Bec Missionaries Ireland Plan to Send Irish Troops
The piece describes a plan to move Irish troops from Dublin for training in France or nearby ports. It argues that Irish-Americans stationed in Ireland could spread American ideals and reduce Sinn Fein sympathy, influencing the Irish to understand the war’s purpose and join the effort.
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Dublin
Treland
Ott-Harié
Sike
France
Ireland
Emerald Isle
America
Saving babies as a war effort and public duty
The piece argues for a national baby-saving campaign led by Dr. Josephine at the federal hygiene bureau. It compares baby health to war drives, urging communities to ensure good milk, fly control, caregiver instruction, clean neighborhoods, disease reporting, and overall infant protection to meet a quota of one baby per 1,000 people.
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Red Cross
Josephine Jr
Federal Bureau of Hygiene
Liberty Loan
Barmaids and Bar Work Policy Sparks Liquor Industry Debate
Government declares bartending non essential pushing many draft age bartenders to seek work. New York liquor dealers discuss bills to permit employment of women instead while preserving existing policy against male workers. Debates focus on standards and national labor needs.
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New York
Rtte
The Fourth of July As World Freedom Birthday
The Fourth is celebrated by nearly a million Americans on the French front and by tens of millions in allied lands. America becomes a world centric democracy as freedom and equality spread, and our birthday is now a birthday of world freedom. The day will be marked by valor and sacrifice, and a future Fourth will come when the Hun is defeated.
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America
United States of America
United States
Foreign-born Citizens urged to unite for July celebration
A British-born American citizen urges Mobile readers to ensure a truly inclusive Fourth of July event. The letter complains of low turnout and lack of full nationality representation and calls for a representative committee from each foreign-born group, plus active media support and mayoral action to organize a city-wide parade.
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Wilson
the Tribune
Mobile
France
Italy
Spain
Sia
Great Britain
Mexico
Germany
Austria
Japan
Areo
Bars Declared Non-Essential Aim To Push Reopening
The statement envisions bars losing non essential status as a quick fix to restart operations. It frames closures as temporary actions and hints at policy shifts to restore nightlife venues and related businesses.
German Public Health Alarm Echoes From Heidelberg Meeting
Reports from Heidelberg show scientists and physicians urging immediate government action as German civilians suffer rising death rates 66.8 per thousand and worsening sanitation amid food shortages and disease. The note ends with social gossip about performances and New York theater trends.
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Heidelberg
Germany
Reichstag
Up and Down Broadway in the New York Diary Mockup
An excerpt reflecting travel talk and social scenes with references to Pepys style notes. The narrator mentions meeting Mr Ga Yen Fry and digging for gold in Alaska, noting golden nuggets and a walk on the heath. A casual inn visit for tea is described along the way.
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Mistress Spurge
Westchester
New Rochelle
Broadway
New York
Pepys
Sanuel
Ga‘Yen Fry
Alaska
New York Street Language Sparks Fights Over New Insult
The article notes Dentally Hitchcock rising as a rival to Ziegfeld in producing shows and claims he has strong backing in New York. It reports a new abusive street phrase among youths, culminating in the refrain You son of a Hun, and that police log ten street fights in one morning on the East Side sparked by the insult.
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New York
Ziegfeld
Coure
Raymond Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Magnolia Street
Washington Avenue
Monroe Park
Lawn Party Planned by St Catherine of Sienna Church
Crichton Mobile area hosts a lawn party Thursday from 4 to 11 pm on church grounds to raise funds for a worthy cause. The event promises pleasant features, a cake gate prize, and cooler evening conditions noted for the Crichton area.
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St Catherine of Sienna
Spring Hill
Stem Avenues
Crichton
Mobile
Peru Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Germany Over Submarine War
June 19 report says Peru declares belligerence with the Allies after the submarine raid. Peru seizes six German vessels stranded in Callao, including three large passenger ships, boosting allied supply capacity and signaling potential pressure on Chile over its German ships.
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Washington
Peru
Germany
Callao
Dollar a Year Men To Receive A Real Salary
A government survey proposes paying dollar a year volunteers substantial salaries for war work. The War Industries Board and other agencies' hundred plus members would be assessed on duties, private connections, and service value as the Ways and Means Committee studies ending nominal compensation.
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Washington
War Industries Board
House
Ways and Means Committee
Notice of partition of lands in Mobile County Alabama
Commissioners named by the Mobile County Circuit Court will attend the Mobile County courthouse at 2 o clock PM on July 22 1918 to partition the NE quarter and South half of the SE quarter of Section 29 Township 4 South Range 2 West according to the May 16 1918 decree. Edward M Bailey W D Dodson J E McHugh commissioners. June 19 26 July 4.
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Circuit Court
Mobile County
Alabama
Range
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J. K. Billings
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