Avenging Death of Maj. Raoul Lufbery Triggers Air War News
The death of Maj Raoul Lufbery sparks Allied air retaliation with two German planes shot down by American and French pilots. American field army formations in France near 200,000 men are reported, with Col A W Bjornstad as chief of staff. Capt James Norman Wall of Colfax Indiana survives a crash behind German lines. William Rockefeller is reported missing at sea.
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Maj
Raoul Lufbery
Lutfberg
America
France
Col
A. W. Bjornstad
James Norman Wall
Colfax
Raoul Lufeers
Lufbery
Wallingford
Conn
European War News and U Boats Across The Atlantic
Dispatches report a French trawler sinking a German submarine and taking its crew prisoner, with a Spanish captain released. Reports also cover bombings in London, casualties in Britain, and battles in Baku and on the Gulf of Finland. United States war measures include federal directorates for railroads and the air production board, plus promotions for generals.
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Washington
France
Argentina Reaffirms Neutrality in Fifty Seventh Congress
President Tregeaen declares Argentina at peace with all nations and maintains policy of neutrality at the opening of the fifty seventh congress session in Buenos Aires. Dispatches note international concerns and a German‑Irish revolt arrest in Dublin amid wider global tensions.
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Argentina
Tregeyen
Buenos Aires
Count Plunkett
Roscommon
Dublin
Ginnell
McCartan
Tank Brittania and Captain Rehard Satg in Somme campaign
A British tank Brittania is highlighted with Captain Rehard Satg who led it in the Somme campaign. The piece notes the tank and its commander are central to recruiting drives and war fund campaigns in the country.
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Rehard Satg
Brittania
Somme
Launching the Bow of the World’s Largest Dry-Dock
The second section of the largest dry-dock in the world is launched at Morse Dry-dock and Repair yards in Brooklyn New York. Four more sections remain to be launched before completion. When finished the dock will measure 700 feet in length and have a capacity of 83 000 tons.
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The
Shipping Board
Morse Dry-dock and Repair Company
S Yards
Brooklyn
N. Y
Paper’s Journey From Asia to Europe and Tiny Measurements
The article traces paper origins from Asia to Europe via Arab traders. It notes early Chinese production from silk and the shift to cotton after Samarcand’s conquest. It mentions a Swiss micrometer measuring to a hundredth of a millimeter.
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Asia
Europe
China
Samarcand
Refuge for the Shabby and a Northward Fashion Jest
A dialogue recalls an Eskimo wearing a single suit year round. Pye affirms the remark and a man with a shiny coat sleeve adds that Fin sometimes contemplates moving north where such attire is in fashion.
Palamedes Credited With Sentinel Camp Policy Idea
The text credits Palamedes with devising the concept of placing sentinels around a camp and notes the watchword siso as his supposed idea.
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Palamedes
Siso
Propaganda and poets urged to defend America
The passage cites Herman Hagedorn praising poets as crucial to counter German propaganda. Vachel Lindsay endorses the view, stressing that battles won by propaganda, not guns, threaten nations and urging American poets to speak out.
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Russia
Italy
America
Germany
Herman Hagedorn
Vachel Lindsay
The
Vigilantes
Homemade Paste Recipe For Long Keeping
A home recipe explains making paste by combining a cup of flour with enough cold water to form a creamy mix then adding four cups of boiling water and cooking five minutes. Add one teaspoon alum then beat in cold oil and finally one teaspoon carbonic acid and one teaspoon or more of clove or wintergreen. Pour into jars and seal with paraffin for indefinite preservation.
Indiana notes Rooster Week and war fund drives
Reports from Indiana towns describe a Rooster Week drive June 3 to early next month urging roosters to be culled or confined to boost egg sterility and farm discipline. Vigo County subscribes its Red Cross quota of 1000000 and Indiana eyes broader suffrage action as other counties report war fund progress and local civic efforts.
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Lafayette
Purdue University
Indiana
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Red Cross War Work Fund
American Red Cross
Ninun
Purdue College of Agriculture
Hvestock
Purdue
Indianapolis
Senate
Enachamat
Washington
Direney M. J. Kenefick
Brazil
G. W. Gordon
Carl Biller
Posey Township
John M. Hineles
Brill
Danville
Marl Clevenger
Ben Comes
Indiannapolis
Goshen
Winchester
ATP
Union City
Gary
Hammond
East Chiengzga
Public Service Commission
Gary Street Railway Company
Warrison
Jackson Township
Guy Shrock
Miami County Horsethief Detective Committee
Shelby Ville
Shelby County Infirmary
Oril T. Clem
Ross Gear and Tool Company
Michigan City
Indel
Rail chiefs ousted as McAdoo retools railroad control
Director General McAdoo issues sweeping order replacing railroad presidents with federal managers reporting to regional directors. Each road will have a federal manager chosen from operating officers to preserve company identity while ensuring government oversight during control. A list of major roads and named presidents follows.
