Big Reductions On Coal Prices Across Regions
Coal prices drop one to five dollars a ton for bituminous coal east of the Mississippi, effective July 1. Government mediation places price control with the defense council and federal trade officials, shaving about 180 million dollars yearly from operators’ revenue. Limits on broker commissions set at twenty five cents per ton, consumer cost becomes mine price plus transport and a quarter. Anthracite prices postponed for now. producers open to talks with the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mississippi River
Lane
Defense Council
Coal Production Committee
Fort
Federal Trade Commission
Smith
Geological Survey
Canadians Drive Against Lens Line Near Avion and Laouvette
Canadian forces from across the dominion again struck south of Lens in the Pas de Calais region. They broke through German positions held by Prussian Guard and Fifth Grenadier Guards, overcoming wire entanglements under curtain fire. The advance extended the line to within a mile of Lens center, signaling a likely fall of the coal center. Brazil has revoked neutrality and openly supports the United States and Entente in the war.
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Brazil
United States
Germany
Sentente
Ito
Dominion
Lens
Department of Pas de Calais
Avion
Laouvette
Grenadier Guards
Best Remedy For Whooping Cough
Mrs J B Rob erte of East St Louis Alabama says she kept Chamberlains Cough Remedy in the house for her little boy with whooping cough It kept his cough loose and relieved the dreadful coughing It is the only cough medicine she trusts and it is also good for colds and croup.
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J. B. Roberte
East St. Louis
Epelle
The German Dream of Conquest Map
Prof W M Dixon summarizes a map from The Observer showing German peace terms. It outlines a vast postwar plan including Holland, South America, Asia Minor, Africa, Turkey, Morocco, Egypt, Cuba, Belgium, France, and strategic canal access, with territorial grabs from the Netherlands to the Balkans and major ports and mining districts specified for future control.
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W. Macneile Dixon
University of Glasgow
Germany
Holland
South America
Indian Islands
Australia
Turkey
Indian Ocean
Central Africa
Orange River
Lake Chad
Chameroons
Rovuma
Asia Minor
Malay Islands
Syria
Mesopotamia
Dover
Malta
Suez
Denmark
North Sea
Baltic
Netherlands
Luxemburg
Switzerland
Danube
Balkans
Belgium
Morocco
Egypt
America
Cuba
France
Marsaille
Bordeaux
Somme
Verdun
Belfort
Vosges
Meuse
Nord
American troops land in France reach front lines
Washington reports the advance guard of the United States army has landed in France and begun trench duty alongside Allied forces. Thousands of regulars and marines crossed the Atlantic after brief training. Major General Sibert leads the first force under General Pershing as commander-in-chief, with details awaiting Pershing’s official report.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Santo Domingo
War Department
Pershing
France
Sibert
General Pershing
Exemptions to be left with local boards
Washington expects exemption rules to be issued by the War Department in a few days. Local boards will apply general procedures and assess individuals by occupation and fitness. No blanket class exemptions. married men denied as a class. boards consider dependency in each case.
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Washington
National Army
War Department
War department to assign regiments by number and branch
Washington reports the War Department will designate all army regiments by number and service branch only to simplify records of the wartime forces. Regular regiments will keep their existing names such as first infantry and first cavalry, while distinctions between regulars National Guard and National Army are removed.
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Washington
Regulars
National Guard
National Army
War Department
First Infantry
First Cavalry
Foley Company Trial Package Offer Note
An advertisement fragment offers Foley products from Foley & Co Chicago Illinois. It instructs writing name and address to receive a trial package including Woley's Honey and Tar compound for coughs colds and croup Foley Kidney Plus and Foley Catharti Tab alta. The text promotes home delivery and wide availability.
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Foley & Co
Chicago
Ill
Woley
Foley Kidney
Quote on World War aims from Charlotte Oberiever
The passage argues that citizens should understand what they are fighting for and what Germany seeks, noting that some Americans claim ignorance of the war’s purpose. It emphasizes the need to know the underlying motives and objectives driving the conflict.
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Pas de Calais
Germany
Charlotte Obeer- Yer
A Liberal Offer By W E Shipley And Eprron
Farmers without sheep urged to buy stock ewes at Sugar Grove with shipments of lambs due in July. Offer includes 50 ewes to boys aged 10 to 15 in pairs, and prizes of 10 and 5 dollars for larger incomes. One county man earned 160 from lambs this season. possible countywide wool and lamb income could exceed 100000 dollars. Interested farmers asked to write quantities desired.
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Mr. Eprron
Carormorm
Sugar Grove
Come In Out of the Draft North Carolina Engineers Appeal
A wartime recruitment notice urges voluntary enlistment in the North Carolina Engineers National Guard. It promises a war term service or longer if desired, monthly pay of 30 dollars plus expenses, merit selection for noncommissioned officers, and rapid call to service once a camp site is chosen. Captain Edward W. Myers in Greensboro is the contact.
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Company A
North Carolina Engineers
National Guard
North Carolina
Uncle Law
Army
Edward W. Myers
Greensboro
N.C
Thousands Cheer During Billy Sunday Prayer at Tabernacle
At a New York Tabernacle service Billy Sunday prayed for divine aid in war efforts and to paralyze voices of dissent. A 10,000 strong crowd, including 4,000 blue jackets, erupted in cheers during the invocation as the sermon pressed national unity.
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Billy Sunday
the Tabernacle
New York
Russia vows to fight on with US for democracy
Boris A. Bakhmetieff, head of Russia's diplomatic mission, told the Senate and addressed the House that Russia will not seek a separate peace and will continue the fight alongside America until democracy is secure. He urged patience for Russia's internal reforms and praised Allied resolve with Secretary Lansing and President Wilson present.
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Washington
Boris A. Bakhmetieff
Russia
America
Senate
Rusia
M. Bakhmetief
Lansing
Wilson
British Forces Slowly Encircling Lens in WWI Push
British troops press a slow encirclement of Lens in Pas de Calais as Canadians seize La Coulotte, while German and British artillery duels rage nearby. Berlin reports counterattacks but admits French gains northwest of Hurtebls farm with hundreds captured.
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Lens
Department
Pas de Calais
la Coulotte
British War Office
Field Marshal
Haig
Berlin
Moulin de Laffaux
Rheims
Hurtebls Farm
Olympia flagship runs aground off Block Island
In fog off Block Island the U S cruiser Olympia Admiral Dewey s flagship at Manila ran aground with flooding in her hold. Chief Machinist s Mate William M Babb died when struck by a falling hatch. no other fatalities reported as warships and wrecking vessels maneuver the scene.
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Block Island
United States
Olympia
Dewey
Manila
William M.'Babb
bJo
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