Britain prepares 10 adopt bread card system
London May 7 The Ministry of Food prepares for compulsory bread and flour rationing if voluntary responses fall short. Baron Devonport notes Britain’s decentralised plan mirrors Hoover’s efficiency and Germany’s rationing results. Areas will distribute bread via cards through cities, boroughs, and rural councils.
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London
United Kingdom
George
Ministry
Germany
Baron Devonport
Herbert C. Hoover
Rent Seized Ships Lisbon Germany Fleet Seized
Sixty of seventy German merchant steamers in Portuguese ports at Portugal's entry into the war have been rented to Great Britain. England will pay $7,000,000 annually after the war. Fate of ships after hostilities remains uncertain whether Portugal England or Germany will own them or if they return.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Great Britain
England
Germany
Steamers Capto and Natuna Sunk by German Submarines
Central News dispatch from Copenhagen reports Norway's foreign office confirming the sinking of steamships Capto and Natuna by German submarines. Crews were rescued.
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London
Copenhagen
Foreign Office
Capto
Natuna
Colored excursion Seguin May 10 1.00 round trip
Special Southern Pacific train leaves 9 30 a m for a colored excursion from Seguin on May 10. The advertisement notes a 1.00 round trip fare as part of a listing of events in the area. The piece also references the American Bankers Association meeting opening session in Charlotte, N Y, with three days of events.
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Seguin
Southern Pacific
Bankers J
Liberty Loup
New YO
Mayerty Loan
Executive Council
The
American Bankers’ Association
Charelis
N. Y
You Need Not Suffer From Catarrh
An advertisement promotes S. S. S. 8S as a blood purifier to treat catarrh by targeting the infection in the blood. It claims permanent relief, lists symptoms like throat mucus and bad breath, and notes druggists stock the product. The Swift Specific Company offers free medical guidance from Atlanta Georgia.
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Swift
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
Armour
Armour& Company
Crown Prince Gets Message of Praise
Amsterdam dispatch says the German emperor sent a birthday telegram to the crown prince born May 6, 1882, praising steadfast front-line actions and wishing victory. Kansas City welcomed French leaders with vast crowds as Joffre and Viviani visited, while a memorial meeting for the Lusitania honored American lives lost. Rabbi Bernstein voiced Jewish allied service to Russia.
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Amsterdam
London
Fatherland
Crown Prince of
Germany
Frenchmen Parade Through St Louis Attracts Crowds
Former French Premier Viviani Marshal Joffre and the mission attracted huge adoring crowds in St Louis. Breckinridge Long introduced the visitors as they praised American support for the ally nations. The party noted strong Midwest patriotism and heightened belief in active involvement in the war.
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Viviani
Marshal Joffre
Breckinridge Long
France
Middle West
France Mission in Kansas City Praises Allied Unity
M Viviani head of the French mission in Kansas City urged Middle West loyalty and unity in the war against autocracy. Marshal Joffre spoke after Viviani, receiving a thunderous ovation as crowds waved the French tricolor and Stars and Stripes in devotion to civilization and liberty.
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Kansas City
United States
M. Viviani
France
Middle West
America
Convention Hall
Joffre
Marshal Joffre
Marne
Texan Parker Chosen for Guardsmen Training Camp
Parker, a Sherman native who lived in Texas, Pittsburg, and New York, was notified to report to the guardsmen camp in San Antonio. He left a steel company job to join the training program and had declined a naval reserves offer in New York, expressing keen disappointment at the latest order.
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San Antonio
Young Parker
Sherman
Texas
Structural Steel
Pittsburg
New York
Naval Reserves
Mayor bids godspeed to Dallas guardsmen at Leon Springs
Mayor Joe B Lawther spoke farewell words to more than three hundred guardsmen heading to the officers reserve training camp at Leon Springs Texas. Crowds of thousands gathered at Union Station in a misty rain to see them off and wish them success in the righteous cause ahead.
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Dallas
Tex
Joe B. Lawther
Leon Springs
Texas
Union Station
Bellecourt Entered by British in Fierce Fight
British troops drove the Germans from Bellecourt and pressed the offensive as enemy losses mounted. Officers report prisoners show high morale among 19 year olds, while older divisions face the harsher reality of war.
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Bellecourt
Germany
Living Wall of Death Faces Allied Firepower in France
British and German forces clash along the Hindenburg line as artillery and air support blunt counter attacks. German losses mount while gun crews recount steady-fire successes, and efforts continue to clear battlefields of fallen troops after fierce exchanges.
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Hindenburg Line
Arras
Gavreile
German positions hold. 726 captured on Aisne front
Berlin report says all German lines from the Soissons Laon road to Ailles and north of Laffaux were held and that successes occurred in the Aisne battle. It notes 726 German prisoners taken since Saturday and says fourteen British and French aircraft were shot down on the western front. The statement adds fighting is moving east of Bullecourt.
