British Counter Attack Near Wytschaete Gains, Front Violent
London reports say British forces inflict heavy losses on German waves during Tuesday night and Wednesday battles near Wytschaete Seillebeke and Robecq while advancing positions on Lys front and at Meteren. German assaults repulsed with high casualties. Wytschaete recapture unconfirmed.
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Wytschaete
Flanders
Reuter
Seillebeke
Haig
Robecq
Lys
Yeres
Arras
Boyelles
Somme
Wytuchaete
Meteren
Bailleul
Paris
Oise
War Office
France
Wytesheete
Locomotives Intended for Russians Reported in Transit
Memphis on the Prisco railroad between Memphis and Birmingham shows ten modern American built locomotives destined for Kuselan government. The 51,000 pound tractive effort engines were not delivered due to the Bolshevik uprising. In Wilmington a Baltimore man found a roll of money tossed from a passing train.
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Memphis
Tenn
Prisco
Tirmingham
Rusak
Town Talk Rumors and Home Guard Plans in Elko
Local column transcribes wartime chatter from Elko Nevada with notes on Liberty Loans Midas subscriptions and a Helena style rumor mill. Mentions of Miss Henderson at Washington and a Home Guard meeting for uniforms and gear. Cautions readers against German propaganda and unverified wartime rumors.
Appointed to Succeed Czernin as Austrian Foreign Minister
Amsterdam reports Baron Hurian has been named successor to Czernin as Austrian Hungarian minister of foreign affairs. The Vienna dispatch confirms the appointment details dated April 17.
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Amsterdam
Vienna
Hurian
Czernin
Young Elko Couple Tie Simple Catholic Nuptials
Alyn K Canale and Ella Stackwood, popular Elko pair, wed at Elko Catholic Church with Father McNally officiating. After a brief celebration they plan a ten day honeymoon in Salt Lake City before returning to settle at Mayer Hotel. The couple, both natives, are active in local business and community life.
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Alyn K. Canale
Ella Stackwood
Elke Catholic Church
Father McNally
Balt Lake
Elke County
Burt
Mound Valley
File
Muiel
Somme
Carvile Commission
Mayer Hotel
Home Guard Uniforms Offered for Sub Vente Measures
Announcement from M. H. Cooper offering home guard uniforms for sale with measurements. Coat and breeches priced at 7.50, cap 1.00, web belt 0.40, sparrow legging at invoice price, material stated as equal to or better than rivals. Customers invited to come and get measured.
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Invaice Prier
Als M. HE. Cooper
German language banned in Kirksville schools
In Kirksville on April 17 the German language program has been discontinued in the city schools. German textbooks are reported to be filled with propaganda. Superintendent Chas Tanks leads the district in the action.
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Kirksville
Men
Chas
Bolo Pasha Shot By Firing Squad In Forest Scene
On April 17 Bolo Pasha stood before a firing squad in Vineynnes forest and, once ordered to fire, collapsed under the hail of bullets. The condemned traitor to the Allied cause gibbered for mercy as rifles pierced his head and he died instantly, his earlier indifference gone.
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Xrim
Vinewnnes
Bolo Pasha
France
Grammar School Notes on Patriotism and Thrift Stamps Drive
The grammar school reports a patriotic program to boost Liberty Loans with Home Guard band, Judge Taber, and students contributing songs and drawings. Pupils buy thrift stamps, Liberty Bonds, and sing national songs to aid the war effort. several new students join, quarantine ends, and teachers are praised for loyalty and effort.
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Grammar School
Messrs
Hunter
Williams
Home Guard
Judge Taber
Amd
Doublie Castle
Donald
Harvey Rutherford
Tobar
Ada
Gladys McDermott
Deeth
Oid Fitzgerald
Niles Bruce
Arthur Jukes
Dan Hunter
Dotelas
Columbia Alzza
Orene Henderon
Edith Kaiser
Donald Riddell
Pretty Couch
Quarantine Square Root
Pepll
Tired of Simple Life Girls Camouflage as Boys on Farm
Two teen girls Ada Spidel aged sixteen and Lela Corley teen fled Pana Illinois from the Pana Township High School to work on a farm disguised as boys. Without proper attire they earned mistaken trust, but homesickness brought them home.
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Pana
Mins
Ada Spidel
Mies Lela Corley
Peeditteen
Judges to study Kuhl case palm print evidence
Enlarged palm print and bloody envelope print from the Searvey murder case were received by the supreme court clerk. The court will assess admissibility and the permanency of palm prints, a new question for courts, with implications as precedent in the identification method.
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Ben Kuhl
Fred Searvey
Kuhl
Supreme Court
Carson News
Wage Increase Scale Report Submitted by Wage Commission
The Fullroad wage commission today completed its recommendations for wage increases for railroad employees and the report will be submitted to Secretary McAdoo immediately. It is said workers with the smallest pay will receive the largest advances under the plan.
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War Department
Uia
Runmier
Fullroad Wage Commission
McAdoo
Eigen
Court freesman who whipped a pro German
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin on April 17 John Fox claimed he could place a German flag on his residence. He was beaten by James Finnegan after Fox arrested Finnegan, but the court found no man guilty in an assault case sparked by someone who had spoken favorably of the Teuton.
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Fond DU Lac
Woman's National Liberty Loan Drive Aids Elko County
The Woman's National Liberty Loan Committee led by state chairman Mrs S W Belford of Reno reports strong local support in Elko County. District chairs and county members list extensive subscriptions totaling about 35 700 with several districts already oversubscribed including Midas which exceeded its 5000 quota with around 8400 pledged.
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Henderson Banking Co
Tapasseu
Montello
John Henderson
Elko
Nevada
Aero District
Woman's National Liberty Loan Committee
Mra. S
Woman's Committee
Elko County
Mesdames Bangs
Bruce
Buchanan
Cantwell
Castle
Dorsey
Greathouse
Griswold
Hurley
Hunter
Jensen
Lothrop
McBride
Mason
J. M. Taber
Weathers
Will Iams
Miss Simonsen
Liberty Loan Campaig
Tadt
Wella Dat
W. S. Short
S. Ruby
Mia. Breen
Currie
Janet Ferguson
Kapplar
Curtin
Merv RT Noble
Midas
W. B. Tavelle
Deeth
I Winstead
Fork
Ro M. Woodward
Jack Creek
Council of Defense
Elke
President and Mrs Wilson knit khaki sweaters for golf
Gallipolis Ohio April 17 Ma Bel Lisle eighteen jailed for burglary sawed through cell bars with a corset stay and escaped by a rope from a blanket. Washington April 17 the president and Mrs Wilson wear khaki sweaters for golf knitted from the same yarn by Mrs Wilson.
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Pesident
Gallipolis
Ohio
Mabel Lisle
Wasilington
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