United States Sailors Drill For Real War Conditions At Guantanamo
United States naval forces accelerate readiness under Secretary Daniels guidance. Rear Admiral Fletcher leads joint operations at Guantanamo Cuba with ships, bluejackets, and marines simulating enemy action. Earlier drills at Culebra and Vere Cruz test transport, landing, fortification, and artillery setup under hostile conditions.
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Admiral Fletcher
Guantanamo
Secretary Daniels
Washington
Frank Friday Metcher
Guantinamo
Cuba
UN Marine Corps
Feet
Cri
Whitty
Graytine
Gishion
Toeeeptly Daniels
Centee
Kelme
Rarinet
Celebra
Vern Griz
Condi
Calera
Culebra
Bacon Behind the Lines in Chilled London News
Soldiers in London embrace a coded bacon phrase Our offer ally, a euphemism used in Kitchener era rations. The report notes how the tongue tied culinary supply to morale while prices and access to meat shaped daily life for troops and civilians alike.
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London
sole @lem
Kitcheners
Liquor For Soldiers Donated Cognac Packed for Servia
Sixty cases of cognac in the American ambulance equipment sailing from Paris to Servia are donated by manufacturers. The rare spirits accompany the unit as part of support for the allied relief effort.
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Paris
Last Tribute to Nurnberg by US Cruiser at Hong Kong
A German cruiser Nurnberg sinks after battle near Parkland Islands on December 8. An American cruiser anchored at Hong Kong played the German national hymn as farewell. A letter dated October 11, 1914, describes cheering, gallant sailors, and wartime danger as Nurnberg joined Admiral von Spee's squadron en route to engagement with a British force.
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United States
Beriin
Honglulu
Narnberg
Parkland Islands
E Noble
Nurnberg
Admiral von Spee
Fetter
Wis Flven
Would Adopt Her Own Son Inheritance Aim Case
Chicago reports a custody dispute where Mrs Ta Moe Hastings Smith seeks to adopt her son Patrick Warren Hastings Smith four. The petition names Frederick L. Smith the mother's current husband and Warren W Hastings as joined parties. The child was left at a mission and guardian Emily Bo Reley is appointed. the filing aims to secure inheritance rights.
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Mission
Chicago
Patrick Warren Hastings
Ta Moe Hastings Smith
Glenwood Avenue
Lim
Prederick L. Smith
Warren W. Hastings
Boe
Hackett
Washington Boulevard
Emily Bo Reley
Prairie Ave
Abe
Five year old boy like Helen Keller
A Missouri Sunshine Society report describes a five year old boy from St Louis who, deaf and blind from birth, regained partial sight after an operation. He now distinguishes colors, notices visitors, and reacts distinctly to food and people, with observers noting his remarkable powers of observation.
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Helen Keller
St Louie
Smith
Tve
Helen Kellor
Celors
Mix
F. W. Baumhoff
Missouri Sunshine Society Apt
Bottle feeding boosts hive survival in cold months
Maywood, Missouri beekeeper Mr Thale tended 500 colonies and adopted a bottle feeding method to deliver sugar and water to bees via a valve into a steel trough in the hive. The technique reduced losses and aided breeding, helping produce 11,000 pounds of honey that year.
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Chicago
Maywood
Haw
Thale
Thile
German Rule In Belgium Proclaims All Orders Superior
General von Blessing the German governor in Belgium declares his orders the only laws in the country and states that the king s edicts have no force. The proclamation asserts Nazi authority over Belgian governance and rejects existing royal decrees.
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Belgium
Latwert
von Blessing
Helgium
No Such Thing As New Styles Says Smithsonian Report
The Smithsonian annual report argues fashion has no truly new styles. Merre Clerget of Lyons notes many so called new looks appeared before, from leg of mutton sleeves to flounced skirts in 3000 years of fashion history.
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Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Merre Clerget
High School of Commerce
Lyons
France
Smithsonian
Pierre Clerget
B.C
Evans
M. Clerget
Knossos
Crete
Francis I
Henry TL
Ihs
Tenry TV
Isaad
Qosiog
M. Clarget
Louis Phil
Duke of Angouleme
Spain
Vicwr Hugo
Lon
Academy
Aeka M
Clerget
Monteriiis
Making the Little Farm Pay for Berries and Gooses
A practical guide to profitable small fruit farming. It covers raspberry and currant plantings, spacing, and care for red and black raspberries, gooseberries, and currants. Advice includes spring planting in freezing regions, soil moisture needs, pruning, and disease control with pyrethrum powder.
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Dattlenep
Corhik
Alfred Hall
Memphis
N. Y
Hanford
G. C. Hanford Mfg. CO
Syracuse, N. Y
Ag Ladies’ Home Journal
Country Gentleman
Bendy
Evening Post
Hubbard’s Drug Store
Michigan
Seani
E Smith
Samery
Studebaker
Perrigo
Alma
M. L. Perrigo
F. D. Hare Ferris Center
Mich
Brunner
I Diner
Tubb’s Holstein
Stevie
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