THE 8EMI-WEEKLV TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
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GETTING HIS FIRST AMERICAN DOUGHNUT
1 Iirltlsli iiiittalrcrufl gun crow In notion, .shelling nn enemy piano. 2 Freight yard In France where American
soldiers nro busy sending supplies to their comrades at the front. .'J American nrmy engineers at Hnrhln, where
they nro helping to reorganize the railway lines of Siberia,
SCENE IN BAKU WHICH WAS CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH
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A Urltlsh forco recently captured the defenses of Baku, the Important center of the Caspian sea oil district.
Tho photograph was taken Just after a light In tho streets of the city.
"PUBLIC UTILITIES" IN ARMY CAMP
WOMEN AS VETERINARIES
Here aro the "public utilities." of & Urltlsh army camp In Italy, tho post
olllce, tho tiro station, tho town clock nnd tho bulletin board all together. A
Tommy Is about to mall n letter to his best girl at home.
WHERE AMERICAN HEROES SLEEP
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France,
graves of United Slates officers In an American cemetery In Tours,
decorated with French and American lings and covered with roses,
British women have .Invaded nnd
conquered another Held of Industry
Their latest accomplishment has been
In tho lino of vetcrlnnrlcs. One Is very
likely to say when looking at tho pic
ture that their work Is dangerous, hut
what Is that to the brnvu women o't
England who are patriotically looking
after the horses of the army? This
photograph shows tho women giving
a horsu medicine.
It's Some Word Now.
Tho recent vocuo of tho word
"some" as an ndjectlve, In n sense for
which there Is absolutely no synonyn
In tho dictionary, has been the desimii
of many a parent and pedagogue, no-
cording to Harold Goddard In At
Inntlc. "The language Is being pauper
Ized," they cry.
Nonsense. It would be nearer tho
mark to say It Is being vitalize
Watch a healthy schoolboy when li
tells you he has Just come from
"somo ball game, and' you wlH nor
celvo that the offending word ns
ceased to bo u mere linguistic slun imii
has become a kinetic current within
tho body, a movement of the spirit
Some word. It I A true superword, In
fact.
Philosophize on It and on tho kin
dred subject of slang and you nm
discover wny, wnen a man's vocab
lary begins to expand, his powers of
expansion aro generally on tho wane
Ncwnrk News.
American doughboys are not the only ones who get American doughnuts. A French soldier Is here seen being
served bis first doughnut In an American Rod Cross canteen bnck of the United States sector.
AMERICANS MOVING UP TO THE FIRING LINE IN FRANCE
A steady stream of American soldiers Is constantly moving forward to the tiring line, as is shown in this
ish official picture. This Is only part of n ionglne thnt Is going forwnrd, headed by a British band. Thousands
thousands of these soldiers arc moving up to the lines.
Brit-upon
DECORATED FOR BRAVERY
BUILDING RAILWAY UP TO THE FRONT
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General IMumer of the British army
Is here shown pinning tiie military
medal on one of the many women am
bulance drivers of the British nrmy
who huve been cited for bravery during
air rnlds In France. The risk that
theso women run In tho face of duty
Is great, cspeclnlly as the Hun shows
a constant nnd utter disregard for tho
Bed Cross Hag or emblem.
An Important part of the work or tho army engineers Is tho construction
of rullwny lines on which supplies can lio carried to tho battle front. A body
of engineers Is hero shown unloading rails for one of theso nnrrow-gungo
roads.
BUSY DOCKYARD WHERE ONCE WAS A' DESERT
Couldn't Understand.
"The problems which confront Uncle
Sam In tho present crisis are beyond
the understnndlng of n great many
people," declares Dr. Frank Botm, the
author nnd lecturer. "Many of them
remind me of n little story that I heard
the other day."
"lop."
"Yes, my son."
"Why does a cow chow ut night?"
"Well, my son, a cow takes food
during the day, und then chews her
cud at night."
"But, say pop, Isn't thnt hoarding
food?"
Economy In France.
Economy Is developed to Its fullest
extent by the armies In France and
Flanders. In connection with the com
missariat Is n department for the elim
ination of waste, and each soldier, ex
cept in the front trenches, Is compelled
to scrape his plate for the purpose. This
rcfuso Is gathered up nnd collected at
certnln points behind the lines, where
It Is sorted nnd put to various uses,
not the least Important of which Is the
soap used by the nrmy and nnvv.
This British official photograph showing a big dockyard whore was onco
n bnrren desert Is nn Indication of VJe wonderful work that British nrmy
engineers have wrought In Mesopotamia. After many years of decadence
the land Is now humming with Industry.
I
GATHERED FACTS
At one end of n hnndlo for casement
windows nn Inventor lins placed n
spring catch so that It will also serve
to hold a window closed.
Evidently u great national struggle
makes for mental steadiness. For the
last two years there has been a de
crease of over 3,000 In tho number of
I nKnne nersans cared for In Encliitul
' und Wales.
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-me, imesi variety of asbestos la
known ns amlnnthus, and tho most
beautiful specimens of this como from
Inrantalse, In Savoy. Hence the fab-
11 "ovu" Ir nsnostos U sometimes
un uiuinnwuno cloth.
J.?!!LU '! Charged
: "Honimuineni or ages, t!
Iter of women In thn h,-ih,i.
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groups aged twenty to twenty-livo nnd
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utely hlgi,; "y " "I'roportlou
of
the uum-
census