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A long OCR fragment reports diverse items from a harbor barge police setup to a 100 year old whetstone found in a tree trunk. It mentions lumber totals, a Jamestown wedding trousseau, electric steel making, and various curiosities about industry, politics, and inventions with scattered names and places.
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Ohio
Howard Smith
Mtts
Peace Fates Shuffle as Germany Japan Westward Move
Washington reports hinge on German Japan alliance with Russia and Romania tension. Analysts say a German peace with Russia may push Japan toward Siberia or restrain German gains in Asia. Officials caution over Japan’s next step and American stance on intervention.
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Washington, WI
Acarely
Germany
Japan
Siberia
Odessa
Liluek Sea
Russia
Romania
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England
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Washington
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United Press
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New National Party Draws Recruiters At Chicago Convention
The new national party organizes in Chicago with over 100 delegates, pledging nationwide prohibition and women's suffrage. Prohibitionists clash with the Prohibition party over a merger as speakers discuss strategies and alliances.
Romania Accepts Peace Terms Amid National Humiliation
Indignation grips the army and people of Romania as central powers impose a harsh peace. Romania loses Dobruja and Danube control, yields railways to Germany for 15 years, and endures tariff and resource concessions. Royal family appeals for American sympathy and world peace recognition.
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Associated Press
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Steady Stream of Troops to Europe Reports Reach Home
Washington reports a steady flow of troops and supplies to France for General Pershing. Officials say transportation by ship and rail is meeting military needs, with expectations that the U.S. will form a decisive fighting unit in the coming campaign.
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Europe
Wasahington
Pershing
France
Ft Wom
United States
Delong
Wilson Tan
Onmor Deliuved
Two Fifths of 1917 Corn Crop on Farms
Washington announces today from the Department of Agriculture that corn on farms totals 1,202,005,000 bushels or 40.0 percent of the 1917 crop. Wheat stands at 272,000,000 bushels or 17 percent and oats at 318,000,000 bushels or 6 percent. Barley yields 212,000,000 bushels or 26.8 percent.
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Washington
Marcell
Department of Sarculture
upheaval in Spanish cabinet redraws foreign affairs post
Madrid reports another upheaval as the cabinet reassigns key posts. The new lineup includes the defense and foreign affairs portfolios with reshuffles aimed at stabilizing the government.
Great Tank Battle Foretold On West Front
Dispatches from Germany report a new generation of tanks with crawling fortresses and heavy guns. Allies and British forces race to field larger machines while the trench nations develop counter designs for an anticipated West Front offensive.
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West Front
New York
Ceck
France
Germany
Sigmadrona
Pershing
West
Boe
Rhine
Swiss
Belgium
Night air raid devastates London. 57 dead or missing
London reports indicate 11 killed and 46 injured in last night’s raid with fears of six more bodies in ruins. Several houses damaged and a vicar’s home partially wrecked. seven to eight enemy planes conducted the attack as warning signals sounded and residents took cover.
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London
Isle of ‘Thanet
Ocho Opeum
Thames Estuary
Lorridon
Essex
Eissex
Landon
German Liquid Fire Attack Repulsed Near Toul
German assault with liquid fire against American forces northwest of Toul in the Metz region was repulsed Thursday according to dispatches. American garrison units reportedly repelled an enemy patrol of about 40 men in the same area.
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Landen
Toul
Michlel Aeeter
Taday
Montenegro Rejects Enemy Peace Proposals
In London Montenegrin Minister of War and Interior states Montenegro will seek a separate peace with the central powers in a letter to the Daily Chronicle. He asserts Montenegro was offered peace but rejects it and accuses opponents of contempt. Advance interest to allies rises from 4 to 4 1/2 percent on government loans.
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Amsterdam
Marek &A
Berlin
Moelwheeh Volke Zeitung
Het Joypan
Germany
London
Nike Haidoukeviteh
Montenegrian
Daily Chronicle
Montenegro
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France
Washington, D
New National Party Opens With Broad Creed and Equal Representation
Chicago March 8. After the convention opened telegrams urged medicate passage of the Susan B Anthony suffrage amendment. The party, formed yesterday, unites war socialists single taxers suffragists social democrats and progressives under a platform promising equal power for men and women and equal representation on committees. The group plans to be known as the Man and Woman Party.
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Chicago
National Party
Wilson
Senate
Susan J. Anthony Guffrvce
Labor Party
New
David Cootes
H. Could
New York
Man and Woman Party
Raid Preparations Fail to Materialize in France Front
In Lorraine and near Toul American forces report frequent German air raids and artillery exchanges. An American patrol of five men repulsed a ten-man German patrol in No Man's Land with two Germans killed and two wounded. The article notes ongoing rail and road movement, dust and mud, and the steady anti aircraft fire from American batteries.
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France
Associated Press
Toul
Nes
No Man's Land
Denial of Insults to American Troops in Ireland Debate
In the House of Commons today a denial was issued regarding claims that torpedoed Turcania survivors in Ireland were insulted by Sinn Feiners. A Senate military committee approved a favorable report on the administration treaty bill authorizing registration of aliens in the draft treaty framework.
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March
Arthur Warren Bummels
King's Council For
Ireland
House of Commons
Turcania
Sinn
Washington, D. C
Utarnimous
Great Britain
Canada
Senate Military Committee
British Net Losses Last Year Total 398 Ships
In the House of Commons Sir Leo Chiowa Money cited British shipping losses last year totaling 398 ships over 1,600 tons. He noted 200 British built merchant vessels of 1,600 tons or more were completed, while actual cargo imports were about two percent lower than expected.
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London
Leo Chiowa Money
House of Commons
Germany May Strike in Balkans Route to Saloniki
British and American forces prepare for a potential German offensive in the Balkans with focus on Saloniki and western front defenses. Reports note troops moved from the eastern front, weather delays hinder action, and allied plans aim for a spring-driven breakthrough in the west.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
Macedonia
Italy
France
Saloniki
Teuton
Russia
Trans- Caucasian
Batum
Romania
Galicia
Ukraine
West
Associated Nations
Austrians to France dispatch and wartime artillery activity
The Prucatas announces an Austrian troupe has been sent to France but with no count given. Reports say enemy artillery was active last night near Ribecourt and the Scarpe valley with significant fighting around Ypres between Menin road and Houtholat forest.
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Parliament Votes 600 Million Credit to Continue War
March 9 report from Tandon states the House of Commons unanimously approved a credit of 600,000,000 pounds moved by the chancellor of the exchequer Andrew Bonar Law. This brings total wartime votes to 4,442,000,000 pounds.
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Tandon
House of Commons
Andrew Honor Law
British Losses Decline to Lowest Mark of Month
Landen report for the week of March shows 5 943 casualties, the lowest weekly total in months. The official weekend tally lists 13 officers killed in action and 628 other ranks, with 178 officers wounded or missing and 16 36? lower figures.
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