Wilsons steadfast stance keeps peace as end to bloodshed urged
The article extols President Wilson for resisting war and using peaceful means to defend American rights in Mexico. It notes his diplomacy prior victories and his ultimate resolve to employ armed force only if necessary, backed by a united American public and a strong national resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
United States
America
Mexico
State Department
Carranna
Pote Brough
Rattlesnakes Ride Drift Rafts in Flooded Texas Shores
J Herring of rock port, a Texas rancher, reports that during floods snakes ride on drift rafts from Guadalupe and nearby rivers into bays and barrier islands. Snakes cling to driftwood, are carried inland, and have been killed on these occasions as thousands inhabit the islands.
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Austin
Tex. J
Herring
Rockport
Guadalupe
Texas
Interior Department Drops Language on Pension Checks
The Interior Department directs that after July 1 the clause on the back of pension checks requiring witnesses to see the pension certificate be omitted. This change aims to reduce trouble for pensioners, bankers, and others handling checks.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Commissioner of Pensions
War Sparks Romance Chaos In Mail Order Matrimony
A Minneapolis wartime piece on long distance marriage ads reports dwindling applicants as war disrupts mail order brides. The head of a matrimonial paper describes fewer female and male readers, costly ads, and stories of men seeking wives abroad while advising caution and noting many women benefit from stable jobs.
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Minneapolis
Europe
America
Jax
Post
Witfan
Centlemen
Jover
God Cook
Dancine
Sam
Montana
Tlo
Rin
Adonis
An Affair Of Interest In The Far West Doctor Declines Duel
A traveling doctor aims to settle in the west finds himself drawn to a duel planned by two suitors over a woman. A Georgia gambler, a surgeon, and a staged shootout are arranged, but a married woman arrives to spoil the contest. The duel collapses as she reveals the woman is married with two kids.
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Jim Towner
Cy Hardwick
Gal Turner
Wardwick
Alhambra
Georgia
Georgi
Sartin
Jim
Brazil Lovers Locked In Courthouse For Two Hours
Clark McGranahan and Miss Helen Stough, an engaged couple from Brazil Indiana, were locked inside the courthouse after closing while arranging a marriage license. The deputy clerk forgot the appointment, doors were locked by janitors, and the couple remained prisoners for over two hours before Sheriff Garrigus arranged the license.
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Brazil
Ind
Clark McGranahan
Helen Stough
Garrigus
Michigan City
Mr. McGrinahan
Pension bill sails through Senate in rapid vote
Washington June 28 without debate the senate late yesterday passed the general pension bill appropriating 158000000. The measure was called up and disposed of in less than two minutes. The senate also agreed to the conference report on the good roads bill providing 85000000 over five years for state road building cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Oldest Twins in Indiana Celebrate 75th Birthday
Twin brothers Joseph and Edward Martin, both farmers near Greenfield, Indiana, celebrated their seventy fifth birthday with a family reunion at Edward Martin's home. They served together in the Civil War and now live on adjoining farms near Greenfield, the state's oldest twins.
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Greenfield
Ind
Joseph
Edward Martin
Asleep Before Marriage At Parsonage Marriage Mixup
Lawrenceburg residents Edward J. Kuhn and Ann Moore Davis, both 45, wed after a delayed ceremony at the First Baptist parsonage. Kuhn slept in the county court clerk’s office overnight while awaiting a late train and a required license. Sheriff McKennie eventually released him and the couple married. Ad for Dean's ointment follows.
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Lawrenceburmis
Edward J. Kulin
Chay
Ann Moore Davis
First Baptist Church
Omer Wo Bowman
Mr. Kuhn
Davis Mir Kubin
Pet Vale
Chemit
James Cr MeiRhinney
Wahn
Tel
Daniel KE. McKennie
Kohn
Davis
Woman Runs Lumber Business Moves to Minneapolis
Mrs Bertha Young widow of John D Young who built a southern Minnesota lumber company has closed La Crosse offices and moved to Minneapolis for better market access. The firm runs six retail yards in Fairmont Fulda Whalen Dunnell Alpha and Chandler and Mrs Young oversees the operation as a respected manager and mother of a large family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunnell
Alpha and
Chandler
Record Bull Sale Sets New Price Peak in Norway
A ranch sale near Norway Iowa saw eighty bulls sold in three hours for 540,000 with a top bull at 4,000 and a calf at 2,100 while a heifer calf brought 500. Hundreds of stockmen from across the United States and Canada attended the event. In Lawrenceburg Indiana George W. Coombs, 49, fished about 200 pounds of snapping turtles in Tanner's Creek using a trout line and frogs, selling turtle meat locally.
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Norway
Here
United States
Canada
Lawrenceburg
Ind
George W. Coombs
Tanner's Creek
Coombs
Flo
Millionaire Twins Speak After Father’s Death
In Boston the Chaney sisters Genevieve and Cordelia, known as the millionaire twins, are released from a pledge never to speak to men. They attend Mount Ida School in Newton as freshmen and are entering their nineteenth year after the death of their Joliet father RL D Chaney, who enforced the vow since their mother’s illness.
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Boston
Myo
Genevieve
Cordelia Chaney
Mount Ida Preparatory School
Newton
RL D. Chaney
Joliet
Beware of OIN MENTS for Coatarrh in Advert
An old time ad warns buyers to be prepared for minor injuries and ailments. It promotes Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil sold by druggists for 25 cents or 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coatarrh
Thomas
Eclectic Oil
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