Flying Men Amid Shells Rally in Praise of Air War
London writer Philip Gibbs reports from Picardy on Royal Flying Corps pilots and observers who patrol behind front lines. He describes their fearless daylight sorties, aerial battles, and the vital role of observation in wrecking enemy batteries while noting their musical talents and the poetry of flight.
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London
Philip Gibbs
Danly Chronicle
Picardy
Bapraume
Martinpuich
Courcelette
Flers
Mons
Royal Flying Corps
Law
Civil Service
Covent Garden
Tie
FIX UP FRACTURED JAWS
The article praises American and French wartime dentistry at Lycee Pasteur and Val de Grace for jaw injury treatment. It notes early challenges in keeping jaw fragments properly aligned, infection risks, and the positive results shown by plates and dentures exhibited by the Royal Society of Medicine.
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London
Paris
Lycee Pasteur
Hayes
Frey
Val-de- Grace
Royal Society of Medicine
Paul's Conversion and Courage Under Fire
The lesson outlines Paul's early life in Tarsus and Jerusalem, his zealous former stance, and his dramatic turning point on the road to Damascus. It notes his interview with Christ, Ananias’s guidance, and his public avowal, followed by mob danger in Jerusalem and the Roman citizenship that protected him.
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Paul
Lysias
Billy Sunday
John R. Mott
I. Paul
Tarsus
Athens
Alexandria
Jerusalem
Gamaliel
God
Jesus
Christ
Ananias
Lght
Four year old Charlie Edwards Develops Taste for Tobacco
In Greenville North Carolina four year old Charlie Edwards son of Mr and Mrs BE Edwards recovers from infantile paralysis and has developed an unusual liking for tobacco. Doctors in New Bern NC are baffled by the boy's craving until his paralysis fully subsides.
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North Carolina
Manila
Greenville
N. C
Charlie Edwards
BE. Z. Edwards
Newbern
European War Headlines From September 1915 Weekly Digest
A condensed report covers events from September 11 to 17 1915 in World War I. Highlights include Russian repulses in the Caucasus Germans pressing on Vilna and Dvinsk rail lines British Italian and French ships shelling Smyrna Zeppelins raids on Kent and London and Allied actions at Gallipoli Dumba protest and casualty tallies from Zeppelin raids.
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Dovinsk-Vilna
Caucasus
Smyrna
Verdun
Gallipoli
Dumba
U. S
London
Captain Maxfield reclaims Civil War sword in friendly meeting
Captain Albert Maxfield of New York, once with the Eleventh Maine, was taken near Appomattox and surrendered his sword. He received a letter from John Davis Arbuckle of Lewisburg, West Virginia, who had kept a sword taken at Appomattox, and Maxfield now has the sword and an invite to visit his former foe.
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Albert Maxfield
New York
Maine
Appomattox
Bangor
John Davis Arbuckle
Lewisburg
W. Va
Maxfield
A. A. Derrah
Perkins
General Petain
Verdun
Humphrey
William Humphrey
Barnard Castle
Durham
Dickens
London
Mexico
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Cormany
Toz
Red Cross Christmas Seals Sale Planned Nationwide
Anti Tuberculosis societies and the Red Cross join to print and sell Christmas seals in Cincinnati for a nationwide campaign. The 1916 effort aims for 100 million seals or about 1 million dollars, with distribution from Alaska to Puerto Rico and new western state organizers including Montana Utah and Wyoming.
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Anti-Tuberculosis Societies
Red Cross
Cincinnati
American Red Cross
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
Alaska
Canal Zone
Hawaii
Porto Rico
United States
Montana
Utah
Wyoming
Church Choir Members Go Frontline in War Effort
The Gotham report notes the church choir members have enlisted and gone to the front. They are praised for their fighting spirit and resolve, reflecting how the community supports the war effort.
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Gotham
Germany's meat supply hinges on pork majority
Germany's normal meat supply is 60 percent pork reflecting a pork heavy market.
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Germany
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Knights OF Air
Somme
Great Felp TQ Artillery
Hawk
FH. CO
Vilna
Olti
English
Hindenburg
Rovno- Petrograd
Dvinsk
Tarnopol
von Mackensen
Rovno
Percy Scott
Kent
Russia
Sereth
Strupa
Pinsk
Asquith
Tolmino Bridgehead
Dvina
Dardanelles
Molodechno
Entente
Bulgaria
Vienna
Libby
Free A. Skinner Mfg.co
Omaha
U.S.A
America
the New Home Sewing Machine CO
Orange
Mass
Am. L. Jones
Fort Wayne, Mnd
Donwtife Vane Llama
Northwestern Novelty CO
Ironwood
Mich
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