Vermonters Launch 100 Million Red Cross War Fund Drive
Burlington June 13 launching of the 100 million dollar Red Cross war fund campaign with Vermont's share set at 200000. Over 200 delegates attended at Hotel Vermont roof garden as Redfield Proctor presided. The drive runs June 18 to 25 with speeches by Governor Graham and plan details by J Bayard Gackus and A B Squier. Proctor urged statewide outreach, flexible payments through October, and active committee work to surpass the Vermont target.
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Red Cross
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Hotel Vermont
Redfield Proctor
Graham
J. Bayard Gackus
New York
Red Crows War Council
New England
A. &. Squier
Boston
Armerican Red Cross
France
Belgium
Proctor
Daly
Europe
Heber
Pettray
Union
United States
Hood's Pills Advertises Liver Remedy in Early Ad Text
An old advertisement touts Hood's Pills as the best cure for a sluggish liver and related ailments. It claims to ease biliousness constipation and bad taste, notes sugar coating and easy swallowing, and lists 60 cents price with mail order options from C. I. Hood & Co. Lowell Massachusetts.
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Hood Co
Lowell
Mass
Espionage Bill Goes to President
The Senate approved the espionage bill and sent it to the White House for the president's signature. It retains key powers to embargo experts, punish espionage by death or long imprisonment, and enforce neutral commerce, with provisions for seizing arms shipments and restricting passports and mail copy.
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Washington
Administration
Senate
White House
Twenty Five Cent Cotton Reached In Early Trading
New York June 13. The twenty-five cent level was reached in the extra market during early trading as buying continued from Monday's advance. July contracts rose to 25 cents and October touched 24.40, up 58 to 62 points from Monday's close. Demand was fueled by strong Liverpool markets and growing cotton goods orders, with trade interests heavily bid. Officials dismissed the idea of closing or contracting futures, citing factors like tight supply, poor crop outlook, and robust demand as the price drivers.
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New York
Liverpool
New York Cotton Exchange
Aeroplanes seen as key to defeating submarines in wartime
Washington reports Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary told a Senate subcommittee that aeroplanes offer the cheapest quickest way to curb the submarine threat. He urged a federal department of aeronautics and warned that future warfare will rely on air power with brigades of hundreds to thousands of fliers. He noted thousands of planes would be needed to block hostile landings. Meanwhile local market notices list fresh eggs butter and potatoes with prices from Barre and St Johnsbury, and Boston jobbing prices show dairy and cheese rates.
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Washington
Robert FE. Peary
Senate Military Committee
von Tirpity
Sudmarine
Germany
Admiral Peary
Dill
Auronautics
Brady
Peary
Draft To Take All In Some Districts
Washington June 13 Senator Cabler urged the War Department that nearly every citizen of military age in certain New York City districts be drafted. He cited the high alien population and the draft base as reasons, and noted remedial legislation is impracticable.
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Washington
York City
Cabler Yeaterday
War Department
Department
Congressional Committee
Hogs drop in price at Brighton stockyards
Hogs and beef stock eased at the Brighton stockyards with lower prices for most grades. Calves held firm while fancy beef cattle saw limited demand. top cattle quoted around 12% and 2 cents per pound for low grades. Hogs weakened with prices down about half a cent. dressed hogs marked down to 10% to 40e, vs a week earlier.
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St. Johnsbury
W. A.ricker
Brighton
Mase
St Gide
Ile
Ulee
Ta Be
AaeSlee
A Modern Romance Ends With Bandit Peace Pact
Bandits in the Caucausus under Achmet Juti terrorized valleys for a decade. A mass meeting at Guanjian railway station proposed a raid, envoys arrived to seek peace, Kakhaetians demanded Kundite be turned over. Achmet’s wife, abducted in 1913 and converted, caused a heart touching scene that led to a local peace resolution and a petition to the justice minister to quash prosecutions.
