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  • World War. Y. M. C. A. 1918-12-19
  • Northwest history; World War 1; YMCA; Young Men's Christian Association; organizations; women; Bordeaux, France; United States army; American soldiers ;
  • How American women in France helped to lighten the cares of American soldiers, feeding them with sweets, cooking for them, dancing with them, meanwhile washing dishes and scrubbing floors was told today by Mrs. Vincent Astor. After eighteen months'...
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  • World War. Wilson (personal). 1919-03-11
  • Northwest history; World War 1; President Woodrow Wilson; United States; family; wife; Colonel E. M. House; Brest, France; communication; USS George Washington; tours; visitors; visits ;
  • President Wilson this afternoon appeared to have entirely recovered from the cold from which he has been suffering. He walked about the ship and played shuffle board on deck with Mrs. Wilson.
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  • World War. Wilson (personal). 1919-01-20
  • Northwest history; World War 1; President Woodrow Wilson; United States; visits; visitors; tours; gifts; Paris, France; Great Britain; Italy; post-war ;
  • President and Mrs. Wilson came to Paris with a very modest collection of trunks and personal baggage, but they probably will be forced to take home a carload. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have received so many gifts in the course of their stay in Paris...
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  • World War. Wilson (personal). 1919-01-16
  • Northwest history; World War 1; President Woodrow Wilson; United States; France; French government; receptions; visitors; visits; tours; ceremonies; post-war ;
  • The chamber of deputies has decided to received President Wilson at a formal meeting the ceremony will be preceded by a reception to President and Mrs. Wilson and the members of parliament in the room of the president of the chamber. The date has...
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  • World War. Wilson (personal). 1918-12-20
  • Northwest history; World War 1; President Woodrow Wilson; United States; Buckingham palace, London, England, Great Britain; King George V of United Kingdom; visitors; visits; tours; High Commissioner Andrew Tardieu of France; post-war; peace...
  • It was definitely announced this afternoon that President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson would arrive in London on Thursday of next week, December 26. They will be the guests of King George at Buckingham palace.
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  • World War. Wilson (personal). 1918-10-14
  • Northwest history; World War 1; President Woodrow Wilson; United States; visitors; visits; New York, New York; Colonel E. M. House; Columbus day; celebrations; holidays ;
  • President Wilson returned to Washington tonight, after a two days' visit to New York. Colonel E. M. House, the president's close friend and advisor, accompanied the presidential party, which included Mrs. Wilson, Miss Margaret Wilson and Secretary...
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  • World War. Treaty of Versailles. 1919-10-06
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Treaty of Versailles 1919; peace treaty; treaties; peace negotiations; post-war; Colonel E. M. House; wife; family; United States; American delegation; President Woodrow Wilson; Paris, France ;
  • Colonel E. M. House of the American peace delegation, accompanied by Mrs. House, left Paris for Brest tonight. They will sail for the United States Monday on the steamship Northern Pacific.
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  • World War. Statistics. 1917-12-15
  • Northwest history; World War 1; statistics; Secretary of State Elihu Root; military research; scientists ;
  • The entire personnel, equipment and laboratory facilities of the Carnegie institution of Washington are being devoted to government war service, it became known today at the annual meeting of the institution's trustees, of which Elihu Root is...
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  • World War. Spys. 1919-02-09
  • Northwest history; World War 1; spies; espionage; Katharine Peterson; Captain Edwin W. Peterson of Boston, Massachusetts; American agents; escapes; escaped ;
  • Condemned to 12 years solitary confinement as an alleged spy in Germany, Mrs. Katharine Peterson arrived here today on the transport Sierra as the bride of Captain Edwin W. Peterson of Boston. Mrs. Peterson served 19 months of her sentence and...
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  • World War. Shipyards building & launching. 1921-03-23
  • Northwest history; World War 1; shipyards; ship building; ship launching; Senator Samuel D. Nicholson of Colorado; Ruth Nicholson Melville of Denver, Colorado; superdreadnaughts; dreadnought; USS Colorado; United States navy; ships; Representative...
  • Arguments against disarmament formed the keynote of three speeches enthusiastically approved at a luncheon which followed the launching of the superdreadnaught Colorado today. The speakers were Theodore Roosevelt, assistance secretary of the navy;...
