Rising unrest over Austro Hungarian mobilization sparks Croat fears
Reports from Geneva via Paris describe a mobilization of reserve forces triggering violence among Southern Slavs. Alogr am students reportedly attacked. two Hungarian officers and a child were killed. Zagreb, the Croat capital, notes Croats seek an autonomous but united South Slav state amid long standing tensions with Hungary.
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Geneva
Sweitzerland
Paris
Zagreb
Croatia
Austro-Hungary
Rifle clubs swell to 438. NRA builds citizen reserve
Washington June reports the National Rifle Association expanding rifle clubs nationwide, training civilians and ex soldiers to an eight percent readiness level. Since free rifle programs, 438 clubs exist, with 16,623 members, led by western ranges and Sunday training. major firms back ranges and ranges requests. New York and Pennsylvania top clubs by numbers, while Maryland and Delaware lack clubs.
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Washington
Congress
National Rifle Association of America
NationalRifle “Association
Secetary of War
National
Nifle Association
Switerland
Ride Club
Wilson
National Rifle Association
Maine
California
West
United Shoe Machinery Company
Springfield Telephone Company
Goodyear Rubber Company
Packard Automobile Company
Willys Overland Automobile Company
General Electric Company
Senate
House 25
General Staff
Army
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Shoe News: Men and Women Footwear Prices
A catalog of shoe items lists men's white buck oxfords and palm beach oxfords with prices from 4.00 to 6.50, plus men's and women's versions in white yachting styles and pumps. It notes rubber soles and patent vamps, with growing girls and colonial heel options, and several price placeholders.
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Palm Beach
Eeeererstaee
Insanity Rise Tied to Federal Drug Act Prohibitions
Huntington state asylum superintendent L V Guthrie reports a surge of insanity among patients linked to the prohibition of drug sales under the new federal drug act. He says patients respond to treatment and that special charges of six dollars per week cover diet and care. A conference of state insane asylum leaders and the state board of control in Charleston is planned to address the issue and its unprecedented narcotics impact.
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Huntington
Huntington State
L. V. Guthrie
Guthrie
Charleston
State Board of Control
Child Welfare Day Aids Mothers In New York State
Albany June 12 the state health department launches Child Welfare Day on June 20 to enlist statewide cooperation in educating mothers on child welfare. The division of child hygiene notes a drought reduced infant deaths from 137 to 12 per 1000 births last year, preventing about 5400 infant deaths.
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Albany
N. Y
State Department of Health
Department
Child, Hygiene
Bishop Sees God's Hand in the War at Wilmington Academy
Bishop Joseph F. Berry of Philadelphia preaches to thirty three graduates of the Wilmington Conference Academy in ideals in life taking Christian pattern and duty as the war continues in Dover Delaware June 22.
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Dover. del
Joseph F. Berry
Philadelphia
Wilmington Conference Academy
Christias Patter
No More Flirting For John No More Flirting For John
OKMULGEE Okla June 12 A lurid encounter unfolds as John Devenport a traveling saleman pursues a woman, stalks her address and returns to a house where a heavy voiced man confronts him. The incident ends with John declaring the flirtation over.
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Okmulgee
Okla
John Devenport
Salemarx
Knight of the Grip
John
Half Cent Coins Sought by Women Club Leaders
In Cleveland on June 12, Mrs Annie L Motts leader of the Women s club committee on household economics backs a statewide push that could become national to restore half cent pieces. She argues small purchases like 25 cent butter lose value due to half cent rounding and extra charges that accumulate annually.
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Cleveland
Annie L. Motts
Women’s Club
High bar price cited in Rushville divorce testimony
In Rushville on June 12, testimony in a divorce case quoted I s k ow him paying as much as fifteen dollars for a single drink. The witness said he typically bought three or four quarts at a time, but his wife claimed control of his supply once he returned home. He noted most drinks cost five dollars.
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Rushville, Inc
Ebbing
Charcy
Woman, 70, Ready for Her Fourteenth Husband
Evansville dispatch reports Mrs Polly Anne Weed Strodes aged 70, after thirteen marriages, announcing plans to divorce Harrison Strodes and wed a fourteenth husband. The feature notes her long marriage history and stated intent.
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Evansville
Ind
Polly Anne Weed Strodes
Harrison Stroes
Two Strange Three-Legged Chickens Reported Nearby
Reports from local farmers describe a tree legged chicken on John Acker's farm and a second three legged bird near Kessler and another farm resident. The odd poultry sightings have attracted curiosity in the area around this locality.
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SavaMati
John Acker
Kessler
Lother
Women Only: Harvard Expert Says Women Fit for Duty
Boston June 12 Dr Dudley A Sargent of Harvard argues that sex is no handicap to military training and cites women performing feats of endurance as evidence. He notes daily examples from college to postcollege life, citing shipwrecks like Lusitania and Empress of Ireland rescues to illustrate women’s physical and mental potential. He stresses trained women can endure hardships and that motherhood does not limit capability.