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United States
McAday
Washington
McAdeo
Railroad Administration
Allegheny
Pittsburgh
New York Central
Co. Markham
Pocahontas District
Wampton Roads
McAdoo
McAdno
Atchison, Topeka
Santi Fe
E. P. Ripley
Boston
Maine
James TL Hustis
Central Pacific
William Fperrin
Chieneo and Alton
W. G. Bierd
Eastern Wingis
William J. Jackson
Chienga Due Needlewestern
HLHH
Afshton
Chiengo
Burlington
Kansas City Southern
J. A. Edson
Lehigh Valley
E. Loomis
Louisville
Nashville
Milton FR Smith
Michigan Central
Alfred TW. Smith
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
C. E. Schidl
Missouri Pacific
Bo FL Bush
Alfred H. Smith
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Edward J. Pearson
Northern Pacific
Tule MW
Mannaford
Pennsylvania
Samuel Rea
Pere Marquette
H. Alfred
Seaboard Air Line
Willian J. Warahag
Southern Paecific
William Sproule
Rannos
Pakstax Harrison
Wabush
Edward PF. Kearney
Union Pacific
Calvin
Tornado Kills Five in Ellis County Kansas
A tornado swept northern Ellis County killing five people and destroying property. Mr and Mrs Alexander Geist and their three grandchildren died in Heys Kansas on May 22.
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Ellis
Rooks Counties
Kansas
Cadell
Rooks County
Heys
Kan
Ellis County
Alexander Geist
Waiter Questions Guest After Long Wait
In a Stow Service moment a waiter asks a guest if he rang the bell as the guest reveals his extended wait. The guest replies he was signaling and jokes about thinking the staff were dead.
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C. K. Berge
Jess C. Wilson
Chicago
Wilson
Spanish Fort
Berge
Stow
Spiders Cause Short Circuits on Wires in Argentina
During Argentina's dry season a spider species builds webs on telephone and telegraph lines. Dew at sunset soaks the webs, causing short circuits across six miles of wires. Eleven pounds of webbing collected from four wires. Published in Popular Science Monthly. Optimistic Thought notes a man may joyfully revolt from an unjust ruler.
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Argentina
Popular Science Monthly
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U.S
Teutonic War News
William Rockefeller
Navy Department
Congress
General Pershing
A. J. McAllister
St. Louis
Garland
Ark
San Francisco
Fowler Airplane Corporation
Department of Justice
Lake Michigan
Herbert Ulrich
Kawkawlin
Mich
Hildalgo
North Dakota
Devils Lake
Bismarck
Pleasant City
John Huey
Atlantic Coast
LP Ee
Hot Sprin N.C
Forts Oglethorpe
McPherson
Abo
Finland
Moscow
Cartagena
Madrid
Spain
London
Mussulman
Baku
Caspian Sea
Bjorko
Gulf of Finland
Viborg
Petrograd
Iowa
Treasury
Federal Reserve
James J. Hill
St. Paul
Red Cross
Louis W. Hills
Tolland
Army Signal Corps
Air Production Board
John D. Ryan
Peyton C. March
General Bliss
John J. Pershing
Commonwealth
Melbourne
Australia
Amsterdam
Ireland
Ostend
Vindictive
Zeebrugge
Payne
Gregg
Osborne
Carpenter
McCutcheon
Cobby
Uncle Sam
Jamaica
L. I
John Loring
U.S.A
Kinescl
Chemin Des Dimes
Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners
State Board
Boy Scouts of
Farmersburg
Sullivan County
Hoy
Tadianapolis
Tadian
Charles FP
Coffin
Trimaver
Catlin
Monon
Lea
Greenfield
Hancock County
Tadinama
Red Cross Treasury
Soo
State Council of Defense
WL. EE. Miller
Gurceprert Anderseon
Imager Oof Andersen
Jesse Tiehman Mellett
William TT Black
Madison County
Mellett
Bounsville
Federal Food Administration
Manny Safniers du Sau Etn Fidiane
Gary Sheet Steel
Tin
American Sheet and Pin Plate Company
Joliet
Albion
Young Men's Christian Association
J. @. Beunk
Association of
Republic County
Kyansis
Wright Aviation
Dayton
Noble County
South Pend
Indiana War Savings Committee
Terre Haunte
Eugene V. Debs
National Socialist Party
Robert C. Baltzell
National Army
Hoosiers
Columbus Barracks
Ohio
Baltzell
Madoo
U. S
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