Pigeon Netting Fete in Cava dei Tirreni Italy
In Cava dei Tirreni pigeons from Siberia to Africa are hunted each autumn. Six local clubs set tall towers with nets while watchers signal from distant huts. Slingers hurl whitewashed stones to mislead flocks, and skilled netting seals the capture with dramatic instant success.
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Cava Dei Tirreni
Italy
Herbert Vivian
Siberia
Africa
Cava
Gulf of
Salermo
Liberty Bond Scheme Trials Signal New War-Era Fortunes
In Cleveland a wave of crackdowns on bond scams unfolds as Isadore Gantz of Farrell Pa is arrested for offering to buy a fifty dollar Liberty Bond at forty dollars. Prosecutors stress sedition charges for schemes to depress bond values, with W S Bennett of Youngstown jailed for similar rhetoric.
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Cleveland
Uncle Sam
Isadore Gantz
Farrell
Liberty Loan
W. S. Bennett
Youngstown
Fine Chateau for Blind to House Allied Soldiers
The Chateau de Madrid in the Bois de Boulogne is leased for three years to aid blinded soldiers. Art dealer M. Jacques Seligman guarantees a $15,000 annual rent for the entire 100 room estate and gardens. The plan, urged by George Kessler, will open in two weeks and include care for blinded American soldiers.
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Bois
Chateau de Madrid
Bois de Boulogne
Paris
M. Jacques Seligman
New York
George Kessler
M. Seligman
M. Seltzman
War Time Clock Made From War Remnants
A soldier crafts a commemorative clock from war relics gathered on the Somme. The clock body is a German shellcase with German and French cartridge legs, Belgian bullets as ornaments, Verey light cases as side decorations, and a pendulum of French bullets. Inside movement is German made after repairs.
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Somme
Honest Bones in Navy Cook Role and Jailbird Quip
The text recalls Bones Jones a sportsman and shipboard cook in the navy. It notes a past fine of five dollars for stealing chickens on Monday night and his reply to the judge asking for thirty dollars up to Saturday night.
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Bones Jones
Bones
Navy
Look to Africa for Food
The article describes a worldwide food shortage and France’s plan to expand in its colonies across the Mediterranean. It outlines refrigerating and packing plants in Algeria to avoid shipping animals alive and to stabilize meat markets, aiming to boost North African meat exports.
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France
Mediterranean
Algeria
Theas
North Africa
Cootie Preventive Developed by University of Pennsylvania
Provost Edgar Fahr Smith announced a chemical wash that could deter cooties for soldiers in trenches. He did not reveal the scientist’s name, but reports say the method came from trials on the tester himself, who wore a wrist‑mounted cogitory colony during experiments.
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Edgar Fahr Smith
University of Pennsylvania
Smith
Philadelphia
Finland’s aristocracy and the language clash amid independence
The piece critiques Finland’s inherited Swedish speaking aristocracy and its ties to German influence. It argues that foreign rulers reinforce linguistic competition, suggesting Swedish may lose ground if German backed rulers prevail and Finnish language struggle persists.
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Finland
Go barefoot slogan urged in Germany to save leather
A patriotic placard in Germany urges barefoot living this summer to aid the fatherland due to leather scarcity. The Rheinische Westfalische Zeitung explains rich and poor should go without boots and shoes, urging the old to set an example for the young and walk barefoot at home, in streets, at school, and in church.
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Germany
Rheinische Westfalische Zeitung
Essen
The
Zeitung
Not for Me, but of Me. Granddaughter’s thrift stamp appeal
Moses Selig received a personal business note from his granddaughter Evelyn Hahn formerly of Indianapolis urging him to buy Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps to help her join the army of thrift workers. She asked could he send a check payable to cash and she would mail the stamps.
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Moses Selig
Evelyn Hahn
Indianapolis
Grandpa
Evelyn
Offered Polish Crown Declined by California Brakeman
Peter Sobieski a descendant of King John II of Poland arrived in Oakland from Arizona where he worked as a railroad brakeman He has applied to enlist in the US Army as an interpreter His uncle in Los Angeles was offered the Polish throne under German rule two years ago but declined to remain a US citizen
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United States
Europe
Peter Sobieski
John II
Poland
Berlin
Sobieski
Oakland
Cal
Arizona
United States Army
Soblieski
Los Angeles
Germany
Peter
Provost Marshal General Crowder Remarks on Germany
Crowder compares Germany's penitence to a judge's mercy and vows a firm response. He asserts the United States will not be softened by German gestures and cites the judge's harsh but fair sentence as a warning to an enemy intent on surrender.
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Germany
General Crowder
Weapons of War and the Rise of Applied Science
The article proclaims war as the most scientific conflict, emphasizing reliance on chemistry and machinery. It cites high explosives poison gases tear shells gas masks liquid fire and advanced weapons like machine guns heavy artillery and aircraft as products of scientific and mechanical innovation.
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Popular Science Monthly
Honor to the technical workers of Japan and America
An editorial praises the joint progress of Japan and the United States in technical education. It cites Japan’s early adoption of engineering schools, U S influence, and a mutual exchange of ideas that strengthens both nations. It lauds engineers as the foundation of national wealth and progress.
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Europe
Rensselaer Polytechnic School
Troy
Yale
Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Japan
Department of Education
Empire
Ito
Dai Jo Kuan
Supreme Council
Tokyo
United States
Yeddo
Raphael Pumpelly
Solomon
Republic
America
Land of the Great Unwashed Cited for Alaska Conditions
The World Outlook notes Alaska described as land of the great unwashed with reports of water sold at a dollar per bucket in some regions. It mentions rivers used for washing clothes and women wading blankets in frigid water turning feet and ankles beet red.
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Alaska
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Young
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