War Week In Review Shows Global Frontline Struggles
Allied and German forces exchange gains across Picardy Somme Flanders and the Don region as Italian French and Russian units report advances. American soldiers earn Croix de Guerre decorations as Britain blockades Ostend Zeebrugge and counts casualties. Naval actions include the sinking of Vindictive and a large German air force loss. Rostov on Don occupied by Germans as draft numbers rise toward June.
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Picardy Front
Somme Front
Monte Corno
Grivesnes Park
Montdidier
Paris War Office
Mariupol
Berlin War Office
Leideprey
Col Della Orso
Rostov-on-the-Don
Don River
France
Wyerbeek River
Kemmel
No. 44
Goddezone Farm
la Clytte
Vierstraat
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Foreign War and Political Briefs of the Era
Field Marshal Viscount French sworn as lord lieutenant and governor general of Ireland. An army of 100000 Russians marches on Finland from Petrograd via Copenhagen. Spies Alvare z and Faucher condemned to death and executed at Nantes. Bonar Law says home rule bill not before May 19. Mothers Day letters flood army post offices in France. German wounded flood western Flanders with schools closed to hospitals. American troops paraded in London drawing praise from papers. Dr Alexis Carrel’s hospital near front destroyed despite Red Cross flag. Lloyd George ministry sinks Mau rice motion in House of Commons 293 to 106.
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Viscount French
Ireland
Finland
Petrograd
Copenhagen
Josephine Alvarez
Victorine Faucher
Nantes
France
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Flanders
Selzaeter
Getvelde
Terdonck
London
London Sunday Papers
Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Institute
National fuel drive urged for first week of June
Consumers are asked to participate in a national big coal drive during the first week of June. A fire of unknown origin destroyed the Copper Hill post office and general store and several nearby buildings. George Powell, noted labor leader, died from injuries in an Ash Peak mine accident at Duncan. James M. Baird and son Walter M. Baird are indicted for conspiring to secure a deferred draft classification. trial set for May 22.
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National Fuel Administration
Copper Hill
Globe, Ariz
George Powell
Clifton
Ariz
Ash Peak
Duncan
James M. Baird
Otero County
New Mexico
Walter M. Baird
Young Baird
Pope urges mass prayer on St Peter’s Day for humanity
In Rome the Pope calls for a special prayer during mass on St Peter’s Day June 29 to end evils tormenting humanity. The message targets the whole world as a plea for peace amid war threats.
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St. Peter’s
Pope Benedict
Rome
Congress
War Department
Army
United States Civil Service Commission
Missouri Downs Kansas In 73 to 36 Victory
Missouri university defeated Kansas university in a basketball game in Columbia Missouri by 73 to 36. The report also notes Yale beating the University of Pennsylvania crews on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. A Willard-Fulton boxing bout near Baltimore was canceled after promoter Col J C Miller withdrew. At Churchill Downs in Louisville 40000 watched Exterminator win the Derby by a length over K D Alexanders colt Momentary hush followed the result.
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Missouri University
Kansas University
Columbia
University of Pennsylvania
Yale
Schuylkill River
Philadelphia
Col
J. C. Miller
Maryland
Louisville
K. D. Alexander
Churchill Downs
Escoba
United States Aviation Service
Red Cross
Civil War pension bill passes House amid war updates
The Sherwood bill granting a minimum pension of 25 dollars a month to Civil War veterans was approved by the House. Maj. Richard Bolles Paddock, slighty wounded on the French front, is Pershing’s nephew and has served on his staff since the punitive expedition. Also noted: enemy agents buy U S notes to fund crop purchases in Ukraine via Switzerland, and a jockey Fred Mitchell details his wartime escapes. Two student aviators, Richard C. McCalla and George S. Henderson, died in a Pensacola crash. Final plans for a U S guard to patrol barred zones and protect shipyards and critical wartime stores were announced by the War Department.
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Sherwood
House
Richard Bolles Paddock
France
John J. Pershing
Mexico
United States Guard
War Department
Red Cross Week Proclaimed to Aid War Relief Efforts
President Wilson designates May 20 as Red Cross Week and urges U S contributions to a second 100 million war fund to aid American troops in France and civilians at home and abroad. The notice highlights Liberty loan efforts, local campaigns, and related wartime events across Arizona.
