Austrians Plan General Strike Against War
A Vienna congress of the German Socialist Society of Austria calls for readiness for a possible general strike by the Austrian working class to oppose continued wartime aims. Swiss reports note government influence to avoid a large walkout, while the assembly backs peace without annexations and affirms the right of peoples to self-determination and a League of Nations.
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Washington
Vienna
Congress
Obervers
Arbeiter Zeitung
Brent Ajrovsk
Bucharest
Ittelf
France
Italy
Russia
Serbia
Romania
League of Nations
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims Cure All
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of Fr Cheney & Co declares they will pay 100 for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary notes oath in Toledo Ohio. Ad claims internal action through blood and mucous membranes with testimonials and drugstore availability.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
Fr. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
Ascan Notary
J Gheney & CO
One-armed Henry Allen Acquitted in Hawaii Killing
Honolulu jury acquits Henry Allen a one armed Navy veteran who shot and killed John Walker a confessed pro German after Walker insulted the government flag and uniform. The verdict came after a six minute deliberation with self defense cited by Allen’s counsel. Spectators erupted in patriotic demonstrations as Allen led a flag procession to Aala Park.
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Honolulu
Henry Alien
United States Navy
John S. Walker
Allen
King Street
Beretania
Aala Park
Walker
Hawaii
France
Browning gun tests to sync fire with aircraft propellers
A Browning machine gun has undergone a test to determine its firing rate synchronized with airplane propeller revolutions. The device allows the gun to be fired by the pilot through a mechanism aligned with the rotating propeller. Propeller speeds range from thousands to two thousand revolutions per minute.
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Kam le Constant
Origins of Odd Measures in Ancient Sages and Phrases
The text traces how early measures arose from the human body and daily life. It explains inches from the thumb, spans and paces, the ell from Henry I, and phrases like a hop and jump. Rural German speech uses hours, pipes, and dog barks to gauge distance, illustrating varied historic measurement concepts.
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Germany
Schleswig-Holstein
German Front Remarks On Western War Situation
Amsterdam June 4 The Berlin Vossische Zeitung military correspondent notes that a decisive breakthrough is unlikely quickly. He cites France’s robust railway network at Compiegne and Villers Cotterete as aiding organized resistance and reserves. The piece predicts changes in battle operations and ongoing efforts to pressure the French front with renewed patterns and potential surprises.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Compiegne
Villers Cotterete
Breckenridge County Tragedy: Stinnett Slain By Mule Team
In Breckenridge County Kentucky a young farmer Clifford Stinnett was found dead with his throat cut after a mule returned home. William Riley, a prominent farmer, surrendered himself and confessed to the killing. Stinnett was crippled and left a wife and four children. Riley is jailed for examination.
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Parmer
Owensboro, Ky
Clifford Stinovit
Hhs
Breckenridge County
Stinnett
Hardineburg
The Long Arm of Mercy Poem on Red Cross Charity
An ode praising the Red Cross as humanity’s universal charity. It lauds mercy over war, urging aid to the suffering across nations and disasters. The piece highlights the Red Cross’s pure purpose, impartial care, and expansive reach from battlefields to famines and floods worldwide.
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Jekyll and Me
Crewe
More ii Jens
The
Red Cross
Emerson
Humanity
Chat Dow
V Lcum
Japan
China
Cuba
India
Hale
Poland
Servia
Helgium
Seven Seas
Directory listing judges and officials in Hartford Beaver Dam and surrounding towns
Directory provides names of judges county officials clerks sheriff and department heads for Hartford Beaver Dam and surrounding districts with meeting schedules and districts plus names in Hartford Route 3 Beav er Dam Simmons Center Baize town Fordsville and Pordsville including mayors police judges marshals and board clerks and enumerates meeting cadence and district assignments for county offices and court terms.
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Ed Shawn
Hartford
Sam L. Stevens
Beaver Dam
Q. B. Brown
Simmons
G. W. Rowe
Center
W. C. Daugherty
Baizetown
W. 8. Dean
Dundee
B. F. Rice
Fordsville
B. C. Rhoades
Official School Calendar for County Board of Education
The calendar lists board members including E. H. Howard and J. Hoover with districts from Hartford to Rosine and Beaverdam. Meetings occur quarterly on the first Mondays, February April June August October December. Examinations for common and county teachers take place May through September with white and colored divisions.
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County Board of Education
Otis H. Stevens
Beaver Dam
Nat Lindley
Centerstown
Lst
Aujgust
County Board of Examiners
Howard
Mason
W. Duff
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Rockport
Ch'm'n. Board
James Wilson
Rushing Hunt
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Will Langford
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K. W. King
J. W. Cooper
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Washington, D.C
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