Boys May Work on Vacant Lots in Waterloo
Rotary Club proposes a Vacant Lot Exchange to Waterloo school heads to offer boys gardening work with $5 to $20 potential profits. A. F. Gates notes Portland’s success where 3500 gardens were grown by public school students, with education in arithmetic and science. Snow also fell in Colorado with Denver at 37 and Cheyenne 30.
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Waterloo
Rotary Club
A. F. Gates
Mr. Gates
Vaant
Otaty Lab
Portland
Ore
Gates
Ith
Colorado
Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Boulder
Lerane
Wyo
Cheyenne
Rapid City
Kitcheners Khartum Campaign Delays and Red Tape
The excerpt recounts Lord Kitchener in the Khartum campaign entangled in bureaucratic delays. A general nicknamed Fussywon allegedly insists on daily formal orders, while aides rush to record, register, and duplicate them. Broadwood is asked to advance despite conflicting instructions, revealing a chaotic chain of command.
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Kitcheners
Fustyman
Broadwood
Rerson
Puesyman
Kitchener
Flagship Wyoming Profile Tells of Armaments and Command
A damaged item notes the Great Flagship Wyoming under Rear Admiral Mandes J. Badger as flagship of the Atlantic Fleet. It lists thirty three guns and a propulsion figure around 28.0 million horsepower, with a tonnage near 26.0.
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Wyoming
Badger
Mandes J. Badger
Atlantic
Arkansas a Formidable Battleship
Ark ships plan strong defense as sister ship to the Weening is readied for action with thirty three guns and twenty thousand tons of power. The vessel joins Badger’s fleet while the Wyoming undergoes repairs in a precautionary deployment.
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Aptain Roy
Smutil
du Comuxuil
Arkansas
Gylsion
Weening
Wyoming
Florida
Attoural Pletcher
Tue
Barnes Tells of State Printing in Roosevelt Libel Trial
William Barnes resumes cross examination in his $50,000 libel suit against Colonel Roosevelt in Syracuse. He details the McCarthy printing contract sale for $20,000 to James B. Lyon, confirms an $11,600 Barnes interest and its transfer to Albany Journal Co. He cites meetings with Attorney General Davies and notes bid differences and timing of the McCarthy purchase.
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Syracuse
William Barnes
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
John M. Bowers
McCarthy
Barnes
James B. Lyon
Albany Journal Company
Lyon
Journal Company
Davies
State Printing Board
Bowers
Lyon Company
Mr. Bowers
Let Fiers
Aly. Barnes
Kitchener Seeks 300000 More Troops for New Armies
In Lonton May 78 the Secretary of War Kitchener urged $90,000 more recruits to form new armies. He voiced confidence the country would soon reach a satisfactory ammunition supply. He described Gallipali peninsula conditions as merely satisfactory.
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Lonton
House of Lords
Kitchener
Gallipali
Trade committees to hold four joint sessions this evening
Town notes report that Commercial club and Chamber of Commerce will hold four joint sessions in the east clubrooms. Mrs Elizabeth Phelps of Minneapolis visits her son Dexter Phelps at 1017 Fifth Street West. An earlier street number error clarified regarding a police raid not at 219 Oneida Street. Mrs Alice G Hunter of 222 Locust Street receives a $10000 bequest from her father's Maquoketa estate.
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Commercial Club and
Chamber of Commierce
Elizabeth Phelps
Minneapolis
Dexter Phelps
Fifth Street
Oneida Street
F. L. Geyer
Alice G. Hunter
Locust Street
Maquoketa Starch 25
AJ A. Hurst
Hurst
Charles van Vleck
Business Girls’ Club
Patna’s Iowa reflections on vanished Hawkeye past
Frank Patna of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch revisits Iowa’s Hawkeye era, contrasting old days with present life. He recalls barefoot summers, three-month yields, low prices, farm labor pay, and abundant orchards, noting social shifts, urban intrusion, and changing rural rhythms. He questions what neighbors expect from resilience and change.
