Red Cross Mobilizes Surgical Dressings for Battle Fleet
Washington reports the American Red Cross will supply surgical dressings for 188 U S Navy ships and destroyers. Ten large chapters near New York will prepare millions of bandages and compresses for delivery to the Bush Terminal New York. The process involves many women taking Red Cross dressings courses as war expands.
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William C. Braisted
United States Navy
American Red Cross
New York
Red Cross
Chicago
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Boston
Illinois
Albany
Bush Terminal
Henry P. Davidson
War Council
German Peace Leader Mathias Erzberger In Switzerland
Mathias Erzberger, longtime German pacifist politician, is reported to be staying in Switzerland after his controversial peace advocacy amid postwar upheaval. Details on his current status or activities remain unclear.
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Herr Erzberger
Reichstag
Switzerland
Illinois Statesmen Face Big Day Fight
Washington reports that the prohibition amendment may dominate the 1918 Illinois state elections. The House is expected to approve the joint resolution after Senate action. Dry-legislature battles will shape campaigns for U S senator, congressmen, and state legislators. Republican and Democratic conventions will confront prohibition planks after September primaries.
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Washington
Illinois
House
Senate
United States
Oil well drilled near Petersburg at Sutton farm
Petersburg Ind August 13 The Michael Murphy Oil Company struck oil at a depth of 950 feet in a sixty barrel well on the Sutton farm five miles west of Petersburg.
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Petersburg
Ind
Michael Murphy 0
Sutton Farm
French regain ground in multiple sectors north of St Quentin
Paris reports French troops resumed counter attacks north of St. Quentin after Aug. 9-10 gains and reclaimed lost ground in full. In Aisne, two German trench assaults were repulsed with heavy losses while French detachments repulsed Mont Camilet grenadier detachments. British and German clashes continued around Lens and Hollebeke with German losses noted.
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St. Quentin
Ailles
Aisne
London
Flanders
Givencay-lez-La Bassee
Lens
Berlin
Hollebeke
Cerny-en-Laonnois
Mont Camillet
Town seeks name change to Pershing for patriotism
East Germantown Indiana residents petition Postmaster General Burleson to rename the town Pershing. All inhabitants signed the petition. The Wayne County settlement founded by Pennsylvania Dutch in 1830 now has no German speakers or ties to the old language.
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Richmond
Ind
East Germantown
Here
Burleson
Pershing
Wayne County
Eight-year-old Wade Drowns in Wabash River
Aug 13 in Wabash Indiana William Waits eight years old son of Benjamin Waits drowned after diving for a golf ball tossed into the Wabash River by a playmate.
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Wabash
Ind
William Waits
Benjamin Waits
Wabash River
Stokers Walk Out Over Pay in Lafayette
Thirty five stokers at the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric company in Lafayette Indiana walked out. They had been earning 92 dollars a month and demanded 100 dollars.
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Lafayette
Ind
Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Company
German Poison Plot Suspected in Evansville
Paris green found in a public spring used by hundreds is suspected to have been placed there by German agents. The incident is being investigated as a potential act of sabotage tied to war tensions.
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Evansville
Ind
Slavs Strike Back at Kaiser Front Lines
Desperate fighting continues on the Roumanian front as Russian and Roumanian forces repel Teuton attacks along the Fokshrani rail line, retake 1200 Germans, and push offensives in southwestern Moldavia. Berlin reports over 700 prisoners and eighteen guns taken, with Austro-German gains limited to Grozesni heights.
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Petrograd
Fokshrani-Marasechti
Moldavia
Ocna
Odessa
Teuton
Roumanian
Berlin
von Mackensen
Roumania
Grozesni
First White Child May Die
Kokomo Indiana August 13 Newton Jasper Brown the first white child born in Sharpsville is critically ill with cancer of the stomach.
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Kokomo
Ind
Newton Jasper Brown
Sharpsville
Washingtons Leading Businessman W W Barnett Dead
Washington Ind Aug 13 W W Barnett born at Rockport seventy five years ago civil war veteran and one of Washingtons foremost business men is dead Four children and a widow survive.
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Washington
Ind
W. W. Barnett
Rockport
Shipping control near as Hurley and Guthrie meet
Washington officials announced that Anglo American joint control of transatlantic shipping is close after a conference between United States Shipping Board Chairman Hurley and British traffic commissioner Connap Guthrie. Hurley said a requisition of American ship space would likely be ordered next week.
