Liberty Loan subscriptions top 3 billion dollars
Subscriptions to the Liberty Loan surpass the Treasury estimate, exceeding 3 billion dollars. Captain John O'Brien, known as Dynamite Johnny, dies of pneumonia in New York, leaving a Newark family of a widow and seven children. Farm loan bonds will be issued around July 1, ranging from 2 million to 150 million dollars at 4.5 percent interest. The Kronprinzessin Cecilie liner is seized in Boston, to be repaired for seaworthiness by the Shipping Board.
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Liberty Loan
Treasury
John O'Brien
Johnny
New York
Newark
N. J
Kronprinzessin Cecilie
Boston
United States Shipping Board
Explosion at Austrian munitions works wounds and vanishes
A Vienna dispatch reports more than a thousand people are hurt or missing after an explosion at munitions factories in Bloeweg. In the same notice, the Seven Day Adventists say they are willing to serve in ambulance and field hospital units in Europe despite religious scruples against combat.
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Bloeweg
Vienna
Seven Day Adventists
Europe
Egg in cold storage tops year-ago total for June
The Agricultural Department reports for June 15 show 264 storage houses holding 5,230,985 cases of eggs in cold storage, higher than the 4,595,142 cases stored at the same date last year. This marks the first time in months that current holdings exceed the prior season.
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Agricultural Department
International Harvester subscribes 350000 to Red Cross
The International Harvester Company subscribes 350000 to the American Red Cross. Alex Legge, the general manager, reports 165000 subscribed in Chicago and 85000 by local branches. The remaining 200000 roubles, equal to about 100000 dollars in normal exchange, is directed to the Red Cross in Moscow for Russia.
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International Harvester Company
American Red Cross
Alex Legge
Chicago
Moscow
Russia
Chicago school board orders removal of Kaiser story
The Chicago school board ordered a page praising the German Kaiser be removed from spelling books used in public schools. If the new edition isn’t ready by fall, a day will be set for children to clip the page from all books.
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Chicago
Sayre to lead YMCA work with American troops in France
Francis B Sayre son in law of President Wilson is appointed YMCA secretary with American troops in France and will sail soon with about twenty five men similarly elected in response to Paris requests. Mrs Sayre will spend summer with her brother Rev J Nevin Sayre.
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Francis B. Sayre
Wilson
Young Men’s Christian Association
France
Paris
War bonds proposed for Liberty Loan push at Boston conven tion
The order plans a 1 million dollar war fund to support wartime activities and a new bond program to be sold over the counter in stores and cigar shops after the next war loan terms are announced. Robert W. Woolley urges bonds in small denominations for broad public purchase. The Liberty Loan publicity director foresees immediate sale following official terms release.
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Grand Lodge
Boston
Treasury Department
Robert W. Woolley
Liberty Loan
Woman shot by teacher in Wisconsin town
Mrs. David Roberts, wife of a former state veterinarian, was killed by Miss Grace Lusk, a high school teacher in Waukesha Wisconsin. Lusk barricaded herself in Miss Blanca Mills’s home, defied police for a half hour, then shot herself and is hospitalized under guard with a serious wound.
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David Roberts
Grace Lusk
Waukesha
Wis
Miss Lusk
Blanca Mills
Roberts
Brazilian agent pockets loan money in Europe
A Brazilian agent arrived in Paris to secure a ten million franc loan using securities. He took the funds, fled to Geneva, and bragged of being a live wire. He claimed fear of German capture if he returned home, explaining why he stayed abroad.
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South America
Republic of Brazil
France
Paris
Brazil
Geneva
Chicago Mayor Faces Impeachment Push Over Board Row
Chicago Mayor Thompson, noted for rebuffing Marshal Joffre during a U S tour, again dominates headlines after a clash with the Chicago school board. The judiciary committee of the city council posts notice that impeachment proceedings will begin and the mayor will be asked to resign.
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Thompson
Chicago
Marshal Joffre
United States
Chicago School Board
Judiciary Committee
Shawnee Township Sunday School Convention at Adrian
The Sunday School Convention of Shawnee township will be at United Brethren Chapel one mile south and three miles east of Adrian on Sunday July 1 at 10 oclock. Dinner baskets unload at noon. The program features reports, addresses by John Dever and others, and sessions on church education and co operation with music and discussions.
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Shawnee Township
United Brethern
E. E. Martz
Mary Deckerard
Ernest Timmons
Myrtle Randall
L. E. Spaur
Butler
Ohio company taking leases near Rich Hill for oil and gas
Cleveland geologist E Palmer Martyn said a company has leased 1600 acres near Rich Hill in Bates County seeking further holdings. He noted the region shares strata with Oklahoma and Kansas and may develop commercial oil, with leases starting at Cotton farm and extending seven miles toward Sprague Metz and Richards. Gas on Wheatley farm suggests abundant natural gas.
