British Push Repels Germans at Bullecourt and Roeux
In a six day battle near Bullecourt and Roeux the British forces drive Germans from the village outskirts and check their attempts to retake ground. Italian and Allied offensives continue along the front from Tolmino to the sea with prisoners and captured positions reported. Duino gains noted as Italians press toward Trieste while Macedonia fronts report Entente successes and German counterattacks stalled.
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Bullecourt
Drocourt-Queant
von Hindenburg
Cambrai
Field Marshal Haig
Teutons
Arras
Roeux
Tolmino
Rome War Office
Duino
Gulf of Trieste
Trieste
Austria
Adriatic Sea
Macedonia
Derna
Bulgaria
Senate OKs sweeping Espionage Bill after lengthy debate
Washington reports the Senate approved the administration espionage bill by 77 to 6 after weeks of debate. The measure authorizes presidential embargoes, post office censorship, and severe penalties for espionage, false reports, and actions harming military operations.
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Washington
Senate
House
Post Office Department
United States
Italian patrols sink thirteen Austrian submarines in Adriatic
Advices to the Italian embassy in Washington report that Italian patrols have sunk thirteen Austrian submarines in the Adriatic Sea during the last week.
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Washington
Adriatic
Sites Picked for Six Army Training Camps in South
Army boards will select camp sites in the Southern department to train six divisions totaling 156 000 men. One division will be at Camp Wilson in San Antonio with others planned across Texas Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico. Major generals from each state and named officers will head training camps as mobilization begins by mid September.
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San Antonio
Tex
Way Department
Southern Department
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Camp Wilson
Ilinois
National Army
Regular Army
Army
Pecos River
Charles G. Morton
Merritte W. Ireland
W. J. Barden
Howard L. Laubach
M. R. Hilgard
Yuma
Henry A. Greene
M. L. Kalker
James M. Kennedy
William M. Bertsch
H. C. Whitehead
Cotton Seed Crushers Offer Resources to Government War Effort
Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers Association adopted a war support resolution at its annual convention in Dallas with 1,362 delegates. Fielding Wallace of Augusta was elected president and Robert E. Montgomery of Chickasha vice president. The group pledged its resources, highlighted cotton seed meal as a major food and animal feed, and noted its oil could substitute for butter. A telegram was sent to President Wilson.
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Dallas
Tex
Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
United States
Fielding Wallace
Augusta
Robert E. Montgomery
Chickasha
Okla
Interstate
Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
Entente
Wilson
Washington
American Commission to Russia names announced by State Department
The American commission to Russia lineup released by the State Department lists Elihu Root as chairman, Charles R. Crane, John R. Mott, Cyrus McCormick, Samuel R. Bertron, James Duncan, Charles Edward Russell, Major General Hugh Scott, and Rear Admiral James H. Glennon as members and officials.
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Washington
State Department
American Commission To
Elihu Root
New York
Charles R. Crane
Illinois
Chicago
John R. Mott
International Committee of Young Men’s Christian Association
Cyrus McCormick
International Harvester Company
Samuel R. Bertron
James Duncan
American Federation of Labor
Charles Edward Russell
Hugl Scott
U. Ss. A
James H. Glennon
U. 8S. N
No Cans for Beans and Soup Amid Tin Shortage
Washington reports the war can committee will bar canned beans and soups for sixty days or longer due to tin scarcity. All cans will be reserved for fruit and vegetable canners and Canadian troop soups. Paper or alternative containers will replace cans for other packets, including various toilet articles.
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Washington
War Can Committee
Expect to Arrest All Spies In U S Warned
Federal authorities began vigorous action to overthrow the German secret service in America and arrest ringleaders and subordinates nationwide. The move follows information from Rudolph Flamindinghe, alleged German master spy on the Pacific coast, who is under arrest in Los Angeles. The government expects rapid roundups of many German secret service operatives.
