German Prize Crew Brings Appam to Hampton Roads
The British steamer Appam, long deemed lost, arrived at Hampton Roads under a German prize crew aboard the captured ship. It carried 431 aboard including seven sunk vessels’ crews and German civilians bound for detention camps, with 4 wounded among the passengers.
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Advertising That Pulls The Customer To Purchase
The piece defines advertising as salesmanship through the printed word. It argues ads must attract attention, sustain interest, create desire, and stimulate purchase, with the final aim to compel action. It cites Lewis Wiley of the Daily Newspaper club as authority on advertising.
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Lewis Wiley
Daily Newspaper Club
America
British watch for German submarines in American waters
New York Feb 1 British consul general alerts shipping to beware German submarines in U S waters. Reports say a German prize crew and 450 aboard Appam and related prisoners of war details, with conflicting sightings and wartime uncertainties from Norfolk Dakar and Plymouth. President Wilson visits Des Moines later with preparedness rhetoric.
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Pritieh Steam Navigation Company
Fourth Day of Wilson Tour Reaches Iowa Cities
President Wilson's fourth day on the national preparedness tour moved west from Chicago to Iowa. In Des Moines he would deliver the main address at 1 p.m. in the Coliseum while four brief talks from his car rear platform were slated for Davenport Iowa City Arcola and Newton.
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Flood situation improves as Arkansas levee break maroons families
Flood report from Kentuc City Missouri dated February 1 notes 16 of the southwest states show improvement though southeastern Kansas remains waterlogged. Near Cummins Arkansas a levee break floods land while forty families near Achard's Ferry Redfield Arkansas face marooning with boats deployed. Missouri river at St Louis 31.5 feet and Ohio and Mississippi rivers rising with New Orleans at 18 feet.
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Ohio
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New Orleans
Rebels Cross Great Wall of China
Mongolian insurgents reportedly crossed into Chinese territory near Da Tom Fa as a guard of 2,000 boats allegedly breached defenses. The report, dated February 3, originates from Mukden and was forwarded by a correspondent in Petrograd.
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Zeppelin Raid Toll Rises Across English Manufacturing Areas
London reports fifty four killed and sixty seven injured in last nights Zeppelin raid with damage spreading across Derbyshire Leicestershire Lincolnshire and Staffordshire. Berlin claims French losses while Turks face rising pressure as Von der Goltz leads operations and 90000 men are confined in Erzerum with dwindling provisions.
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Trebleond
Zeppelin Raid on Paris Abandoned Amid England Alert
Reports say six or seven German dirigibles passed over eastern and midland England as a Zeppelin raid on Paris was abandoned after searchlights. Paris reported a false alarm with preparations to raise the alarm if needed. No major damage was confirmed as the airships moved on.
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War Office
England
Manchester in Zeppelin Raid
London reports a Zeppelin raid over eastern and midland England with bombs dropped. The official war office statement cites Manchester within the affected zone, a major manufacturing city with many public buildings and a large population.
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