Tiny Woman Aviator Dared Warhawks in Paris Air War
Mile Dutrieu, a Paris air ace under 100 pounds, flew daily to guard Paris from German raiders. She toured the United States to deliver war lectures after France banned official women’s service, bringing aerial photos from her own plane and recounting guard missions.
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Amarfos
France
New York
Mlle
Helene Dutrieu
Paris
Taubes
Taubemen
United States
Durries
Enrich
Dririen
Raiding The Treasury in Illinois Legislature
A suit to restrain collection of high state taxes is filed as evidence of taxpayer revolt in Illinois. The petition alleges Windy officials voted themselves rail road mileage and $15,000 in goods, naming Gov Dunne and Lt Gov O Hara as participating. It condemns duplicative offices and roving commissions as illegal and void.
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Chicago
Springfield
Dunne
O’hara
Treasury
Time needed to produce early 20th century arms and munitions
The article outlines production rates for government and private arms factories noting 1500 rifles daily for government plants and 1000 daily for private concerns, totaling about a million rifles per year. It details times for weapons such as 4 machine guns in three months and 4 to build a field gun, 30,000,000 cartridges weekly, powder drying delays, 3 months for shrapnel shells, 6 months for torpedoes at $8500, submarine mine ease, 2-3 weeks for aircraft, and six months to train a recruit into a soldier.
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New Haven
Ilion
War Department
Missouri River shifts course near Wellington causing costly land loss
The Missouri River, swollen by heavy rains, forged a new channel near Wellington and cut a 14 foot waterway across two miles of prime bottom land. The old Camden Bend channel turned into a still-water slough, while the river displaced farmers, moved Camden inland six miles, and rendered $140,000 in government revetment work useless.
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Wellington
Camden Bend
Keytesville Landing
Camden
Tream
Abe Martin's 1916 Oxford Moots Auto Aide
Abe Martin's 1916 Oxford Moots automobile seems to have one man too few as his wife helps him with the setup The farmer jokes that the hardest part of farm life is finding excuses to visit town in this lighthearted local portrait
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Oxford
Sloan's Liniment Relief for Sore Muscles and Aches
A testimonial notes tired laborers using Sloan's Liniment to ease stiff and painful muscles after hard work. The product is praised as a cleaner counter irritant than mustard and advertised as penetrating without rubbing, with a suggestion to buy at AllDrugsists, 230.
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Sloan
William J May Ends Long Search for Grapes Sour
As president he appears to decide that the grape juice is sour and seeks a new approach.
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Yeing
Wm J
Social Notes From Banner Times Roundup
Case L Turner of Kansas City visits uncle J S Legget. Slusser couple visit daughter in St Elmo over the Fourth. Frank Broolie from Seattle spends a month with home folks. Walters of Milwaukee visit Hills family. Italians on Vandalia frontline called back to Italy. Edwards family and Leta visit McCambridge. Roberts and Daisy Black marry in Toledo June 30. Forrester and Rowley visit Workheiser. trip to Missouri. Fuqua Lewis heads to Sutton North Dakota. Mrs John Carpenter leaves for Pittsburgh to join husband in postal service.
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The
Banner Times
Chancey L. Turner
Kansas City
J. S. Legget
T. J. Slusser
St. Elmo
Frank Broolie
Seattle
Wash
C. S. Walters
Milwaukee
Wis
A. D. Hills
Italy
John Edwards
Leta
Chicago
T J McCambridge
Charles Rgberts
Union Township
Daisy Black
Toledo
Dr. Forrester
A. R Rowley
Newark
Wm H. Workheiser
Missouri
Portia Fuqua Lewis
Sutton
North Dakota
Krupp Family and Works Power Behind German War Effort
The Krupp couple owned most shares in the vast armament complex centered at Essen. Krupp’s empire includes 40,000 peace staff plus 10,000 miners and 15,000 workers in mills and furnaces across Germany. Wartime expansion swollen numbers as Germany builds guns and munitions. Essen remains core to Prussian militarism.
