War Report Highlights Allied Reach and German Offensives
Western front forces report British and French units reached the Italian line to resist invaders while Austro Germans launched a new offensive on the lower Piave. American Rainbow Division is in France with other National Guard units. Belgian army ready for Flanders. Intense battles near Masnieres, St Quentin, and Verdun with heavy German claims of 4000 prisoners.
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Jerusalem
America
Rainbow Division
France
Flanders
St. Quentin
Verdun
Paris
Gouzeaucourt
Buena Vista
Tex
United States
International Line
U.S
Lafayette Escadrille
Germany
Tragedy Tied to War Woes as Woman Ends Her Life
Mrs Matilda Bouillon of Los Angeles reportedly killed herself amid despondency over the invasion of Belgium. The report notes war distress as a motive. The article also mentions women engine wipers at Spokane and other division points on the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads in Washington. C H Younger, state labor commissioner, spoke at Spokane. The piece references Mrs Daffy Summers, claimed oldest colored woman in California, once a cook.
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Belgium
Matilda Bouillon
Los Angeles
Cal
Spokane
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Washington
C. H. Younger
Daffy Summers
California
Lincoln's Kin Died in Oakland at 106
Obituary notes the death of a centenarian resident of Oakland California aged 106. She was born in Alabama and is survived by multiple descendants across generations including two great g reat great grandchildren. Gen Francisco Murguia led about 3000 troops from Saltillo toward Chihuahua City to confront Francisco Villa and forces pressing in the region near Ojinaga Laguna and Cuchillo Parado.
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Abraham Lincoln
Oakland
Cal
Alabama
Francisco Murguia
Chihuahua City
Saltillo
Francisco Villa
Ojinaga
Laguna
Cuchillo Parado
War Time Appeals and War Savings Launch Amidst National Drive
The Federal Children's Bureau warns war prices hurt infant milk while the nation mobilizes. The Women’s Advisory Committee to the Red Cross calls knitters for the navy and marines. The American War Council unveils bands of thrift with war savings stamps and certificates at post offices and banks for a $2 billion goal. Former congressman Thomas Bowman is found dead in Council Bluffs Iowa.
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Federal Children’s Bureau
Navy
Marine Corps
Woman's Advisory Committee On Naval
Red Cross War Council
America
Thomas Bowman
Iowa
Counci) Bluffs
Bread Price Cut in Chicago and Turbulent Headlines
Unwrapped bread price to drop one cent in Chicago. Runaway army balloon from Fort Omaha disrupted Newton Kansas by tearing telephone lines. Ligon Scott, accused of assaulting a young white woman, was burned in Dyersburg Tennessee. Sixteen miners' bodies found after Old Ben coal mine explosion near Christopher Illinois. Mexico City marks first anniversary of constituent assembly as Carranza cannot leave capital. German authorities push disinformation to disrupt Russian army amid armistice talks. John De Saulles Jr. restored to mother after Blanca De Saulles acquitted of her former husband’s murder in Mineola.
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Chicago
Fort Omaha
Newton
Kan
Mexico City
Queretaro
Carranza
John de Saulles, Jr
Blanca de Saulles
Supreme Court
Mineola
N. Y
Westbury
L. I
Memorials for the Serb dead rituals and meaning
A Serbian family honors a death anniversary not as a funeral but as a graveyard pilgrimage. Priests lead the procession, flowers are laid, prayers said, and mourning women weep. Afterward, relatives share a meal and anecdotes, preserving memory to stave forgetfulness and honor lineage.
Useful as a Snake and Forgetful Peter
A Pearson Weekly tale notes Peter's mix of charm and forgetfulness. He longs to be a six foot snake to tie knots in himself to remember tasks, prompting his sister to react with horror at his strange wish.
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Peter
Pearson Weekly
England's Walnut Wood Stocked by War Memorial Trees
The article notes walnut trees were planted for gunstocks rather than fruit. England's largest grove is at Kempston near Bedford, initially 365 trees one for every day of the year, planted about a century ago by the farm owner who predicted enduring demand for timber due to wars.
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England
Kempston
Bedford
Somerville Creates Disciplinary Garden for Youths
The city of Somerville Massachusetts establishes a disciplinary garden for youths who trespass in or damage gardens or parks. The Youth's Companion notes the program grows from police court practice requiring restitution to those harmed.
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Somerville
Mass
Somerville Police Court
Torpedo-Lieutenant and Crew in Modern Naval Action
A London correspondent describes the torpedo-lieutenant as an electrical engineer and chemist in one, required to oversee mechanics, telegraphy, and mining engineering. During early engagements he waits as torpedoes cannot yet be used, then loads and fires when ships close in. The sequence repeats with loading and waiting as the action unfolds.
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London
It Has All Been Said Senator Sorghum Promises No New Topics
Senator Sorghum quips he has spoken on every subject up to this time and will not prepare a major speech in congress unless a new topic emerges. He asserts he has offered or heard all observations possible.
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Congress
Senator Sorghum
New Zealand Contains 164 Butter and 392 Cheese Factories
The report states New Zealand operates 164 butter factories and 392 cheese factories. It highlights the scale of dairy processing and regional clustering of production facilities.
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New Zealand
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Lower Piave
Western
William Jennings Bryan
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Council of National Defense
American War Council
Ligon Scott
Dyersburg
Tenn
Bencoal Corporation
Christopher, Ill
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