News of the Week Cut- Down for Busy Readers
European war brief items report executions in East Flanders and Belium by German forces on espionage suspicions. A Santa Anna transport torpedoed near Melis with 2,150 aboard. many saved. Siberia sees provisional government in Omsk. Various diplomatic and military updates include Turkish troops, naval incidents, and draft regulations affecting workers and athletes.
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Santa Anna
Melis
Aispateh
Paris
Laz
Washington General Crowder Calls 2976 Draft Registrants
General Crowder, provost marshal general, ordered 2,976 registrants qualified for general military service to be sent July 15 to various schools for special training. The Interstate Commerce Commission clarified it will continue to hear complaints and adjust rates as to the past. Treasury receipts from income and excess profits taxes total about 1.5 billion dollars, with 1.225 billion remaining to be collected. A joint resolution declaring a state of war with Bulgaria and Turkey was introduced in the House and referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee, noting acts of war by those governments against the United States. The Army appropriation debate considered an amendment authorizing command in the field to raise volunteers for service abroad. Proclamations and pension bills cited funding and administrative moves, with dispatches noting political resignations and elevated instability in Europe amid hunger and food supply concerns.
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Bulgaria
Turkey
Kelly
Pennsylvania
The Deep Sea Peril Continues with a Fatal Sacrifice
In a perilous submarine chase, Donald and Davies evade giant monsters as MacBeard escapes in a motorboat. Ida, torn between love and duty, dies at Donald's feet, her aging face signifying a grim transformation linked to the race’s laws.
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Donald
Davies
Danial
MacBearn
Hamburg
Sire Davies
Clouts
Blandig
Dopald
Helio
Don
Ald
MacBeard
Ida
Agein
L.of
Cloats
Miouth
Ido
Rail merger control affects Wells-Fargo and allied lines
Partial notice reports government control over the Express merger by the New Railway Administration. Affected companies include Wells-Fargo, Atlas, American, and Southern lines.
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Ne Railway Administration
Fargzo
Atlis
American and Southern
War News From Europe Reports Riots and Strikes Across Cities
A London dispatch via Amsterdam reports Vienna rioting after bread ration cuts with mobs storming bakeries and the premier’s residence. Vienna’s Volcan arsenal and Warschalowski plant see mass strikes. Berlin Hamburg and Cologne report worker deaths and arrests in censored messages. Bishop McCormick of Michigan Episcopal diocese is reportedly gassed with American troops in France.
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Vienna
London
Amsterdam
Bosberg
John N. McCormick
Estern Michigan Episcopal
France
Grand Rapids
Michelle
Stockholm
Berlin
Hamburg
Cologne
London Morning Post
Steckholtz
MacBeard and Ida Confront Flight From Davies
In a tense chase aboard a motorboat, MacBeard crouches behind Ida as Davies fires, the distance widening while Davies tires and sinks his revolver hand. Ida drowns in fear as Davies, clutching a rock ledge, watches helplessly before a brutal strike ends the scene.
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MacBeard Eliés
MacBeard
Ida
Bidekguard Daviés
MacHeard
Rist
Ehaned
Consid
War Dogs and Cats Sought for Gas Mask Experiments
The Bureau of Mines seeks dogs and cats to test gas masks for soldiers with government funded shipping. Yale Medical School also runs trials and can use many dogs and cats. The effort aims to save lives of American troops through animal testing.
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Bureau of Mines
Fido
Breed of Mines
Tom Cat
Bureau
Yale Medical School
New Raven
Fragmentary Outsider Reflection on Dalton's Rise
A truncated excerpt laments distant pity and widespread envy of Dalton's supposed success. A lone speaker notes the strongest man stands alone amid public opinion and personal misfortune.
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Ithe Taan Wun
WOGE DED STOMACH REMEDY A GREAT SUCCESS
Commissioner of Mediation and Conviction Board Trics Eatonic endorses the Wonderful Stomach Remedy urging readers to try it as a proven stomach aid in a promotional notice from the era.
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Mediation and Convktion Board
Trics Eatonic
Fragmented Atlantic Monthly reminiscences on casualties
The fragment discusses casualty lists and silence about gone loved ones. A neighbor recalls a tale of a family of 24 members, nearly all lost. It mentions New York motorcycle numbers and a man without hands, implying broader reflections on hardship and resilience.
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