World War News Roundup From 1917 Fronts and Factories
Diplomatic strain between the United States and Sweden arises over German telegrams routed through the Swedish legation in Buenos Aires. German submarines attack Argentine and French hospitals, with American medical casualties. The War Department plans 2 million men in service by June 30 and another 500,000 drafted this winter. A seven-submarine assault on 22 Allied merchant ships is detailed by survivors. The great war credit bill passes the House for 11.54 billion dollars. Senate action is anticipated after the tax bill. Americans train in Cambridge for aviation. the first National Army units wear khaki. Pershing arrives in France. Violent clash near Glencoe, Minnesota, stems from I W W activity. An LA congressman’s army service vacates his seat. A Nashua picket’s pardon and bond are noted. Samuel Gompers outlines the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy in Minnesota. Draft objectors dispersed in New York. Army horses die at Fort Sheridan from arsenic poisoning. East St. Louis mayor and aide indicted over race riots. An explosion at Frankford Arsenal kills three. An airplane crash near Davenport injures two. The American Alliance concludes a loyalty conference in Minneapolis. Wilson backs Maine suffrage efforts in a Bangor letter.
European War Updates From Front Lines and Naval Movements
Reports detail Italian victory over Turkish-officer rebels in Tripoli and mass captures by Germans at Riga. Berlin confirms 180 guns seized and a Riga front breakthrough, while a German fleet is sighted near the Gulf of Finland with possible attack on Reval and Kronstadt. Refugees describe chaos in Petrograd after German advances.
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Tripoli
Rone
Berlin
Riusshins
London
Helsingfors
Finland
Gulf of Finland
Reval
Kronstadt
Riga
Petrograd
Senate approves income tax provisions to raise revenue
The senate adopted finance committee drafted provisions raising 842.2 million dollars in new revenue from incomes including 452 million from individuals and 3660 million from corporations. Preliminary returns show July revenues for 106 large railroads will top June with net 63.31 million dollars. Washington marshals seize IWW and Socialist materials in nationwide antiwar crackdown.
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Senate
Washington
Finance Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
War tax bill wins final vote in Senate
The Senate passed the war tax bill by 69 to 4, with $2.4 billion in revenue and the elimination of consumption taxes on tea coffee sugar cocoa and molasses. La Follette’s substitute was rejected 65 to 15, and the Jones amendment on undistributed corporate surplus was adopted.
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la Follette
Borah
Gronna
Norris
Senate
Smoot
McKellar
Hardwick
Evacuation Deepens as Petrograd Prepares for War
Dispatch from Petrograd reports mass departure as trains run full and authorities move to empty the city over subsistence concerns. Premier Kerensky reassigns Korniloff amid calls for supreme power and a five man war directory is discussed with names including Nekrasoff Shobeleff Terestchenkko and Savinkoff.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Petrograd
Kerensky
Korniloff
Mlombrovsky
Nekrasoff
M. Shobeleff
Labor
M. Terestchenkko
M. Savinkoff
Wasteful dining harms health and efficiency through lavish meals
The passage critiques families that pride themselves on lavish meals and abundant service. It argues wasteful food on the table tempts overeating, undermining health and daily efficiency.
Cuticura Ointment and Soap Ad From Boston
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for itchy scalps with a free mail sample and Book offer from Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston, along with daily use guidance for soap and oil. A Birmingham art school plaster model bears the chalked message Eat less bread nearby.
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Cutiura
Dept. L
Boston
Birmingham
Eng
Minnesota Druggist Praises Kilmer's Swamp Root
A Hastings pharmacist attests to Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as a splendid fix for kidney liver and bladder issues. He notes a thirty six year reputation and strong customer praise based on sales and experience.
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Minnesota
DR. Kilmer
Prove What Swamp Root Will Do For You
A promotional notice from Dr Kilmer and Co of Binghamton New York urges readers to send ten cents for a sample bottle of Swamp Root. The offer includes a booklet about kidneys and bladder and asks buyers to mention the paper. Large and medium bottles available at drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Longmore Clients Plan Memorial For Dying Lawyer
The former clients of the late Smith seek to honor his memory with a monument. They have not chosen a design yet with some favoring a statue of Liberty style and others preferring a colossal granite cleaver.
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Longmore
Smith
Their Emblem Fathers Pledge Flowers In Contested Debate
In a field of symbol talk a pamphlet contrasts carnations as mothers flowers with fathers being poppies. The exchange frames a humorous test of tradition and identity in a civic display.
Impresario’s Lion Cage Dare Sparks Sheepish Gamble
A circus impresario offers $100 to any audience member entering the lion’s cage. A sheepish man volunteers and asks to go in, but requires the lion to be removed first, exposing a humorous misquote and misunderstandings about the dare.
Drink Buttermilk For Health Benefit
An exhortation championing buttermilk as a healthful beverage. Encourages daily consumption to build a healthy routine and improve wellbeing.
Fragmentary Verse Lines From a 20s Era Column
A cryptic pair of lines suggests a playful aside about a woman and a ritual in front of a mirror. The second line dismisses an atypical misdeed involving prunes and a pruning knife in a wry tone.
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Teutonic War News
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Sweden
Buenos Aires
Argentina
St. Louis
Harvard
France
War Department
House
Administration
Cambridge
England
Aviation Service
Army Medical Corps
General Pershing
Glencoe
Minn
Industrial Workers of the World
Charles Dunham
Lakeville
Gordon
Representative LaGuardia
New York
Signal Corps
Anne J. Chisholm
Huntingdon
Occoquan
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
American Alliance For Labor and Democracy
Minneapolis, Minn
McCarthy
Fort Sheridan
Orne Sundred
Fortyninth Field Artillery
Fred W. Moliman
East St. Louis, Ill
Maurice Ahern
Belleville
East St. Louis
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
B. Crisswell
Louis Bader
Suburban Island
Davenport
Wilson
Minneapolis
Maine
Bangor
Deborah Knox Livingstone
Uxhat
Riga-Vennen
Amsterdam
Voolland
Atlantic
James Potter
Malden
Mass
Socialist Party
Arter
Gen
Five
Republic
Flanders
America
Department of the Interior
Canada
Departments of Labor and Agriculture
Oklahoma
Kansas
Iowa
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
International Boundary Line
United Cites
Ottawa
Sieben
Soi
Hastings
Inn
Binghamton, N.Y
Avai
Guerauten
R. Schiffmann Co
Proprietors
St. Paul, Minn
Showman
Cordelia
Bobby
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