U S Teutonic War News and Daily Front Line Updates
Reports from the war front include Lt. Dudley C. Fairbairn killed near Montrose England when his plane crashed. A U S warship sinks a German submarine with a shot that blows it out of the water. Sgt Frank L Baylies claims seven German planes downed in France. A German American spy is arrested on the American front. Draft registration and pay raise news dominate the home front alongside tornado tolls and political disputes abroad.
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United States
Atlantic
Frank L. Baylies
New Bedford
Mass
France
Washington
A. Rasmussen
Portland
Ore
Minesweeper Sink Kills 23 Men and 3 Officers
The British minesweeper struck a mine and sank on May 1. The British Admiralty in London announced twenty three men and three officers were killed in the incident.
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Admiralty
London
Washington Pushes Sedition Bill Through Congress
Vice President Marshall and Speaker Clark signed the loyalty measure as Congress worked over a year on it. Attorney General Gregory began planning an probe into a 400 million dollar aircraft fund. Wilson proclaimed Sked Cross week to fuel a second 100 million dollar Red Cross drive.
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Congress
Marshall
Clark
Gregory
Wilson
American Red Cross
France
Indiana Sees Large Third Liberty Loan Victory
Indiana counties in the Seventh district project about 72 million dollars to the U S Treasury from the third Liberty loan drive based on final returns. Over 71 million already reported with enthusiasm for wide bond distribution and strong county performance. Public notices show enforcement actions for green coffee license failures. Lincoln highway policing plans arise after increasing accidents. War savings stamps targets rise with South Bend and Fort Wayne reports. County by county progress includes 100 percent women registration for war work and Purdue led potato conservation drives.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Seventh Reserve District
United States War Treasury
Federal Reserve District
Washington, D. C
Federal Food Administration
The
Food Administration
P. H. Carl Grocery Company
New Albany
John B. Bright & Son
J. F. Bruning & Son
Evansville
Andrew Firmhold
George J. Nommel
Klattostokes Coffee Company
Terre Haute
Hoosier Coffee Company, Inc
Fort Wayne
Lincoln
New Haven
South Bend
Lawrenceburg
Allen T. Griffith
Middle West
Ernest N. Smith
Uanited States Railroad Administration
Goodrich
New York
Warren T. McCray Kentland
Simon W. Taylor
Boonville
W. C. Ball
Muncie
Fred C. Gardner
B. A. Worthington
R. I. Todd
J. C. Kemp
Lafayette
Frank Duffy
George G. Morris
George E. Feeney
Charles M. McCabe
Crawfordsville
John C. Ruckelhaus
Charles McCulloch
Frank R. Wilson
Eben H. Wolcott
State Council of Defense
Michigan City
E. J. Fogarity
Fogarty
Petersburg
Con
Evansville & Indianapolis
Winona Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Mrs Albert Sulter of Winona Minnesota reports Nervousness sleep trouble and fatigue improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She says the tonic restored energy and calm and helps her workday mornings The ad promotes the product as a standard remedy for female ailments dating back forty years.
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Winona
Minn
Snake
Lydia E. Pinkham
FOCOM
Lydia Kham
Albert Sulter
Olmstead St
Man Tries Jokes to Force Horse to Open Mouth
John Smith and a friend buy a horse and take it fishing. The horse refuses to take the bit as the day ends. Smith sits and jokes to coax the stubborn animal into yawning, amid the failed attempts to harness it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Pal
Smith
Adam
Milk and Water. Bilkins Cow Purchase Fracas
Bilkins bought a cow about a week ago and asked a friend to inspect. The visitor waited in a room and talked with Bilkins Jr while asking how much milk the cow yields a day. A collapse of Bilkins occurs in the floor.
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Bilkins
Bilkins, Jr
Loor
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Teutonic War News
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Joliet
Montrose
England
Arizona
Delaware
Vermont
Crowder
James Norman Mgall
Germany
Toul
Captain Hall
Colfax
Tytler
John Rosenwald
American Medical Corps
Luneville
Rosenwald
University of Minnesota
Verdun
H. J. Kelley
Ottawa
Til
D. D. Smith
Steens
Miss
G. A. Hopkins
Baltimore
Aloysius Brown
Brooklyn
Salvation Army
United State Steel Corporation
Albert H. Gary
McAdoo
Treasury
Lucy Ann Burch Hart
Misa Bessie Hart
Franklin, Ill
Howard Slater
Toulon
Henry O. Lodge
Alexander Bannwart
Boston
Lodge
Bannwart
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Hot Springs
Ark
Josiah Evans Cowles
Georgie Bacon
Benjamin Clark
Gloucester
N. J
Department of Justice
Iowa
Asquith
Maurice
Lloyd George
House of Commons
James McPherson
War Office
Tower of London
Roumania
Amsterdam
Dobrudja
Roumantia
Bulgaria
Danube
F. B. Maurice
British War Office
Field Marshal Haig
Reuter’'s Limited
Indiagna
Home Economics
Purdue University
Winchester
W. D. Clark
Here
Chicago
By Lydia E. Pinkham
Vem Mile Cocisouiad
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