London preps for Zeppelins attack to burn city
London faces a looming air raid as Zeppelins threaten to drop fire and explosives. An Royal Air Service commander warns weather and new bomb-capable planes will enable massive destruction and heavy civilian casualties. He urges aerial defense and strikes at Zeppelins’ source.
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Mary Boyle O'Reilly
London
Hill
Jowt
Royal Air Service
Germany
England
Zeppelinski
Dynamite Explosion Levels Maplewood Area. Two Dead
Two killed and 20 injured in a dynamite blast that rocked Maplewood near St. Louis. Thirty houses demolished and many more damaged as a massive explosion tore a 60 by 14 foot crater. Cause undetermined. responders sweep area for additional victims.
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ST. Louis
Maplewood
Germans Close In On Verdun Forts As Drive Surges
The article describes a graphic map of the German advance toward Verdun, detailing initial attacks on Fort Douaumont and Fort Vauquois, the faltering FPVenth line near Beaumont and Louvemont, and German gains from Barabant to Gremilly. It notes French defenses holding until Louvemont fell, with Verdun now within three miles.
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Verdun
Marre
Douamont
Fpventh
Beaumont
Louvemont
Papper Heights
Fort de Douamont
Louremont
Rheumatism Cause and Simple Home Remedy
A health note warns that uric acid from rich foods causes rheumatism and urges dry feet, low meat intake, and ample water. It recommends four teaspoons of Jad Gelatin dissolved in water each morning for a week to help eliminate the impurity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jad Gelte
Eadd
Elim
German U Boat Raids Continue Amid Claims of Armed Merchantmen
Germany reiterates plans to torpedo armed British merchant vessels without warning beginning Wednesday. Secretary Lansing reports a memorandum from Ambassador von Bernstorff alleging British armed ships used weapons against submarines. Memorandum includes purported secret orders and references a British ship Appam incident.
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Germany
Count von Bernatorff
Lansing
Bernster
von Herndorf
Admiralty
Appam
Newport Newd
KarenWiedinek
Hervetorft
Shields Bill Seen As Aggressive Water Power Grab
Washington February 28 Senators vow to push Shields dam bill by attaching it to the Moyers water power measure. Critics call the Shields bill a vicious bid to control remaining navigable-water power sites for 50 years with little oversight or compensation. The lobby includes Underwood Bankhead and Shields supporters while LaFollette Husting and others oppose it. A Waterpower Development Association forms to champion the bill with industry figures backing the effort.
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Washington
Congress
Moyers
Public Lands Committee
Senate
Meyers McEnsure
Perris
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gilson Gardner
Washington, D.C
United States Senate
Shields Bi
John K. Shields
Tennessee
Oscar W. Underwood
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
John F. Shafroth
Colorado
Reed Smoot
Utah
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Wealey L. Jones
LaFollette and
Husting
Wis
Consin
Nortis and Hitchcock
Nebraska
Kenyon
Iowa
Lane
Oregon
Poindexter
Whallington
Waleh
Underwood, Shields and Jones
Henry L. Petree
General Electria Company
Hugh 8. Cooper
Stone & Webster
M. D. Leighton
Utah Securities Company
Frank H. Short
I. P. Morris Company
Philadelphia
Amis-Chalmere Manufacturing Company
Milwaukee
Wellman-Seaver- Morgan Company
Cleveland
R. Thomas & Sons Company
Liverpool
Ohio
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Pittsburg
Marenus A. Reamon
New Association
Cleveland and Buffalo Chamber of Commerce
New Jersey
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Mary Hoyle
Apemling Traina
Zeppelina
Great Britain
Navy
Itew
Burr London
Great Fort
Hunberthoff
Paris
Joffee
Hirsch Wickwire Co
Schloss Bros. Co
George W. Daiber
Carey Ave
I' Nae Cartain Comber
New York
Castoria
Infante
Cheyenne
Capitol Avenue
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