World and Domestic News From the Era of War and Diplomacy
Reported dispatches detail Juarez talks between Maj. Gen. Scott and Maj. Gen. Funston with Mexican War Minister Alvaro Obregon on the pursuit of Villa. Obregon demands U S troops leave Mexican soil as talks open. Also noted are combat actions near Tomachio and Cocomorachic with casualties, consular advisories, and diplomatic notes from Washington.
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Hugh F. Scott
Frederick Funston
Alvaro Obregon
Juarez
United States
Villa
Mexico
United States Army
Obregon
Scott
Funston
Railroads Pass Requests Read Into Interstate Record In Nashville
Letters to the Louisville Nashville and Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis railroads requesting passes for judges legislators witnesses and newspapers were read into the record of the interstate commerce commission inquiry in Nashville Tennessee into alleged carrier corruption. The Anchorage labor union rejected the wage scale offered by the federal arbitration board as workers strike on the government railroad in Alaska. Secretary Baker urged mobilization of American industry for national defense at a New York banquet of the American Newspaper Publishers Association. Ira Nelson Morris left Stockholm for the United States on two months’ leave. A Cincinnati streetcar derailment killed one woman and injured 38 after crashing into a telegraph pole. Senator T. W. Tagnott nominated for the short term by the Democratic state convention at Indianapolis. Nashville attorney Harry S. Stokes was shot and killed by Charles Trabue. Two thousand Westinghouse workers joined a Pittsburgh strike of 18,000. George M. Brown to investigate milk shipment rates in Chicago seeking uniformity. Twenty‑four thousand coal miners in Pennsylvania returned to work under a New York agreement. Ida Sniffen Rogers is free. A jury found a New York mother not guilty by reason of insanity for polging her two children.
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Louisville & Nashville
Nashville
Chattanooga & St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nashville, Tenn
New York
Baker
War Department
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Springfield
Dunne
Lucey
Wilson
Illinois
United States
Democratc
George Miller
Thomas Peters
Charles 8. Thornon
William P. Baumann
Fth
L. Mrazek
Psa
Wilbur B
Dugene J. O'Teilly
Dublin Rebels Driven From St Stephens Green In Irish Uprising
European war updates report Dublin fighting with Sinn Fein forces, 400 rebels captured, casualties listed. A British battleship Russell and a patrol boat were lost to mines, with a German submarine and other vessels sunk or damaged. Dublin's center remains cordoned with 12 loyalist deaths noted.
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Dublin
St. Stephen's Green
London “Daily News
Russell
London
Mediterranean
State hospital shakeup follows Dr Kelly resignation
Following the resignation of Dr. P. M. Kelly as Kankakee State hospital superintendent the state board announced a broad reorganization. Several officers moved between Anna Chicago Watertown Lincoln and Peoria state institutions, with replacements named to Kankakee Chicago Watertown and Lincoln roles.
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Kankakee
Anna Chicago
Peoria
Watertown
Lincoln State School
Springfield
P. M. Kelly
Kankakee State Hospital
State Board of Administration
Kelly
Colorado
B. A. Goodner
Anna State Hospital
Eugene Cohn
Chicago State Hospital
H. J. Smith
Anna
J. A. Campbell
Watertown State Hospital
Charles F. Reed
Peoria State Hospital
Isaac Freemel
Chester State Hospital
Lincoln State School and Colony
C. V. Caldwell
Colony
Morrison High Adds Military Training Under Lt Hodge
Morrison school board makes military training part of the curriculum with Lieutenant Hodge of Company J serving as instructor. Dixon observes the fifty fifth anniversary of the mustering in of the Thirteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry and the regiment’s annual reunion set for May 24.
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Sterling
Board of Education
Morrison High School
Hodge
Rebels Quit as Dublin Rebellion Is Reported Broken
Dublin reports say all rebel leaders have surrendered unconditionally and Four Courts district recaptured. Official dispatch notes Dublin situation steadier and 707 prisoners taken including Countess Markievicz. Enniscorthy leader travels to verify message. New Ross Gorey Wicklow areas described as normal.
