Wilson signs draft law as Roosevelt plan is rejected
President Wilson signs the conscription bill after rejecting Roosevelt's volunteer division plan, sets June 5 for universal male registration, and issues a proclamation detailing registration rules and the nationwide draft to prepare an expeditionary force under General Pershing bound for France.
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France
U. S
Pershing
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
President Wilson
John J. Pershing
Europe
Forest Regiments to France to Aid Lumbering Operations
Washington reports that alongside engineers and medical corps, a forestry regiment will join France. The unit will consist of foresters and other lumbering experts to support military and logistical needs in the war effort.
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Washington
Corps of Physicians
United States
France
Third of the Men Enlist in Port Orford
In Port Orford Oregon every unmarried man aged twenty one to thirty one has volunteered for service in the army or navy. The town with about 250 residents reports that volunteers are one third of its adult male population.
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United States
Congress
Regular Army
Navy
National Guard
Naval Militia
District Court of the
France
Portland
Ore
Port Orford
Curry County
Oregon
Army
Prices Quoted for Metals in Various Cities
New York reports Lead at 10% 10c and Bar silver at 74c. Copper casting priced at 28.62 per unit. St Louis lists spelter at 9.07. Boulder posts tungsten concentrates at 60 percent 17.00 per unit and crude ores at 60 percent 15.00, 25 percent 9.40, 12 percent 8.70, 10 percent 10.00 per unit.
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New York
St. Louis
Boulder
Copper boom drives activity across Arizona mines
The United Eastern mine at Oatman earned 5200 dollars per day in March as Salome district mines show increased activity. San Juan mines in Graham county are being actively worked and oil discovery grows at Chin Valley near Jerome. Development continues at Navajo mine, Relief properties in Granite Wash slated for early work, Mossback mine at Chloride to be unwatered and sampled by a syndicate, while Calumet & Arizona reports 5.9 million pounds blister copper in April.
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United Eastern
Oatman
Salome
San Juan
Graham County
Chin Valley Company
Jerome
Navajo
Granite Wash
Chloride
Calumet & Arizona
Mining Firms Form, Expands Ops Across New Mexico
The Midway Copper Company of Tularosa with $1,000,000 capitalization filed incorporation papers. Eleven men work on Mailluchet copper properties near Machocafion, twenty miles east of Santa Fé. Fifty tons of iron ore daily from Jones properties near Tecolote in the Gallinas mountains. Carlisle Consolidated Mining Company, capitalized at $750,000, chartered for Steepierock district. Silver and by products boost interest in Kingston Chloride Lake Valley bonanzas. Lawrence Mining Company reports a gold copper silver ore strike on the Bonney near Lordsburg, shipping seventy tons daily valued at $25 to $100 per ton. Copper Age mill, 150 tons capacity, to be in operation by June 1.
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Colorado
Lord Byron
Boulder County
Pitkin
Gunnison County
Bowerman
Frank Caley
Jerry Johnson
Cripple Creek
Caley
Ironclad Hill
Wyoming
State Bureau of Mines
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Mountain Top
Mountain Top Company
Midway Copper Company
Tularosa
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Carlisle Consolidated Mining Company
Steepierock
Sierra County
Kingston
Chloride
Lake Valley
Lawrence Mining Company
Bonney
Lordsburg
End of the War at Appomattox Imagined in Ruined Virginia Village
The article recalls the surrender at Appomattox Court House and the near ruin of the village. It notes the North Carolina monument inscribed with a last volley date and credits the North Carolina and Pennsylvania units that watched the surrender. It mentions veterans and a dwindling guard from Company K, 179th Pennsylvania, still recalling the scene.
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Virginia
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Appomattox
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Grimes
North Carolina Appomattox
H. A. London
E. J. Holt
W. T. Jenkins
Cyrus S. Watson
A. D. McGill
Bethel
Gettysburg
Chickamauga
One Hundred and Ninety-ninth
Pennsylvania
Charles E. Sickles
Richmond
Camp Cadwallader
R. A. McAusten
Manheim
Strator
Mothers and the Armies Memorial Poem Tribute
A Minna Irving poem honoring mothers who sent sons to war. It recalls churchyard sleep, rusted cannons, and hushed drums. It contrasts mothers' hopeful waiting at hearths with the sorrow of crippled sons and heroes dead, urging a Memorial Day garland of tribute.
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Minna Irving
Almost Up The Dying Soldier’s Final Thought
A dying soldier recalls his near ascent at Lookout Mountain as he carried the flag. In Maj. Gen. O O Howard’s retelling of Grant at Chattanooga, the wounded sergeant whispers I almost up as he dies, his last breath tied to glory.
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Chattanooga
Memorial Day Unity Amid Civil War Reflections
The speaker calls for unity beyond North and South divisions, honoring soldiers from both sides as brave. He notes past grudges forgotten and emphasizes Americans first, recalling generals and soldiers who fought fiercely yet prayed for guidance during the war. The piece ends with a vision of a single united nation.
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North
Hooker
Burnside
McClellan
Sherman
Sheridan
Grant
Longstreet
Hampton
Hill
Stonewall Jackson
Lee
Oil Boom Reported At Lander County Courthouse
A wave of oil locations were filed in Lander county clerk records. Republic Oil Company reports gas at 150 feet and expects oil soon. Local production is running about 31,000 barrels daily, totaling 11,315,000 barrels per year.
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Lander
Republic Oil Company
Wyoming
Veterans Swiftly Passing
The piece laments the dwindling Civil War veterans and predicts their eventual absence from parades Memorial day speeches and Grand Army posts as they transition to Sons of Veterans.
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Sons of Veterans
Memory of Civil War Soldiers Will Endure in Memorial Day Observances
The speaker emphasizes that enduring liberty and core truism values keep alive the memory of Civil War soldiers. Memorial Day should continue to be celebrated as a tribute to those who fought for unity and freedom.
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France
Memorial Day Thought on Soldiers and Sacrifice
A reflective meditation on the great tragedy of deaths in war. The text emphasizes that soldiers die not from hatred but for a principle worth honoring on Memorial Day.
Swamp Root Endorsed By Local Druggist Customers
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root praised as the best kidney liver and bladder remedy in Plymouth Massachusetts. A local druggist Herbert S Maxwell reports eight years of experience with no complaints and positive results among customers. Sample bottles offered for ten cents with a booklet. regular sizes sold at drug stores.
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Mass
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Adv
Frugal Talk Sparks War Era Wardrobe Note
A light exchange in a wartime column shows a couple joking about economy and reuse. The husband praises the wife’s past hat as suitable for this summer, reflecting thrift culture during the war years.
Soft Clear Skins and Cuticura Advert Take Center Stage
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap for night and morning face baths and Cuticura Ointment for pimples or dandruff. It promises a free sample via mail with a book and notes the product is sold widely. The piece ends with a playful aside about a man with a limousine and a millionaire slouch.
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Dept. L. Boston
Red Cross Bag Blue Laundering Ad Note
A vintage ad promotes Red Cross Bag Blue as a laundry aid that makes laundress work easier and clothes brighter and whiter, endorsed with reference to grocers selling the product.
Alley-gaiters and two crocodiles joke
Johnson buys gaiters in a small shop, Brown laughs at the joke and tells his wife who cannot see it. Johnson repeats the tale and laments that women cannot see a joke when it is in front of them. The humorous exchange ends with Johnson slamming the door.
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Johnson
London
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