Weekly World Events Review From Washington to Berlin
Washington and London leaders push for quick action as Congress debates adjournment for campaigns. Debates continue over whether the Deutschland is a merchant vessel under international law. A Kansas bill would outlaw publishing false reports on international relations. Russia pressures Romania to join the war. Lloyd George touts allied offensives. The Germans suffer a major defensive breakthrough, with 7500 prisoners reported. Berlin opens municipal kitchens to feed workers.
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State Department
Baltimore
Naval
Treasury
Iowa Democrats Endorse Prohibition At State Convention
Iowa Democrats join Republicans in backing prohibition in the state platform. The war department authorizes expanded national guard recruiting to reach about 160 000. Three officers per regiment will be assigned to recruiting for front line units. The Supreme Court rules Indian wards cannot be sold liquor in any state. Congress leaders expect adjournment before September 1 though Republicans may oppose shipping and revenue bills. The Deutschland submarine reload and nickel rubber cargo plans surface. US seeks mutual relief shipments to Poland through ambassadors. Discharge for guardsmen with dependents will be granted per war department orders. Federal reserve banks begin clearing checks without charges.
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National Guard
War Department
Foreign Martial Law Declared in Spain Amid Strikes
Reports describe de facto government troops revolting toward the Villistas as Spain endures martial rule. London figures show June imports rising 11.0 million and exports up 14.0 million, while US-Mexico talks advance on possible settlement plans. News notes include famine reports in Mexico, submarine activity, and Nebraska aviation mobilization efforts.
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London Board ‘of Trade
Nebraska plans to raise cavalry for border service
Western Newspaper Union reports attempts to organize a Nebraska cavalry troop for border duty. General Hall is expected to lead if formed. about 90 men needed, Lincoln already pledges. staff will audit accounts and then depart for border duty. Temporary encampment structures at the fair grounds are being dismantled as sheep return.
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Union
Nebraska Cavalry
Border
Mall
Adjutant General’s Department
Hall
Lincoln
Nebraska
War Department
Cavalry
Fourth Nebraska Detrains at Llano Grande in Heavy Rain
Under Colonel George Eberly and Lieutenant Colonel William Baehr the Fourth Nebraska detrained at Llano Grande Texas and began pitching camp in a terrific rainstorm. Delays marked the final hundred miles of travel as Mercedes was chosen for the concentration camp site but no adequate land could be found, forcing a move three miles west. The camp is expected to be one of the biggest along the border.
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Nebraska
George Eberly
William Baehr
Llano Grande
Tex
Mercedes
Misbranded Patent Medicines Seized by State Officials
State Food Commissioner C. E. Harman reports inspectors found 1 492 misbranded patent medicine packages in stores between June 15 and July 1. Labels claimed curative effects and other false statements. Off sale orders were issued, requiring new labels or return/destroying of goods to avoid dealer loss.
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C. E. Harman
Nebraska Auto Registrations Surge in Brief Period
Nebraska saw registered cars rise from 59 000 to 84 400 with 84 400 on file at the Secretary of State office last week. Postage plates run out, prompting a 5000 forecasted spend with manufacturers. Over eighteen months to July 7 office fees totaled 210 892.27, not counting 35 cents per registration. office expenses were 15 591.50.
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Nebraska
Fool
Secretary of State
Nebraska regiments receive field support at Camp Llano Grande
Lieutenant George Hughley has led hospital work at Camp Llano Grande ahead of the Fifth regiment field hospital arrival. Rain hampered training but did not cause discomfort for Nebraska troops. About 2,000,000 rounds of ammunition arrived at Mercedes for the two Nebraska regiments.
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George Hughley
Omaha
Camp Llano Grande
Nebraska
Mercedes
Tex
Nebraska Patriotic League Funds Regimen Standards
The Nebraska Patriotic League has started funds to purchase regiment standards for the Fourth and Fifth Nebraska regiments now bound for border duty in the south.
