Muscatine Soldier’s World War I Letter From France
Edwin McIntyre, a Muscatine native serving overseas, describes a weekend in Orleans after riding a French train, visiting a French hotel, dining on a sixity cent meal, and attending a grand cathedral with Joan of Arc statue. He notes German prisoners seen at the station and praises French hospitality from the Madame of a small home to a Paris High Commission member.
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The
Muscatine Journal
Edwin McIintyre
McIntyre
Flora Stevens
Washington
Wilbur Wolary
Tam
America
France
la Courtine
Creuse
Paris
Orleans
Salt Lake
Minnesota
New York
U S
Broadway
Joan of Arc
Christ
Nice
Henri Chebomaire
French High Commission
A Soldier's Day with Tyrol Singers and War News
The narrator recounts a lonesome day blessed by a Bishop who acts as “Pappa” for the moment. After a fine dinner at a cafe, the Tyrol singers perform while a telegram reports French and American forces holding and driving Germans in a key sector, followed by cheers and a shared national song.
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Pappa
Tyrol
Kidney pills relieve back pain claims by engineer
A letter from Geo McClain of Turtle Lake North Dakota describes kidney pills easing his backache and irregular bladder action after a few days. The advertisement credits Lemley’s Pharmacy.
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Geo, McClain
Turtle Lake
N. D
Foley
Explorer Vilhjalmur Steffanson Heads Home From Far North
Jun ea u Alaska August reports say Vilhjalmur Steffanson famed discoverer of the Blond Eskimos is on his return journey via Circle City up the Yukon to Juneau and southeastern Alaska after over five years of Arctic exploration for Canada. He found new land north of Prince Patrick Island in 1914 and faced illness ending the latest expedition. many of his original party died in the harsh voyage.
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Juneau
Alaska
Vilhjalmur Steffanson
Circle City
Yukon
Vilhjalmer Steffartson
Arctic
Steffanson
Prince Patrick Island
Fort Yukon
Arctic Circle
Victoria
B. C
Robert Bartlett
R. E. Peary
R.M. Anderson
University of Iowa
Stefanson
Bartlett
Wrangell Island
Siberia
Anderson
Hershel Island
Canadian Arctic
Postmasters Renamed in Midwest Cities by President
President Wilson renominated postmasters in a list of middle Western cities including Aurora Bloomington Cairo Chicago Heights East St. Louis Jacksonville Kankakee Urbana Rock Island Decatur Evansville Kokomo Logansport Vincennes Marion Richmond South Bend Terre Haute Wabash Warsaw Alpena Benton Harbor Calumet Jackson Lansing Pontiac Fort Huron Milwaukee Green Bay and Milwaukee. The renomination affects offices across Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin and Wisconsin cities.
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Aurora
Bloomington
Caire
Chicago Heights
East St. Louis
Jacksonville
Kankakee
Urbana
Rock Island
Indiana
Decatur
Evansville
Kokosmo
Logansport
Vincennes
Marion
Richmond
South Bend
Terre Haute
Wabash
Warsaw
Michigan
Alpena
Benton Harbor
Calumet
Jackson
Lansing
Pontiac
Fort Huron
Milienetoo
Piiiiithi
Sweden Signs Trade Pact With Allies Aimed at Blocking Germany
Axel Nordvall reports terms of a wartime commercial treaty between Sweden and the allied powers. The accord commits 400000 tons of dead weight shipping and 2000000 tons of iron ore to the allies in exchange for bread, coal, oils, and other goods. Sweden agrees to embargo home exports of similar commodities when accepting allied supplies, with serious hunger in Sweden noted as Germany’s former largest customer declines.
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New York
Sweden
Germany
Axel R. Nordvall
United States
Stockholm
Nordvall
France
England
Iflm
Finland
Belgium
Dash of Yankees Shatters German Hope in War
In a cable from Paris, French commissioner Andre Tardieu says German prisoners admit the American dash could end the German cause if the entire U S army fights as it has. He outlines events from March to August, noting Paris no longer threatened and rail links restored while American divisions grow stronger and more decisive.
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Washington, D. C
Andre Tardieu
Paris
Associated Press
M. Tardieu
Russia
Germany
Amiens
Vesle
Nancy
Marne
Montdidier
Debeney
Humbert
Oise
Noyon
Mangin
Calais
America
Red Cross opens Berne tailor shop for POWs
The American Red Cross sets up a tailor shop in Berne, Switzerland to replace lost clothing for U S and Allied officers held by Germany. Shoes and uniforms are often taken, with new clothing, towels and toiletries shipped to camps. Receipts are signed to ensure delivery.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Berne
Switzerland
Red Cross
Paris
Bohemia Stores Report High Prices On Food and Clothing
Paris dispatch notes rising costs across essentials with pork at 8.40 dollars per pound and eggs 40 cents each. The report highlights widespread price increases affecting shoppers.
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Bohemia
Paris
Rheumatism Returns as Old Foe in Winter
A vintage advertising note touts 8. 8. as a purely vegetable blood remedy to treat rheumatism by purifying the blood and eradicating its cause. It claims liniments fail, urges readers to obtain a bottle at the drugstore and offers free medical advice from the Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
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Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
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