British and German Fronts See Intensified Firepower Amid Offensives
Reports from the Lorraine front note heavy German artillery fire increasing since American sector occupation. British and French forces claim advances and significant German losses, with British gun power rising by about 50 percent over the year and strategic economies planned to save tonnage for distant theaters.
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Lorraine
London
Prench
Aar
James Ian MacPherson
House of Coments
MacPherson
Shipping Tonnage Increases Amid War Efforts
Washington reports overseas shipping capacity to America and allies bottomed near February 7 and is rising. Officials foresee continued gains as wartime demands persist and government ships resume production in American yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Sixteen British Ships Sunk in Recent Week
London reports British merchant ships sunk by U boats in the past week. Imperial statements list losses at various ports with nineteen merchant tonnage destroyed and multiple vessels damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vitter Witalem
Wistiogion Plans Third Tiberny Loom and Interest Rates
The article outlines preparations for a new Tiberny loom project while noting interest rates of 4 and 6 percent. It mentions Livlebediess and WHE Lear in connection with upcoming issues and financial considerations from the immediate past.
Earthquake Kills Two Hundred in Swatow and Amoy
Reports reaching here from Amoy and Swatow describe severe earthquake damage. Two hundred deaths are reported from Swatow with heavy structural damage and widespread destruction in the city. The inland effects and casualty figures are still being confirmed.
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Amoy
Chiti
Swatow
Indian draft revolt derailed by federal strike force
Salt Lake City report details a government action on the Goshute reservation near the Nevada line. A detachment from Fort Douglas, led by Captain Walter C. Gullion, arrested ringleaders including Annie Tommy and John Straight, capturing rifles and ammunition before daylight. Anxious tribesmen faced conspiracy and evasion charges as federal troops and Marshal Aquila Nebeker moved swiftly 200 miles to seize suspects.
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Salt Lake City
United States
Goshute
Crote Nevada
Dah County
Twentieth Infantry
Fort Douglas
Annies Tommy
al Steele
Jhn Straight
John Syme
Tweedy Baker
Tou Murphy
Jack Semoo
Walter C. Gullion
Aquila Nebeker
Salt Lake
German Empire Approves Ukraine Peace Treaty
Berlin reports the German empire's federal council approved a peace treaty with Ukraine. Foreign Minister von Kuehlmann told the reichstag committee that Germany seeks peace and order in occupied regions and hopes the war with Russia ends with terms favorable to German interests.
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Amsterdam
Federal Council
German Empire
Berlin
Ukraine
von Kuehlmann
Reichstag
Sal
Germany
Russia
Petrograd
Senate talks could give Wilson broader war power
In Washington on Wednesday Democratic and Republican leaders negotiated to revise the Overman bill. A compromise began to emerge that would grant the President broader freedom of action in coordinating and reorganization of government wire tapping agencies.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
Wethon
Frank P Woods Reappointed Chairman of Campaign Committee
Congressman Frank P Woods of Iowa was unanimously re elected chair man of the Republican congressional campaign committee.
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Frank P. Woods
Iowa
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Mercy of Turks scatters Arnenkin bands west of Kralagan
Constantinople telegram reports Arnenkin bands operating west of Kralagan and along routes from Eralagan to Ardasea and the coast village of Cioerely have been scattered by Turkish forces.
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London
Kralagan
Eralagan
Ardasea
Cioerely
Says
Constantinople
Coal price cuts pledged by Washington official
The fuel administration plans to reduce prices for both anthracite and bituminous coal by next April 1 eliminating robbers' commissions, with the decision announced to take effect after that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fuel Administration
Premier Lloyd George praises American war plan at Versailles
Britain moves to centralize Allied strategy with a supreme council empowered by an internalised authority. General Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson is named to represent Britain at Versailles while ensuring coordination with the Allies despite differences over the council’s exact constitution.
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London
Great Britain
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Robertson
Lloyd George
House of Commons
William Robertson
House
Henry Seymour Rawlinson
Council of Chiefs of Staff
Hamach
Food administration targets profiteering in canned goods and potatoes
Illinois food administrator Harry A. Wheeler announced wartime controls requiring canneries to contract deliveries at tentative prices instead of fixed, unchangeable prices previously used, signaling a new effort to curb profiteering.
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Chicago
The
Food Administration
Harry A. Wheeler
Ilinois
Custons
Soldiers Slightly Wounded in Action February 17
Washington reports Corporal Blue 1 Cape ley Adrian Gil and Privates Charles W Durant Sheridan Wyo Prank Wolfe Ashland Wis and Elmer Wise Fairview Wyo were slightly wounded in action on February 17.
