Spies Damage Coast Defense Guns at U S Forts
June 1 Fort Worden and Fort Flagler in Puget Sound district barred visitors after an espionage attempt. Breech locks removed and loading mechanisms damaged on four guns. Secret Service investigated after reports of photographic surveillance. no entry to batteries or gun stations found.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Big Oyes
Fort Worden
Fort Flagler
Puget Sound
War Department
Secret Service
Tee
Tribute to Jefferson Davis from Confederate reunion speaker
General B. W. Green of Little Rock Arkansas delivered a tribute to Jefferson Davis at the Richmond Confederate Veterans reunion. He praised Davis as a man of gentleness, truthfulness, patriotism, and steadfast service across roles as soldier planter statesman US senator and Confederate president.
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Richmond
Confederate States of America
Confederate Veterans
B. W. Green
Little Rock
Ark
Jefferson Davia
Davis
United States
Confederacy
Gen. Green
Prize Cattle to be Sold at Public Auction
London June 1 The herd of Jersey and Shorthorn cattle at Tring Park formed by the late Lord Rothschild will be sold this month. Tring Park pioneered milk yield records for breeding and adopted tuberculin testing to remove infected animals. Calves of tuberculous cows were kept disease free by separating them from their dams at birth, preserving valuable lines.
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London
Jersey
Lord Rothschild
Tring Park
President signs order for Mare Island seamstress job
President Wilson signed an executive order allowing the appointment of Mrs. F. Pierrard of Solano, California, widow of the submarine F-4’s chief gunner's mate. She will serve as seamstress at Mare Island yard to support her two children and sister after the boat sank in the Pacific.
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Washington
Wilson
Ss 6
Mare Island
F. Pierrard
Saveslite
Cal
Pacific
Wages for Belfast Women Workers Reported
A Belfast report claims women paid half a penny or one cent per hour for cushion cover work in the Moon face fob. Pay is piece rate with a penny for clipping and a 24 minute task noted as tedious. The article cites Mine MC Galway of the Tea file Operatives Society of Ireland.
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Belfast
First American Nebraskan Torpedoed Off Irish Coast
The Nebraskan, first ship to pass the Panama Canal, was torpedoed or hit by a mine off the Irish coast near Fastnet on May 18. The American owned and crewed vessel, built in Camden New Jersey in 1902, sailed from New York May 7 for Liverpool, later heading to Delaware Capes in ballast.
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Ireland
Galavarray
Fastnet
Queenstown
San Francisco
Camden
N. J
American Hawaiian Line
New York
Liverpool
Atlantic Transport Line
Delaware Capen
Nebraskan
England
Hawaii
Flowers Cheer Dutch Homes In Great Demand
In the Hague area record demand for cut flowers amid hard times. Dutch florists showcase carna tions irises tulips and roses with modest prices. Hoskoop near Gouda leads a growing industry with blooms shipped to Rotterdam Amsterdam and The Hague each dawn.
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Hague
Netherlands
Darwin
Ifuarlem
Hoskoop
Gouda
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Tee Hague
Goerz Port City of Adriatic Sparks Interest in War Era
The National Geographic society describes Goerz as a key Austrian rail hub near the Italian frontier. It notes Goerz as a climate resort with a mixed population of Italians, Slovenes, Hungarians, and Germans, and highlights its rail connections to Venice and Trieste, its river setting on the Isonzo, and historic sites including a castle ruin and a cathedral.
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Goors
National Geographic Society
Goerg
Goerz
Gradisco
Austria
Goer
Venice
Undine
Triest
Klagenfurt
Gulf of Triest
Vienna
Friuli
American
Palm Beach
French
Nice
Goore
Europe
Goerete
Isonzo
Adriatic
Ruigse
Counts of Geers
Goerx
America fishing launch arrives speckled with bullets off California
The American fishing launch America arrived in San Diego with bullet holes in its hull and crew clothing after an ambush near Punta Banda bay twelve miles southeast of Ensenada. Owners believed the attack was a mistaken landing by Chinese assailants, the firing continuing until the vessel left range.
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San Diego
Cal
America
Punta Bando Bay
Ensenada
Lower California
Orn
Kidney Trouble Warning From Rich Food Overload
The text warns that overindulgence in rich foods leads to kidney strain and bladder weakness. It promotes Jad Salve as a remedy, advising a specific dose over six days to flush acids from the urine and relieve symptoms like headaches and back pain.
Paris Women Restore War Time Glamour as Conflict Presses
Paris fashion resumes amid war as women finish knitting for soldiers and revive gaiety. Yvonne Guilbert notes amusements and toilettes return, lace and delicate gowns appear, wages lag, and retailers report gradual recovery while headwear shifts from bold aigrettes to modest rosettes and ribbons.
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Paris
Finving
Parsienne
Yvette Guilert
France
Rue de la Paix
Place Vendome
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