Retreat Tide Turned by Americans In WWI Letter
An unofficial letter from Corporal Wallace Dunlop of the 117th regiment engineers, dated July 21, describes an Allied offensive near Berlin. It claims Pershing's troops and French forces forced a German retreat, with vivid scenes of effort, danger, and praise for American artillery and French comrades, ending with a morale-boosting slogan.
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Robert W. Dunlop
Dia Won
Wallace Dunlop
117Th Regiment Engineers
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Berlin
Ander
Sherman
Ameke
Courss
Maet
Heaven
Hell
Hoboken
Invite Washington Women to Reconstruction Aide Course
The Philadelphia School of Occupational Therapy invites Washington women to enroll in a training program to qualify as reconstruction aides in military and civil hospitals. The course runs four to eight months, includes psychology and teaching methods, hospital hygiene, and crafts such as weaving pottery and bookbinding, with a $50 tuition and open to applicants aged 28 and over. The school operates under the auspices of the National League for Women’s Service.
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Philadelpha Schonl
Occupational Theraphyhia
Washagtm
Fouy
National League
Womens Service
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Foch Sends Knights of Columbus Thanks from France
New York reports Marshal Foch sent a cable to James A.1liberty supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus expressing appreciation for their war work in France. He said he shares the same spirit for victory and their common cause. General Pershing also cabled thanks to the knights for their efforts.
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New York
France
Marshal Foch
James Aliabesty
Gen Pershing
Knights
Peru Voters Vote to Suspend Individual Guarantees
In a response to the mutiny at Ancon near the hospital 30 miles from Lima Peruvian deputies vote 108 to 1 percent to suspend individual guarantees throughout the republic as Maj Armando ating leads the uprising in Istma Peru on Sunday Aug 25.
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Istma
Peru
Ancon
Apone
Armando Ating
Chamber of Deputies
Spangled Bance at the Damp Meigs Band Grove
Concert notes list Deming as bandmaster at the grove on W Floride Avenue and Pitth Street northeast. Program includes The Star Spangled Banner, Operatic Masterpieces, Selections from Going Cornctvelo, God Be Tomphs, and Blue Hymns by various composers.
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Damp Meigs
Lieyt
GS Deming
the Grove
Wfloride Avenue
Pitth Street
Musicians at Wayfarers and Washington choirs
Mrs Baker sings for the Wayfarers next Friday with Ralph Leopold in support. Lisut J M Dawcon and Lt W G Halsey join a varied program plus Sergi Trompe tenor and Martin Richardson tenor. St Pauls Lutheran sees new members and resignations. William Hamilton Bayley resigns as organist. Lilian Chanoweth to succeed as contralto. pianist Elizabeth Winneten heads to Bluemont for fall tours. Edna Scott Smith and Mrs Charles Brooks Smith relocate. Mrs Gideon Pillow to leave for Galt Lake City with her mother, a former soloist. Mrs Felix Garzigna travels to New York.
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Theoboir
St Paul's Lutheran Church
Wiliam Hamilton Bayley
Nas
Lewits Kincer
Bertha Hansen Gottaman
Julian Brylawaki
Lilian Chanoweth
Church of Our Father
Leroy Glider
M'lton White
Elizabeth Winneten
Washington
Bluemont
Gideon Pillow
Migs- Ada Arundel
Galt
Lake City
Pillow
Mrs PiLlow
Trinity M. Eb.’ Church
Trinity Church
Mount Pleasant Congregational
War Art Exhibits At Corcoran And National Memorials
A survey of new exhibitions and planned memorials across Washington highlights Joseph Pennell’s War Work in America drawings at the Corcoran, plus federal art projects and major sculptures. Lincoln Memorial work by Daniel Chester French progresses, Pennsylvania Meade and Grant Memorial plans advance, British and French lithographs shown, and Titanic and Hamilton memorial efforts move forward.
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America
Joseph Pennell
Corcoran
Pennell
United States
War and Navy Departments
Mr Parnell
England
David Lioyd
George
British Museum
Committee On Public Information
National Commission of Fine Arts
Washington
Lincoln Memorial
Daniel Chester French
Lincoln
Jules Guerin
Henry M. Brady
Mall
Congress
Christian Science aids war work in 45 camps
Christian Science war relief and camp welfare committees operate in 45 army and navy camps across the United States under Boston’s First Church of Christ, Scientist. About 746 men and 15 women are involved, with women mainly as welfare room attendants. The program links soldiers with relatives via mail and telegraph, boosting morale with dedicated facilities for reading and writing.
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Christian Science
United States
Christian Science War Relief
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Jesuit
Christian Science Committees
Rain Not Brought by Great Battles
The United States Weather Bureau rejects the idea that warfare affects rainfall or global weather. Observers in France Britain and the U.S. find no link between battles and storms, noting that rain results from atmospheric heating and cooling patterns rather than gunpowder.
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United States Weather Bureau
France
Weather Bureau
Magnificent Old English Dining Suite Attracts Buyers
A 10 piece Old English dining set in bar walnut with Tudor carved backs and gobelin tapestry upholstery is offered at 435 dollars. Three further 10 piece suites are available at 137 dollars, featuring William and Mary Jacobean Louis XVI and Queen Anne finishes in oak tones.
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Rey
French Nobility, Veterans and Pride in War Tradition
The piece laments French nobles serving bravely on the front, noting several dukes and the Duc de Luynes among the fallen. It praises longstanding royalist leaders, cites Verdun, the Marne, and Patay, and recalls Lafayette while arguing nobles uphold patriotism and valor in World War I.
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Srittany
Duc de Chevreuse
Dus de Luynes
France
Roumania
de Luynes
Seventeenth
Chasseurs-2-Cheval
Marne
Duc
Chevretss
Prince Ernest of Arenberg
Guy de Lorges
Anna Held Leaves Large Bequest to Lillian Russell
The actress Anna Held who died August 12 bequeathed nearly her entire estate, around 200000 dollars, to her daughter Liane Cervera. The will was opened for probate today with cash legacies to various parties in Paris and the United States, including 2500 dollars to Mr. Alexander P Moors in Pittsburgh, identified with Lillian Russell.
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New York
Anna Held
Adrean
Liane Cervera
fNee
Paris
Alexander P Moors
Lillian Russell
Pittsburgh
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Library of Congress
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