British Advance and Naval Action on Arras Front
British forces push south of the Scarpe toward Cambrai and seize Bilhem east of Havrincourt wood. French artillery repels German attempts and Hurtebise fights back around Neville. In Belgium, artillery duels continue near Dixmud while a fresh anti Bethmann Hollweg backlash erupts in Germany. Mongolia captain claims U boat sunk after firing on a liner. Royal Flying Corps downed forty German aircraft in a single day.
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Arras
France
Scarpe River
Cambrai
Bilhem
Havrincourt Wood
St. Quentin
Neville
Belgium
Dixmud
Germany
Rice
Mongolia
United States
Hice
British
Royal Flying Corps
Root to Lead American Commission to Russia
Elihu Root will head the American commission to the new Russian democratic government. Root, a former secretary of war and secretary of state, and six year New York senator, has accepted the offer.
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Root
Russia
Washington
America
Elihu Root
McKinley
Roosevelt
New York
French War Commission Welcomed in Washington
The French war commission led by Rene Vivani and Marshal Joseph Joffre arrived in Washington with enthusiasm. They were greeted by American officials and crowds, then hosted at Henry White’s home as guests of the U S government.
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Washington
United States
Rene Vivani
Marshal Joseph Joffre
Marne
France
Henry White
French commissioner leads new delegation to Hampton Roads
Rene Viviani heads the French commission that arrived in Hampton Roads on Tuesday. The minister of justice and vice president of the council of ministers is described as a leading figure of French democracy and a progressive in the independent socialist party that includes Painleve Briand and Millerand. As labor minister under Clemenceau he enacted workers pension legislation.
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Washington
Hampton Roads
Rene Viviani
Council of Ministers
Independent
Socialist Party
Painleve
Briand
Millerand
Clemenceau
Texas fire insurance 1916 totals show high liabilities
Texas fire insurers report for 1916 with total liabilities of 1 019 415 313 and premiums of 10 35 481. Adjusted losses reach 9 760 865 with 17 499 fires and an average loss of 558 36 dollars.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
State Fire Insurance Commission
Fire Insurance Commission
Gulf Coast Oil Fields See Slow Completions and High Output
In Gulf Coast Oil Fields Houston Texas completions were few last week with Goose Creek the sole producer. Daily field production holds at 96 000 barrels led by Goose Creek at 40 500. At this pace annual output would top 33 million barrels versus under 17 million last year.
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Houston
Tex
Gulf Coast
Goose Creek
Government War Bonds Campaign Aims to Sell 5 Billion Issue
Secretary McAdoo launches nationwide advertising drive to rapidly place the five billion dollar war bond issue with the public. An array of free publicity outlets and patriotic offers flood the treasury department as the campaign commences.
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Washington
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Savings Deposits Show Five Million Thirty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-One
Total savings deposits in twenty nine state banks with savings departments amount to 5 032 271 dollars as of March 31 1917. Cash reserve required 729 230 dollars and actual reserve 925 131 dollars, exceeding requirements by 195 901 dollars.
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Austin
Tex
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking
Charles O. Austin
Women Train for Men's Places in San Antonio
Women of San Antonio will receive free stenography instruction to fill positions now held by men, freeing them for military service. The program aims to empower women with skills for rapid civilian war effort and workforce support in the city.
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San Antonio
Tex
American Flyer Lands Safely
Paris dispatch reports Sergeant William Dugan, one of the American volunteers with the French army, has escaped death after being listed as missing and has landed safely within French lines.
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Paris
William Dugan
Walter C. Thomas Named President of Southern Hardware Group
Walter C. Thomas of Tampa was elected president of the Southern Hardware Jobbers' Association at the Houston convention. George B. King of Atlanta was chosen vice president with F. R. Simpson of Birmingham as second vice president. The executive committee was re-elected and the 1918 meeting place will be decided by a joint committee with the American Hardware Manufacturers' Association.
