Chancellor Scheidemann Rejects Versailles Terms in Berlin Assembly
In Berlin on May 14 Chancellor Scheidemann denounced the peace terms as unacceptable, warning they would ruin German trade and force forced labor. The assembly applauded the stance, with leaders across groups backing the government while independent socialists led by Haase opposed signing.
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National Assembly
Hugo Haase
Spauches
Haase
University of Berlin
Germany
Lorraine
Upper Silesian
Saar Valley
Posen
West Prussia
Ko Volea
Wilson
M. Clemenceau
Vernalles
Independent Socialist Party
Die Freiheit
Berin
Sociallata
Longest Army Soccer Game Sees Sixth Division Triumph
In Coblenz on May 16 the Sixth division defeated the Fifth division after a three hour battle to win the army championship in a record length match. A Third division team led by Lieut Paut of Boston also won the tennis championship of the Third American army.
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Yanka
Coblenz
Lieut. Paut
Boston
Premier Paderewski Returns as Bolshivists Try to Kill Him
In Warsaw two bolshevik suspects attempted to shoot Premier Ignace Jan Paderewski as he arrived from Paris to a grand welcome. The assailants were seized by a grateful crowd, beaten, and left severely injured before gendarmes could intervene. One attacker, Isaac Hablum, is identified as a young Jew. the other is a local Bolshevik.
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Warsawy
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Warsaw
Paris
Paderewski
Mme. Paderewski
Vienna
Mme. Padcarewski
Isaac Hablum
Faa Pole
Bandits Rob Dolton Bank in Historic Illinois Loot
Bandits seized sixty thousand dollars from the First National Bank of Dolton on a Chicago May day. The haul included eighty thousand in Liberty bonds twenty thousand in certificates of indebtedness and ten thousand in cash. Horace Holmes cashier reports virtually everything of value was taken in the Calumet region near Hammond.
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Chicago
First’ National Bank of Dolton
Horace Holmes
Dolton
Calumet
Chicago Line
Hammond
Roosevelt announces release of temporary naval officers
Acting Secretary Roosevelt said over 1,000 temporary wartime officers will be released in coming weeks. They will be replaced by reserve officers who accept temporary commissions and agree to remain in service until six months after penna is declared.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Penea
May Oust Women Workers Resolution Sparks City Debate
Cleveland councilman Daniel Carroll introduced a resolution urging employers to replace women war workers with discharged soldiers sailors and marines. In San Francisco, the concrete steamship Faith was sold to French-American Stexmachin Lines in New York for 450000, originally costing about 200000.
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Cleveland
Daniel ‘Carroll
San Francisco
Faith
San Francisco Bay
Stexmachin Lines
New York
Government Wheat Price Cut Proposed After Talks
Julius Barnes wheat director and grain industry reps including millers bakers and jobbers proposed an immediate nationwide price reduction for wheat with guarantees and contracts. The plan would bind states to fixed prices and require trade margin limits from mills jobbers and bakers to pass lower costs to consumers. New wheat shipments imminent with permit-controlled rail movement to avoid port congestion and broader market disruption.
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New York
Congress
Texas
Grain ‘Corporation
Foe Official Assassinated on Train Ride to Budapest
Milan May 14 report states Doctor Novay once president of the Hungarian reform faction was killed Monday while traveling by train from Vienna to Budapest, according to dispatches from the former city.
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Reichstag
Milan
Refchetag
Vienna
Budapest
Wilson Denies U S Worships Dollar in Speech
President Wilson told the French Academy that Americans are not money worshipers. He argued that wealth came with enterprise but a shared humanity and justice underpins the nation. He urged American scholars to rethink state theory and ensure individual voices are heard.
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Tavis
Wilson
French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
Warone
United States
American University
Cetyl
Tragedy Near Port Washington Ends In Multiple Deaths
A man, Ray Schwarts, a traveling salesman for an Omengo firm, killed a girl named Amelia Barry and another man after finding them with his love interest. The girl’s eight year old sister Marie Barry and a man named Albert Taty were wounded. The assailant likely fatally injured the sister and wounded another man.
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Ray Schwarts
Om-Engo
Amelia Barry
Frederick Yorkex
Ret
Marie Barry
Slater
Alebert Taty
Villa Seeks Arms Near Border From Juarez Report
Francisco Villa leading a strong armed force moving toward Ojinaga opposite Presidio to collect a large amount of ammunition and arms that were smuggled across the Rio Grande, according to reports reaching here.
Iowa Veterans Feted in Des Moines Rainbow Division Event
Thousands honor Iowa veterans from the Rainbow division and 168th infantry at Des Moines on May 1 after 21 months of service overseas. Local civic groups and townspeople celebrate the returning service members.
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Iowa
den Moines
Fish Day Priday Preamble Sparks Bon Vivant Banter
Betty is praised in playful chatter as Priday day jokes mix with local humor. The snippet captures a lighthearted exchange about appearance and a holiday nod, reflecting small town newspaper banter and social tone.
Proving It Pussyfooting as a Calamity in Debate
The quoted exchange presents a playful backhanded remark on the idea of proving a point. It contrasts a blunt calamity with a mock solemn cate astrophe, reflecting a light literary flair and conversational wit.
Authorities differ on Poker room classification
Authorities debate if a Poker room is an ante room drawing room or mere space while a person comments on a pretty girl smiling at another man displaying a sharp wit about social room labels.
Bayer Aspirin Packaged for Genuine Tablets
An old notice urges buyers to insist on Bayer packaging with the Bayer Cross and to avoid generic Aspirin. It warns of counterfeits and cites a Brooklyn case of fake talcum powder tablets sold as Aspirin. Bayer Tablets of Aspirin are American made, sold in 12 tablet pocket boxes, bottles of 24 and 100, and capsules.
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Bayer
Brooklyn
Vest Jpocket
Boyer
Danger In Abbreviation and Fire Alarm Gossip
In a council talk Miss Helen Stewart of the health board recalls a boy crying after a nurse labeled him Poor nutrition on his exam card. The incident prompted discussion on misread notes and nurse labeling. A Kansas City Star anecdote mentions Dorsey Dudgeon scolding, claiming early knowledge of fires, yet often erring.
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Contral Philanthropic Council
Helen Rt. Stewart
Board of Health
Dallas Neva
Von Tirpitz a Pauper In Swiss Stay Revealed
The Tribune de Geneve reports Grand Admiral von Tirpitz stays at Wildegg in Switzerland as a guest of Lieut. Colonel Wille, son of the former Swiss army commander. Tirpitz has lost his fortune, his son works as a bank clerk in Zurich, and his daughter is a governess there. He avoided the 1613 German war tax by investing in Italian securities, leaving him penniless. What a patriot.
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von Tirpitz
Tribune de Geneve
Wildegg
Switzerland
Wille
Tirpitz
Zurich
Euphemism Explained By Father And Son
A Birmingham Age Herald excerpt discusses euphemism with a father explaining to his son that a figure of speech replaces a harsher term with a more acceptable one. The example mentions a widow remarrying to a wealthy older man and the reporter phrasing it as being “led to the altar.”
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Birmingham Age-Herald
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