War News Roundup From Theaters Across Europe and Sea
Germans launched submarine and air attacks with ships Tokomaru Icaria Kilcean Ben Cruachen Linda Blanche sunk in Irish Sea. A Russian army reportedly invaded Hungary through Dukla pass. Italy issues conscription decree for 1888 born field artillery Alpine troops and 1891 1892 1893 1894 born Alpine troops. Vikner crew 258 lost aboard armored merchant vessel. Dunkirk bombardment and Paris area clashes. Berlin notes French defeat at Craonne. Antiwar riots flare in Austria Hungary. British planes bomb Dortmund causing panic and damage to public buildings.
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Irish Sea
English Channel
Tokomaru
Icaria
Kilcean
Ben Cruachen
Linda Blanche
Italy
Varied 1920s News items batch shows verdicts, wrecks, and politics
Domestic Mrs Matilda Sybilla won a $15000 verdict in Chattanooga for alienation of affection from her husband. Four oleo moonshiners were sentenced in St Louis. Milwaukee train No 5 derailed near Milwaukee injuring 24. Indiana legislature passes Perry Davis anti lobby bill. Private William B Warwick killed at El Paso. Bread prices to rise in Chicago. Des Moines debates women suffrage resolution. Southern California endures severe storm. Navy adequacy urged by Roosevelt and Meyer in New York. Three men rob a New York pawnshop of $50000 in jewelry. Nutley NJ to teach modern dancing in high school. United Mine Workers leader criticizes Rockefeller Jnr in New York. Paul Northfield suspected dead near Lake Cormorant Mississippi. Shipowner Breitung negotiates for Seguranca with Ward Line. Milwaukees Marquette Chicago train derails near Iron Mountain. Major stockyards closed for disinfection. Altoona mine wreck kills two. Mrs Lorena Beresford Snyder murdered in Houston. husband Ward Snyder dies after poisoning.
European war era by election shocks and royal invites
The report notes Heinrich Stubbe's by election victory in Germany with 41 783 votes amid a wartime truce. It mentions Rome order to calm a meeting over Italy neutrality and a failed Florence strike. Kaiser Wilhelm’s weather related return to Berlin and 1914 to 1918 US trade shifts. Queen Mary invites guests to Buckingham Palace with Lady Beatty as guest of honor.
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Heinrich Stubbe
Reichstag
Germany
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Department of Commerce
Washington
Mary of
England
Buckingham Palace
London
Ethel Beatty
Marshall Field of
Chicago
David Beatty
North Sea
Wilson Portraits and Sayre Family Photos
Washington Francis Sayre, Wilson’s grandson, photographed with the president in the White House red room. One image shows Wilson smiling at his grandson while another shows Sayre holding his child. The Atlantic fleet’s Panama standby frees ships for spring exercises. Ocean freight could rise by 311.864 million yearly for exporters if rates continue. Wilson sent a congratulatory cable to Emperor William II on his fifty sixth birthday.
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Francis Sayre
Wilson
Mr. Sayre
Washington
Emperor William of
Germany
California Syrup of Figs Ad Says Laxative Aids Sick Children
The ad promotes California Syrup of Figs as a pleasant tasting laxative for children and adults. It claims it cleanses the stomach liver and bowels without griping and advises a teaspoonful for constipated or ill children. The bottle is available in a 50 cent size with directions printed on the label.
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California
Napoleon’s Bold Answer to Command Challenge
In a note on Napoleon Bonaparte’s early career he accepts command of the army of Italy at age twenty six. When warned he is too young Carnot notes funds are scarce but Napoleon says give him men and he will answer for the result. England reportedly has a surplus of 1 500 000 women.
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Napoleon
Italy
Carnot
Napoleon Bonaparte
England
Curious Cure in Texas Negro Doctor Practice
A colored Texas doctor recounts treating Bill Johnsing after a mock wrestling match with Moses Jones. The remedy, alum and gum arabic, was said to draw parts together and cause sticking. Johnsing fully recovered, while some men stay silent in the face of such tales.
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Texas
Sam
Bill Johnsing
Moses Jones
Our National Disease Caused by Coffee
An Arkansas doctor recounts personal relief from dyspepsia after replacing coffee with Postum. He notes weight gain and improved health, cites a Illinois patient who also gained weight and felt better after using Postum, and promotes Regular and Instant Postum products with price points and preparation tips.
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Arkansas
Illinois
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Illinois News Briefs From Across the State
Chicago Heights votes against a commission form of government after a special election. Virden reports a fire at Men touh Coal destroying engine rooms and leaving 250 miners idled. McLeansboro offers a $500 reward for the arrest of a thief who broke into the county clerk’s office and stole ballots. Rockford notes Amos Prutsman’s insanity from grief and critique of state livestock officials. Bloomington farmers near Swygert report gold deposits from an assay of $21 per ton. Morrisonville records the death of Anna Lee Grundy, widow of Dr. Grundy. Bloomington sees Adams Sharp, a pioneer merchant and postmaster, die at 61. Peoria reports Mrs. Louise Black’s death from accidental poison via muriatic acid gargle. Galesburg identifies foot-and-mouth cases in Henry county, triggering quarantine and culling. Peoria notes Homer Nash’s suicide near Alta. Chicago reports Jessie Cope’s bribery case postponed. Jennie Seass found safe in Chicago. Springfield covers Mutual and Windstorm Insurance officers elected. Chicago records attorney Frank Marion Ross’s arraignment for worthless checks, his wife known as “pajama girl.” Peoria recounts a vanished-then-found elopement ending in death, with the man from Lincoln and a Denver companion.