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Walter C. Thomas
Tampa
Fla
Southern Jobbers’ Association
Houston
Tex
Tappa
Southern Hardware Jobbers’ Association
Frederick Orgill
Memphis
American Hardware Manufacturers’ Association
Atlantic City
N. J
Texas Railroads See Large Eight Month Earnings Rise
Texas railroads report eight months ending February 28 1917 total operating income of 30 905 702 up 11 357 110 from last year. Freight revenue reaches 65 955 167 up 12 155 440 while passenger revenue climbs 4 998 322 to 25 720 228. Total operating revenue 93 876 900 up 17 541 342 and expenses 62 971 198 up 6 184 232. Texas Railroad Commission prepared the figures, released Saturday.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Reception at Pan-American building for Balfour closes war commission welcome
Secretary Lansing hosted a Tuesday night reception at the Pan-American building to honor Foreign Minister Balfour. President Wilson, cabinet officers, members of Congress, and many government officials attended the event marking the welcome to Great Britain's war commission.
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Washington
Pan-American
Lansing
Balfour
Great Britain
War Commission
United States
Wilson
Congress
Cotton planting advances across Texas eased by dryness
Weekly summary from Washington reports good progress in cotton planting and land preparation, with rapid planting in Southern and Eastern Texas. Cool nights slowed growth and germination, with Southeast rainfall still needed. Eastern districts near average while central and western districts run a bit late.
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Washington
Texas
Railroads Win Temporary Injunction Over Texas Tariff
The United States circuit court of appeals at New Orleans granted a temporary injunction preventing the Texas railroad commission and state officials from interfering with Fonda's tariff 2-B. The decision suspends commission rates and halts Texas regulatory action pending further court orders.
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Austin
Tex
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Railroad Commission of Texas
Fonda
Florida Senate Advances Equal Suffrage Resolution to 1918 Vote
The Florida Senate voted 23 to 7 on a joint resolution to submit the equal suffrage amendment to voters in 1918, advancing the issue in the state capital.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida Senate
Wheat Surges to New High on Chicago Board
Wheat prices climbed to a new peak on the Chicago Board of Trade as May futures reached 2.50 a bushel and shortly after 2.51 was bid.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Farragut descendant among five recruits for Navy service
Wallace Leonce Farragut of Mobile Alabama, great grandson of Admiral Farragut, is among five recruits accepted Tuesday for entering the United States Navy.
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Mobile
Ala
Wallace Leonce Farragut
Admiral Farragut
United States Navy
Two British Hospital Ships Sunk by Submarines
London reports the hospital ships Donegal and Lanfranc torpedoed on April 17 while carrying wounded. Dozens of crew and evacuated personnel are missing or dead, with German wounded prisoners aboard Lanfranc and varying losses on both ships.
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London
Donegal
Secretary of the Admiralty
Lanfranc
Royal Army Medical Relief Corps
Daughters of the Republic of Texas seek funding for Pinckney Henderson grave transfer
At the Texas Daughters of the Republic annual convention in Austin resolutions urged the legislature to appropriate funds to move the remains of J Pinckney Henderson from Washington DC to the Texas state cemetery and to thank lawmakers for allowing use of the old state land office as a museum. A second resolution directed a message to a Texas boy wounded in France thanking him for carrying the American flag and expressing sympathy.
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Austin
Tex
Convention of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas
J. Pinckney
Henderson
Texas
Washington, D. C
State Land Office
France
Second District Federated Clubs elect officers at meeting
The fifteenth annual convention of the Second District Federated Women's Clubs in Cleburne Texas concluded with new officers elected for the year. Mrs. L. J. Lovejoy of McKinney was named president. Mrs. J. K. Leigh of Dallas first vice president. Mrs. Chas. R. West of Cleburne second vice president. Miss Ruth Finch of McKinney secretary treasurer.
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Federated Clubs Meeting
Cleburne
Tex
Federated Women's Clubs
L. J. Lovejoy
McKinney
J. K. Leigh
Dallas
Chas. R. West
Ruth Finch
President Signs Bond Issue Seeks 2 Billion First Offering
Washington reports tentative plans by the administration for issuing 2 billion dollars in bonds as the first offering under the war revenue law signed by President Wilson. A second issue may come in four to six months with a possible third later.
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Washington
Administration
Wilson
Constitutionality of local option ticket law upheld
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the constitutionality of the local option ticket eradication law in the cases of W. C. McGee and J. S. Munsey of Young County. Both men were fined $50 for alleged violations. the court reversed and remanded the cases for purely technical errors.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
W. C. McGee
J. S. Munsey
Young County
Gardeners to Get Free Water in Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi Mayor Miller announced that the city council will furnish water free of charge for residents to plant home gardens and for those who want to plant vegetables on vacant lots. The program aims to boost local food production and urban gardening.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Miller
Treadwell Mine Flood May Have Wiped Out $10 Million In Equipment
Machinery and equipment valued at ten million dollars is believed to be a total loss after the flooding of the great mines of the Treadwell system on Douglas Island opposite Juneau Alaska.
