Uncle Sam
Chautauqua and
Lyceum
Red Cross
Frankfurter Zeitung
German Empire
Navy
United States Department of Agriculture
National Army
Lydia E Pinkham
Bridget
Dean
Indiana
Mary M
E. Elm St
New Albany
Ind
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N.Y
Absorbine, JR
W. F.young
TempeSt
Springfield
Mass
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