Thrilling war tales from Mount Wolf veteran
J L Graybill of Parkman Ohio, a member of the 148th Field Artillery, 41st division, recently discharged, visits sister Mrs C E Hartman in Mount Wolf Pa. He recounts war exploits including the capture of Big Bertha, claims Germans were chained to guns and dead or living bodies were chained to a machine gun, with bones piled nearby.
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Mount Wolf
J. L. Graybill
Parkman
Wryo
148Th Field Artillery
C. E. Hartman
Graybill
Paris
Big Bertha
Wyoming
148Th
Plan For Minimum Wage For Women in Porto Rico Approved
The Puerto Rico lower house approved a bill to set a minimum wage for women and girls. It provides at least 5 dollars a week for under 18 and 4 dollars a week for 18 and over, with the first three weeks of apprenticeship exempt.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
America
Deutrichs
No More Physically Normal Persons in Russia
London reports T Hessen, a Moscow journalist and Duma member, says starvation and disease have eroded Russians mental balance. He recalls unrecognizable friends then a lawyer Rajeffski who hanged himself, and notes many well dressed but starving people begging in the streets.
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London
Petrograd
Russia
T. Hessen
Moscow
Second Duma
Copenhagen
Rajeffski
Baker Injured as Mixer Lid Falls in Gettysburg Bakery
In Gettysburg Pennsylvania June 27 head baker M S Yohe sustained a deep gash on his head and forehead from a 300 pound mixer lid that fell when a prop slipped during a test run. A bag of flour on top cushioned the blow.
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Baker
Gettysburg
William A. Hennig
M. S. Yohe
Yohe
Civil Governor Named For Japanese District
Tokio reports the appointment of Baron Gensuke Hayashi as Governor General of the Kwantung District in Southern Manchuria. The move signals closer cooperation between military influence and civic elements, with potential reforms to Korea and the gendarmerie system.
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Tokio
Japan
Gensuke Hayashi
Italy
China
Kwantung District
Manchuria
Hara
Korea
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Samuel Heilman
Mary Heilman
W. Heilman
Jacob He
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Marx
Kuppenheimer
Sortetty Brand
Harrisburg, Pa
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