Paris adventures of ainsworth nurse described in letters
An Ainsworth nurse recounts experiences in Paris including visits to historic sites and art in the Louvre. She details the city parade with Wilson involved, reflections on Napoleonic history, and plans to see Napoleon’s tomb. She notes time before Christmas and emotions about returning home.
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T. A. Steph- Shis
Ainsworth
Alice Steph
Paris
Wilson Particif
Napoleon
No. 3
Eve
Aphiemis
Big Bertha
Kings
Tine de Medici
France
Florand
Venus de Milo
Louvre
Jerry
Juilly
Poem Honors Dad Wil Son at New Mexico Camp
A copy of verses by Sergeant Major F. B. Camp honoring Mr. Wilson known as Dad for his Y M C A secretary work at Camp Cody New Mexico. The poem lauds his kindness leadership morale and support of soldiers including his son serving in France and awaiting homecoming.
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John S. Wilson
F. B. Camp
Camp Cody
Wilson
New Mexico
Quote by Rev. Dr. W. M. Pax on ideas beating armies
The quotation asserts that thoughts and ideas are mightier than armies or weapons. It states principles can win more enduring victories than horses or chariots, attributed to Rev. Dr. W. M. Pax.
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W. M. Pax
Jazz Band and Dark Town Follies Entertain at Graham
The stage presents a new syncopated jazz style said to originate in bouienna with a sugar plantation dancer nicknamed Jazz. The Dark Town Follies, the nation’s largest colored show, will perform at Graham on Monday featuring the colored Gin ger Jazz Band and chorus with thirty performers and six scenery sets.
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Bouienna
Vic
Juez
Darktown
Dise
Broadway
Uncle Sam Minstrels at Graham Theatre Saturday
Uncle Sammy's Minstrels, composed of returned U S soldiers, perform at the Graham Theatre Saturday January 44. The act promises the greatest array of talent ever assembled by the troupe.
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Uncle Sammy
United States
Graham Theatre
Vaudeville Stars Headline War Era Return to Washington
The Olio, once top vaudeville act, headlines a Camp Dodge 163rd Depot Brigade Jazz Band tour stop in Washington. A 2:30 PM concert on the square will feature ticket pricing 25 50 75 cents and a war tax. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at Lemmon's with seats expected to sell out.
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Olio
163Rd Depot Brigade
Camp Dodge
Graham
Washington
Lemmon’s
Unique influenza case tried in Waterloo court battle
In Waterloo Iowa Judge C W Mullan hears a landmark case as the city health board seeks to place influenza and pneumonia patients in St Francis hospital. The hospital fights the move with a temporary injunction while witnesses discuss transmission methods and hospital safety.
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Waterloo
C. W. Mullan
L. C. Huntoon
Sidney D. Smith
City Board of Health
St. Francis Hospital
Mullan
Board of Health
L. Hekteen
University of Chicago
Roosevelt Funeral Declines Army Escort Offer
The Roosevelt family rejects a Secretaries of War offer to provide a United States Army escort for Theodore Roosevelt's funeral. Captain Archibald Roosevelt states the late president wished the service to be conducted by close friends, and Mrs. Roosevelt confirms the preference for an all civilian ceremony among those who knew him.
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New York
Jun.e
Roosevelt
Archibald Roosevelt
Baker
Oveter Bay
Toxal
W. A. Simpson
Chiief
Bater
Camp Honors a Dead Girl at Kishwatthee Hospital
A funeral procession at Camp Grant honored Miss Agnes Josephine Nohr of Weavones Wisconsin a student nurse who died of pneumonia. Soldiers and officers lined the route as hearse and car passed under fog and salutes with military honors.
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Agnes Josephine Nohr
Weavones
Wis
Republicans Bar Food Fund Passage in House
A Republican blockage in the House delays a 17 billion European relief appropriation sought by the President. Senator Borah and Senator Proctor indicated opposition in the Senate, while House members Moore and Penny argued over scheduling and consent to bring the measure up for a vote.
