Speaker Clark Receives Transylvania University Diploma
Washington reports Champ Clark, Speaker of the House, officially graduated today from Transylvania University in Lexington Kentucky. The diploma grants a doctor of laws degree to compensate for a fifty year delay in delivery. Clark recalled being expelled in 1857 for shooting at a man and joked about finally receiving the long awaited credential.
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Washington
Champ Clark
Transylvania University
Lexington
Sorghum as Food and Feed Crop Guidance
Sam Jordan discusses sorghum as a versatile crop for both human and animal use, noting its tolerance of lighter soils and value for molasses. He advises July 1 sowing for molasses, warns against frost damage, and suggests silage from stalks.
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Sam Jordan
Jewell Mayes
1St State Board of Agriculture
Export control ordered as Wilson names export council
Washington June 25 President Wilson assumed control of American exports under the espionage law by creating an exports council of the secretaries of state agriculture and commerce and the food administrator. An executive order directs the commerce department to run all details of operation with daily meetings to organize. Proclamations will license coal and fuel shipments and all exports to European neutrals, then extend to all commodities, starting with cereals and foodstuffs. The program aims to tighten shipping, prevent supplies reaching Germany, and coordinate with Britain to direct world trade for the war effort.
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Washington
Wilson
Secretaries of State, Agriculture and Commerce
Department of Commerce
Experts Council
Germany
United States
Great Britain
E. E. Pratt
Lester H. Woolsey
State Department
Orrick Potato Spray Methods Shared by Elmer A Paulson
Elmer A Paulson of the Orrick Missouri Potato District outlines effective beetle control methods shared with Jewell Mayes of the State Board of Agriculture. He recommends Paris Green mixed with air stacked lime or flour, dusting for small patches, or a wet spray using Paris Green dissolved in water for field work, with reapplication after rainfall and at ten day intervals.
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Elmer A. Paulson
Orrick
Jewell Mayes
State Board of Agriculture
U S Calls for Airmen Denies Branch Swamped
Washington June 21 The Government through the Committee on Public Information calls for young men to enlist in the Aviation Corps promising a pivotal role in the war against Germany. It seeks to correct rumors that the Air Corps is oversupplied and states enlistments are rising with 25 per week recruited per school and 200 per week later. Applications are taken at multiple fields including Mineola Fort Sam Houston Essington Epsington North Brothers Island and Chicago.
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Washington, D. C
Committee On Public Information
Aviation Corps
Germany
Air Corps
Army
Navy
Sandy Hook
Bostan Harbor
Signal Corps
War Department
Mineola Field
Mineola
Long Island
Essington Flying Field
Epsington
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Tex
North Brothers Island
San Diego
Cal
Central Departments
Chicago
Fort Omaha
Omaha
Neb
Only Women Can Balk German Starvation Scheme
London June 21 Mrs Pember Reeves joint controller of Women's Service at the Ministry of Food says only women can ensure Germany cannot starve the Allied nations. She notes Hoover plans for a National League of Housewives in America and urges American women to reduce family food consumption to aid the war effort. She warns the saved food will be a sacred treasure when it reaches the United Kingdom and calls for no waste on either side of the water.
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London
Germany
United States
United Kingdom
Dutch Potatoes Seized by Women in Rotterdam Harbor
A Times dispatch from Amsterdam reports women stormed twelve Rotterdam inner harbors barges and seized about a ton of potatoes bound for England. Police guarded the move as the dispute tied to Holland England and Germany over potato shipments and coal trade.
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London
The
Times
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
England
Holland
Germany
Heat endangers crops as prisoners of war blamed in Germany
Copenhagen reports Berlin fears crop losses from prolonged heat and drought across Germany with little rainfall. Early potatoes delayed as Hungary suffers drought, while cities like Hamburg and Altona face bread rationing. Authorities cite alleged POW sabotage and arson plots, though uncertainty remains about official motives.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Germany
Berlin
Hungary
Hamburg
Altona
France
Russia
von Heering
Asume
Publicaton order in Bates County land suit 1917
In Bates County Missouri Circuit Court October term 1917 G W Cathey plaintiff vs William R Johnson Nancy A Johnson Bettle Johnson Sarah A Johnson Joseph R Johnson John Evans Elisha Evans Mene France J C Welliver Thomas Huff Martha J Huff unknown heirs consigns and devisees defendants The state of Missouri to the defendants you are notified by publication suit to quiet title to parts of land described in sections 2 11 township 41 range 30 Bates County Missouri The court orders publication and requires appearance at the next term beginning October 1 1917 at Butler Missouri with a true copy on file and a true copy of this order The Butler Weekly Times is named for publication The clerk H C Maxey issued June ith 1917.
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State of
Missouri
Bates
Circuit Court
Said
G. W. Cathey
William R. Johnson
Nancy A. Johnson
Bettle
Johnson
Sarah A. Johnson
Joseph _R. Johnson
John Evans
Elisha Evans
Mene France
J. C. Walliver
Thomas Huff
Martha J. Huff
State of Missouri
Bettle Johnson
Joseph KH. Johnson
John Myans
Bilsha Evans
Hilsha Bryans
Henry France
J. C. Welliver
John C. Welliver
Martha Jane Huff
Recorder of Deeds
Bates County
Butler
Butler Weekly Times
Joanna Maxey
D.C
H. C. Maxey
D, C
Sixteen Little Victims of Air Raid Buried Together
London June 21 sixteen children victims of the last German air raid were given a public funeral in a common grave. The event drew a government presence led by the Marquis of Crewe and London district commander Maj Gen Sir Francis Lloyd. Messages from the King and Queen were read as bishops led the service. Floral tributes bore stark memorials to children murdered by German aircraft.
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London
Marquis of Crewe
Francis Lloyd
Lomson
Stepny
Go to the Rescue Rescue the acting back
Mrs. Roy Dalton of W Harrison Sr. endorses Doan's Kidney Pills as a trusted remedy. She describes years of backache fatigue headaches and nervousness eased by the medicine, noting it keeps her free from those troubles.
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Roy Dalton
W. Harrison Sr
Doan
Regulars Seek More Officers for Army Reserve Corps
Washington notes that Officers' Reserve Corps members and trainees aged 21 to 27 may apply to camp commanders for provisional second lieutenancy. The number approved will be limited to a percentage of all camp attendees within the age range.
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Washington
Army Flying Is Safe
Washington reports airplane safety devices kept army air service fatalities to three from 1914 through April 28. The notice cites improved equipment and procedures as the reason for the low death toll in the early aviation era.
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Washington
Army Air Service
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