Soldiers welcome pies and cigars as ladies share treats
In a town where troop trains pass en route to France, local women seize on edible offerings when trains stop and share them with soldiers. A husband complains about his cigars missing, but the wife retorts that nothing is too good for American soldiers. The piece also critiques Ludendorff as a master criminal, detailing alleged schemes and deception.
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Seaboard
France
Kaiser
Gen
Ludendorff
Paris
Albert de Pouvourville
Hindenburg
Russia
Lenine
Spain
Central
South America
M. Clemenceau
Roumania
Johnson
Fifth Year of the War Note and Global Tensions
The piece notes the first day of the war's fifth year with warnings to lock doors and hints at global shifts from Hindenburg's supposed health to Turkey's break with Germany. It mentions sugarless August, tax fears on cars, and questions about submarine attacks on Massachusetts. It lauds U S rehabilitation of Russia and recalls a sergeant who captured 159 enemy bodies while returning captives.
Pretty Girls Serve Abroad in War Zone Canteens
William H. Johnson Jr. reports that American canteen workers, notably pretty girls from back home, boost morale for U S troops in France. He describes chateaus, amphitheatres, concerts, and French towns aiding YMCA efforts while noting humane prisoner conditions and wartime logistics.
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Paris
France
William H. Johnson, Jr
Johnson
Thomas S. McLane
Artillery School
Red Triangle
Mr. Johnson
Worries Mirage and Canadian Fraternity Across the Border
A Washington Times article contrasts the unguarded Canada US border with open kinship between peoples. It praises shared race, faith, and freedoms, and recalls Canadians aiding England in wartime while urging vigilance against worry as the devilish illusion.
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Canada
United States
Ocean
Sette
Quebec
Maine
Alentana
Dakota
Alberta
Manitoba
Ino
England
Red Cross notes praise from overseas service men
A letter from Sgt Major E C Scharns of the 374th Aero Squadron commends the American Red Cross and M C A for aid to troops overseas. He notes an upcoming American concert in an airplane hanger and praises hospital tent equipment library baseball gear musical instruments phonograph records and aid to wounded soldiers.
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K. W. Campbell
E. C. Shcarns
374Th Aero Squadron
U. S. Air Service
American Red Cross
Anniversary party marks Dubwaite anecdote
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes factious friends celebrating the anniversary of Dubwaite's favorite anecdote. The Warren Times reports nearly every home in the city is buzzing with the event this evening.
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Warren Evening Times
Warren County
TIMES
Pennsylvania Avenue
the Times Publishing CO. (Inc
E. Walker
E.C. Lowrey
E. W. Russell
T. B. Clawson
Dubwaite
Birmingham Age-Herald
The
Warren Times
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New York City
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Alaska
Cuba
Porto Rico
Mexico
Panama Canal Zone
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Philippine Islands
International Postal Union
Warren
Penn
Germany
Dardanelles
Breslau
Goeben
Mediterranean
Sea of
Marmara
Turkey
Bulgaria
Massachusetts
Grand Army of the Republic
Portland
Oregon
Iron Cross
George W. Perkins, Jr
Army
Pittsburg
Everett True
CONDO
Qua
Geraldin Bonner
Vigilantes
Washington Times
the Times
Josh Billings
Garden of Eden
Kingdom of
Heaven
John
Rumnstoede
Flanders
Abraham
Ypres
Loos
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