World’s greatest warship the Tennessee ships as future dreadnought
The Tennessee will launch next week at the New York navy yard as the largest battle unit. It will displace 32,300 tons, exceed earlier dreadnoughts Idaho and Mississippi, and feature a clipper-like bow and triple anchors. The California will be built at Mare Island, and the fleet line will include other historic displacement figures.
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Tennessee
New York Navy Yard
United States
California
Mare Island Navy Yard
Idaho
Mississippi
Delaware
Utah
Florida
Arkansas
Wyoming
New York
Texas
Oklahoma
Neva
Pennsylvania
Arizona
U. S. May Fix World Prices On Wheat Director Barnes Speaks
Julius H. Barnes, newly appointed federal wheat director, signals U S may set the world price for wheat if needed. A leading American grain expert from Duluth, his work spans Winnipeg to New York. He led the Food Administration grain program during wartime, overseeing government grain buying and selling for allies.
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Julius H. Barnes
United States
Ile
Duluth
Winnipeg
New York
Federal Food Administration Grain Corporation
America
Ian
Seeene
Han
War duties call chief to public service
Fragment discusses how wartime issues pressed a firm's operations and led the president to summon its leader to abandon private life and serve nationally and internationally.
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Dling
Saar valley coal fields loom in peace talks
The Saar valley hosts rich coal deposits and its 70 square miles produced about 10 million tons yearly before World War I, a third of France’s annual coal output. The region lies along the Saar and Moselle rivers from Conz to Lorraine, near Saarbrucken, with potential influence on European peace negotiations.
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Europe
Saar Valley
Saar River
Conz
Moselle
Treves
Lorraine
Rhine and Marne
Saarbrucken
France
Pennsylvania Belt
United States
States Back League of Nations in 1919 Concurrents
Thirteen states endorsed the League of Nations via concurrent resolutions in 1919, with seventeen more adopting similar actions in 1917 and 1918. The overall count reaching twenty six states shows broad support, while Missouri debated differing routes and Massachusetts pressed for a peace treaty first.
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League of Nations
League
Arizona
Arkansas
Nevada
New Hampshire
North Carolina
North Dakota
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Wisconsin
Washington
Vermont
Florida
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Mississippi
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island
Delaware
Georgia
Illinois
Louisiana
Qorrend
Oklahoma
Missouri
Senate
Missouri House of Representatives
Man claims Belgian women tied to German cannon in war reports
SHEMIDAN Wyo April 6 Roy Jester of Nanchester Wyoming returning from overseas asserts he saw Belgian women chained to German cannon and many corpses on battlefields. He recounts five major battles including St Mihiel and the Argonne drive.
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Shemidan
Wyo
Roy Jester
Nanchester
Oist
St. Mihiel
Argonne Rdun
Foley Health Remedies Ad Promises Trial Package
An old advertisement urges readers to cut out four slips and mail to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive a trial package of Foley products. The offer includes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills for pain and rheumatic conditions, and Foley Cathartic Tablets for constipation and digestive issues.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
Crossings for Heavy Tracks at Cheyenne Depot
Union Pacific installs two crossings at the Cheyenne depot linking the brick platform with passenger tracks. The installations aim to ease movement for mall and express traffic but encounter sinking issues as heavy beads sink into the gravel ballast on the tracks.
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Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Eight Hundred Discharged At Fort Russell Yesterday
About 800 soldiers were discharged at Fort Russell yesterday as trains from Cheyenne carried detachments all day and night. The first routed to Fort Russell since demobilization began arrived on a Burlington special from Sterling Colorado. Another routed train was due this morning with more soldiers including a member of the 57th Infantry from Denver parade route.
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Fort Russel
Union Pacific
Burlington
Sterling
Colo
57Th Infantry
Denver
Fort Russell
Cheyenone
Mang ~Ann
Oil Rights Boom Near Laramie Wyoming Claim
In Albany County oil exploration grows after a long abandonment. Eli A. Eades sold a third of his rights and refused a $25,000 offer for the remaining share. A new well is under construction one mile south of a recent strike, with derricks and cabins proliferating around the area.
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Eli A
Albany
Carbon Counties
Albany County
Patient fears influenza after severe cold
A. A. recalls last spring’s terrifying cold that felt like influenza looming, describing a grippy illness and the dread of catching the flu.
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A. A
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