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Remembering WWI through interesting events that happened OTD during WWI.
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Tennessee newspaper, Camden Chronicle #OTD Nov 29 1918, prints this PSA:
Watch your sugar intake
Don't Drink Ships!
75% of sugar used in the USA is imported. Boats for sugar mean fewer ships to support the war effort in Europe
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Tennessee newspaper, Camden Chronicle #OTD Nov 29 1918, prints this PSA: Watch your sugar intake Don't Drink Ships! 75% of sugar used in the USA is imported. Boats for sugar mean fewer ships to support the war effort in Europe https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89058013/1918-11-29/ed-1/seq-4/
November 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Nov 29 1917 Photograph showing French gunners with 75 mm anti-aircraft gun, Salonika Front
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-48585
Call Number: LOT 11181
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Nov 29 1917 Photograph showing French gunners with 75 mm anti-aircraft gun, Salonika Front Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-48585 Call Number: LOT 11181 http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3a48718/
November 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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The Tacoma Times Nov 30 1915 prints this Bob Satterfield cartoon about America has "World Trade Supremacy" www.loc.gov/resource/sn8... bsky.app/profile/this...
The Tacoma Times Nov 30 1915 prints this Bob Satterfield cartoon about America has "World Trade Supremacy" https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn88085187/1915-11-30/ed-1/?sp=1&r=-0.423,0.141,1.549,0.705,0
November 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Topeka State Journal Nov 30 1915 prints this Stanley cartoon:

That is where Santa Claus will come from

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Topeka State Journal Nov 30 1915 prints this Stanley cartoon: That is where Santa Claus will come from https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82016014/1915-11-30/ed-1/?sp=1&q=
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War Pictures London Illustrated Weekly Nov 5 1914 - Cover

Achille Beltrami for the Italian weekly "La Domenica del Corriere", Jan 17-24, 1915 underground clash between the French and Germans in a mine tunnel
Achille Beltrami for the Italian weekly "La Domenica del Corriere", January 17-24, 1915. It depicts a novelty of the war: the underground clash between the French and Germans in a mine tunnel that took place at that time.
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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War Pictures London Illustrated Nov 1914 - Wreckage of a train that was blown up along with the bridge it was crossing bsky.app/profile/this...
War Pictures London Illustrated Nov 1914 - Wreckage of a train that was blown up along with the bridge it was crossing
November 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Rock Island Argus Nov 30 1915 Claims that Belgian soldiers capture "I have seen the native soldiers cooking and eating their enemies. The Belgian troops are all natives, but are officered by white men. After a battle they gather up their slain enemies and devour them." bsky.app/profile/this...
Rock Island Argus Nov 30 1915 https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn92053934/1915-11-30/ed-1/?sp=1&r=0.485,0.269,0.626,0.285,0 New York, Nov. 30.-Dr. L. J. C. Flament, until recently a surgeon with the Belgian forces in the Congo, and now surgeon of the Cunard line steam- ship Orduna, says that cannibalism is practiced by the negro troops of the Belgian Congo and German West Africa. "In spite of all denials," said Dr. Flament, "I have seen the native soldiers cooking and eating their enemies. The Belgian troops are all natives, but are officered by white men. After a battle they gather up their slain enemies and devour them. It would be almost hopeless to attempt to stop the practice, for the natives are losing their respect for the whites. They see us killing each other, a thing we try to stop them from doing, and they say we are not different from them. So when they want to eat their enemies we cannot argue with them. "The Germans also are using native troops and these when victorious prac- tice cannibalism. After a battle the savages gather up the dead, daub them with mud and roast them."
November 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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May 1917 Ariel Varges photo of British at rest cleaning their rifles, Balkan Front. Colourized by DB Colour

