Red Cross Work Rooms Close Two Weeks in August
Central Red Cross work rooms on the seventh floor of the Wolff & Marx building will close for two weeks starting Thursday morning August 8 to allow knitters to finish unfinished work at home. Materials may be obtained Monday to Wednesday mornings. Final account closing is September 1. Volunteers with old carders are urged to help during the three pre vacation days.
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Red Cross
Wolff & Marx
Kait
Ennteen
Motor Service
National League For Woman's Service
Mulliken
Steds Cross
Mutliken
Eel Cross
Suuroe
Home Service Lion
Motor Corps
San Antonian
Stedl Cross
Germans admit they failed to conquer Rheims
Rotterdam dispatch reports German officials admit Rheims cannot be taken by frontal assault. General Ardenne explains two French colonial divisions defend Rheims from deep chalk cellars built by champagne firms, shielded from gas clouds. ذلك guards prevent a German storm attack.
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Rheims
Public Ledger
Rotterdam
von Boehm
von Ardenne
Berliner Tage
Freezone Pain Relief Claim Headlines Quick Corn Cure
An advertisement extols Freezone as a fast corn pain reliever that instantly soothes and lifts the corn without discomfort. The copy urges immediate use and notes it is available from druggists. The tone mimics a dramatic, persuasive sales pitch typical of period drugstore ads.
Unclear fragment on defense and French regiments
Fragment discusses city defense and French colonial regiments risking bloodshed. It notes German leadership is cautious about army casualties and relies on confidence in its own forces. No definite event or date is provided to anchor a full summary.
New Disease Botulism Breaks Out in London
London Aug 3 a war disease known as botulism new to England has broken out in London from inferior or decayed food. Germans developed a serum and named the illness from the Latin botulus sausage. The disease is a bacterial putrefactive infection of the central nervous system causing bulbar paralysis and is not infectious. Preventatives include cooking all tinned meat and fish. Early signs are neurotic state double vision and local paralysis followed by drooping eyelids and drowsiness. Death occurs in about three weeks from suffocation. British physicians and scientists are trying to develop a serum.
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London
Germany
England
VILLA'S KIN ENLISTS IN U S ARMY
Manchester New Hampshire August 3 W Minn Ceraca aged 19 son of Villa the notorious bandit says he has enlisted in the United States cavalry Ceraca claims Villa shot his father and married his mother during the border uprising three years ago He accompanied New Hampshire troops north and now desires to fight for the United States anywhere noting his eagerness to go over there.
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N. H
Minn
Ceraca
Villa
United States Cavalry
Ceraco
New Hampshire
United States
Woman 550 Pound Body Cleared Through Door In Decatur
Mrs. George Ernst of Decatur Indiana 42 died recently weighing 550 pounds. Her body could not pass the door so it was moved through a double window during arrangements and the funeral. Also notes Billy Hart’s return to Magle Pass to resume weather duties after a 10 day visit to Houston and Galveston.
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Decatur
Ind
George Ernst
Illie Hart
Houston
The
Mermaids
Galveston
Magle Pass
Billie
Eagle Pasa Guide
Cost of Government Rises 35 Percent in 15 Years
Washington reports a Department of Commerce study covering 210 cities shows total revenues of 1 005 7 142 and expenditures 521 401 575. Per capita figures place New York City net debt at 987 347 610 and Chicago at 328.70 with St. Louis at 25.07. The report notes public water systems and liquor taxes as major revenue sources, and that smaller cities carry higher per capita debt relative to large cities.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
New York City
Chicago
St. Louis
Summer resort patrons join patriotic sessions in Indiana
Angola Indiana residents at northern Indiana lakes attend patriotic exercises and song services weekly. Bulletin boards appear at nearly all resorts in the area for progress of the war lectures, hosted by the State Council of Defense.
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Angola
Ind
Indiana
State Council of Defense
White Cloud superintendent sets patriotism example for teachers
Roberta, superintendent of the White Cloud Kan-Vraf schools, shows patriotism by staying home to raise garden truck on a farm instead of attending the county teachers institute. His action stands as an example to his men teachers.
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White Cloud
Kan—Vraf
Roberta
British Lines Service Praises Allied Forces in 1918
Special cable from Paris reports General Berthelot lauding British units in the Champagne region. He commends Scots, Yorkshire, Australians, and New Zealand Cavalry for a brilliant day at Marfaux Chalmuzy and Mon- in forming a historic record.
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London ‘Lines Service
San Antonio
Fablic Ledger Co
Paris
Berthelot
Champigne
Yorkshire
New Zealand
Marfaux
Chalmuzy
Mon
Memoir of Kepple after sea sinking on the President Lincoln
In a letter from Frank S. Kepple of Advance to neighbors, he recalls being in water for 19 hours and saved by clinging to a coffin containing an American sailor’s casket after the steamer President Lincoln sank. He mentions the inscription of glory for regiments and honors for those lost at sea.
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Indiana
Frank 8. Kepple
President Lincoln
Kepple
Bootleggers an Asset
Gary Indiana aug 3 when Taciava joined arid ranks of prohibition states a severe shrink in revenues from taxes was experienced in Gary since that time this deficiency has been made up by the unusual number of fines collected from violators of the statewide prohibition law here the loss through saloon licenses aggregated 85000 per year but at the present rate of drunkenness and severe fines imposed in the city court move them half this amount will be recovered during the present year
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Gary
Ind
Taciava
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