This Date in History Highlights 18th to 20th Century Events
A compact list notes key historical milestones from 1777 to 1917 including adoption of the Stars and Stripes, British privateering penalties, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s birth, Chartist petition, Prussia’s dissolution of the German Confederation, Bavaria regency, Venezuela Britain boundary treaty, US Marines at Guantanamo, Hawaii governor, Norwegian women’s suffrage, and Mackensen’s 1915 attack. The war era entries cover 1915 to 1917 with frontline advances, naval actions, and a Zeppelin destruction.
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Congress
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Litchfield
Conn
Hartford
Prussia
Scheewig
Holstein
ISSG
Luitpold
Bavaria
Otto
Great Britain
Venezuela
Washington
United States
Guantanano Bay
Sanford Lt. Cole
Hawaii Territory
Understanding British Ally in War Crisis and Alliance
A New York Tribune piece argues Americans must deepen understanding of Britain amid the Somme and other trials. It stresses British sacrifices, shared danger with France and the United States, and the need for steadfast sympathy rather than criticism to sustain the Allied alliance in a costly, ongoing struggle.
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The
New York Tribune
Britain
France
Marne
Verdun
Somme
Germany
England
North
Virginia
Cold Harbor
Spottsylvania
Wilderness
America
United States
Picardy
Flanders
Monroe Residents Endorse Doan's Kidney Pills in Testimonial
A Monroe resident Mrs R L Roye narrates sudden kidney trouble with back and side pain and dizzy headaches. She credits Doan's Kidney Pills from roster Milburn Co Buffalo NY for lasting relief after use, priced 60 cents at dealers.
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Dean
Doan
Cholera Morbus Relief Advice From Indiana Mother
A Huntington Indiana mother praises Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for its quick relief when two of her children fell sick with cholera morbus during the 1911 summer. The ad urges keeping a bottle at home as a precaution and cites the remedy as effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Charles Enycart
Huntington
Ind
Cotton Manufacturers of Two States Meet in New Orleans
A joint convention opened in New Orleans to coordinate wartime supply cooperation with the Government and adjust Georgia and Alabama cotton businesses to new wartime conditions. Sessions run through the week.
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New Orleans
Georgia
Alabama
Boy Scouts Open Rabe Savings Drive At Unicon Hill
Thirty Boy Scouts carried a coffin labeled Butcher Bill as hundreds bought iron nails at 24 cents and war savings stamps. They drove the nails into the coffin with glee to help smash the Kaiser's armies.
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Unicon Hill
N. J
Butcher Bill
Sour Stomach and Digestion Tips
A note on mild indigestion suggests eating slowly, chewing thoroughly, and limiting meat at supper to avoid sour stomach. It recommends Chamberlain's Tablets for aid and asks readers to find renters via a local classified ad in the News-Star.
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Chamberlain
News-Star
Birthday tributes and notable birthdays in the press
Major General Joseph E Kuhn celebrates his 54th birthday at Camp Meade with a note on his wide career from West Point to World War I service. Also listed are Grand Duchess Marie of Luxembourg Senator LaFollette Archbishop Glennon tenor John McCormick Roosevelt III and others with birthdays. An advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Medicine and family pills.
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Joseph E. Kuhn
Camp Meade
Kuhn
Kansas
West Point Academy
Engieering
Spain
Europe
Berlin
Scott
War College
National Army
Gen- Kuhn
Marie
Luxemburg
Queen Sophia
Greece
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Glennon
St. Louis
John McCormick
Theodore Roosevelt
Hall
I. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Halls
Mexican Soldiers Endure Scarce Rations and Hard Strife
Juarez Mexico June 15 soldiers march through a barren desert with minimal rations of horses Lurros rabbits and roots. Despite hunger they endure fatigue and harsh discipline while remaining capable of fierce combat and obedience to officers.
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Juarez
Mex
Quinaga
Whooping cough remedy cited by mother in Peru ad
In this disease the cough should be kept loose and easy to expectorate. Mrs. P. H. Martin of Peru Indiana writes that her two daughters had whooping cough and Chamberlains Cough Remedy worked like a charm.
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United
LEMP
St, Louis
Ouachita Coca-Cola Bottling
Nionree
Cery
Antietam
Grant
Rapidan
Lincoln
News-Star Publishing Co., Ltd
J. W. Smith
C. E. Faulk
Sec Ty
Trevas
Monroe
Louisiana
Onl Saec Ae
Associated Press
Snellenburg Clothing Company
Masur
Philadelphia
Our
Lonce
E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Phoenix Drug Store
Chase & Colles Co., Ltd
Ouachita National Bank
Monroe—is A Member of
Great Federal Reserve System
Monroe, la
A National Bank For Savings
Central Savings Bank & Trust Company
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