War news roundup reports battles across fronts and troop actions
Reports from the war front describe German reserves at the Somme rear, Italian troops storming Monte Corno with prisoners and weapons seized, and British forces advancing toward Tigris and Kirkuk in Mesopotamia. Other items note air battles, Russian-German tensions, civilian casualties, and strategic rail and port activity in Europe.
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Union Xewa Service
Somme
Stix
Monte Coro
France
Baker
Col Della Orso
Mesopotamia
Tigris
Kirkut
Mont Corno
War Office
New Mexico Pithy News Roundup Highlights Local Events
Recap of New Mexico items includes Ruby Cahun of Deming becoming notary public, a Deming robbery report, marriages in Melrose, convict labor stats, and memorials. Notices cover new appointments, health administration roles, war-era service, court actions, and forestry efforts across Albuquerque, Gallup, Farmington, Socorro, Las Cruces, Roswell, and Santa Fe with multiple named individuals and organizations.
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Ruby Cahun
Deming
Gerabeat
W. T. Burgess
Gallup
A.B. Renahan
State Supreme Court
Elbert W. Blancett
Farmington
Telegraph
Red River
rRoy
Mora County
Re MM Johnston
Albuquerque
Food Administration For
New Mexico
Ralph _C. Ely
Equity
Society of
Union County
Corp
Hugh
Burr
B” Company
144Th Machine Gun Battalion
Ocean Beach
Cal
James J. Burr
H. V. Eva
Cody
War Department
Duluth
Miog ‘County
Lansing Bloom
State Board of Historical Research
Andres Espinoza
Etiliano Lara
Francisco Dueno
Turner
Roswell
Chaves ‘County
Grand Jury
Socorro
Colfax
War Workers of New Mexico
Departments of Patriotic Endeavor
George Curran
Fort “Stanton
Carrizozo
Las Vegas
Charles Shore
Ateastel
Shope
C. Montoya
Rosetta’ M
Socorro County
Montoya
Anastacia Sereseres
Balthazar Sereseres
Gabriel _Seréseres
H. Db
Terrelly
Silver City
Alex W. Terrell, Jr
142Nd” Field Artilery
Beveral - Wocer
Terrell
Grover W. Harrison
Guadalupe Perea’ de Harrison
Herbert F. Raynolds
District Court
Harrison
George W. Harrison
Los Angeles
Hermann Krach
Forestry ‘Service
Robert Speer Dies. Denver’s Mayor in War Effort Focus
Robert Walter Speer, 63, mayor of Denver, died of pneumonia at his home on May 16. As he neared death he spoke of city war work and coordination with the national effort, leaving plans for continued city building to Wi Reno Mills, his successor in effect.
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O. Kohlsaat
Yéirs
United States Circuit
Court of Appeals
Chicago
Swift& Co
Union News Service
Denver
Robert Walter Bpeer
Humboldt Street
Immaculate Conception
St. John’s
Speer
Vv. I Chucovich
Fairmount
City Hall
Wi-F. Re Mills
Parks
Western Front Battles Report From May Front
British and Australian forces recaptured a lost position near Morlancourt after German penetration along a mile front. In Finland, four thousand Germans and Finnish White Guard were killed near Lahtis as White Guards seized Tammerfors. mass executions followed. Reports note heavy German artillery in Somme Ancre and attacks around Kemmel as Allied air and artillery gains pressured the line.
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France
von Hindenburg
Western Front
London
Daily Express
Cantigny
Montdidier
Morlancourt
Plice
Haig
Moscow
White Guard
Lahtis
Helsingfors
Tammerfors
Abo
Amsterdam
William
Lithuania
Germany
Somme
Mars
Picardy
Toul
Wyverbeek
Kemmel
Aslago
Ante Corno
James Gordon Bennett Dies in Beaulieu France
James Gordon Bennett proprietor of the New York Herald died May 14 in Beaulieu France after two days of unconsciousness. His wife Mrs. Bennett was with him. He inherited a vast newspaper fortune upon his father’s death, becoming the largest American publisher of his era.
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London
United States
Jerusalem
Port Said
Viscount’Brench
Ieutenant
Ireland
Germany
Austria
Bucharest
H. Gordon Selfridge
England
Josephine AF
Varez
Victorine Faucher
Nantes
France
Flanders
Selzader
Gétvelde
Terdonck
Poland
Brest Litovsk
Leon, Trotzky
Gazette of
Lausanne
All
Rom
Géneva
Ateyee
Vienna
Beaulieu
James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
Bennett
Million Tons of Ships Completed for U S Government
The Shipping Board reports 159 vessels totaling 1,108,621 tons completed by May 11 and put on the seas to aid in defeating Germany. Over half of the total tonnage has been delivered, with monthly totals rising.
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Washington
United States
Shipping Board
Germany
Shipping ‘Board
Bincé
Jan
New Draft Call For 51,600 Men Across States
Provost Marshal General Crowder orders 51,600 more men for general military service from 24 states and the District of Columbia. Movements to camps run May 20 to 24 and May 29 to June 2, with assignments including Fort Logan Colorado Fort Sam Houston Texas Jackson Barracks Louisiana and Vancouver Barracks Washington among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Colorado
Fort Logan
Kansas
Logan
Colo
New Mexico
Sam Houston
Texas
Oklahoma
Jackson Barracks
Louisiana
Oregon
Fort “‘McDowell
California
Fort Sam
Houston
Vancouver Barracks
Wyoming
New Army Bill Nears 12 Billion As Drafted
Washington outlines a proposed army bill totalling 11.771 billion dollars with a net increase of 4.748 billion from the initial winter estimate and 8.628 billion more than total 1917-18 appropriations. Some items are marked incorrect or misaligned with the proposed army expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Woman's nerves strong with Pinkham remedy testimonial
Winona Minnesota woman report relief from over a year of nervousness after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She slept well and could work again praising the treatment as a standard remedy for disorders tied to female health. The ad touts the product for years helping with displacements inflammation irregularities and nervous prostration.
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Winona
Minn
Reddit
Pound
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mia
Albert Sultzr
Olmstead St
Three Kinds of Gentlemen in Ireland
An old discussion notes Ireland historically classed gentlemen into three types. The buckskin breeches class, Cromwellian descendants who rode well. the second class, old families dispossessed by the crown who labored in trades or professions. and the backbone class, the original stock living on ancestral estates. The piece ends with a wry remark that wise men expect long life but fear tomorrow, and that money speaks as a guaranty.
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Ireland
Himerald Isle
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