Lloyd George Demands Fast Labor Push For Munitions
David Lloyd George declares seven days for British labor to rally to war munitions production. He outlines a munitions bill banning strikes, enforcing compulsory arbitration, and mobilizing 180 town halls as recruitment offices. He warns of compulsory measures if adequate skilled labor cannot be secured.
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London
David Lloyd George
House of Commons
Mr. Lloyd George
David Alfred Thomas
South Wales
British Coal King
United States
Canada
Germany
SLAIN WARDEN WIFE MURDER PROMPTS PRISON GUARD REINSTATEMENT
In Joliet Illinois June 24 authorities found Mrs Edmund M Allen pocketbook containing hundreds of dollars and jewelry supporting robbery motive for the murder of the warden s wife last Sunday. The purse was discovered in debris of the charred room.
Americans Could Live Longer Says Medical Leader
Victor C. Houghton of Ann Arbor, retiring AMA president, told a San Francisco audience that life expectancy could rise from 42 to 65 years if the public followed a proposed set of rules and regulations, a statement reported from the public meeting.
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San Francisco
Cal
Lfe
Victor C. Houghton
Ann Arbor
Mich
American Medical Association
Prisoner Says He Merely Hugged Wife in Court Defense
Fort Dodge reports Otto Pursell fined $100 for alleged wife beating after he claimed he only hugged his wife during a Monday incident. Police Judge Magowan suspended the fine for good behavior as Mrs. Pursell regained consciousness after being found unconscious and surrounded by her six children. Additional local notices include unclaimed letters in Webster City and a staff change at Palace meat market.
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Fort Dodge
Otto Pursell
Magowan
Pursell
Daybook visitors and townsfolk welcome Fort Dodge trip
Many residents travel to Fort Dodge for visits and to see the Barnum Bailey circus. Individuals include Leonard visiting Eva Thompson Anderson, A L OConnor family, Miss Kathryn Mason, Irene and Iola Follett, H B Pray, F C McGivern and two babies, C E Phillips, B F Snook family, L L Lovelace and four children, Esther Straight, Anna Beck, Carl Hogan, Anfin Weeks and baby, Ruth Amundson, S Amundson, and a large Webster City crowd at the circus with local kin and ball players Duncan W. Weston for a four week Madeira trip and Madison connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. O’connor
Fort Dodge
R. C. Tyler
Kathryn Mason
Duncombe
Irene
Iola Follett
Leslie Follett
Jas. Follett
H. B. Pray
Eagle Grove
F. C. McGivern
Staples, Minn
A. Munson
C. E. Phillips
Laverne
B. F. Snook
Ella Burleson
Mankato
Minn
L. L. Lovelace
Madeira
John Poulson
Hazel
Stratford
Anna Beck
P. W. Lee
Elim Street
Carl Hogan
Eilendale
N. D
Blairsburg
F. Dale
Lily Daugherty
L. J. Wilson
Hogan
State University
Madison
Wis
Honolulu
Anfin Weeks
Holmes
S. Amundson
Ruth Amundson
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Chester B. Johnson
Mabel Johnson
Milton
Margaret Ritz
This City
A. L. Whiton
Harold Spielman
W .W. Trail
E. O. Woodruff
W. T. Baxter
H. B. Whiteman
W. C. Crosley
W. S. Weston
E. F. McMahon
George Birbilis
Kate Conkling
Pat Carson
Will Thompson
Jas. Warden
W. B. Kearns
Webster City
John Hanrahan Jr
N. M. O'Connor
Henry Kellogg
Russians Lose Lemberg as Austro German Troops Advance
London reports the fall of Lemberg to Austro German forces after a prolonged Russian held siege. Military observers warn the defeat may enable large German forces to shift westward while Russia conducts a disciplined retreat. Petrograd had not confirmed the loss by late night dispatches. Geo Farley of Blairsburg buys a new Buick touring car.
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London
Lemberg
Galicia
Poland
Baltic
Vienna
Berlin
Teutons
Petrograd
Przemysl
Geo. Farley
Blairsburg
Personal briefs from the region spotlight local visits and travels
Local notes report Master William Day visiting at the O. J. McCollough home in Pocahontas and Mrs. Nettie Cater-Carey returning to Des Moines after visiting her parents at the county farm. Other items mention Miss Helen Cordes visiting Kamrar, the Pray sisters traveling to Eagle Grove to stay with relatives, and residents from Williams and Alden making short trips or medical consultations.
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William Day
Pocahontas
O. J. McCollough
Nettie Cater-Carey
Des Moines
A. W. Cater
Helen Cordes
Kamrar
Olga Amundson
Elizabeth
Edith Pray
Harry B. Pray
Eagle Grove
H. B. Cole
Renwick
Coles
Geo. Doyle
Harry Doyle
Baby
Williams
S. A. Millsap
Former Boston Man 15 Shot as a Spy at Tower of London
London reports F Robert Muller, guilty at the Old Bailey of German espionage, executed by firing squad at the Tower of London. Fellow alleged spy Robert Rosenthal faces court martial. Muller had lived in Boston in the rubber trade and claimed British citizenship. Other defendants Hahn and Kupferle faced sentences. Kupferle died by suicide during trial.
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London
F. Robert Muller
Old Bailey
Tower of London
Robert Rosenthal
England
Muller
Ower
Carl Hans Lody
Anton Kupferle
Hahn
Germany
Kuepferle
Boston
Four killed in quake in Imperial Valley area
A sequence of tremors near Calexico Mexicali and Imperial Valley caused about 400000 dollars in damage. Four people died when adobe walls collapsed at a Calexico dance hall. Water systems and irrigation units suffered but remained functional, with martial law imposed in Mexicali and troops patrolling the border.
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el Centro
Cal
Cocopah Mountains
Lower California
San Bernardino
Needles
Yuma
Ariz
San Diego
Calexico
Mexicali
Lower
California
Alamo
Sharp
Imperial Valley
Imperial
Brawley
Los Angeles
United States
Esteban Cantu
SENDS CARLOAD OF BABIES WEST
Fifty three foundlings from New York Woundling hospital moved to new homes in the west and south. A special train carried the children to Chicago New Orleans Omaha and St Paul with Sisters of Charity and nurses supervising. The hospital ships these runs twice yearly and checks on foster care.
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New York
New York Woundling Hospital
New York Central
Sisters of Charity
Chicago
New Orleans
Omaha
St. Paul
Tfoundling Hospital
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Lloyd George
Britain
William C., Gorgas
Army
Joliet
W. H. Beck
C. W. Barrett
Fred Eastlick
Wm. Fenner
Frank Grooms
Pete Hedrick
Robert Hartford
Andy Larson
Helen Melgren
Wim. Parton
L. . Stewart
A. J. Tudor
Alice Wright
Edgar Yaeck
Washington, D. C
HW. Bauman
P. M
Margie Murphy
Palace
Maude Helmick
Leonard
Eva Thompson-Anderson
Bohumir Kryl
Ohumir Kryl
Chautauqua
Russia
Fall of Lemberg
the Czar
Theater
A. Hopkins
Lake City
Wilson Walton
Sioux City
Hubert Rouillard
Minneapolis
Joe. Henneberry
Frank R. Dalbey
D. B. Purinton
L. Ll
State University of West Virginia
Morganstown
Dennison University of Ohio
Purinton
Prof
Foster
Chicago University
Northern Baptist Convention
International Sunday School Convention
Mona Curry
Cherokee
Maurice Curry
Division Street
Emma Sharpless
Bloomington
Smith Veach
Imelda Quinn
Daisy Gibbon
Snow
Florence and Marte
New York Institution
W. OT. Fishersg
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