Three Noted French Towns Gave Names To Everyday Goods
Northern French towns Cambrai Arras Valenciennes and Douai influenced commerce their names appearing in cambric fabrics lace and hosiery While Cambrai links to Fenelon and Telemachus Arras to Robespierre and the Revolution Valenciennes to Watteau Froissart and Douai to a Catholic Bible edition The piece notes each town’s historical roles and famous associations.
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France
Cambrai
Cambric
Arras
Valenciennes
Francois Fenelon
Fenelon
Telemachus
Ulysses
Louise of Savoy
Margaret of Austria
Austria
Aut Arras
Maximilian Robespierre
Armenians Loyal to Allies in World War I Conflict
The article discusses Armenian loyalty to the Allies, noting 130 Armenians from Van joined vacated Russian positions eight months prior. It covers Ottoman advances after Erzerum, Armenian and Georgian resistance with waning support, Georgian independence efforts, and a prisoner scene revealing mixed German, Italian, and other troops, as reported by Maynard Owen Williams and Paris Stars and Stripes.
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Van
Erzerum
Tabriz
Persia
Caspian
Maynard Owen Williams
Asia Magazine
Constantinople
Size comparisons for early 20th century field guns
The text notes no 75 centimeter gun exists and discusses bore sizes: French 75 millimeter about 2.95275 inches, German 77 millimeter about 3.03149 inches, larger than the American 3-inch field gun. It suggests French and American shells could fit German 77s with little change, while German and American shells likely cannot fit French 75s without remachining.
Faces Ahead of the Dead on the Ourcq Slopes
Two Yankee regimental chaplains who had fought the slope above the Ourcq report at sundown that they buried the dead. They were emotionally worn but eloquent, noting that every fallen soldier died facing toward Germany with faces toward the enemy.
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Ourcq
Germany
New Antisubmarine Tactics Use Depth Charges On Approach
A new method of countering U boat attacks involves dropping a depth charge as a torpedo nears. In daylight the torpedo wake can be seen, and the explosion of the depth charge may prematurely detonate or deflect the torpedo from its course. The tactic was discovered by accident when an officer, in excitement, threw a depth charge overboard.
Picture brides from the land of cherry blossoms arrive
A group of pretty Japanese picture brides arrive in San Francisco to marry prosperous Japanese merchants. Brides have never met their intended husbands, selected from photographs through a consulate process. The consulate requires proof the groom can finance a happy marriage before issuing passports.
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San Francisco
Help Mexico If She Behaves
Consensus among bankers holds that ample funds will be granted to the Mexican government if Carranza carries through announced plans. The nation’s hard money system shows Mexico’s financial decline while foreign capital and a strong Hamilton like plan are viewed as essential to recovery and U.S. protections for American rights.
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Mexico
Wall Street Journal
Carranza
Germany
United States
Alexander Hamilton
Back Like a Board It’s Your Kidneys Remedy Ad
An old style health ad warns that kidney pain signals seek cause and relief. It promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Capsule as a remedy, claims two centuries of help, and urges visiting druggists for a sea package with money back if not helped.
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Cruggist
Inaarlem
Holland
The President's Tactless Zeal Editorial
The Chicago Evening Post says the president displays tactless zeal for the league of nations. It argues the Senate may not ratify the peace treaty or the league pact merely because the president believes it should. The Senate is not a White House echo and represents sovereign states with final say in foreign affairs.
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Chicago Evening Post
League of Nations
Wilson
Senate
White House
Religious Cult Babism Spreads After Turkish Downfall
The article notes the liberation of the Babism movement led by Abdul Baha after the fall of Turkish power in Palestine. It highlights his 40 years imprisonment, release in 1908, travels through France, England and the United States, and his work in Chicago and Kenosha with teachings linking to Christianity and Judaism.
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Palestine
Abdul Baha
Abas Effendi
Bahaillah
Turkey
Akka
Haifa
Baha
France
England
United States
Orient
Oen
Chicago
Kenosha
Wis
Peace Gardens amid wartime gardening habits endure in peace
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes the home gardening impulse formed during war persists after peace. It argues conservation stays vital, urges applying wartime lessons to peacetime use of waste spaces, and highlights how 1917 novices grew expert by 1918 enjoying the labor and fruit of their own work.
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Peace Gardens
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Cause of Liberty
General Pershing
Paris
Keeley Institute
Beach St. West Haven
Conn
Queen OF the
California
Carielln
Main Street
Sterling Thrift Club
Scientific Sterling
Sill
Rochester N.Y
Wn Ae
Sterling
Bacon Bros
Village Grocery
F. J. Bielefield & CO
Main ST
Goodrich
Akron
Ohio
Goodrich Tires
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