Dutch liner Ryndam rammed by tramp steamer
New York May 26 The Dutch liner Ryndam collided with the Joseph J. Cuneo 16 miles southwest of Shoals lightship. Passengers and part of the crew were transferred to the Cunéo as the Ryndam took on water and limped toward New York escorted by the battleship South Carolina. The Texas and Louisiana aided as convoy moved the stricken ship toward port with engines said to be holding.
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SNEW
York
Ryndam
Rotterdam
Fantucket Shoals
Oelock
Cunio
Ryndam Pyr
Cuneo
United States
South Carolina
Quneo
Ryndatm
Newpost “Navy Yard
Texas
Louisiana
Ambrose
Clork
Hb & Wire
Helminh
New York St
Good Roads Day in Pennsylvania Governor Turns Out to Help
Volunteers across the commonwealth joined Governor Brumbaugh in Pennsylvania on Good Roads Day. Dense rain did not stop workers from shoveling mud as delegations of citizens and women volunteers served lunches and endorsed road improvements. The governor toured Camp Hil and southern districts, praising motor clubs and volunteer groups for organizing a systematic push to repair and upgrade highways.
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Harrisburg
Strawberry Festival by Tiap tist church Ladies Aid
The Ladies Aid society of the Tiap tist church will serve strawberries, jam cream and cake in the church lower room Saturday evening May 29. Buy goods made in 0.8 at Jol-Uffe's this week.
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Ladies'*Aid'society
Tiaptist Church
Jol- Uffe's
Woman seeks fourteenth husband in Evansville notice
Evansville Indiana May 24 Mrs Polly Anne Weed Strodes 70 announced she wants to marry her fourteenth husband Her thirteenth husband Harrison Stordes disappeared and she paid a $50 bond He is presumed gone and she will seek a divorce immediately She says she remains active and able to marry again The piece ends with an unrelated line about American bell players and grenades as war missiles.
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Evansville
Ind
Polly Anne Weed Strodes
Harrison Stordes
Strodes
Strodés
Prisoner Is Taken For Trial In Tucker County
Clarksburg West Virginia May 25 A man who gave the name Red Lews was taken from the local jail by Tucker County officers to be returned to Parsons for trial on a charge of defrauding a citizen of that county of 160 dollars under false representations.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Lews
Tucker County
Parsons
Germans Score D at Many Points in Western Theater
Berlin, by way of London, May 26. The German general staff reports night actions against western German positions, with enemy attacks repulsed near the forest of Hellewaard and near Souches. French assaults at Lievin and Lorette Hills failed, while German counterattacks regained trenches. An enemy flying machine was shot down near Lens. Eastern theater night attacks resumed and Meckensen’s army in the south makes progress.
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Berlin
London
Forest of Hellewaard
Lievin
la- Tette
Betwen Souches
Hanta
Sonchon
Lorette Aillis
le Pretre
Lens
Meckensen
Virginia debt dominates West Virginia special session
Charleston reports that most lawmakers left the capital after a second special session adjourned at 6 20 am with plans to reconvene to tackle Virginia debt set by the United States Supreme Court ruling awaited. Adjt. Gen. Bond praised the session with guard provisions funded at 65 000 dollars annually for the next biennial period.
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Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Capitol
John C. Bond
National Guard
House Committee
Italy Red Cross Can't Raise Money Submarine Chase Report
British steamer Imber arrived from Liverpool reporting pursuit by two German submarines near the 7th Hinder Hightship in the North Sea. Italian Red Cross funds in California face guidance from the American Red Cross, as Italians discuss pro rata contributions rather than local Italian Red Cross drives.
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Maaslais
Halland
London
Imber
Liverpool
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish Leader Dies in New York
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish, prominent New York society leader and head of the 48 Star apeda's, died at Glen Cliff. She was about 60, born in New York, and widely recognized for her social leadership and philanthropy despite garbled surrounding text.
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Garrison N. Y
Stuyvesant Fish
New York
Apeda
Glen Cliff
Ellie
Thieves Make Big Haul at Preiss Hardware Store
Two nimble thieves robbed Preiss hardware store yesterday securing over a hundred dollars in cash and valuable papers from a tin cash box kept for the executors of the Preiss estate. The store owners urge return of the papers, which will not be valued by any other party.
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Preiss
Preiss Brothers
Henry Preiss
Phil Preiss
Mr. Preiss
Bryan Not Asked To The Clark Nuptials
Bowling Green Missouri May 26 William Jennings Bryan secretary of state will not be invited to the wedding of Miss Genevieve Clark to James Mellinary Thompson of New Orleans on June 12 This was confirmed by a family member and notes that Bryan will be the only prominent official not invited Cabinet members Congress members and about five thousand others will attend Invitations to residents of the Ninth District will be printed in newspapers Speaker Champ Clark has used blanket invitations to draw crowds to his home in the past
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Bowling Green
William Jennings Bryan
Genévieve Clark
Champ Clark
James
Thompson
New Orleans
Bryan
Congress
Ninth
Clark
Nam
Too Many Notes Decline to Act Says Cannon
Congressman Joseph G Cannon of Illinois and twelve colleagues arrived in San Francisco from Honolulu. Cannon said he had not read the government note to Germany on the Lusitania but asserted there are too many notes and no action. The group, including most who arrived today, split on free sugar while favoring additional fortifications for the Hawaiian Islands. Twenty-nine of the 140-member congressional tour returned yesterday.
