Two Billion First Bond Issue Planned Under War Revenue Law
Washington sources report a $2,000,000,000 first bond issue under Wilson’s war revenue law with four to six month installments likely. Proceeds to Britain France Russia and Italy would fund allied needs while most funds stay in the United States for food, munitions, and military expenses. Discussions include payments over four months and installment options with Secretary McAdoo and the British Cunliffe team.
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Washington
Wilson
Great Britain
France
Russia
Italy
Food Situation Shapes U S War Time Food Plans
Washington reports critical food conditions in Entente nations. President Wilson and cabinet focus on boosting U S food supply and shipping to Europe. Immediate aim is to prevent waste and systematize distribution and export to maximize current stocks.
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Washington
Entente
Wilson
United States
Europe
Denby Enlists in Marines at Recruiting HQ
Former Representative Edwin Denby of Detroit now a private in the Marine Corps at Washington's recruiting headquarters. He secured a commandant's special order to waive age and weight restrictions as he is 56, 254 pounds, and over six feet tall. Denby served as gunner's mate on the Yosemite in the Spanish American War and was in Congress from 1905 to 1911.
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New York
Edwin Denby
Detroit
Mich
Marine Corps
Coms
Washington
Denby
Yosemite
Congress
Texas Senate Calls For $1 Million Border Protection Bill
In Austin on April 26 the Texas senate adopted a resolution urging Governor Ferguson to submit legislation for an appropriation of not less than $1,000,000 for border protection.
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Oc Austin
Tex
Texas Senate
Ferguson
Wilson Proclaims Defense Zone Adds York River Area
The York river near Washington and Va reaches into the recently proclaimed defense area by President Wilson. The expansion forms part of the broader peacetime defense posture amid ongoing national security concerns.
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York River
Washington
al Ril
de Pea
Wilson
Inf Army Division and Its Equipment Figures Released
Washington April 25 The National Geographic Society issues a bulletin detailing an infantry division's organization for the U S army in World War I. It lists 28 235 officers and men at max strength 65 percent more than German divisions, and notes costs 9 million dollars after recent material price rises. It specifies brigades regiments units wagons trucks horses mules rifles pistols guns and machine guns and notes forthcoming government tables with strength and branches.
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D. C
National Geographic Society
United States Army
Europe
Germany
United States
Council of National Defense
U. S. Army
Army War College
Government Printing Office
Vast War Fund Spending Hypothetical Shatters Time
Washington reports a $7 billion war fund would take one person 13,318 years to exhaust at one dollar per minute. If the same money were spent by a seventh degree billionaire at a dollar a minute, he would go broke in the year 15,236.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Keystone of the Arch of Preparedness in Health
An essay on health and hygiene during wartime urges maintaining bodily harmony to prevent disease. It emphasizes digestion, heart function, and immunity, warns war stress can disrupt balance, and advocates purposeful work to sustain nervous strength and national morale.
Supreme Court Declares Trading Stamps Unconstitutional
Boston notes the supreme court ruled a proposed law banning trading stamps and coupon premiums unconstitutional. A bill to curb such practices has been filed in the legislature.
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Boston
Supreme Court
Senae
Maine War Bond Oversubscribed in Augusta
Maine’s first issue of war loan bonds oversubscribed by more than 1.1 million dollars. Half million dollar issue authorized by the legislature drew bids totaling 1,671,900 dollars in Augusta on April 25.
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Augusta
Maine
Fragmented Philadelphia school test lists famous figures
A Philadelphia general information test at Friend's Select School yields odd, garbled facts about Ben Lindsey, Jeannette Rankin, Herbert Hoover, William Cody, Admiral Dewey, Easter, Franklin, and other figures. The items mix misstatements with misattributed trivia across politics, science, and history.
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Philadelphia
Friend’s Select School
Scot
Ben Lindsey
Letters Testamentary in Estate of Elizabeth McNair
Admin notice in Warren County Pa announces Nettie McNair Parker as Executrix for Elizabeth McNair estate. Creditors must pay and claimants present debts to attorney Alexander Clark in Warren Pa by date noted April 26 1917.
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Elizabeth McNair
Warren
Warren County
Nettie McNair Parker
Executrix
Warren, Pa
Alexander Clark
Guardian L C Eddy seeks May 21 1917 account confirmation
Notice states the First Final and Distribution account of L C Eddy guardian of Mary Crosby will be presented to the Court of Common Pleas Warren County Pennsylvania for confirmation on May 21 1917 at ten oclock AM at a high time and place. The account will be allowed unless cause is shown to the contrary. April 16 1917.
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L. C. Eddy
Mary Crosby
Court of Common Pleas
Warren County
Pennsylvania
Warren Street Railway plans oil development at Irvindale Park
Oil notes report Warren Street Railway plans to develop Irvindale Park as an oil property and awarded a test well contract to Lesser Bros. No wells drilled in the park. The piece highlights Warren County property activity with 1200 acres 220 wells and 40 barrels daily, recently sold to Eastern Petroleum Co. for about 200000. It also mentions fears of world end predictions and a fossil tool find from Titusville.
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Irvindale Park
Lesser Bros
Warren County
Eastern Petroleum Company of
Philadelphia
J. A. Schofield & Co
Horsh
Watson Flats
Titusville
Bud Fisher
Russians Above 43 To Be Disbanded
Petrograd reports the government approves the war minister proposal to disband all soldiers aged over 43. The measure affects elderly service members and reflects wartime manpower adjustments.
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Petrograd
London
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