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The
Nebraska Patriotic League
Nebraska
Nebraska Sixth Regiment Plans Continue Despite War Dept Delay
John G. Maher reports the proposed Sixth regiment for Nebraska is still forming. An election chose Colonel John G. Maher Lincoln lieutenant colonel Mr. Steele Omaha majors Allen G. Fisher Chadron L H. Warner Geneva and likely L W Colby Beatrice. The War Department has not authorized the regiment yet.
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Nebraska
John G. Maher
Chaplain Beecher Musters Separately Under New Act
Captain George A. Beecher of Hastings is mustered in with the regimental staff in the first section as chaplain. Under the federalized act a chaplain is unassigned until he signs a special muster blank and takes a separate oath before attachment to a regiment.
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George A. Beecher
Hastings
QO. K
General Hall Reflects on Departing Lincoln Guards
General Phil Hall stood amid the departing crowd as the last train pulled away from Lincoln. He had hoped to ride with his men and honor the guards for three years of service, but a war department ruling prevented it. Vanishing tears given way to a vow to reach them first when they return.
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Phil Hall
Lincoln
Border
War Department
Fifth Regiment Detrains at Camp Llano Grande
First Detachment of the Fifth Regiment under Colonel Herbert Paul arrives at Camp Llano Grande near Mercedes Texas and begins detrainment. The Fourth Regiment welcomes them. Travel from Lincoln took six days with delays including a derailment near Muskogee and washouts at Bishop Texas. By nightfall over 2,000 Nebraskans encamped and mail should be addressed to Mercedes Texas.
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Herbert Paul
Camp Llano Grande
Mercedes
Tex
Eberly
Lincoln
Muskogee
Bishop
Denison
Remarkable safety record as Nebraska regiments mobilize
Despite two wrecks and a serious injury to one man, more than 2,000 troops crossed nearly 2,000 miles to a concentration camp. An 86 year old veteran planted two flags on the engine of the first Nebraska section. Lieut. John Madgett from Hastings shed eight pounds en route and aims for lightweight class. Captain Monte Lum of Lincoln is noted for a pressed uniform. Company G men of the Fifth regiment shave heads and grow facial hair, eschewing the barber.
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Nebraska
John Madgett
Hastings
Lincoln
Camp Morehead
Sam
Monte Lum
A. Lincoln
Beau Brummel
Fifth Regiment
Fifth Nebraska Regiment Delayed by Freight Wreck in Oklahoma
The Fifth Nebraska regiment was held at Muskogee Oklahoma after a freight wreck near Hoffman blocked the railroad. The third section arrived later, while the first and second were diverted. Rumor says the Fifth will encamp near the Fourth at Mercedes Texas, with railroad officials suspecting a plot to wreck the unit and hospital corps.
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Nebraska
Muskogee
Okla
Hoffman
Oklahoma
Mercedes
Tex
Bill to Let National Guard Vote on Election Day
Representative Sloan introduces a bill in Washington granting national guard volunteers on the Mexican border the right to vote for presidential electors senators and congressmen. Voting would be conducted by officers chosen by the men and counted according to an election certificate sent to the states canvassing board.
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Sloan
Washington
National Guard
State Fire Department reports June inspections and actions
State Fire Commissioner W S Ridgel reports 4135 inspections in June across 96 towns issuing 652 clean up and condemnation orders. Two buildings were condemned and removed at Ewing. June fire losses totaled 63428. The department aims to inspect the entire state to reduce fire hazards.
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W. S. Ridgell
Ewing
Harry Pease Crushed Feet At Linton Train
Harry Pease of L Gothenburg suffered severe foot injuries at Linton Texas when he and others climbed the coach during a train movement. A lurch between cars crushed his feet and he faces lifelong disability.
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Harry Pease
Company L
Gothenburg
Linton
Texas
injunction in grand island soldiers home case upheld
In the injunction case William Kearney sought to stop Commandant Walsh from ejecting him and his wife from the Soldier's Home at Grand Island on grounds of non-dependency and property. The court ruled the injunction against the commandant will hold until the state board of control adopts a ruling granting authority to act.
