War Department to call Regular Army Reserve units
Washington July 7 The War Department announced that it will call out the Regular Army Reserve to fill new units under the Army Reorganization Act. About 4 000 to 5 000 men discharged on furlough since November 3 1915 will be recalled. The move aims to form regiments and test the reserve provision, with potentially 20 000 men needed for additional units this year. The call marks the first active use of the reserve since its creation in 1912 and follows the act setting seven year enlistments.
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Washington
War Department
Regular Army
Grocers Propose Illinois State Trade Commission
Illinois Wholesale Grocers association at its 24th annual meeting in Chicago urged creating a state trade commission to work with the Interstate Commerce Commission and forming a state chamber of commerce to cooperate with the U S Chamber by supplying state data. It denounced trading stamps, urged broader credit information, and elected Campbell Holton of Bloomington as president O A Rosemond as secretary and Egbert B Hawk as treasurer. Officers will decide next convention date and site.
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Chicago
State Trade Commission
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Illinois Wholesale Grocers’ Association
W. Scott Mathews
Illinois Pure Food Commissioner
Campbell Holton
Bloomington
O. A. Rosemond
Egbert B. Hawk
Adair's Father Dead Last Words for Son
Samuel Adair died after a lingering illness believing his son Henry Adair had not yet died in battle Henry was to be promoted to captain on July 1 Lieut Henry Adair died at Carrizal and Morris Adair telegrammed El Paso requesting his brother's body to be sent home Father Samuel Adair nearly sixty nine years old had moved from Louisville to Oregon in 1848
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Portland
Ore
Carrizal
Samuel Adair
Henry Adair
Henry
Morris Adair
el Paso
Censor for Mexican War Operations Named
Secretary Baker designates Major Douglas MacArthur as official censor for Mexican operations and border mobilization. He will filter information but not control its usage.
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Douglas MacArthur
General Staff of
the Army
Baker
Mexico
National Guard
Major MacArthur
Petitions for an Absolute Divorce in Washington
Mrs Kathrine V H Wylie filed for an absolute divorce from Roscoe Wylie in district supreme court. She alleges his 1910 disappearance followed by a written confession of eloping with Mrs Elinor M Hichborn, whose husband Philip S Hichborn died by own action in 1912. The couple, married in 1895, have four children, and she fears Wylie could claim them if alive.
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Washington
Katherine V. H. Wylie
District Supreme Court
Roscoe Wylie
Elinor M. Hichborn
Wylies
Wylie
Peace steerage as U S abandons armed intervention
Washington dispatches report the United States ending its planned armed intervention, triggering jubilation in Mexico City. Secretary Lansing’s statements are seen as favoring a peace solution. Reports also note the surrender of three bandit leaders Castulo Prez with 150 men at Pueto and Hermenegildo Flores with Col Guzman and 100 followers at Rio Grande.
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Mexico City
Washington
United States
Lansing
Mexico
Castulo Prez
Pueto
Rio Grande
Hermenegildo Flores
Col. Guzman
Swimmer Dies After Shark Attack At Spring Lake
Charles Proder, 28, a bellboy at a local hotel, was attacked 100 feet beyond lifelines while swimming at Spring Lake New Jersey. Though two lifeguards reached him by boat, they could not save him. He died on the beach as doctors worked on him. The incident occurred Thursday as bystanders saw the shark’s fins and issued warnings.
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Shark Spring Lake
N. J
Charles Proder
Proder
Steamer Christopher Columbus Damaged in Bridge Collapse
In Milwaukee on July 7 the steamer Christopher Columbus sustained about 1000 dollars damage when a bridge wing collapsed onto the vessel. More than 600 passengers were thrown into a panic but no injuries were reported.
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Milwaukee
Woman Arrested on Disturbance Charge at Hampshire Street
Anna Edmond and her son were taken into custody late Thursday by Officer Rice for peace disturbance. A complaint from neighbors followed a disturbance at 31514 Hampshire Street, with Edmond reportedly causing a scene in her home.
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Anna Edmondson
Rice
Hampshire Street
Austrians Fall Back In Galicia In Somme Context
Continued report from London dated July describes German counterattacks along the front in the Somme region as violent and widespread, signaling a shift in the trend of earlier French advances. The item notes Austrian movements in Galicia and ties the developments to the broader war front dynamics.
