Civil War Telegraphers Propose Reserve Corps
Special surviving members of the United States Military Telegraph Corps offer to enroll as a Civil War Military Telegraphers Corps to serve without pay under the War Department. Led by William Bender Wilson and David Homer Bates, about 500 volunteers and descendants would join a local cooperative reserve.
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New York
United States Military Telegraph Corps
United States
Society of the Corps
William Bender Wilson
Holmesboro
David Homer Bates
Newton D. Baker
Secretary of War
Life Is Worth Living Better Than Most Men Live It
The statement asserts life’s value and urges wisdom through goodness, contrasting wisdom with moral action as the true measure of living well.
Holland Delays Elections Amid War-Era Plans
The Hague May 8 The Netherlands faces two general elections in 1918 but leaders seek to avoid battle politics near war zones. Parliament may be dissolved on first reading of constitutional revision to align elections, preserving present seats for 1917 and awaiting universal manhood suffrage with proportional representation in the 1918 vote. Premiers Cort van der Linden’s liberal ministry is expected to stay in power as public opinion backs maintaining neutrality and war stance.
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Hague
Netherlands
Holland
States-General
P. W. A. Cort van der Linden
Start Tomorrow and Keep It Up Every Morning
An advertisement extols morning health routines urging readers to drink hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels. It promises relief from dullness headaches and constipation, claiming dramatic appetite and improved complexion with daily inside bathing.
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