Allies Fall Back as German Drive Presses On
British and French forces retreat under a large German push along the Aisne Vesle front. German reports claim up to 150,000 prisoners taken and rapid advances with tanks and poison gas, while Allied reserves rush to stem the line from Vailly to Mont Notre Dame and Concevreux amid heavy fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartile
Vesle
Aisne
Brasse
Soissons
War Office
Oneon Berreandee
Corbory
Cernicourt Boel Cotpeey
Vailly
Classemy
Broisne
Mont Notre Dac
Thenuee
Concevreux
Berry-au-Bae
Plateaux
Champagne
Messe
Woevre
Chambrettes
May 25 Launchings and War Losses Reported
The Shipping Board reports 18 launches in the week ending May 25 totaling 109 700 tons with 15 steel and 3 wooden ships. May totals: 30 steel and 25 wooden ships launched. 10 steel ships, 68 486 tons, completed, eight requisitioned and two under contract. British week ends with 33 604 casualties including 148 officers and 3 527 men killed or died of wounds. 735 officers and 20 264 men wounded or missing. Also 4 000 Jewish refugees from Russia drowned when the steamship Oriole sank in the Caspian Sea per Jewish Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shipping Board
The Boy Scout Oath and Duty in Troop No. 44
A Troop No. 44 Detroit poem by Edgar A. Guest celebrates Boy Scouts growing into men. It extols fitness, duty, honor, self-reliance, and service, noting scouts’ lifelong preparation for leadership and community care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroitt
Birds Feed Scouting Group Noted in Urban Box
Svet, Grain and Bread Crumbs Are placed in the Box and on the Limbs for the scouts. The scene describes feeding birds in a local park setting with simple actions and named items.
Meaning of scout in the Boy Scout movement
The piece traces the word scout from its old French roots escouter to the Latin auscultare meaning to hear. It notes the shift from military reconnoitering to a broader sense guiding the Scout movement's constructive principles.
Scouts Respond In Hurry In Foxboro Fire Alarm Mobilization
At 3 20 p m six blasts of the fire alarm in Foxboro Massachusetts called scouts to duty. About 40 members gathered by 4 p m and conducted a house to house canvass for Halifax relief, collecting 123 40 dollars.
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Foxboro
Mass
Halifax
Scouts Collect for Red Star Horses and Mules Fund
Peoria scouts aid a fund drive for the Red Star society supporting care for war horses and mules. A Lexington Massachusetts campaign seeks removal of worn flags and replacement with new ones, led by boy scouts. Birmingham Alabama scouts hiked to Anniston on an 80 mile outing.
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Peoria
Red Star Society
Lexington
Maass
Birmingham
Ala
Annisten, Ov
Doan's Kidney Pills Promised Relief For Back Aches
Local praise quotes Mrs. Michael M Nolt of New Holland and Mrs. Hiram Batten of Leola for Doan's Kidney Pills now sold by Ww M Stauffer Son's Drug Store. The ad urges readers with back pain or urinary trouble to try the remedy at 60 cents, from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Nearby social notes list visits among area residents.
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Dean
Michael M Nolt
Brimmer Ave
New Holland
Doan
Danner Visits Philadelphia Noted In Gordonville Item
Gordonville reports Charles Danner visited friends in Philadelphia on Saturday. Mishler Groff with wife and son John spent Sunday with Frank Mamina and wife of Paradise. N Parmer with wife and children spent the day recently with Park Zook.
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Charles Danner
Philadelphia
Mishler Groff
John
Frank Mamina
Dwarf Trees in Gardens Grow in Limited Space
Shortened trees adapt to small gardens and limited space. In urban plots they require careful care and placement, with attention to light and soil. Proper pruning helps maintain scale and health for compact landscape designs.
Rail freight up 25 percent to meet war costs
W G McAdoo orders a 25 percent rise in U S freight rates to cover higher coal costs and defense needs. Passenger rates rise to three cents a mile from about 2.5 cents. The move, the era’s largest rail rate increase, starts June 25 for freight and June 10 for passengers and shifts many surcharges and exemptions, with limited exceptions for soldiers and veterans.
