The Thrashington Post Ad Box and Delivery Notice
The fragment shows a newspaper delivery and mail payment notice with terms for daily Sunday issues, postage prepaid, and remittance instructions payable to The Washington Post Co. Edward B. McLean is listed as president. Foreign advertising reps are named in New York Chicago Boston Detroit addresses.
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THE
Washington Post CO
Washington, D.C
Edward B. McLean
Washington, DC
Paul Block
Fifth Avenue
New York
Ballers Building
Chicago
St Devonshire Street
Boston
Kresge Budding
Detroit
Notice to Subscribers for The Post Delivery
Washingtonians may change address to keep The Washington Post fully informed about affairs at the Capital. Provide old and new addresses and how long to mail. Subscriptions are payable in advance to The Washington Post Company. Renewal before expiration avoids missing issues.
British Drive Advances on Western Front at Messines
Friday June 1917 reports Gen Haig’s renewed British offensives in widely separated sectors. Massive mines under German lines at Messines devastate positions, enabling rapid British infantry gains as German defenses crumble. Simultaneously the first American army transport reaches France with preparations for Pershing’s arrival underway, signaling active Allied support.
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Emperor William
Haig
Messines
Bel-gium
France
Pershing
Armed Merchant Ships Prove Effective Against Submarines
The article argues arming merchant ships reduces submarine success and discourages attacks. It cites the Silvershell incident where an armed American steamer sinks a submarine, noting gunners perform well and that wooden ships can be built cheaply and quickly.
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Silvershell
Northcliffe Chosen to Lead Mission in America
Northcliffe stands as the strongest choice to head the mission in America. He understands war, past errors, and how to avoid them. He helped appoint Lloyd George minister of munitions and spurred munitions mobilization and industrial effort to support the army.
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British Empire
Lord Northcliffe
America
Northcliffe
Lloyd Georges
Kitchener
Northcaffe
Training Officers Taught Here in War Time Context
The text discusses training and officering an officer and mentions England and war time practices. It notes the necessity of teaching various skills and the involvement of the community to provide confidence and support. The fragmentary passage references names and activities but remains unclear.
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Sage Tesson
Moera
Bam Reliuctania
England
Tay Og Ata Morlat
Little Things in War Economy Advice from Peabody and Hoover
Two sets of guidance on wartime thrift and spending meet at once, urging normal coal purchases and economy while promoting increased perishable food use. Peabody calls for steady coal buying and regulated transport, Hoover for eating perishable produce to save nonperishables. A penny-a-day plan could fund the war effort in twenty years, with housewives in the vanguard.
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America
Francis S Peabody
Council of National Defense
Herbert C. Hoover
Europe
North America
Hoover
France
The Purchase of Supplies
Discussion on forming a central purchasing commission to coordinate allied supply purchases. Proposes a separate department of munitions in the United States with cabinet rank to reduce delays and bickering under the existing committee system. Emphasizes need for fair profits to stimulate production and fund taxation, and notes Russia and coal discoveries impacting real estate interests.
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Central Purchasing Commission
Congress
United States
Lords Lichfield Brothers and Allied Interiors of Texas and New York
A long feature outlines the Anson Lichfield family, their British lineage from Shugborough Hall, and notable members including William Anson and Louise Van Wagenen. It traces admirals, earls, and the family’s Texas ranch ties, plus a tangent on Gibraltar’s history and Spanish loyalty to Britain.
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Lount Lichfield
Francia Ansen
George Cleveland
Alfred Ann Ty Reng
France
Einraim
Eaxacre
Mian
Margaret Angum
Prospective June Bride in Philadelphia Talk
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt shows a dialogue where a prospective bride jokes about income and marriage. The bride asserts a $4,000 yearly salary but notes she plans to make assumed efforts after marriage, highlighting lighthearted expectations about domestic life and finances.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Justice Noah H Swayne Died 1884 In New York City
Noah Haynes Swayne Lincoln's first Supreme Court appointee died in New York City in June 1884 at age 77. A Virginia native of Quaker descent, he moved to Ohio for law, opposed slavery, served as U S district attorney for Ohio, joined the Republican party, and sat on the Supreme Court for nearly two decades. His son Wager Swayne became a Union general and later Alabama education advocate.
