War Developments and Allied Gains Reported Worldwide
British airmen drop bombs on Zeebrugge Ostend and Bruges. Russians resume fighting in Mesopotamia and defeat Turks. Germany seeks land near the United States for submarine bases. Kaiser and Von Hindenburg claim British French offensive stalled. Italians capture three Albanian villages extending lines to new positions. May British casualties total 5 902 officers and 106 331 men. Federation of central European empires formed. Brazil uses German ships in ports per decree. Germans push in Arras Cherisy. British retake positions. Germans lose 52 000 prisoners in drives. Submarine campaign faced increasing discontent in Germany. Aero plane losses May 713 with 442 German 271 Allied. Dover Folkestone raid kills 76 injures 174. Germans gain footholds near Moulin de Lafaux. French check hill 304. Ypres artillery activity up. British capture 3 412 Germans in May. British take 19 000 prisoners and 257 large guns in April. Food resources inquiry approved. Italy needs one million tons American coal monthly. Six divisional cantonment sites approved. Hoover notes harvest grain needs exceed 1 000 000 bushels. Cantaloupe acreage up 15 percent. May 20 crop condition 85 percent normal. Prince of Udine delivers message welcoming U S entry into war.
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United States
Pase
Kaiser
von Hindenburg
Albania
Moulin de Laffaux
Ypres
Belgium
London
Berlin
Government pumps funds and contracts amid war bills
Washington reports a new $100 million loan to France, a National Defense Council awarded contracts for 3,450,000 army and navy shoes, and a likely $1 billion bond issue to be included in the war tax bill by the Senate Finance Committee. The administration food bill was set forth in the proceedings.
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France
Army
Navy
National Defense Council
Senate Finance Committee
Administration
Liberty Loan Upbeat in West as War Bonds Rally
William J Bryan subscribes 1000 to Liberty loan while Omaha building and loan associations join in with a million dollar subscrip tion. Mrs Adolphus Busch widow of St Louis brewer purchases 500000 in Liberty bonds. Tornado toll reports 395 dead and 1536 injured in ten days across four states with 26 deaths in total June 1. Twenty six men indicted for alleged egg market corner schemes in Chicago. West rejects prison escape for military duty.
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William J. Bryan
Liberty Loan
Chicago
Building and Loan Associations of
Omaha
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
Liberty
Foreign News Highlights From The War Years
The U S commission led by Root remains secure in Russia. British reports claim eighteen large ships sunk. Baron Devonport resigns as British food controller due to ill health. Dr Joel E Goldwaite arrives in England for hospital duty. Apostolic relations with Luxembourg restored under Pope Leo XIII. British launch new offensive south of the Couhhez river. Germans resist gains. British trade unions report war bonuses and wage rises totaling about 110 million dollars since the war began. Archbishop Canterbury issues crops prayer. protection for merchant ships requested. Dr Hunt of the Crockerland expedition reports Northern Greenland winter mild. Provinces Anhui Chi Li Hu Pe Che Kiang Fo Kien Ho Nan declare independence and threaten joint march on Pekin to dissolve parliament.
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U. S
Root
Russia
Baron Devonport
Luxemburg
Leo XIII
Couhhez River
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Hunt
MacMillan Crockerland
Greenland
Anhui
Chi-Li
Hu- Pe
Che-Kiang
Fo-Kien
Ho-Nan
Pekin
King Conn Wins Kentucky Handi Cap In Louisville
Wilfred Viau a Montreal merchant bought Omar Khayyam the Kentucky Derby winner at New York auction for 26000 dollars. The body of Les Darcy the Australian boxer who died after enlistment arrived in San Francisco from Memphis. Hank Gowdy will join the army as a private in the Ohio National Guard. Ted Johnson of Salt Lake won the Rocky Mountain marathon in 1 04 41 for ten miles from Littleton to Denver, with Duncan second and Rhea third.
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King Conn
Louisville
Wilfred Viau
Montreal
Omar Khyyam
New York
Les Darcy
United States Army Aviation Corps
Memphis
San Francisco
Hank Gowdy
Boston Brave
Ohio National Guard
J. C. Speaks
Ted Johnson
Salt Lake
Rocky Mountain
Denver
Littleton
Fred Duncan
Harold B. Rhea
War news boosts circulation and looming fashion curbs foreseen
Over ten million registered Tuesday. Plainest of styles in men's and women's clothing probably will be decreed by American manufacturers to conserve the wool supply. Also notes Sousa appointed to navy reserve, labor unrest, weather and crop forecasts, and military training revisions.
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War Department
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Relief After Four Weeks Hospitalized
Mrs. W. C. Brown of Cleveland Ohio reports four weeks in Greveland hospital with persistent lower abdominal pain and fainting. After starting Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound she improved quickly, saying it did more good than the hospital. She recommends others in similar distress to obtain a bottle at the first drugstore.
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Mrs. Brown
Lydia E. Pinkham
Greveland
Ohio
W. C. Brown
12Th St
Cleveland
Bride’s Modern Challenge: Keeping a Cook Not a House
The old saying about a bride knowing how to run a home has shifted. Now many wonder if she can manage cooking and meal planning as a practical daily skill.
Cure skin troubles with Cuticura cream ad
An advertisement promotes Cuticura skin emollients for itching burning crusting and scaling skin conditions. A free mail sample is offered via postcard to Boston department L. The ad notes daily use prevents minor troubles from becoming serious and claims the product is sold everywhere. The fragment ends with a rhetorical question about men who brag.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Freckles: Promise of Clear Skin with Ethine Double Strength
A patent remedy claims to remove freckles using ethine double strength. Apply a small amount twice daily, with a money back guarantee if it fails to remove spots. One ounce typically suffices to clear the skin and fade the freckles from view.
Gardener-Onions Report Mixed Early Progress
First gardener onions show limited gains while second gardener onions report strengthening growth with signs of improvement and momentum.
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