Gallipoli Front Battles and Global War Developments
Reported Gallipoli fighting yields heavy Turkish losses while Allied forces capture trenches on a three mile front. Other dispatches note 100000 Turkish dead, 50000 wounded in Constantinople, German U Boat activity sinking ships in English waters, and diplomatic notes on US-German relations. Also covered are rail and industry strikes, labor wage increases, coal fires, and notable deaths in banking and sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Nero
Vienna
Gallipoli
Trains wreck deaths and Lusitania note headlines mix
News item details three separate incidents. Milwaukee passenger train No. 5 crashed into a freight and wrecked bridge at Amherst Junction killing Evely Block twelve and Bessie Block eight and injuring Helen Block. others die in Indiana and California incidents. Separate items report earthquakes felt in San Francisco and a German ambassador Meyer Gerhart sent to discuss the Lusitania tragedy as Wilson cabinet approves another note to Berlin.
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Milwaukee
la Crosse
Wis
Amherst Junction
Lake City
Minn
United States
Count von Bern‘storff
Washington
Berlin
Lusitania
Meyer Gerhart
New
Revolt Defeat, Leon Capture Reported in Mexico
General Obregon of the Carranza army reports the defeat of Angles and Villa forces and the capture of Leon. The U S government weighs Wilson's warning to Mexican factions as the Red Cross and federal agencies plan broad famine relief. Wilson told leaders to act promptly or the United States will consider measures to aid Mexico and its people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angeles
Villa
Leon
Obregon
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Wilson
Mexico
American Red Cross
State
War Departments
Republic
United States
Greek King Constantine in Critical Condition After Surgery
Dispatches from Athens report King Constantine of Greece in extremely critical shape after part of the tenth rib was removed due to pleurisy. Berlin's Kreuz Zeitung cites Giovanni Giolitti fleeing Italy amid fear for his life as pacifist leader before war declaration. London issued a lengthy honors list for the king's birthday led by Field Marshal Kitchener who received the Knighthood of the Garter.
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Constantines
Greece
Athens
Giovanni Giolitti
Italy
Kreuz
London
Field Marshal
Harl Kitchener
Wolgast Routed by Leadh Cross in New York Ten-Round Bout
Leadh Cross faced Ad Wolgast the Michigan wildcat for ten rounds at the St. Nicholas rink in New York and delivered a severe beating, handing the veteran champion a decisive defeat.
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Leadh Cross
Ad Wolgast
Michigan Wildcat
St. Nicholas
New York
Death of Negro on Way to State Prison For Ex ecution
Kelly Robinson colored, sentenced to be electrocuted at Indiana state prison for murder near Indianapolis, jumped from a moving Lake Erie train en route to Michigan City. He was captured after a short chase with car inspector Frank Cain and brakeman Frank Gause aiding Sheriff Coffin of Marion county.
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Kokomo
Kelly Robinson
Indianapolis
Lake Erie
Michigan City
Frank Cain
Pennsylvania
Cain
Frank Gause
Coffin
Marion County
Robinson
John F. Roe
Allison Pike
Indiana State Prison
Elks Name Officers at Indiana State Reunion Session
The Indiana State Reunion Association of BPO Elks elected officers for the coming year at its closing session in Michigan City on June 7. Joseph E. Hennings An derson lodge No 155 esquire J C Sawyer Michigan City lodge No 432 inner guard H S Miller South Bend lodge No 232 trustee David Carlton Elwood lodge No 368. Marion was chosen for next year’s convention over Gary Elwood and other bids due to its central location. The session closed with a program featuring wrestling and boxing in the big lodge room.
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Gary
Elwood
Marion
Lottery Net Takes Two More
Two arrests in Indianapolis police campaign to curb baseball pools. Robert Hamilton charged with manufacturing a lottery and Charles E. McGinnis charged with operating a lottery. Police allege Hamilton employed ten girls to fill lottery slips at his home in a fashionable residential area.
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Indianapolis
Robert Hamilton
Charles E. McGinnis
Hamilton
Pharmacists Set Convention Dates in This City
Indianapolis area delegates expected as Indiana Pharmaceutical Association plans a three day convention on June 23 24 and 25 in the city. An estimated 1000 druggists will attend with a special train arranged from Indianapolis and along the line.
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Lapointe
Indiana Pharmaceutical Association
Indianapolis
Northern Indiana Baptist association names officers
The eighth annual convention in Michigan City elected Rev. Charles A. Decker from South Bend as moderator Rev. H. E. Wilson of Gary as clerk and Ray McClellan of Michigan City as treasurer The 1916 convention will be held at Elkhart.
