Holland Queen's German Consort Aided Officers Escape
A Dutch border incident linked to Queen Wilhelmina's consort is alleged to have helped three German officers flee Holland, triggering protests. The prince consort, once Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin, is said to have arranged a midnight meeting and authorized the escape, prompting calls for stricter action and renewed Dutch neutrality concerns.
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Loudon
Dune
Holland
Duke Neingleh Vindiule
Albert Ernest
Meckienhure- Schwerin
Potsdam
Eanburraxeed
Econsort
Ree
Price Consort
Prince Consort
Wilhelming
Nottinghan aviator's letters recount WWI air battles
From Nottinghan where Capt Albert Ball's father, ex mayor, received letters describing battles in the air in his pajamas. Ball recalls ten flights in one day with little clothing, and a close encounter with a German pilot as both planes dared danger.
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Nottinahan
Eng
Albert Ball
Youkom
Nottinghan
Hall
Annie Pition
Boleke
Asiak
Dramatic Revelations On Rimis Event And Tsarist Court
An interview recounts dramatic claims about the Rimiso riot era and the fall of the Romanov regime. It alleges Rasputin’s influence in court affairs, a shattered will, and the empress guiding the Tsar with precocious counsel amid looming revolution. It cites Dr Badimaley and a Mongol doctor claiming mystic medicines shaped policy and fate.
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Copuhegen
Tibet
Nicholas 11
Rasputin Dise
Adda
Wicbyss
Hadmasey
Tims
Whooping Cough Remedy Praised In Peru Note
PHL Martin of Peru Indiana reports his two daughters recovered from whooping cough after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He says it loosened the cough and aided expectoration, noting success in easing the illness.
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Chamberlain
Martin
Peru
Ind
Chang Hsuan to Dictator in China Peking
June 16 dispatch notes that General Chang Hsuan has proclaimed himself dictator in China with President Li Yien Hung largely a figurehead. Insurgents convene in Tien Tien to form a Provisional Government led by the dictator who could become President and Premier. Motives are unclear but restoration of the Manchu empire is suspected.
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Peking
Chang Hein
Li Yien Hung
Tien Tien
Chang Hoan
Russia
Germany
Canton
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Fertility Help
A patient letter from Poplar Bluff Missouri praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for aiding fertility and improving health. The notice claims many women became able to work and bear children after use and invites readers to seek confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Poplar Bluff
St. Faetai
Lydia E Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Jeine Co
Lynn
Masa
Ohio county court raises road tax to fund public roads
The Ohio County Fiscal Court convened June 6 1917 with Judge John B. Wilson presiding and unanimously adopted a resolution to raise road use payments to two dollars per day for teams used in plowing or scraping. The move aims to keep rural mail routes open, improve road conditions, and encourage road hands to fulfill duties. The court pledges support within its means, including bridge work, right of way purchases, and public publicity, while stressing the county must reduce indebtedness per a recent Court of Appeals decision.
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Ohio County
Martford
John B. Wilson
State Road Department
Court of Appeals
Germans Seek Concession on Margarita Island Near Panama
New York reporters say Americans with Venezuela ties confirm Germany sought a concession on Margarita island off the Venezuelan coast, likely for a submarine base. Berlin denies it as diplomatic. The text notes Germany's prewar talks and cites a 1929 consul letter from La Guaira about Margarita’s population of 70,000 and coastwise shipping in Venezuela.
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New York
Margarita
Venezuela
Germany
Berlin
la Guayra
Venexuela
Woman thugs new onto war product in Cleveland
Cleveland police arrest four women after luring a man into an alley where he was beaten and robbed of money. An unrelated shopper reports a nervous patient who fears death after a casual remark by a Mr Blank and his wife.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Medicus
Medi
Five Level Brooklyn Transit Under Construction Reveals Skyscraper Depths
At Borough Hall Brooklyn engineers reveal twelve tracks on five levels with underground tunnels and high burial beneath the harbor. The project, directed by Michael L. Quinn, blends subway tubes, elevated rails, and street traffic into a single vast transit complex.
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York
Borough Hall
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Elevated
Interboro
Oo New Brooklyn Kapit ‘Transit Company
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Michael L. Quinn
Dr King’s New Discovery Advertises Cough Cold Relief
A vintage ad touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a 48 year standard remedy for coughs colds and bronchial affections. It promises to soothe sore throats kill germs and quickly relieve symptoms and urges readers to keep a bottle at home in their medicine chest.
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Dr. King
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