Washington draft numbers drawn for class of 118 registrants
Washington reports the draft number drawing to place youth registrants from classes of 118 in order for sanitary oversight. The long list shows numbers drawn and the sequence for assignment to five classes. New registrants will be placed at the foot of the first class and called as numbers are drawn, with most Class 1 calls expected before year’s end.
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Washington
Perview
Agure Accompansiigt
Iivdi
Iosy
Nai
Virginia
Minn
Revert
Paris
Gyor
Pecs
Hungary
Mafin
Austria
Worth Knowing News Bits From The Era
Minnesota passes a law bumping up teacher salaries, while Congress debates pay. London firemen may get a 15 shilling weekly raise through the war. A Columbus prisoner gains 140 pounds after release. German garbage wagons and cheaper electric tractors mix up city service costs. An electric tremolo for strings is invented. A Pittsfield man finds all his hats packed to move. A USBS test device measures color in cottonseed oil. Mrs. Rebecca Mayo, aged ninety, runs a Province town shoe store since 1875. Russian prisoners in Germany churn propaganda books. New York hotel flag pole can be lowered for painting. Mt Holyoke drivers prove efficient on milk routes. Coal recovery possible from the Schuylkill river. Storage batteries by Faure and Edison improve streetcar use. A steady hand in military affairs is vital, per Bacon.
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Minnesota
Nolan
California
London
England
Harry McDonald
Columbus
Pittsfield
Rebecca Mayo
Provincetown
Mast
Germany
New York
Mt. Holyoke College
South Hadley
Keep Cheerful and Share Positive Vibes at Work
A cheerful mindset boosts social harmony and productivity. By avoiding gloom and spreading lightness, you influence colleagues to adopt a brighter outlook, making the workplace more welcoming. Maintain optimism as a deliberate practice to bolster morale and teamwork.
Ant Hill Study Reveals 6000 Ants in Two-Year Count
A naturalist reports an ant hill two feet high housing about 6000 ants after meticulous observations and counting conducted over two years. The finding underscores astonishing colony sizes and helps illuminate ant social structure.
Padded expenses and inflated appraisals cited in profiteering report
The federal trade commission’s Senate briefing described widespread price gouging across essential goods. It highlighted padded salaries and inflated appraisals as costs justified by war pressures, with meat packers and flour millers noted as leading profit centers despite government price controls.
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Er Ale
Change in Price of Wheat and Freight Rates
Government wheat price change announced with new freight rates by the Railroad Board. Markets listed No 1 grades with varied regional prices, No 2 and No 3 adjustments below No 1. Other items include Georgia ratifying the dry amendment and U S Army actions in Italy.
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Railroad Board
Washington
Pood Administration
Railway Administration
Food Administration
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Newport
Duluth
Chicago
Kansas City
New Orleans
Everton
Astoria
Los Angeles
Kaiser Reported Furious Over Von Kuehlmann Resignation
A Zurich dispatch to the Journal says Dr. von Kuehlmann offered his resignation as German foreign secretary on the 26th and that 18 believed the emperor would accept it. The Kaiser was furious after von Kuehlmann’s Reichstag speech and a related move to keep him in office may indicate the Kaiser plans to intervene further.
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von Kuehlmann
Zurich
Reichstag
Hertling
Kuehlmann
War Bill Tops $12.6 Billion as 1917-18 Expenditures Soar
Washington reports the year ending June 10 as a historic surge in war costs. Outlays exceed $12.6 billion since July 1 1917 with total war spending nearing $13.8 billion when including three war months pre fiscal year. Receipts climb via Liberty loans taxes and miscellaneous revenues while loans to allies remain high. President Wilson proclaims seizure of German owned Hoboken wharves. Two American Y M C A workers, Howell and Bartlett, receive bravery citations.
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Wer
Union News Service
Washington
Army
Navy
United States
Treasury
National Bank
Federal Serve
Wilson
Lloyd and
Hamburg-American Steamship Companies
Hoboken
Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle Sunk in Irish Sea
A German submarine torpedoed the hospital ship Llandovery Castle ninety miles from the Irish coast on June 27. The 11,000-ton vessel carried wounded and 80 Canadian Army Medical Corps members and 14 nurses. 24 crew survived. The attack was unwarned and many perished, including nursing sisters.
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London
Llandovery Castle
England
Canada
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Germany Seeks Forty Five Billion Dollar War Rebuild Aid
Reported demand from German leaders for extensive postwar relief and reconstruction funds. calls for broad terms touching multiple sectors and international support.
British War Fleet Demanded in German Peace Terms
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports German peace program demanding Britain surrender its war fleet and Gibraltar, return Egypt and Suez to Turkey, and Allied powers pay at least 44 to 45 billion dollars in indemnity. Annexations include Belgium and French coast areas, with Austria Bulgaria partitioning Serbia and Montenegro.
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Paris
Great Britain
Germany
Gibraltar
Spain
Egypt
Suez Canal
Turkey
France
United States
Belgium
French
Nachrichten of
Goerlits
Pruby
Switzerland
Roon
Flanders
Calais
Briey
Longwy
Toul
Belfort J
Verdun
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