Officials recalled in Russia and rail commission heads east
Petrograd reports the provisional government recalling officials from Kronstadt including the department of control and ministry of Justice as stern measures loom. The United States railroad commission led by John F Stevens arrives in Irkutsk en route to Petrograd to inspect. The congress of peasants delegates backs a federal republic in democratic lines while railway workers demand higher wages.
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Petrograd
London
Kronstadt
Department of Control
Ministry of Justice
Bureau of Posts and Tlegraphs
United States Railroad Commission
Russia
John F. Stevens
Irkutsk
Siberia
Krasnoyersk
Tomsk
N. V. Nekrasoff
Stevens
Vladivostok
Congress of Peasants
All Russia
Petrograd-Moscow
Chenault Resigns as Little Rock Police Chief
Chief Fletcher Chenault announced his resignation to Mayor Charles E. Taylor and left for Texas to enter the newspaper business. Appointed in April to succeed H. G. Cole, he had previously served as private secretary to Mayor Taylor.
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Little Rock
Fletcher Chenault
Charles E. Taylor
Texas
Chenault
H. G. Cole
Taylor
Dinamiting Rumor Probe in Jamdes County
Game Wardens Stewart and Rison investigated fish dynamiting rumors in Jamdes Ark on Saturday with local officers. No evidence was found naming any white parties or identifying suspects in Ouachita River and county streams.
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Jamdes
Ark
Stewart and Rison
Ouachita River
Farm Labor Supply Plan Aims to Match Workers
The article notes a wartime labor shortage caused by European conflict and conscription. It explains a proposed plan by the State Council of Agriculture to enroll farmers seeking help and laborers seeking work with county clerks in Nevada county Prescott to connect them. It also mentions the Liberty Loan subscription limit expiring next Friday June 15 and urges small investors to participate.
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United States Department of Agriculture
State Council of Agriculture
Little Rock
Nevada County
Prescott
Canthrax and Velvetina Dry Shampoos at Discount Prices
Canthrax dry shampoo priced at 50 cents and Velvetina dry shampoo at 25 cents are offered at Hester Dry Drug Store. The listing highlights bargain hair care products available to shoppers.
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Velvetina
Hesterly Drug Store
Janina Seized by Italian Troops in Northwestern Greece
London report: Italian forces occupy the Greek city of Janina, population about 25,000, 100 miles below the Macedonian battle front. Athens cabinets assemble to protest. Italians have widened operations from Avlona bases into southern Albania and Greek towns. Greece had urged withdrawal from Epirus.
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London
Janina
Greece
Athens
Cabinate
Jannina
Macedonia
Avlona
Italy
Epireus
Registration reports show quiet nationwide in draft
The committee on public information notes no trouble in the draft registration. Telegrams from department of justice representatives report smooth handling across sections. In the northern district of Illinois registration closed calmly with Chicago returning an estimated 300,000.
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Committee On Public Information
Department of Justice
Department
United States
District of
Illinois
Chicago
French Make Surprise Attack Reports Losses on Germans
A Paris dispatch says French forces conducted a surprise attack last night on the Moselle bank near the eastern front. The war office reports serious German losses after intense artillery near Craonne and Chevreaux.
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Paris
Bank of the Moselle
War Office
Craonne
Chevreaux
Arkansas Textbook Commission Meeting In Fayetteville
Gov Brough and State Superintendent J L Bond attend University of Arkansas commencement in Fayetteville. They will return to Little Rock Tuesday for the final session of the state text book commission. The commission will award six year school textbook contracts at the meeting beginning Tuesday.
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Little Rock
Ark
Institute to Meet in Piggott This Week
Piggott Arkansas June 10 Professor W H Winston county examiner eastern district of Clay county has called the annual county institute for teachers to meet at the public school from June 11 to 15 inclusive. A large number of teachers are expected for the week to comply with institute attendance law and Professor Winston will direct the work.
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Piggott
Ark
W. H. Winston
Clay County
County Institute For
Winston
For Sale Nice 3 Year Old Heifer by Jersey Blood
It is not too late for second plantings of beans cucumbers melons corn and peppers. City Market reports a 3 year old heifer by three quarter Jersey for sale, expected to be fresh in August.
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Nice
Third Regiment Ready for Muster into Federal Service
By the last of June the Third Regiment will be ready for muster into federal service and a fourth regiment may be authorized. The Third has a total strength above 2,000 with most companies listing 150 or more men. It will be called into camp likely the first week in August.
Abduction Plotters Defy Lynch Mob at Stockton Jail
Springfield reporters relay a tense scene as a mob overruns Stockton, Missouri, freeing six alleged abductors including Mrs. Taylor Adams. Sheriff Wiebb moves prisoners to Kansas City while two suspects, C. J. Piersel and Adams’ husband, are sent toward Jefferson City. One man, Piersol, allegedly admits other crimes but refuses to confess to Lloyd Keet’s death despite a rope around his neck.
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Springfield
Ozark Hills
Here
Stockton
Lloyd Keet
Will Webb
Taylor Adams
Cedar County
C. J. Piersel
Jefferson City
Missouri State Penitentiary
Cedar
Polk
Dade
Adams
Piersol
Little Lloyd
Scholarship sale promising government position bargain
A brief notice offers a scholarship in a business college followed by a guaranteed position with the government. The unique pitch emphasizes a bargain sale to entice applicants.
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Uncle Sam
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American Press Association
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Wiebb
Kansas City
Qran Mercantile Company
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