Global News Snippets and Military Moves Reported
Western states raise gasoline and distillate tax by one cent. Angleo Gieka alias John Mitchell, a Greek, arrested in Redding by federal authorities and transported to San Francisco after a long manhunt. Dallas Light and Power employee A J Fisher shot during clashes between strikers and nonunion workers. Washington enacts 161 new bans including death penalty for first degree murder. Fatal auto crash near Crescent City injures several including Mr and Mrs Alley of Chicago and Santa Barbara. US troops cross into Juarez amid border tensions. Senate passes railroad control act amendment restoring ICC rate powers. Army size to 300,000 planned. Pershing to move 375,000 home in June. Turkish palace fire destroys palace of Yildiz Kiosk. France recognizes the Serbian Croatian Slovenian state. Pershing’s troop move breaks previous overseas transport records. Adler Casale sets world altitude record in France. Minor case in Paris held by US military. Bolshevik levy backlash in Obedma yacht incident. Clifden Ireland hosts first nonstop Atlantic flight by Alc
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California
Oregon
Washington
Standard Oil Company
West
Angelo Gieka
John Mitchell
Redding
San Francisco
Washingon
Tobneca
William H. Alley
Chicago
Santa Barbara
Calif
Hetty G. Stockton
Alley
A. HL. Gardner
Iso
Santa Parhbara
Crescent City
Eureka
Twenty-fourth
Juarez
el Paso
Eighty-second
Selah H. H. Tompkins
Seventh Cavalry
Fords
Hadsenl
Turkey
Belgrad
Belgrade
France
Pershing
Great Britain
Adjutant Casale
Robert Minor
New York World
Paris
Minor
Obedma
August Danner
Russia
New York
Clifden
Ireland
Atlantic
St. Johns
N. F
Fake aspirin confusion sparks trademark alert
A garbled OCR style note mentions fake aspirin, talcum product concerns, and the Bayer Cross seen on the HRGS for GPO Mire. The fragment hints at possible counterfeit branding and cross symbol association, but lacks clear events or dates.
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Bayer
Typified horrors of war and a mad dog sighting
The speaker recalls foreseeing a dread wartime outcome linked to the first Battle of Ypres. A gaunt mad dog dashed past the dressing station, its terror and misery stamped on the road as the narrator reflects on the broader chaos of war.
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Ypres
Valley of the Great 2 ver What is the British doing in this country
A fragmented excerpt mentions British presence and a massive irrigation project by Si Wilbecks. It describes rations, a vast landscape, and an army toiling to relieve monotony while a reconstruction era unfolds. The piece cites a Christian Science Monitor account with dated language and scattered references to Mesopotamia.
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Wilbecks
Pot
Howes
Christian Science Monitor
Theatrical Manager's Sudden Exit At Show
Fragmentary text places a theater manager in a dressing room during a vaudeville act. He walks to the footlights as reporters note the manager’s abrupt departure and the stage crew clearing the vase in five minutes.
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Madhoo
Fagten
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Union News
A. J. Fisher
Hneman
Dallas Light and Power Company
Dallas
United States Army
Fort Leavenworth
Leavenworth
Senate
Cummina
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
House Military Committee
War Department
Berne
Persia
Legation
Rudolph Wilhelm
Portland
R. L. Macleay
Clay
Automobie Club
Southern California
Joe Pesek
Zbyszko
Gordon
Neb
Pesek
Nelson Whitney
New Orleans
Richard Bockenkamp
St. Louis
Transmississippi
Ilinois
Walter Hagan
Detroit
Braeburn Country Club
West Newton
Mass
Michael Brady
Boston
Hagan
Brady
Mad Dog
Elmost
Baie
Cuy
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