House Concur on Soldiers Vote Bill in Connecticut
Hartford March 21 The general assembly adopted a bill providing for voting by sailors and other electors in war service in next fall elections. It sets ballots for state officers congress and county sheriffs with opt to vote for other officers. Ballots routed to camps posts and ships and counted on election day by town moderators. Town clerks to list all in national service within 60 days. Connecticut state council of defense long urged such records.
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Hartford
General asSembly
Connec
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Secretary of State
Senate
House
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Tarred and Feathered Citizen Shown Pro German Remarks
In Altus Oklahoma on March 21 O F Westbrook a leading local farmer was dragged from his home by masked men calling themselves Knights of Liberty tied stripped and tarred and feathered then driven from the county amid threats. A second man Henry Huffman living ten miles south suffered a similar assault and was sent toward the county line into Texas after the mob claimed his pro German statements.
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Altus
Okla
O. F. Westbrook
Here
Jackson County
S@enry Huffman
Westbrook
Huff
Texas
British shipbuilding speeds up under new controller general
London reports Lord Pirie appointed controller general of Merchant shipbuilding with broad powers and direct access to the premier and war cabinet. Admiralty to disclose tonnage losses next, after newspapers pressed for clarity. In the prior week 17 British merchant ships were destroyed by German submarines and mines, 11 over 1,600 tons and 6 smaller. San Francisco notes three Dutch ships held under government control with armed U S guards aboard, former East Indies traders.
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London
Lord Pirie
Lord Pirrie
Great Britain
War Cabinet
Admiralty
Wannage
San Francisco
United States
East Indies
Pinex Cough Syrup Ad Promises Quick Cures
An old advertisement touts a homemade cough syrup using Pinex and sugar claiming rapid healing of throat and chest inflammation. It markets a pint of syrup for about 60 cents, asserting superiority for bronchitis hoarseness and winter coughs while promising a full family supply.
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Mae Ee
Barber Falsified His Questionnaire in U S Court
New Haven March 21 Paolo Ribosa a Bridgeport barber formerly of Providence R I faced U S court arraignment for falsely claiming he paid his wife 5200 yearly when actual payments since last August totaled $6. He was sentenced to three months jail. In New London bootlegging cases DA Spellacy cited a war vessel interview. multiple defendants pleaded guilty and received varying sentences up to six months. One man noted he heard little about the war where he lived.
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New Haven
E. 8. Thomas
United States
Paolo Ribosa
Bridgeport
Providence
R.L
Robosa
New London
Spellacy
Frank Jones
Charles LaDoux
Central Falls
R. L
Henry Dardelin
Fall River
Mass
Charles Stebbins
East Lyme
Edward Gill
Thomas Connolly
Joseph Green
James Franklin
Green
Norwich
British Losses Make No Stir In War Shipping Reports
Washington reports 1917 British shipping losses totalled 6,000,000 tons per Sir Geddes. Edward N Hurley, shipping board chair, to issue statement on US efforts to outpace mines and submarines. Allied figures show world tonnage losses 11,827,572 since war start with 6,723,623 in 1917 and 22,703,355 gross output in 1917. Enemy capture total runs 2,589,000 tons. German boasts and sinkings cited as inflated.
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Washington
Sir Geddes
Admiralty
Edward N. Hurley
Shipping Board
United States
Promotions At Camp Devens Highlight March 21 Actions
Camp Devens Mass March 21 Captain Robert Bonner constructing quartermaster promoted to major and to continue duties. Major Bonner from Newton Highlands former real estate man. From 1902 to 1907 he served with Rhode Island National Guard First Infantry. Major Joseph L Siner division sanitary inspector transferred to Camp Dix to become assistant camp surgeon. Captain William Redman Dedham attached to 304th Infantry detailed to division personnel office. Sergeant Walter N Taylor Battery A 303d Field Artillery transferred to inactive list to resume studies at Dartmouth Thayer school. Home in Derry New Hampshire. Cantonment staff conducting general round up of hangers on. 18 arraigned on vagancy charges and punished.
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Bonner
Newton Highlands
Rhode Island National Guard
Joseph L. Siner
Camp Dix
William Redman
Dedham
304Th Infantry Regiment
Walter N. Taylor
303D Field Artillery
Thayer School of Civil Engineering
Dartmouth College
Taylor
Derry
N. H
Machinery Plans Stolen In Worcester Case
Machinery plans valued at several thousand dollars, stolen from Norton Grinding Machine company on government work, were found in Frederick W. Greene’s home at 74 Court Street. Greene, a construction engineer employed by Archie Robinson, is under arrest in Worcester on $20,000 bond.
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Westfield
Mass
Norton Grinding Machine Company
Worcester
Frederick W. Greene
Court Street
Archie Robinson
Max Grinding Company
Chester
Greene
Weather hurts March care and child cough relief ad
Changeable weather and wet feet make March dangerous for coughs croup and whooping cough. Mrs W H Thornton of Little Rock Arkansas reports her child’s severe croup eased by Foley's Honey and Tar after two doses. Sold everywhere.
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W. H. Thornton
10Th St
Little Rock
Ark
Foley
Dutch Ships Seized in New York Port
All Dutch shipping in the port of New York was seized today under President Wilson's proclamation. Armed crews from the Brooklyn navy yard boarded 42 ships, replaced the Dutch flag with the Stars and Stripes, and organized skeleton crews for departure. The Nieuw Amsterdam was exempt due to a prior U.S. guarantee. Total Dutch tonnage in the area estimated at 250,000 tons.