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Washington
Hurley
United States Shipping Board
Connap Guthrie
Wilson Names New Interior Aid
Washington Aug. 11. President Wilson nominated Seldon G. Hopkins of Cheyenne Wyoming to be assistant secretary of the interior succeeding the late Bo Sweeney.
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Wilson
Washington
Seldon G. Hopkins
Cheyenne
Wyo
Interior
Bo Sweeney
Mrs Gould Denies Husband Draft Exemption Slacker Claim
Mrs Annuziata Camilla Maria Lucet says she believes her husband will do his duty to the country. He explains his exemption claim is precautionary and he likely will not pursue it. She also says he denies being a millionaire.
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Gould
Annuziata
Camilla Maria Lucet
Could
Cardinal Gaspari May Re Sign Amid Health and Policy Pressures
Cardinal Gaspari's possible re sign is linked to poor health and Pope Benedict's desire for direct Vatican control. Cardinal Scapinelli, former papal nuncio to Vienna, is named as his successor. Gaspari, pro French, has pushed for reconciliation with France and spent eleven years as a professor at the Catholic University of Paris.
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Pope Benedict
Vatican
Cardinal Scapinelli
Vienna
France
Catholic University of Paris
U-Boat Sinks Campania With 5 Captured
The U-boat sank the American tanker Campania 143 miles west of Ile de Re on Aug 6. Forty seven survivors were landed. the captain and four naval guards are believed captured. Campania, formerly Dunholme, built 1901, 3313 gross tons, 2133 net, 435 feet long, 47 feet beam.
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Ile de Re
New York
West Hartlepool
England
436 Rookies Made Officers at Fort Sheridan Camp
Fort Sheridan near Chicago closed its first reserve officers training camp with 1,496 commissions awarded across infantry cavalry field artillery and support branches. Majors captains and lieutenants were produced from civilians and service staff, with distinctions noted between Officers Reserve Corps and National Army commissions.
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Army
United States Reserve Army
Rockford
Great National Army
Quartermaster’s Department
Adjutant General’s Office
Regular Army
Officcer’ Reserve Corps
National Army
Merly
Reserve Corp
Cavalry
Reserve Corps
Field Artillery
Quartermaster’s Corps
Statistical Department
Adjutant General's Department
Ordnance Department
Baseball results from Chicago and St Louis
In Chicago the Pirates lost to Chicago 3 to 2. At St Louis Cincinnati split results, winning 8 7 in the first game and losing 6 0 in the second.
Chicago Beats Cleveland In Thirteen At Cleveland
In Cleveland the Chicago club defeated Cleveland 4 to 3 in thirteen innings, while Detroit overwhelmed St Louis 8 to 0 at Detroit.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Takes Husband Soldier's Place in Aurora
Mrs. John Patterson of Aurora fills her husband’s grocery job so he can go to the front with his Company PD Third Infantry I N. Her act reflects wartime duty as the family supports the soldiers headed for active service.
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Aurora
Ill
John Patterson
Company PD
Third Infantry
I, N
Poisoned red cross worker in Carmi case
In Carmi Illinois August 98 V C Arnold a Red Cross worker found to have been treated with Paris Green in the county. The report notes Arnold has shown active interest in Red Cross work and was affected by the poisoning incident.
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Red Cross
Carmi
Ill
VC. Arnold
Hte
Indianans Made Army Officers
Commissions announced by adjutant general’s office in Washington. At Fort Benjamin Harrison Frank W. Bryant West Lafayette captain Jesse P. Bonham Hartford City Wilfred C. Woodyard Richmond Roy C. Stigler Brazil and Alonzo Myers Angela all second lieutenants.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Adjutant
Washington
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Frank W. Bryant
West Lafayette
Jesse P. Bonham
Hartford City
Wilfred
Woodyard
Richmord
Roy C. Stigler
Brazil
Alonzo
Myers
Angela
Local Board to Call Up More Men in Warrick County
Boonville Indiana August 13 rejections due to physical defects will require the local board to call about ten additional men in Warrick County to meet the quota.
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Boonville
Ind
Warrick County
Warrick County Forecast Heads Toward Record Crops
In Boonville Indiana forecasts predict bumper yields with wheat well above the twenty year average and the county’s largest corn crop on record expected after five years of failures.
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Boonville
Ind
Warrick County
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