American prisoner recalls German camps from Duelmen to Luebeck
Willet C. Smith, an American escaped prisoner, recounts life in German camps at Duelmen Brandenburg and Luebeck. He describes meager turnip soup meals, cold conditions, crowded bunks, strip searches, and relief from aid from Red Cross and YMCAs. He details guards, attempts to escape, and eventual flight via the Undine to Norrkoping and home.
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New York
General Pershing
France
Smith
Moewe
Duelmen
Brandenburg
Luebeck
Red Cross
Prussia
Rlin
Westphalia
Germany
Newport News
Liverpool
Esfern
Reh
Kiel
Duehnen
Westphala
Holland
Duelman
Havel
Berlin
Magdeburg
Kriegsgefangenlager
Copenhagen
Hisents
Beeen Luebeck
Sweden
Riga
Norrkoping
Stockholm
Christiania
Norway
Bergensjord
Violation of Farm Cultivation Acts Brings Harsh Penalty
Alfred White of Maidstone defies orders to cut hops acreage by half. He faces a $1000 fine, forfeiture of all hops, and two months in prison for obstructing agricultural law and seeking $50,000 profits.
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London
Alfred White
Maidstone
Substitute for Olive Oil Found in Cantaloupe Seeds
D W Burrell of Rocky Ford a truck gardener discovered a clear rich oil in cantaloupe seeds and submitted samples to Washington government chemists. They reported an olive oil like table oil exists without refining and are continuing experiments on the substance.
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Rocky Ford
Coles
D. W. Burrell
Burrell
Washington
Venezuelan government uses paper duties to suppress pro allies press
Barranquilla dispatch says Venezuela acts under German influence to silence pro allies papers. El Fonografo of Caracas and other editions are suspended, editors jailed, while officials enforce paper import limits and daily consumption records. The move targets El Fonografo in Maracaibo and press outlets across Zulia as Caracas pursues a propaganda clash with Allied journalism.
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Barranquilla
Colombia
Venezuela
el Fonografo
Phonograph
Caracas
Maracaibo
Zulia
el Eco Aleman
la Iguildad
Equality
Ciudad Bolivar
el Correo de la Tarde
el Luchador
the Wrestler
United States
Gomez
Germany
German Propaganda in Venezuela Spurs Allied Criticism
The Venezuelan government allows and aids German propagandists in Caracas. El Echo Aleman, a weekly German Echo, reprints and fabricates anti Allied material from various sources, distributing 136000 copies weekly across Venezuela and Latin America. It targets President Wilson and the United States to sway Latin opinion toward Germany.
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el Echo Aleman
Latin America
Germany
Austria
Europe
el Echo Alezxa
Venezuela
South America
Central America
United States
Wilson
Pill Boxes in Flanders Defeated by Accurate Gunnery
A British observer recalls how German pill boxes on Passchendaele ridges proved vulnerable to direct hits from large artillery after aerial photos and large-scale mapping allowed pinpointing targets. The front line defense collapsed when big shells found their marks, ending many pill boxes and killing or disabling occupants.
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Germany
Frank W. Getty
New York Tribune
Passchendaele Ridge
General ‘Staff
Flanders
Ypres
Germans Smuggle Supplies in Night Frontier Run
A group of about 60 Germans crossed into Switzerland for a masked ball then returned at midnight in cars warned to stop at the frontier. Sentinels fired, the vehicles halted, occupants escaped, but cars carrying large quantities of soap, chocolate, butter, leather, and fats were seized by authorities.
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Frerne
Germany
Lorain School Drops German for French in German Classes
Lorain high school students refuse to enroll in German classes prompting the board to replace German with French. Superintendent D. J. Boone says new German classes will not start in the next semester.
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Lorain, O
Lorain High School
Studens
Board of Education
D. J. Boone
Soldier Kept Adenoids Causes Discharge at Camp Wheeler
Private John H. Smith of the 112th Infantry at Camp Wheeler was dishonorably discharged after refusing adenoid removal. the court martial sentence was confirmed by the division commander.
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Macon
John H. Smith
Camp Wheeler
Market Report Butter Eggs and Cheese Prices
New York market notes show butter at 50 52 cents per pound for tadl extra, eggs at 63 64 cents per dozen for fresh gathered extra fine, and state cheese at 23 24 cents per pound for fresh specials with 23 4 to 24 4 cent ranges.
Buffalo Provision Market Prices Report
Buffalo market notes show prices for winter wheat oats flour butter cheese eggs dressed poultry and live poultry with ranges for turkey fowl ducks geese and potatoes. East Buffalo Livestock Market lists bids for cattle sheep lambs and hogs with standard grading and price bands.
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Buffalo
Jersey
East Buffalo
Buffalo Hay Market Report Noisy OCR Item
Buffalo hay market data appears with garbled entries and odd codes such as track numbers and prices. The readable fragments suggest product lines including oats and hay but lack coherent details or dates.
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Connecticut
Smith Seid
Colorado
America
Countess Bernstorff
van Bernstorff
Market Report
Buffalo Provision Market
Buffalo Hay Market
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