Jewelry Store Burglary Sparks City Police Hunt
Two professional window smashers hit Joseph Sons jewelry store at 3 35 am taking gold watches and diamond scarf pins and ear drops valued 300 to 400. Officers Douglass Collins and special officer Gilley fired on the fleeers but no injuries reported. Descriptions match two men ordered out at a local sale. police pursue city wide as authorities vow action.
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Joseph Sons Company
Fourth Street
Douglass and
Collins
George Gilley
U. S
Waterloo Theatre
Lafayette Street
Mullan Avenue
Garrison
Briggs
Douglass
Gilley
Sycatore Street
Walter W. Mattox
Joseph Store
Mattox
Avery
Houston
Agner
MIG INCREASE IN COTTON EXPORTS
Washington reports March cotton statement from the census bureau shows manufacturing activity and heavy exports. Manufacturers used 623,959 bales, excluding linters, a record monthly consumption. Al Tovar Broadleaf Havana 6c advertisement.
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Washington, D. C
Census Bureau
Beecher on Lincoln Death Eulogy and Prophecy
Henry Ward Beecher’s Brooklyn address on April 16, 1866 portrays Lincoln as a unifying martyr whose death elevates his words to timeless influence. Beecher argues the nation’s grief transcends partisanship, while Lincoln’s life and speech become enduring guidance for fidelity, liberty, and law.
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Washington
Hampden
David
Henry Ward Beecher
Brooklyn
Swoboda Admits Roguined Namert Trial In Paris
Raymond Ruff Schwind known as Raymond Swoboda is on a Paris court martial for arson and espionage. The hearing revealed his true name, details of a subterfuge to obtain an American passport, and suspicions about his past as a German clerk linked to a Bremen-born father.
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Paris
Raymond Swoboda
Raymond Ruff Schwind
la Touraing
Julian
Schwind
Figaro
San Francisco
New York
London
Hejt
Bremen
Taft and Roosevelt Meet at Lounsbury Funeral
In New Haven Yale University scenes Col Roosevelt and Prof Taft, once estranged, shook hands at the funeral of Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury emeritus professor, exchanged greetings, inquired after families, and briefly discussed Lounsbury’s war record before departing.
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New Haven
Conn
United States
Co. Roosevelt
Taft
Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury
Hoglish
Yale University
Col. Roosevelt
Theodore
Lounsbury
Refugees to be brought out from Tampico by Sumter
The United States transport Sumter sailed from Galveston on April 14 to Tampico to load about 300 Mexican refugees who wish to return to the United States.
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Galveston
Tex
United States
Sumter
Tampico
Death Struggle for Last Pass of Carpathians
London reports the struggle for the last Carpathian pass remains central to the war as Austrians claim Muscovite invaders checked since March 20 while Petrograd notes fighting south of Dukla pass. Teutonic Uzsok pass holds but Russians claim taking three MOTE heights nearby. Western front sees consolidation at St Mihiel and Dardanelles activity increases with North Sea rumors of German warships.
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London
Carpathian
Bartfeld
Buke
Petrograd
Dukla Pass
Uzsok Pass
Mote
St. Mihiel
Dardanelles
North Sea
Allies Demand Harsh Peace From Germany and Austria
British French and Russian leaders reject any end to the war without Germany and Austria Hungary surrender. They demand Belgian evacuation sovereignty and indemnities, Alsace Lorraine ceded to France, German Poland and Galicia to Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina to Serbia, and division of German colonies. German officials call the terms ridiculous and inflated, seen as countering reports of Allied exhaustion.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Kenya
United States
Austria
Belgium
Alsace
Lorraine
Poland
Galicia
Servia
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Africa
Americans Move to Head Border Crisis at Brownsville
Major-General Frederick Funston travels from San Antonio to Brownsville to assume direct command as cross border firing continues. No American casualties reported from yesterday’s shelling near the Brownsville pumping station amid Villa sorties and a wounding of General Navarro.
