Italians Strike Back At Austro Hungarians In Alps
Reports say Austro Hungarians launch desperate attacks south of the Pasino river and west of Arsieros to outflank Italian positions near Asiago. Italian artillery halts the assault wiping out a company as duels continue along the Isonzo and in the Carnic Alps. Paris notes another German attack on Dead Man's Hill near Verdun repulsed after heavy bombardment.
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Rome
Pasino River
Arsieros
Arisiero-Asiago
Udine
Isonzo
Carnic Alps
Paris
Dead Man's Hill
Germany
Meuse
Donaumont
Verdun
Garranza's Demands Rejected by Wilson on Mexican Troop Withdrawal
Washington reports Wilson will flatly reject Carranza's demand for immediate troop withdrawal. U S troops will stay to suppress outlawry and reach satisfactory conditions. State Department officials condemn Carranza's tone and references to Obregon and Pershing.
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Garranza
Wilson
Mules Dogs and Dead Voters Allegedly Registered in West Virginia
Charleston reports the West Virginia Supreme Court facing a petition from Harry Smith on behalf of Democratic voters. The suit seeks a writ of mandamus to compel county courts to purge allegedly ineligible names from the Red Jacket precinct registration list, arguing dogs mules and corpses appear on the rolls and could prevent a fair election.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Supreme Court
Ingo
Harry Smith
Bill to Change Newspaper Post Rates
Washington reports a bill introduced by Representative Randall to overhaul Post Office rates. It would adopt second class mail rules for newspapers and magazines, replacing the current system seen as subsidizing large city monthlies and harming small weeklies.
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Newspaper Post
Washington
Post Office Department
Randall
Building Permits Surpass Previous Two Months Approval
Building Inspector Edwin Jewell reports a spike in permits over the last two months, including a $2,500 residence for C. G. Davidson on Oak and Highland and repairs on twelve Glen Addie houses. Earlier in April J. Berman received a $2,000 residence permit at 7th Street, bringing April totals to 14 permits.
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Edwin Jewell
C. G. Davidson
Anniston Manufacturing Company
Tyler Park
Oak and
Highland
City Land Company
Glen Addie
J. Berman
Love Love Love Song of Innes Letters Revealed
In Atlanta on June 1 Mrs Eloise Nelms Dennis described letters from Victor Innes to her sister Beatrice Nelms. The two sisters disappeared in San Antonio in June 1914 while planning to marry Innes and travel to India to found a new religious sect, according to their mother Mrs John W Nelms.
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Atlanta
Eloise Nelms Dennis
Beatrice Nelms
San Antonio
Tex
Victor ©. Innes
India
John W.nelms
Nelms
Innes
Lumber production falls 5 percent in 1915 United States
Washington reports the 1915 lumber output 5 percent below 1914. The total cut was 37,013,294,000 board feet, based on reports from 17,000 of 30,000 mills. Southern pine states down 3 percent, Western states 2 percent, Northern states 14 percent.
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Washington
United States
United States Forest Service
Remarkable trio crowned Belgian heroes at front
The Baroness De T'Sardines, her husband the Baron, and Miss Grace Chisholm arrived in London after 19 months at the front. They earned "Heroines of Pervyse," received Belgium's top military honor from King Albert, and run the sole ambulance on the firing line serving 26,000 men. The Baroness designed a front line motorcycle.
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Baroness de T’sardines
Grace Chisholm
London
Pervyse
Albert
Mise Chisholm
Baron de T’sardaes
Haroness
Creamery development seen as profitable for Calhoun farmers
H. L. Brown and K. G. Prentice in town, praising a new Calhoun county creamery. They say farmers should ship milk to Birmingham or Atlanta at good rates, noting Birmingham draws milk from as far as Tennessee and Kentucky, with three tons of butter daily. Brown sees ideal dairy potential and cheaper land for grazing in Calhoun.
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H. L. Brown
Jefferson County
K. G. Prentice
Mr. Brown
Calhoun County
Birmingham
Atlanta
Tilnois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Brown
Anniston
Magic City
Centennial Ball Crowns Julia Nusum with Governor's Honored Queen
Tuscaloosa marks centennial celebration with Governor Henderson crowning Miss Julia Nusum as queen at 11 pm. Grand march directed by Hugo Friedman followed by court dance and late dancing. Fireworks over the Warrior river drew thousands while Shriners arrived for a parade and march to Atlanta.
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Tuscaloosa
Als
Henderson
Julia Nusum
Hugo Friedman
Warrior River
Zamora Temple
Atlanta
Hickey Found In Patch Of Potatoes At Girard
In Girard Alabama on a Wednesday afternoon Deputy Daly and law agent M Raugha unearthed 120 pints of whiskey in a sweet potato patch four miles from town. Corks were blown from some bottles likely due to heat. A separate seizure in a nearby building yielded forty cases of beer and half a case of whisky. Impeachment articles against Sheriff P M Daniela of Russell County over recent liquor raids are being prepared and will be sent to Gov Henderson for filing in the supreme court, accusing incompetency and neglect of duty.
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Girard
Ala
Jane
Raugha
Daly
Dunk Cogbill
Johnson BE. Owens
Columbus
P. M. Daniela
Russell County
Martin
Henderson
Supreme Court
Cotton Market Sees Price at 12 T-Se Again
The cotton market reported a price of 12 T-Se per unit in today’s loose market. The note records the market’s price level with limited context on volume or nearby price changes.
Succulent grasses eyed for dairy farm income boost
The note discusses seeking suitable grasses beyond the local area to improve dairy farm profits, preferring a source from Calhoun County over Mlipola and considering Wilk as a key factor.
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Calhoun County
Mlipola
Carranza demands withdrawal of American troops
Washington reports Carranza mails a 12500 word note urging U S troops’ withdrawal. The 12 600 word communication was translated and sent to the White House with cabinet to take it up tomorrow. Officials fear Mexican commanders may provoke a crisis while the note is under consideration.
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Washington
Carranza
Wilson
White House
United States
War Departments
Mexico
Americas
Mexican force drives forward in tense clash near river
El Plano reports a Mexican force estimated at 35,000 pressing against 12,000 American troops stationed in Messo. The brief item notes rising tension as units contend along the contested frontier.
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el Pano
Messeo
Attempt to Kill Rockefeller Aborted in New York
Saer bes R. Fowrdbes, a Yonkers wood carver, hurled stones at the Vanderbilt home on Fifth Avenue, mistaking it for Rockefeller’s. He confessed a plot with an accomplice to kill Rockefeller and damage the house when the target appeared. A stiletto was found. he was taken for mental observation.
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New York
Saerbes R. Fowrdbes
Yonkers
N. Y
William K. Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
Fowrdbes
John D. Rockefeller
Vanderbilt
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Mr. Vanderbilt
Bellevue Hospital
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Calhoun
Teutong
Douaumont
State Department
Gen
Woete
Obregon
War Department
Scott
Glen Springs
Gen. Scott
Glen Spring
Carranga
Perahing
Chihuahua
Gen. Pershing
Villa iv
West Virginia
Song OF Innes Letters
A Sironess & Baron DE T Berclass
Bir
Mingham
Sheriff Daniels
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