Yankee Gunners Bombard German Towns in France
American artillery on the Tod front bombarded towns behind enemy lines near Essey and fought with German patrols between Remieres wood and Futrey. American snipers and anti air units reported activity as planes crossed the line. In Coblenz area raids killed about fifty, with munitions works and civilians affected.
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France
Tod Front
Essey
Remieres Wood
Jury Wood
Selchepray
Futrey
Mery
Senators Fight for $2.20 Wheat
Western senators push to raise the government wheat price to 22.5 percent per bushel for 1918 while Senate debate continues. Opponents argue the $2.20 level set by President Wilson is sufficient and warn against higher bread costs for consumers amid overall price pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Pomerone
Ohio
Postal workers proposed 15 percent pay increase
Washington reports the Senate post office sub-committee recommended flat pay increases of 15 percent for all postal service employees on annual salary or day pay, across all grades and classes, in revising the annual post office appropriation bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Postal Service
Senate Post Office
Post Office
British Bomb Mannheim Hit by Tons of Bombs
British aircraft dropped a ton of bombs on Mannheim Monday, an official statement announced tonight.
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London
Mannheim
Marked Bills Trap Man Accused Of Embezzling
Bookkeeper at Hammond Packing Company lodged in county jail on information sworn by employer charging embezzlement. Amount allegedly misappropriated not yet fully disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack A. Bristol
M.V. Macfarlane
Hammond Packing Company
La Follette's Man Wins in Wisconsin Senate Primary
Milwaukee March 14 Early returns show Lenroot leading Thompson by a slim margin in the Republican primary for U S senator with James Thompson posting 11 756 votes. Democrat J E Davies defeats Charles McCarthy by a large majority. The piece notes support for the president's wartime policies and details irregularities surrounding Macfarlane's alleged misappropriation of receipts and false book entries.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lenroot
James Thompson
LaFollette
J. E. Davies
Br. Charles McCarthy
Princess Helps Women Workers in War Relief
Princess Mary of England is pictured as an ardent war relief worker focusing on the welfare of women who have filled factory roles in time of war.
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Princess
Princess’ Mary of England
Wyoming Engineers Form State Society In Cheyenne
Engineers from across Wyoming gathered in Cheyenne for the launch of the Wyoming Engineering Society. F C Emerson of Worland was elected president and J C Irrerer of the University of Wyoming named vice president. An elaborate Plains Hotel banquet closed the first gathering, with Cheyenne chosen for the next meeting in January 1919.
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Aimost
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyoming Engineering Society
F. C. Emerson
Worland
J. C. [Irterer
University of Wyoming
H. C Watson
Thesisuer
Plains Hotel
Round Top
Fivu
Delay in Seizure of Dutch Ships in U S Waters
Plans to seize Dutch shipping in American waters were postponed after Holland did not reply to Anglo American demands. A presidential proclamation is required before actions proceed, with ships to be transferred to the Shipping Board after seizure and cargoes reviewed by the War Board. Netherlands accepts conditions of the mandate with certain stipulations.
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Washington
Holland
Germany
Little Kingdom
State Department
Navy Department
Shipping Board
War Board
the Hague
Italians Destroy 7 Hun Airplanes
The Italian war office reported seven Austro German planes shot down. An Italian airship bombed Villager en station behind enemy lines. Front activity included artillery and patrols capturing a few prisoners.
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Rome
War Office
Torlay
Villageren
Have Your Own War Garden Lessons Start March 24
The Cheyenne State Leader will begin a war gardening course next Sunday March 24. Lessons show how to plant grow and harvest vegetables and truck from soil to table. Printing daily after the first lesson readers will learn to aid the nation through home gardening.
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Cheyenne
Earth
Draft Evader Covered with Yellow Paint in Marshall County
Raymead W. Hall of Mineerva Marshall County, who left for Camp Dodge under an agricultural exemption, was seized by masked men who eight miles in an auto daubed him from head to foot with yellow and black paint and forced him to walk home. He is to appear March 12 in Des Moines for a notice that he was married to Grace Jolin.
