Bodies of Czar and Family Burned by Sulphuric Acid
A St Paul report details the July 17 1918 murder of Tsar Nicholas II his family and retinue in Ekaterinburg. It notes red guards killed them and sulfuric acid burned bodies and jewels were scattered at the scene. Eyewitness accounts describe the Cross praying and the brutal aftermath.
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Czar
United States
Col
George H. Emerson
Engineer Corps
St. Paul, Minn
Russia
Nicholas
St. Paul
Emerson
Great Northern Railway
Dietricks
Galda
Ekaterinburg
Red Guards
Ekater- Inburg
Blason
Czarina
Anastasia Nikolaievna
Yakimoff
Kuzma Letemin
Stekorin
Youroffaky
Ural Soviet of Deputies
Pavel Medvedyeff
Youroffsky
Mehail
Medvedyeff
Prokop Kublenkoff
Verk-Issetsk
The
Soviet of Workmens and Soldiers' Deputies
Serge Malishkin
Peter Yermakoff
Bolsheviks
Kukhtenkoff
Levatnikh
Partin
Kostaustakus
Tobolsk
Dietrich
Pavel Medvedyelf
Fami Uy
Sokoloff
Man Helps Dying Woman, Discovers He Is Her Son
In Beloit Wisconsin Earl Fiese crossing street to aid a woman on apartment house steps encounters his mother dying of apoplexy. She had been returning from shopping and died soon after he reached her.
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Beloit
Wis
Earl Fiese
Profit in Coyote Pelts Spurs Local Hunts
In Pawnee Rock area hunters profit from high coyote pelts prices. Pelts fetch 88 to 12 dollars each and the state pays a 1.25 dollar bounty per scalp. Bounty hunting and coyote control have become a popular local pastime, with some residents claiming a daily gain from the activity.
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Pawnee
Benson
County Defies Prohibition In Iron River Michigan
Rebellion against federal dry laws erupts in Iron County Michigan led by Prosecuting Attorney. Prohibition agents seized wine from locals, faced armed resistance, and a clashing chain of arrests and legal action followed as Major Dalrymple sought warrants. Wine reportedly 14 percent alcohol from raisins.
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Chicago
Tron County
Michigan
Major A. L. Dalrymple
Central States
Washington
Thon
Leo J. Grove
Marquette
Upper Peninsula
Dalrymple
Palmer
Prohibition
Gaylord
Iron River
Iron County
Grove
R. G. Strope
Virgil
Major Dalrymple
John Peter
Steven Scaleucci
Casplan
Chard
Jesse Allen
C. H. Sensiha
Claude Brown
Iron Riiver
McDonough
Sealeucel Brothers
United States
Mich
Myron H. Walker
Grand Rapids
Sealeucc Brothers
Keeley Company Leased for Soldier Hospital Use
Dwight Al The Livingston hotel and laboratories of the Keeley Company are leased to the government to be converted into a hospital for soldiers. The Keeley business will continue in smaller quarters. Prohibition allegedly caused a business slump.
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Dwight, al
Livingston
Lessie R. Keeley Company
Keeley
Denikine Fleet Joins Soviets and Tammany Robbery
A Moscow wireless report claims Denikine’s Caspian fleet has joined the Soviet forces. General Baron Wrange replaces Denikine as White Army chief, while General Mamontoff, famed for Tambov and Voronezh activity, dies of spotted fever near Walkinday. In New York, eight masked gunmen rob forty Tammany Club members at cards, taking about $5,000 in cash and jewelry before escape.
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Denikine
London
Moscow
Caspian Sea
Baron Wrange
White Army
Mamontoff
Tambov
Voronesh
Ast Simmer
Wkaterinday
Tammany Club
New York
Eighth Assembly
Canteens Earned Large Profit for War Effort
The YMCA canteens for soldiers and sailors reported a net profit of 508800 from America's entry into the war to Jan 1. Public contributions to YMCA war work totaled 161,722,019, and the association showed about 17,000,000 in war work funds remaining.
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New York
Young Men's Christian Association For Soldiers and Sailors
America
National War Work Council
Association
Three Years Without Hope
A testimonial from Rozalia Kania of New Britain Connecticut praises PM RU NA as a remedy for years of cramps and digestive distress. She claims cramps, stomach catarrh, and poor sleep improved after using PM RU NA and urges others to seek the same relief.
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Rozalia Kania
Silver Street
New Britain
Conn
Hartman
Red Cross Bag Blue and Cuticura Ad Teaser
Appears as an old styled advertisement snippet touting Red Cross Bag Blue for laundry rust spots and Cuticura products for baby rashes itch and burn relief. Mentions 25 cents each and suggests fragrance with Cuticura Talcum.
No Demand At All In World War II Era Note
In Indianapolis President Lewis of the United Mine Workers laments a manpower shortage after the war. He links fewer young men to inability to marry due to profiteers, lamenting a world where even pretty girls face marriage challenges amid the postwar economy. A rag man’s street cries underscore scarcity of resources.
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Lewis
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Townley questioned over sowing and hired workers
Mr Townley faces a blunt remark about farming practices as Farmer Stroh challenges the claim, noting last year workers arrived with their own dolls and produced more than harvested seed, signaling a quarrel over labor and outcomes in the season.
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Mr. Townley
Stroh
Pleasant Information on Edith Dear Jack Engagement
A fragment notes Edith and Jack are engaged, while Maud jokes about forgetfulness. The speaker recalls reminding him that the engagement is to Edith, not Maud, revealing social gossip about relationships.
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Edith
Jack
Maud
Hurdles and humor amid the Argonne advance
In a frontline scene a rest stop on a hike into the Argonne is interrupted by a mule driver and a witty exchange among nearby workers. A shell explodes nearby, sending the mule fleeing as the driver clings on, while locals jab at each other about lines and loans in a vivid wartime street tableau.
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Argonne
Hinenburg
Darky
Hinenburg Line
Cunard
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Nevada
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Happy Housewives
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Iaccme
Sears
Manitoba
Ae - Bennett
Bee
Omaha
Ned
Arin
Pretty Girl
Bellan
Bellans
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