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Washington, D.C
Frederick Funston
San Antonio
Brownsville
Tex
War Department
Funston
Browneville
Matamoros
Villa
Saulo Navarro
Monterey
Nuevo Laredo
Blacksom
Carranza
Carranza Agency
Government withholds formal response to German peace terms
A historical brief notes the United States did not transmit the informal German peace terms to the allies. No request or apparent need existed for official recognition, and the administration showed no reason to act on the matter.
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United States
Troops Kill 300 Besiegers and Capture Equipment
Troops yesterday killed about 300 besiegers and captured many prisoners. They seized 200 horses and sixty mules, four machine guns, numerous rifles, and a large quantity of ammunition.
Republicans Win in New Jersey City Bayonne Election
Bayonne New Jersey April 14 complete returns of the first municipal election under the commission form show the Republicans winning by a slim margin. Democratic mayor Bert Daly finished sixth in the race, giving the Republicans control of the city administration by one vote.
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Bayonne
N. J
Commission
Bert Daly
How News of Lincoln's Murder Reached Waterloo
Fifty years ago Waterloo citizens learned of Lincoln's assassination via a brief wire message "Lincoln assassinated" sending immediate shock and mourning. The Courier's files recount the night of April 14 1865 and the following day with vivid recollections from residents who witnessed the scenes and emotions firsthand.
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Lincoln
Waterloo
The
Courier
Calamity of Lincoln Assassination Shocks Waterloo
A Waterloo editor recalls the Lincoln assassination of April 14 1865 with dramatic detail. The crowds reel in disbelief as news comes of the president's death after being shot in a Ford s Theatre box. Stores close, flags fly at half mast, and churches drape in mourning while citizens recount the shock and grief of the era.
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Lincoln
Washington
Ums
Pord’s Theatre
Commercial Street
Bowen
Liberiing & Fairfield’s
Russell's Hall
Wasen
Wheat Prices Surge Amid Shortage Fears
Chicago on April 14 reports show a world wheat shortage looming for immediate shipment. May wheat jumps to 1.62 a bushel, trading volatile and nearing wartime high. In New York, April 14, a Red Star Line liner is under immigration arrest for alien contract labor law violations.
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Chicago
New York
Kroonland
Bethlehem Steps In Foreground At Market Open
New York April 14 Bethlehem shares led the opening stock market activity. The issue opened at 128 to 129 for 1,000 shares, edged up to 140, then surged to 146 before retreating to about 140 in the first half hour. Other stocks showed general strength with rising inquiry across quotes.
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New York
Bethlehem Steps
Ithen
Opening Day Sparks Major League Baseball World Wide
Baseball fans across the nation welcomed the new season as presidents and mayors prepared to toss the ceremonial first balls. Optimism ran high as managers predicted a close pennant race with strong clubs in Boston New York St Louis Chicago and Cincinnati. Jeff Tesreau and Jeff Pheliser started for the Giants and Brooklyn respectively in today’s opener with a slate of National and American games listed. Chicago welcomed St Louis for the season opener as a clear crowd assembled at the ballpark in that city.
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New York
Washington Weather Bureau
Wilson
Washington,c
Mitchel
Tener
National League
Brooklyn
Polo Grounds
Boseton
St. Louis
Chicago
Phillies
America
Grover Alexander
Cincinnati
Herzog Hag
Jeff Tesreau
Giants
Jeff Phelifer
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Submarine schemes and jail arrest link to Streator youth
In Streator on April 14 a youth named Homer L. Jones is jailed in New York on forgery charges. Reports claim he touted involvement with a submarine built on the Great Lakes and sought French government backing. He reportedly married Anita Pierson in Philadelphia two years ago and recently wed again. Also noted is Woolworth declares a quarterly dividend of 1.25 percent, lifting stock yield to 7 percent.
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Streator
Paleees
Homer L. Jones
W. B. Jones
New York City
Jones
Great Lakes
Anita Pierson
Philadelphia
Prosperous
New York
F. W. Woolworth Company
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