World War Pressure and U S Military Prep News
Washington completes a wartime airplane program to quicken U S air power with new training fields. Secretary Lansing warns Germany’s autocracy must be defeated by united democracies. Senate committee backs conscripting resident aliens of military age. McAdoo projects a war budget of over 6.5 billion dollars, excluding Allied loans. American and French troops will train together in the U S and in France to speed up development.
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Madison Barracks
Reserve Corps
Lansing
United States
Germany
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Chamberlain
McAdoo
Congress
Alllies
U. S
France
Berlin
George O. Squier
America
Smoot
Utah
Senate
European War Dispatch Reports Mutinies and Front Moves
Petrograd reports death sentences for mutinous soldiers and pro German anarchists. Russian forces retreat to the border at Thusiatyn while Germans announce gains. In Galicia and Champagne the Germans press attacks with limited success. Roumanians seize ten villages near Jassy as Austro German lines fall back, with 450 prisoners captured and material secured.
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Petrograd
Thusiatyn
Star
Berlin
Dniester
Pruth
Kuty
Gallician Carpathians
Teutons
Jassy
Roumania
Washington urged women to guard perishable produce losses
President Wilson appeals to women nationwide to take immediate steps to prevent a large loss of perishable fruits and vegetables. Washington reports the flag raised on the German Vaterland vessel as the navy takes possession alongside 15 other German ships in port. Senator Borah warns of grave sacrifices as Russia falters and American casualties rise. War expenditures surge with a proposed 5.2 trillion dollar bill and extra appropriations for the Signal Corps and army. The ICC ends a practice of selling goods from freight car doors, siding with railroad interests. Canada grants a 100000 dollar loan to the United States via treasury approval.
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Wilson
D. I. Houston
Washington
Vaterland
Navy Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nebraska Staate Grange
Saratoga rammed by Panama liner and 1400 soldiers rescued
The Saratoga, an American transport at anchor near an Atlantic port, was rammed by the Panama liner Panama. A gash from below the waterline to the rail left the vessel in danger yet it remained afloat as 1400 soldiers were evacuated by boats and tugs. The Panama and other ships assisted, with the State of New York and a U S destroyer aiding in the rescue. The Saratoga was finally warped to a dock.
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Atlantic
Saratoga
Panama
Mminenaut
State of New York
United States
Otis Dies at 80 Former LA Times Head Gen Tiarrison G Otis
Gen Tiarrison Gray Otis 80 longtime president and general manager of the Los Angeles Times died at his son in law Harry Chandler home after heart trouble. Born February 10 1837 in Washington County farming community he helped build a publishing empire and faced the 1910 dynamite strike at his plant in which 20 workers were killed.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Tiarrison Gray Otis
Los Angeles Times
Harry Chandler
General Otis
Washington County
John J. McNamara
James B
James
Entity
John J
Chicago Rail Strike Ends
About 2,500 switchmen of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen quit Friday over yardmaster appointments and return to work Monday after a settlement. A seven-official board will hire yardmasters, railroad and union committees agree, returnees lose seniority rights.
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Chicago
Aux
Ritie Sritderhood
Brotherhood
Conferees Back One Food Administrator Instead of Board
Washington officials report that on Monday the food bill conferees endorsed President Wilson’s plan for a single food administrator rather than a three member senate board. The administrator would be appointed without confirmation. Senators Cham berlain South Carolina K enyon and Warren voted for the change while Gore Smith of Georgia and Page opposed it.
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Washington
Aug
Wilson
Senate
House
Chamberlain
South Carolina
Kenyon
Warren
Gore
Smith
Page
Illinois Brevities highlights from across the state
A column of brief Illinois notes reports a streetcar incident in Chicago with an $80 loss, notable deaths in Greenfield and Rochester, conventions in Springfield and Rockford, industry strikes, marriages, legal actions, crop prospects near Aurora, and local political moves including railroad leaders and state payments.
Lydia Pinkham Compound Praised By Lowell Woman
Mrs Margaret Quinn of 259 Worthen Street Lowell reports three years of nerve trouble headaches and pain improving after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She lists symptoms including suffocation hot flashes headaches backaches dizziness and heart palpitations and offers to seek confidential advice from the company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lowell
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Margaret Quinn
Worthen St
Iydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mass
Will Training Advertisements Promise Healing and Power
Advertisements in magazines tout books on will training promising healing of the sick self and the strengthening of weak persons. They depict a future where inhibitions vanish and rivals are driven down, while success hinges on reading the same texts from The New Republic.
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New Republic
Josiah Kept His Head in New York Sharpers Note
Mrs Hawbuck asks Josiah if he kept his head in New York and he replies he did, adding that the locals had no use for it. The exchange hints at clever cons in the city and Josiah’s cautious behavior.
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Josiah
Dog Show Quip Sparks Witty Banter in Kansas City
In a brief exchange noted by the Kansas City Journal Flubdub praises a dog named T for winning first prize while Wombat questions the entrant details with a sly smirk creating a playful caption style moment.
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Wombat
Kansas City Journal
Training for Punch Defines a Lie as a Hun Truth
An English boy defined a lie during training for Punch by saying it is a Hun truth, a remark reflecting wartime sting and satire in martial humor. The quip captures the era’s comic outcry and cross rival wit through a single pointed definition.
Outclassed Dog Quips on Fearless Husband
A witty exchange frames a dog’s fear as amusing loyalty. The humor rests on a husband’s superior influence over the pet, who does not growl in contrast to his owner’s dominating presence. The joke uses dialogue to highlight confidence and domestic dynamics.
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