Salvation Army Girls Helped Soldiers in France
Sergeant James Lowney of the 101st Machine Gun Battalion recalls Salvation Army workers who aided front line troops in France. He praises their stamina and support, recounting doughnut duty and warm coffee amid shellfire. He plans to study law at the University of Michigan after the war. He was gassed in the Argonne and has recovered.
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Salvation Army
James Lowney
Seattle
101St
France
Lowney
University of Michigan
Suicide
Heinie
Argonne
Krugers Gold Worth 38 Million Sought By Hunters
London Sept 19 More than 3 million in Krugers gold from the Dorothea treasure ship seeks recovery off Zululand coast. A prior salvage failed. new expeditions use updated gear. Other sunken vessels named include Grosvenor Araston Atlas Thunderbolt Abercrombie Morestein with varied amounts.
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London
Dom Paul Kruger
Zululand
Kruger
Transvaal
Dorothea
Fenedos Reef
Grosvenor
Pandoland
Araston
Marcus Bay
Birkenhead
Atlas
Mast Coast
Tenedos Island
Thunderbolt Reefs
Abercrombie
Pluck Rocks
Morestein
Jutlon Island
Reform Audiences Says Ellen Perry
In London on September 19 Mrs Ellen Terry told the British Drama League that audiences seek certain entertainment and that reform should focus on them rather than the theater. She urged addressing audience tastes and criticized overemphasis on theater reform.
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Ellen Perry
T.qndon
Ellen Terry
Tsritish Drama League
Balfour to be made an earl for war services
London dispatch reports that Arthur J. Balfour British foreign secretary will be created an earl in recognition of his wartime services, according to the Daily Mirror. The honor would mark the wartime leadership attributed to his diplomacy.
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London
The
Daily Mirror
Arthur J. Balfour
Salvage of Laurentic Treasure Reaches Several Million
Salvage ship Racer works off Fanad Head Ireland recovering gold bars from the Laurentic sunk January 25, 1917. Divers hoist bars weighing about 28 pounds each, with a record haul of 47 bars in a day worth roughly $340,000. Thus far several million dollars have been salvaged as sand and wreck debris are cleared.
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Port Salon
Ireland
Laurentic
Fanad Tight
Lough Swilly
Racer's voyage to London with armed convoy
The Racer was initially built as a square rigged man of war one of the Wooden Walls of England, a ship type used by the British navy a century ago, and was patched to London with an armed convoy.
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London
England
World’s Record Claim for Speed Climbing With Curtiss Wasp
A discharged soldier resigns from his job and will be replaced by Lt Col C O M Smith per a today letter to Mr Albert B Phillips, member of the veterans job advisory panel. Meanwhile a plane with a Curtiss Wasp climbs 19 500 feet in 9 minutes 42 24 seconds, about 2000 feet per minute, announced tonight.
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Leutenant
C. OM. Smith
Albert B. Phillips
Woods resigns as aide in finding work for soldiers
Arthur Woods, former New York police commissioner and assistant to the secretary of war in Chicago, resigns from his post in charge of securing employment for soldiers. The Associated Press report from Memphis dated September 19 notes Woods steps down after serving in the war effort.
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Woods
Memphis
Tenn
Arthur Woods
New York
Secretary of War
Chicago
RoHls Sets New Altitude Record at Mineola
Roland Rohls, the aviator believed to have broken the world altitude record yesterday, today established a new flying record at Mineola. The Associated Press reports the event from Mineola, noting the historic achievement in the aviation field.
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Rohls
Mineola
L. 1
Roland Rohlfs
Oil Deposits Hint at Royal Oil Rights Near Sandringham
Rich oil deposits discovered in Norfolk near Sandringham indicate the king may gain valuable oil rights. The find could influence royal revenues and local land use as officials assess implications for the crown.
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London
Norfolk
Sandringham
Wife of President Wilson Credited With Ice Cream Invention
A historical note attributes the invention of ice cream to Ellen Wilson, the wife of President Woodrow Wilson. The claim appears in a society oriented piece reflecting on early American culinary innovations and prominent hostesses of the era.
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Wilson
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