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Lord Lichfield
Louisa Phillips
Slebech Hall
County Pembroke
London
Almack
Duke of Wellington
Lord
Lichfield
Cer
Hig Line
Staffordshire
Earl of Leicester
Viscount Anson
Rifle Brigade
House of Keppel
Lord Albemarle
Noah Haynes Swayne
Congress
Justice Swayne
Virginia
Joshua Swayne
Philadelphia
Francis Swayne
America
William Fenn
Noah Swayne
Ohio
Andrew Jackson
United States
Jackson
van Buren
Sarah Ann Wager
Swayne
Fremont
Lincoln
Republican Party
Supreme Bench of
Wager Swayne
Forty-third
Ohio Volunteers
New York
Great Railway and Telegraph
Time, Memory, and Odd Exam Snippets Rise in Book Notes
In Book News Monthly Margaret Root Garvin reflects on Time as tutor and lover, while a Florida Times-Union item critiques exam blunders from an English school. The fragments joke about misread questions and misstatements in history, science, and language with a satirical tone.
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Margaret Root Garvin
Book News Monthly
Thirst for Knowledge from the Lamb Rector Excerpt
A Sunday school scene features the rector inviting questions from children after an exposition. A young listener asks about a supposed issue under a nightgown, prompting a cautious, humorous exchange.
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Lamb
Jesson
Immune. From the New York &mn. The living Dutchman
The fragment notes a living Dutchman and a neutral sailing entity in the era, hinting at maritime or political context but lacking clear events or dates.
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New York &Mn
Proceedings of Congress and Committees in Brief
The Senate recessed at noon as the Finance Committee pressed a war tax bill with new stamps and checks, likely finishing in committee and moving to the Senate midweek. A conference report on the war budget was rejected 184 to 114 over an old Jamestown site provision. sundry civil appropriation was approved. a rifles and equipment bill for guards was passed. espionage bill amended. Burroughs sworn in as NH representative. North Island in San Diego proposed for aviation sites. War and Navy budget figures cited. calls for lieutenant general rank and a munition department bill were noted.
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Senate
Slam Gon Fhairman Simmons
Swanton
Tie Way Teforin
Citigene
Ruel
Sherman £. Burroughs
Manchester
N. H
New Hampshire
Cyrus Sulloway
Dent
North Island
Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
Baker
Military Affairs Committee
Representative McFadden
Pennsylvania
Department of Munitions
Army Orders and Officers Detailed for Promotion Examinations
Army orders list officers from Coast Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, Field Artillery and Signal Corps slated for examination for promotion at Washington and other posts. It notes detachments, reassignment, leave, and duties including remount station inspection, stationing in Wilmington and Newport News, and duties at Fort McPherson and San Francisco. It also covers retirements and reassignments within the Engineer and Quartermaster branches.
