American Officers See Dark Outlook on Western Front
In France 25 American army officers warn the west front faces its most critical period since Marne. They urge plain speaking at home and united effort as Germans press to break the front with Peronne Ham Paris raids. Observers note Paris shelled and Crews anticipate Haig’s strong counter.
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H. G. Wales
France
The
Marne
Verdun
Peronne
Ham
Paris
Kaiser
Unitedes
Field Marshal
Haig
Cambrai
Channel
JAIL FOR SHORT ARM MEN THREE CONDUCTORS SENTENCED
Three Connecticut company conductors were jailed by Judge Samuel E. Hoyt for embezzlement by agent after a crusade against knocking down fares. Henry Pride got three months on three counts, while Walter R. Locke and Charlies Palmer were each fined 30 days. Investigators from a New York agency helped secure the convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Connecticut Company
Samuel E. Hoyt
Henry Pride
Henry Street
Jacob P. Goodhart
Walter R. Locke
Whalley Avenue
Charlies Palmer
Chatham Street
John H. Sheehan
Sheridan T. Whitaker
Sheridan
New York
Connecticut
Boys' Working Reserve Enrollment Opens in Connecticut
Connecticut accepts applications for the United States Boys Working Reserve for farm labor until further notice. Arthur Howe of Windsor is the chief enrollment officer. The final tally will show how many boys pledged vacation time to support the war effort on farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
United States
Connecticut
Arthur Howe
Windsor
California Syrup of Figs Promises Quick Child Cure
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels of sick children. It claims rapid relief from colds coughs feverish states and poor sleep, promising a return to a playful child within hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Fig Syrup Company
Taft Calls German Drive A Serious War Warning
Former President Taft in New Haven says the western front German drive is a serious matter and urges Americans to unite behind the wheel to raise and equip an army to defeat Kaiser militarism. He cites British lines, English sacrifice, and the need to send American troops to France to rid Europe of oppression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
William H. Taft
America
Teutons
France
Europe
A New Cause For Lynching
The Houston Post condemns a triple lynching in Richland parish Louisiana where three men related to a black victim were killed by a mob while the murderer’s life was deemed insufficient punishment. It argues lynchings reflect a failure of civilization and predicts a future solution to the lynching problem despite local officials’ habit of declaring episodes closed after burials.
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Houston Post
Richland Parish
Louisiana
Belgium
France
Germany
United States
Texas
Unclaimed Letters at Middletown Post Office 1918
Uncalled letters for the week ending March 23 1918 at the Middletown Connecticut post office include W E Davis Vivian M Durgin Mrs Foster Miss Helen Hendry Thomas Howard Mrs B F Hubbard H H Hollister two others Louise T Ivey Thomas Laverty John Johnson B J Johnson William Johnson Thomas J Murphy Angelo Parello Alborghetti Pienna William Smith John Tarabini A B Taylor Mrs Mabel Youngs Messrs Wilson and Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Connecticut
W. E. Davis
Vivian M. Durgin
Foster
Helen Hendry
Thomas Howard
B. F. Hubbard
H. H. Hollister
Louise T. Ivey
Thomas Laverty
John Johnson
B. J. Johnson
William Johnson
Thomas J. Murphy
Angelo Parello
Alborghetti Pienna
William Smith
John
Public School Teachers Strike in Elizabeth West Virginia
The entire teaching staff of a public school in Elizabeth West Virginia walked out over disciplinary methods. The dispute began after teacher O K Woodyard was arrested and held for the grand jury for allegedly punishing a pupil Kenneth Adams who would not behave.
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Elizabeth
W. Va
O. K. Woodyard
Kenneth Adams
Fire in Nolan Block causes room destruction at 515 Main
A 9 am Sunday fire alarm reported flames from a third floor room at the Nolan block 515 Main Street. Jeremiah Waine and family were at church. fire confined to the starting room with its contents destroyed and walls burned, estimated at about 500 dollars. Engine No. 3 broke down en route. Chief Pitt obtained parts in Hartford and the machine was repaired by afternoon. A later 8 pm Saturday still alarm at J Cordon Baldwin home on William and tread streets found a heavily sooted chimney. firefighters cleaned it, resulting in less damage.
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Nolan Block
Main Street
Middletown
Jeremiah Waine
William and
Tread Street
J. Cordon Baldwin
Pot of Gold Myth Shocks Hillsville Workers
Report from Hillsville says a broadcast tale of $115000 in gold found on the Isaac Shaffer farm proved false. Excitement in Hillsville built around a credulous workman who believed the myth, only to learn there was no pot nor treasure.
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New Cstle
Isaac Shaffer
Hillsville
Hillsvile
Armless man hangs self in Fond du Lac home
Joseph Gundert sixty four a resident of Fond du Lac Wisconsin hanged himself using a trunk strap tied to a bedpost in his daughter’s house He had no arms at the time of the tragedy and managed to loop the strap over his neck and slip it through to end his life March 25 according to police records.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Joseph Gundert
Stirring Up the Liver with Hood’s Pills and Tonics
An old style health ad urges spring use of Hood’s Pills as a liver stimulant and cathartic. It promotes Hood’s Sarsaparilla for blood enrichment and Peptiron for iron building, claiming all three together boost health without depleting blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Pertinent Question on U S War Military Capacity
The Boston Post reports Dr Franz Mehrig asking in the Prussian Diet how Canada with under nine million people could send a quarter of a million soldiers to Europe while the United States with 110 million inhabitants faces denial of military capacity. The finance minister was unable to give an adequate reply, and the critic notes Baker-baiting papers may misjudge American achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Germany
Franz Mehrig
Canada
Lion
Europe
United States
Advertising plan sale prompts profit sacrifice
The advertisement outlines an offer where profits are sacrificed to promote meritorious products, claiming the buyer gains a benefit from this plan. It frames the sale as a strategic advertising approach emphasizing value over immediate profit.
Death from hot coffee claims two year old Leja child
In Marinette Wisconsin on March 25 a two year old boy Joseph Leja son of Mr and Mrs Albert Leja living near Peshtigo died after climbing a chair to reach a boiling coffee pot and swallowing hot liquid. He suffered greatly before death.
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Marinette
Wis
Joseph
Albert Leja
Peshtigo
Man Rescues Pinioned Riders With Can Opener
San Francisco on March 25 Mark Richards and two friends were in a car that overturned near Redwood City trapping the occupants in a ditch. Frank da Costa used a can opener to cut the top off the car and free them after about thirty minutes.
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San Francisco
Mark Richards
Redwood City
Frank da Costa
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Elavsring
Uxrpad
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Kikke’s Mixed Chocolates
Phites
Borax
Lic
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Garele
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