Japan Active in Support of War
Reports from Tokyo dated May 28 describe the Japanese chapter of the American Red Cross organized under American ambassador Roland B. Morris with a twelve-member American council and officers from Yokohama Tokyo Kobe and Seoul. The piece notes war relief work by Americans in Japan including bandage making garments and bonds donations and anticipates systematic growth of the effort.
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Trew
Tokio
Red Crone Han
Roland
Red Crom
Tokyo
Yokohama
Kobe
Seoul
Crom Society of
Japan
Empire of Japan
United States
Korea
Enue
Liberty Bonds
Red Cross
Empire
Military Surgeon Is Unsung Hero in War
A May 28 dispatch from Somewhere in France profiles the military surgeon as an unsung hero. It notes the surgeon’s extreme fatigue and dangers endured while tending wounded under fire, contrasting with infantry bravado and stressing the medic’s grim, nonromantic role in frontline hospitals.
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Associated Press
France
Woman Finds Relief After Long Illness With Fermented Health Tonic
Spring Valley Illinois woman, age twenty, endured months of periodic pains despite doctor visits. After trying an herbal tonic, she reports significant relief and credits improved health to the remedy, thanking the provider for the positive change.
Russia World Power No Longer
Amsterdam May 12. Professor Paul Rohrbach argues in Berlin that Russia has ceased to be a world power. He claims Residue-Russia will be weak politically and economically, with Ukraine and Poland offering stronger prospects. He asserts Germany’s aim is to break the Russian barrier and complete the western reorganization.
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Amsterdam
Russia
Paul Rohrbach
Berlin
Petrograd
Ukraine
Bessarabia
Germany
Riesia
Rogia
Pedeen Ia
Poland
Fame pronderrsmans ranch relics to be preserved
The famed Jim Baker ranch on the Snake River in Baggs Wyoming has been purchased by Dee J. Wren of Rawlins who plans to stock it with cattle while preserving several relics of the famous frontiersman. The cabin built as a dockhouse was moved to Fortner park at Cheyenne a year ago.
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Baggs, Wyo
Jim Baker
Snake River
Dee J. Wren
Rawlins
Baker
Fromtier Park
Cheyenne
Child Dies After Being Thrown From Moving Car
A three year old boy, Thomas Lester George, was hurled from a moving car in Wyoming on May 2. He sustained injuries that proved fatal a few hours later. The child was the son of BB L and George.
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Mariel Calsh Drath Superior
Wyo
Moving Automobile
Thomas Lester
George
BB L
Merchant Vessels Victorious Against Submarines Alleged
London reports detail British merchant ships attacked by U-boats in March to April with several vessels proving resilient. Accounts describe sailing ships and steamers fending off submarines, including a sailing ship forcing a U-boat under water and a ballast steamer evading torpedoes while returning fire.
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London
Maly
Admiralty
Aiea
Cane
Gali
Nita
Cook
America to Obtain Leipzigs Fur Market
Washington May 28 A Mitchell Palmer alien property custodian reports plans to transfer German Leipzig fur interests to American merchants. The arrangement with the Power Merchants Credit Association of New York aims to convert the purchase funds into U S treasury receipts.
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Palmer
Poveret
America
Theoder
Thorer Company
Gaudig and Blum
M. 8
Elias, Jr, Inc
Atlantic
Ottofer Compeny
Fuchs_@/ Co. Inc
Kreenbach Brothers
Lelipete
London
Hudson Hey Company
Huseia
China
Leipaie
Leipzig
New York
St. Saura
Leipvic
St. Louis
Mr. Palmer
Germany
Washington, D. C
Mitchell Palmer
Pwr Merchants Credit Association of
New York City
United States
Fragmentary OCR Note Shows Health Trouble and Waste Concerns
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions back pain kidney troubles and waste material issues. It references names and a place Nia NW and possible medical or health concerns. Details are unclear due to garbled text.
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Nia
Iano
Anne Sox
Predatory Animals Kill Elk Calves in Green River Valley
Clyde Glasgow reports predator activity killing many elk calves near Green River lakes this spring. He urges the state game and biological departments to cooperate to protect game, noting limited protection during the hunting season and recent coyotes killed near the upper Green River valley ranch.
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Pinedale
Wyo
Clyde Glasgow
Kendall
Green River Lakes
Glasgow
State Game Department
Biological Department
Caine Department
Mr. Glasgow
Green River
Pensions Raised for Widows and Children in War Demand
London reports pension increases chiefly for widows and children. Widows receive two thirds of the husband’s potential pension, up from one half, with weekly changes based on prior earnings. Children’s allowances are set per child, while disabled or elderly dependents gain new eligibility. Soldiers medically discharged will receive weekly sums plus child allowances until pensions are fixed. Pension levels depend on degree of disability rather than the man's actual earnings.
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London
Unclear OCR fragment from Chicago May 28
Fragmentary notice describes a clash involving a gang and IWW members chased from an area by authorities. The garbled text mentions violence, chase, and a freighted action but unreadable specifics limit clarity of entities and event details.
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Chicago
I W W Sabotage Terms Translate From Trial Notes
The text explains I W W jargon for sabotage such as cream for kitty feeding the kitty guerrilla warfare direct action job action kitty men of the kitten and the wooden shoe. It defines slang like savage stiff scissorbill clown home guard and Block as unrelated to unions.
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Bix SW. W
Savage
Stiff
Scissorbill
Mr. Block
Home Guard
Australian Seales Cites Gallantry in Front Line Capture
London dispatch reports Joseph Lindley Seales an Australian praised for conspicuous gallantry at a lone strong point 150 yards ahead of a mine. He scored four enemy killed with his rifle and forced two to retreat along a pipe. He reached the post from fifty yards and captured a machine gun, with his men aiding in five prisoner captures.
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London
Joseph Lindley Seales
Yuen
Aingle
Blu
Man Starts Garden Kindergarten Amid War Efforts
Scranton Pa May 28 The story follows Police Sergeant K Newton who admitted he needed to learn hoe handling. He and his wife and two boys now run a thriving wartime garden project in Pennsylvania demonstrating home garden efforts for the national war commission.
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Scranton
Mart
Garden
K. Newton
national war + commisnion
Pensylvania
Protests Against Yellowstone Park Extension
Jacksons Hole Cattle and Horse Growers association adopts resolutions opposing a Yellowstone park extension bill. They warn extension along proposed lines would injure cattle interests in Jackson Hole. A revised plan may hide the Pacific Creek road within the park in a later meeting.
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Jackson, Wye
Jackson's Hole
Pacific Creek
Zinc workers worldwide face heat in Colgate facility
Workers at Colgate Michigan plant face extreme heat while plating waste at the Electrolytin Aine company. Company officials claim measures are in place, yet workers report discomfort and safety concerns amid ongoing operations at the site.
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Colgate
Aine Company
Gikdens. Muanyain
Ake Nation
Comalinaion
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