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Union News Service
Washington
Wilson
Red Cross
American Red Cross
France
Huns Active in West English Capture Kirkut
British letters report German prisoners claim Field Marshal von Hindenburg is dead while Gen. von Mackensen rises as a potential victor. The Express suggests the Hindenburg tale explains a failed offensive as a Amsterdam cablegram notes a Kaiser Charles conference on closer German alliance.
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London
France
Marshal von Hindenburg
Western Front
Daily Express
von Mackensen
Amsterdam
van Hindenburg
Kaiser
Charles
Allied gains and battles in Europe and the Middle East
The official at Paris reports ongoing artillery exchanges in Picardy near the Avre while French and British advances occur north of Kemmel Hill 44. Italian forces push forward after Monte Corno, repelling Austrian posts near Col Del Orso. British troops advance on the Tigris, Kirkuk is captured, and Cantigny hosts a massive American ammunition dump fire with Montdidier fires as mist curls weather.
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Paris
Picardy
Avre
Mont Kemmel
Flanders
Kemmel
Ypres
Arras
Somme
Monte Corno
Asiago
Col del Orso
Brenta
Piave
Lake Garda
Mesopotamia
Tigris
Kirkut
Mosul
Nineveh
France
Cantigny
Montdidier
Issue New War Currency
Washington reports treasury approval for the first wartime federal reserve notes in one and two dollar sizes. The two dollar bill features Jefferson on the face and a battleship on the reverse, while the one dollar bill shows Washington with an eagle and flag. The new notes will circulate around July 4, replacing melted silver certificates totaling about 30 million dollars withdrawn recently.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Nicaragua Declares War on Germany with Guatemala
Nicaragua’s Congress voted to declare war on Germany and its allies at the urging of President Chamorro, with only four dissenting votes. The measure follows Guatemala’s prior war declaration and aligns Nicaragua with the United States in a growing global conflict.
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Nicaragua
San Juan del Sur
Nicaraguan Congress
Germany
Congress
Chamorro
United States
Guatemala
American Forces In France Now In Battle, Baker Says
Secretary Baker announced that American troops in France are being used actively in battle and in the trenches. He dismissed Ottawa reports of delaying deployment and said plans aim to create a distinct American army under Pershing with all resources placed at the French command.
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Washington
France
Baker
Lord Reading
Ottawa
War Department
Ukrainian Empress and Grand Dukes Captured in Crimea
Ukrainian press source says former Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna and Grand Dukes Nicholas Nicolaievitch and Alexander Nicolaievitch were seized by Germans near Dulbar Crimea. They are guarded by 25 Sebestropol Soviet soldiers sworn to protect and prevent escape.
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Amsterdam
Ukrainian Press Bureau
Odessa
Maria Feodorovna
Nicholas Nicolaievitch
Alexander Nicolaievitch
Michaelovitch
Dulbar
Aitodor
Crimea
Sebestropol Soviet
Woman's Nervous System Restored by Pinkham Remedy
In Winona Minnesota Mrs Albert Sultz e reports relief from long standing nervousness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound The ad touts the product as a forty year standard remedy for displacements inflammation irregularities backache and nervous prostration among women and urges trials by readers continuous self care and rest are implied outcomes.
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Winona
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Albert Sultze
Olmstead St
Cuticura Offers Relief for Eczema and Itchy Rashes
Cuticura promises healing for eczema and rashes that itch and burn. It suggests using Cuticura daily to prevent pimples and asks readers to request free samples from Cuticura Dept Boston. Soap and Ointment priced 25 and 50 cents with mail options.
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Dept
Boston
Three Kinds of Gentlemen in Ireland Across Ages
The article describes three historic Irish gentleman categories: the half mounted from Cromwellian soldiers who rode well and were called Buckskin Breeches. the gentleman every inch of him, descendants of old families who lost estates and took trades or professions. and the gentleman to the backbone, the old stock living on ancient estates supported by peasantry labor.
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Ireland
Emerald Isle
Wise men plan for a century while ready to depart tomorrow
A reflective adage notes that prudent people live with long term plans yet accept the fragility of life. It adds that financial commitments gain weight when offered as security or guarantee.
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