Back 100 years - Sunday 26 August 1917

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The Day

It was Sunday, under the sign of Virgo. The US president was Woodrow Wilson (Democratic). Famous people born on this day include Jan Clayton(Mexican actress) and William Frenc(Smith Attorney General)

A Conference

A conference in Moscow has started (there—a partial strike, here—quiet). Kerensky gave a long speech. If you don’t consider his acquired tied tongue, his usual speech: full of pathos, and in parts not so bad. But already inopportune, for it was not businesslike, but festive.

The War

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
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Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205360013

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