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Washington
Blue 1
Capeley
Adrian
Gil
Charles W. Durant
Sheridan
Wyo
Prank Wolfe
Ashland
Wis
Elmer Wise
Fairview
Senate panel backs higher wheat support price
Washington reports a favorable senate agriculture committee review of the Gore bill to raise the 2018 crop minimum price for wheat from 2 to 2.50 dollars per bushel.
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Washington
Gore
Senate Agriculture Committee
Army officers may be served alcohol off post under new War Department rules
Washington reports the War Department has amended regulations allowing all officers and enlisted men to be served alcoholic beverages at the homes of relatives or friends outside military camps.
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Washington
War Department
Camp Sone
Russia Forged 10 Pay Indemnities in War News
The Bolshevik government capitulated and agrees to terms including a 4 billion dollar indemnity, while German forces push 400 miles into Russia from Riga to Lutsk. Dvinsk has fallen and Lutsk entered as Germans advance toward Kiev with little Russian resistance.
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London
Germany
Poland
Lithuania
Riga
Moon Island
Teutonic
Russia
Lutsk
Galician
Dvyina
Dvinsk
Petrograd
Smolensk
Volhynian Triangle
Kiev
Livonia
Esthonia
Germany Recognizes Red Cross Privileges
The war trade board in New York grants the American Red Cross a license to trade with the enemy. Germany bestows exclusive rights to the Red Cross to send letters money and food to American POWs and expects reciprocal privileges.
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New York
War Trade Board
Red Cross
Germany
Postmaster Murder in Crescent Worded By Coroner Jury
A coroner's jury reports the Crescent postmaster, Fred KE, found dead in his store Sunday. He had served as postmaster until the office was won by an unknown assailant, with February 15 as the vote date.
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Crescent
Coloe
Fred KE
Bill
Win Uhe
Sanday
Explosion on Cruiser Montana Injures Eight
Eight men were injured in an explosion of a cartridge case during target practice on the cruiser Montana. The navy department issued a brief report with no further details of the accident.
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Washington
Montana
Navy Department
Sinking of German sub off France noted by Wyoming guards
Frank Clark writes from somewhere in France detailing a convoy battle off the French coast on December 27 in which Sunset division members from Colorado and Wyoming served aboard destroyers guarding transports. The letter was received by Clark's brother in Cheyenne.
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Union News Service
Colorado
Wyoming
Frank Clark
J. D. Clark
Cheyenne
France
Clark
Ruth Kimball
W. S. Kimball
Casper
Kimball
Women Sufferers May Need Swamp-Root
Thousands of women with kidney and bladder trouble suffer silently. Back pain, headaches, nervousness, and loss of ambition signal kidney issues. Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root sold at drugstores. request a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. with a note of the paper.
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Kilmers
Ilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Uncertain Birthday Causes Cousinly Card Dilemma
A dutiful brother, unsure if his sister’s birthday fell on the sixteenth or seventeenth, sent a birthday card but omitted the date. She replied that aging makes dates uncertain and asked him to switch to Christmas or Easter greetings to avoid gossip in their small town.
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Indianapolis News
Bishop Chides City Workers in Boston Walks
While on a Phillips Brooks anniversary walk, a Boston bishop observes street department workers sauntering with hoes picks and shovels. He questions their effort and learns the crew earns two dollars fifty a day. The bishop moves on.
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Phillips Brooks
City of
Boston
Decalogue of War Advice from Dr Anna H Shaw
A wartime aphorism urges resolve and resilience. Dr Anna H Shaw calls for self discipline frugality home industry and steadfast courage while honoring fallen heroes and supporting the war effort. The message emphasizes staying busy bearing losses nobly and awaiting victory.
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Anna H, Shaw
Barbo Compound for Graying Hair Ad
A small box of Barbo Compound with glycerine is offered to darken gray hair without coloring the scalp. It promises a soft glossy finish, non sticky or greasy texture, and non transfer. Full directions are in each box.
Not Good Boon Companions
Dialogue humor notes a wary refusal to drink with a doctor. The speaker jokes that doctors charge for their care even when they treat a patient, mocking medical practitioners of the era.
Practical Question of Debt and Gratitude
A terse exchange asks if he pays his debts. the reply cites a Christmas gift once given and a simple thanks. The proverb prevention is better than cure frames the moral.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed
Mrs John KorreImann of McLean Nebraska credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with improving her health and aiding a healthy baby since marriage. The notice promotes the remedy as a trusted root and herb treatment for female disturbances including nervousness and general weakness.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
McLean, Neb
Mare
John Korrelmann
Ju No
McLean
Nebraska
Lydia A We Pinkham
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