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Frau Krupp von
Annen & Gruson
Rheinhausen
Duisburg
Neuwied
Engers
Germania
Kiel
Spain
Germany
Rhine
Krupps
Essen
Frau Krupp
Alfred Krupp
Farming News From Midwest and Plains Highlights
Oneida County Wisconsin farmer grows clover on a thousand acres. Minnesota State Fair offers 250 prize money for wool growers. Northwest apple crop expected half normal from Seattle reports. Missouri road days draw forty thousand volunteers over two days to improve highways. California potato shipments halted in Seattle due to tuber moth infection. Livingston County Illinois farmers tour farms led by County Adviser Bishop. Iowa State Fair shows near fifty Belgians in futurity class with strong nominations. Logan County Minnesota hosting meetings to form a charter group. Mason County Michigan hires Frank Baldwin as agricultural adviser with three towns vying for HQ in Havana. Kansas wheat faces striped blackening disease on low ground, a condition recorded 17 years ago in northern states.
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Minnesota
Bishop
Iowa State Fair
Kansas
Be Prepared For Unpleasant Vacation Encounters
Advice emphasizes fortifying good nature before travel and expecting multiple unpleasant experiences. It urges readiness and a calm approach to handle challenges during trips.
Whisky and brandy lose drug store status in 1916
Washington dispatch outlines a shift in the United States pharmacopoeia declaring whisky and brandy not medicines. Drug stores must stop selling these liquors as medicine after January 1, 1916 or obtain a saloon keeper license. The change threatens many drug stores and dry districts. The piece also discusses the Victoria Cross origin and naming debates with royal involvement.
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Washington News
United States
National
Pharmacopoeia Committee
Revision Committee
Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey Cure Promises Quick Cough Relief
A cure labeled Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey uses pine balsam tar and honey in a soothing cough syrup. Advertisers urge readers to buy the 26 cent bottle from dealers and start treatment to end a cough and cold. The piece also notes cotton's wartime role in smokeless powder production and German cotton use.
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Dr. Bell
Foley Kidney Pills Backed By City Drug Store Ad
An old promotional snippet touts Foley Kidney Pills to support kidney health and relieve backache and rheumatic symptoms, attributed to aiding kidney function. The ad is labeled with City Drug Store as the seller.
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Foley
The
City Drug Store
Made In America Policy Critique Reforms Tariffs
A speaker denounces Democratic tariff legislation for deviating from Made in America aims. The text argues imports undermine domestic manufacturers and farmers, harming markets, profits, and employment, while praising the multiplier effect of spending on American goods to sustain labor and growth.
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America
Europe
Asia
Financial Statement Of Township Treasurer Town Ship 10 Range 12
Leander Wright, township treasurer, reports 1915 receipts from district and distributive funds totaling 4403.41, with expenditures including school, teachers, books, fuel, and bonds. Incidental costs amount to 873.20, and a final balance shows 6.00 in distributive funds. Notary Thomas Craig certifies the sworn statement from July 10, 1915.
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Clark County
Iliinois
Balamcoe
Leander Wright
Thomas Craig
Victoria Cross holders seen as posterity misfit says Gazette
The Westminster Gazette discusses how the Victoria Cross is viewed in modern times noting that holders with VC after their name are not regarded as vice kings and that posterity has not agreed on the value or status of the honour.
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N. c
Hhancel
D. VC
B. V
Westminster Gazelie
Special joint subscription offer from Marshall Herald and Terre Haute Star
The Marshall Herald and Terre Haute Star announce a one year bundled subscription for about 82 75. The Terre Haute Star is a metropolitan daily with AP reports and morning rural mail delivery. The Marshall Herald is Clark county’s leading paper with home news and special articles. Subscribers from the Herald may join this clubbing offer by paying up to date.
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Terre Haute
Associated Press
Daily Market
Marshall Herald
Clark County
Herald
Fierald
Marshall
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American Press Association
Missouri River
Abe Martin
Casey
Farming Business News
Oneida County
Logan County
Minneis
Lincoln
Frank Baldwin
Mason County
Havana
Henry Pelham Clinton
Duke of Newcastle
Prince Consort
Lord Penmure
War Office
Victoria
K. G
Financial Statement
Terre Haute Daily Star
Harrison’s
Taubeneck & Davison
Sayers & Scovill Buggies
McGor
Binders
Megormick
Dandy
Cultivator
Ll. G
Archer & Son
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