Regulations for selecting national army from June registrants issued
President Wilson directs uniform rules with no class exemptions for all registrants. Local boards handle most exemptions and district boards decide industrial and agricultural claims with swift timelines. Candidates are posted, examined, and notified within days, with appeals limited and final.
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Washington
Wilson
Crowder
United States
National Guard
Navy
Registration Boards
Regular Army
States
Territories
District of Columbia
Germany
China Republic Overthrown After Gen Chang Seizes Power
London reports say the Chinese republic ended after a seven year existence as Gen Chang Hsun, military governor of Anhwei, served an ultimatum demanding President Li Yuan Hung’s resignation. The Manchu emperor Hsuan Tung reportedly restored to the throne. Li Yuan Hung a prisoner amid palace tensions.
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London
Peking
Reuter
Li Yuan Hung
Chang Hsun
Hsuan Tung
Anhwei
China
Yuan Shi Kai
Yuan
Chang Haan
Germany
Wounded Welcome Pershing to Paris amid downpour
In Paris on July 3 maimed French soldiers greeted Major General Pershing at a National Federation for the Aid of the Wounded event. A large crowd waited in rain to cheer the American commander as a limping veteran saluted him and declared the wounded still share in America's resolve.
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Paris
France
Pershing
National Federation
Champs Elysee
United States
General Pershing
Wilson
Late Market Quotations for Cattle and Feeders
Market report lists prices for steers cows and feeders with pulp fed quality. Prices range from 6.50 to 14.25 for various categories including canners cutters and stockers across good fair and strong demand.
Dry Hides Prices and Pelts Listings
Flint hides and pelts priced per pound with various quality grades and including dry hides, salt hides, horsehides, wool pelts, short wool pelts, and butcher shearlings. Values shown as fractions and small cents, reflecting differing grades and conditions.
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Sre Cao
Markets Quote Metals and Grain Prices Across Cities
New York leads with spot and near term copper at 32.00 to 34.00, lead 11 1 2, tin 61.50 to 62.50, bar silver 78 cents, and various alloys. Chicago grain lists wheat, corn around 1.74, oats 69 70 cents, barley 1.10 to 1.40, pork 39.35, lard 21.20, ribs 21.37, eggs 28 to 31 cents, potatoes 2.90 to 3.25, poultry 19 to 20 cents. Chicago live stock shows hogs 14.60 to 15.45, cattle 6.50 to 11.80, calves 11.00 to 15.50, sheep 8.00 to 18.00.
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Colorado Upland
Nebraska Upland
Colo
South Park
Choice
Gunnison Valley
Elling
F.O.B
Denver
New York
Northern
Southern
St. Louis
London
Boulder
Chicago
Cnicago
Okla
Ark
Mississippi
California
Price of Cotton and Linseed Futures Noted
New York cotton quotes for July to March range from 26.47 to 27.15 with middling at 27.15. Duluth linseed futures on track show $2.90 for near term and $2.80 for Oct and Sept bids.
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New York
Duluth
American Red Cross base hospitals lead aid to Europe’s battlefields
The Red Cross organized base hospitals to care for wounded from front to home, with 36 hospitals ready and crews including 23 surgeons, 75 nurses, and 150 support staff. Field and evacuation stations funnel wounded to rear-area hospitals equipped with X ray labs, dietary kitchens, and trained surgeons as shortages risk lifesaving dressings. Local volunteers race to produce bandages and splints to prevent shortages on the front.
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American Red Cross
Europe
France
Red Cross
Little Field Hospital
America
Red Cross Stretcher Bearers Move Wounded From Trench
After initial aid in trench dressing stations wounded soldiers are carried back at night by Red Cross stretcher-bearers under fire to ambulances. They are then taken to field hospitals several miles back and, when possible, moved to base hospitals 40 to 50 miles behind the front.
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American Red Cross
America
Jefferson Randolph Kean
U. S. A. Medical Corps
Military Relief of the Red Cross
Red Cross
Red Cross Expands to Over Twelve Hundred Chapters
The Red Cross reports more than 1,200 regularly organized chapters in the United States and a membership well above two million, reflecting broad national reach and civic engagement.
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The
Red Cross
United States
Jennie Persists for More Cake Despite Mama’s Warnings
In a domestic scene a mother cautions her daughter Jennie against another slice of cake as the child pleads that only her neck remains unfilled. The exchange highlights a playful negotiation over indulgence and prudence in a family moment.
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Jennie
Twenty Five Years of Kidney Remedy Endorsement
Otto H. G. Lippert, a Cincinnati pharmacist, praises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root after twenty five years of selling it with no complaints. He notes customer favor and repeat sales and urges readers to try a sample by sending ten cents to Kilmer Co with a paper mention. Regular bottle sizes available at drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer
Pharmacist
Freeman, Cor
Liberty Sts
Cincinnati
Ohio
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Adv
Carson’s son prompts naval career pride at Savoy
Sir Edward Carson recalls his son’s wish to join the navy and his later rise to command a submarine. The elder notes the navy as a crucial link to colonies, and recounts a recent report of a destroyer attempting to sink his son’s submarine while he was first lord of the admiralty.
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Edward Carson
British Empire Producers’ Organization
Savoy Hotel
London Chronicle
Sir Eoward
Admiralty
Soap Factory Jobless Tramp Seeks Help
A dirty tramp begs at a back door, claiming unemployment for three weeks after losing work at a soap factory. The woman questions the job, and notes the man was not fired for dishonesty, implying he left or was unable to continue rather than expelled for bad behavior.
The Proper One Patch Comment Sparks Wordplay
A brief exchange features The Proper One claiming a patch for tune will feature a potato patch that becomes part of the humor. The line showcases a playful misstatement likely from a casual dialogue or column snippet.
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China Republic
Boy
Welcome Pershing
F. O. Enver Wean Steee
Alf
Kip
Uncle Sam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Otto H. G. Lippert
Sir Edward Carson
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