How Farm Folks Help in the War Liberty Bonds Teach Thrift
Herbert Myrick, president of the National Farm Power Group, extols farmers supporting Liberty bonds and thrift stamps. He shares a Wisconsin family tale of Jamie selling wool to buy stamps, a renter’s realization saving works, and a farm family aiming to subscribe 1000 to the fourth Liberty loan. He urges all rural households to sacrifice now for victory and a future free of tyranny.
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Herbert Myrick
National Farm Power Group of Agricultural Papere
Chicago
Potters’ Field
Janice Milise
Muimuin
Chiles
Jamie
Mani Bliss
Sim
Pleebb
Boches
Belgium
Poland
Ukraine
Sherty
Linians
Rerlin
Middlesex
Liberty Bond Burned In Fire Sparks Replacement Quest
Mrs Charles Stoecker of George Town Delaware started a fire in a stove using old newspapers. A $50 Liberty bond belonging to her husband Nellie had been bought at a bank for their daughter and was burned to ashes. Bank officials recall the purchase and Stoecker seeks a replacement bond.
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Charles Stoecker
Georgetown
Del
Bank
Nellie
Stoeckel
Mill Rhoals
H. L. Files
Go to Warship Romance In London Airship Courtship
In a London suburb a knight errant in an airship flies low to drop a love letter toward a maiden on a miniature garden. The letter misses the garden and lands in the road, where she retrieves it as neighbors resume their quiet routine.
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Maiden
London
Errant
California boards drop German tainted music books
The California state board of education orders discard of music books used in public schools that show German influence or propaganda. A new series is prepared for pupils and claimed to be free from any German taint.
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San Francisco
California
State Board of Education
Build Ship in Fifteen Days Sets World Record
Workman Clark and Co shipbuilders of Belfast Ireland complete an 8000 ton standard vessel in fifteen days after launch setting a world record. The feat highlights speed in ship production by the Irish yard and showcases accelerating industrial output.
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Workman, Clark & Co
Belfast
Ireland
National utilities board urged to oversee rate hikes
Washington reports the National Association of Railways and Utilities Commissions urged President Wilson to establish a national public utilities administration. The plan would have a three member board with power to advise and request actions by state and municipal authorities, and would limit increases to wartime needs. The proposal emphasizes using state commissions for inquiries and reports on fuels and cooperation with local authorities.
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Washington
D. C
National Public Utilities Administration
Wilson
National Association of Railways and Utilities Commissions
War Labor Board
Germans Hold Off Offensive as Allies Train Fresh Reserves
London reports Crown Prince Rupprecht's reserves down to about twenty divisions, seen as a gamble for a new offensive. Allied reserves now outnumber German ones, though Germany still may strike in July or in the Baltic and southern Russia. A German organized force aims to hold the Murman railway and push toward Kaku, while a large Greek army mobilizes at Salonika.
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London
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Aula
Balkans
Russia
Murmaan
Kaku
Welle
Caspian Sea
Balu
Salonika
Allied aircraft losses and downed counts in July
In July Allied forces claimed 840 enemy planes downed while losing 325 of their own. British pilots claimed 410, French 290, Italians 106, Helgians 4, Americans 3. 24 Balkan and 6 Palestine air battles. Central powers destroyed 316 Allied planes, Bulgarians 6, Austrians 4.
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London
Balkans
Pales
Pastor Bent on Army Life Enters Training Camp
Harry C. Northcott, a married ordained pastor and theological student, on his way to a training camp, rejected three exemption requests from military service. He heads to serve in the armed forces.
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Army Life
Chicago
Harry C. Northcott
Northcott Ft
Classified Schools Standardization During War Effort
Chicago report notes government w ar requirements push for nationwide dental school standardization. Dental Education Council aims to align curricula and accreditation to support wartime needs, shaping admissions and training across the United States.
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Chicago
United States
Dental Educational Coun
America
Baker Plans Draft Expansion to Include 19 to 36
Secretary Baker announced the War Department will seek to extend the draft age to 19 through 36 as part of a broader mobilization. He said about 1,300,000 American troops are overseas or en route and shipments continue at a rate near 250,000 per month, with October projected to reach 2,000,000 abroad.
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France
Washington
War Department
Congress
Secretary of War
Baker
Senate
House Military Affairs Committee
Department
America
Will Get Late Draft Call Across Washington Plans
Officials in charge of the draft machinery say extending the age limits will not yield calls before November and likely not before next year. Legislation in late August or early September aims to expand age limits. Debate centers on calling 32 33 year olds before 40 year olds and possibly lowering the draft age to 19.
War mobilization spreads across Krupp employes and allies
The Hague and Germany call up hundreds of thousands as 200000 Krupp workers are reported. France tightens borders with quarantine measures after cholera concerns as Prof Roux warns. Bethlehem Steel cuts wages by 10 percent, raising total reductions since August 1915 above 100 percent.
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France
Paris
Interior
Roux
Pasteur Institute
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Huns After Peace Urged to Write Views to Kaiser
Foreign minister von Kuchimann and ex chancellor von Bethimann Hollweg are rumored seen in Holland suggesting a renewal of the German peace offensive in response to Lord Lansdowne’s open letter. London papers split on peace, with The Mail and Northcliffe press denouncing the letter while The Morning Post notes the need to negotiate with the sword.
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London
von Kuchimann
von Bethimann Hollweg
Holland
Lord Lansdowne
Lansdowne
Mail UnUi
Northcliffe Press
Kaiser
Hindenburg
Germany
Wilson
Mystery Carry On Magnet Booster Scams German Ads
A German newspaper advertized a “carry on magnet” by its inventor claiming mystic food privation relief. Buyers paid 300 marks and were promised inspection before payment, receiving a package labeled Contents One carry on magnet. The magnet turned out to be 10 pounds of touringian bacon. police seek the inventor.
National Manpower Bill Introduced in Congress
A broad manpower bill extending conscription to ages 18 through 45 was introduced in both houses. Provisions call for presidential call up by proclamation, potentially adding about 800,000 men and aiming for passage by September 1. Senate and House committees set hearings and seek rapid action, with war emergency power measures also drafted for plant construction and production.
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Washington
New Administration
Congress
Uker
Crowder
Senate
Chamberlain
Get. Crowder
Gen. Vrowder
Carts
Kansas
Jones
Chasmberlain
Dent
War Industries Hoard
Sins
House Interstate Commerce Committee
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Uncle Sam
Liberty Bond
Diacard Hun Music Books
State Boarda
Teuton Army
ARMY
Hague
Krupp’s
Lanadowne
Chronicle
Lansdownee
Sherper
Treasury Department
Gov. Rye
Tennessee
J. K. Shields
Doina U. S Army
Oblong
Ill
John Eysiyon
Eysiyon
Serbia
Turkey
Bulgaria
Greece
General Crowder
Pankhurst
Exometrne
Division of Information
United States Department of Labor
Boston Common
Robert Babson
Geo. W. Coleman
Richard Norton
American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps
Vote of Credit
House of Commond
Shipping Board
King
Rome
King Victor Emmanuel
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