War News and Mobilization Conflicts Abroad and at Home
A condensed wartime brief highlights a 70 000 man Army call for single men 18 to 40 and a 21 to 30 age arrest order for those without draft certificates. It notes German recognition of seized American sailors as POWs, a surge in 110 foot Navy chasers, 100 aviators reaching France, Pershing's arrival, and naval spying concerns.
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War Department
General Pershing
America
Pershing
France
England
Fire and disasters impact across nations and industries
A Brooklyn sugar plant fire caused $1,000,000 in losses and Yen death toll reported. A Montana mine tragedy near Gran te mountain left 171 dead. San Salvador suffered massive earthquake and eruption leaving about 20,000 homeless. Missouri imposes stock hog quarantine. U S note to China drew criticism over regional tensions. San Salvador city and surroundings endured violent quake aftermath.
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Yen
American Sugar Refining Company
Brooklyn
N. Y
Aerial fire fighting unit added in San Diego world first
San Diego introduces an aerial fire fighting machine, claimed to be the first of its kind. Knights of Columbus supreme board approves $1,000,000 for recreation centers at army concentration camps. Railroads raise passenger rates to 2.4 cents per mile after federal ruling. The 14 month old Lloyd Keet found dead in a well near a haunted Ozark area after kidnapping from Springfield Missouri. Several arrests reported.
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San Diego
Cal
Supreme Board of Directors
The
Knights of Columbus
Tiliois
Dwyer
United States Circuit Court At
St. Louis
Lloyd Keet
Springfield
Ozark Mountains
Washington Notes spark war budget and price policy debate
Congress passes a 3.6 billion war budget the largest single appropriation in history while the Senate cuts the manufacture tax on athletic goods medicines and cosmetics to 2 percent. The Supreme Court limits labor union injunctions under the Sherman act. Labor urges food bills to cut prices. Wheat crop forecasts show 656 million bushels with rising demand and a scarce reserve, and the FTC seeks a government pooling plan to stabilize newsprint price and distribution. Farmers urged to save ewe lambs for breeding as slaughter stock rises.
European War Developments and Political Moves
A semi official Paris statement cites Belgian internees starving in Germany within three months. London reports a German retreat about two miles southwest of Warneton amid British pressure. Greece’s Constantine abdicates in favor of Alexander. George and Constantine face pro German suspicion and depart. Hamburg bells seized for cannons. Southland sinks with 33 lives lost. 28 missing. Russian soldier fear of peace noted by ex New York editor Nackoff.
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Germany
Paris
Belgium
London
Warenton
Constantine
Greece
Alexander
George
Hamburg
St. Nicholas and
St. Peters
Wilson declares you must fight to defend nation and freedoms
President Wilson in a Flag Day address argues the United States had no choice but to enter the war. He links German aggression to threats against neutral rights and calls for unity under the flag to preserve liberty and national honor. He describes military masters in Berlin as driving the conflict and urges resolve to secure a just peace.
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Wilson
Washington
Germany
United States
Ameren
Dmpersal
Taasfers
Mexico
Wis
Japan
Foreign Office
Berlin
High Seas
Europe
Mediterranean
Asia
Austria-Hamburg
Serbia
Bulgaria
Turkey
East
France
Belgium
Iitnense
Grevinga Peower
Withous
Ford
Allied command plan to unify world war effort
Washington reports a proposed International army and international navy staff to coordinate Allied military actions. The move aims to involve all fronts from Germany to Italy, the Balkans, Asia Minor and Persia, seeking to hold enemy forces while advancing elsewhere. Generals argue unity is essential to win the war.
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Washington
Germany
Berlin
Balkans
Asia Minor
Persia
Moreni Tank Steamer Sunk After Two Hour Fight With U-Boat
The Moreni, a 4045 ton Standard Oil tank steamer, was sunk June 12 after a two hour running battle with a German submarine off the coast. Four crew members died, including Edward Cunningham and G. Curran Jr, with 43 of 47 rescued. The German captain commended the American captain for the fight before the ship went down.
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Washington
State Department
Department of States
Nll
G. Curran, Jr
New York
Leghorn
Italy
Standard Oil Company
Baton Rouge
Gibraltar
Morenil
Thomas Thompson
DIVER SINKS BIG TRANSPORT ANNAM IN IONIAN
The transport Annam, a 6 075 ton vessel built in 1809 and owned in Marseille, was torpedoed in the Ionian Sea on June 11 while under escort. Bombs drove off nearby submarines. the ship sank after being taken in tow. No casualties reported.
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L'Aris
Ionian Sea
Copenhingen
Marseille
Revolt Breaks Out in Spain Amid Army Demands
Reports from London say a revolution has broken out in Spain led by army officers. The government imposes strict censorship as a military committee demands concessions and threatens a mutiny. The crisis recalls the situation in Russia.
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London
Spain
Russia
Japan Opposes US Push to Reconcile China Factions
Japan declines to join the United States and Britain in urging China’s rival factions to resolve their differences. The State Department reports no stated reason from Tokyo or London, and both nations are believed to doubt the American move’s success.
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Washington
Japan
Great Britain
Chiroa
State Department
Itta
Germany reportedly offers peace to Russia via Swiss envoy
The Social Demokraten reports that Germany has made a peace offer to Russia through a Swiss federal council member. The Stockholm note dated June 18 notes the proposed mediation and the involvement of a Swiss official in arranging talks.
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Stockholm
The
Social Demokraten
Germany
Russia
Woman Recovers Strength After Pinkham’s Compound
Mrs M O Johnston of Richmond Indiana credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her strength after two years of illness. She says she could barely climb stairs and feared an operation yet improved enough to move into a new house and take up hard manual labor including gardening building cement work and raising hundreds of chickens and ducks.
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Richmond
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
M. O. Johnston
Route Dp
Box 190
Life in a troubled marriage echoes cautionary tales
A fragment from a column reflects on marital hardship and personal cautions drawn from a difficult married life. The speaker hints at secrets and financial strain tied to her husband, presenting a cautionary personal narrative.
Cuticura Advice Promotes Daily Ointment Routine
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for daily facial care followed by Cuticura Soap rinse. A Cleveland Plain Dealer humor anecdote notes a friend escaping hard times by selling his car and reclaiming stability with a light joke.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ello
Started Right in to Fight After Wedding
A fragmentary dialogue recalls a quarrel immediately after a wedding, with a guest noting the act aimed at proving the groom would not marry to avoid war. The piece hints at social judgment and the cost of domestic labor, seen through a woman's viewpoint.
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Crowder
Moewe
Navy Department
Navy Flying Corps
Dunels
Daniels
Senate Mavalauirs
Aar
John J. Pershing
Marshal Haig
One Big
Aups
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Dakotas
Des Moines
General News
Grante Mountain
North Butte Copper Company
Butte, Mont
San Salvador
Nicaragua
Gardner
Missouri
China
Tlea. Ware
Washington Notes
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Supreme Court
Department of Agriculture
Federal Trade Commission
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Red Star
Southland
Porailly
Ives
Nicholas Nackoff
York
Austria-Hungary
U.S
Teuton
Moreni
Weasel
U. S
Petrograd
Cuticura
Dept. L
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