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Frank Patna
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Thi City
Iowa
Cruiser Tacoma and Virginia Battle Group Seen Near Mexico
The Tacoma cruiser and the Virginia battleship, part of the Attinde fleet, are described in motion with Captain none G. Leenard at the helm. The fleet, commanded by Rear Admiral Boush, advances toward the Mexican coast with ten guns aboard the second Une vessel.
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Tacoma
Virginia
Transportational Deadline Hopes For Pemia Nest Gap
A fragment hints at efforts to break a pemia nest gap before a transportational deadline. It suggests St. Louis becoming a stranger in markets to the north and northwest, implying economic or trade tensions.
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Guy Campbell Co
Bridge St
Tady
St. Louis
Transylvania reports sighting of submarine off Ireland
Looton May 18 The Cunard liner Transylvania, 5 miles from Glasgow on a voyage from New York, reported sighting a submarine off the northwest coast of Ireland on Saturday afternoon. Passengers said a periscope and conning tower were seen about 400 yards away for several minutes, and some claimed a torpedo fired though others disputed the report. The ship kept a ready state with lifeboats.
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Looton
Cunard
Transylvania
Glasgow
New York
Ireland
Prssengers
Unclear historical note on imperial government reply
Fragmentary text suggests a 19th or early 20th century dispatch from Londoni about Germany and imperial government departments. Conversation hints at an official tasting or document release and a delay awaiting a formal reply.
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Londoni
Germany
Vittas Brother Dik of Wounds Reported
Vitta’s brother Dik is reported wounded in action. The dispatch notes strategic activity near Chumaha Chis and mentions authorities in Wevnls and the capital Vie idiom. The Waterloo report indicates ongoing military communications and casualty notices.
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Vitta
Dik
Wi Pasa
Tex
Antonio Villa
Benther
Goa
Shirut Asterinay
Rai
Conspiracy 10 Ruin Riggs Bank Case Before Court
In Washington May 18 arguments concluded in the case against McAdoo and other treasury officials over a temporary injunction against the bank. Frank J. Hogan for the bank contends officials conspired to wreck St Louis Brandeis and Samuel Untermyer to dismiss the motion. Justice McKoy questions the conspiracy evidence while Hogan asserts substantial coordination.
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Washington, D. C
Kips National Bank
McAdoo
Wil Manty
Burke
Frank J. Hogan
LWO
St. Louis
D. Brandeis
Samuel Untermger
Bailey Will Chen
Hogan
Justine McGow
Williams
Secretary of the Treasury
the Treasury
Justice McKoy
Thaw Transferred From Tombs to Ludlow Street Custody
Supreme Court Justice Hendrick signed an order transferring Tarry KX Thaw from the Tombs to Ludlow Street custody in response to a request from Thaw's counsel citing rheumatism throat trouble and insufficient exercise. The attorney general obtained a stay of the trial date until Friday at least.
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New York
Supreme Justive Hendrick
Tarry KX
Thaw
Te Toihls
Ludlow Street
Ime
Hitchener Warns On Gas Tactics For Allied Protection
London May 08 Serretarny of War Kughenes declared the British and French governments agree allied troops must be protected against poisonous gas by similar methods. The measure aims to remove a large and unverifiable advantage that would otherwise exist.
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London
Serretarny
Kughenes
House of Fjords
Escape on the Berlin train thwarted by clever hijack attempt
A Prussian plot to smuggle a revolutionary named Weber out of Berlin failed when three conspirators dressed as guards and a young woman attempted to seize a compartment on a train. A staged ruse and a flowered pistol draw led to a dramatic confrontation. the guard later reported the trio asleep and the fugitive missing.
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France
Louis Napoleon
Germany
United States
Prussia
Dark Weber
Berlin
Belgina
Pullee
Mike Nusisaresa
Airlti4
Renta
Weber
Strang
Pruscit
Ursk
Priso
Ialy
Igdl
Orst
Atty
Lha
Toen
Uta
Oine
Widow Portinve
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