Great War Pigeons On Battlefields And Sea Work
Historic dispatch highlights carrier pigeons as vital wartime messengers on all fronts from the Marne to Verdun. Pigeons carried crucial alerts, aided by dogs and camouflage, with remarkable accuracy and even guiding rescue at sea and in blocked battles.
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Orkney Islands
Scotland
Verdun
von Raun
Steinbrecht
Aisne
Chateau de la Motte
Allemant
Malmaison
Vaudesson
Mont .Parnasse
Malmaison Plateau
Chavignon
Chaavignon
German Empire
Fort Vaux
Thiaumont
Froidterre
Red Cross Aids Exiled Greeks on Aegean Islands
American Red Cross works with U S Navy to assist 52 000 Greek refugees on Mytilene and surrounding islands. 22 000 live in Mytilene town and suburbs. many housed in wooden barracks and old houses. Red Cross supplies include clothing blankets medicines and canned meat for hospitals while epidemics are guarded against amid severe undernourishment.
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Athens
Greek Islands
American Red Cross
United States Navy
Mytilene
Asia Minor
Red Cross
Aegean
Aegean Islands
Chios
Samos
Crios
Lemnos
Imbros
Tenedos
Samothrace
Olnousa
Thrilled Not By Flight With Army Air Station Escape
An infantry colonel billeted near a U S. Army air field finds an improvised registering desk and a chained metal pencil. He imagines flying as he grabs it and soars, while two lieutenants and an enlisted man nearby watch and smile.
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France
Flighty Ambitions Highlighted by a Major's Theatrics
A prominent figure, famed for grand plans and a wish to soar, engages in flamboyant antics that captivate public attention and spark discussion about ambition and spectacle.
Proved His Case in Separation Suit
New York. Capt. A F Cosby a former rough rider sued for separation claiming financial strain from his wife's extravagance. He produced grocers' bills showing six eggs daily to support his claim of excessive household expenses.
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New York
A.F. Cosby
Rough Rider
New York hotel waiters earn up to $25 a month
The article notes that many waiters employed in New York hotels earn as high as 25 dollars monthly, highlighting low wages in early 20th century hospitality.
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New York
Woman Suffrage Wins in Senate After Narrow Margin
Washington June 6 The house woman suffrage resolution passed the senate by 56 to 25, meeting two thirds for ratification and sending the amendment to the states. The $31,600,000 agricultural appropriation bill also cleared the house with a single dissenting vote.
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Washington
House
Senate
United States
Congress
Cummins
Gillett
Borah
Brandegee
Dillingham
Knox
Lodge
McLean
Moses
Wadsworth
Total
Bankhead
Beckham
Dal
Fletcher
Gay
Harrison
Witchcock
Overman
Reed
Simmons
Smith
Swanson
Trammell
Underwood
Williams
Wolcott
Ball and King
Shields
Calder and Townsend
Penrose
Gerry and Johnson
Pomerone
Owen, Robinson and Smith
Georgia
First Yank Quit From Archangel For Home
A detachment of American infantry began returning from northern Russia after serving on the Archangel front. About 1,600 men from the Third New Hampshire and Thirty-ninth Infantry boarded Economia for Brest, marking the first group to depart for the United States.
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Archangel
Russia
United States
Snail
Brest
Thrdée T Hundred
Economia
Senate approves Kellogg wire return bill in committee
Washington June 5 news on the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee approving a bill by Senator Kellogg to return telephone and telegraph wires to private ownership. The measure was amended to keep existing telephone rates for 60 days after final congressional action, and the committee vote was unanimous.
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Washington
Kellogg
Minnesota
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Collision of Giant Transports Off New York
The Imperator, the second largest ship afloat, collided head on with the cargo steamer Agwidale on a Wednesday in heavy fog near New York. No injuries were reported.
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Giant Transport
New York
Army Transport
Imperator
Agwidale
German Plotters on Trial in Zurich Show Swiss Plot Aims
Geneva June 6 report that 26 Germans and two Hindus are on trial in Zurich for conspiring to incite revolutions in Switzerland and Italy. The defendants face serious charges as authorities reveal the alleged plot.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Italy
Zurich
Chilean Sub H-3 Sinks Then Reflots With Crew Saved
The Chilean submarine H-3 sank at Talcahuano on June 5 but could not surface immediately. The craft was later refloated and its crew were safely rescued.
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Talcahuano
Chile
Doctor Anna Shaw Improves at Springfield Homecoming
Dr. Anna H. Shaw, noted suffragist, shows marked improvement after illness and may return home within days per her secretary. She was hospitalized last Thursday.
