Der Tag for British Fleet Inspires Generous Respect
A New York Sun correspondent recounts the surrender of seven German submarines to the British Navy off Harwich aboard HMS Melampus. The scene features silent ships, white ensigns, and mixed emotions as German crews acknowledge British officers while peers reflect on sacrifice and the merchant marine’s role in the war.
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New York
New York Sun
North Sea
H. M
Melampus
Yemen
Tyrwhitt
Childe Roland
Germany
Mediterranean
Nelson
Landovery Castle
Wolff Bureau
Tunis
Harwich
Atlantic
Chicken Thief Spends Ten Years in Jail
Andy Pastor of Pittsburgh has spent ten of the last fourteen years in the workhouse for chicken theft. He appeared in court again recently charged with stealing poultry and was sentenced to two more years.
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Pittsburgh
Andy Pastor
Has 300 Storm Photographs From Topeka Kansas Collection
Kansas state meteorologist S D Flora curates what is claimed as the largest Weather Bureau tornado cyclone and dust storm photo collection outside Washington. It includes about 300 photographs mainly of Kansas storms such as the Omaha 1918 storm the Ehnot 1917 tornado the Great Bend 1915 cyclone the Coffeyville 1917 cyclone and Garfield park tornado of 1917. Some images depict 1200 dead sheep a blown house with all else intact and a church destroyed except its steeple.
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Topeka
Kan
S. D. Flora
Kansas
Weather Bureau
United States
Washington
D. C
Omaha
Neb
Great Bend
Coffeyville
Garfield Park
Indiana Auto Licenses Rise Amid War Era Efforts
Statewide report shows 1917 totals for auto licenses at 192 195 and 1918 at 227 160 with 15 411 sets issued in last 20 days of 1917 and 17 990 in last 18 days of 1918. Notary fees totaled 200 in 1917 and 444 25 in 1918, with license sales bringing in about 1 300 000.
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Indianapolis
State Automobile Department
Indiana
United States Employment Service
L. C. Heusman
Logansport
Cass
Harry M. Gardner
Evansville
United States Internal Revenue Office
Walter RB. Foley
Greencastle
T. EB. Evans
State Fuel Administration
Federal Fuel Administration
Evans Woolen
Indiannapolis
Indian General Assembly
Senate
Edgar D. Bush
Williiam A. Roach
House of Representatives
Goodrich
Columbus
Justices of the Peace
Brazil
Knight- Brinkerhof
W. O. Logan
Lewis Rowk
Oklahoma
Owensville
Oversville
India
Jada
Club Army
Extension Department
Purdue University
4. M. Smith
Purdue
Board of Textbook Commissions
State Board of Education
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Indiana University
Hammond
United States
Lake Michigan
Atlantic
Standard OU Company
Whiting
South,Bend
Toledo
Michigan City
Ind
Deep Waterways Executive Association
Goshen
Elkhart
Mishawaka
Laporte
South Bend
Richard Elbel
I. Spohn
Walter K. Greenabaum
Seymour
C. W.burkart
Qne
Field Artiery
Robert L. Moorehead
Fort Bennjmin Harrison
France
Lebanon
Boone County
Crown Point
Lake County
Jeersonville
Cheenpelie
Eruaheil
Nervous Woman Finds Cure Through Pinkham Remedy
An anonymous testimonial asserts four years of irregularities and nervousness were cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter urges others to write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. for guidance, claiming widespread success for female ailments.
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Lydia E.pinkham
Alice Bezier
Christopher
Til
Pinkham
Lydia EE
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
One Christmas May Break Him Says Ad
A health advertisement notes that Garfield Tea cures constipation indigestion sick-headache and bilious conditions when taken regularly at night. It promotes taking the tea during retirement and claims strong results. An ad also touts Dead Shot Dr Peerys Vermifuge as a worm expelling remedy with a single dose.
No Cure for Influenza in Medical Journal Editorial
The Journal of the American Medical Association notes 80 so called cures for Spanish influenza are often harmful. It stresses there is no specific cure yet and urges reliance on hygiene nursing and symptomatic care with a physician’s guidance. The Colorado Agricultural College News Notes is cited.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
United States Public Health Service
Colorado Agricultural College News
Times Have Changed Says Petunia Store Story
The Kansas City Star quotes Riley Rezzidew of Petunia noting that times have changed from a friendly wink and a back room drink to customers facing questions about when they will settle small bills.
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Riley Rezzidew
Petunia
Kansas City Star
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Benjamin P. Horton
West Brelets
West Baden
State News
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Woonsocket, R. 1
Peery
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