Allied offensives and war news from World War I era
The report highlights Allied victories at Picardy and the Marne, noting large prisoner counts and German losses, plus Allied morale. It links temperance debates in India to UK policy, and mentions Lloyd George, Bulgaria, subma rine tallies, and home front industrial shifts, with warning rhetoric about German wrongdoing.
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Picardy
America
Marne
France
Promised Land
Hunfiehter
Germany
Foch
Prohibition Debate Grows in India Across Empire
At a London Anglo-Indian Temperance meeting Sir Herbert Roberts warned of rising liquor revenue in India from 1.56 million in 1975 to 9.11 million in 1917 while noting the consumption is not indigenous to the country. Bhupendranath Basu echoed centuries of religious abstinence among Indians.
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Christian Science Monitor
Anglo-Indian Temperance Association
India
A. E. Goodwin
United Kingdom
London
J. Herbert Roberts
Sir Herbert
Dountry
Bhupendranath Basu
Council of India
Crown Princes Unite Amid World War Murmurs
Quotations from Buffalo Enquirer Cleveland Plain Dealer and Charleston News and Courier show Crown Princes urged to aid and stand together in war. The texts imply German leadership unity under Hindenburg Ludendorff and a push toward Berlin.
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Bavaria
Buffalo Enquirer
Berlin
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Charleston
Carry on over the tap as pursuit depletes troops
Florida Times Union notes a shifting battle cry as troops press forward toward the Rhine. The headline implies urgency in pursuing the enemy into an elusive target described as a lair while the soldiers must keep moving.
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Florida Times-Union
It Is Indeed Hard to Lose One's Relatives
A London Answers remark highlights the hardship of losing relatives as a melancholy gentleman laments the emotional toll. A wealthier interlocutor retorts that the pain is even more impossible to bear in social circles.
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London
Quote on Americans, French and Huns by Detroit Free Press
A wry Detroit Free Press remark notes that the French find it hard to restrain Americans, and humorously suggests the same problem troubles the Huns. The line underscores wartime morale and shared friction among allies and adversaries.
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Detroit Free Press
British Fleet Tightens Grip On Hun Sea Terrorism
London reports the British Navy and Allied convoys have checked German U boat attacks over the past year. The effort included Zeebrugge Ostend operations, a 20 000 square mile minefield, and bringing over a million American troops. Casualties and ship losses on both sides are noted.
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London
Germany
Berlin
BrooTa
Ceck
England
Jutland
Europe
Kiel
Jhhere
Scotland
North Sea
Atlantic
English Channel
Matera
Britain
Baltic
Thei
Moldavia
Tuscania
Mda Pamber
Briteeh Aes Ual Sa
Allied nations share sugar rations in wartime
The article explains a near equal sugar distribution among Allied nations and the United States. It notes a voluntary ration of two pounds per person per month, describes sugar as a wartime essential, and cites severe limits in Britain France and Italy amid war conditions.
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America
England
France
Italy
States Food Administration
Germany
Botela
Pennsylvania boys urged to join Students Army Training Corps
Dr. D George L Omwake Ursinus College official promotes a War Department plan letting high school and college students train as officers in the Army and Navy while pursuing studies. He notes large numbers of Pennsylvania youths ready for college, and explains registration and draft implications for those in the program.
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Army of Pennsylvania
United States Army
United States
Pensylva
Hinion
Jurder
Penn
Rita
Ent
Ted States
Ufner
Pratt Board
Selective Service Regulations
Draft
Students’ Army Training Corps
Omwake
War Department
Pennsylvania
Army Training Corps
Nktewtty
Sugar Ration Notes Across Countries During War Time
The report outlines sugar rationing and prices in France England Italy and Germany. It notes reduced sugar acreage in France from 625000 to 180000 acres and state controls in Italy and England and saccharine use. Allied wholesale prices: England 10 cents France 12 cents Italy 26 cents vs US 7 cents.
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Italy
Germany
United States Food Administration
England
France
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TIMES
Pennsylvania Avenue
the Times Publishing CO
Iinc
E. Walker
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T. B. Clasweon
A G. Lindenstein, Inc
East 16Th St
New York City
Mall
Warren Borough
Alaska
Cuba
Porto Rico
Mexico
Panama Canal Zone
Hawaiian and
Philippine Islands
Canada
International Postal Union
Warren
Lloyd George
Harrisburg
Bulgaria
Paris
General Foch
Santerte
Floyd MacGriff
International News
Zeebrugge
Ostend
St. George’s Day
Lidden
Den
Rand
Mole
Ee Aed
Everett True
Pengland
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