Tanlac Restores Greenbrier Farmer to Health and Appetite
J B Williams of Greenbrier Tennessee recounts how Tanlac eased a severe stomach system and nervous indigestion that left him weak and underweight. After four bottles he says he gained 25 pounds, regained strength, and now enjoys normal appetite and sleep, urging others with similar troubles to try Tanlac. There is a Tanlac dealer in every town.
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J. B. Williams
Greenbrier
Tenn
Nashville
Mr. Williams
Sam
Taniac
Tanlac
Ady
Grim gas battles fought on the British front
Andre Tadesq describes siege warfare with heavy gas shells on the British front near Fresnoy, noting six hours of suffocating odors after the attack. He depicts night combat through masks and vapors, hand to hand fighting, few prisoners, and many wounded, with death as the grim outcome.
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Andre Tadesq
Edgar Allan Poe
Fresnoy
Would Always Know Him
An Lancashire mother with three sons at the front received a letter she could not read. A neighbor helped, but the ink was hard to read and the son stuttered as he began Dear Mother I I to write. The old woman exclaimed that it must be Jerry, who always stuttered.
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Jery
West Point
Bilbo
Board of Aldermen
C. F. Capps
Prof. Meadows of
Amory
Is money tight up your way
A humorous exchange notes that the speaker’s region runs a prohibition policy and counterposes perceptions of financial ease. The line reflects local attitudes toward taxation, enforcement, and government limits during prohibition era as a social aside.
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Ours
Railroad Board Takes No Action In Tax Valuation Hearing
Mississippi railroad commission adjourned a hearing on public utility property valuations without action until July 2 due to Gov. Bilbo’s uncertain plans for a special legislative session to adjust ad valorem taxes. Protests must be filed before fixed amounts, and reports will be requested from utilities on current valuation percentages.
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Jackson
Bilbo
Mississippi Railroad Commission
State Tax Commission
County Boards of Supervisors
State Railroad Commission
Commission
Reducing Dairy Feed Cost Through Summer Pasture Care
Practical guidance on cutting dairy feed costs by proper pasture management in summer. Instructions include a whale oil soap regimen for plant lice and notes on tree care, emphasizing attention over neglect.
Farm Loan Contest Promises Cash Prizes at A and M
Mississippi A and M college launches a farm loan contest with $200 in cash prizes to guide farm families on using federal credit for production gains. The college also reports new historical volumes from Dr. Dunbar Rowland on Claiborne and the Mississippi valley.
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Department of Archives and History
Mississippi
Old Southwest
Louisiana Purchase
Dunbar Rowland
W. €. C. Claiborne
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi State Historical Department
United States
Draft plans ready in July for draft exemptions
Registration figures from Wyoming and Kentucky lift national enrollment to 9 649 938. Provost Marshal General Crowder says draft regulations will be published July 1 with no disclosed exemption board machinery details. 6001 Indians eligible. 10 375 604 eligibles estimated overall. districts to be subdivided for local knowledge aiding families in the draft.
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Washington
Wyoming
Kentucky
Crowder
Provost Marshal General’s Office
Census Bureau
Baker
Mine Owners Under Fire In War Time Price Inquiry
Senate interstate commerce committee votes to launch an exhaustive inquiry into production costs and transportation of coal steel copper and other vital materials with possible wartime government supervision. The Federal trade commission may be asked to fix a uniform steel price and to ensure fair profits on related inputs. If manufacturers resist a joint price the government could seize plants. Also reported is a heavy shipment of gold to New York totaling 4.6 million from Canada, part of a 48.5 million movement and 443.5 million imported this year.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Denman
Emergency Fleet Corporation
New York
Canada
J. P. Morgan Company
Nipped Big Bomb Plot Frustrated in Louisiana
Federal authorities in Madisonville Louisiana report the arrest of Heinrich Jahn and Emil Verholen two German natives who are believed to have planned a bomb attack on shipyards near New Orleans. The incident alarms security around Gulf ports as investigations continue.
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New Orleans
Madisonville
Heinrich Jahn
Emil Verholen
Germany
President Wilson Calls for 70,000 Army Volunteers
Washington reports President Wilson issued a proclamation designating June 23 to 30 as recruiting week for the regular army. He urges unmarried men 18 to 40 with no dependents to enroll for war service to reach the goal of 70,000 volunteers and strengthen the force before conscription.
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Washington
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Regular Army
War Department
France
Department
U boats take heavy toll on British ships
London reports the weekly loss list shows a record number of vessels sunk in the latest three months. Naval officials temper alarm, noting Admiralty countermeasures gain efficiency while waves of U boat activity crest. Normal graduates enlist in U.S. army after rejecting Arkansas teaching posts. Norse steamer Cedric torpedoed. captain and 12 crew missing.
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London
Admiralty
Cedric
Copenhagen
Norwegian Foreign Office
Seven Italian Ships Sunk by Submarines
Rome reports that during the last week two Italian steamers and five sailing ships were torpedoed by submarines. Two additional steamers were attacked but escaped. The official weekly announcement notes no further details on location or casualties.
