World War Fronts Shift on Russian and French Actions
Reports from Washington summarize British and French official communiques. French forces gain ground around Coucy Forest and St Quentin while British troops capture Lagnicourt and advance near Vregny. German efforts stall on the Russian front amid spring thaw.
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St. Quentin
Champagne
France
Washington
Baltic Sea
Carpathian Mountains
Riga
Petrograd
Coucy
Petit Barisis
Verneuil
Coucy-la-Ville
French War Office
la Fere
Laon
St. Colerain
War Office
Castres
Essigny-Le-Grand
Senate Talks Universal Training to Back Army Rise
President Wilson and Senator Chamberlain of Oregon discussed expanding the force to 700000 and universal training as national policy. Baker plans to submit a war strength budget to Congress while expediting the supply measure and avoiding delays.
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Washington
Wilson
Senator Chamberlain
Oregon
Senate Military Committee
Baker
Congress
Chamberlain
National Guard
War Department
House
Senate
White House
Revolution in Spain but Constitutional Guarantees Suspended
Madrid official Gazette announces a decree suspending constitutional guarantees across all provinces amid long standing unrest over Spain's war stance and a severe food shortage. State Department officials in Washington note the announcement with little surprise.
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London
Madrid
Reuter
Washington
Spain
State Department
Girl Drives Bandits Away in Rule Nebraska
Miss Edna Rayhill, a night telephone operator, fired multiple shots into the air from the Exchange building front opposite the Bank of Rule to scare off robbers. The bandits fled with nothing stolen as the town marshal could not be awakened.
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Rule
Neb
Edna Rayhill
Miss Rayhill
Exchange Building
Bank of Rule
Sweden forms new cabinet after resignation
Stockholm March 36 A government leader in the Riksdag says King Gustaf has accepted the cabinet resignation though no official statement has been issued. The Associated Press was informed of the change.
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Folembray
la Feuillee
Coucy Forest
French War Office
Soissons
Vregny
Associated Press
American Commission For Relief
Belgium
Sweden
Stockholm
Riksdag
Gustave
Order More U Boat Chasers
Washington reports March 30 that the government will award contracts to two private shipyards for additional destroyer chasers to enhance anti submarine defense amid wartime ship protection efforts.
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Washington
Vigilance corps urged to curb Missouri hog cholera
State veterinarian Dr. D F Luckey mails an appeal to eleven thousand rural school clerks to report sick hogs immediately. The plan built on last year’s success in fourteen counties stopping 261 outbreaks, aiming to save about a million dollars annually. Both single and double treatments will be used as needed.
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Missouri
D. F. Luckey
a_ vigilance corps
Missouri forms highway board to push road construction
Governor Gardner appoints E. L. Sanford George McInine C. O. Raine and A. C. McKibbon to a state highway board. A. W. Graham named state highway engineer to start building preliminaries. Counties to share half the cost and cooperate across six districts including St Louis, Springfield and Jefferson City regions.
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Missouri
Gardner
E. L. Sanford
Springfield
George McInine
St. Joseph
C. O. Raine
Canton
A. C. McKibbon
Clayton
Highway Board
A. W. Graham
Kansas City
Graham
Missouri River
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Double Anti Plot Guards Expanded in St. Louis District
Following reports of plots to destroy railroad bridges and tunnels eastward from St. Louis and to damage munitions plants, the United States Department of Justice has greatly increased the guard force at various plants and public structures in that district.
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St. Louis
United States Department of Justice
Boy Dies From Bullet Wound in Springfield
Charles Sysan, 14, died in a Springfield hospital from a gunshot to the head received while playing with a revolver. The incident is reported as an accidental shooting.
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Charles Sysan
Springfield
Former Banker Ends Life in St Louis After Despondency
Ernest M. Hubbard a former cashier of the Boatsman bank in St. Louis killed himself recently after the death of his wife. His despondency followed the family tragedy.
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Ernest M. Hubbard
Boatsman Bank
St. Louis
Fire destroys bank stock and lodge hall in Cabool
A $30,000 blaze at Cabool leveled the First National Bank building and damaged Stice & Sons general merchandise stock. The fire also consumed a restaurant, drug store, barber shop, and lodge hall with offices upstairs, breaking plate glass across the street.