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London
Somme
LOOK GOOD FEEL GOOD WITH DR KING'S PILLS
Ad claims Dr King's New Life Pills cure constipation and restore energy. Urges purchase at druggists for 25 cents per box. States relief occurs after taking one or two pills at night and results appear by morning.
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Dr. King
Adv
Allied and Russian Fronts Face New Offensives
The German defense tightens along Peronne as French operations shift focus while both French and British forces prepare for another bombardment. Verdun quiets though Meuse fighting continues. Russian advances under Brusiloff push Austro German lines back, with large prisoner and booty counts reported. Germany withdraws von Bothmer from Tarnopol amid intensified Russian pressure.
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Peronne
Verdun
Meuse
Petrograd
Brusiloff
Kolomea
Russian War Office
Dniester
von Bothmer
Tarnopol
Letter confirms open waterfowl seasons in four states
Duke Schroer of the Mississippi Valley Hunters' Protective Association received a letter from D F Huston of the agriculture department. It states federal approval will permit waterfowl shooting during open seasons September 15 to November 30 and February 10 to March 10. An error in the pamphlet had set the first season ending November 15.
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Duke Schroer
Mississippi Valley Hunters’ Protective Association
D. F. Huston
Department of Agriculture
Mississippi
Illinois
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Dr Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honey advertised cold relief
An advertisement promotes Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey as a preventive and remedy for summer colds. It claims the balsams clear nasal passages and reduce coughing, promising quick relief and faster recovery with directed use and leftover bottle as insurance.
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Dr. Bell
Adv
Revenue Bill Debate Opens in Washington
The House begins a four day debate on a $197 million revenue bill to fund army and navy expansion with a surtax on incomes and taxes on inheritances and on war munitions profits. A final vote is planned before adjournment Monday amid partisan critique.
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Washington
House
Kitchin
Treasury
Congress
Americans Hiding in the Mountains Near Chamal
Brownsville Texas July T American Consul Johnson reports from Mata moros that G L Ingram and other Americans including women and children shelter in the mountains near Chamal. He was told to seek safe passage from Mexican authorities and urge withdrawal from Mexico despite objections from Thompson Medley and Beebe who recently arrived at Galveston from Tampico.
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Brownsville
Texas
Johnson
Matamoros
Lansing
G. L. Ingram
Chamal
Mexico
W. M. Thompson
W. Ll. Medley
E. M. Beebe
Galveston
Tam
Foley Kidney Pills Promote Kidney Health Say Taunton Woman
An 87 year old Taunton resident Mrs. Mary A. Dean reports Foley Kidney Pills helped her recovery from kidney issues. High Point man Sam A. Hoover says nightly kidney trouble eased. he now sleeps through the night. Robinson Mass resident Mrs. M. A. Bridges writes she feels like an 18 year old after ten months on the pills. The ad claims the pills strengthen and restore normal kidney and bladder function without harmful drugs. Miller & Arthur Drug Co.
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Mary A. Dean
Taunton
Mass
Foley
Sam A. Hoover
High Point
N.C
Foley Kidsy Pilla
M. A. Bridges
Robinson
Bays
Miller & Arthur Drug
Iowans Seriously Injured In Auto Crash Near Camp Dodge
DES MOINES IOWA July 7 Hern don Hippee son of George B Hippee president of the Iowa Loan and Trust company and Charles Maxwell an attorney were seriously injured Thursday when their automobile with two girls turned turtle near Camp Dodge The two girls received several fractured ribs and were taken to a hospital
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Des Moines
Iowa
Herndon Hippee
George B. Hippee
Iowa Loan and Trust Company
Charles Maxwell
Camp Dodge
Attorney General Gregory Seeks Supreme Court Fate
Washington dispatch reports Attorney General Gregory leaving the White House after a Thursday conference with the president expressing little likelihood of a nomination to succeed Charles E. Hughes on the Supreme Court.
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Washington
White House
Gregory
Charles E. Hughes
Supreme Court
No Casualties In Storm Report From Montgomery
A brief Mobile storm note states no deaths occurred with heavy damage reported. A telegraph operator arrived from a nearby village to relay the initial word of the event.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mobile
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