Dr David Roberts Testifies In Grace Lusk Trial
Dr David Roberts maintained distance from Grace Lusk as he testified about their alleged affair ending with his wife’s death. He described Lusk pressing for love and threatening exposure, and he read letters showing her pursuit and insistence on being with him despite his marriage.
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Waukesha
Wis
David Roberts
Grace Lusk
Roberts
Miss Lusk
Dr. Roberts
Brown House
Mrs. Roberts
Chicago
Milwaukee
Relief from eczema offered by Zemo remedy
Ad promises eczema relief and clear skin with Zemo available at drug stores for 35 cents or a large bottle for 1.00. Claims include clearing pimples and not staining the skin. Mentions easy separation and low cost per application along with brand names and phrases suggesting safety and effectiveness.
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Zemo
Easil
Courtroom Scene Tests Resolve as Miss Lusk Breaks Down
The transcript details Miss Lusk's burst of emotion in court after a frenzied moment, tears filling her eyes as she clutched her father and sobbed. Dr. Roberts describes the incident and later breaks down while recounting finding his wife’s body, noting a warning about traveling to Chicago.
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Miss Lusk
Roberts
Chicago
Dr. Roberts
Anxious Summer Ahead In World War I Front News
The article argues Americans will quickly gain experience and win, noting Allied air superiority and German delays. It warns the war will stay tense through summer, with a focus on overall operations and manpower as decisive factors.
German Tanks Routed by British Forces at Vers Bretonneux
British general staff reports a May 18 account of the April 24 clash near Vers Bretonneux where six German land ships were defeated by British tanks. British female and heavier male tanks arrived to repulse the German thrust as Whippet cruisers harried infantry on a ridge, inflicting heavy casualties and disrupting an impending German attack.
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London
Vers-Bretonneux
Jine
President Wilson Hails Franco American Unity on Eve of Battle
Paris May 18 official note says President Wilson, via James Kenney, conveys that the people of the United States are happy to stand in the brotherhood of arms with France. Every man who loves right should be proud to take part in the war.
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Paris
Wilson
James Kenney
Franco-American Committee On Public Information
United States
Brotherhood of Arms
France
Heavy artillery actions reported around Givenchy and Avre front
Paris and London dispatches describe heavy artillery duels last night on the southern side of the Wiinders galiant between Givenchy and Rolecq with activity noted in the Lans Haze brouck and Ypres sectors. Violent bombardments occurred along the Avre river front north and south of Amien with German raids near Missiges and north of four Du Paris yielding no results.
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London
Givenchy
Rolecq
Wianders Galiant
War Office
Lans
Hazebrouck
Ypres
Paris
Avre
Amlen
Missiges
Champagne
Four du Paris
Argonne
Wright chosen as police and fire commissioner for San Antonio
Phil Wright, former fire chief, backed by business leaders and Mayor Bell, is recommended for the unexpired term as police and fire commissioner. Balloting produced Wright with 44 votes, others received scattered support, and Wright’s selection was made unanimous. Wright’s background includes 25 years in the San Antonio fire department and prior chief tenure.
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Phil Wright
Bell
San Antonio
Council Chamber
Wright
Andres Coy
Police Department
Ben
J N. Brown
Robert Barclay
R. J. Boyle
Edwin Chaimberlain
Chiamberlain
H. C. Carter
Urguing
J. C. Teverell
Boyle
Marshall Hicks
Henry Halts
Oscar Guessar
Gus Manermiann
Nic Tenge Jr
Fred Lancaster
Jim Stevens
Lewis Maverick
H. Covington
Porter F. Loring
A. FE. Hildebrand
Jacob Wolff
H. Kirkpatrick
Frank Bushick
TH. C. Garter
Pell
Blanco County
Panhandler
Albert Steves Sr
Robert F. Uhr
W. G. Tobin
Sheriff Tobin
Uhr
August Goetz
Fire Department
Death of Sergeant Joseph Capony in Philadelphia
Mr and Mrs C C Pursch of Somerset Road learn by telegram from their daughter Margaret Capony that her husband Sergeant Joseph Capony died in Philadelphia at 3 30 p m He served in the trench mortar battery Third Division Regular Army Funeral services to be handled by Porter Loring Funeral Director and Pearce Robinson Undertaking Co with private ambulance and motor equipment as listed in the advertisement
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Joseph Capony
C. C. Pursch
Somerset Road
Margaret Capony
Philadelphia
Sergeant Capony
Trench Mortar
United States Army
Army Officers Move Between Camps and Posts
Lieut Albert Feiss of the Ninetieth Division returned from Camp Jackson to Reader West Virginia and joined a detachment bound for replacement camp. Lieut George C Robertson from Fort Leavenworth arrives at Camp Travis as bacteriologist chemist. Lieut W S Dinamore reports to department HQ for duty. Maj E L Gear assigned to Fort Sam Houston base hospital. Capt M C Funston at College Station beyond department HQ for a few days. C B White Washington government employee inspects reclimation work in San Antonio at St Anthony. Lorenz T Wolmes reassigned from El Paso to Douglas Arizona for duty. Fourteen days' leave granted Lieut Willant J Wheeler of the Nineteenth Infantry in Galveston. Lieut Roscoe C Tompkins removed as assistant Intelligence officer Arizona district and ordered to report to district commander. Capt Walter N King relieved from custd cavalry and sent to Douglas Air ramp hospital, Maj Wl AL China tengen to Columbus to join 22nd infantry.
