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War Front Prisoner Totals and Aviation Boom Rumors
An official note cites two hundred thousand prisoners taken on the western front from January to November. France seized 140000, the British 50000, and Belgium 16 during the period. Caproni Brothers in Italy plan a massive eighteen thousand horsepower airplane for overseas trips. Aviation is touted to broaden peacetime use and possibly supplant cars as a leisure vehicle. George Young sold a broom corn crop for $665.55 from seven acres to the Factory. The piece notes the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month and quotes a Bible verse about Solomon. It promotes Grand Island Business College, claiming guaranteed positions for graduates and a free catalog.
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Caproni Brothers
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George Young
Deshler Roeder
Solomon
the Kaiser
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