Nationwide Drive on Spanish Flu Closes Public Venues
Public Health Service announces nationwide campaign against Spanish influenza with new headquarters in Baltimore Columbus Girard Richmond and Columbia all theaters and other amusements closed in Chicago and Illinois. Army camp cases drop while totals since outbreak reach 250020 influenza 43465 pneumonia 10741 deaths .
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Illinois
Washington, DC
Public Health Service
Huenza
Thousand Dead in Northeastern Minnesota Forest Fire
Reports from Monse Lake and nearby areas indicate about 506 deaths, with totals rising as fires sweep northeastern Minnesota over the weekend. Weather is stabilizing, but flames threaten further outbreaks in the Vass Lake region.
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Minnesota
Monse Lake
Vass Lake
World War Era Figures and Financial Notes Amid Turmoil
National banks report peak resources for the season as wartime programs expand. British admiralty praise for U.S. naval and army effort cited. discussion of German peace terms triggers Senate debate. Beverages tax revisions, antitrust suits paused, and army payrolls reflect ongoing mobilization and government finances.
Propaganda and wartime notes mix with mixed reports Chicago
The item reports German propaganda fears in Chicago, treason accusations at Great Lakes naval training station, denials by Captain William A. Moffett and Secretary Daniels, a Women’s Association of Commerce vote, ordnance chief Mains on grenade production, and Canadian Victory Loan campaign remarks by Sir Thomas White, with a $40,000 ministerial target.
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Chicago
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Wiliam A. Moffett
Great Lakes
Josephus Daniels
Women’s Association of Commerce
Germany
New York
Wil Mains
Ordnance
Thomas White
Winnipeg
Appeal by Wilson Encourages Liberty Bond Support
President Wilson urges patriotic Americans to back the fourth Liberty Loan bonds now to strengthen the Allied war effort. He cautions that defeat could prolong years of war and calls for immediate subscription to aid the United States and its allies.
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Atemed Obison
United States
Germany
Ivan
Yankees See the King at Sandringham
King George Queen Mary and Queen Mother Alexandra hosted a party of 25 American editors at Sandringham in Norfolk describing a royal reception at the royal estate.
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Queen Mary
Queen Mother
Alexandra
Sandringham
Norfolk
American Woman Honored in Paris for Epidemic Efforts
Mary Hate Willard, president and organizer of New York surgical dressings committee, receives French government gold medal for fighting the epidemic.
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Paris
Mary Hate Willard
New York
Governanent
Public health mobilizes volunteers for influenza relief
Public health services will mobilize a volunteer medical service corps to aid in the influenza epidemic outside Medical aid. Red Cross will mobilize personnel and distribute emergency hospital supplies upon request. State and local health officers will coordinate with the Surgeon General to set up a health office and deploy medical staff as needed.
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European War Update From the Front Lines
Serbian forces under Crown Prince Alexander advance toward Us kub while the Halians seize El Basan, an Albanian rail hub. Belgian coast evacuation continues as frontier lines are removed. German aerial ace Fritz Rumey is reported killed. The Belgian government reports mass conscription of males aged 15 to 45 from the coast to Bruges for labor on German military projects.
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Mate Malout Kuokke
Havre
Bruges
Rolling German kitchens follow American lines near Verdun
A London dispatch reports German field kitchens and ample food supply advancing behind the American lines west of Verdun and along the Argonne front as U.S. and French forces push west of the Somme. German resistance intensifies on the Cambeia front while Allied casualties and prisoner captures are noted in scattered details.
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Verdun
Argonne Forest
Somme Py
Cambeia Front
London
War echoes and political upheaval abroad unfold
A turbulent summary notes confused reports of Allied air power demonstrations over London and Paris as a six passenger bomber shows its capacity. Turkish cabinet resigns amid Constantinople unrest. German plans to release imprisoned politicians including Liebknecht. Bolsheviks allegedly allow a Moscow exile departure. Prince Alexander of Serbia elevated to general after Macedonian campaigns. Spanish premier hands Alfonso resignation and cabinet retreats.
Influenza Closes Morningside College Amid Epidemic
Iowa reports a severe influenza outbreak hitting Morningside College in Sioux City forcing closure as officials prepare broader public health responses. The piece outlines effects on student officers, school programs, conscription estimates, and local government actions during the wartime health crisis.
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Morningside College
Sioux Ci
Wilsons reply to Germany on peace offer sparks German upheaval talk
President Wilson rejects terms not guaranteeing allied military supremacy and holds that peace requires German democratic change. The note, read to the Senate and released by Secretary Lansing, insists on armistice safeguards, continued submarine warfare critique, and a clear German shift away from autocratic rule.
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Senate
Washington
Schuitar Firehead
Nebraska
Foreign Relagious Committee
Evin
Amis
Wilson
Entente
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Landing of a German Pilot Stung by a Fearful Dame
A German pilot crash lands near a cottage as a determined German airman is captured by a local woman who berates him in stern terms. British guards arrive, and the crew salvages parts of the ruined airplane for firewood, in a vivid World War I scene from Montreal Herald.
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Montreal
Tunes for Tanks and Women Markets Own Products
A quirky donation of 50 for gramophone records to equip a tank stands out among historically noted gifts. Other items include a hospital in Paris filled with African troops and 70 fans. Tennessee women demonstrate home market skills, growing their own foods and dressing poultry for sale at the market, with weekend baskets offered.
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Varis
Tennessee
Aub
Bear in Moose Lake Ignites Town Wide Stir
A ten month old cub wandered into Moose Lake Minnesota entering a local restaurant and pawing at a back door. The cook mistook it for a restaurant dog triggering a kitchen scramble. Town men formed an escort and returned the bear to its habitat as bears are protected by law and not to be killed.
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