San Diego sunk by a mine survivor accounts shift
Secretary Daniels says the cruiser San Diego was likely sunk by a mine not a torpedo. Reports from New York cite 90 to 140 lives lost, with many engine room crew members among the dead. Survivors were picked up by Steamers Mauden Bossom and P. Jones, and Red Cross provided aid.
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Associated Press
Wnorfile
Daniels
San Diego
New York
Fire Island
of Fieldle
Navy
Bife
Washington
Navy Department
Christy
Veesel
Maulden
Bossom
P. Jones
Red Cross
Arch Bishop of Parma Urges Soldiers to Fight for Italy
Monsignor Conforti archbishop of Parma addresses officers at a mass for new graduates. He blesses them for victory and safe return, saying their cause is just and holy, and urges perseverance with divine guidance as soldiers vow to resist and conquer.
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Parma
Monsignor Conforti
Nicolo di Falco
Iehop
Monsignor Confort
Italy
Nowers
Women at War: Emma Lansing and Katherine Lansing in France
Miss Emma Lansing and Miss Katherine Lansing sisters of the secretary of state work with the American Red Cross in France. They run a village canteen near the front under fire and share letters describing nightly alerts, cave shelters, and the crowded canteen scene with soldiers, civilians, and ambulances.
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Emma 6
Lansing
Katherine F. Lansing
American Red Cross
France
Lancing
Caneen
Sisters of Mercy
Entat
Tilleum
Lettgalien seeks German aid after independence move
Lettgal len, aka Pollah Li vonia, plans to join Courland and Livonia with German support. Retigallen landowners with German names hold a recent declaration of independence at Dunaburg, amid calls to absorb the blessings of the German kultur and protect against Russian aggression.
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Amsterdam
Lettgallen
Pollah
Lettgalien
Deutsche Tageszeltung
German closed down factories form postwar trade group
Consular dispatches report Germany forming the Association of Closed Down Cotton Weaving Factories based in Dresden with many major concerns joining. The group seeks proportional representation in war economy bodies to protect the interests of idle firms, as officials anticipate German plans for industrial safeguarding and postwar rehabilitation.
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Washington, D. C
Dreadeo
Ia Weing
New Treatment Disabled Soldiers Works Wonders
London reports a new military orthopedic approach using work therapy. Wounded men with lingering disabilities gain strength and focus through productive, varied workshops making boots, scenery, cigarettes, and more. The method, from Shepard's Head, cleanly blends medical recovery with purposeful labor.
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London
Prema
Robert Jones
Great Britain
Lmb
Shepard’s Head
Women’s clubs urge child welfare in home economics
The General Federation of Women's Clubs asks the National Home Economics Association the National Education Association and the Federal Vocational Board to make child welfare a core part of all home economics courses in schools and colleges nationwide. The action reflects wartime social and economic strains raising child safety concerns.
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General Federation of Women's Clubs
National Home Economica Association
The
National Education Association
Federal Vocational Board
United States
Young instructors teach English by canning demonstrations
Boy and girl club members who speak foreign languages are trained by USDA extension workers and state colleges to give canning and drying demonstrations to foreign-speaking people in their communities. Teams of three present to audiences first in Haraglioh then in the foreign language to educate foreign-speaking residents in Kaglioh and support extension efforts across 34 northern and western states.
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United States Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Colleges
Haroglioh
Kaglioh
Railroad News Highlights U P Safety Meeting and Staff Changes
An active safety committee meeting at the U P offices reviewed repairs on the O B L near Granger and notes trains back on track. Director General McAdoo prompted resignations of all railroad vice presidents except William Jeffers as regional operating head at U P. Transients include soldiers moved to eastern ports, with Cheyenne residents often present at trains.
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McAdoo
Wm. Jeffers
U. P
Save the Nation’s Children Through Public Health Nursing
Miss Mary Beard of the Massachusetts child conservation committee urged a nationwide effort to save mothers and babies. She outlined a program emphasizing birth registration, prenatal care, adequate confinement and medical care, and systematic supervision of well and sick children until school age.
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Mary Beard
Massachusetts
Child Conservation Committee
Massachusetts Committee On Child Conservation
Champion Wrestler to Meet Joe Stangi Friday Night in Cheyenne
Marin Prestina world champion to wrestle Wyoming cow boy Joe Stangi at Eagle hall in Cheyenne on Friday July 26. Promoted by the Eagle lodge with managers J C Marah and Collyer’s Eye backing Prestina, the match promises a packed house and top entertainment.
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Wyoming
Eagle Club
Cheyenne
Eagle Hall
Eaglea
Beteen Marin Prestina
Joe Stangi
Stang
Prestina
America
Anager
J. C. Marah
Collyer'n Eye
Sporting Paper
Chicago
New York
Pacific Coast
Joe Stang
Ladive
Five Hundred Horses to Start in Local Race Meet
The Cheyenne Thoroughbred association plans a major local meet at Frontier Park from Aug 10 to Sept 12 with 600 horses expected. Kentucky entries from Latonia head to Cheyenne, new track improvements promise faster times, and eastern press coverage aims to boost tourist turnout.
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Beautiful Frontier Park
West
Racing Association
Locml
Cheyenne
Kentucky
Latonia
Manage Ney
Swafelda
Baseball Scores Major Leagues Reported for Day
American League results include Boston beat Detroit 1 to 0 and Washington 6 over Chicago 1 Philadelphia won 10 to 4 against Cleveland with Cleveland forfeit the second game against Philadelphia 0 due to crowd on the field New York defeated St Louis 5 to 3 in the second game National League shows Pittsburgh 0 Philadelphia 2 Millsburg 2 Philadelphia 3 Cincinnati 3 Bouton Chicago 4 Brooklyn 6 New York 6 St Louis 4 in 10 innings
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Boston
Detroit
Washington
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cleveland
New York
St. Lowie
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Millsburg
Cincinnati
Bouton
Brooklyn
Loule
Beaton
Laule Eaaae
Chisago
Phillphia
Cincinnat
Diphtheria Claims Seven Year Old South Side Boy
Thos Franklin Galloway Jr aged seven died at his home 10 East Brath street Saturday afternoon after a brief diphtheria illness. He was a twin with the surviving twin also ill, son of Mr and Mrs Thos Franklin Galloway born in Cheyenne and a student at the South Side School. Funeral services will be at Odd Fellows Cemetery with Rev J Stubblefield officiating. family residence under quarantine. all messages should go to Barly undertaking parlors or cemetery direct.
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Potlus
Rheims
Rheime
France
Wilson
United States
America
Cantern Kitchen
Mreitchen
Thos
Franklin Galloway, Jr
East Brath
Thos. Franklin Galloway
Cheyenne
South Side School
Odd Fellows
Rev. J
Stubblefield
Barly
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Nebraska
Ewetts
Western Passenger Traffic Association
T. F. Watts
North Platte
M. N. Payne
Timekeeper's Department of the U. P
Omaha
B. F. Yoder
E. W. Store
Wesley J. Dumm
J. C. Gans
South Side
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