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New Baptist
Michigan City
Northern Indiana Baptist ‘Association
Charles A. Decker
South Bend
Gary
Ray McClellan
Elkhart
Chicago Pastor Accepts Michigan City Baptist Call
Rev. Stephen der of Chicago accepts a call to serve as pastor at the First Baptist Church in Michigan City Indiana. He will assume duties in the coming months as the church announces the new leadership.
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Chicago
Michigan City
Laporte
Isg. Stvender
First. ‘Baptist Church
Monkeys in Central Park Fingerprinted for Rogue Gallery
In a curious Central Park scene, keepers finger-printed nearly every monkey in the monkey house as part of an exhibit for a Simian Rogues Gallery. The process yielded varying results, with lemur prints resembling a cat’s paw and human likeness unlikely, while Knocko the young ring-tail displayed the most distress.
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York
Central Park Monkey House
Patrick Ryan
Ryan
Bill
Bob
Snyder
Knocko
Chicago Ranked Eleventh In Prosperity By Snipe Measure
Mr. Bomar unveils a quirky index based on unsmoked cigar tips. He asserts Evanston leads US cities in prosperity, with Atlantic City Philadelphia Boston Pasadena New York Detroit St Louis Minneapolis Milwaukee and Chicago trailing at eleventh. He notes Chicago’s snipes are short and smokers avid.
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Mr. Bomar
Louis Quince
Bridewell
Bomar
Edward Bomar
Chicago
Evanston
United States
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Boston
Pasadena
Cal
New York City
Detroit
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Rochester Children Learn Fire Prevention Tactics
Rochester conducts an educational campaign to cut fire losses. Since 1894 property losses declined from 3 million to 454 thousand by 1914 as children learn fire safety, perform drills, and witness extinguishers supervised by a police and chamber of commerce effort and school contests.
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Ochester
N. Y
Rochester
Chamber of Commerce
Death Chair for Pets Honored in Detroit Facility
Stray cats and dogs may be placed in automatic electric cages at the Animal Welfare association in Detroit. Two cages, one for cats and one for dogs, were installed in the basement of the headquarters. The chair is described as humane and can kill in about 30 seconds.
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Detroit
Frank J. Diner
Animal Welfare Association
Animal Welfare
Philadelphia Woman Credits Vegetable Compound for Pain Relief
A Providence Rhode Island woman also praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from displacement bearing down backache and fatigue. The ad cites multiple testimonials as evidence of the remedy's virtue and urges other women to try it.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Philadelphia
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Harry Fisher
Dounton St
Nicetown
Providence
R. I
Abel Lawson
Lippitt St
Providence, R.L
Shoe tokens of subjection in wedding customs across cultures
The article surveys archaic wedding practices where shoes or slippers signified the bride's subjection to the groom. It cites historical uses from Jewish and Nestorian ceremonies, Russian customs, and a tale about Martin Luther placing the groom's shoe on the bride's pillow as a marker of obedience.
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Russia
Martin Luther
The Height of Atrocity in Wartime Gas Bills
A wartime quip contrasts gas use with a gas bill joke. Hark away notes gas warfare, while Dingleberry adds the jab that victims would receive gas bills labeled Please remit. The exchange satirizes German tactics and wartime taxation.
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Harkaway
Dingleberry
Power From Food: A Woman Finds Relief with Grape Nuts
A Western town woman shares a chronic stomach illness story. After failing on many foods she finds relief with Grape Nuts, noting quick digestion and reduced heartburn and bloating.
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Mos
European War News
London Chronicle
Gallipoli Peninsula
Constantinople
Rome
Trieste
Paris
Souchez
Reuter
Bucharest
Roumania
Germany
State Department
Cushing
Thomas G. Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Railway
Earl Kitchener
Canada
Vancouver
B. C
Przemysli
Galicia
Lemberg
Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin
Naval. Academy
Annapolis
Bartlesville
Bartlesville, Ohlo
Haskell & Barker
Ind
Pacific Coast Coal Company
Seattle
Wash
Kansas
United States Steel Corporation
United States District Court
Trenton
N. J
Steel Corporation
Tim Hurst
Minersville, Pa
Dewitt Clinton Blair
Blair & Co
Blair
Evely Block
Bessie Block
Helen
Mount Pleasant
Mich
John Umphress
F. P. Reese
Huntington, Ind
M. B. & E. Traction
Umphress
Warren, Ind
San Francisco
George
Tweedy
Los Angeles
Gover
Enner
Malon
Hoosierdom
State Prison
Warsaw
George Morrison
Alexandria
Homer Secrist
Secrist
Court House
Morrison
George Stevens
Winona Lake
Rev
A. A. Fletcher
W. H. Colliser
W. E. Beiderwolf
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