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Washington
Jan
Wilean
Dranehea
Congress
Moore
Penny
Evtranta
Borah
Prost
Senate
Leverich-Beauchamp Nuptials In Rock Island Ceremony
Pat Leverich and Miss Bessie Beauchamp wed in Rock Island with a ring ceremony at the Leverich home. Attendants included G. P. Freeland and Trene Larrison. The couple plans a wedding trip to Ottawa Tl and Detroit before settling in Moline at 86 Enet Patneér street after January 10.
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Pat Leverich
Washington
Rock Island
Frank W. Leverich
Forty-third Street
Bessie Beauchamp
H. Biggs
East Moline
Albert M. Leverich
Pat
A. M. Stocking
Spencer Memorial Church
Trene Larrison
Webber Larson
Alice Leverich
Villa de Chantal
Rock Island Arsenal
France
Deroit
Mich
Wes
Augustana College
J. Ives
Des Moines
William Leverich
Ottawa, Tl
Red Cross Schools and Hospitals Aid Belgium War Victims
The January issue notes American Red Cross efforts in Belgium including Queen’s schools housing 6540 children, a $30,000 building for under four year olds, and two schools for different age groups. It highlights the Ocean Hospital at Winckem and Wulveringhem serving 250 wounded and 400 gas cases, plus a $190,000 summer loan for the hospital and a $200,000 donation to the Belgian Red Cross. It also mentions Belgian orphans aided by the American Red Cross and the Courage of Father Delacre aiding St. Pierre church in Ypres amid shellfire.
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Red Cross
Vinekem
Belgium
American Red Cross
Winckem
Wulveringhem
Belgian Red Cross
I'hopital Ocean
la Panne
Ocean Hospital
Winekem
Ypres
Church of St. Pierre
Delacre
Renesevre
Hartbrook
Nieppe
Catholic Sisters
The
Wounded Pack in Fight Washington Report 1918
War department records show 71 114 wounded with injuries treated in American expeditionary hospitals on January 15 and October 15 1918. About 33 percent recovered and returned to duty. Chart details disposition of hospital cases indicate four tenths of one percent deserted and small death and discharge figures.
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Washington, Dan. S
War Department
Polish Women in Battle Aids Drive on Lemberg Front
A Central News dispatch from Copenhagen reports Polish forces defending by Poles have driven Ruthenian forces from Luabachet near Lem Derg and that a division of Polish women took part in the fighting at Lemberg. Many women are said to have suffered heavy losses.
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London
Joan
Herve Oehennem
Tlenmorg
Coperhagen
Materday
Luabachet
Lem
Derg
Novince
Lemberg
Austrian Battleship Saleburg Reaches French Port in Wartime
In January the Austro-Hungarian battleship Saleburg arrived at a French port near Pisinoe. The ship's two teal ends were deployed and dropped anchor in Preach waters as part of requisition actions during the ongoing conflict.
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France
Teton
Saleburg
Pisinoe
Hee
Shanahan Wins Republican Nomination for Speaker
Shanahan wins the Republican nomination for speaker on the first ballot with 485 votes. Finey 87 Perking 1 Shale 3, one abstention. He is the unanimous GOP candidate. Restrictions removed on anthracite coal shipments. ergsized coal now legal nationwide.
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Springfield
Jan
David Fu
Shanahan
Republican Caucus
House
Shavchin
Finey
Perking
Shale
Ernst
Turmel Alleged Spy Dies in Paris
Luis Turmel, a deputy for Cotes-du-Nord, who was arrested in October on charges of espionage, has died in Paris. The case details and implications for the chamber remain unclear as officials confirm his death.
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Turmel
Paris
Jan. S
Luis Turmel
Chamber of Deputies
Cotes-du-Nord
Ex Representative Mercer Dies in Nebraska
Ex-Congressman David Mercer, of Omaha Nebraska and Nob, died of heart disease. He served five terms in Congress and was a familiar figure in state politics.
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Mercer
Omaha
Nob
David Mercer
Congress
To See Is to Believe
A humorous exchange unfolds as Weary Willie asks if a dog will bite him when entering a yard. The woman warns that the seller claims the dog can chase a tramp ten miles without stopping, but she wants proof before believing it.
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Willie
People's Home Journal
Thought Rules the World Quote
A concise reflection noting that impulses fade while disciplined thought endures and steadily guides action beyond fleeting passions. The line emphasizes mental rigor over momentary emotion as a governing force.
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McCosh
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