Yankee Vessels on German Line to reopen routes
New York reports Harriman interests will promptly reopen former Hamburg America trade routes with American tonnage. Harriman & Co acquired stock in American Ship and Commerce Corp, shifting leadership to Harriman nominees Maj. Gen. Goethals was replaced as president. The 20 year agreement with Hamburg line aims to restore service, with minor detail adjustments pending.
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New York
Hamiburg-Almerican
Harriman
WA. Harriman & Co., Incorporated
United States
United States Shipping Board
Harriman & Co
Thra
American Ship and Commerce Corporation
Hamburg
American Ship and Commerce Company
George W. Goethals
W. A. Harriman
F. Pryor
Lester H. Monks
Americar
Anid
Husbands Worrisome Yet Lifelong Comfort For 104-Year-Old
New York woman Sarah Ann McGinnis, age 104, says she was never married and never worried about husbands. She believes this is why she has lived so long and now feels younger than 30 years ago.
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Sarah Ann McGinnis
New York
Higginbotham
Oil Crisis Warns of Shortage as Production Falls
The Geological Survey reports 2,400,000 barrels of crude oil drawn from reserves in the first quarter. Output in many fields is declining, buyers outnumber sellers, and prices may fall. The note adds concern that Britain controls much of the world’s oil and will leverage it in the market.
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Geological Survey
Troops in Ireland rise to sixty thousand as curfew tightens
Dublin reports rising troop levels in Ireland with estimates over 60,000 and daily increases. Authorities consider martial law mainly as a show of resolve while curfew extensions are probed. Night raider activity prompts belief that enforcing arrests for anyone out after dark could deter gatherings.
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Dublin
Ireland
England
Honor the Veterans Who Wore the Grey
Hundreds gathered at Arlington National Cemetery for annual Confederate memorial exercises under Camp No. 171 UCV. Daughters of the Confederacy unveiled a Southern Cross tribute at the Confederate monument while Rep. R Walton Moore of Virginia praised Confederate loyalty and cited Jefferson Davis.
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Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
United Confederate Veterans
Daughters of the Confederacy
Arlington Cemetery
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Grace Roper
Marion Upshur
R. Walton Moore
Virginia
Republic
Confederacy
Davis
Lee
Moore
Jefferson Davis
Plants Have Three Senses, Says Museum Curator
James Rodway of the British Guiana Museum asserts that plants possess at least three senses among taste, touch, and smell. He notes certain tropical trees emit odors resembling water to signal moisture in the environment.
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James Rodway
Self-Whipping in Philippine Festival Attracts Foreigners
During a religious festival in the Philippine Islands natives staged self whipping in front of hundreds of American and other foreigners. They beat their backs with bamboo flogging rods before being flogged by the master of ceremonies. The performers then prostrated themselves in mud, were washed, and their wounds dressed.
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Philippine Islands
Witnens
Fragmentary Courier Journal chat on baby permit humor
A clipped Courier Journal snippet shows a light exchange about moving and obtaining a permit to take baby, with a consoling tone about the baby being a better one. The fragment hints at everyday domestic talk without full context.
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Courier-Journal
Munson Line Gets Two New Passenger Steamers
The Shipping Board announced allocation of two passenger steamers named American Legion and Seagull to Munson Steamship Line for South American service. Built by New York Shipbuilding for delivery late this year, each ship has a deadweight tonnage of 12,600 and will be oil burners.
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Washington
American Legion
Seagull
Munson Steamship Line
The
Shipping Board
New York Shipbuilding Company
Germanys War Debt Plan Likely Abandoned in Paris
Echo de Paris reports a fixed sum for German reparations may be dropped and the Allies may return to extendible annuities allowing Germany to cancel the war debt. The idea was discussed at the supreme Allied council meeting in San Remo. Spa conference postponement to June 21 is probable, the paper says.
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Paris
Germany
Echo de Paris
Supreme Allied Council
San Remo
Spa
Carranza died by own hand in Mexico City
Gen Rodolfo Herrera arrived to report to President de la Huerta recounting May 21 at Tiaxcalantongo where Carranza was killed. Herrera said he attacked 200 Carranza followers with 40 men and that Carranza’s forces fled. He claimed Carranza was wounded and shot himself after being abandoned, dismissing followers’ falsehoods.