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Dublin
London
Four Courts
Ireland
Trish
Galway
Clare
Wexford
Louth
Sackville Street
Post Office
Markievicz
Enniscorthy
New Ross
Gorey
Wicklow
Bagenalstown
Arklow
Carlow
Dunlavin
James Connolly
Central News
Roosevelt Urges Universal Service Across United States
Chicago May 2 Col Theodore Roosevelt addressed 1500 Illinois and Chicago lawyers at the Illinois Bar association banquet. He urged universal service modeled on Swiss and Australian systems and called for preparation among industrial and social forces. He warned against divided allegiance and the hyphen in loyalty as dangerous to national unity.
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Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Illinois
Illinois Bar Association
Hotel la Salle
United States
Lincoln
Coal strike averted after tentative agreement reached
In New York on May 2 the joint sub committee of anthracite miners and operators announced a satisfactory tentative contract. It recognizes the United Mine Workers of America, provides an eight hour day and raises contract miners pay seven percent with three percent for day workers.
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New York
Anthracite
United Mine Workers of America
British Casualties April 1940 Losses Reported
British casualties for April total 1,255 officers and 19,256 men across all operations, slightly higher than March which had 1,107 officers and 19,317 men.
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London
Inside Bathing With Hot Water and Limestone Phosphate
The ad urges drinking hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast to flush poisons from stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels. It promises renewed energy and claims daily use improves digestion and health, ending with a joke about “dead dogs” as a humorous aside.
Mothers Grave Powders and Alaska Wolf Work Stories
The column advertises Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children as a 28 year trusted remedy for delicate and feverish kids and worms. It also recounts Deming Wheeler's Alaska sled team driven by three full blooded wolves and notes malamute-wolf crosses as durable workers while warning reindeer are unreliable due to independent behavior.
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Deming Wheeler
Tenana
Goodpasture
Alaska
Koyukuk
Sudden Question on Proposals Draws Mixed Interest
A terse editorial note compares a leap year proposal to a government bond and pawn ticket, suggesting the payer bears the burden and often faces a kickback. The dialogue implies public cynicism about financial instruments and political gestures.
Postum Teaches Value of Experiments in coffee replacement
A Pennsylvanian describes wife’s relief from nervousness stomach trouble and appetite loss after switching from coffee to Postum. Within two weeks her condition improved and sleep steadied as Postum replaced coffee. Postum comes in Cereal and Instant forms with similar cost per cup and is sold by grocers.
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Penn
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Grocera
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Agustino Castro
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Max Lynar Louden
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Sweden
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Thomas Taggart
Indianapolis
Harry 8. Stokes
Charles Trabue
Westinghouse Airbrake Company
Westinghouse W Electric and Manufacturing Company
Pittsburgh, Pa
George M. Brown
Pennsylvania
Jolin P. White
W. K. Field
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al Cole
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Sinn Fein Society
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George Martin
Mound City
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Henry Terrill
Colchester
Ben H. Day
Cuba
Elbridge L. Buchanan
Lacon
John W. Rodgers
Bloomington
Henry F. Ruel
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Oconee
Elmer E. Caldwell
Havana
Homer A. Seymour
Hillsboro
Allen P. Spencer
Highland
Phillip W. Barnes
Lawrenceville
Andrew J. Poorman, Jr
Fairfield
Charles BE. Fierich
Carbondale
Stevenson
Chicago Portland Cement Company
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la Balle County
Automatic Baseball Company
Younger Devine Dairy Company
Younger Dairy Company
James J. Brady
Edward F. Dunne
National Conference of Charities
American Association of Officials of Charity
American Association For the Study of
National Conference of Jewish Charities
Fred J. Kern
Belleville
H. Douglas Singer
Richard Barr
Jo- Net
Martha Hutton
H. A. Pattison
Fay Lewis
Rockford
L. O. Whitney
State Public Utilities Commission
Hun
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Amsterdam
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Frankfurter Zeitung
Vasij Grgji
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Gerald
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