Enlistments Urged by Big Employers in Alabama
Montgomery reports Richard M. Hobbie of H M Hobbie Grocery Company urged employees to enlist with militia while keeping full salary and positions. C Singletary joined the machine gun company. Birmingham notes Crane Company manager W H Kettig announced full pay for six months to militia members on army duty, with job restoration on return.
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Montgomery
Ala
Richard M. Hobbie
H. M. Hobbie Grocery Company
C. Singletary
Birmingham
W. H. Kettig
Cardus credited with curing a Henryetta woman
Mrs Anna Hileman of Henryetta Oklahoma claims eight years of headaches backaches and other womanly troubles ended after using Cardus She says she was bedbound for three months before trying Cardus and notes weight gain from 100 to 146 pounds She praises its benefits and urges others to buy Cardui at any druggist to aid fatigue nervousness and daily work duties
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Henryetta
Okla
Anna Hileman
Colorado
Dakota
Missouri
Kansas
Cardus
Dutch Army Plan for 1 300 000 Man National Defense
The Hague June 20 The Volksweerbaarhe id National Defense Association proposes a 1 300 000 strong army including field and local troops with universal service for men and women. The plan envisions a 800 000 trained force plus over 500 000 in reserve, funded by a state subsidy and supported by expanded training, education, and Red Cross efforts.
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Hague
Netherlands
Holland
Volksweerbaarheid
National Defense Association
Frontier
Coast Guards
Felows
Associated Press
Association
Red Cross
General Joffre Aged Not by War Consideration
Paris dispatch notes twenty two months of leadership by General Joffre in World War I. He averages 17 hours daily, has traveled over 70000 miles by car, and shows no fatigue. He reviews reports, marks maps with crayons, and signs all orders after personal reading. He leaves headquarters each morning around 9 thirty for front line duties, guided by a pre approved itinerary.
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Paris
Joffre
The
Marne
Joffreon
France
Local Volunteer Group Builds Military Support Network
Since its birth in 1899 the organization has provided rifle practice facilities and training in other military arts. It has advanced gymnastic and athletic clubs, trained women for Red Cross work, and founded summer training camps as nearly 10 000 Jandstrum troops reinforce the mobilized army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jandstrum
Red Cross
Mail wagon bids set for Washington receipt deadline
A communication from the postoffice department informs Postmaster J Blocker Thornton that bids for screen mail wagon service in this city must be received at Washington by 4 30 p m on July 11. Results will be reported by July 21 and the contract starts September 1.
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Postoffice Department
J. Blocker Thornton
Washington
Austrian Women Union organizes protests on marriage ban
Vienna June 20 The Austrian Women’s Union plans demonstrations to challenge legal prohibitions hindering marriage. A manifesto states the state blocks marriages for whole groups, especially women, despite general population growth desire.
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Viena
Austria
Austrian Women’s Union
Russians Ready for War in West
Camp de Mailly in France hosts Russian troops awaiting orders to join French comrades at the front. Soldiers mingle with locals, exuding gaiety and discipline, while many are keen to march against the Germans. New contingents arrived May 8, raising questions about their true strength and purpose with the Entente.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Atkins
Lotchwasky
Associated Press
France
Canaries Reported as Yellow Haired Wartime Workers
London reports that female munition workers in England nicknamed Canaries gain yellow skin and hair from fumes in shell factories. They remain patriotic and disfigure themselves for workers behind the guns, while earning higher pay than less exposed colleagues.
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London
Canaries
England
Health decline in Japan’s youth linked to street cars and schooling
Colonel K Okudaira, commander in Tokyo, cites conscription exam results showing deteriorating fitness among young men. He attributes the decline to too much schooling and reliance on street cars, with urban youths in Tokyo most affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Japan
K. Okudaira
Don’t Let a Cold Get a Good Start
An early attack on colds can prevent complications and build body resistance. Eckmann's Alterative is promoted as a long used first aid remedy without narcotics or habit forming drugs, supported by R. L. Braswell and leading Laboratory Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckmann
R. L. Braswell
Leading Laboratory
Philadelphia
Bowel Remedies Shared In Indian Missionary Lecture
A Des Moines church lecture featured an Indian missionary who recounted traveling inland in India and falling ill. He credited Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his life, saying it works as a preventive and cure for cholera and milder bowel complaints. Obtainable everywhere.
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India
Des Moines
Iowa
Chamberlain
State Governor Threatens Fight With U S
San Diego Cal June 20 An ultimatum amounting to a declaration of war against the United States was served Sunday on Commander A G Kavanagh of the gun boat Annapolis by General Flores Carranza governor of Sinaloa The radiogram from Mazatlan received here indicates Flores has taken a hostile stand against Americans and refused to permit Americans to leave.
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San Diego
Cal
United States
A. G. Kavanagh
Annapolis
General Flores
Carranza
Sinaloa
Mazatlan
Winslow
Flores
Mazallon
Ensign Kessing
Mowat
Kavanagh
I. M. Laughter
Gulfport Company to Be Mustered in Gulfport
Major J M Hairston says Company M Mississippi National Guard will be mustered in at Gulfport Tuesday night for service readiness. Reports say a clash Sunday near Mazatlan between Annapolis sailors and Mexican forces left several Mexicans dead or wounded and an American wounded aboard a war vessel.
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Gulfport
Miss
J. M. Hairston
Mississippi National Guard
Pershing Pursues Mexican Bandits South of Namiquipa
Cavalry detachments under General Pershing push south and west of the Namiquipa base to pursue marauders. Reports say he received word of bandit activity and warned that any movement beyond the border would be a hostile act. No chase orders were issued until further advices from General Funston, while Trevino’s arrival is cited as an excuse for detachment movements.
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Columbus
N. M
Eral Pershing
Namiquipa
Pershing
Frederick Funston
Trevino
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