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William Kearney
Walsh
Grand Island
Kearney
State Board of Control
William Woodhurst
State Penitentiary
Garver
North Platte
Newman Grove
Gage County
Denison Citizens Pay Tribute to Nebraska Troops
Denison Texas citizens praised Nebraska soldiers as the most orderly obedient and manly troops to pass through. Guardsmen from eight or nine states have traveled through Denison in the last ten days en route to the border. A business committee greeted the troops at the station distributing cigars stamped postal cards and newspapers.
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Nebraska
Denison
Tex
Nebraska banks exempted from half year assessments proposal
Nebraska state legal department rules that banks with accumulated guaranty fund payments equal to 1 percent of their deposits are exempt from further state guaranty fund assessments until reserves fall below 1 percent. Previously the 1.44 percent proviso was thought to apply to the fund as a whole rather than to individual banks.
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State Legal Department
Nebraska
Nebraska Events and Crop Prospects Across the State
Nebraska lists coming events from July to September including conventions in Hastings Lincoln Norfolk Beat Rice Fremont and Silver Creek. It reports crop forecasts with corn at 180 million bushels oats and potatoes plus apples production and wheat figures. It notes a legal ruling on workmen compensation and endorsements by a progressive state committee for national and state offices. It mentions accidents agriculture and local civic notes across multiple towns.
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Hastings
Lincoln
Northeast Nebraska
Norfolk
The
Church of Brethren
Beatrice
Fremont
State Press Association
North Platte Valley
Merchants
Omaha
Silver Creek
Seward
Nebraska
Bureau of Crop Estimates
United States ‘Department of Agriculture
Cosgrave
Nebraska Manufacturers Casualty Association
Progressive State Committee
National Committee
Chicago
Charles Jf. Hughes
Judge Sutton
J. L. Kennedy
U. S
Addison Waite
G. W. Marsh
W. H. Reynold
Cuming County
Kearney
Bessie Lemon
New York
Recreation Club
Platte
Adams County
Tom Meyers
Saunders County
George Trexler
Union Pacific
Trexler
Ogalalla
York County
J. W. Barnett
Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Remedies For Health
A Washington Park Illinois mother of four says Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills cured her female trouble backache and nervous spells. She notes others ask why she looks young and well and praises the company for free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Washington Park
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Rost
Moore Avenue
Illinois
The Business Man and The Applicant Dialogue
In a London Sketch the Business Man questions the applicant about usefulness in an office. TheApplicant replies that he is not a conventional worker but can perform small tasks like holding doors, signaling lifts, checking for rain, and telling people he is out when not.
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London
Wrong List Was Printed Inoculation Objectors Roll Mixed Up
A corps leader learned that decorations would be allotted to his command and his staff prepared a list of recommendations. The Gazette printed none of those names. instead it carried a selection of unknown heroes. An inquiry revealed a roll of conscientious objectors to inoculation had slipped into the wrong envelope.
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Isondon Globe
Free Rheumatism Book Offered by Jesse A. Case
An advertisement offers a free booklet on rheumatism titled Rheumatism Its Cause and Cure by Jesse A. Case of Brockton Massachusetts. The appeal promises an authoritative guide and invites readers and friends suffering from rheumatism or neuritis to write for the complimentary book.
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Jesse A. Case
Dept. C. W
Brockton
Mass
Adv
Scarcity of Boys Strains New York Child Aid
For over 200 years the Children's Aid Society of New York cannot provide enough boys for adoption or foster care due to military preparedness and wartime factory needs. Each day letters seek boys trained at the farm school as 41 youths aged sixteen to twenty one enlisted last month into army and navy service, with munition factories absorbing many older boys.
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Children’s Aid Society of
New York
Society
Army
N Vy
Printers Ponder Cake and Pi in Quirky Editorial Bit
A lighthearted note contrasts printers fondness for cake with dislike of pi. The brief piece uses whimsical math humor to highlight printing rooms and baked goods in a playful exchange.
Noisy Man Is Not Always Progressive
A terse observation notes that loud behavior does not guarantee forward thinking or reform. The remark contrasts outward noise with actual progress, suggesting that true advancement requires substance beyond public bluster.
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