Ohio and West Virginia to Train in Camp This Summer
War department orders Ohio and West Virginia national guard units to enter extensive training at a southeastern department camp, likely Chickamauga Park Tennessee, with a total combined force of about 23 000 all troops to be moved together. Maj Gen Leonard A Wood to select camp sites and command Ohio division. Governor Cox pressures mayors to plan patriotic registration day and support suffrage.
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Ohio National Guard
Ohio
West Virginia
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Mississippi
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Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
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France
Central Philanthropic Council
Franklin County
Cox
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Division
Charles X. Zimerman
Cincinnati
Marietta
Dayton
Alston Ellis
Ohio University
Athens
Dr. Ellis
Memorial Hall
Mississippi Valley Suffrage Conference
Kaiser’s Dream of World Empire Expands German Ambitions
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports that Germany aims to create an impregnable North Sea to Mediterranean unit, halving Europe, controlling the Dardanelles and Baltic, and backing a Prussian world empire. The piece ties this to past measures and Wilson's pledge to fight until democracy is safe.
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Union News Service
Washington
Germany
North Sea
Mediterranean
Europe
Dardanelles
Aegean
Baltic
Bismarck
France
Belgium
Russia
Wilson
America
Four Killed in Youngstown Power Plant Blast
A mysterious explosion at the Republic Iron and Steel Co plant in Youngstown killed four workers and seriously injured several others. About ten thousand people gathered as debris hurled machinery up to a quarter mile, sparking rumors of wider casualties and a swift official investigation.
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Youngstown
Republic Iron and Steel Co
Famine Panic Denounced by Bartlett-Frazier Statistician
Chicago grain circles praise B. W. Snow of Bartlett-Frazier Company as he rejects the recent famine panic. Snow says there is no famine in the United States and never will be while producer consumer relations remain as they are.
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Chicago
B. W. Snow
Bartlett-Frazier Company
Roosevelt Urges Voluntary Division to Disband
Col. Theodore Roosevelt calls the men who volunteered for his personal division bound for France to disband at once. He urges them to reach the front by any feasible route or, if abroad service is unavailable, to contribute to the nation at home.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
France
Sinking of the Colbert Delivers Naval Tragedy
The French steamship Colbert was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean on April 30 by a German submarine. Fifty-one people perished including the vessel's commander, according to an announcement by the French Admiralty.
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Paris
Colbert
Mediterranean
Teuton
Norwegian steamers torpedoed by German submarines
London. The Norwegian legation in Berlin reports via Copenhagen that four steamers Laly Najaden C Sundt and Garant were torpedoed by German submarines with crew members lost on each vessel.
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London
Berlin
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Co
Laly
Najaden
C. Sundt
Garant
Munitions Plant in Vienna Destroyed
Vienna reports a blast at the Pyrotechnic Institute of Hansel and Tektbaum destroying the facility. Nine workers were killed and several others seriously injured.
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Vienna
Copenhagen
Mother and Six Children Burned in Minersville Fire
Mrs. Joe Betaing, 8 years old, and her six children perished when their Minersville home near Middleport, Ohio, was destroyed by fire. A rescue attempt failed as the blaze swept through the dwelling.
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Middleport
Joe Betaing
Minersville
Here
Largest private exchange telephone system for new New York hotel
A contract signs plans for the world’s largest private telephone exchange to serve 2,400 extensions in a new block-long New York hotel. The main switchboard will be on the roof penthouse with four additional boards, reflecting advanced service akin to a progressive American city of 20,000.
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New York City
Kingdom
Greece
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Dollar Please. The canine duke Oswald in Benjam
Oswald Van Loonen, a canine curb broker nicknamed a mere dog, lives with a generous North Side family. The tax assessor questioned the household about dogs and other valuables, but the family said no dog existed. Oswald then rose on his hind legs, whined, and the assessor received a dollar.
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Oswald van Loonen
Duke of
Benjamin
Hitzdom
Oswald
Indianapolis News
State study on industrial lighting and eye safety in New York steel plants
The New York public health service investigates lighting systems used in state steel plants and their effects on workers eyes. It notes some lights are very intense with strong contrasts while others may harm vision by spectral makeup. Photometric readings and protective measures are reviewed as the service plans recommendations to reduce hazards.
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Public Health Service
New York
New Powers For British Board To Seize Farms For Food Drive
The board of agriculture is granted full authority under the defense of the realm act to terminate farmer tenancies, appoint others to cultivate land, and seize farm machinery, produce, stock or animals needed to boost food production in Great Britain.
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Great Britain
Board of Agriculture
Defense of the Realm
The Piano Tuner Becomes Chorus Master
Mrs. Bilsinstacks asks how to help their daughter sing in tune with the piano. Her husband suggests tuning the piano to her voice as the remedy.
Rich man plans wedding as health declines
In a tattle column, reporters note that So Rich intends to marry a stunning young woman while reportedly near end of life. The exchange hints at motives and social context surrounding the impending marriage.
Cincinnati Markets Flour Hay and Grain Prices Listed
Market wire lists Cincinnati grain values for Flour Winter patents and related varieties, Corn No 2 white and yellow, Hay numbers, Oats, Wheat red grades, Butter Eggs Poultry, and Live Stock including Cattle Hogs Sheep with price ranges for shippers, butchers, calves, sows, and ewes. Many lines show bid ranges reflecting market spread.
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Cincinnati
Shrewd Guesser and Doctor’s Diagnostic Reversal
A witty exchange where the doctor concedes the initial diagnosis was correct, prompting the sick individual to remark that he might be the patient in question. The banter highlights a moment of clinical confidence and humorous self-importance.
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Scott
Green's August Flower: A Fifty-One Year Remedy Ad
An advertisement touts Green's August Flower as the top family remedy for biliousness and stomach troubles. It claims to relieve sick headaches nervous indigestion sour stomach and general low mood, with prices 25 and 75 cents.
Not Always Like Produces Like Says Cynics On Society
Fragmentary aphorisms about causality and society reference short rations and tall thinking. The text includes lines about cynics avoiding human society and dogs barking at the moon. It reads as reflective dialogue rather than a complete news item.
One Advantage in Having a Wooden Leg
A humorous character notes a perk of a wooden leg after losing one in battle. The talk turns to practical comfort as the hero jokes about holding up a sock with a tin-tack. The passage then shifts to describe Roman Eye Balsam as an antiseptic ointment for external use.
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Tommy
Woman's Rifle Club aims to sharpen women's aim in life
A humorous remark about Lakewood New Jersey forming a woman's rifle club prompts a joke on improving women's aim. The line Blows a horn with discrimination adds a sly political edge to the quip.
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Lakewood
N. J
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