Dual Kingdom Defeats and Reims Assault Darkens WWI Outlook
The piece reviews Austro-Hungarian setbacks in Italy with the Italian army, British and American air support, and warns of possible revolts across the empire. It notes a failed German assault on Reims, signals oncoming battles on the Western Front, and discusses US aid plans to Italy, Siberia, and the expanding draft age to 45 as manpower mobilization intensifies.
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Dual Kingdom
Reims
Edward W. Pickard
Austria
Ardet von Boregie
Piave
Esensse
Verona
Asiago
Victor Emmanuel
Lord Cavan
Monte Grappa
Brenta
Frenzela
Treviso
Montello
Pinye
Zenson Loop
Adriantic
Borovic
Fossarta Canal
Vienna
Venice
Italy
Latat
Sillepry
West Atlantic
Caracas
Venezuela
England
Bruges Canal
Zeebrugge
Prisoner camp tray scandals scare law tightening
A Literary Digest note mocks German women for flirtations with officers and reports police will impose strict penalties for inmates aiding prisoners. It cites the Frankenfurter Zeitung on social risk near camps and notes Iceland plans more potatoes to reduce dependence on imports and bolster food independence amid shipping shortages.
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Gretchen
Hve i
Zietung
Iceland
Icoland
Arctic
Shield of Glory for Fallen Soldiers Remitted by Red Cross
Elizabeth Frazer notes in the Saturday Evening Post that for American soldiers who die in France a cross marks the grave with a metal shield showing a youth and a broken sword. The shield bears the inscription He died to keep men free and will be sent to relatives after the war when a permanent remembrance is devised by the war department.
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France
Red Cross
War Department
Elizabeth Frazer
Saturday Evening Post
Man Saves Comrade From Shark Attack Aboard Ship
Wallace Odell Prater, a Stafford resident and machinist, leaped into tropical waters to rescue a wounded American sailor after a shark attack that left the sailor with a severed leg. Prater received a gold lifesaving medal from the secretary of the treasury for his bravery.
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America
Wallace Odell Prater
Prater
Secretary of the Treasury
Stafford
Kun
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Aisne
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Washington
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Tchernigoy
Doctor Masaryk
Wilson
Bibéeia
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Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Tabriz
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Turkey
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Boston
Draggista
Pate Seywe the
Libby
Neill & Libby
Chicago
Hell
Lydle
Pinkee
Iapoleon
St. Fremont
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Lydia E.pinkham Medicine CO. Lywn. Mass
Jackson
Johnsing
Swift & Company
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