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San Francisco
Cit
Joseph G. Cannon
Mllinois
Honolulu
Nebraskan Torpedoed Off Ireland En Route to Delaware
The American steamer Nebraskan, Captain Greep, sailing from Liverpool to Delaware breakwater, was torpedoed forty miles southwest of Fastnet off the Irish coast. Crew abandoned ship briefly as forehold flooded but all aboard survived. no passengers aboard. Wireless contact confirmed. Nebraskan proceeded after reboarding and headed toward Queenstown. British admiralty relayed the report to the American embassy.
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London
Greep
Liverpool
Delaware
Fastnet
Ireland
Nebraskan
Britis Admiralty
Hrowhead
Crookshaven
Kinsale
Queenstown
Washington
John Skinner
Pecocd
Lusitania
United States
Woman's Club May Concert Scores Triumph
London reports the Nebraskan possibly hit by a mine amid Lusitania fears while Washington notes a May Willard hotel concert by the Woman's Club. Directress Mrs Moran leads a large audience through vocal duets and piano quartets as performers receive enthusiastic applause.
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Wom
Willard Hotel
J. M. Scott
Baltimore | Ohio ‘Railroad
J. B. Moran
Vaughn Kerr
E. P. Clark
Hadriett Schroeder
Moran
John Gerkins
Nina McDade
Nellie McGrady
J. W. MacPhail
Washington
White Star Line
W. Chadduck
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Dijks Roubiven
Nellsville
Ahrendts
Glover's
Memorial Day Fund Progress and Local Confusion
A chaotic clipping reports Memorial Day fund efforts and Germanic war news. It notes mixed enthusiasm, regional contributions, and civic thanks to Willard Hotel staff and local figures for services, with mentions of concerts, rail traffic concerns, and fashion items amid ongoing conflict coverage.
Italians Claim Important Gain On Austrians
Rome reports an official war office statement claiming Italian forces occupied Austrian territory along the frontier from Lombardy to the Adriatic. Troops seized towns in Trentino, advanced through mountain passes, and pushed to the Isonzo line while Austrians burned bridges and retreated. Monfalcone was bombarded and communications disrupted.
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Rome
Paris
Lombardy
Adriatic
War Office
Trentino
Isonéo
Monfalcone
Gulf of Trieste
Forcolla
Mortezzo
Tonale
Ponte
Caffaro
Ferrara
Monte
Reorno
Monte Foppsto
Les Sine
Adove
Misurina
Cernia
Val d'Inferna
Val Dagno
J Frieuli
Isonzo
Judnio
Tsonzo
Government recovers part of butter fraud fines
In New York on May 26, Charles E. Nolte and Fred D. Oetjen pleaded guilty to oleomargarine frauds that cheated the government of about 1.5 million dollars. Judge Hand fined Nolte and Oetjen 2,500 dollars each while four firm employees received 1,000 and 500 dollar penalties. The government recovered just over 100,000 dollars to date.
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New York
Charles E. Nolte
Fred D. Oetjen
Hand
United States District Court
Nolte
Oetjen
Fred J. Oetjen
George Hermes
Frank James
Paul Wittmer
Joseph Lichtenstein
U Riile
Venice Lights Seen No More
May 26 Venice announces lights must be displayed from sunset to sunrise to deter air attacks. Authorities hope to keep city visible to defenders while residents linger later, watching the sky for Austrian aircraft. The change alters Venice’s famous night glow and mood.
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Venice
Italy
Paris
Becker's Death Set July 12 for Becker's Execution
Albany May 26 The court of appeals fixed the week beginning July 12 for the execution of former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker who was convicted of the murder of Herman Rosenthal.
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Albany
N.Y
Court of Appeals
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
French Front Gains and Heavy Night of Battle in France
Paris dispatch reports French forces checked German attacks near Angres and Lorette heights. French troops retained gains, captured further positions near Buval, and advanced east of Lorette while armored airmen bombarded enemy sites. Aviation missions dropped twenty percent of their bombs, targeting Hervilly, Grand Pre, and a rail depot near St Quentines.
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Paris
French War Office
Angres
Lorette
Buval
Souchez
Soissons
Rheims
Hervilly
Rotsel
Grand Prie
St. Quentine
Mother Kills Her Two Babes Then Herself in Brooklyn
Mrs. Charlotte O Neil wife of Francie O Neil an architectural engineer with the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co was found dead in a bedroom of 311 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn with a bullet in her heart. In an adjoining room lay two of her three children Josephina and Francis aged 1 and 4 with cords around their necks. the boy revived but the baby died. Detectives say the crime occurred while she was temporarily insane. Big doings at Jollette s Made in U S S H A sale next week. Come see what s going on.
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New York
Charlotte O'Neil
Francie O'Neil
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn
Josephina
Francis
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Atevander Graham
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