Bravery on Battle Front Deserter Acknowledges War Objector
Richard Stierheim of Company D 315th Infantry, a conscientious objector from Ingomar near Pittsburgh, gained fame for refusing to bear arms in France. Despite desertions and escapes under guard at Camp Dix, his fellow soldiers hail him as a bravest man in the 79th division, crediting his courage and self sacrifice amid heavy shelling and machine gun fire.
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New York
Richard Stierheim
Camp Dix
France
Stierheim
315Th Infantry
Ingomar
Pittsburgh
Dick” Stierheim
the World
Sparrows Point
Baltimore
Camp Meade
Maryland
United States
Germany
Spain
Stlerheim
Stierheim Rises as Regimental Dugout Builder and Aid to Troops
Stierheim, famed for fearless acts under fire, carried water and munitions to the front, built a dugout 50 yards under machine gun fire, and repeatedly aided wounded comrades. He refused escape to spare fellow guards, urged by courage and care for his men amid constant danger.
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Stierheim
No Man’s Land
Sphagnum Moss Heals Wounds Proven Superior to Cotton
Yale professor George E. Nichols discusses sphagnum moss dressings, adopted by the American Red Cross in 1918. Moss, gathered from bogs in the Northeast and Maritime regions, offers superior absorbency, lower cost, and has been used historically in Europe. Production in wartime reached hundreds of thousands monthly in several nations.
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New Haven
George E. Nichols
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale University
Nichols
American Red Cross
Europe
Connecticut
Red Cross
British War Office
England
Canadian Red Cross
Scotland
Ireland
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Vancouver Island
Washington
New Jersey
Bright
Dean
Colorado
Routt Ave
Pueblo
Colo
Arizona and Southwest News Roundup 1919
Volunteers raised 4 771 650 for war bonds in Arizona reaching 102.33 percent of quota with 22 416 subscribers. Miss DeRosette Thomas sails for sabbatical study in the East. William Hawkins sole survivor of Powell expedition dies. Dr R B von Kleinsmid receives honorary doctor of laws from National University of Mexico. Legal suit over city finances and New Mexico funding bills cited. Arizona telephone assets rise to 3 442 370 with 54 238 miles of lines. Maricopa leads in value. Tourists near Las Cruces lose over 2 500 in cash and 2 000 in baggage fire loss. Clovis NM to get a gas plant franchise. Magma Copper near Jerome shows ore and development progress. C&S train wreck attempt near Raton thwarted. Folsom gains state’s tallest elevator, cost over 17 000.
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Stone
Clovis
New Mexico
Mosman, Gano & Sipple
Albuquerque
Rio Grande
Elephant Butte
Court House
Postoffice
Santa Fe
Las Vegas
Arizona
State Tax Commission
Maricopa County
Santa Cruz County
Los Angeles
Las Cruces
Raton
N. M
C. & S. Railroad
Folsom
Union County
Hindenburg Takes Blame and Offers Support
Western Newspaper Union dispatch reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg acknowledging responsibility for war orders in the name of the former German emperor. He appeals to Marshal Foch for help in halting extradition efforts and offers himself to the Allied powers.
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Copenhagen
von Hindenburg
Marshal Foch
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Ebert
London
Denver Company Rejects Rate Cut Until December 1
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph officials say rates will not drop before December 1 despite the state supreme court ruling confirming Denver’s rate regulation. They note only one month of rebates lies ahead as fines stay government controlled. Milton Smith says the company is in U.S. government hands. Congress has passed the bill restoring lines to the carriers and awaits the President's signature.
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Denver
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
State Supreme Court
United States
Milton Smith
Congress
Tramway strike blocks Denver owl car service
Twelve hundred trainmen and shopmen of the Tramway Company went on strike at 4 AM Tuesday. They were told to take their owl cars to the barns after finishing runs. The strike followed the City Council restoring a five cent fare and the company announcing wage cuts after the Supreme Court upheld home rule cities to regulate public utilities without state interference.
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Denver
Tramway Company
Supreme Court
State Public Utilities Commission
Mexican orders target Tampico bandit pursuers
The Mexican foreign office notified the U.S. embassy in Mexico City that strict orders have been issued to Tampico military authorities to pursue and capture the bandits who attacked and killed American citizen John W. Correll near Colonia, twenty seven miles north of Tampico, on June 16.
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Washington
Mexico City
Tampico
John W. Correll
Colonia
Phillips
Demobilization Accelerates as U S Forces Homeward
The War Department reports 2,775,707 officers and men discharged since the armistice. U S sailings from Europe total 1,582,682 with overseas replacements at 9,067. Of 69,771 enlistments, 79 for Siberian service and 12,879 for service with the American Expeditionary Force.
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Washington
War Department
Europe
Siberian
Best Medicine For Women Promises Relief In Ohio Letter
Portsmouth woman Sara Shaw describes relief from irregularities and pain after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter urges other women to try the remedy and offers special advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Eyeir
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sara Shaw
R. No. 1
Frenchman fills in at card club amid language slips
A young French visitor in the United States substitutes at his host's card club. He attempts a speech starting with Ladies and gentlemen and says I come not as a regular but as aand then finishes with a blank, recalling the word cavalier.
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France
United States
Japan Expands Siberian Coast Fishing Fleet
Japan has completed several large fishing ships and others under way to work along the Siberian coast. Catches in these waters total about 5 million dollars annually.
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Siberian
Japan
Siberia
Never Trade Autos With a Gink Who Cheats Himself
A terse, pithy line warns readers against trading vehicles with a dishonest swindler who cheats at solitaire, illustrating a cautionary note about trust and personal risk in deals.
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THE
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
DeRosette Thomas
School of Home Economics
University of Arizona
William W. Hawkins
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Phoenix
Major Powell
Grand Cafton
Arthur B. Clay
Anna Hornberger
R. B. von Kleinsmid
National University of Mexico
City Gas Company
Magma Chief
Jerome
Aziz
Hindenburg
Kaiser
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Bonar Law
Paris
William
Council of Three
Wilson
American Peace Mission
Lloyd George
Bureau
Ius- Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
Eatonic
Batonic
Cuticura
Batople and
Dept. E
Boston
Watson E. Coleman
Sea Lawyer
Washin Onedvice
Bates Reasonable
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