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London
Haetia
Caucauss
Rob Roy
Achmet Juti
the Age
GuAjiani
Achmet
Kundite
Call for 70 000 Regular Volunteers
Washington June 13 The war department called for 70 000 additional recruits to raise the regular army to war strength by June 30 1917 Forty five thousand are needed immediately to complete new infantry and field artillery regiments and twenty five thousand more are desired to fill vacancies to sustain a 300 040 men war strength Training facilities are ready The department urges enlistment of single men 18 to 40 with no dependents before June 30 1917.
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Washington
War Department
Regular Army
Cavalry
Engineers
Coast Artillery
Signal Corps
Quartermaster Corps
Labor and exemptions under draft law sparking Gompers request
Samuel Gompers prevented to the provost marshal general to have labor men on exemption boards under the selective draft law. He warns that lack of workers knowledge on boards could lead to injustice against workers and allow employers to use conscription to eliminate undesirable workers and depress wages amid rising living costs.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
State Reports Register Totals and Exemptions
Washington says 33 states reported 625,828,? total registrations with 4,817 aliens recorded. Exemptions dominated at 430,000. A complex mix of entries shows varied state reporting and administrative counts.
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Washington
Jane Ane
What Is the Cause of Rheumatism and Gout
An old medical column reviews uric acid's role in rheumatism and gout since Scheele's 1775 finding. It advises reducing uric acid via hot water, Anuri tablets, and dietary changes, urges limiting meat, and suggests rest and gentle poultices for symptoms.
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Opeyigoy
Reston
New York
Eid
Cleveland
Phileadelphia
Italian envoy coming high commissioner to the United States
Rome reports that the Malian government will appoint a high commissioner to the United States. The role will be similar to French high commissioner Andre Tardieu, guiding diplomatic relations and representing national interests.
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Simlar
Tardieu
Rome
Via Maris
United States
Andre Tardieu
500 Belgians Starved to Death in Germany Report
Havre France June 13 A semi official Belgian war ministry note reports 50 of 2000 Belgian civilians interned near Luebeck died of starvation in three months with survivors in pitiable condition. The report cites 400 felgians interned in Germany and details a dire humanitarian crisis amid wartime.
My Belief in Liberty Bonds Speaks of a Vermont Farmer
A youthful narrator recalls a local railroad meeting near his hometown to fund a regional line. United States Senator Carroll S. Page of Vermont attended along with a sturdy farmer nicknamed Uncle Chauncey Warner. The event featured lengthy orations and a request for Uncle Chauncey to speak.
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Carroll S. Page
United States
Vermont
Chauncey Warner
Chauncey
Eleven Immense Ships Arrive At Atlantic Port
An Atlantic port reports eleven large steamships totaling 169000 tons arriving in the last day or two. Among American vessels are Minnesota St Louis St Paul Philadelphia Manchuria and Finland with 27774 tons, while Justicia the largest at 32234 tons is noted as the biggest steamship to enter an American port since 1914. Other British arrivals include Adriatic Celtic Raphael and Gleniffer.
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International Meese Marine
Veesel
Minnesota
State and Stripes
St. Louis
St. Paul
Philadelphia
Manchuria
Finland
Justicia
Celtic
Raphael
Glenififer
Spring and Summer Hat Discount Offered by Whitcomb
A 2 percent discount on all spring and summer hats will be given for the next ten days. Florence Whitcomb, Kast, Barre.
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Florence Whitcomb
Kast
Barre
National League Scores And Delays From Incomplete Card
National League results show Pittsburgh and Boston tied 4 in 11 innings, while Chicago defeated New York 10 to 4. Other lines record Louis versus Philadelphia 4 and St Louis versus Milwaukee with unclear final, reflecting partial standings and partial summaries from the day.
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Pittsburgh
Boston
Chicago
New York
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Philadelphia
St. Nels M
Baseball Scores From Yesterday in the American League
In New York New York edged Chicago 4 to 3 after 12 innings. Philadelphia and Detroit tied 2 all. Boston and St Louis rain stopped play. Washington and Cleveland battled to a 2–2 16 inning draw called on account of darkness.
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Detroit
Philadel
Boston
St. Louis
Washington
Cleveland
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