Canadian Hero Warneford Wins Victoria Cross for Zeppelin Kill
Sub-Lieutenant Reginald Warneford, a Canadian, becomes the first pilot to destroy a Zeppelin in flight over Belgium. At 8 000 feet he dropped bombs, causing a devastating explosion that sent the airship crashing into an orphanage near Ghent. Warneford lands behind German lines and returns to British headquarters, hailed as a national hero.
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Jules Verne
H. G. Wells
Reginald Alexander John Warneford
Warneford
London
England
Prate
Brussels
Ghent
Moeumient
El Paso wins Texas Press Association convention bid
Gov. Hays issues proclamation for Gentry to hold a special election for second class city status. Texarkana failed to land the 1916 convention. El Paso, after two years of work and a 20-strong booster delegation led by the mayor, secured the meeting for 1917. Hodges of Arkansas Association named life member and featured guest.
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Little Rock
Texarkana
Earle W. Hodges
Arkansas Association
Principe
Corpus Christi
el Paso
Texas
Arkansas
A Medicine Chest for 25c in Sloan's Liniment ad
An advertise chest offers a 25 cent Sloan's Liniment bottle as an excellent remedy for toothache bruises sprains stiff neck backache neuralgia rheumatism and emergencies. The copy claims ailments are symptoms from congestion and inflammation and urges readers to prove it by buying a two ounce bottle.
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Sloan
State refunds $65,000 in freight rate fight costs
Little Rock notes the state refunded $65,000 expended to defend shippers in freight rate cases. Cotton Belt paid $16,000, Iron Mountain $48,750, Judge Hill and others received shares, and funds for Haskins & Sells and Tuberculosis Sanitarium were allocated. A sale notice for Jack Johnson’s Country Gentleman also appears.
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Little Rock
Cotton Belt
Iron Mountain
J. M. Hill
Fort Smith
General Revenue Fund
Judge Hill
Harrod
Railroad Commission
Haskins & Sells
Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Young Iowan Buys Good Farm on Six Years Toil
Banker Charles Shade recounts the tale of John Busch a German American youth who saved $8,000 and bought a $28 000 farm in six years He rented land drove profits from crop and stock and paid down debt using bank assistance and a rising crop market The narrative notes his early farming on eighty acres and growth to ownership aided by machinery and livestock
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Charles Shade
First National Bank of
Rock Rapids
John Busch
Busel
Tim
Electric fans in trenches near La Quinque Rue reported
German officers quarters captured near La Quinque Rue in France were described as highly modern with electric fans and other improvements. The report notes the underground fortifications included heating and ventilation deemed advanced for the period, reflecting on sustained frontline maintenance.
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la Ba
la Quinque Rue
France
American Woman Honored by Roumania for Red Cross Work
Mrs. John Lb. Jackson wife of the former United States minister to Roumania has been decorated by the Roumanian government for her Red Cross aid during the Balkan War. Her home is listed as Tren. She is in Germany as a special envoy for Ambassador Gerard.
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Roumania
Jackson
Red Cross
Roumanian
John Lb. Jackson
United States
Tren
Germany
Gerard
No War While I Am Secretary Declared in 1913
A speech remarks by William Jennings Bryan in 1913 claimed there would be no war during his tenure as secretary of state. The distorted text cites 1918 remarks to visiting British Canadian and Australian delegates at Ghent, asserting no war during his incumbency and skepticism that war could settle disputes.
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MR. Bryan
Bryan
Is Sickness a Sin to Ignore Illness and Relief
A moral tone questions whether sickness is a sin and argues neglecting illness is wicked. It promotes Po-Do-Lax made from Podophyllin to stimulate the liver and bowel cleanup. The ad claims relief from constipation and other ailments overnight and urges readers to buy from their druggist today.
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Nature
How Will The Naughty Thing Behave If Mexico Fails
The article questions Mexico's response to shifting pressures and potential strategic moves. It analyzes diplomatic leverage and possible consequences if cooperation wanes, highlighting regional dynamics and actor incentives.
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Mexico
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Royal Naval Air Station
Lenlion
Lontin
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Bank of Prescott
Prescott
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Ozan Mercantile Co
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