Trans-Atlantic aviation versus steamship feats century apart
A historical reflection compares the Savannah steamship’s 22 day trans Atlantic crossing with modern air travel. It notes dramatic progress in navigation and predicts air service as a future commonality while urging Irving schol support and Quincy school improvements.
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Atlantic
America
Ammer
Europe
Savannah
New York
New York Mercantile Advertiser
Martech
Liverpool
Ireland
Mersey
United States
Christiana
Stockholm
St. Petersburg
Washington
Monroe
Potomac
Kipling
Irving Schol
Irving
Quincy
Private Capital Accelerates Hampshire Street Upgrades
Private capital moves fast on Hampshire Street with storefront improvements and new construction underway. Materials remain costly as the state and municipality delay public work while private development advances. The hard road program has cleared legal hurdles and could begin by summer amid price investigations and debates over trusts and combines.
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Hampshire Street
Price Of Peace The Cost Of National Sacrifice
Dr Frank Crane argues that peace requires nations to surrender some sovereignty and power. He cautions against cowboy nationalism and urges global welfare over absolute national independence, equating clinging to sovereignty with dangerous, ruinous behavior seen in war and conflict.
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Frank Crane
Taarefy
New York
Chicago
Moscow
Germany
Deutschland
America
Land and troops arrive as nation weighs common good
Webster quotes frame a plea for relinquishing rights for unity and peace. In Charleston, the Zeelandia lands 2,545 troops including many from the 30th division and hundreds of Negro troops for Camp Jackson. In New York, the 332nd Infantry completes arrival and heads to training camps before demobilization. Boston sees the Winifredian dock with 2,300 officers and men of the 26th division arriving at Commonwealth Pier.
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Charleston
S.C
Zeelandia
30Th Division
Camp Jackson
New York
Dante Aliginere
Marseilles
332Nd Regiment of Infantry
National Army
Ohio
Pensylvania
Austria
Boston
Winifredian
Commowealth Pier
Fred Haskins Daily Quiz on Liquor Bill and Flags
Questions and answers discuss the national liquor bill versus debt interest figures, a reader query about damp-weather matches with a paraffin fix, a note on purchasing Victory Bonds, and a Q A about proper American flag display with guidance from The Quincy Whig Information Bureau.
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Emeritus Elliot
Starvard
Treasury Department
Troop Returns From Overseas Arrive Aboard Otsego
New York April 19 The steamship Otsego arrived from Bordeaux with 1086 troops mainly from the 19th 20th 5th 6th 6th and 45th balloon companies. Two officers and 72 men were convalescing. The hospital ship Mercy from St Nazaire brought 10 officers and 375 men ill or wounded, many bed ridden.
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New York
Otsego
Hordeaux
G6th
U6th
Ballooon
Mercy
St. Nazaire
Farmer Brown's Boy Suspects a Sap Theft
In the Green Forest story, Farmer Brown and his son notice missing sap pails at the sugar house. Three pails lie on the ground and more go missing, leading the boy to suspect Buster Bear as the culprit, supported by two black hairs found near the pails.
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Farmer Brown
Armer Brown
Green Forest
Buster Bear
Parmer Brown
Italy Urges Fast Action on Dalmatia Dispute
Paris April 17 Italy presses the peace conference to decide the Fiume and Dalmatian coast dispute before week’s end. The Italian delegation aims for a result ahead of the Italian chamber of deputies June 24, with Premier Orlando eager to report any settlement.
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Paris
Italy
Jugo- Slavia
Fiume
Dalmatian
Chamber of Deputies
Orlando
Rome
Anniversary of Lexington Battle and Revolutionary Events
On April 19 the Battle of Lexington invoked the start of the Revolution as British troops marched from Boston. Minute Men rallied under Adams and Hancock after Paul Revere warned of the march, marking a pivotal civil conflict. Other April 19 incidents include Baltimore clashes in 1861 and a 1917 naval gunfire against a German submarine.
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Lexington
Boston
England
Gage
Massachusetts
John Hancock
Samuel Adams
Joseph Warren
Hancock
Adams
Paul Revere
Dr. Warren
Captain Harper
Pennsylvania
Washington
Baltimore
Mongolia
Atlantic Transport Line
Ireland
Revision of Belgium treaty called a scrap of paper
Paris April 17 The council of five foreign ministers at the foreign office meeting decided to revise the 1839 Belgium treaty. Dr Von Bethmann-Hollweg, historic as declaring it a scrap of paper, presided as German chancellor. Other issues were sent to the drafting committee for minor changes.
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Associated Press
Paris
Council of Five Foreign Ministers
Foreign Office
Belgium
von Bethmann-Houlweg
Nmade
Germany
Austria
Bulgaria
A Real Iron Tonic Like Peptiron For You This Spring
An old advertorial notes nine of ten suffer health issues from epidemics damp weather and sick homes. It praises Peptiron as a real iron tonic restoring red blood cells and boosting vigor, cheerfulness, and health for all.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Claim
State of Ohio Toledo Lucas County. Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. promises one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Sworn December 6, 1888 before Notary A. W. Gleason. Medicine taken internally and acts through blood. Druggists 75 cents. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Ohio
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Focal News
Franklin P. Alcorn Company
Marbridge
Peoples Gas
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Postoffice
Missouri
Towa
Illinois
Lowa
Trans-Atlantic Aviation
Peale
Ray
Mac
By Webster
League of Nations
Fred Haskins
Daily Quiz
Maine
Union
Quincy Whig Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Heidbreder Drug Stores
Ifth
Whig
Thornton W. Burgess
Dalmatia
Labor
Quincey Gas, Electric & Heating Co
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