Happenings of the World Tersely Told War News
Reports from Chicago to Arlington and Washington detail mobilization of Third Illinois reserve engineers, American aviation field plans in France, the Root mission to Russia, and proposed $4,000 life insurance for servicemen. Sizable war and home-front measures include tax changes, food control, and production strikes across multiple regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Pier
Chicago
Third
Illinois Reserve Engineers
France
Council of National Defense
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Petrograd
Kronstadt Declared Legally Boycotted by Petrograd
Kronstadt faced swift official action as a key fortress of Petrograd and Baltic port was threatened with moral boycott and isolation unless it withdraws defiance to the provisional government. In Paris Georges Guynemer added to his record with more German aircraft shot down.
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Wilson
Arlington Cemetery
America
Kronstadt
Empire
Petrograd
Pereviezeff
Georges Guynemer
Paris
George Guynemer
Baltic Sea
National Army
Texas
West Virginia
Secret Service
Chicago
New York
United States
Colonel Roosevelt
Russia
Kerensky
Germany
Shingaroff
Boris Bakhmetieff
Tokyo
Siberia
Root
Belgium
Maxim Gorky
D. Rizow
Berlin
Rizow
Austria
Socialist Party of France
Stockholm
Teutons
Julius Andrassy
Hungary
Tisza
Trieste
Cadorna
San Giovanni
Adriatic
Goritz
France
West Front
Admiralty
Spain
Norway
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Brazil
Department of Agriculture
House
Conference Committee
Braisted
Navy
Ilinois
Mattoon
Charleston
Mississippi Valley
Bernard Baruch
Advisory Council of National Defense
Peking
Albert
Seen and Heard In Indiana Logansport Dr Charles E School Death
A public curation of Indiana short items notes a near fatal altercation between Dr Charles E Schooll and neighbor Bert Viney over a drain in Logansport. Other items include license actions, arrests for liquor provision, fires, robberies, deaths, recoveries, and local civic notes across multiple towns.
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Logansport
Charles E. Schooll
Bert Viney
Muncie
Delaware County
C. L. Centlivre Brewing Company
Ft. Wayne
Columbus
George Brannen
Harold M. Sherritt
South Bend
Helen M. Sawyer
D. N. Nutter
Peoria
Anderson
Jennie Albright
Yearly Meeting of Friends
Zeno HW
Knightstown
Richmond
Delphi
Charles Haugh
Haugh Coal Company
Columbian City
Brazil
James A. McNutt
Monticello
Orleans
Washington County
J. W. Lewis
Greencastle
O. HH. Bowen
DeSoto
P. W. Seyl
Lassig Iron and Steel
Chicago
American Bridge Company
Evansville
Solomon Grundy
Mount Summit
Union
Frank Seeley
Arthur Alexander
Peru
W. Stout
Mundison County
Alexandria
Alexandrian Paper Company
Sullivan
Doctor Weir
Henry A. Hazelrod
Veedersburg
Ross Farr
Covington
Plymouth
Huntington
Ernest Hardin
Lafayette
Perdue University
New Armory
Leslie Colvin
Indianapolis
Indiana Retail Dry Goods Association
Greenfield
Elwood
Colubus
New Albany
Columbia City
Red Cross
Bedford
Thomas W. Box
Lawrence County
Joseph F. Zimmerman
Marion
William FE. Pence
Sharpsville
Newton
Jasper Brown
Culver
Indiana
Rushville
Rush County Fish, Game and Bird Protective Association
Frank Schoenberger
Carry On A Wartime Plea For Liberty Bonds
Gillilan urges readers to support Liberty Bonds as vital war effort funding. He argues individual money acts as sinews of war, preserving the American idea, aiding troops, sustaining clothing, and upholding currency value. He stresses safety and thrift in investing, framing bonds as fighting for civilization.
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America
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U. S
Teutonic War News
Elihu Root
Daniels
London
John Ray
Margaret B. Reuss
Brench-Italian
Fred L. Foot
Redfield
Congress
Ufe
Fred W. Zimmer
Buffalo, N. Y
Samuel Harris
Criminal Court
James Hamilton Lewis
Marble Hill
Zaltna
Bollinger County
Lester P. Barlow
Cleveland
John Clarke Black
Continental and Commercial National Bank
Black
Middleburg
Juarez
Mex
Elaterio Soto
Carranza
Villa
Petrograd Dyen
Baron Rosen
Council of the Empire
Charles
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Zurich
Switzerland
Budapest
Rome
Tno
Supply Commission For All
Edward W. Pickard
England
Italy
Trentino
Great Britain
Mexico
Canada
Cuba
By Strickland Gillilan
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