World War Updates From Verdun To Florence Front
Lieut William Thaw of the American air corps shot down a Fokker at Verdun and was wounded. Austrian troops seized Italian positions near Vicenza after a three day battle. An air raid on Dari killed and injured many, mostly women and children. French counterattacks west of Cumieres failed to dislodge the Germans. German forces recaptured Haudremont quarry and advanced near Douaumont. Rovereto munition depot explosion caused town fire and heavy losses. Entente troops took Florina railroad station while Bulgarians were captured on the Isonzo front. London Parliament approves 1.5 billion dollar war credit, bringing total loans to 11.9 billion.
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William Thaw
Verdun
War Office
Chiesa
Vicenza
Vienna
Dari
Italian Adriatic
Reuter
Rome
Cumieres
Meuse
Beriin
Fort Douaumont
Haudremont
Conference votes on amusements ban and woman suffrage at Saratoga
The Methodist Episcopal general conference at Saratoga Springs N Y voted 434 to 360 to keep the ban on amusements and overwhelmingly supported woman suffrage. Dr Abram W Harris was named secretary of the board of education. Major Moton assumed principalship at Tuskegee Institute amid Booker T Washington's legacy, and a navy plane crash near Pensacola killed James Vincent Rockwell.
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Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
PNA
Abram W. Harris
Northwestern University
Board of Education
Methodist General Conference
Saratoga
Robert T. Moton
Tuskegee, Ala
Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
Lizar
James Vincent Rockwell
Pensacola
Fln
Rockwell
Indiana
Towa
Mexican Revolt Ends In Sharp Battle Near Cruces
An American army engineer unit clashed with Cer vantes led bandits south of Cruces. Three Americans wounded with one death, two bandits killed, Cer vantes among the dead, as Fort Sam Houston orders push to the border. Mexico protests U S intervention while signaling readiness for war if sovereignty is violated.
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Cervantes
Pancho Villa
Cruces
Funston
Fort Sam Houston
Foreign dispatches relay Europe war news and political shifts
The Exchange Telegraph in London reports 18 women injured in a clash between police and meat rioters in Frankfort on the Main as Greece faces cabinet resignation amid war pressures. A Berlin denial counters rumors of von Buelow heading to Washington while Ireland’s Sinn Fein leader Sir John MacNeill faces court martial.
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Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
London
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Hague
Notable Obituaries: Sullivan Pea cocks Livingston Pass Away
Katherine Harkins Sullivan wife of John N Sullivan dies of cancer in Boston Massachusetts. Archbishop Joseph Ferguson Peacocks former head of Dublin archdiocese 1897 to 1915 dies, born 1835 in Queens County Ireland. Meyer Livingston theater figure and Klaw & Erlanger treasurer dies suddenly of heart disease in New York.
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Katherine Harkins Sullivan
John N. Sullivan
Boston, Maas
Joseph Ferguson Peacocks
Dublin
Queens County
Ireland
Meyer Livingston
Klaw & Erlanger
New York
Wilson urges Allies to stop interfering with American mails
President Wilson calls on Britain and France to end interference with U S mail shipments amid costs to Americans and gains for British firms. House approves army pay bill at about 150 million for next year, Texas National Guard officers face court martial for no show, rivers and harbors bill falters in Senate, Oregon California land grant bill passes House revesting unsold lands to government title.
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Washington
Wilson
Oregon & California Railroad
Southern Paciflog Buccessor
Wilson Urges Peace and Seas Freedom as War Ends
President Wilson called for peace terms including freedom of the seas and sovereignty for small states. He suggested mediation and arbitration to avoid future war, advocating a world league to prevent violations of treaties and disputes, and proposing Belgium restoration and Poland independence. Taft introduced him at the event.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Europe
Belgium
Poland
Nations
Association of
William H. Taft
League
Jury Finds Dr Waite Guilty Of Murder In Grand Rapids
New York May 30 Dr Arthur Warren Waite was convicted of murdering his millionaire father in law John E Peck of Grand Rapids Michigan. The jury deliberated one hour twenty five minutes and rejected insanity as a defense. Waite faces the electric chair and is to be sentenced on June 1.
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Arthur W. Waite
New York
John E. Peck
Grand Rapids, Mich
Waite
Arthur Warren Waite
Grand Rapid
Mich
James J. Hill Unimproved After Mayo Operation
St Paul May 30 James J Hill remained unimproved after surgery for an abscess performed by the Mayo brothers. A Sunday bulletin from physicians Dr J S Gilfillan of St Paul and Dr Herman M Biggs of New York says no change since Saturday. All family members have been summoned.
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St. Paul, Minn
James J. Hill
J. S. Gilfillan
St. Paul
Herman M. Biggs
New York
Mayo Brothers
Illinois Briefs: June events and notable incidents
In De Kalb the Swedish Lutheran church dedication as pastor M Fahlund set for Sunday. Ottawa and Peoria report large asparagus crops and gown plans for graduates. Deaths include Emil Winikel from Ripon and Richard Lloyd from heat. A boy dies in a Chicago baseball injury. Various civic notes from Freeport to Paris.
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Peoria
Emil Winikel
Ripon
Wis
Freeport
Fred Yde
Yde
McLean County
Richard Lloyd
Jake Waide
Bloomington
Orla Wade
Fisher
Lincoln
Florence Reynolds
Mattoon
Grand Army of the Republic
Marion
Hartwell
C. A. Lowe
Chicago
Billy Rossman
Diedrich
Billy
Danville
Peter Hoffman
Cook County
State Coroners’ Association
Springfield
St. Mark’s Hall
J. J. Burke
St. Mark’s Catholic Church
Bradley Polytechnic
David Niell
Charles E. Erbstein
P. R. O’donnell
Walker
Paris
Matthew Boes
Lucretia Boes
Justice Davis
Duquoin
James Forester
Illinois State Mining Board
Springvalley
New Baden
Belleville
Staunton
Eldorado
West Frankfort
Herrin
Taylorville
Lydia E. Pinkham's Remedy Helps Ill Wife Recover
Mrs. WM. Green of 332 S Addison Street Indianapolis says she was weak and 109 pounds, then after five months on Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reached 133 pounds and can do housework. She urges other women to try the remedy and writes for advice to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Lydia E. Pinkham
WM. Green
S. Addison Street
Safety First Landlady Exchange
A humorous dialogue features a landlady and a new guest a performer who claims to escape from tight places and answers yes to doing so without being seen. The landlady warns payment must be in advance.
Puritan Era Skin Care Ad Promises Pimples Free Skin
Promotes fragrant ultra creamy emollients for skin scalp hair and hands. Claims to clear pimples blotches redness roughness dandruff itching and chapping. Free mail sample with Book Address postcard Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Tiny the Bottle-Raised Terrier
A Columbus teenager raises a tiny toy terrier named Tiny on a bottle and hot water bag care, noting she slept in a drinking glass at times. Six months old, Tiny weighs as little as a mouse and shares a curious start with owner Hobart Kramert, a local high school student.
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Tiny
Hobart Kramert
Columbus High Schi
Columbus (Co
Patch
Cleveland
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