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Boston
Dudley A Sargent
Harvard University
Dr. Sargent
Lusitania
Russia
Notable centenarians in Lewistown crowd the town clock
Ol Boys Lewistown Pa lists residents aged well into their nineties and beyond. John Gantz works at 90, Obdiah Imberger is hearty at 90, Rev Andrew Spanogle drives at 92, Thomas Kennedy bricks at 80, William Hoffman mows at 79, and Solly is also mentioned among the long-lived locals.
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Lewistown
John Gantz
Obdiah [Mberger
Andrew Spanogle
Su Auto
Thomas Kennedy
Wiliam X. Hoffman
War Victims Into High Glycerine Supply Proposal
In Chicago on June 12 Albert Oppenheim of Marietta, a member of the Western Nitroglycerine Manufacturers Association, discussed boosting glycerine production for high hazardous materials. He suggested using bodies of horses and fatally wounded men from European battlefields to obtain sinews, warning that war is exhausting the U.S. glycerine supply within about ninety days.
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Chicago
Albert Oppenheim
Marietta
Western Nitroglycerine Manufacturers Association
United States
Farm Home Dynamited Near New Washington
In Clearfield county the farm home of Hoar Gorman near New Washington was dynamited. Gorman his wife two daughters and two sons escaped death after being driven from the second floor to the ground floor twenty feet below with minor bruises. He says no threats but notes recent trouble with a neighbor.
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D. Pa
Hoar Gorman
New Washington
Clearfield County
Gorman
Labor shortage fears hit U S iron and steel mills
J G Butler Jr, a prominent Pittsburg steel maker and Besemer Pig Iron Association president, warns that labor shortages loom as the European war drains foreign labor. He notes Italy's entry worsens the issue and suggests thousands of American women may work in mills and furnaces when the war ends.
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Pittsburg
J.G. Butler, Jr
Besemer Pig Iron Association
Iron and Steel
Italy
Ite
iLate for Wedding Man Sues City for Damages
MINNEAPOLIS June 12. Owing to city vagaries a man from Devil's Lake North Dakota missed his train weeks ago and his bride refused to marry him. He seeks 25000 dollars damages claiming the timepiece caused the lapse.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Balles! EK
Argterson
Devil's Lake, ND
Anderson
Hood Wins Home Back in Divorce Settlement
In Plainfield New Jersey on June 12 Frances Sparks Hood formerly of this city won a divorce from Richard H Hoot after a three year legal fight and sold their $100 000 home back to him to avoid future litigation by his relatives The settlement included a lump sum of 66000 in lieu of alimony and Hood secured the home briefly before reselling to the former husband.
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Plainfield
Frances Sparks Hood
Richard H. Hoot
Sscam
Missford
Luri&p
Automobiles in Atchison County A Peek at Ownership
In Atchison County figures from the assessors reveal two thirds of the county's automobiles are registered locally. This snapshot highlights car ownership patterns and the distribution of motor vehicles in the region.
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Atchison, Ean
Atchison County
Forgery Confession Tied to Furnishings Purchase
Easton Pa June 1 Confession ties George Mt Wells Jr son of a prominent real estate broker to forging a note to raise funds for furnishing Bisner home. Wells Jr was sentenced to service in the case linked to the purchase of four chicks for battleground items.
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Easton
Bisner
George Mt Wells, Jr
Biome is Broken Up By Sister
La Crosse Wis June 12 Lee Shoemaker and his wife Maude settled with two children when Maude's sister Gladys from Kirksville Mo arrived for an extended visit Mrs Shoemaker filed for divorce and alimony naming Gladys as Article notes that after arrival the husband turned over pay envelopes and became unruly smashing furniture and dishes prompting legal action
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la Crosse
Wis
Lee Shoemaker
Maude
Gladys
Kirksville
Shoemaker
Grief Follows Trio of Deaths in Phillipsburg Family
In Phillipsburg New Jersey on June 12 the Growney family mourns after Philip Growney aged 72 dies on the eve of a double funeral at the Growney residence. The deaths of his sisters Catherine and Rose touched him deeply with Rose dying from grief over Catherine's passing. Philip remarked he would soon follow and then weakened and died.
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Phillipsburg
Growney
Philip Growney
Catherine
Rose
Tennessee Boy Reported as Leprosy Victim in Dickson County
The state board of health reports Tennessee’s first leprosy case found in Dickson County. Curley Nickel, seventeen, is named as the patient and was sent to the Louisiana leper colony for treatment.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
Dickson County
State Board of Health
Nashville
Curley
Louisiana
Hatfield says Devil Anse not critically ill at home
W J Hatfield of Welch says Devil Anse Hatfield is not critically ill at his home near Island Creek. He explains that the day before the report he saw his cousin in Charleston, contradicting claims of critical illness.
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Anse” Hatfield
Island Creek
W. J. Hatfield
Welch
Hatfield
Charleston
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