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Chicago Heights
Commission
Virden
Mentouh Coal Company
McLeinsboro
County Board of ‘Supervisors
Rockford
Amos Prutsman
Springfield
State Board of Livestock Commissioners
Breeders’ Association
Bloomington
Swygert
Chicago
Morrisonville
Anna Lee Grundy
G. G. Grndy
St. Louis
Adams Sharp
Sweetwater
Fred
Ernest
Peoria
Louise Black
Henry C. Block
Block
Galesburg
Lynn Center
Henry County
Homer Nash
Alta
Jessie Elizabeth Cope
Carpenter
Elwood G. Godman
Cope
Joseph B. Fleming
Jennie Seass
University of Ihlinois
Salvation Army
Sullivan
George V. Miler
Wilnois Association of Mutual and Windstorm Insurance Companies
A. L. Turner
Winona
R. C. Hanton
Stillman Valley
J. N. Hosford
Hamilton
J. P. Wilson
Polo
J. J. Casey
Alita
Mason
Charles Bowman
Albion
Frank Marion Ross
Kentland
Indianapolis
Ross
William Cummings
Ind
Bradley Hotel
Colonel Johnson’s Alfalfa Gold Mine At Gregory County
Gregory County South Dakota features Colonel Johnson once a Wisconsin transplant now a bank president and landowner who claims a thriving thousand acre Alfalfa field. He recalls buying Salter’s Alfalfa seed in Wisconsin and promotes it as the top money crop with nitrogen aid. The Salter Seed Co. offers catalogs and seed packages by mail from La Crosse Wisconsin.
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Gregory County
South Dakota
Colonel Johnson
Wisconsin
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
In the Trenches
In the trenches a veteran recalls how modern warfare leaves soldiers muddy rather than glorified, reflecting on changing conditions of combat and public perception.
U.S. Land Free Homesteading Offered in Arkansas Reserve
Under a special act, U S Forest Reserve lands in Arkansas are now open to homesteading up to 160 acres per person at no cost. A million acres offer free pasturage for cattle hogs and sheep for eight months yearly with no overflow lands. The ad promises a healthy well watered country with running streams and offers locating services and a state map for 25 cents to A V Alexander locating Engineer Little Rock Ark Adv.
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Congress
U. S. Forest Reserve of
Arkansas
A. V. Alexander
Little Rock, Ark
Automobiling improves appetite but raises food costs
A dialogue notes that while automobiling has greatly increased appetite, it leaves the speaker unable to afford meals. The exchange highlights tension between travel convenience and basic living needs.
Dodds Kidney Pills Heal Olivehill Man After Years of Pain
J M Sinclair of Olivehill Tennessee suffered back strain kidney weakness bladder inflammation and a nervous state for four years. A doctor warned of diabetes and heart involvement. After trying Dodds Kidney Pills he reports full relief and thanks. Also mentions Diamond Dinner Pills for constipation. Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo New York advertises free household hints music and recipes.
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J. M. Sinclair
Olivehill
Tenn
Dodds
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Adv
Where there’s a will there’s a way
A witty remark on determination contrasts with a cynical take on clever schemes. The piece hints at problem solving through persistence while suggesting some plans may fail if their method is flawed.
Murine Eye Remedy Ad From Chicago Pharmaceutical Company
An old advertisement promotes Murine Eye medicine for red weak or irritated eyes and granulated eyelids. It claims a long physician use, priced at 60 cents per bottle, with aseptic tubes and a free eye book offer from the Marine Eye Remedy Company in Chicago.
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Marine Eye
Marine Eye Remedy Company
Chicago
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Budapest
Hungary
Dukla Pass
Carpathians
Vikner
Ireland
Dunkirk
France
Kaiser
Berlin
Craonne
Austria- Hungary
Dortmund
Matilda Sybilla
Chattanooga, Tenn
Frank Sybilla
United States District Court
Pollock
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Milwaukee
House of Indiana
Senate
Perry Davis
William B. Warwick
Sixteenth Infantry
el Paso
Tex
Rio Grande
Master Bakers’ Association
Des Moines
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Navy
George von I. Meyer
Republican Club
New York
Adolph Stein
Board of Education
Nutley, N. J
John R. Lawson
United Mine Workers
Colorado
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Paul Northfield
Cincinnati
Lake Cormorant, Miss
Edward M. Breitung
Galveston
Ward Line
Milwaukee Road
Iron Mountain
Pittsburgh
Richmond
Altoona Coal Company
Gallitzin
Lorena Wheeler Beresford- Snyder
Houston
Ward M. Snyder
Snyder
Florence
Panama
2 Man
News OF Illinois
Oliver P. Wilson
Lincoln
Neb
Effie Hamlin
Denver
Colo
Hamlin
U. S. Gov
Land Free
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