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Hanson F
Dela
Signal Corps
Francis H Miles
Coast Artillery Corps
Wilmington
Tel
Albert N McClure
Cavalry
Walter Reed General Hospital
Kansan
Ira A Haynes
Washington
William M Cruikshank
Field Artillery
Adjutant
George C. Barnhardt
Quartermaster Corps
Edward T Donnelly
Adjutant General
John E. Woodward
Infantry
George H. Jamerson
Beverley F. Browne
Newport News
Irs A. Haynes
Aubrey Lippincott
Harry N. Cootes
General Staff Corps
John 8. Fair
Alfred Hasbrouck
Harry A. Hegeman
George H
Lewis J. Greens
Hornaby Evans
Second Infantry
Edward Burr
Corps of Engineers
San Francisco
Pearl M Shaffer
Sixth Infantry
Robert J. Weeks
Charlem A. Hunt
Mortimer Sanderson
Dental Corps
Southern Department
Francis H. Schoeffel
U. S A
Romance in Pottstown Youths Plan Elopement Runaway Pair Held in Chicago
Gerald Burdan aged 15 and Dorothea Field aged 16 from Pottstown Pa were arrested in Chicago after traveling together to wed when they are older. The couple registered at the New Marlton Hotel as siblings and said they planned to travel to Kansas City then California to work and marry. Dorothea claims her father is Hill School superintendent G H Field and Gerald’s father is ice cream salesman George Burdan. Dorothea says she hopes for release soon and complains of meals in custody.
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Lad
Lassie
Carcage
Pittabureh Gazette-Times
Denisens
Chicago
Clark Street
Gerald Burdan
Pottstown
Innocenca
Dorothea Field
Beat Pottstown
Marlon Hotel
Brother
Slater
Dorothea
Kansas City
California
Gerald
G. H. Field
Hill School
George Burdan
Extermination of Whales Warns of Scarcity in Seas and Lands
The Vancouver Sun argues that unless international protections and enforceable laws curb whaling, these valuable mammals will become scarce. It notes major British Columbia whaling firms depend on the trade and fear a broad conservation movement with US-Canada cooperation to save the whale populations.
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Vancouver Sun
A&a
British Columbia
United States
Canada
United States Treasury financials show year deficit and fund balances
Summary of Treasury near June 6 figures notes net general fund balance of 198,671,862.03 in national banks and total cash assets at 815,804,884.14. It records a yearly deficit of 82,032,044 with prior year deficit 40,847,924 excluding Panama Canal transactions and lists revenue receipts for the day and fiscal year to date along with assorted asset tallies including silver dollars and gold bullion.
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United States Treasury
United States
Federal Reserve
National Bank
General Fund
Treasury
Philppines
Fund Co
Fragmentary OCR Street Scene Caption Analysis
The readable fragments describe a presiding figure and a dramatic scene with explosive power and a corridor of time. Names and concrete details are missing or garbled, yielding only vague references to a "Most Cukindest Cut" and a "New York tailest purid."
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New York
Views of Capital Visitors on Interesting Current Events
A newspaper recounts conversations with Civil War figures and veterans. Col McCarty, descendant of George Mason, recalls meeting Gen. Lee during retreat, Lee mourning the Confederacy’s setback and claiming the backbone was broken. McCarty praises captured thoroughbred horses, noting their bravery and wartime value.
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Calomel
McCarty
Canada
Lee
Col Metarts
Philadelphia
Kentucky
Col McCarty
George Mason
Gunston Hall
Jack McCarty
Bladensburg
Manon
Gray Eagle
Decrease in Western Tourists Due to War
William E Estill of Walthill Nebraska stated at the Willard that Western tourism fell from 1915 levels. He cited the war’s shift in foreign travel and many travelers enlisting or serving abroad, noting Yellowstone visits dropped from about 60 000 in 1915 to around 25 000 last year and tour costs rose from 25 to 43 dollars.
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West
California
William E Estill
Walthill
Nebr
Willard
United States
America
Yellowstons Park
California Expositions
Yellowstone
Park
Yards for Wooden Ships At Great Lakes
At the Willard F W Allan of Buffalo cites few wooden shipyards in the Great Lakes yet many firms ready to build four to ten vehicle ships for transatlantic service. The Shipping Board weighs using lake yard capacity to boost Atlantic and Pacific coast output, with contracts possible soon. Lake yards can pass Welland Canal and rapids, increasing tonnage and expediting coast-yard production.
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Great Lakes
Shipping Board
F. W Allan
Buffalo
Willard
Duluth
Atlantic
Pacific
Welland Canal
The
Lawrence
Lake Country
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