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  • World War. Shipyards building & launching. 1921-03-22
  • Northwest history; World War 1; shipyards; ship building; ship launching; Senator Samuel D. Nicholson of Colorado; Ruth Nicholson Melville of Denver, Colorado; superdreadnaughts; dreadnought; USS Colorado; United States navy; ships; ceremonies ;
  • The superdreadnaught Colorado, the largest and most powerful battleship ever built on the Delaware river, was launched at the New York Shipbuilding corporation yard here at 12:42 p. m. today. The great fighting machine was sponsored by Mrs. Ruth...
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  • World War. Shipyards building & launching. 1918-10-14
  • Northwest history; World War 1; shipyards; ship building; ship launching; Newark, New York; fabricated ships; USS Allies; USS Consort; ceremonies ;
  • Two fabricated ships, the Allies and the Consort, named by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson in honor of the allies, will be launched Monday from the yards of the Submarine Boat company at Newark, New York, in the presence of a distinguished company of diplomats.
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  • World War. Relief. 1919-01-27
  • Northwest history; World War 1; war relief; humanitarian relief; Mrs. Nina L. Durvea of Dinard, France; funds; fundraising; post-war; French people; women; photographs; portraits ;
  • Mrs. Nina L. Durvea organized the Duryea war relief at Dinard, France, immediately after the outbreak of hostilities in August, 1914. The work is now established in quarters loaned by the Viscount de Saint-Seine. There is also a New York office...
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  • World War. Red Cross. 1918-12-18
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Red Cross; war relief; wounded; humanitarian relief; Arthur G. Prichard of Tacoma, Washington State; American Red Cross; Christmas; holidays; fundraising; membership; women; girls; Boy Scouts of America ;
  • Chairman Arthur G. Prichard of the Red Cross campaign committee issued an appeal Wednesday for helpers to take charge of the street booths. "We need 40 young women and girls to help us," he said. "All who can should report to Mrs. Christen Quevli,...
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  • World War. Red Cross. 1917-12-17
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Red Cross; war relief; wounded; humanitarian relief; Amy Phipps of Pittsburgh, California; Mrs. Frederick Edward Guest of London, England, Great Britain; hospitals; United States navy; British people; British public;...
  • The American navy is to have a hospital of its own at London. For this purpose Mrs. Frederick Edward Guest, wife of Captain Guest, member of parliament, has turned over to the American Red Cross her residence in Park Lane known as Alform house....
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  • World War. Red Cross. 1917-06-10
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Red Cross; war relief; wounded; humanitarian relief; Milton, Oregon; Strawberry day festival; festivals; celebrations; American Red Cross; Pendleton, Oregon; fundraising ;
  • Milton's annual Strawberry day festival is to be merged with a big Red Cross programme this season, the date of the joint celebration being Tuesday, June 12. All activities in connection with the big event are under the direction of a committee...
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  • World War. Propaganda. 1918-04-02
  • Northwest history; World War 1; propaganda; Mrs. Norman de R. Whitehouse of New York, New York; George Creel; United States. Committee on public information; diplomacy; publicity; women; Secretary of State Robert Lansing ;
  • Mrs. Norman de R. Whitehouse of New York city, who has been selected by George Creel, chairman of the committee on public information, to go to Switzerland on a publicity mission, the object of which is to spread accurate information regarding...
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  • World War. Prisoners. 1918-03-27
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Prisoners; POWs; Prisoners of war; German prison camps; United States army; American soldiers; Heino Rein of Sandpoint, Idaho; photographs; portraits ;
  • The picture shows Heino Rein of this city, who is held a war prisoner by the Germans for the second time. His mother, Mrs. James Folden, lives here. Rein was a member of the crew of the White State liner Georgic, which was sunk by a German...
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  • World War. Post war United States. 1920-04-27
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; United States; Sanliurfa, Turkey; Urfa, Turkey; missionaries; American missionaries; religion; Christians; Christianity; Robert A. Lambert; Mrs. Richard Masnfield; Miss Mary Louise Law; Colin...
  • Dr. Robert A. Lambert, director of the American near east relief committee in Syria, has [...] arrived from Urfa, northwest Mesopotamia, accompanied by Mrs. Richard Masnfield, Miss Mary Louise Law, Colin Clemets and a Britisher named Garnet Wood....
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  • World War. Post war United States. 1919-08-22
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; United States; Captain Martin Chamberlain of Spokane, Washington; military training; colleges; education; instructors ;
  • Captain Martin Chamberlain, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Chamberlain, E627 Baldwin avenue, left last night for the Coast, after a two-day visit with his parents. He will visit on the Coast until September 2, when he will return to Spokane and...
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