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Albert Feiss
Ninetieth Division
Adjutant General's Department
Camp Jackson
Reader
W. Va
Travis
Unamp
Jackson
Lorenz Tt. Wolmes
el Paso
Douglas
Ariz
Willant J. Wheeler
Nineteenth Infantry
Galveston
Walter N. King
Dosth Cavalry
Douglas Air
Ramp Hoaptital
Wl AL Chinatengen
Columbus
N. MM
S4th Infantry
Army Announces Promotions and Assignments in Signal Reserve
Army orders named privates to report for duty with Aviation and Signal Reserve units. John LaFayette Camp Jr. Robert Hazellone Clark Emerson Petit Crane Joseph A. Graham and Sinnal Reserve corps officers listed for Camp Dick and Kelly Field. In Amsterdam May 18 Germany pork and cattle numbers cited by Koelnische Volks Zeitung.
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Aviation
Signal Reserve Corps
John LaFayette Camp Jr
Robert Hazellone Clark
Emerson Petit Crane
Kelly Flo
Joseph A. Graham
Aviay
Sinnal Reserve Corps
Camp Dick
Amsterdam
Germany
Koelnische Volks Zeitung
Morning Routine Promotes Internal Cleaning With Hot Water
Readers urged to drink a glass of hot water with phosphate before breakfast to flush toxins from the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. Advocates limestone phosphate as a cheap remedy to cleanse the alimentary canal and improve health.
Ensign Stone survives 80 hours on a seaplane pontoon
Ensign E A Stone of Norfolk and Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Eakc Moore drifted at sea from Saturday to Tuesday after their seaplane failed. They endured starvation thirst and exposure clinging to a pontoon for nearly four days until a trawler rescued them. They lost their bearings, signalled with carrier pigeons, and faced submarines and neutral ships before rescue.
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Washington
TD. C
E. A. Stone
U. 8
Naval Reserves
Norfolk
English Channel
London
Committee On Public Information
Stone
Ensign Stone
Eakc Moore
Royal Naval Air Service
Hserpling
Moore
Hans
Tragic wartime rescue ends in severe injuries
Ensign Stone, a trained aviator, and crew endured a harrowing ordeal after a perilous rescue at sea. They describe being lowered from a boat, deprived of water, food, and clothing, with gruesome injuries including gangrene that cost toes. Searches by seaplane bases, patrols, and destroyers followed the loss. Stone’s mother resides in Norfolk.
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Moore
Stone
Norfolk
Casualty List Report From General Pershing War Office
The report lists casualties including killed in action wounded and missing in action from several states and nations. Names include Charles W Dubouchot Marvin W Smith and Giuseppe Vincl among others with locations like Paris France and Newark New Jersey. Also noted are prisoners and missing officers such as Lieut Sherman De More and Sgt Joseph Nolan.
