Misleading Report On Washington Power Hearing
The Indiana Power and Water Company official R. J. Andrus contested a Washington Herald account describing a city bid to take current and abandon the municipal light plant. He said no such city proposition exists and accused the paper of political manipulation during the county commissioners hearing on the franchise petition.
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Rhode Island
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Virginia
Coeburn
Mazlins
War trophies on display at Eskinds Allen Company
War trophies sent by the Royal Trophies of Chicago are shown at the Eskinds Allen Company. The display features items collected from battlefields.
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War Relics From World War I On Display At Red Cross
France Belgium and the Royal Taylors loaned items to Eskridge- Allen Co for display. A Hungaran officer sword with 1822 inscription, a German trench coat with mask attachment, a Bavarian private’s shoes, a French 75 shell fragment, a Belgian officer’s coat with gold braid, Alpine hats, a French trooper’s cap with battalion number, and other artifacts illustrate the war’s horrors. All shown in the Red Cross window.
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France
Belgium
Royal Taylors
Eskridge- Allen Company
Red Cross
Ypres
Italy
Corn Root Worm Threat and Crop Rotation Advice
The corn root worm causes massive losses in the corn belt with an estimated 200 million bushels yearly. The remedy is crop rotation and avoiding more than two consecutive corn crops on the same ground. If root worm was bad last year, switch to barley and prepare land thoroughly when replanting.
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Corn
Dry Farming Advocated Across Humid Regions
Article urges humid territory to adopt dry farming methods amid plentiful rain years, arguing moisture conservation is vital. Promotes forming clubs and institutes to train farmers, noting the corn belt can secure enough moisture with proper conservation practices.
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National Crop Improvement Service
Western Plaine
Kansas
Nebraska
Corm
Millions Enroll as Young Men Respond to War Call
Washington reports nearly ten million American men of military age registered across 125000 polling places for the draft. Cabinet members praised broad compliance with the conscription law and noted only minor incidents, with officials citing robust participation and few arrests to date.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
United States
Crowder
War Department
Department of Justice
America
Tractor power urged to plow unworked farmland countywide
Power enough to till all acreage is scarce farmers without horses or power cannot plant fully. Every tractor should work full time until every acre is plowed, with barley corn and potatoes valued highly. Tractor owners urged to offer service to those unable to prepare soil otherwise.
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T National Cre Improvement Service
Berlin Denies Seizing Island for Submarine Base
Berlin rejects a London sourced report that German naval forces occupied Margarita Island off Venezuela to establish a submarine base. The Venezuelan minister called the story false, while a Washington dispatch cited a source claiming Germany sought control for such a base.
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Venezuela
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Germany
Margarits Island
New Move Tw Food Profiteers Jolts Market and Grand Jury
Chicago June 6. The Chicago board of trade fixed a maximum price of 1 85 a bushel for all corn futures after a special meeting. July corn at 1 50, September 1 37, December 97 1 2 cents. 195000 bushels of corn in elevators, vs 7694000 last year. A grand jury is sworn in today amid renewed probes into butter egg trading. Bonded indictments of 16 individuals and firms. Potatoes rise 16 cents to 3 40 wholesale. old potatoes up. eggs down 4 cents a dozen.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Russia Divided by German Peace Plan at Essen Meeting
At an Essen gathering of the Rheinish Westphalian branch of the Pan German movement, a program for dismembering Russia was urged. The plan proposes seizing Finland, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Courland, with German colonization and war indemnities in raw materials, challenging international treaties and disarmament pacts.
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Essen
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Ukraine
Germany
Lithuania
Courland
Austria-Hungary
Busch
Marburg University
Koelnische Zeitung
Sweden
Prussia
Clarksville Boy Earns Bravery Medals in France
Gale Carr, a 22 year old Clarksville native serving with the British army in France, received two bravery medals for acts of valor. The honoree, identified as a Negro, was reared in Clarksville and honored on June 6.
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France
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Six Confederate Veterans Offer Services at Registration
Six veterans of the Confederate army marched to the registration headquarters in bare feet and offered their services to the country. The youngest was 70. Austrian torpedo boat torpedoed and sunk by a hostile submarine in the northern Adriatic. Official word announced. Regular army recruiting set a new daily record on Monday with 4 201 men enlisted surpassing the average since April.
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Fl Paso
Tex
Vienna
Adriatic
Washington
Eighth grade awards at St Simon's Hall
Twelve boys will receive certificates for completing the eighth grade and seven for penmanship at St Simon's hall on Thursday evening. Rev. W V Boland and others will confer graduation and penmanship certificates. A program of songs and readings is planned for the event.
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Rev. W. V. Boland
Daniel W. Heffernan
Chester V. Queen
Clifford P. Denson
Harry F
Sullivan John J. Backes
Austin J. Cabel
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Timothy J. Walsh
Donald E. Yochem
Reflections of a Bachelor and Snowbound Travel Snippet
The passage contrasts bachelor wit and wealth with social pretenses and parental expectations. It notes a man’s pride, a woman’s view of her daughter’s future, and the discomfort of wrong haircuts, then shifts to a winter Siberian railway scene showing endless snow and distant villages and stations.
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Larber
New York Press
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claims Cure
A vintage ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for incurable cases. It claims the remedy operates through the blood to the mucous surfaces, expels the disease, and improves general health after short use. It lists F J Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio as manufacturers and claims availability from druggists.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
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