We Must Reach a Higher Standard of Living
The call urges Americans to raise living standards beyond money and taxes. Citizens should align personal and business life with national goals, supporting the Fourth Liberty Loan through hard work, savings, and sacrifice. It emphasizes economy and sustained effort as duties to aid the war effort.
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America
New Voters Face Grave Responsibility
A wartime exhortation targets women as key influentials in fund-raising for Liberty Bonds. It urges wives to persuade husbands to sacrifice and buy all the bonds possible over the coming year. The message stresses civic duty and collective effort in financing the war.
New Copper District In Arctic Canada Hinted
W Frecheville tells the Royal Society of Arts in London of a potential copper district east of Great Bear Lake along the Coppermine River. Explorers report copper finds and evidence of large deposits from the Arctic coast toward Rathurat and Victoria Island, with natives using native copper long ago.
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Canada
Arctic Canada
Royal Society of Arts
London
W. Frecheville
Great Bear Lake
Coppermine River
Coronation Gulf
Rathurat Inter
Victoria Island
Four Year War Review Highlights 1917 Western Front
The British effort in 1917 shifted from large offensives to smaller thrusts after March. Key actions include the third Ypres battle, Menin road, Broodseinde, and Passchendaele ridge with thousands of prisoners taken. Byng’s Cambrai drive yielded gains then partial loss, while success was seen in Mesopotamia and Palestine with Jerusalem captured.
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London
Cambrai
Ypres
Menin Road
Broodseindeland
Passchendaele
Germany
Russia
Yeerenaal
Langemarck
Lena
Verdun
Aun
Tolleeke
Leangemarek
Broodseinde
Soissona
Alsoe
Vauxilion
la Royere
Poelenpoetle
Paschendaele Ridge
Julian Byng
Teena
Prinonere
Oveter Byng
Byng
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Jerusalem
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Ait
Yank trade indexing in England shapes war unit roles
The article explains how U S soldiers passing through English camps undergo trade indexing to fit them into specific roles in France and England. It notes how records of civilian work determine assignments, with electricians and automobile experts prioritized for immediate station needs.
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England
United States
France
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