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San Francisco
Secret Service
America
Rudolph Flamindinghe
Pacific Coast
Flamindinghe
Los Angeles
United States
Jewelers End Convention in Dallas for 1918 Meeting
Dallas was chosen as the site for the 1918 Texas Retail Jewelers Association meeting closing its eleventh annual convention Tuesday. W. B. Kinne of Gainesville was elected president, W. E. Moorefield of Waco secretary, and Fred Studer of Waco treasurer.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas Retail Jewelers’ Association
W. B. Kinne
Gainesville
W. EB. Moorefield
Waco
Fred Studer
Onion shipments rise as Bermuda onions surge from Laredo
Bermuda onion shipments from Laredo, Texas, continue to climb as prices stay strong. On Wednesday 33 carloads were sent, bringing the season total to 2,206 cars with about 300 more likely to be shipped.
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Laredo
Tex
Bermuda
Zeppelin L-22 Destroyed in North Sea Raid
British and naval forces destroyed Zeppelin L-22 in the North Sea on Monday according to an Admiralty statement. The loss marks the fourth failure of Zeppelin raids in the last year, ending in disaster.
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London
North Sea
Admiralty
Texas Cavalry To Form Full Regiment And Engineers Bat
Washington authorized Governor Ferguson to expand the Texas cavalry to a full regiment and to recruit the engineers corps to a full battalion. The move aligns with state mobilization efforts and readiness plans.
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Texas
Washington
Ferguson
Engineers’ Corps
Death of Former U.S. Ambassador Joseph H. Choate
Joseph H Choate former United States ambassador to Great Britain died Monday at age 35 in New York.
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Joseph H. Choate
New York
Joseph H., Choate
United States
Great Britain
Use of British Enfield Rifle Adopted for Army
Washington announces the British Enfield rifle will be used in the new American war army to ensure a sufficient supply of gears for the force to be raised for service abroad.
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Washington
State Officials Salaries Raised in New Bill
A bill passed both houses in Austin raising salaries for state officials. The measure fixes pay scales to match those carried in prior general appropriation bills and applies to the listed departments and officials.
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Austin
Tex
Farmlands Face Cattle and Meat Shortages in Texas
Texan farmers report 92 000 farms without cows 164 000 without hogs and over 60 000 without poultry as Texas ships butter and meat abroad totaling more than 10 million and 52 million dollars respectively. The figures were presented to a four state Farmers Union convention in Texarkana and cited as war driven demand for Southern food. A resolution urged Agriculture Department help to introduce corn and cottonseed meal as flour substitutes to preserve wheat for American families. D F Lyday urged corn pone and hoe cakes for Belgium to cut living costs.
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Farmers’ Union
Texas
Texarkana
Ark
C. C. Waller
Fort Worth
Livestock, Poultry and Dairy Committee
Farmers’ Union of Northeast
Farmers’ Union Convention
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Secretary of Agriculture
D. F. Lyday
Ravenna
Former Raider Commissioned Washington Navy
The American steam ship De Kalb, once the German cruiser Pring Eitel Friedrich, was placed in full commission in the U S navy on May 12, the navy department announced on Tuesday.
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Washington
de Kalb
Pring Eitel Friedrich
Navy Department
German Chancellor rejects peace talks demand in reichstag
Berlin via London. In a vigorous Reichstag speech Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg refused to discuss Germanys peace aims. He said interpellations by conservatives and socialists demanded a specific peace program but that such an announcement would be premature and difficult to formulate at the present time.
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Berlin
London
Reichstag
Germany
von Bethmann-Hollweg
U. S. Destroyers Patrol War Zone
A squadron of American torpedo boat destroyers has crossed the Atlantic and now patrols the seas in war service. The destroyers arrived at Queenstown after an uneventful voyage and, after greetings with British naval officials, immediately set to sea again for ongoing operations.
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Queenstown
Atlantic
Army Aviator Killed in Fall at Columbus NM
El Paso born Lieutenant Melchio Eberts of the United States Army Aviation Corps died after his airplane fell from about 1500 feet during a flight near Columbus New Mexico on Tuesday.
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el Paso
Tex
Melchio Eberts
United States Army Aviation Corps
Columbus
N. M
Executions Reported in Casas Grandes Home Guards
El Paso and Chihuahua City papers arriving Monday report the execution of Colonels Sixto Vega and Francisco Saenz of the Casas Grandes home guards who wereConvicted as Villa spies and executed.