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Cabool
First National Bank
Stice & Sons
Explosion Claims Three Victims In St Louis Gasoline Blast
Three men injured in a gasoline explosion at St Louis died from their injuries. The blast occurred while pouring gasoline from a fifty gallon barrel into a tank. All three victims were named locals unidentified in the report.
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St. Louis
Debates Highlight Missouri Valley Losses to Central and Westminster
Central College Fayette defeated Missouri Valley College in a debate, while Westminster College won over Missouri Valley College at Marshall in the same event, in a recent meet.
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Missouri Valley College
Central College
Fayette
Westminister College
Marshall
New Revenue Man at Springfield
Sam A. Moore, of the office of EB M. Harber, becomes collector of internal revenue in Springfield. The appointment moves the revenue office to a new leadership phase.
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Springfield
Sam A. Moore
EB. M. Harber
Healthy Skin Depends On Kidneys
The article explains that kidneys play a key role with the skin and intestines in flushing poisons. It links morning stiff joints, rheumatic pains, back aches, and swollen feet to uric acid buildup and urges buying Anuric from drug stores for a detoxifying effect, alongside hot water before meals.
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Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Man trades potatoes for change at grocery store
A man with a small basket of potatoes entered a grocery store to buy goods. Unable to provide 5 cents in change, he offered a medium potato. The clerk returned and, from a sack, selected two lima beans as his change and handed them to the customer.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
New Easy Freezone Cure Claims Corns Lift Away
A Cincinnati man touts freezone as a cheap home remedy that removes corns and calluses. A few drops supposedly relieve soreness and the corn dries up, allowing it to be lifted off with the fingers. If local druggists lack stock, they can order a small bottle from wholesalers.
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Cincinnati
New Profession for Women: itinerant bookkeeper gains ground
A St. Louis businesswoman pioneers itinerant bookkeeping helping merchants organize accounts and set honest cost bases. She explains many fail to cover overhead and misprice goods, offering practical demonstrations to boost profits.
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New York Evening World
St. Louis
Are Your Married Daughter and Husband Living With You
A growl delivers a sharp domestic quip about living arrangements. The speaker counters with a blunt line claiming the married daughter and her husband are living on him.
Nervous Women Hear Advice From Manning Advert
Mrs L ou Whither testifies to the health benefits of Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery after eight weeks bedridden with nervous distress She notes relief from one bottle and promotes the herbal tonic sold by mail from Buffalo New York It is offered in liquid or tablet form with no alcohol or narcotics and the wrapper lists ingredients
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United States
Dr Pierce’s Pellets and Garfield Tea Ad
An old newspaper ad contrasts advice on marriage with health claims. It promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for liver and bowel regulation and Garfield Tea to overcome constipation, citing humorous quotes from Life and Alfie.
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Dr. Pierce
No Doubt of It What is a portable house pa
A quirky exchange defines a portable house as any house carried away by a cyclone. The lighthearted remark contrasts a literal mobile shelter with a cyclone's forceful removal.
Not Fussy View Of A Nervy Family Portraits Tilted
A character remarks on a family described as not nervous, noting tilted pictures on their walls as evidence they accept misalignment without concern. The dialogue hints at underlying nonchalance or eccentricity within a household.
Full of Faith Faith and life insurance in muffled humor
Mrs Barton asks Mrs Grill about faith in life insurance. Mrs Grill answers with a sharp joke that she has earned $10,000 from two husbands, noting they were not good ones.
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Barton
Grill
Mule's Death Army Record at New York National Guard
A report from Camp Whitman records the death of Genevieve the army mule. National Guard HQ received two long ears as physical evidence before writing her obituary, per department rules. Captain Joseph W. Farrell oversaw the procedure and the event was noted in the books.
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National Guard
New York
Genevieve
Camp Whitman
Joseph W. Farrell
Quartermaster’s Department
Woolfe's sash added to Chateau de Ramezay Museum
The Montreal Star reports a new display at the Chateau de Ramezay museum a cabinet containing part of the garnet silk sash worn by Gen James Wolfe on the day he became victor of Quebec in 1759 paired with original letters confirming authenticity of the relic.
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Woolfe
Chateau de Ramezay
James Wolfe
Quebec
Montreal Star
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