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Maj
Exander Rassmussen
Sherwood
Joseph & Lietzan
Hammond
Ind
Joseph A. Zihala
Newark
New
Sturbe
Lucy N. Fletcher
Concord
N. Y
Dan M. Storing
Menominee
Ralph A. Johnson
Houston
Tex
John H. Preetee
Holly Grove
Charles W. Dubouchet
Paris
France
Marvin W. Smith
Koshkonong
Dieuseppe Vincl
Sherman DE More
Chicago
Joseph Nolan
Hartford
Sabitini
Lester Clark
New Haven
George Collyer
Ernesto DE Martino
Herbert V. Johnson
John T. M'Cartin
New Haven, Conn. Albery L. Mason, Friendship, N. ¥, Roy RO Mason
Gainesville
Austin HH
Ready
Jersey City
John J. Milan
Boston
Charles W. Maxson
Baltimore
Robert Walker
Sersey City
Ler
Whitehead
Jeffrey
Russell &. Dodson
Wintondaly
Fred ©. Hickman
Looxcote
George Ikorman
Clayvite
John M. Jennings
Bellu Atne
Fashion Tips From East Coast Fashions
A table of fashion tips highlights gray as a favorite shade and contrasts in dress. Waistlines shift, caped sleeveless coats, and yellow accents in Paris influence styles, with mushroom sailor hats and ivory beads featured. Satin fabrics frame dresses and hats, kilts and wool embroidery trend, and new evening gowns showcase painted trains and drawn work for summer dresses.
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Paris
Philadelphia Record
Haskell Commands New York Regiment in France
Colonel William H. Haskell takes command of the old Sixty-ninth Regiment of New York now the One Hundred and Sixty fifth Infantry in France. Goronet Haskell led the regiment on the Mexican border. he is a West Point graduate with a regular army commission.
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William H. Haskell
New York
France
Goronet Haskell
West Point
History repeats itself in monarchs and empires
A column cites the unlucky status of the numeral two and the repeated fate of rulers from Ethelred II to Nicholas I, suggesting history’s pattern warns of doom for kings. It contrasts European rulers with a Maine hotel tale and a comic exchange about a soldier’s attempt to embrace a woman.
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London
Ethelred II
Britain
Harold II
Hastings
William II
Rufus
New Forest
Edward
Bannockburn
Charles II
James II
John II of
France
Poidtiers
Charles 1I
Anjou
Alexis 11
Peter the Great
Russia
Alexander II
Nicholas I
Francis II
Germany
Napoleon
American Troops in France Report Double Valor and Aircraft Loss
Unusual bravery by American soldiers in Picardy is reported as Lieuts Pellache and Fitzgerald killed in action while leading charges. Jack Iritz and other pilots are noted for solo actions. aerial combat and bombardments continue with balloons shot down and planes crashing behind lines. Observers note deception by an enemy aircraft and cautious patrols near Toul as fighting subsides briefly.
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Fiege
France
Picardy
James Pellache
Harvard
New York
Stephen Fitzgerald
Boston
Pellache
Jack Iritz
No Man's Land
Fritz
Phargy
Montdidier
Toul
Luneville
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Esaldain
Robert D. Barclay
A. Jy Barrett
Charles Baumberger
HL. Beach
Oy Lebtel Dohn Renner
WH. de Benson
J. A. Bessler
Jane Boyle
Ernest Broggi
Dy. J. H. Burleson
Rute Bynum
J. Tt. Black
FP. A. Chapa
Divorge W. Campbell
Tom Campbell
Eo Capp
George Cussel
Edward Chamberlin
L. B. Clegs
T. BD. Dobbs
A. Cohen
W. W. Collier
Blp
Collina
W. D. Colling
Fred Cook
Jove Courand
J. C. Cunningham
IN. Davenport
T. N. Deehmann
Ernest Deltzimenn
William Dilelmann
Marshall Esleridge
John JF d G Fowler
Emil Blbran
Simon Nk
Thomas He Franklin
Steve Mog Freehorn
Jor Frost
Do K. Jurntiah
Janex Gallagher
Gustav Gleseelee
A. Git- UN
Seth Searcy
Arthur Scellgrow
W. A. Shafer
T. N. Smith
Carter Sommieen
D. J Stevens
Albert Steves
Arthur Stormy
Pave Strauss
Ben Stribling
Dan Sullivan
Georgy R. Tallaferro
Lane Taylor
Dr. F Terrell
J. GO. Verrell
W. TB. Tutie
Julius Tenny
T. 'T. van Die
Pearce-Hobinson Underaking Co
ABE Solerti
George C. Robertson
R. C
Fort Leavynworth
Kaw
Camp Trvis
W. S. Dinamore
E. L. Gear
M. Fc
Fort Sam Dfouston Base Hospital
M. C. Funston
College Station
C. B. White
Bt. Anthony
Roscoe C. Tompkins
Asasistant
Arizona Diatriat
Ocr
Nia'preservera
7 Today Casualty List
Pershing
War Department
Ati
Doston
Haskell
NEW York Regiment
Hrsieeyig
Maine
Madge
Xalks
Eapy
Sellor
Ant
Alamo
ST. Anthony
T, B
Baker
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