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el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Sixto Vega
Francisco Saenz
Casas Grandes
Villa
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Gentle Liver Health
An old style advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel. The copy claims quick relief from biliousness and constipation, promises morning vitality, and offers a money back guarantee from the seller Ady.
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Dodson
Histrionic Aspirations Spark Lighthearted Banter
An exchange riffs on career dreams as a friend declares ambition to become an actor. The comic line contrasts preoccupation with history and a shift toward stage life.
No Time to Save Warns on Youth and Costs of Living
A dialogue on delaying financial planning highlights that early efforts matter but real earnings come with aging and higher living costs. The exchange contrasts youthful optimism with the practical need to prepare as life progresses.
Cardui Named Help For Nervous Female Ailments
A Georgia woman reports nervousness and pain relief after using Cardui the woman’s tonic. She describes painful stomach and hip pains before treatment, then two more bottles reduced nervous symptoms and absence of pain. The advertisement touts Cardui as a pure vegetable remedy with a 40 year record and suggests trying it.
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Trenton
Ella Gifford
Cardus
Laxative claim for Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills praised as spring medicine
An advertisement argues the pills' tonic action makes life more interesting than fiction and frames Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills as ideal spring medicine due to their laxative effect.
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Wright
Wife complains husband spoils her with riches
A theater anecdote notes a wife appears discontent and dissatisfied, blaming her husband who gives her every desire. The remark emphasizes wealth as a source of unhappiness in a domestic scenario.
Fortunate Individual at the Dix Wedding
A wedding tale centers on a lucky man named Dix and the timeless theme of love and loss, detailing the emotional arc of the couple and the lasting impact of the union.
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Dix
Jerome Clockmaster of Screen Kisses Expert Judge Says
The judge testifies Jerome is marvelously expert with a stop watch and notes he formerly timed all screen kisses for the censorship board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
Board of Censorship
La Creole Hair Dressing Claims Natural, Dye Free
Advertisement promoting La Creole Hair Dressing as the original product that darkens hair naturally without dye, priced at $1.00. Highlights imitation and counterfeit concerns, urging trust in the authentic brand.
Discovered She Delivers Light Banter About Mr Tomkins-Smith
A Punch cartoon caption features a witty exchange about Mr Tomkins-Smith and his wife. The host notes a pleasant quality in the gentleman, while the respondent agrees it may stem from his spouse.
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Tomkins-Smith
Tet terine touted as cure for itch and skin diseases
An advertisement from Savannah Georgia claims Tet terine cures for itching piles, tetter, ringworm, eczema, infant sore head and other sores. Customer Jesse W Scott of Milledgeville praises it after one box cured his eruption and he sends a dollar for two more boxes.
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Jesse W. Scott
Milledgeville
J.t.shuptrine
Savannah
Perplexing Telephonic Exchange From Old Print
A brief dialogue presents a comic wartime style miscommunication. The caller asks to tell Mr. Smith to come to the phone, and the reply refers to asking Mr. Smith whether a periscope is available at the other end.
Freezone touted to lift corns with ease
A Cincinnati man promotes freezone a ether compound that dries and shrivels corns and calluses allowing them to be lifted away with fingers. The ad urges readers to ask their druggist for a small bottle or have one ordered from wholesale houses.
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Cincinnati
Ady
Accounting for It How Very Seedy Your Friend Looks
A brief exchanges frames a joke about a friend who appears seedy, with the punchline noting he has just left an agricultural college. The dialogue hints at stereotype humor from a historical newspaper context.
Money to Burn Phrase Reflects Frugal Spending
A compact aphorism notes that many men hold wealth unused, simply because they choose not to spend it. The observation links wealth to restraint and raises questions about financial prudence and lifestyle.
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Hindenburg
France
Execua
Russia
Jewelers End Convention
New Insalary
Crease
Eeee Ee
Department of Agriculture
Seeme Een
Eber Ee
Eee Ee Ee Eee
CFO
Coor Eee Teers
Board of Health
Vital Statistics
Peter Oerenrvasasse
Labor Department
Gide En Er
Nin
Livestock Sanitary Commission
U. S
Calomel
Jon Totay
Tam
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Boys’ Shoes
G F
W.L. Poe
Spark St
Spohn Medical Co
Goshen
Ind
U.S. A
Georgia Lady
Chioa
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