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Associated Pree
Marshalltown
The
Raymead W. Hall
Mineerva
Marshall County
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Cometry
Nine States Ratify Dry Amendment
WASHINGTON March 1 Delaware ratifies the federal prohibition amendment. The drive has won one fourth of the total needed to make Congress action effective. The nine of the required thirty six are Mississippi Virginia Kentucky South Carolina North Dakota Maryland Montana Texas and Delaware.
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Washington
Delaware
Congress
Mississippi
Virginia
Kentucky
South Coroll
North Dakota
Maryland
Montana
Texas
Bandits Rob Yokohama State Bank in San Francisco
Three masked armed men robbed the Yokohama State Bank Ltd in San Francisco late today. They locked more than twenty employees in an office room and escaped with about 540. The trio fled in a car toward a side entrance after the heist.
Woman Slayer Freed in Insanity Verdict
Visalia March 1 The trial of Mrs Ilean Bo Howe who faced murder charges in the Porterville orange grower William B Brooks case ended with an insanity acquittal. The defense argued Brooks had circulated stories damaging Mrs Howe.
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Visalia
Cal
Ilean Bo Howe
William B. Brooks
Porterville
Allies' Offensive Mapped Out by Supreme War Board
Washington reports the supreme war council at Versailles holds the key to timing and location of major Allied offensives. pooled reserves may allow overwhelming strength at chosen points while German plans are considered defensive. German aims toward Paris appear abandoned as Allied initiative grows.
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Supreme War Board
Ims
Paris
Teutons
Cgerman
Cermans
Countrie
Germany
Gould
Alles
Packers Control Banks in U S Probe Says Heney
In a U S probe, Heney asserts Packers manipulated bank and livestock markets to slow price growth. Evidence references stockyards and cattle producers forced to sell at lower prices, with stock distortions and widespread charges presented to the courts.
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Packers
Heney
U.S
Ty Associated
Omanta
Pranecis
Fieney
Fox
Gowansshen
Mackie Coe Path
Questionable Public Domain Inquiry From Early New Mexico Press
An obscure 1¢ Associated Press item from Albuquerque discusses a public domain classification and land policy. It references congress, agricultural development, and lands susceptible to farming, with a note about a sheep industry meeting planned for next year at Rowwell.
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Albuquerqua
N. M
Congress
Rowwell
Independent town price report on crude fuel reduction
In Independence Kansas on March 1 reports outline price changes for refined crude fuel products. Officials note a cap at 2 to 2.25 per barrel with minor adjustments expected as market conditions shift.
U S Sleuth Exposes Spy Plot Linked to Deportation Warrant
In New York on March 19, presidential warrants were issued for the deportation to France of two men and two women arrested by Department of Justice agents on espionage suspicions. Volunteer secret service operative Vander Pool played a key role in obtaining the information. The suspects include Despina Storch and others, described as alleged spies.
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New York
France
Wfth
Department of Justice
Yeaterday
Lehniz
Germany
Washington
Willian Halered Vander Pool
Vander Pool
Hillmore
Pot Toraugly
Mae
Nix
le Boow
Ameriea
Rutle
Penuina
Wieson Shons Pay Epg Saving Dt
Fragmented OCR item mentions March dates and a reference to a president and last Sunday. Reads like garbled political or personal notices with unclear facts and names.
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Wieson
Don
Wasitington
Wiiwon
Howe
Germany Tries to Bully Sweden in Saar Dispute
Unclear dispatches report Germany pressing Sweden over Saar questions amid postwar diplomacy. Allegations describe coercive tactics and threats of occupation to secure concessions, including troop landings under disputed pretexts, as part of broader effort to shape regional settlement.
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Coblenz
Times
Mulheim
Rhine
Senators
la Follette
Macfarlane
Princess Mary
By James A. Levine
New York Harbor
Naval Reserve
Samarands
Rotterdam Linvd
Navy
Alex the Great
Pasederna
Mare
Inner
Alesander
Philadelphia
Chicago Culls
Uncle Sam
Lowan
Hatt
Grace Jolin
Woman Slayer
Iby Associated Press
Hertling
Rover
Swift
Uvalow
Tvitien
Greiner
Con Ni Heelan
CROOK
Independence
Kan
Ob & Ligs
Tadas
Gotham
Sweden
Murer
Saaren
Levene
Fores
Aland Indaneda
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