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Rome
Confession in Ruth Cruger murder case in Italy
Alfredo Cocchi, a fugitive New York motorcycle dealer, has confessed to the murder of Ruth Cruger in Bologna Italy. Investigators say jealousy was the motive and Cocchi will be returned to a gall to face further proceedings.
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Giri
Bologna
Italy
Alfredo Cocchi
New York
Ruth Cruger
Cocchi
Food Regulation Bill Passes House in Landslide Vote
The administration food control bill would make Herbert C. Hoover effectively food dictator for the allies. The House approved the measure 265 to 6 after under two weeks of debate. Key votes included opposition from five Democrats and one Republican. An amendment to extend appropriations to 250 million dollars was adopted. The bill now goes to the Senate for action before July first.
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Senate
Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
House
McLemore
Slayden and Young
Texas
Meeker
Missouri
Ward
New York
Gallagher
Sabath
Illinois
Hulbert
Gordon
Ohio
Lenroot
Sherley
Kentucky
Delays Draft of Guards for War Service
Washington reports a possible delay in drafting the national guard into the federal armies until August 5. The pause aims to prevent an unfair establishment of officers’ relative ranks under the three staggered draft dates. The extra time will help prepare divisional camp sites for mobilization.
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Washington
National Guard
Abandons Peace Bid as Germany Prepares to Fight Russia
Petrograd reports leaflets dropped by German planes along the Northern Russian front south of Smorgon indicate Germany has abandoned any idea of a separate peace with Russia. The messages say troops were transferred to the western front to blunt English and French attacks and that fraternizers will be fired up, signaling renewed combat.
Still Deporting Belgians
Information from occupied territory confirms Germans have begun forcing Belgian civilians into labor for the enemy. Belgians are categorized by age and sex, with details required on identity, profession, and place of employment.
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Havre
Occupied Territory
Von Buelow Hopes for Peace and Indemnity
Paris dispatch quotes Prince von Buelow saying Germany seeks peace this year with compensations and an indemnity to restore its prewar commercial standing. Danish steamer Orion sunk by a German sub in the North Sea. Russian morale reportedly improves per Gen Broasiloff. Blast at Blorweg munitions plants kills or injures over 1,000.
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Germany
Paris
Zurich
The
Petit Parisien
Prince von Buelow
New York
Orion
North Sea
Amsterdam
Blorweg
Army draft preparations accelerate with cantonments contracts
War Department pushes to finish preliminaries for actual draft by July 1. Exemption boards organized in 36 states. Contracts awarded for three cantonment camps and 16 temporary training camps. Textile firms to supply 50 million yards of duck for tents. Lumber, wool, and steel plants mobilize to equip the army and equipment production ramps up nationwide.
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War Department
Washington
America
Council of National Defense
National Guard
Australia
Seaboard
New England
Middle West
Root Receives Warm Welcome at Moscow Meeting
Elihu Root and the American commission met in the governor-general palace with Zemstvo unionists and workers councils to test socialist support. Root’s speech shifted initial hostility to strong attention and applause from Moscow’s working masses.
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Moscow
Elihu Root
Governmor-General
Zemstvo and Municipal Union
Zemstvo Industrial Committee
Council of
Root
Senate panel backs 100 million more wartime revenue
The Senate finance committee approved extending excess profit taxes to individuals in trade and business along with corporations and partnerships. The measure is expected to raise about 100 million dollars more. An exemption of 5000 dollars will apply to individuals as it does to corporations. The individual tax would be in addition to the income tax.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Kansas Wheat Yield Good
Kansas June crop report from the state board of agriculture forecasts 42,000,000 bushels of winter wheat, up 2,000,000 from May.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kas
State Board of Agriculture
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Mississippi Delta Planting Company
Scott
Delta Farms Company
Deeson
Miss
Empire Plantation Company
Estill
Delta Companies
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Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College of
Starkville
Industrial Institute and College of Columbus
Mississippi State Normal of
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State Board of Health
W. H. Barton
Virginia
J. B. McDill
Tennessee
R. L. Lawles
M. S. Alexander
Arkansas
D. C. Alsabrook
Georgia
W. R. P. Thompson
Garly Wogan
Louisiana
C. E. Taylor
L. O. Church
Indiana
F. J. S. Gilbert
Congress of Mothers and
Parent-Teachers’ Association of Mississippi
Mississippi A. and
M. College Summer Normal
H. P. Hughes
Columbia
EH. C. McInnis
A. & M. College
Livestock Sanitary Board
Ross A. Collins
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
State Superintendent of Education
Oakley
Nathaniel Hyde
Parchman Farm
Jas
Noxubee County
Xavier A. Kramer
Great Southern
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
James Galceran
White
Clarence Webster
Waynesboro
State Penitentiary Board
Gen. Crowder
Solons
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
American Newspaper, Publishers’ Association
Sce Tred Dam
Gallo
NAMES
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Ark
State Normal School
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Radicala
Cheer Commission
Big Sam
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Warren
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New Haven
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