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New York
Wilson
United States
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Nieuw Amsterdam
Holland
Atlantic
Netherlands
Battery Seawell
Ellis Island
Naval Reserve
Airplane goggles probe raises airman distance fears
Washington March 21 Major General George O Squier reviews a voluminous report on German made airplane goggles used by American airmen. Vanished from Rockwell aviation school San Diego the lenses allegedly misjudge distances, causing near 50 foot drops to appear 30 feet. Major John Purroy Mitchel reportedly found refraction faulty and landings improved without the glasses.
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Washington
George O. Squier
Squier
Rockwell Aviation School
San Diego
John Purroy Mitchel
New York
Mitchel
U S Considers Hand Grenade for Cavalry Use
A U S army board led by Brig Gen De Rosey C Cabell will study a newly developed hand grenade that can be carried by a mounted man. If validated, the device could boost cavalry effectiveness amid renewed interest following Cambrai. Also on the board are Lt Col George B Rodney and First Lt Charles F Palmer.
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Washington
United States
Germany
de Rosey C. Cabell
Douglas
Ariz
Europe
Cambrai
George B. Rodney
Cavalry
Charles F. Palmer
10Th Cavalry
Germans Advance Toward Moscow and Petrograd
Copenhagen report says German troops are advancing in northern and southern Russia with aims to occupy Moscow and Petrograd. The war office cites actions in Ukraine to clear the Olivospol railway line toward the northwest, detailing fighting near Olivopol on the Bug river, 150 miles south of Kiev and 100 miles north of Odessa.
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Moscow
Petrograd
Copenhagen
Russia
German War Office
Ukraiia
Olivopol
Olivospol
Bug River
Ukrainia
Kiev
Odessa
Japan Postpones Decision on Siberia Intervention
Tokyo reports Japan delays ruling on formal intervention in Siberia to shield allies, awaiting the United States views. Rumors of a cabinet crisis circulate as elder statesmen convene, with Terauchi speculated as war minister in a potential coalition ministry.
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Japan
Tokio
Siberia
America
Terauchi
Health of troops at training camps improves overall
Washington reports the weekly health bulletin shows troop health remains good while deaths rise by 24 from the prior week. Pneumonia leads with 83 deaths. Camp Upton in Yaphank has the most deaths, 15, including 12 from pneumonia. National army 81 deaths, regular army 71, national guard 28. Camp Funston has the highest sick rate. pneumonia cases total 91 in national guard camps, 255 new pneumonia cases nationwide rise from 202 last week. Regular army camps Merritt and Stuart show the largest sick rates.
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Washington
Surgeon General
Camp Upton
Yaphank
L. L
National Army
Regular Army
National Guard
Camp Bowie
Fort Worth
Tex
Camp Vier
Greenville
S. C
Camp Funston
Fort Riley
Kan
Merritt
Stuart
Lenroot Victory Nears as Wisconsin Race Forms
Washington reports that Representative Irvine L. Lenroot is virtually the Republican nominee for U S senator in Wisconsin. Democrat Joseph E. Davies refuses to withdraw, Wilson endorses Davies, and antiwar and pacifist forces may coalesce around Victor Berger, the first socialist in Congress. The campaign centers on Berger’s potential support and war policies.
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Washington
Irvine L. Lenroot
United States
Wisconsin
Lenroot
Joseph E. Davies
Victor Berger
House of Representatives
Wilson
Davies
Republican Committee
Berger
Happenings In This Vicinity Twenty Five Years Ago
A Victorian column recalls events from twenty five years past including a Frenchman who attacked Deputy Sheriff Gillette with a stone at Haddam, farm sales in Middlefield, officer elections in Chester, next week plans for Duncan and McIntosh to take over O Brien’s dry goods store, and notes on Portland Electric Light Co work status. Also mentions plowing at Portland, a sermon in Hartford, a predicted snowstorm, a seized cannon ball from a sewer blockage, visiting relatives in Lyme, a new teamster, trips to Hot Springs, inns in Middletown in 1785, farmers institutes by Secretary Gould, butter deals at grocers, and a proverb about burying animosity.
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Gillette
Haddam
John Carroll
M. W. Terrill
Middlefield
Chester Agricultural Society
F. H. Smith
F. G. Griswold
Jared Smith
Duncan & McIntosh
T. C. O’brien
Portland Electric Light Co
Samuel F. Fenn
E. Bound Chaffee
Col. J. Yale Fairman
Hot Springs
Ark
Middletown
Gould
State Board of Agriculture
Fruit-a-tives touted by 53 Maisonneuve Sr
Donat Lalonde of 53 Maisonneuve Sr reports relief from indigestion and constipation after using Fruit-a-tives, claiming rapid improvement after prior incurability. The ad touts 50 cent box and 6 for $2.50 with a trial 25 cent size and lists Fruit-A-Tives Limited in Ogdensburg, NY as the source.
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Maisonneuve Sr
Fruit-A-Tives Limited
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Packers Investigation Opens in Kansas City Hearing
In Kansas City on March 21 testimony by small and independent packers was to occupy much of the opening day of a federal trade commission inquiry led by Francis J. Heney. Heney said focus would be on Kansas City packing plant officers, with Thomas Ruddy, president, and J. C. Wingert, secretary of Thomas Buddy Packing company, among the witnesses summoned for day one.
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Kansas City
Federal Building
Francis J. Heney
Federal Trade Commission
Heney
Omaha
Thomas Ruddy
J. C. Wingert
Thomas Buldy Packing Company
Armourdale
Danderine Miracle for Hair Growth and Shine Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine claiming it cures dandruff and revives hair. It promises glossy, abundant, wavy hair after a few applications and weeks, asserting roots are strengthened and new hair grows across the scalp.
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Knowlton
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