War Headlines From The Capital and Front Lines
Happenings in Washington and on battlefronts fill wartime bulletins. Count Czernin resigns but stays foreign affairs chief until successor. Emperor Charles approves. A single American in the St Mihiel raid kills, wounds, captures Germans. rushes to rout more in No Man's Land. Messines Ridge holds. Finnish revolution crushed. Britain stalls in France and Flanders. Haig says a trench force comes to aid. The Hun advance costs heavy losses.
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Count Czernin
Charles
St. Mihiel
No Man's Land
Messines Ridge
Finland
Great Britain
France
Flanders
Haig
England
America
Baker
Pershing
Toul
Wilson
Baltimore
Clemenceau
Germany
von Hertling
von Kuehlmann
von Helfferieh
Russia
Kharkov
Lgov
Ultimaeum
Kursk
White Guard
Washington War Era Briefs from the Capitol
Federal agencies investigate a spy letter from Norwas to map routes Germany uses to reach the United States. The Navy plans timber for aviation, Cyclops remains overdue since March 13 with 25 aboard, and Senator Stone dies in Washington. Senate panel backs Germ an American Allie charter renewal and a Flood bill moves to curb wartime travel. Eighty percent of wounded American soldiers return to duty after convalescence in French hospitals. Debates on strikes and conscription continue amid war-time policy shifts.
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Federal Secret Service Bureaus
Norwas
Germany
United States
Atlantic
Navy Department
William Joel Stone
Missouri
Washington
Crogier
General Williams
Senate Artitary Affairs Committee
House of Representaitives
America
France
Fizhe
Jaber
War brief and agency actions mix with frontline reports
New York delays on enemy alien bill amendment linger as Wilson signs awaited. German attacks north of St Mihiel repulsed with 34 dead and 10 wounded. 30 dead in No Man's Land. Knights of Columbus pledge 6 million dollars to build 100 army camps and expand war work. Draft call for 49 843 men to May 1 10 includes 3 542 from New York. Broussard dies at New Iberia Louisiana.
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Department of Justice
New York
Wilson
St. Mihiel
No Man's Land
Knights of Columbus
Treasury
Apremont Forest
Joint
Army and Navy Board of Aeronautic Cognizance
Washington
United States
Broussard
New Iberia
Texas General Visits Border Posts Amid Rising Tensions
Adjt Gen A Harley reports the Rio Grande situation is serious as border camps continue. The labor department plans over 100 000 workers monthly for munitions and shipyards. Carnegie funds study on Americanization nationwide. War Fund commissions raise 600 000 for troops. Maj Key Brown completes Langley Field test at Mineola. Alien property custodian Palmer arranges six New Jersey mills to government use. Shipping Board chair Burley aims for a sub 64 day ship launch at Atlantic yard.
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Adjt
Dames A. Harley
Texas
Ranger
Rio Grande
Federal Labor Department
Carnegie Corporation
War Fund Commission
The
Episcopal Church
Maj
Key Brown
United States Signal Corps
Mineola
Langley Field
A. Mitchel ’Ulmer
New Jersey
Chairinman Uurley
Shipping Board
Atlantic
Baseball Winds of Change Across 1920s Leagues
The piece notes Connie Mack may have acquired pitcher Scott Perry from the Cubs and mentions Sam Crawford starring for Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast League. It references Camp Devens golf, Newark’s International League bid status, Lee Magee at second base, George Willse as Buffalo manager, and Grover Cleveland Alexander not yet drafted.
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Boston Red Sox
Yankee
Inield
Detroit
Connie Mack
Scott Perry
Perry
Cubs
Dall
Sam Crawford
Tiger
Los Angeles
Camp Devens
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Chimp Dix
Newark
Sab
Matty
Lee Magee
Keystone
Magee
George Willse
New York Giants
Buffalo
Lannin
Lever
Francis Ouimet
Masssachusetts
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Chicago
Dismantled wireless plants and arrest in Chicago area
Federal agents dismantled two wireless plants in Chicago with one station claiming power to contact Germany. The Beeper of a station was arrested but name withheld. Navy officials in Washington assess possible German naval invention amid Kiel Canal activity.
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Chicago
Germany
New York
Baltimore & Ohio
New Jersey Central
A. H. Smith
Railroad Administration
Navy
Washington
Kiel Canal
The
Food Board
Serrail
France
Switzerland
United States
Canada
Hotel Men's Association
Foreign News Bits From War Fronts Across Europe
Reports describe German submarine actions sinking the Liberian steamer General Grant and shelling Monrovia. Prague sees protests by Czechs and Bohemians amid debates over policy and Wilson era treaties. Antimilitary demonstrations rise in Sulltelume district and spread to northern Norway and Finland's Helsinki.
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Norway
Antiei
Helsingfors
Finland
Berlin
Bloody fight at Givenchy and Allied push in France
German offensives threaten the western front with heavy losses for German forces. Allied troops including Americans intensify fighting in Belgium and France around Armentieres Givenchy and Bethune while Britain and France reinforce and prepare for further action. Lloyd George presses a broad conscription bill including Ireland as Creel faces political backlash over wartime unpreparedness and anti-sedition measures pass the Senate.
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Edward W. Pickard
West Front
France
Belgium
Verdun
Amiens
Flanders
Armentieres
Givenchy
Messines Ridge
Bethune
Enesh
Rebuilding Health After Illness
The article explains that the recovery phase after grip, pneumonia, or other illness is the most dangerous due to weakened bodies open to germs. It endorses Father John’s Medicine as pure nourishment, free from drugs, claiming 60 years of success for colds, throat troubles, coughs, and as a tonic and body builder.
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John
Father John
Father John's Medicine praised by a grateful mother
Mrs Gee Hunsberger of Reading Pennsylvania recounts recommending Father John’s Medicine after pneumonia. She says the remedy restored her baby’s health and she uses it for her children when they catch cold. The ad touts the product as a body building strength giving medicine for the weak.
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John
Father John
Mrs. Gee. Hunsberger
Pike St
Reading
Right There Mother and Professor Exchange Clever Riddle
A playful exchange features a mother asking a professor about her son and a sharp pun where the professor replies he is always at the bottom. The brief dialogue centers on a punning moment between mother and teacher.
Boschee's German Syrup Promises Restful Nights for Coughs
An advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup as a fifty one year tested remedy for coughs bronchitis and throat chest troubles. It claims to ease night coughing aid morning expectoration and support natural healing. Made in America the product has sold for over fifty years.
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Boschee
United States
Nature
America
Adv
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Sberia
Renly
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Harbin
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Ukraine
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Southern
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Palestine
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Holy
Es- Salt
Iowa
Bruce
Piso
ISO
Eddreas Rete Pie Company
WO Piso
Warren, Pa
Birmingham Age-Herald
Dean
Albert Akroyd
Indiana Avenue
Philadelphia
Thos. H. Walters
Doan
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