Bomb Explodes as Parade Watches Suffer Casualties
A timed bomb in a suitcase exploded on San Francisco’s main thoroughfare during a preparedness parade. Three people were killed and 41 injured as a brick structure and crowd were struck. Police arrested a lodger named Frank Josephson, while District Attorney Charles M. Fickert attributed the act to a mind unsettled by pacifist protests.
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San Francisco
Frank Josephson
Charles M. Fickert
Steuart
Market Streets
First California Infantry
Italy
Germany
United States
Russia
Smee
Frisco
Chamber of Commerce
Meaerh
Avery
Covsees
Western Farmers in Politics to Stop Food Gambling
Farmers rally nationwide to end grain and food gambling in U S stock markets. Backed by the Nonpartisan Politicait e of North Dakota, the movement unites farmers labor and unionists, with a united front across Granges and clubs. After North Dakota victory, Minnesota farmers join, aiming to expand nationally by attracting socialists and other rural allies.
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United States
North Dakota
Minnesota
Southern railway repairs flood damage toward Wilkesboro
Officials report rapid progress on the Southern railway flood repairs from Winston-Salem to North Wilkesboro with 250 workers at Rockford 20 miles away 260 at North Wilkesboro and 100 at Elkin. An emergency auto mail line was opened from Winston-Salem to Roaring River via Yadkinville Elkin and Ronda. Red Cross wired 100 to North Wilkesboro May or Spainhour and meat and provisions trucks left for Elkin to aid sufferers.
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Winston-Salem
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Southern Railway
North Wilkesboro
Rockford
Elkin
Roaring River
Yadkinville
Ronda
Red Cross
Spainhour
German Naval Squadron at Bruges Strengthened
Amsterdam July 2 reports the Belgian port Bruges naval squadron has been considerably strengthened in recent weeks and now includes at least 22 torpedo boats and torpedo-destroyers. Several boats use three funnel designs and torpedo boats have passed Belgium canals. dismounted boats are said moved from Germany via that route.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Bruges
Memory of Calliope Crew Remembers Hood's Naval Era
In Sydney on July 24, the death of British Rear Admiral Horace Hood at Jutland recalls former Calliope midshipmen now prominent in the war. The list includes Frank Brandt, Wilmott S. Nicholson, John T. Glossop, Sidney R. D. Lowe, and Cecil H. Fox, each who led ships later sunk or damaged in combat.
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Sydeny
Australia
Apia
Samoa
United States
Treton
Calliope
Sydney
Jutland
Horace N. Hood
Hood
War drains Britain of timber as forests fall to demand
London reports that war demand may exhaust British timber in three years. Prewar sources mostly from Russia Sweden Germany France Portugal and Spain are disrupted. Norway and Sweden supply some now while vast French and Portuguese timber fills gaps and extensive felling from UK woods continues. Only three million acres of woodland remain in the United Kingdom.
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London
British Isles
Russia
Sweden
Germany
Norway
France
Portugal
Spain
Scotland
United Kingdom
French Repertory Comes Under Care of Censors
Paris July 24 The censor has taken in hand the repertoire of French theatrical companies touring abroad. Impresarios must submit pieces to the censor before passports are issued. Posters advertising shows must be approved by the Paris prefect before posting after July 1.
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Paris
Madrid
Gave the Baby Rest and Cough Relief Endorsed
Mrs. Wm. Leonard of Pottsville Pa. says the baby had a bad cough and the first dose of Foey's Honey and Tar gave relief. The remedy is advertised as reliable for night time coughing and contains no opiates or harmful ingredients. Sold by Mann Drug Co.
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Foey
Wm. Leonard
Pottsville
Mann Drug Co
War Movies Show British Sunspotting Fokker
London viewers witnessed a wartime film sequence showing mobile anti aircraft guns in action on the front. A German Fokker appears in the frame and is tracked as it climbs then is hit and crashes in flames, matching the official report of an enemy aircraft downed.
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Chester Fields
Fokker
London
France
Free Milk Plan Aims to Keep Workers Away from Saloons
Minneapolis company provides 900 pints of milk daily to 25 acre plant workers at lunch to deter drinking. The program reportedly succeeds as workers stay on site. Also notes sisal binders' price rise due to state board controls amid Minnesota's role as a major twine producer.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company
J. Paul Minn
State Board of Control
Minnesota
C. J. Swendaomy
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