Roosevelt Valor Questioned In France Service Plan
A columnist questions Colonel Roosevelts readiness and prudence for immediate combat in France. He argues the Rough Riders could not endure trench warfare against German forces and suggests Roosevelt should seek a commission, train with the first division, and support Allied efforts from Belgium while gaining essential experience.
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Roosevelt
France
Hayti
Pershing
Rough Riders
Cuba
San Juan Hill
Vimy Ridge
Hfe
Belgium
Berlin
End of Freak Recruiting and the Selective Service
The piece argues the selective service bill will end gimmicks like pretty girls at recruiting stations, as every man of proper age will register and choose military service or remain at home on his own accord. It condemns shaming methods and defends individual duty and privacy under the law.
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Selective Service
The Lie and Gods Man theater reviews provoke thought
A two play bill, The Fugitive by John Galworthy and Gods Man by Bronson Howard, drew sharp moral lines. The reviewer faults Galworthy for portraying a woman who deserts a husband as doomed to ruin, while praising valiant virtue, urging strength to earn happiness. Gods Man is praised for noble ideals but criticized as portraying a fool who confuses grand sentiment with practical sense.
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John Galeworthy
Emily Stevens
Bronson Howard
IL. B. Warner
Asndiv
Hell
PLOTTED 10 BLOW UP MORGAN OFFICE
In New York on May 2 Wolff Hirsch and German associate George Meyringer confessed in court to plans to blow up the J. P. Morgan & Co. offices. Hirsch said Meyringer directed the bomb attempt and sought to profit from a stock market reversal by spreading false news. Both suspects held on $10,000 bail.
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Morgan Office
New York
Wolff Hirsch
George Meyringer
J. ¥. Morgan & Co
Hirsch
Morgan
Meyringer
Roosevelt Hospital
Wall Street
Fale
W Son
Sammy Jay Learns Reddy Foxs Hidden News
In Thornton Burgess tale Sammy Jay hides in a bush by Reddy Foxs new home in the Old Pasture and deduces that Foxes have babies. He watches Mrs Reddy take food inside, plans to spread the news, and toys with the idea of upsetting Reddy as he waits for returns.
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Reddy Fox
Green Forest
Sammy Jay
Reddy
Mrs. Reddy
Reddy Sammy Jay
Sammy
How Fat Folks May Become Slim
A vintage weight loss pitch promising rapid fat reduction without dieting or hard exercise. It touts daily outdoor time and Korein cry sules, with weekly weigh ins and mailed free sample offers from a New York company. Claims weight loss of ten to sixty pounds and improved health.
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Orein Company
Fef Arcade
East 28Th Street
New York
N. Y
House rejects committee report on eight hour labor bill
Springfield Illinois May 2 the house rejects its industrial affairs committee report against the woman's eight hour labor bill after an hour of debate by a 7 to 49 vote.
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Springfield
Til
House
Industrial Affairs Committee
Fall bearing strawberries for home gardens revived
The old gardener advises planting fall bearing strawberries in hills about a foot and a half apart. Keep runners limited to supply new plants and remove blossoms until mid July to ensure a steady strawberry supply until frost next fall.
Costs Small Sum to Enter Camps
Springfield Illinois May 2 Col E M Lewis of the United States army named by the war department to head examinations for entrants to summer training camps for officers at Springfield and nearby cities works to finish the process before Fort Sheridan opens May 8. Besides the physical exam candidates with Chicago headquarters certificates are rated on character sobriety personality address community standing and leadership potential. Entree men pay for equipment later reimbursed. items listed include a regulation service hat three dollars a khaki blouse four dollars twenty five cents a khaki breeches eight dollars twenty five cents a regulation olive drab shirt four dollars olive web belt four dollars a regulation service puttees one dollar fifty cents and six fifty for Munson last army shoes. An invisible cause frequently produces a visible effect.
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Springfield
Col
E. M. Lewis
United States
Awny
War Department
Fort Sheridan
Central Department
Chicago
Oliva
Munson
May Day party ends with muddy chaos at Lilac Grimes yard
In OUR SCHOOL recounts a rain soaked May Day celebration planning chaos. Fatty Bellowes is crowned May King amid teasing and pickled onions, umbrellas, and returned plans as the group improvises in Lilac Grimes’s yard while storm lightens.
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Genevieve Hicks
Fatty Bellowes
Tomorrer
Bull Hickey
Sissy
Gen Hicks
Anny
Illinois Tops Nation in Army Recruiting
Washington May 2 Monday's regular army recruiting set a new record with 2,536 men. Illinois led with 368 recruits followed by Pennsylvania 324 New York 228 and Indiana 220. April total recruiting reached 4,258.
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Washington
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New York
Indiana
Sunday Saloon Case to Supreme Court
Springfield May 2 Chicago saloon forces who lost their bid in the Illinois supreme court to keep Chicago saloons open on Sundays will take their case to the United States supreme court. The information came in a letter received here by the clerk of the supreme court.
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Springfield
Wil
Chicago
Minois Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Chicago saloon keeper sues to stop dram shop closures
Henry W. Boerner of Chicago brought suit against Mayor Thompson and the police chief to halt actions closing Chicago dram shops. A transcript of the Illinois court record was requested.
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Henry W. Boerner
Chicago
Thompson
Illinois
Carpenters Strike Over Wage Advance in Tri-Cities
Six hundred carpenters in Rock Island Moline and Davenport form a city union and strike after contractors reject a wage raise from 55 to 62.53 cents per hour for an eight hour day. Contractors offer 60 cents, refused. More crafts may join, risking a tie up of all building work.
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Rock Island
Moline
Davenport
Tricity
Tri-Cities
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