World News Roundup Signals Looming Global War Impacts
A broad summary of wartime events includes 40 wounded from the expeditionary army arriving in the United States, Baker predicting over a million American troops in France soon, and Captain Charles of the Edward Pierce escaping a U boat attack. The piece notes Russian call for allied help, key medical leaders elected, grain trade controls loosened, spy arrests, Ford’s political bid, Taft and others on the war’s timeline, and various incidents from Arkansas to Salt Lake City. It reflects a period of global conflict, diplomacy, and domestic measures in wartime America.
European War News From The Adriatic And Atlantic
The Austrian battleship Szent Istvan torpedoed in the Adriatic is officially announced as loss with several officers and 80 crew missing. Norwegian ships Vindeggen and Henrik Lund sunk east of Cape Charles. 68 rescued. Copper ingots aboard Vindeggen seized by U‑boat. Swedish steamer New Sweden sunk May 20. British transport Ansonia torpedoed. 90 crew landed on Irish coast. 40 missing.
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Szent Istvan
Adriatic
Vienna
Vindeggen
Henrik Lund
Cape Charles
New Sweden
Ine
Yes
Ansonia
Cunard Line
Atlantic
New York
Wilson urges senate to pass woman suffrage amendment
President Wilson expressed hope that the senate would approve the woman suffrage amendment this session. He cited a French Union for Woman Suffrage memorial urging him to proclaim suffrage as a fundamental right. Kuhn noted the war department plans to propose a broader draft age of eighteen to forty nine. Wilson backed nationwide compulsory work movement to support Crowder's work or fight policy. He endorsed Maryland style compulsory work laws and proclaimed July 5 draft registration for new 21 year olds in Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Baker said Wood orders serve the good of the service and Hopkins was named assistant to the secretary of war over industrial relations.
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Wilson
Senate
Congress
Ihis
French Union For Woman Suffrage
Kuhn
House Committee On Military Affairs
War Department
Crowder
Harrington
Maryland
Hoosier News Briefly Told Highlights War and State Happenings
Indiana reports outline German registration plans with 12 000 expected German women to register between June 18 and 26. Purdue hosts 800 000 youth club members. Indiana government promotes vocational education. Fort Benjamin Harrison may become a large signal corps camp. war savings progress and harvest labor bids appear across counties. Weather and fuel shortages affect Indiana agriculture and industry. Purdue 1918 seniors graduate. clover crops rise while hay prices fall.
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Indianapolis
Chiefs of Police
South Bend
Michigan City
Fort Wayne
Evansville
Lafayette
Indiana
Purdue University
United States
State Highway Commission
Supreme Court
Hamilton
Highway Commission
Wright
Washington, D. C
War Department
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Signal Corps
Indiana War Savings Committee
Adama
Blackford
Caas
Crawford
Fayette
Franklin
Gibson
Hancock
Jackson
Johnson
Knox
Kosciusko
Lagrange
Grant
Noble
Ohio
Scott
Shelby
St. Joseph
Wayne
Wells
White
Whitley
Bartholomew
Dearborn
Jefferson
Ripley
Switzerland
Posey
Wabash
Decatur
Fulton
Tippecanoe
Doone
Jasper
Floyd
Sulivan
Dekalb
Porter
Laporte
Jay
Miami
Leo K. Fessler
Board of County Commissioners
Marton County
Tndianapolis
Branley Wyckoff
Washington
Pelnta
Ross N. Atkinson
Vanderburg County
Kramer
Evanaville
George 8. Clifford
County Council of Defense
Edgar Schmitt
State Fuel Administration
Philadelphia
Logansport
Indiana Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Alonzo Murphy
Greensburg
Sallie Sawyer
Bluffton
Women's Relief Corps
Elkhart
United States Fuel Administration
Kanawha
Logan
Kenova
Thacker
Big Sandy
West Virginia
Evans Wollen
Dye Products
Purdue
Fowler Hall
Albert J. Beveridge
The Making of a Famous Medicine
A laboratory visit shows the care in producing Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound used for female ailments. Hundreds of thousands of pounds of herbs are processed yearly with thorough sterilization and pasteurization to ensure purity and effectiveness.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Names of Days Through Saxon and Roman Roots
A compact note traces the week’s days from Saxon Sonnan doeg and Monandaeg to Roman Dies Solis and Dies Lunae. It explains Tuesday as Tuesdaeg from Tuesco and the fourth day Wodensd a g or Warden’s dacg linking to Woden and the war god Mars in Rome.
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Tuesco
Marsa
Warden
Woden
Oden
Modernizing China Through Rapid Telephone Expansion
The article notes China is modernizing faster than expected via widespread telephone use. It cites mostly foreign equipment operated by foreigners and observes telephone service prices in China are far lower than in this country, despite the foreign origin of the gear.
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China
Why He Didn't Get in Officer Mishtaken Identity
A brief dialogue snippet portrays an officer probing lateness and mistaken identity. The speaker claims residence identity issues and urges standing by for the right.
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Mishtaken
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Teutonic War News
France
Baker
United States Military Academy
West Point
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Charles
Edward Pierce
Pierce
Oer
Russia
Central Committee
Cadet Party
State Department
Alexander Lambert
American Red Cross
New York State Medical Association
American Medical Association
Chicago
William C. Bralsted
United States Navy
Food Administration Grain Corporation
Franz von Rintelen
Kaiser
Tombs
Henry Ford
Michigan
William H. Taft
Rock Island, M
Elton Mitchell
Earle
Ark
Mitchell
W. M. Langston
Saline County
Little Rock
Dallas
Tex
Silliman Evans
Copenhagen
Salt Lake City
Denver & Rio Grande
Lg S
A. L. Hitchcock
Cleveland School Board
Killits
Atlanta
R. Bardwell
Major Brooks
Kansas City
Scottfield
Minois
Brent Dow Akiinson
Camp Grant
Allinson
Dayton
John D. Ryan
Dayton-Wright Airplane Company
Indian Grove
Quincy
Henry Miller
California
Oregon
Nevada
Justus 8. Wardell
Internal Revenue
San Francisco
American Federation of Labor
American Alliance of Labor and Democracy
St. Paul
Charlotteville
University of Virginia
Daniels
Senate Military Committee
Wood
Ernest M. Hopkins
Dartmouth College
Secretary of War
Hoosier News
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Morris Co
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