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Berlin
London
Soissons-Laon
Ailles
Laffaux
Uccasates
Aisne
Bullecourt
Funeral for Mrs. C. F. Sommers in San Antonio
The funeral for Mrs. C F Sommers wife of the Sommers Drug Company president was held at 4 pm Sunday from her parents home Colonel Otto Wahrmund 209 River Avenue Rev August Wolff conducted the service and the interment was at Mission Burial Park She is survived by husband one son six sisters and one brother Rose Wilson 58 was shot Sunday afternoon at her 205 Woodlief Street home Her funeral will be Tuesday at 2 pm from the residence with services at St Marys Church 2 30 pm Interment at St Marys Cemetery
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C. F. Sommers
Charles F. Sommers
Sommers’ Drug Company
Otto Wahrmund
River Avenue
August Wolff
Mission Burial Park
Besdres
Sommers
Lhieimer Barbeck
San Antonio
William Saenger
Beaumont
Louis Saur
Charles Boelhauwe
Paul Bosselman
Henry Basse
Chester Wahrmund
Rose Wilson
Woodlief Street
St. Mary's Cemetery
Wakefield 89 Dies After Short Stay Here
Mrs. T. Wakefield aged 89 died at 4 o clock Sunday afternoon in a local hospital while in town for medical treatment. A native of Kentucky she came here about six weeks ago. The body will be sent to Hillsboro Texas for burial where relatives reside.
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T. Wakefield
Wakefield
Kentucky
Wille
Hillsboro
Texas
San Antonio Taxpayers Urged to Pay 1916 City Taxes
Notice to all persons firms and corporations owing city taxes for fiscal year 1916 that payment is due. To avoid six percent annual interest and two percent late charge per month for five months taxes must be paid before May 1 1917.
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San Antonio
Tex
Suit Against German Liner Lost by Banks
New York banks lost their Supreme Court suit against the North German Lloyd liner Kronprinzessin Cecilie. They claimed 2,240,000 damages for failure to deliver a gold bullion shipment worth 11,000,000 sent toward England and France at the outbreak of the war. The court held the vessel not liable for turning back mid ocean. Justice Holmes delivered the decision with Pitney and Clark dissenting.
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Washington, D.C
New York
Supreme Court
Kronprinzgessin Cecilie
Boston
England
France
America
Justice Holmes
Pitney and Clark
Ardmore projects state reunion sponsor for Chickasha event
Gen. J. B. Pulliam of the Chickasaw brigade United Confederate Veterans names Miss Ruby Randol of Ardmore as brigade sponsor for the state reunion at Chickasha in July. Miss Estelle Black of Marietta is also named in the announcement.
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Ardmore
Okla
J. B. Pulliam
Chickashaw Brigade United Confederate Veterans
Ruby Randol
Chickasha
Estelle Black
Marietta
Vitalitas Nature's Way Promoted as Health Tonic
An advertisement touts Vitalitas as a spring tonic and mineral supplement for blood, muscle, nerve, and bone vigor. It claims benefits for indigestion rheumatism nervous debility and liver and kidney issues and urges purchase at Sommer's Drug Store and other druggists.
National Reunion Sponsors Named for Washington Event
Chosen sponsors for the national reunion to be held in Washington were announced, outlining the organizing groups and their roles in coordinating activities and securing venues for the gathering.
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Washington
Germans Use Many Reserves In Western Front
A staff correspondent reports from the British front in France that German forces have used vast reserves, drawing many of their fresh divisions from the western front and possibly from the Russian theater. The constant artillery bombardment and large human losses mark the ongoing, costly struggle as German numbers compensate for limited territorial gains.
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Associated Press
France
London
Western Front
von Hindenburg
Petrograd
Senneen
Anthrax In Oklahoma Strikes Carter County
Ardmore Oklahoma May 17 Six hundred animals are infected by anthrax in Carter County. Veterinarians are making desperate efforts to check the spread by vaccinating both men and animals. Ten days ago only a few cases existed but the outbreak has grown rapidly causing great alarm.
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Ardmore
Okla
Carter County
San Antonio May 8 1917 election candidate list
Notice to voters shows the official ballot order for the May 8 1917 general election in San Antonio Texas. Mayor candidates include C Bell. Commissioners Garland Lamm Lambert Heuermann Nelson Uhr. Sanitation Park and Street/Public Improvements posts list Parke Wanton Ray Lambert Lowther Robin Uhr. City Clerk Fred Fries signs the notice.
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Bell
Lambert
J. F. Garland
Louis Heuermann
G. A. Lowther
San Antonio
Tex
City of
San C. Bell
O Sation
Jams F. Garland
J. K. Lamm
Parke Wanton
Ray Lambert
Thomas €. Nelson
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Coy
Tobin
Rubiola
Cherry and
Center Streets
Lamm, Nelson and Uhr
Ivani
Commission
Edwards
Rabbi Bernstein
St. Joseph, Mo
Russia
ST. Louis
MAYOR
Godspeed
Comtineene
Ptet Oe
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
Cecilie
General Pulliam
Sommer
Oklahoma
Fred Fries
Ham
Bob Uhr
Campaign Committee
J. E. Hoban
Mgr
Crockett
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