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Juneau
Alaska
Douglas Island
Fire destroys 200000 bushels of wheat and grain elevator
In Erie Pennsylvania a large wooden grain elevator and more than 200000 bushels of wheat were wiped out by a fire on Wednesday. The facilities were owned by Western Transportation Company part of Great Lakes Transit Corporation and the loss is placed at about 600000 dollars.
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Erie
Western Transportation Company
Great Lakes Transit Corporation
Fifty Automobiles Destroyed in El Paso Fire
A fire in El Paso Texas destroyed fifty automobiles valued at seventy thousand dollars on Wednesday. No injuries reported and cause under investigation. Damaged lot included multiple car makes and models, with authorities securing the scene.
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el Paso
Tex
Maud and Maud’s Cat Had a Large Family
Maud calls to her mother about many kittens in their cat’s basket. The mother jokes the cat has a big family and Maud notes it would be better if she had them one at a time.
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Maud
Purifying Soap and Soothing Ointment Offer
For skin troubles the Soap cleanses and purifies while the Ointment soothes and heals. They provide relief from itching burning eczema pimples dandruff and baby skin troubles. Daily use may prevent small problems from growing. Free sample by mail with Book Address postcard Cuticura Dept. L Boston Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
A Rare Breed in Brothers Bond of a Man
A rare breed of man is described by a family man who provides all his loved ones with what they desire. The piece contrasts his generosity with the respect he earns when he funds bar crowds and treats his wife with a daily, modest expense.
Force of Habit Quip Reflects Old Time Joke
A brief humorous exchange plays on a split word pun as a husband explains his wife left him due to a force of habit. The line suggests she was a cook before marriage, turning a phrase into a light kitchen joke.
Not Enough to Hurt Him
A witty Life magazine quote contrasts college Latin with slang and hints at broader trouble implied by the phrase more trouble in pint bottles than a gallon. The remark reflects social commentary on education and behavior.
Absent-mindedness vs neglect in marital forgetfulness
The remark contrasts forgetfulness by a husband with a harsher label of gross neglect when a wife forgets. It frames memory lapses as acceptable personal lapses in men but as serious neglect in women, reflecting gendered expectations.
Plantation Chill Tonic Guarantee Ad
An advertisement touts Plantation Chill Tonic as a guaranteed remedy for chills and fever promising results within a week. It offers a money back refund by dealers if it fails after a proper trial and sets the price at 50 cents.
Bright Idea and a Millers Flight Captured
A young girl spends thirty minutes chasing a large miller moth around a room. She traps it in a hand, then astonishingly reveals about 200 eggs laid on her hand. The father jokes for her to try catching a hen outside.
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Mabel
Vermifuge Ad Claims Quick Action for Worms
An advertisement touts Dr. Peery's Vermifuge Dead Shot as a reliable remedy for worms and tapeworms. The copy promises certain and swift results, urging readers to try the product.
Globe trotter's long absence meets a brief homecoming
The gadabout returns to his homeland after a long absence, but his homecoming is notably brief, contrasting with traditional celebrations. This quick return puzzles locals who expected a fuller welcome.
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Gadabout
Heath
Jonah's Quip About Whales Sparks Folk Saying
The remark attributed to Jonah declares a witty defiance that a good man cannot be kept down by adversity. Its phrasing echoes in later legends and coastal tales about resilience and faith.
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Jonah
On High Gear Does the Work of Four Big Horses
An advertisement for The Headington Auto Co. touts steel wheels and 10 inch wide rims for a wheel unit that fits Ford or similar cars. Claims to haul heavy loads including coal and hay and perform plowing and harvesting tasks. Sparks live agents across Oklahoma Texas Colorado Wyoming New Mexico with immediate deliveries from Dallas and Denver.
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Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Dallas
Headington Auto CO
Commerce St
Tex
Broadway
Denver
Cold
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Dover
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Texas Railroad Commission
Farragut
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Daughters of Republic of Texas
Castoria
Turgentaur Company
L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
San Francisco
Brockton
Mass
W. TL. Douglas
Dougy
Boys’ Shoes
W.L. Douglas Shoe Co
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Pullford
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Illinois
Pulsford
Ford Automobile
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