Lafayette school aims to unite nations in old Chateau Chavinac
The Lafayette school in Auvergne opens in October with fifty French boys, aged six to twelve, to be educated by French and English masters. Funds seek 20 000 to expand to 200 pupils and endow the center, with British and American soldiers' sons later joining. American committee members outline jobs for boys in coal, rail, science, and media, with guardians ensuring welfare and self support.
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Aris
England
France
United States
Lafayette
Lafayette Chateau
Chateau Chavinac
Auverit France
Lafaye
Ill¢ { Wil M
John McGee
Henry Fairchild Osborn
Clarence Mackay
New York
Army rejects Sammy nickname from home front
American expeditionary force soldiers resent the name Sammy as an inappropriate nickname. Officers and men say the term mocks Uncle Sam and has no place with fighting troops in France. They urge home papers to stop propagating it and prefer a dignified moniker.
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France
Sammy
Paris
Uncle Sam
Uncle Sammy
Overcomes Father Letter From War Tells of Wounds
Charles B. Canfield of Caldwell receives April letter from his son Harry C. Canfield, in a Carnerton Wales hospital, reporting left arm shattered, shrapnel wounds to the head, impaired sight, and gas exposure. Harry says Germans are bending but will keep fighting. he laments what happened in France.
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Verona
N. J
Charles B. Canfield
Hanford Place
Caldwell
Harry C. Canfield
Carnerton
Wales
Mr. Canfield
England
Canfield
Harry Canfield
France
Hen and cat share nest in Milton area
An old hen on Mrs. Will Huddleston’s farm near Abington sheltered a litter of kittens found in a manger. The hen covers the kittens with her brood while the mother cat lies beneath the hen, then returns to the nest when the cat leaves.
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Milton
Ind
Will Huddleston
Abington
Eskimos Sinnisiak and Wlusuk Captured After 8 Year Hunt
Edmonton reports two Eskimos named Sinnisiak and Wlusuk, sought for the 1913 Bloody Falls killings of Fathers Rouvier and Leroux, were tracked across 8000 miles of ice and snow by a mounted police party led by Inspector J. D. Lanouse. The two year pursuit ended with their arrival in the city.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Mounted Police
Sinnisiak
Wlusuk
Rouvier
Leroux
Bloody Falls
Arctic
J. D. Lanouse
Petrified Oaks Found In Fremont Nebraska Sand Pits
Petrified trunks of oak trees were discovered thirty feet underground in Fremont sand pits. The theory is the trees were buried centuries ago when the Platte river changed its course, leaving no oaks in the river valley except transplanted specimens.
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Fremont
Neb
Platte River
Women Watchers Planned for French Soldier Vote
Albany report notes nurses and other New York women on French soil may serve as watchers at polling stations when soldiers vote in November. Governor Whitman and lawmakers are urged to ease the voter roll process so more women can assist. Helen Leavitt of the Woman Suffrage party argues the move is reasonable and expands participation at army camps.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
France
Whitman
Helen Leavitt
New York
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