American transport Antilles reported sunk by German submarine
Washington General Pershing cabled the War Department the casualty list for the American homeward bound army transport Antilles after a German submarine torpedoed it in the war zone last Wednesday. Sixty seven men died with 170 rescued. many deceased were foreign born and several listed relatives. The torpedo struck beside the engine room bulkhead and the ship sank in five minutes.
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
Antilles
H. H. Cummings
Otto Kleber
Infantry
Paul Kleber
Berlin
Germany
Otto Miller
Mary Miller
Nordenham
Oldenberg
Abrraham Swartzberg
Theresa Arco
New York
Roy Cottrell
Alfred Cottrell
Clinton
Ind
Lee W. Nelson
Max J. Nowaczyk
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ernest Egert
Edna Barnett
Chicago
Anton Ehrhart
Ches. Ritt
Newport
R. 1
John Bright
Mike Bright
Milwaukee
Wis
John P. Lock
Floyd Pearmen
Kansas City
Carl G. Norsell
Carl Norsell
Copenhagen
Denmark
Burett Hamilton
J. R. Hamilton
Grapevine
Tenn
William L. Faust
Field Artillery
Sarah Faust
Stony Creek
Edward L. Echel
Cornelius J. McLaughlin
William Bradley
Woburn
Mass
Neptoin Bobin
Annie ‘Bob
Ingel Bradbury
Boston
A. Pedersen
Steamship Antilles
Leonhard Pedersen
Farsun
Norway
Wheelman
L. D
J. Finnegan
Greenmoor
County Louth
Ireland
Osler O. Fearon
M. Fearon
M. Boza
J. Boza
Veiga
Spain
Fidel Gonzales
A. Gonzales
Santander
H. L. Llaret
G. Llaret
Barcelona
Antonio Leal
A. Leal
Valparaiso
Chile
Geo. Stanley
M. Stanley
Brooklyn
N. Y
Casabr Maurin
C. Maurin
E. Bishopberger
A. Bishopberger
A. Touhey
J. L. Devine
L. Devine
Camden
N. J
George Haskie
Mary A. Grown
Baltimore
F. Michiele
M. Michiele
W. Pierie
Mary Pierie
A. Doufors
Krunsituota
Finland
W. Slattery
D. Bayne
Mary Broderick
Jersey City
Charles Jason
L. Jason
Poertswood
England
William Bell
E. Gray
Secumb
V. Ripa
J. Ripa
Drew Cook
Chas. Tunnie
M. L. Schuester
Oakland
Cal
Z. C. Rodriguez
Bilboa
Antonio Rodriguez
Alvuerdo
Portugal
A. Reys
Ivonico
F. Sanis
San Diego
Jose Salivar
Corunna
Elzie Dobes
Marine
Classification of Drafted Men Made Public in Wilson Plan
Washington reveals the five draft classifications under new regulations approved by President Wilson. A New York dinner leak exposed the classifications which list every registered man’s group and the order of call, with sections covering single men, married men with/without children, and various skilled, industrial, and administrative categories.
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Washington
Wilson
New York
Baker
Crowder
United States
Agricultural Bureau
New Wells in Coast Fields Houston Tex
The Producers Oil Company No. 222 Landslide at Hum ble came in Monday at about 2700 feet producing 1200 barrels. The Gus Production Company No. 1 K Mitchell at Goose Creek came in Tuesday at 3000 feet producing 600 barrels.
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Houston
Tex
Producers Oil Company No
Humble
Gus
K. Mitchell
Goose Creek
British Casualties for Week
London reports 17041 British casualties in the week ended Tuesday, tallied across services and fronts. The figure reflects total losses announced as part of ongoing war briefings.
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London
Miners Across Four States Sign New Wage Contract
Kansas City dispatch reports a new wage contract signed Tuesday by district presidents of the United Mine Workers for Arkansas Oklahoma Missouri and Kansas and a committee from the Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators Association. The pact includes a penalty clause, adopted in a form differing from the Washington agreement, ending a recent strike dispute.
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Kansas City
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
United Mine Workers of America
Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators’ Association
F. W. Lukins
Washington
No Terms for Enduring Peace Declared by Lloyd George
London premier Lloyd George said they scanned the horizon and saw no terms that would yield enduring peace. He warned that only terms possible would be an armed truce ending in an even more frightful struggle.
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London
Lloyd George
British Merchant Cruiser Orama Sunk By Torpedo
London reports the British merchant cruiser Orama torpedoed and sunk. A British destroyer also sank after a collision, with details awaiting official confirmation.
