Big German Drive Makes No Headway In Ypres Somme Fight
Amid a terrific double German offensive in the Somme and Armentieres sectors, four to six German divisions have reportedly hurled at the British near Ypres and Picardy. Allied forces, including Pershing’s Americans wounded behind French lines, defend Hangard En Santerre and the Meteren Bailleul Wytschaete line as German gains remain small and unconfirmed at Mont Kemmel.
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Ypres Salient
Somme
Armentieres
Villers-Bretonneux
Hangard-En-Santerre
Amiens
Albert
Castel
Picardy
Berlin
Mont Kemmel
Wulverghem
Wounded American soldiers arriving at hospitals
Paris describes American troops wounded in the great battle arriving at rear hospitals. At Hospital No. 25 some 128 American wounded and sick from units fighting with French and British near Picardy are treated before transfer to rear facilities. Smith College students staff a canteen for soldiers. Red Cross workers are praised for service.
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Paris
Clark
Justice, Brogan and Scott
M. L. Ralthis
E. W. Lowrey
American Red Cross
Young Men Turning 21 Must Register for Service
Washington house approves senate resolution requiring registration of men reaching 21 since June 5. Measure goes to conference. An Iowa representative amendment, 119 to 81, orders registrants to be placed at the bottom of their class.
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Washington
House
Senate
Representative Hall
Iowa
Trial of Dr Johnson Deferred Till May 15
Richmond Va motion for postponement until May 16 of the trial of Dr Lemuel J Johnson 23 charged with the murder on December 16 last of his bride Mrs Alice Knight John 500 was granted when the case was called for trial The motion was based on the plea that R D Johnson of Middlesex NC father of the defendant could not testify at this time because of illness
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Richmond
Lemuel J. Johnson
Alice Knight John
R. D. Johnson
Middlesex
N. C
Rest Rooms for Needs of Women and Community Support
Rest rooms for country women have spread to over 200 U S counties and are run by woman’s rural groups in cooperation with local clubs civic leagues chambers of commerce and merchants. A Oklahoma effort shows how a vacant courthouse room became a rest room with furnishings donated by clubs and merchants. Financing can come from organizations public funds or private gifts with the aim of sustaining a useful, simple, durable space in town halls or courthouses.
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United States
Chambers
Commerce
Oklahoma
Tron
Specialists Help To Establish Rest Rooms
Representatives of the United States department of agriculture offer assistance to organizations of women seeking to establish rest rooms. Bureau of markets specialists favor providing such quarters for women in marketing centers and cite their guide Best Rooms for Women in Marketing Centers. County agents may aid in the enterprise.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Markets
How Colorado Women Financed a Rest Room
Private solicitation and a county appropriation enabled a restroom for country women at Grand Junction Colorado. One hundred fifty dollars from county funds and a like amount from town funds paid rent and heat. Furnishings were funded by rural women’s clubs and town merchants. A matron earned $25 a month, paid by 5 cent pledge cards. In two years activities grew. monthly costs rose to $160, covered by restaurant profits and subletting space for a women’s exchange.
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Grand Junction
Colorado
Colonel C and hotel proprietor meet on stairs joke
A traveling salesman staying at a hotel mistakes the landlord for Colonel C- on the stairs. The gag escalates when the salesman accuses the landlord of shabby treatment and apologizes after realizing the colonel is a different person. He later greets the landlord again, unaware he has just met him.
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Colonel C
Voyage and Sleep Beneath the Sea
Marian Isabel Storm writes in the New York Sun of a tranquil sea burial scene. Pearls and sea imagery adorn the resting figure as ships depart, the ocean grand and silent beyond broken chords of memory.
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Marian Isabel Storm
New York
Unselfish Johnny in a quiet conflict on a motor boat
A mother and child quarrel over noise as a headache worsens. Johnny defends his fun while the mother clings to silence. The cartoonish patriotic twist has him offering a motor boat to the United States government, only to propose giving it to the Germans after a recollection of last summer's exhausting row.
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Johnny
Johnnie
United States
Postcard Proposal Triggers Postmistress Confusion
In a curious note, Jane accepts a marriage proposal via a postcard but the postmistress responds by letter, leaving Jane and Hetty unsure if the proposal was accepted, highlighting comic social tension.
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Jane
Hetty
Maisie Compares Skirts to Leaves in Family Banter
In a playful exchange Maisie asks about Eve, noting Eve wore leaves while she wears leavings. Mother responds with a puzzled line, highlighting a humorous family moment.
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Maisie
Eve
Woman and husband clash over amendment vote in booth
In a column of a voting booth a woman asks Arthur how he will vote on amendment three. He says no. She retorts she has changed her mind and he must vote yes. The exchange captures the tense dynamics of suffrage era voting.
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Arthur
Time to Rise
A brief domestic exchange shows a mother asking why the alarm clock sits beside a dough pan. Mary answers it is there so the dough has time to rise, revealing a simple kitchen moment.
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Mary
What does your garage cost you
A brief quip on savings contrasts a garage with a repair shop. The speaker notes saving money by not storing a car at home and humorously claims the car belongs in a repair shop instead.
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