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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
2
Nineteen killed in Iowa Wisconsin and Illinois as storms sweep the Midwest causing extensive property and crop damage. Reports note Lieut William Alexander Fleet killed in action and other war updates including espionage trial outcomes and military patrol actions.
British aviators shot down twelve German planes on Monday with five more and two more out of control, according to a London statement. A Zeppelin was reportedly brought down in the North Sea with crew rescued by a British destroyer. Captain Pellegrin of the Austrian naval attack era is noted for sinking a dreadnought during a daring approach and the Italian navy reports his fate in doubt. The Sunday night air raid on London killed 44 and injured 179. The Cork bound Inniscarra was torpedoed and sunk with 37 missing and five survivors. Finnish General Mannerheim resigned over Kaleta invasion plans. German General Eichhorn claims Prussian troops would quell any Skoropadsky insurrection. The Moldavia torpedoed in the English Channel carried American troops. 56 Americans are missing, with 444 rescued.
Secretary of War Baker spoke in New York on Italy Day declaring American infantry machine gun units and artillery would soon join Italian forces on their front. One soldier is missing and 18 injured. A. J. McAllister was killed in a derailment near Garland Arkansas. American air squadrons bomb German lines with French support. 120 Allied planes operated simultaneously. The U S first field army of about 200 000 men has formed in France under Col A W Bjornstal as chief of staff.
The House Military Affairs Committee approved an amendment allowing the president to draft any number of men in any fiscal year under the current act. Secretary Baker gains authority to mobilize as needed. The fuel administration cut bituminous coal prices by ten cents a ton amid railroads ceasing preferential car service.
Crowder announces a drastic Selective Service amendment effective July 1 forcing every man of draft age to either serve in the colors or engage in useful civilian work. The rule targets gamblers, sports professionals, waiters, hotel staff, domestics, clerks, and others, with local boards empowered to override dependents' classifications.
Secretary Daniels at Rutgers College said shipyards are turning out ships steadily and by next summer the United States will have ships to carry millions of troops to France and destroyers to protect them. He warned the German emperor that the US will build enough ships, and President Wilson agreed to restore the fleet used to feed ten million in Belgium.
Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes, a noted socialist, was found guilty by a federal court jury in Kansas City of violating the espionage act. She had condemned the government as allied with profiteers.
Fremont Ohio resident Mrs M Godden describes relief from heat flashes nervousness backache and irritability after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad highlights a forty year track record and invites letters to the Pinkham Medicine Co. for guidance.
A 25c box of Nature's Remedy NR Tablets is marketed as a private laxative and general digestive aid. The ad claims the tablets ease constipation, promote digestion, strengthen the liver, regulate kidneys, and provide a thorough body cleaning with a twenty-five day supply, sold and guaranteed by local druggists.
Popular Mechanics Magazine reports that in Alaska large areas remain permanently frozen below the surface. Scientists note moss removal for mining or farming may allow frost to descend, suggesting modern temperatures may not freeze subsurface layers as deeply as once thought.
A child named Bessie runs to her grandmother with a dry pressed leaf found in a big Bible. She asks if the relic could have belonged to Eve, a detail framed in a Boston Transcript style.
A brief quip contrasts a proud parent praising a daughter who "plays entirely by ear" with an unwitting guest who reveals they are deaf, delivering a sharp humorous exchange.
A columnist notes that many men who pose as public benefactors fail to provide even a dollar to his wife for her own use, highlighting gender and economic issues in charitable pretensions.
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