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E. Palmer Martyn
Cleveland
Ohio
Bates County
Rich Hill
Martyn
Oklahoma
Kansas
Mr. Martyn
Sprague
Metz
Richards
Wheatley Farm
Baptist Church Dedication in Butler July First
Butler Baptist Church will dedicate its new building on Sunday July 1 with a full day program. The schedule includes Sunday School at 9 30 am dedication service at 10 30 am with hymn prayer and sermon by Dr S M Brown, an afternoon praise service at 3 pm and an 8 pm evening service with hymn and scripture reading. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
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The
New Baptist Church of
Butler
T. J. Smith
J. W. Alexander
Pharis
S. M. Brown
Senate panel would ban whisky and leave beer to president
Washington June 26 A Senate Agricultural Subcommittee drafted a substitute for the House food control bill proposing absolute prohibition of distilled spirits during the war and placing in the President the decision on beer and wine. It also barred imports of distilled spirits and authorized seizure for redistilling. The panel also extended government control to iron and steel petroleum and their products farm implements binding twine and allied products as an amendment to the administration bill.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Agricultural
Administration
Railroad Employes Strike In Missouri Division
Nevada Missouri June 25 Several section men and bridge workers on the Kansas City Joplin Division of the Missouri Pacific quit work today demanding higher wages None struck here
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Nevada
Kansas City-Joplin
Missouri Pacific
Belgium Has Faith in American Aid, Baron Mentions Hoover
Baron Moncheur head of the Belgian war mission told Washington correspondents Belgium's gratitude for America's generous aid and sympathy. He praised Herbert C. Hoover for Belgian relief work and said the visit aims to express deep thanks to the U.S. government and people for material assistance saving Belgians from famine.
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Washington
Counties Vote On Good Roads in Southeastern Missouri
Reports show several counties in Southeastern Missouri plan rock road bond elections to fund county wide highway systems. Amounts include New Madrid 850000 Mississippi 375000 Ripley 554000 Phelps 375000 Cape Girardeau 1000000. Campaigns led by M V Carroll with experience from Clay County rock road fight.
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Jefferson City
State Highway Commission
Missouri
Scott County
New Madrid County
Mississippi County
Ripley County
Phelps County
Cape Girardeau
M. V. Carroll
Missouri State Motor and Good Roads Association
Scott
New Madrid
Carroll
Clay County
Congress Doing Well In Wartime Shipping Drive
The piece argues citizens should understand wartime legislative limits and support rapid measures. It notes the country is taking over shipbuilding, finishing yards, and expanding fleet despite owner opposition, with Secretary Daniels directing navy fuel procurement under Trade Commission terms.
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Congress
Daniels
Ownlets
Army contracts award 25000 heroes in St Louis district
In St Louis on June 30 the United States Army awarded contracts totaling 25000 heroes divided among four divisions within the St Louis district. The action reflects ongoing wartime mobilization and allocation of men and resources to regional units.
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St.Louis
United States Army
United States
St. Louis District
Disloyal Suffrage Ban Banners Destroyed at White House
Washington June 20—Silent sentinels of the suffrage movement faced their first disruption as a crowd tore down banners carried before the Russian mission visiting President Wilson. The banners urged democracy and urged liberation of Russia, prompting cries of treason as men surged forward and tore canvases from frames.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
Root
Russia
America
Prohibition Fight Halts On Redistillation Plan
Washington June 23 Prohibitionists lost a test on the dry section of the Food Control Bill as Rep Hamlin of Missouri sustained a point against Rep Webb's amendment to empower the President to seize liquor for redistillation. The House also rejected the Meeker amendment to strike the price fixing section by 125 to 33. Webb proposed President power to take over liquor on hand for redistribution. Lever ruled the amendment not germane.
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Washington
Legislative Bureau
Hamlin
Missouri
Webb
Meeker
North Carolina
United States
Lever
Piersol Has Dofessed St. Louis Report
June 22 dispatch from St Louis notes a baffling incident where the subject Piersol appears to be involved in a dofessed episode. Details remain unclear as witnesses provide varying accounts.
Reproof for Eastern States and Western War Duty
An essay argues Westerners feel the East drags its feet in war while the West bears more than its share. It cites Civil War and Spanish War examples, notes British parallels with Kipling, and warns that Eastern ridicule now could deepen sectional rifts, impairing U.S. unity.
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United States
New York City
National Guard
West
England
Kipling
Gallipoli
Arras
Somme
New York Independent
State Mine Tax Expected to Total About 640000
Jefferson City Mo June 25 Mine operators statewide begin paying into the State Treasury the new tax under the Forty-ninth General Assembly. The levy is 2 mills per ton on coal clay and shale mined for earth products and 3 cents on lead and zinc.
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Jefferson City
Forty-ninth General Assembly
Explosion rocks Havana fortress area killing and injuring many
An explosion at the Hayapa magazine inside the Cabanas fortress near Havana at 9 tonight shook the city. One person is dead and many injured. Reports indicate a large blast with widespread damage and ongoing rescue efforts.
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Ben Harper
Ollie May Goodrum
Navagota
Texas
Courtney, T
Houston
C. A. Griffin
Rich ‘Hill
Salem Sunday School
Liberty
Chapel Sunday School
Township Sunday School
Ohio Company
Baptist Church
Committee
Senate
Belgium
VNU
Moncheur
Maxwell
Madech
Wilcox Bros. Preps
Jefferson Highway
Piersol
St. Louis
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