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London
Orama
Tanlac Advertisement Portrait of Relief for Mrs. Sarah Lavery
Nashville resident Mrs. Sarah Lavery declares Tanlac restored her health after years of stomach pain headaches dizziness kidney troubles and rheumatism. She claims swelling in her hands and joints disappeared and she feels twenty years younger with calm nerves and restored appetite. Ad says a Tanlac dealer is in every town.
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Sarah Lavery
Hagran Street
Nashville
Tennessee
Ike
Tanlac
Barbed-wire question sparks wartime humor exchange
A court scene quips about crossing enemy wire as a private asks how to pass safely. The judge retorts with a pun about pinning a wife’s dress, then a remark about women’s beauty versus self-perception.
A Philadelphia Woman Credits Lydia E. Pinkham Compound
Mrs THOS McGonigal of 3432 Hartville Street Philadelphia says she suffered years of cramps and illness treated as female trouble and faced surgery. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered after three bottles and urges others to try the remedy.
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Philadelphia
Lydia E. Binkham
Thos. McGonigal
Hartville Street
Phila., Pa
Doctor Jackson’s Femenina Pill Shown as Female Remedy
Advertising notice announcing Dr. B F Jackson’s celebrated prescription for female troubles now sold as Femenina priced at 5 0c and 1 0 0 dollars advertisement copy notes the remedy's lineage and sale terms under the name Femenina.
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B. F. Jackson
Potato bugs and war prep loom in Minnesota tale
Representative Frear compares German wartime readiness to potato bug lore. Farmers recount crop losses and curious bugs inspecting seed books in a general store tale. Advert shows Roman Eye Balsam for sore eyes with nightly use.
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Germany
Representative Frear
Minnesota
Toonerville trolley stoppers spark lunch break delay
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item notes a suburban trolley nicknamed himmy One halts its run while passengers grow uneasy. The conductor jokes about crackers for lunch and needing time to swallow them before he can whistle to start again.
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Toonerville
Cleveland Plain-Dealer
THAT GRIM WHITE SPECTRE OF PNEUMONIA RISES
A newspaper ad warns that pneumonia follows neglected coughs and cold. It promotes Mansfield's Cough Balm at 50c and 1.00, and notes a Saxon French tax on cigar lighters to curb matches. The piece cites France's government monopoly and increased smoking despite higher tobacco taxes.
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Mansfield
France
M., Klotz
Capudine Promises Quick Headache Relief
Advertises Capudine liquid as fast relief for headaches and nervous strain, claiming pleasant taste and immediate soothing effects.
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Capudine
An Unreasoning Complainer Dialogue
A brief exchange contrasts a man who complains about waking at six to shovel coal with the simple relief of having coal to throw, highlighting a humorous twist on burdens and gratitude.
Dodson's Liver Tone Replaces Harmful Calomel
An advertisement warns against calomel for biliousness and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable liver medicine. It promises quick relief from sluggish liver and constipation, claims no salivation, and offers a money back guarantee with a 50 cent bottle. It also urges giving it to children and asserts family-wide benefits.
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Dodson
War Declared on Rats by U S Govt Exterminator Ad
Washington prepares a national campaign to kill rats seen as harming lives and property. Government reports annual food losses exceed two hundred million dollars, urging households to use Stearns Paste priced at thirty five cents to protect supplies.
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Washington
Ady
Senator Chamberlain Defends Food Control Bill
In Washington Senator Chamberlain defended the food control bill, likening himself to a moviegoer who values measured restraint. He recalled a boys at the movies scene where one boy sobbed and another pressed the need for feeling without overdoing it.
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Senator Chamberlain
Washington
Bill
Vermifuge Ad Promotes Dr Peerys Dead Shot
An advertisement touts Dr. Peerys Dead Shot as a worm treatment. It claims one dose clears worms or tapeworms and urges readers to try the product.
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Dr. Peery
Lawyer Promises Rich Client Won't Go to Prison
A client boasts wealth to a lawyer saying he has sixty thousand dollars. The lawyer vows the sum guarantees no prison, but the client ends up broke and still goes to prison.
The War Tax Hits Wallets In Witty Exchange
A brief wartime humor note shows one man paying six cents for a nickel cigar and another quipping that bargain smokers may emerge with a four-cent smoke sold for a nickel. The exchange captures home front sentiment and frugal wit in wartime economies.
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Ice
Tersmith Witents
Green Mountain
J. H. Guild
J. H. Guild CO
Rupert, Ve
U. S
Gov’t
Lydia E. Pinkham
Texas
Furlong
Secret Service Company, Inc
General Offices
St. Louis
Peden Iron & Steel CO
San Antonio
Kress Bidg
Preston
Hardway & Cathey
Texas Bag & Fibre CO
Houston, Tex
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