Austrian Ministers Resign Over Army Supplies Scandal
The Austrian ministers of justice war and finance resigned after a scandal linked to army supplies. They allegedly aided Dr Franz a former Vienna deposit bank director to evade penalties for selling food to the army at high prices. Documents showed a forged paper used for the banker’s defense. The resignations caused a tremor in Vienna politics.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Hague
Franz
Vienna Deposit Bank
Vienna
Bulgars Drop Circulars Over Serbian Front
A Reuters dispatch from Macedonia reports Bulgarians drop circulars from aircraft into Serbian lines claiming a Russian revolution overthrew the empire due to unrest with the Anglo French advance. Serbian aviators counter with circulars explaining the Russia situation.
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London
Reuter’s
Macedonia
Russia
Society Calendar Preview of the St. Anthony events
A busy Wednesday and Thursday calendar lists after the theater supper and a banquet at St. Anthony in honor of Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, plus meetings of Woman's Parliament Browning Circle Shakespeare Club and more. A Mothers Day gathering and Red Cross cooperation are noted along with Easter teas and charity drives. General Pershing was honored at a dinner.
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the St. Anthony
Anna Howard Shaw
Mothers’ Council
Mothers’ Clubs
Houston Brown
Red Cross
Mothers’ Club
Turn Verein to Entertain With Faster Hop Monday
The San Antonio Turn Verein will entertain with a faster hop Monday evening. Dancing commences at 8:30 o clock.
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San Antonio
Webb pleads guilty in federal train robbery case
Henry Grady Webb admitted involvement in the October 9 1915 Baltimore & Ohio railroad express train robbery near Central Station West Virginia. He escaped with $100000 in unsigned currency and was later arrested in Kansas City while using the alias White. Webb received a 25 year sentence at the Atlanta penitentiary.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Henry Grady Webb
Baltimore & Ohio
Central Station
Webb
Kansas City
White
Atlanta
Plan for Train Ferry Across Gulf of Finland
Stockholm April 4 Plans approved by the Swedish Royal Commission to establish a train ferry across the Gulf of Finland linking Kapellskar Sweden with a Baltic port near the gulf mouth. Initial cost about 5 million dollars for a 150 mile crossing to bring London and Petrograd two days nearer.
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Gulf of Finland
Stockholm
London
Petrograd
Royal Commission
Kapellskaer
Sweden
Baltic
One American Fireman Lost in British Ship Sinking
One American fireman, likely Frank Burns of Newport News, Virginia, died when the British steamship Stanley was sunk by a German submarine about 100 miles west of the Irish coast on March 21. Seven crew lost with fifteen survivors escorted by the Port Albany. The survivors fear the captain and eighteen more men may also be lost.
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New York
Frank Burns
Newport News
Port Albany
rr Making Himself at Home. Doris announces a new baby
Doris joyfully tells a passerby about a new baby brother and notes his things are out, while the neighbor questions if he will stay. The scene then shifts to a wry observation on how people think for themselves. Ohio State Journey.
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Doris
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Relief for Indigestion
Advert says Pape's Diapepsin relieves sour gastric distress in five minutes. It claims to neutralize stomach acidity and calm dyspepsia, heartburn, and gas, with a large fifty cent case available at drug stores.
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Pape
What Food Is Best for American Boy
New York April 4 Scientific experiments on American boys aim to determine the best diet for maximum physical endurance. Six Irvington troop Boy Scouts were observed and tested, with results influencing Germany and Belgium on child rations. American scientists plan to assist the U S government in avoiding past rationing errors.
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New York
Belgium Relief Commission
Germany
Belgium
United States
Irvington
Boy Scouts of America
E. F. Dubois
America
Cafe owner dies after Monday assault on East Commerce Street
Andrew Andrews Greek native and East Commerce Street cafe owner dies from stab wounds suffered Monday night near Lafitte and Narp Streets. Police hunt suspects described as two Mexicans, but no link yet established. Andrews, who lived in Victoria, is survived by brother D. Andrews. Funeral at 4 p.m. Wednesday with burial at Cemetery No. 1.
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Andrew Andrews
Commerce Street
The
Green Memorial Hospital
Andrews
Lafitte
Narp
Taredo Elks Show Loyalty
LAREDO Tex April 4 Taking a firm stand with President Wilson in any action he finds it necessary to take the Laredo lodge of Elks last night endorsed the Presidents stand in demanding that the rights of American citizens shall not be abridged to meet the exigencies of the position in which Germany has placed herself.
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Taredo Elks
Laredo
Tex
Wilson
Trade Evangels Welcome Tour Through Rio Grande Valley
San Antonio trade evangels arrived in Mission and McAllen at eight and nine fifteen for visits with local merchants. Crowds greeted them as bands played and souvenirs were handed out. The group planned stops in Pharr Donna Mercedes and La Feria before Brownsville for a Rio Grande excursion night events and a Matamoros crossing.
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M'Allen
Tex
San Antonio
Trade Evangels
Brownsville
Mission
McAllen
San Antonians
Rio Grande Valley
Pharr
Donna
Mercedes
la Feria
French Passports Must Be Vised for Travel to France
The State Department announced that Americans traveling to France via Spain must have their passports vised by French consuls in the United States. The requirement applies to those planning to visit France and was issued from Washington D C on April 4.
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Washington, D. C
France
Spain
United States
State Department
Spirit of Dependence Grows in Public Policy Debate
An Ohio State Journal column critiques delivery fees as eroding independence by fostering dependence. It argues services like grocery deliveries cultivate a class system, urging self reliance and noting the market should charge for peanuts yet deliver flour free as a paradoxical policy stance.
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Ohio State Journal
Pa's answer on a necessary evil from a Boston Transcript quote
The passage notes a father explaining a necessary evil to his son. It defines a necessary evil as something we lie about so much we cease to care about abolishing it. The quotation anchors a discussion of moral compromise.
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Boston Transcript
Thedford’s Black-Draught Liver Medicine Endorsed
Mr Vernon Kentucky reports relief from indigestion constipation and headaches after using Thedford’s Black-Draught. He says appetite sleep returned and he gained weight while noting the product acts naturally without calomel or strong minerals.
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Vernon
K. J. McKinney
Cross Roads
Thedford
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