Jan 21 1915 snap shooting instruction

Nov 30 1914 Men of the 28th County of London (Wandsworth) Battalion, Home Defence iwm.org.uk/collections/... bsky.app/profile/this...
May 1917 Ariel Varges takes this photo, IWM Q 32902, of "British troops out of the line for a rest cleaning their rifles, Balkan Front https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205298396 Colourized by DB Colour https://x.com/colour_history/status/1653633908934574080 IWM Q 53552 - "A British soldier takes part in snap shooting instruction with a Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle at the British Army School of Musketry in Hythe, 21 January 1915." https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205025751 IWM Q 53426 Men of the 28th County of London (Wandsworth) Battalion, Home Defence undertaking musketry instruction in Wandsworth, 30 November 1914. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205025717
November 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Daily Telegraph #OTD Nov 30 1914 Admiral Algernoon de Horsey gives advice to husband who locked out wife for talking to soldiers. "French women kiss our soldiers when they meet them on the battlefield, and you must make allowance for your wife's sympathy" bsky.app/profile/this...
Daily Telegraph #OTD Nov 30 1914 Admiral Algernoon de Horsey gives advice to husband who locked out wife for talking to soldiers. "French women kiss our soldiers when they meet them on the battlefield, and you must make allowance for your wife's sympathy" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03106/Telegraph1914_3011_3106881a.pdf
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Nov 30 1914 King Albert issuing orders. Reward for Belgian King Albert's bravery: King of Jerusalem. Emperor of Austria has had the title as an appendage of King of Hungary since 1290. "After the war [Allies might] declare the emperor Franz Josef unworthy of the historical Kingship of Jerusalem."
Would be rewarded for his bravery in war against the Kaiser Paris, France. Nov. 30-A proposal is afoot to corner on the king of the Belgians the title of "King of Jerusalem" after the war, as a reward for his great personal bravery in leading his army under fire. This means a divesting the emperor of Austria of the title, which has been an appendage of the kings of Hungary since 1290. When the allied statesmen remake the map of Europe and Asia after the war. they are expected to declare the emperor Franz Josef unworthy of the historical Kingship of Jerusalem. It was also shown that it was Godfrey of Bouillon, king of Belgium, who shattered the Mohammedan rule of Jerusalem in 1099. and assumed the crown of the Holy-City, which the allies now propose to place on the head of his successor, who is regarded as the most gallant crusader against Prussian militarism. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88084272/1914-11-30/ed-1/seq-1/
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The Logan Republican Nov 30 1915 "artillery actions have been very spirited In Artois, around Loos and Helluch as well ... in the region of Armancourt, Dancourt and Tiltoloy and also near Soissons [pic] the firing of a French piece into a pass in Alsace"
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The Logan Republican November 30, 1915 When the time comes, say the French, General Joffre will attempt another "drive" against the German lines. Until then reports of artillery fire and the throwing of grenades make up the greater part of the news from the west front. Says one official announcement: "The artillery actions have been very spirited In Artois, around Loos and Helluch as well as to the north of the Somme and to the north of the Aisne, in the region of Armancourt, Dancourt and Tiltoloy and also near Soissons. The enemy works were very badly damaged by our fire." The picture shows the firing of a French piece into a pass in Alsace. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058246/1915-11-30/ed-1/seq-1/#
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South Bend News-Times Feb 10 1915 publishes these photos. They show the Nimrod, a ship from Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition, 1907–1909. Paper says they received Nov 30 1914 dispatch from South Georgia. In Feb 1915 Shackleton's ship Endurance was stuck in the Antarctic ice
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Shackleton Will Be Back in 1916 LONDON'. A dispatch from Lieut. Shackleton dated South Georgia, Nov 30. has been received here wherein he explains why he delayed his start across the Antarctic Ice pack. He said he learned the pack was further south than it had been for years, so he decided It would be useless to try to get through this season. Consequently the expedition need not be expected back until some time in March, 1916. The explorer reports his crew and dogs are in fine condition. South Bend News-Times Feb 10 1915 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87055779/1915-02-10/ed-1/seq-1/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton#Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition,_1914%E2%80%931917 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ernest_Shackleton_in_uniform_c1900.png
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The Sphere Nov 30 1918 publishes this Fortunino Matania illustration, The Cross bearers
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The Sphere Nov 30 1918 publishes this Fortunino Matania illustration, The Cross bearers https://www.bridgemanimages.com/en/matania/the-cross-bearers-colour-litho/colour-lithograph/asset/2812686?offline=1
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They turned it into the rifugio you can see on the saddle
November 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Nov 30 1915 Austro-Hungarian photographers take these photos of the Raibler Sperrfort commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor... bsky.app/profile/this...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raibler_Sperrfort._Gesamtansicht._(BildID_15471079).jpg Raibler Sperrfort. Detailaufnahme. Datierung 30.11.1915 https://onb.digital/result/10CFA83A Raibler Sperrfort. Detailaufnahme. Datierung 30.11.1915 https://onb.digital/result/10CFA83A
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Nov 30 1915 Photo caption says it is transport of wounded through the Raibl tunnel but it looks like the Štoln Tunnel.

