Germany defends submarine war rules over Lusitania sinking
Berlin replies to the May 15 note, saying neutral ships in the war zone are spared if not at fault, cites British flag misuse, and asserts Lusitania carried war material and Canadian troops. It criticizes British and American understandings and urges full fact checks by the United States.
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Washington
Gerard
Berlin
Cushing
Gulflight
International Commission of Inquiry
IIT
Calle Lusitania
United States
Admiralty
Lusitania
London
Recovery Effort Planned for 1813 Neva Shipwreck Cargo
Preparations underway to recover a 375 ton Russian sloop Neva cargo lost in 1813 off Sitka Alaska. The bark carried 14 brass guns and church fixtures valued about $100000. The wreck lies about 75 feet deep with a preserved list of aboard items.
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Pacific Ocean
Neva
Alaska
Sitka
Foreign Birth and Citizenship Rights for Traveling Americans
A ruling asserts that a child born abroad to American parents is an American citizen without needing citizen papers. The decision equates citizenship from birth abroad with birth inside the United States, emphasizing no extra documentation is required.
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United States
Galbraith Miller elected president at Chicago meeting
Galbraith Miller of Milwaukee Wis was chosen president of the National Association of Garment Manufacturers at the closing session in Chicago The city was named as permanent headquarters for the organization. The report covers other Illinois notices from Springfield Fairfield Danville Grayville Effingham Kewanee Alto Pass East Alton and surrounding areas.
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Galbraith Miller
Milwaukee
National Association
Chicago
Wis
National Association of Garment Manufacturers
Illinois State News Roundup From Danville to Chicago
A series of incidents across Illinois includes a cloudburst eroding tracks near Edwardsville and stopping traffic, a body found with the head severed east of Vandalia, and military aid moves with 20000 French horses ordered to East St. Louis. Other items note long service of a Brown county postmaster, a dry vote in Sainte Marie, a Madison county bridge approval, a suicide in Clinton, war readiness debates in Mattoon, and indictments in Lincoln. The state bar and Knights of Columbus report meetings and growth.
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Danville
Wabash
Edwardsville
Trafic
Vandalia
Joseph Leigh
Leigh of
Ramsey
East St. Louis
Lucal
Mount Sterling
P. V. Morris
Heisman
Brown County
Daniel C. Roper
Pana
Duane Gaines
Sainte Marie
Alton—Highway Commissioners
Madison
Jersey
Macoupin
Clinton
Thomas Steward
Steward & Strine
Mattoon
Wilson
Germany
United States Army
Great Council of
Ilinois
Council of Order
John A. Sweet
Marshall
Lincoln
Dan Hurley, Jr
Katherine Roller
Hurley
Modoc
Albert Enzenauer
G. W. Osborn
Enzenauer
Osborn
A. Ludwig
Chicago
Illinois State Bar Association
Quincy
Illinois State Attorneys’ Association
Association of County and Probate Judges
Illinois Society of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology
United States
Lawrence Y. Sherman
James Hamilton Lewis
Frederic W. Lehmann
St. Louis
Champ Clark
E. C Kramer
State Bar Association Chicago
Knights of Columbus
Thinois
William N. Brown
State Council
Iinois
Brown
J. P. Tumulty
Sult
Lusitania
Illinois State Council of the Knights of Columbus
Battle of Whales Reported Near Long Branch Coast
Capt. J. P. Taylor Doctor 3 man and H. W. Cousins witnessed a whale battle one mile offshore while fishing. They describe a titanic one hour clash between two California gray whales and a thrashers whale, with the thrashers prevailing according to marine observers.
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J. P. Taylor
H. W. Cousins
Long Branch
Long Beach Dispatch
Los Angeles Times
Fragrance rich Cuticura samples offered by mail
An advertisement extols fragrant and creamy emollients for skin scalp hair and hands. It claims cleansing purifying beautifying effects and economy. A free sample offer by mail via Cuticura Dept XY Boston invites postcard requests for a book. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Cured by a Bullet A Colorado Volunteer Stutterer Healed
Private Redmond of the First Colorado volunteers famed for stuttering in Manila combat was wounded at Marquis. A Mauser bullet entered his mouth and exited at the neck. After hospital treatment he recovered quickly and, astonishingly, his speech was restored. He credited the bullet with cure.
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Redmond
Colorado Volunteers
Manila
Cause of the Delay. Conductor Knocked It Down
A judge quotes a joke about a conductor who avoided a wedding delay by knocking down a hundred dollars, illustrating a humorous exchange. The brief dialogue centers on money as the obstacle and the unconventional solution.
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Conductor
Fragmented dialogue snippet from Brooklyn neighborhood column
A brief, humorous exchange set in a Brooklyn locale featuring casual banter about a wife and appearance. The overheard remark reflects everyday city life and character of Flatbush Bensonhurst.
Not enough readable facts for a full item
The readable fragment mentions a question to Mrs Gooding about her husband not coming to church and a remark about him talking in his sleep. No clear event, person, or organization to report.
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Mra. Gooding
Postum Cereal Promotes Health Says Western Bookkeeper
A Western city chief bookkeeper credits Postum with curing stomach dyspepsia and reducing nervousness from long, confining work. He swapped coffee and tea for Postum after a pneumonia left him with stomach trouble and notes improved well being and no need for medicine. The ad promotes Postum Cereal and Instant Postum, urging grocers to stock both in 15¢ 25¢ and 300 500 cup-equivalents.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Grecera
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Wentral
U. S
News OF Illinois
Telegraph
State Board of Livestock Commissioners
Springfield
Hawthorne Race Track
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Hawthorne Tracks
Edward F. Dunne
State of
Georgia
Leo M. Frank
Frank
Dunne
Mary Phagan
Fairfield
Lillie Moats Allen
Scott
Effngham
Crocker Hill
Effingham
Terre Haute
Rhodes & Hicks
Fowley
East Alton
Silver Ridge
Blinn
Illinois State News
Flatbush
Bensonhurst
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