Cavalry Afoot Key to Fochs Allied War Drive
French cavalry under General Foch repeatedly rode 60 to 125 miles in 68 hours to support British and Portuguese forces, blocking gaps, covering Mont Kemmel and Locre, and linking infantry as the Allies push toward decisive victory in 1918. The mobile horsemen formed light reserves, endured hardships, and aided rapid counter attacks to safeguard the line.
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Washington
Foch
Almae-Marne
Tonch
Picardy
Plenrdy
Lys
St. Omar
Mont Cannel
Mit
Mont Cassel
Mont Kemmet
Biad
Ypres
Aye
Mont Kemmel
Locre
Villers-Cotterets
Aisne
Record Ages for Horses in Rural New Hampshire
The Nomad reports a study of horse longevity in a New Hampshire farming town. Four horses in active service are around twenty or more years old, with a nearby farmer noting another near twenty-four and two others around twenty-five. The piece contrasts this rural affection for aging horses with a New York City surface railway horse that lived to forty-four, plus Brownie the saddle horse said to be around thirty.
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Ruben
New Hampshire
New York City
Tie
New York
Brownie
Vic Boston Transcript
What Every Poet Knows by Harold Goddard
The passage contrasts the prosaic view of arranging words with the poet’s craft of ordering language to evoke inexpressible meanings. It argues poetry should provoke internal responses, letting spirits dance across sentences and readers sense meanings beyond the literal text.
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Harold Goddard
Atlantic
Legal Blanks at the Current Office Prompt Seeker
A short notice indicates legal blanks are available at the Current office. The ad urges readers to avoid wasteful spending and to act with prudence when securing official forms and related documents.
France and Belgium Get American Sugar
Ninety five percent of all refined sugar sent from the United States to the Allied nations went to France and Belgium during Graz five months of this year. France received 72 percent or nearly 84 million pounds and Belgium about 11 million pounds. In each country sugar was doled out by a strict rationing organization. The total to the Allies in five months was 28,701 tons, about half in May, roughly one half of one percent of annual consumption.
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United States
France
Belgium
Graz
Sugar exports small to neutral nations report
Shipments show only 797 tons of refined sugar sent from America to neutral nations in the first five months of the year, about 11 percent of total exports. Mexico received more than half of the neutral nation sugar.
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Angerica
Mexico
Neutrata
End of Teutonic Language Teaching Burned in Marinette
Mass burning of German text books in Marinette public square marks the end of German language instruction in Menomonie high school and city public schools. Scores observe as Teutonic language teaching ends in the district.
Sewing Machine Bank Theft Reported in Sharon
Mrs James Basel reported theft of $1800 from her sewing machine drawer bank in Sharon Virginia after waiting two weeks to file the notice. The article notes the delay and identifies Mrs Basel as the complainant.
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Rob Sewing Machine Bank
Sharon
Mra. James Basel
Driest Place on Earth Payta Peru Descriptive Note
Payta Peru is described as the driest place on earth near the equator. Rain falls about once every two years, with showers lasting 12 to 15 hours and droughts of six to eight years common. Seven annual plant species exist there and locals grow a long rooted cotton that taps ancient river moisture.
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Payta
Peru
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