Americans Put End to War Fears and Draft Resolve
Continent-wide war effort described with home front letters praising young draftees. Officials critique company cost figures, noting 1915-1916 material costs, and report finds net revenue slightly over $1,000 in 1917 while supporting increased rates as war needs. Mayor Bell and council urged to grant authority for new rate changes based on the independent review.
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Mir
Jwhich
Rmiake
Bell
Allison
Telephone rate increase findings and cost analysis
A detailed report analyzes proposed telephone rate hikes, estimating revenue effects near 100000 dollars and a 2 percent return on capital. It discusses two accounting theories cost of original construction and cost of reproduction, with figures for original plant cost 2 752 570 dollars and intangible assets 256 179 dollars.
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PLR
Baker
Allison
Rainy Day Relief Patent Remedy Promises Sleep Ease
An old advertisement fragment touts Horsfelds Acid Phosphate as a remedy for worry insomnia and fatigue. It claims to soothe distressing nerves and restore restful comfort without intoxicants, urging readers to seek relief through this tonic.
Pool for Kelly Field Co Operative Swimming Tank
A swimming pool for enlisted men and officers at Kelly Field No 2 will be built at a cost of 1600 dollars funded by a field wide cooperative plan. Construction by skilled workers. enlisted donate 1 dollar and officers 4 dollars. Permanent contributor cards will be issued. noncontributors may use the pool for a ten cent swim fee.
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Kelly Field
Kelly No. 2
Barrett announces candidacy for congressional nomination
A. P. Barrett declares his run for the congressional nomination subject to primary voters. The notice references political advertising and includes scattered OCR fragments detailing figures and organizations, including Rayinona Rotbats and American Red Cross Mission members, with dates and travel notes.
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A. P. Barrett
Austrians Not Gaining Along Piave In Heavy Fighting
London dispatch reports the Austrians making no progress along the Piave as Italian defense and counterattacks tighten. British Arditi push from Montello heights and Italian artillery disrupts river crossings while American Red Cross aid units operate under fire amid vivid battlefield scenes and shelling.
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Piave
Wynne
Bevan
Italian Army Medical Corps
Army Corps
Waterloo Bridge
London
American Red Cross
Piage
Sed Cross
Italy
Wynne-Bevan
Montello Heights
Nervera
Ponte di Plate
Treviso
Ile
Kronstadt
Trant Wassalia
Sayy Dona
Megtre
Venice
Italian Front Reports Steady Montello Outlook and Austrian Weakness
Special Cable from The San Antonio Tight and the Philadelphia Ledger notes June 20 dispatches from Montello where Italian artillery bombs positions south of Diovera while aircraft reconnoiter Austrian lines. Prisoners claim Austrian forces near end. Bohemian troops surrender with Czech appeals dropped from planes. Italian cavalry resupplies Giavera streets with lancer charges.
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M. Sae Rrs
London
Manet Service
San Antonio
Philadelphia
Montelo
Diovera
Montello
Piave
Italia
Italy
Giavera
Troops Quell Vienna Food Riots Amid Offensive
Troops are sent to quell food riots in Vienna as fighting intensifies. Italian soldiers recount captures aided by promises of meat, wine, and bread. An Italian officer wounded and held by Austrians describes how the captors moved toward Italian lines. Early in the offensive Austrian front-line troops reportedly received three daily rations but exhausted them before reaching Italian stores.
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Ward Price
London ‘Pimes
San Antonio
Philadelphia Public’ Ledger
the Public Ledger Co
Tpalian Army
Plave
Moud
Jiné
No Man's Land
Piave
Mestre
Marzenego
Venice
Maserada
San Dana
Montello Heights
Montello
Sondeine
Phaye
Montella
Tower Piave
Tralian
Pona
Nor
Arditi
Senor Bissolati
Prisner
Dia Itagion
Vienna
Bayy
Wornk
Galicia
Bohemia
Novine
Ceck
Arest
Steichpost
Bread ration protests sweep Austria Hungary, Germany urged
Vienna reports mass protests over bread cuts across Austria Hungary as workers demand restoration and aid from Germany and Hungary. Government officials defend limits while a decree accelerates harvest work. Kiev uprisings spread, with street battles and peasant mobilization across the region.
Bread Hunger Spreads Across Wartime City
In a wartime report the Public Ledger notes bread shortages in Viermt and surrounding areas. Citizens endure weeks with little food, surviving on air between two breadless days as workers cry for relief.
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Lomlon
Dan Antcals
Valladetnhte Public Ledger
Conyrintt
Pablo Ledger Co
Astsiria
Viermt
Mius
Arbeiter Zeibing
Austrian interior minister warns of revolt crackdown
Milan June 20 The Austrian interior minister issues manifestos proclaiming no formation of an insurrection and warning the populace that any such attempt will be forcibly suppressed. The notices have been torn down in Slav provinces as police act.
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London
Sanavtonio
Philadsipiin Tutte Ledger
Conwright
Aor Public Ledger Co
Milan
Italians Hold Piave Front In Strong Counterattacks
Russian and Italian forces report continued fighting along the Piave line from Montello to the Adriatic. Italian counterattacks along the west bank between Mentello and San Dona di Piave are repulsed, with Austrian progress limited near Cape Sile. The front along the mountain and coastal sectors remains strenuous as the enemy concentrates artillery and attempted breakthroughs.
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Trike Garda
Adriatic
Montelle
Shige Sandzy
Cape Sile
Lave
Cape
American aviators begin Italian front action
The first escadrille of American pilots trained in Italy departed yesterday for the Italian front and will join combat immediately. They are accompanied by Captain Lesuardia, a congressman who has been in Italy for months, and the Italian embassy has been informed by cable. Private Visilo Mattevi of the 59th Company died at 7:39 p.m. June 18 at Camp Travis base hospital from pneumonia. His next of kin, Rosie Mattevi, resides in Austria. the body will be sent to Fresno, Texas for burial.
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Washington
Pdc
Italy
Lesuardia
Congress
Visilo Mqrtievi
18Th Battalion
Depot Brigade
Camp Travis
Mattevi
Rosie Mattevi
Austria
Fresno
Texas
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