U S to Rush Army Camps and Cantonments
Washington June 23 Officials said no delay in sixteen army cantonments construction expected with completion around September 1. Secretary Baker outlined exemptions and election rules, stressed supervision by quartermasters, and noted possible relocation of Des Moines site due to rail and drainage concerns.
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Washington
National Army
Becretry Baker
Wilson
Walie
National Guard
Regular Army
Quartermimetera’ Reserve Corp
Taker
Des Moines
Des Moltes
Aalit
Witch Gorge
Congress
Maine
Man Pays for Noise Trial with Neighbor's Rooster
Portland man John Wilcox, 68, paid $25 to test a crowing machine by the neighbor's rooster. The purchase followed ongoing sleep disruption as he reported failing to sleep mornings due to the persistent noise.
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Portland
Ore
John Wilcox
Thin City
John
Odd Portland Humane Society Report Sparks Local Debate
Fragmentary text notes an incident involving a rooster and a postponement of an event. Mentions Portland Humane Society and amateur keeper efforts but lacks clear actions or outcomes.
Princess Mary Serves Up Smiles at Middlesex Factory
Princess Mary visits a Middlesex factory during a tour. She enters on foot and serves workers at the adjacent canteen, where eager girls crowd the counter for royal autographs and a moment with the royal visitor. After lunch, she tours the plant, greeting staff.
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London
Prinenee
Mary van Berth
Middlesex
Linnch
Becauce
Destroyer Too Late Ship Sunk In Myvi Waters Rescue
June 23 report from an American destroyer captain describes torpedoing near Myvi waters as a merchant ship wounded and another attacked. The destroyer rushed to aid the stricken vessel and rescued the crew, then returned to protect the food ship from the sinking threat.
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U. 5
Nice
Myvi
Tre Hant
Close Connection The Gifted Describer Remains Abroad
A short note about a country girl who moved to a large town. The writer recalls her former home and describes the unfamiliar urban setting, beginning her letter with remarks about the oddity of the place and a neighbor, reflecting on change and distance.
Lydia E Pinkham remedy praised for cramps relief
A Marysville Pa reader testimonial reports twelve years of terrible cramps ending after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter urges other young women with irregular periods backache or fainting spells to seek the remedy and free advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
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E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Hin E
Russia May Turn Kerensky Into a Napoleon Figure
Washington observers argue Kerensky could become Russia's Napoleon, leading armies to victory and establishing a dictatorship similar to Bonaparte. They compare Russia's provisional government to France's 1799 crisis and conclude a strong statesman like Kerensky is needed to organize the nation for victory and unity.
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Washington
Alexander Kerensky
Russia
Napoleon
Bonaparte
France
Kerensky
Tendereus
Rhine
Alps
Rivesia
Rousseau
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Penganta
Napoleon Erite Cromwell
Kernesky
Women to drive military cars in Paris drive for war
In Paris a campaign has secured signatures of hundreds of women aged around twenty to twenty‑five who pledge to enlist to drive military motor cars behind the front. They must enlist for three months and agree to certain conditions as authorities prepare to release drivers for war duty.
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Paris
Tune
Military women to drive service cars proposed
The text indicates a plan to replace motor ambulance orders and foreign sanitary sections with women drivers. Mandating officers of military divisions push for applications from women to serve as drivers in driving service cars, potentially shifting roles to other automobile sections later.
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Nthe Gee
Emmandine
Kentucky Surgeon Asked to Take Unit to France
Lexington Kentucky June 24 Dy David Harrow a physician has been commissioned to organize a base hospital unit for service in France. About twenty doctors will be unveiled from the Fayette County Medical Association and sixty nurses will accompany the unit. Dr Barrow tendered his services to the War Department and this effort has succeeded.
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Lexington
David Harrow
le Jelty
France
Fayette County Medical Association
Barrow
War Department
Scholarship for Bookkeeping or Stenography Course
For sale a complete course scholarship at Owensboro Business and Industrial College. Good for Bookkeeping and Accounting or Stenographers Course. For details apply at the Republican office in Owensboro.
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Owensboro Business & Industrial College
Republican
Young girls thefts prompt medical-expert inquiry in Bloomington
Two 11 year old girls, declared incorrigible, may be examined by Indiana University physicians for a supposed "bump of criminality" after a spree that included stealing $47 from a merchant, gold bracelet purchase, and a taxi ride to a dark pleasure district and a cinema. They later hid the money and returned home. The report notes their juvenile career of crime culminating in robbery-like acts and a joy ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Sloan's Liniment Ad Gains Mention in Hs Results
An advertisement cites Sloan's liniment as quick relief for muscle strains and external pains. It claims penetrative action without rubbing and notes use for rheumatism gout bruises backache and more. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
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Sloan
Night bombardments let readers read in the trenches
Sgt Arthur G Empey, formerly in the British army, told New York University Alumni that intense bombardments on the western front provided light enough to read newspapers in trenches. He noted army chaplains hold services on carriages with one eye on the Bible and the other on German aircraft. He added that Prussians are the most fearless fighters, followed by Bavarians and Saxons.
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New York
Arthur G. Empey
New York Univversity Alumni Association
Trene
Kuiper
Coincidence on a Suburban Rail Car Conductor Dialogue
A nervous female student asks which end of the car to exit as the conductor and a man discuss stopping points. The exchange ends with the conductor noting it makes little difference which end to use. The transcript fragment preserves a tense, everyday transit moment.
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ARMY
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Chamberlain
Cook
Bo John
Portland Humane Sriciety
Lear
Young War
Oland
Fletcher
Kentucky
Ladies’ Home Journal
Saturday Evening Post
Country Gentleman
Hartford
Curtis Publishing Company
Independence Square
Philadelphia
Ike
Han
Baltimore American
Castoria
Yeer
Sueraptoe Starck
Gillen
Cii
Plano House
Starck Planey
Chicago
Mall
P. A. Starck Piano CO
Weber
Steinway
Chickering
Plano Uinigerater
Starck
Owensboro, KY
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