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Norrero
Alx Carranzioria
Mexico City
Francisco Martel
Barrio
Puebla
Obregon
Carran
Mariel
Carranza
Rodolfo Herrera
de la Huerta
Tiaxcalantongo
Herrero
Carranse
Battle in Matewan mining town shocks nation
Miners in Matewan West Virginia refused to work or yield company houses. Deputies moved to eject them and a battle ensued. ten men were killed and others wounded. Labor leaders demand a congressional inquiry into the incident claiming miners’ rights were invaded.
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Satan
Matewan
W. Va
Congress
Like Yankees in Santo Domingo
Col. G C Thorpe of the U S Marine Corps said at a conference that American soldiers make friends with the natives and that their only enemies were political agitators in Santo Domingo Jacin to Lopez a Venezuelan editor attacked U S policy claiming seizure of strategic positions and protectorates made the United States the supreme lord of the Caribbean and that it remained by force
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Caribbean
Col
G. C. Thorpe
U. S. Marine Corps
I 4
Santo Domingo
Jacinto Lopez
United States
Sale of Kaiser's Furniture From Berlin and Munich
Auction of 66 lots from the former Kaiser’s palaces in Berlin and Munich in New York yielded about $8,000 from a $50,000 value. Velvet hangings with a Prussian eagle sold for 35 to 75 dollars each. A Louis XVI style French commode topped the bids at 1,100 dollars. The imperial ivory beer mug was bid to 200 dollars, and a mahogany couch used by the Kaiser in Munich fetched 170 dollars.
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Berlin
Munich
New York
Imperial Palace
Aittle
Protest Against Treaty Angers Hungary and U.S. Opinion
The Hungarian government appeals to the United States about postwar terms, saying self-determination is violated by ceding territory. Demonstrations erupt as authorities try to quell unrest. Teachers still show old maps claiming restored provinces. The note ends with a mention of bread price in Indianapolis.
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United States
Hungary
Black Draught promoted as 70 year remedy poster
An elderly reader from Thedford cites personal relief from indigestion constipation and weak digestion after using Black Draught. The ad stresses a 70 year history and urges a thorough trial with five doses tonight promising renewed vigor by morning.
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Thedford
Lacy Ivey
Pete Ie
Gregg
1500 On Cruise for Midshipmen Practice Voyage
Annapolis Md June 5 More than 1500 midshipmen began a three month practice cruise aboard six battleships including the Connecticut as flagship under Vice Admiral Hillary P Jones The squadron also includes the New Hampshire Kansas Minnesota South Carolina and Michigan with many naval reservists joining to fill complements after reduced commissions sailed to Pacific ports and Honolulu
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Annapolis
Pacific
Honolulu
Hillary P. Jones
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Kansas
Minnesota
South Carolina
Michigan
Purchases Entire Town of Stonewall by Cincinnati Manufacturer
Oscar Berman of Cincinnati bought Stonewall Mississippi by purchasing the stock of a cotton mill company that built the town. The deal includes all buildings, eleven hundred acres of land, and two large cotton mills for about five million dollars.
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Stonewall
Mississippi
Oscar Berman
Cincinnati
An American Creed in Congress by Lena Spencer Mo
The Congressional Record printed Lena Spencer of Missouri stating an American creed of equal liberty and opportunity. It emphasizes universal education and equal treatment under the law, reflecting pride in America's history and commitment to justice for all.
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Senator Lodge
Lena Spencer
Congressional Record
America
Untainted and Unweakened Through Generations
A statement asserting commitment to founding principles and enduring loyalty. It emphasizes the speaker's resolve to pass on the values and ideals to future generations without compromise or dilution. The tone stresses steadfast fidelity and the rightful transmission of core beliefs.
Can Can Without Sugar Says Rhode Island College
Alarmed by reports that sugar shortages derail home canning, the Rhode Island College urges canning without sugar not suitable. It advises adding hot water instead of hot syrup and recommends cold pack methods to keep produce in perfect condition.
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State College of
Rhode Isla
Adam Loses Beard in Restoration of Adam and Eve
In a Hungarian national gallery restoration, the Adam figure in Jordaens portrait lost its beard to present a clean shaven ancestor. The bearded feature, added in the last century, drew objections for giving Adam a devilish look as he eyes the apple while Eve listens to the serpent.
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Jordaens
Garian National Art Museum
Adam
Rye
Garden of Eden
Eve
Men Lose Trousers Amid Tolglo Pullman Calamity
All men occupying four Pullman cars at Tolglo were confined to bed as the purser searched for missing trousers. The garments were found beneath a freight car with pockets turned inside out, leaving the incident an odd, unexplained mystery.
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Tolglo
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