Irish Front Town Hosts Irish Division Fighters
Correspondence from British headquarters in France describes an Irish division center town at the front. Irish troops, many from Mayo Kilkenny and Cork, serve under mixed lines, with officers recounting trench prowess, discipline, and humor. A Waterford farmer-led company shows rapid rise. St Patrick's Day sobriety proves solid.
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India
South Africa
Mayo
Kilkenny
Clare
Cork
Waterford
St. Patrick’s Day
Trish
League to Enforce Peace Convenes Taft Leads Opening Session
Worthington May 25 delegates from every state attend the first annual National League to Enforce Peace under former President Taft. Herbert S. Touston declares peace is a business proposition backed by big men. Notable speakers include Newton D. Baker and Leonard Wood. Over 2,000 delegates from diverse groups gather to push for a U.S. political action toward a League of Nations after World War I.
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League
Newton D. Baker
Leonard Wood
United States
Chambers of Commerce
Boards
League of Nations
Europe
Court of Arbitration
Council of Conciliation
Fait
Baker
Wood
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
James Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Shailer Mathews
Divinity School of Chicago University
Harry A. Wheeler
Chicago
Edward A. Filene
Filene Steers
Boston
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Hamilton Holt
George Grafton Wilson
Talcott Williams
John Bates Clark
Department of Economics
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
R. G. Rhett
Charleston
S. C
Chamber of Commercce
Samuel Gompers
Oliver Wilson
Peoria
National Grange
Theodore Marburg
Belgium
Herbert S. Houston
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
Peace Talks Delayed as Grey Reaffirms War Stance
British foreign secretary Edward Grey told the Commons that peace talks are impossible without a prior allied agreement and that the war continues until conditions permit. He rebuked Ponsonby for pressures toward negotiations and defended British unity with France and the Entente allies amid Verdun and Balkan tensions.
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London
Edward Grey
License of Commons
Edward
Mrr. Ponsonby
Mr. Ponsonby
Great Britain
Constantinople
Germany
Bethmann-Hollwee
Request for dyestuffs has not been answered
London May 25 Lord Robert Cecil minister of war trade informed the house of commons a proposal was received to permit export from Germany to the American government of dyestuffs but no answer had been given. The war trade minister denied reports that licenses had been granted for exports to the United States of 5 million dollars of dues part of a shipment that might reach 30 million.
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London
Robert Cecil
House of Commons
Germany
War Trade
United States
Foley Kidney Pills Promised Nightly Sleep Relief
Henry Rudolph of Carmi Illinois writes that after using Foley Kidney Pills he sleeps through the night without getting up. The ad warns that bladder weakness may signal kidney trouble and mentions backache rheumatism and stiff joints as related symptoms relieved by the pills.
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Henry Rudolph
Carmi
Lil
Mann Drug Co. Adv
Last of New York's old police lieutenants retires
John Wiegand the Rockaway Beach station captain retires as the last of the old pre 1907 inspectors. He is 69, Civil War veteran, enlisted in 1861, served as drummer boy and cavalryman, in police since 1869. His pension is 1750 dollars yearly for life.
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New York
John Wiegand
Rockaway Beach
Wiegand
Cavalry
Dr Rowe to Address Guilford Y M C A Sermon
Dr Gilbert T Rowe will preach the Y M C A sermon at the Guilford college commencement Sunday night He is popular for Y M C A sermons and previously spoke before the Y M C A at the University of North Carolina during last commencement.
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Gilbert T. Rowe
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offers $100 Reward
Readers learn of a cure for catarrh through Hall's Catarrh Cure which claims to heal all disease stages by acting through the blood. The advertisement promises $100 to anyone for a case it cannot cure and directs inquiries to F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio with price 75 cents at druggists.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Lieutenant Rockwell Dies In Navy Airplane Crash
Pensacola Florida May 25 Lieutenant James Vincent Rockwell United States Navy civil engineer in training as aviator was killed when a navy fighter plane dived 150 feet into the ground just after a trial flight in front of the aviation station. His wife and three children witnessed the crash. he was 28 years old and expected to receive a pilot license shortly.
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Pensacola
Fla
James Vincent Rockwell
United States Navy
Navy
Rockwell
Lieuteant Rockwell
Indiana
Reliable cough remedy aids croup and colds in Covington
Mrs. Redkamp of Covington Kentucky praises Foley's Honey and Tar as a reliable cough remedy. She reports her neighbor’s child improved after a couple of doses, noting relief from coughs colds and croup. Mann Drug Co. advertises the product.
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Croup
Foley
Mrs. Redkamp
Herman St
Covington
Mann Drug Co. Adv
Tiz Foot Remedy Promises Quick Pain Relief
A vintage ad touts a 2 cent box of Tiz from the drug store to ease tired, sore, and swollen feet. It claims instant pain relief for corns callouses bunions, reduces swelling and burning, and ends shoe tightness for weary feet.
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