According to @tomisitt.bsky.social "Austrians moved over 400,000 men ... making it possibly the most important tunnel on the Italian Front" bsky.app/profile/this...
https://x.com/masaccio60/status/1949135700021981341 Nov 30 1915 Transport of the wounded through the Raibl tunnel Verwundetentransport durch den Raiblerstollen Datierung 30.11.1915 https://onb.digital/result/11065EC9 https://x.com/masaccio60/status/1949135700021981341
November 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Nov 29 1915 Austro-Hungarian photographers take photos of damaged houses in Via Monache during the Third Battle of the Isonzo, November 19th to 19th. Arnoldstein Field Marshal's House, crew quarters. M78 mortar in position at Le Selle bsky.app/profile/this...
Beschädigte Häuser in derVia Monache während der dritten Isonzoschlacht vom 19.11. bis 29.11.1915 https://onb.digital/result/1106830B Arnoldstein Feldmarodenhaus. Mannschaftszimmer. Datierung 29.11.1915 https://onb.digital/result/10CFA5AF Mörser M78 in der Stellung am Le Selle Datierung 29.11.1915 https://onb.digital/result/112421C6
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Nov 28 1915 In Ostrozec, Austro-Hungarian photographer takes these photos o a surgical team of a field hospital and a bathroom of a field hospital and an eastern trench on Le Selle bsky.app/profile/this...
Chirurgische Gruppe eines Feldspitals. Aufgenommen in Ostrozec, am 28.XI. 1915. Datierung 28.11.1915 https://onb.digital/result/10FB44AA Bad eines Feldspitals. Ostrozec. 28. XI. 1915. Datierung 28.11.1915 https://onb.digital/result/10FB44B3 Östlicher Schützengraben auf Le Selle, aufgenommen am 28. Nov.1915 Datierung 28.11.1915 https://onb.digital/result/1120A44B
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Nov 27 1915 Austro-Hungarian photographer takes this photo of Passo le Sella, Lowyburg and view towards Campagnarra.
Passo le Sella, Lowyburg und Blick gegen Campagnarra, aufgenommen am 27. November 1915.
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Nov 27 1915 Austro-Hungarian photographer takes this photo of Passo le Sella, Lowyburg and view towards Campagnarra. Passo le Sella, Lowyburg und Blick gegen Campagnarra, aufgenommen am 27. November 1915. Datierung 27.11.1915 https://onb.digital/result/1120A3CF
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The War Budget Nov 28 1914 Iron Cross for British officer who saved a wounded German soldier

Nov 25 1914 The War Illustrated prints this picture of a British officer helping a wounded German back to his lines bsky.app/profile/this...
The War Budget Nov 28 1914 Iron Cross for British officer who saved a wounded German soldier Nov 25 1914 #OTD The War Illustrated, a British war magazine published in London, prints this picture of a British officer helping a wounded German back to his lines
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South Carolina newspaper The Intelligencer #OTD Nov 28 1915 publishes photo of The Empress, The Kaiser and The Crown Prince. It was "taken this month in a town in France. It is the latest photograph of the German Royal family."
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South Carolina newspaper The Intelligencer #OTD Nov 28 1915 publishes photo of The Empress, The Kaiser and The Crown Prince. It was "taken this month in a town in France. It is the latest photograph of the German Royal family." https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/2010218505/1915-11-28/ed-1/seq-1/#
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The Seattle Star #OTD Nov 28 1915
Meet Bloody Billy, Who Betrays 500 Sheep A Day

Billy willingly leads his sheep sisters and brothers to their death at Seattle's James Henry Packing Co. Slaughterhouse
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The Seattle Star #OTD Nov 28 1915 Meet Bloody Billy, Who Betrays 500 Sheep A Day Billy willingly leads his sheep sisters and brothers to their death at Seattle's James Henry Packing Co. Slaughterhouse https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87093407/1915-11-29/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=11%2F29%2F1915&index=6&rows=20&sequence=1&date2=11%2F29%2F1915&words=&dateFilterType=range&page=3
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The War Illustrated No.15 Nov 28 1914 - The Dutch prison camps
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The Seattle Star #OTD Nov 25 1915 People in war-torn Europe forced to eat cats as the food situation deteriorates. Whale steaks, artificial omelets, artificial butter, marmalade, and chemical honey are also found on the menu. www.loc.gov/resource/sn8... bsky.app/profile/this...
The Seattle Star #OTD Nov 25 1915 People in war-torn Europe forced to eat cats as the food situation deteriorates. Whale steaks, artificial omelets, artificial butter, marmalade, and chemical honey are also found on the menu. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87093407/1915-11-25/ed-1/?sp=1&r=-0.96,-0.004,2.932,1.335,0
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Nov 26 1919
Germanicure. Prussian military eagle:
"Not too short, please"
Nov 26 1919 Germanicure. Prussian military eagle: "Not too short, please"
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