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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1916
Page
8
War tolls and frontline feats in European conflict
War news cites Bulgarian losses at 87 000 killed and 60 000 wounded or missing. Dr Eugene Hurd says he has performed over 3 000 operations near the front. France plans measures to mobilize territorial troops. British casualty lists for March show 372 killed 690 wounded 44 missing. The battleship Russell sunk with 124 lives lost marks another war loss. Merchant ship tolls rise to 746 with over two million tons. Danish submarine losses total 42 ships. Germany reports Lowestoft Yarmouth raid outcomes and a destroyer sunk. Cost of living climbs in England and Germany with prices up 15 to 60 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Mediterranean Sea
Dublin Martial Law Amid Dublin Rebels Battle Outcome
Martial law declared in Dublin city and county after a revolutionary outbreak. British troops dispersed about 100 Irish rebels at St Stephen's Green using bombs, amid clashes north of Oaxaca where rebels suffered heavy casualties as 600 killed and many wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Ireland
Dublin City
St. Stephen's Green
Oaxaca
Mexico
Diverse sports results from 1916 era actions across the U S and Canada
The report lists multiple boxing and wrestling outcomes including Ad Wolgast’s decision over Joe Flynn in Denver, Freddie Welsh losing on points to Ever Hammer in Chicago, and Jack Britton earning a welterweight title decision over Ted Lewis in New Orleans. It also notes Yale beating Chicago Athletic Association in a swimming dual at Detroit Athletic Club, Harry Wells defeating Sam Langford in St Louis, and other regional matches. Additional items include Grover Cleveland Alexander’s shutouts of Boston Braves, a Baltimore crowd event with Gus Shoenlin, and Cleveland bidding for the 1916 Olympian games led by Mayor Harry L. Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wells
New Orleans
Sam Langford
Boston
St Louis
Jack Britton
Chicago
Ted Lewis
England
Lewis
Harry Stone
New York
Nation, finance and war items span revival to rail plans
Reports indicate Massachusetts will send an unpledged delegation to the Republican convention based on primary results. In Dublin rebel forces number about 12 000, including 2 000 Larkinites and 10 000 Sinn Meiners. Henry Ford buys an 80 acre tract in New Jersey for a 5 million factory. Billy Sunday revival in Baltimore drew 1 500 000 attendees. offerings near 50 000. Northern Pacific gains record revenue from war mountings and barbed wire shipments to Vladivostok. March net 2 594 727, up 50 percent. A national preparedness plan advances as railroads and auto industries cooperate with the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Henry Ford
New Jersey
New York
Newark
Vladivostok
Russia
Northern Pacific Railway
War Department reports civilian army camp attendance
War department reports indicate that attendance at the army instruction camps for civilians this summer will approximate 28,500. A communication to the Department of Commerce notes a Russian railway extending to Tabriz may push into Baluchistan linking Petrograd with British Indian cities. Senator Sheppard of Texas urged in the senate a constitutional amendment to allow Congress to buy hold improve subdivide and sell land to foster farm home ownership. Danish consular advices say food prices rose about 30 percent as war concerns persist, and Secretary Baker urged action to abolish a speed-up regime in a letter to Speaker Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Army
Tabriz
Persia
Baluchistan
Petrograd
Department of Commerce
Sheppard
Texas
Senate
United States
Congress
Joana
Denmark
Copenhagen
Deming Photo Captures Nurse With Wounded Boy Jesus Paez
A hospital scene in Deming New Mexico shows a nurse tending eleven year old Jesus Paez who helped guard Villa’s horse during the Columbus raid. Paez sustained severe injuries requiring amputation of a leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deming
N. M
Jesus Paez
Villa
Columbus
Signs of Old Age and a Fading Spirit
The piece argues old age shows as a widening gap between I wish and I will. A person's dream-making stops when hopes fade, marking age not by years but by loss of zest. Youth is tied to anticipation and curiosity about life and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
What She Thought In The Dead Of Night Encounter
A courtroom dialogue recounts a homeowner's account of a break in, with the lawyer pressing why no alarm or aid was sought. The witness confirms fear prevented a call for help, revealing tension in a disturbance case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ono
Meerschaum Pipe Sparks Quiet Homehours For Jimson
A fragment suggests Jimson’s sudden devotion to family. He has not visited his usual haunt for nearly a month and is said to spend evenings at home coloring a meerschaum pipe after receiving it from an unknown person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimson
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Offer Free Sample
An advertisement claims Cuticura Soap cleanses and purifies the skin while Cuticura Ointment soothes and heals pimples blackheads redness and itching. Free sample by mail with a postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston. sold everywhere. It notes advice is easy but faith to use it is hard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
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Edward H. Crane
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J. C. Mohler
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
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Eugene EB. Schmitz
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Denver
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Ever Hammer
Freddie Welsh
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Philadelphia
Boston Braves
Joe Stecher
Nebraska
Gus Shoenlin
Americus
Walter Miller
St. Paul
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Pete” Brown
Billings
Mont
Cleveland
Harry L. Davis
Lyons
Amsterdam
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Fas
Allaska
Billy Sunday
Mr. Sunday
Washington
Haker
Clark
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Lfe Insurance Company
Montenegro
Little Jesus Paez
MR. and
Mrs. Wilson
Wilson
Continental Hall
Daughters of the American Revolution
Hi Paso
Tex
Fort Bliss
Tok
Alabastine Co
Grasville Rd
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Renfrew Mfg. Co. Incorporated
Adams, Mass
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