American Ship Sunk by U-Boat and Wilson Refuses Peace Parley
Reports from Washington and Rome detail the American schooner Lyman Law sunk off Sardinia by a submarine, with crew of twelve including ten Americans landed at Cugliuri. President Wilson rejects peace talks while Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare continues and Bernstorff departs for Germany with a formal farewell.
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Wilson
Kaiser
Gerard
Berlin
U. S
Germany
Lyman
Lansing
McDonough
Lyman M. Law
United States
Mediterranean
Austria
Washington
Germny
Forture
Europe
Congress
Anmerican Industries
Bernstorff
Hoboken
N. J
Gaunt von
Germany Sees Imminent War as Diplomats Seek Peace
Berlin reports indicate neither Germany’s government nor people want war with the United States, yet officials foresee a likely clash. Dispatches reveal Berlin weighing naval actions and hostage risks, with signals from von Bernstorff and Tarnowski shaping possible ultimatums and a potential Anschluss of American correspondents.
Relief Work in Belgium Contested by American Commission
Washington dispatch reports Ambassador Page in London says Herbert Hoover must decide the course of the American Commission for Belgian Relief. The issue is whether the operation will continue as relief work and how distribution will be handled, with Britain seeking confirmation of which neutral faction will supervise delivery to Belgium. The United States, previously endorsing Belgian relief, cannot continue to lend diplomatic support in negotiations with Germany.
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Bernstorff
United States
Inez Frederik VII
Germany
Bertin
Washington
Sussex
State Department
Paul Ritter
Department of State
Switzerland
Germays
England
Signer
P. Ritter
Tom
Lnst
Berlin
Associated Press
Gerard
American Association of Commerce and Trade
Count von Bernstorff
Count von Hernstorfff
Page
London
Herbert C. Floover
Americaneommission
Ralief
Ameria
Belgium
Ger Many
Plan to Commandeer Ships Amid War Crisis
Washington February 18 plan to amend the federal shipping act to authorize commandeering all ships under construction in the United States and private American vessels for foreign powers. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Fletcher led the drafting with House and Senate conferees and McAdoo. In emergencies, Greece adopts Eastern European time by standardizing daylight saving.
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Washington
United States
Fletcher
Senate Commerce Committee
House
Senate
McAdoo
Papooses Get Ride Deluxe
Ten Indian babies ride in a private coach after being misplaced on a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line freighter. The papoose special returned to Great Falls with the infants unharmed, though hungry, as their mothers retrieved them and resumed beadwork and trade.
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Great Falls
Mont
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Lewistown
Chicago
C. L. Whiting
Sne
Great Falla
Whiting
Sheriff and officials die from gas in Elizabeth hotel
Sheriff Blew Out the Gap Pilzabeth New Jersey John WW Davis of Oconee county and Poster superintendent of pris one were found dead in a hotel from inhaling illuminating gas. They had come to Hilzabeth to seize a Negro accused of murder. It is believed they released the gas in their room before retiring.
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Pilzabeth
N. J
John WW. Davis
Oconee County
8. C
W. ©. Poster
Hilzabeth
Boy Eleven Expert Cake Maker From Bolton Conn
Harry Muesey of Bolton Connecticut claims to be the best cake maker for his age. He began baking at ten and now handles all the family cake making duties.
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Boy
Bolton
Conn
Harry Muesey
Wage
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Helped Woman Restored Health
Mrs Kieso of Aurora Illinois describes seven months of illness with back and side pains and nervous weakness. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered enough to perform housework. Many unsolicited testimonials support the remedy's value for female illnesses.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Vrors
Bree
Lydie E. Finkham
Lydia
Pinkham
Carl
A. Kirso
North Ave
Aurora
Ill
Pinkham Laboratory
Lydia EB. Pinkam
United States
Winged Creatures and the Goose with Golden Eggs
In a quirky exchange Mr. Cumrox rejects being a winged creature of celestial grace. He says no to insects and suggests birds, claiming he is the goose that lays the golden eggs. The dialogue playful tone centers on self characterization and metaphor.
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Mr. Cumrox
Alvy
Castoria Safety Prompted for Infants and Children
The notice urges caregivers to carefully inspect every bottle of Castoria, the well known remedy for infants and children, ensuring it bears the signature. It notes the product has been in use for over 30 years and mentions that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
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Fletcher
Dream predicts fiancee wounds in WWI trench raid tale
A London Tit Bits tale recounts a fiancée who dreams of her loved one in a British raid into German trenches. She sees him wounded on the parapet and carried to safety by a large man, later learning he was wounded in a raid with English and New Zealanders, carried back by a Maori.
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London
Window shopping reveals human desire, even in conductors
The line notes that the average man can glance into a railcar liner's show window without seeing something he would be willing to go without, implying a general sense of restraint or ordinary wants in everyday life.
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Whitlock
Boerne
Germy
Brand Whitlock
Brussels
Gustave Herter
New York
Germa
Copenhngen
Alfred Aliumermann
Min-Ister
Beriin
Wold
Bernatortf
Alles
Count Tarnowski von Tarnow
Montgelas
Zimmer
Tauin
Count Montgelas
American Commission
Denman
Shipping Board
Greece
Mrs. Kieso
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