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Anna Shaw
Springfield
Anna H. Shaw
Doctor Shaw
Iowa State News Highlights Across Iowa Burden
McGregor bans dogs from streets while Osceola opens a $150000 high school building. Boone County paves roads postponement. Spencer Park Board allocates 1500 for summer park improvements. Livermore church burns with 30000 loss. Clear Lake tent city to accommodate summer crowds. Cherokee plans 35 miles of paving next season. Woodward to issue 23500 bonds for school heating and sanitary system. Milk checks bring 150 to 100 monthly for farmers near Harris. Iowa City Hospital swells with war risk inspections. Des Moines post to cavalry use. Major General Wood inspects. Greenfield man burns aftermath of auto tank blast. possible sight loss. Addison’s Scotland trip stays in U S due to labor issues. Skin graft volunteers sought for Dippo’s leg. Bentonsport artesian well excites locals. Teeters analyzes water quality. Leonard brothers serve as U S diplomats in Europe and Asia. Spring football returns at State Teachers College Shenandoah Rainbow band of 17 women performs. Fifty nine Iowa counties form purebred livestock associations. Tragic sleeping sickness claims Walcott child after five weeks.
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McGregor
Osceola
Boone County
Spencer
Livermore
Clear Lake
Cherokee City Council
Eatherville
Woodward
Harris
University of Iowa Hospital
Iowa
War Risk Insurance’ Bureau
War Risk Bureau
St. Des Moines
Leonard Wood
Fred Ickes
Greenfield
England
Jean Addison
Boone
Scotland
Dippo
Belle Plaine
Bentonsport
Roland
W. J. Teeters
Department of Pharmacy
the State University
Colfax
Essex
Page County
Ton. Walter
A. Leonard
Fredburg
Germany
Balkan States
United States
Stavanger
Norway
Colombo
Ceylon
John Nye
Leonard
State Teachers College
Shenandoah
Henry Field Seed House
Rainbow” Band
Iowa State College
George Riessen
Walcott
Iowa City
Davenport
Rioting Among Toledo Strikers at Willys-Overland Plant
Turmoil erupts as 5 000 to 6 000 employees clash with guards outside the Willys Overland plant in Toledo Ohio. Discharged soldiers fire into the air, two killed and several wounded as soldiers and infantry restore order.
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Columbus
Schreiber
Toledo
Cox
Willys-Overlind “Automobile Company
Viethins
Tune
Willys-Overlind Automobile Company
I Dhe
Wrst
L. W. Howard
Overland
Overlind
Hines Presses Higher Rates for Railroads
Director General Hines urged the House appropriations committee to approve $1.2 billion more for the railroad administration revolving fund this year. He argued increased rates are needed to cover operating expenses, while opposing further rises now to avoid raising costs of living.
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Railroads
Washington
Hines
House Appropriations Committee
Ife
Mar
Railroad Administration
Funes
Baker says Army surplus food sold to Cooperative Purchase Society of Russia
Secretary Baker told the House military committee he authorized a 25 million dollar sale of surplus Army food stocks to the Cooperative Purchase Society of Russia. He acknowledged some food may reach Bolshevik ends. The society reportedly includes 20,000,000 families and would pay in raw materials here. Baker rejected claims the War Department kept meat stocks due to packers protests.
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House Committee
Washington
Baker
House Military Committee
Co-operative Purchase Society of
Rrussia
Co-operative Society
Anthony
Kansas
War Department
Secretary Baker Eyes All Yanks Home by August First
Secretary Baker urged continued use of naval ships to bring troops from France. With navy aid, he said practically every soldier will be out of France by August 1 and home in the United States.
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Washington
France
Baker
Navy
Dean of Printers Dead in Montgomery Missouri
Tyler Parker, who set type with Mark Twain in Hannibal sixty six years ago, died at his home in Montgomery on June 4. He was eighty two and said to be the oldest printer in the United States.
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Montgomery
Tyler Parker
Mark Twain
Hannibal
United States
Tenth Ward group to test dry law with referendum
St. Louis voters in the Tenth Ward Improvement Association circulate petitions for a referendum on the national prohibition amendment and will also vote on the bone dry law recently passed.
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St. Louis
Tenth Ward Improvement Association
Three Boys Drowned in Mississippi River Tragedy
In Minneapolis on a rainy day three youths Melvin Dale Herbert Dorsey and Leonard Peterson died when an old rowboat capsized in the Mississippi River Curt Nelson survived by swimming to shore.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Melvin Dale
Herbert Dorsey
Leonard Peterson
Mississippi
Curt Nelson
Nervous Mother Finds Relief with Vegetable Compound
Philadelphia mother Mrs. J Worthline reports weakness backache and nervous indigestion improved after a week then three months on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says she now eats freely and feels well with better mood and energy. The ad promotes the tonic for run-down mothers facing overwork and stress.
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Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mra. J. Worthline
North Taylor St
Lydia Kk. Pinkham
Worthline
Freezone Removes Corns A Easy Home Remedy
A small bottle of Freezone offers quick relief for corns and calluses on the feet. Apply drops on the affected areas and lift away hard skin. The underlying skin becomes pink and healthy without soreness. The ad ends with a playful jab about boys.
Cuticura Toilet Trio Promotes Clear Complexion
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap for the complexion scalp and hands. It adds Cuticura Ointment for periodic use and Cuticura Talcum to complete the trio. The note also mentions baseball should be played for the Equatre as well as on the diamond.
Physically fit at any age and kidney care
An advertisement warns that age does not ensure fitness and emphasizes kidney health. It promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem O Capsules imported from Holland, claiming quick relief for kidney stress and offering a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
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Iits
Haarlem
Holland
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