Face With Kaiserism in Unpublished Diary Excerpt
James W. Gerard, former American ambassador to Germany, recounts 1915 diary entries from Vienna to Berlin describing German diplomacy, anti American sentiment, war pressure, and peace talk with notes on Russia, Belgium, and Italy. He notes censorship, arms, and food shortages, plus shifts in Reichstag attitudes and military plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Gerard
Germany
State Department
Mn Ud
Peole
Copenhagen
Belgium
Foreign Office
Bernstorff
Persia
Land & Kk
India
Col
Kuhn
Kaiser
Gol. Wuhn
Vest Lis
Paris
London
Petrograd
Balkan
Empire
Bernstorf
Entente
Greece
Tages Zeitung
Charceller
von Tirpitz
von Falkenhayn
Pless
Prince of
Lemberg
Roumania
Moscow
Hindenburg
Mackensen
Enochs
Austria
America
Bagdad
Dardanelles
Italy
Leipzig
Volkszeitung
France Seen by Americans from a Pvt Compton Letter
Corporal Herald Compton of Yaki ma Wash writes from a billet in France to his aunt Nora Lewis recounting conditions with the American Expeditionary Forces. He praises American resolve, recalls French hospitality, laments German barbarism, and condemns slackers while noting slow but beautiful France and the hard reality of war. He mentions awaiting mail, and reflects on the unity of fighters and civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald Compton
Yakima
Wash
France
Nora Lewis
Compton
Fia
Co. E
America
Rot
Gen
Pershing
Nix
United States
Europe
Mae
Washington
Eight Beechey Brothers Serve Britain in War Toll
Mrs Beechey widow of Rev P W T Beechey vicar of Friesthorpe Lincolnshire has given eight sons to the service. Five killed on the western front Rouen and East Africa. One son Charles Reeve Beechey died of wounds. Bernard and Frank were school masters. Three brothers survive, two still serving, one paralyzed. Some sons volunteered abroad including two who enlisted in Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beecher
P. W. T. Beechey
Friesthorpe
Lincolnshire
Rouen
Charles Reeve Beechey
Royal Iusiliers
Stamford Grammar School
East Africa
Bernard Beechey
Lincoln
Frank
Lincoln Cathedral Choir
Australia
Will Hindenburg Win RTS Gamble For World Power
The article analyzes German strategic aims against Paris, reviewing past Western Front offensives from Neuve Chapelle to Verdun and the Somme, and argues that a decisive breakthrough is unlikely. It notes German limitations in artillery, reserves, and the need for overwhelming strength, warning that morale and political factors also shape outcomes.
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Verdun
Shalimajee
Isonzo
Dochumont
M Keries
Trench
Warfarg
Marshal Joffre
Petain
Veritin
Generatissimo
Nivelle
The
Somme
Uren
Volohynia
Galleia
Altho
Arras - Noyan
France
Belgium
Arras
Toca
Laon
Soiseons
Malensison
Ilatg
Robertson
Lille
Ypres
Passchendaels
Flanders
Haig
Pelain
United States
Britain
Hindenburg
Paris
Ifile
Dunajec
Dunajeg
Italy
West Front
Llindenburg
1918
Chalong-sur-Marne
Marne
Chemin Des Dames
Napoleon
Moscow
Hardihood
Catarrhal Deafness Adverts Cure Claim
An old advertisement promises a constitutional remedy for catarrhal deafness caused by Eustachian tube inflammation. It claims focal applications fail and offers one hundred dollars for an uncured case, naming Catarrh Medicine by E. & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
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Toledo
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Jount Tisza
Serbia
von der Herde
Brand Whitlock
Hedgestuff
Egypt
Falk
Wegland
Russia
Poland
Euler
Hetle
Hans Winterfeldt
Unnus
Allegemeins Electriciteets Gesellschaft
Belgrade
Red Cross
Schmidt
Snoddy
Reichstag
Berlin
General Electric
Doctor Self
Gerard
Public Ledger
United State
Canada
Courier and Reporter
Joseph E. Kubs
U.S
U.S. A
Uncle Sam
Will Hindenburg
RTS
Reims
Oise
Mousa
Aisne
Busty Chimpagne
Neuve Chapelle
Artois
Champagne
Neuve, Chapelle
Waterloo
SLNL
Rosecrans
Chicamauga
Yrres
Lens
Larette Heights
Vimy Ridge
Auberive
Argonne
Moravia Farm
Loos
Leos
Aliho
Hindenburgs
ATLAS
Ocen
Vannel
Sotte
Cascara
J Headquarters
Palace Art
Palace Theatre
Sycamore Street
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