Frances Black Africans Fight Germans in French War
The piece reports on French African troops Turcos and Senegalese in World War I fighting beside France near Belgium and Reims. It describes two groups Turcos and Senegalese race and culture, their officers, battle behavior and attitudes toward prisoners, and a Moroccan fusilier captain killed in action.
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Paul Scott Mowrer
Chicago Daily News
Prance
Moore
Mediterranean
Africa
Tommy Atkins
Champagne
David
Goliath of
Gath
Joshua
Jericho
North African
Belgium
Ligny-l'Abbaye
Morocco
Ike
Allah
Mohammed
bin Prophet
Timbuctoo
Ivory Coast
Harmattan
Sahara
Reims
German Colonel Laughs at French City Mayor Bid
London The Standard prints from Parte a tale of a German colonel near Paris who led German forces from a town hall in a village once held by a rich councilor. The local figure boasted of using intimate knowledge to command key assets while joking he might become burgomaster rather than mayor.
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London
The
Standard
Parte
Paris
Alance
Wwe Council
Mayer
Burgemastas
Washington marks twenty fifth birthday state recognition
Washington celebrates its twenty fifth anniversary as a state with President Lincoln's proclamation of admission. Governor Lister notes state departments will revert $450,000 to general funds by end of the current biennium. Nevada Valleys Power Co begins Labontan dam service line to Rochester, due January 30. Dairies in Montana praised for sanitation. Copper mine curtailment continues, down 166,900,000 pounds in three months. A fatal shooting occurs when a man accidentally shoots his wife and child while handling a gun.
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A. A. Cott
Guake Creek
Parkey Tunnel
Lister
Washington
Inez
Ten
Jamin Morrison
Nevada Valleys Power Company
Labontan Dam
Labontan
Rochester
Hasen
Lovelock
Montana
HM. Bothell
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Salt Lake
Bothell
Butte
Helena
Boston
Northwestern
Chicago
Bi Orchard
J. G. Tungatra
Ariington Wash
Wall
Oteun
Tungsira
Haines
Jt. Dewey
Nampa
Idaho
O. V. Allen
Milo C. McMillan
Reno
McMillan
Comale Ou
Tesar
Oklahoma
Ftem
Hah Lake
Lewis and Clark High School
Sp Kane
Thom Wd
King County Superior Court
Uied
Seattle
William J. Huree
Times Printing Company
Olevel Alden J. Blethen
O ° Seattie Daily
Sunday Times
Colonization Department
Eumaleiins
Havendsl
Hest
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Autwery
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Holland
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