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R. R
W. G. McAdoo
United States
Grand Army
Government fixes coal prices to be reduced soon
Government price controls on coal will ease as a new agreement between the fuel and railroad administrations shifts more coal costs onto railroads. Civil War era style notice notes that 114 U. S. wounded arrived in the U S from France last week with 108 sick and wounded, all sent to military hospitals. Two planes collide at Gerstner field killing Lieutenants Latham Folk and Spencer Charles Williams, one plane reported.
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United States
France
War Department
Latham Folk
New York City
Spencer Charles Williams
Buffalo
Gerstner Field
Lake Charles
Palm Beach
American Engineer Col Hodges Receives British DSC
Colonel J N Hodges of the American engineer corps is awarded the British Distinguished Service Order for services rendered between March 27 and April 3. This acknowledgment highlights his leadership and contributions during the period.
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U. 8
Gete D
J. N. Hodges
American Engineer Corps
General Markets Philadelphia and Chicago Livestock Data
General markets report steady grain and flour prices in Philadelphia with No 2 red corn and white corn noted. Livestock quotes from Chicago show mixed cattle and hog values, with cattle ranges $9.25 to $18.65 and hogs around $16 to $17.25, plus sheep and lamb prices near $14 to $18.
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Philadelphia
City Mills
Liv
Chicago
Local Couple from Philipsburg Visit Here
Mr and Mrs Howard Brown of Philipsburg spent several days here last week visiting. The couple is noted residents returning from a brief trip and expressing pleasure with the stay.
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G. C. Lindsay
J William Harsh
Vici
Howard ‘Brown
Philipsburg
Nts
Weekend visits and church notes from Lancaster area
Vernon Whitaker of Lancaster visited John Witwer at home over the weekend. Wilson Diem family spent Sunday with Mrs. Diem’s parents, Amos and Mrs. Kern, Supplee. Walter and Annie Burkhart of Bowmanville visited sister Mazie Witwer on Sunday. Samuel Mentzer family Blue Ball and Mrs. Martin Reifanyder family Churchtown spent Sunday with Mrs. Katie Coldren. Sunday school at Mt Culmen church at 1 80 and preaching by Rev Kaust roth at 2 80. John Shirk of Pennytown now owns an automobile. Israel Lichty and three children spent Sunday with their daughter. Mrs Alvin Weaver of Churchtown. Some attended the funeral of Mrs Isaiah Hollinger at Weaverland Saturday. Mrs Hollinger was once a Mt Culmen church member.
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Wilson Diem
Kaustroth
John Shirk
Pennytown
Hollinger
Oulmen
Horeh
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Berlin
Aisne Drive
Tao
Vailley
Berurieux
Saphenent
Prinrent
Birck Arcross
Aishe-Marne
Gana Cormuiley
Cuurtoy
Louvre
Fismes
Kyost
Paris Liberte
Russia
Oriole
Caspian
Bea
Boyscouts
Natural Council of the Boy Scouts of Amerion
THE
BOY Scout OF America
Minnhood
Edgar A. Guest
Scouts
East
Our Boys
Seaboard
Swift & Company
Swift & Company Union Stock Yards
Chicago, Kinois
U.S.A
Sappho
U.s.marine Corps
Enoch Morgan
U.S. Marines
Lancaster
Hiram Batten
Grace and
Maud Batten
Leola
John Weaver
R. K. Lindsay
Wm. C. Norton
Gap
Gegg
George Mumma
Jacob Leaman
Jacob Landis
Seaman Place
D. O. Dysinger J
Mt. Joy
Myrtle .Dipner
Mary
Rosa Boschnagle
Near Atglen
Joseph van Dike
Jacob Esch
Wm. Henry
Gordonville
Pauline Henkel
S&. Boy Scouts
U. S
Groff & Wolf CO
North Queen Street
Ford
Maxwell
Shirk & Kauffman
New Holland, Pa
Ile
Bowne
Camp Meade
Vernon Whitaker
John Witwer
Phyalclan
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