European War Updates Reach Across Front Lines
Reports detail German troops landing on the Aland islands near Abo Finland as British raids strike Stuttgart and Paris areas. Berlin confirms Aland landings while Roumania cedes Dobrudja to the central powers. British lines hold after a German assault near Ypres Dixmude with prisoners taken and light British losses. Eleven killed, forty six injured in London air raid.
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Finland
Abo
Aland Islands
Berlin
Ypres-Dixmude
British War Office
London
America Stands By Russia in World War I Context
President Wilson sends a cable to the all-Russian congress of soviets expressing sympathy with the Russian people amid German interference. He pledges United States support for Russia’s sovereignty and independence and opposes autocratic rule, reaffirming U.S. solidarity with Russia’s pursuit of self-determination.
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Washington
Wilson
all-Russian
Congress of Soviets
Congress of the Soviets
United States
Germany
Russia
Congress
Europe
Americans Lead First Purely U S Raid in France
American troops north of Toul conducted a successful dawn raid into German trenches a week after artillery bombardment. The assault began at 5 50 a m and saw the engineers blow German wire while infantry crossed No Man s Land and returned with no prisoners.
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France
Toul
Boches
No Man’s Land
Prices and drafts touch Indiana in war era notes
Reports from Indianapolis and several towns detail 1918 price controls for Twine from state prisons, draft classifications for the Second Indiana field artillery, and court rulings on indictments. Also covered are labor appeals, bread pricing, school finance during fuel shortages, and local war effort initiatives.
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Indianapolis
E. J. Fogarty
M. E. Foley
Jess C. Andrews
Maurice C. Shelton
Board of Trustees
New Orleans
Galveston
Michigan City
Crowder
Washington
Second Indiana Field Artillery
Second Indiana Regiment
United States
Rushville
State Supreme Court
Sparks
Curtha Wagner
Indiana, Retail Clothiers’ Association
National Economy Board
South Bend
George L. Mackintosh
Wabash College
Chamber of Commerce
Danville
Hendricks
Ida M. Comer
James Comer
George W. Brill
Comer
Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railroad
Indiana
Edward Daniels
United States District Court
Carl Simms
Indiana Food Administration
Evansville
Ada Bicking
National Convention of Music Supervisors of the
Milton
George Wagner
France
Hartford City
Benjamin Keesling
Guy Bright
Charles_Miles
Here
Washington, D. C
Lawrence J. Henry
Lafayette
Samantha McKee
Quincy
Louisa Courtney
Elkhart
Anna Carrico
Anderson
Tina Cato
Spurgeon
Sarah O. Davidson
Laurel
Emma Fairfield
Fort Wayne
Lavina Fashbaugh
Pierceton
Manerva Yollick
Waynetown
Adelaide Hewland
Jeffersonville
Elizabeth A. Heizer
Marysville
Emma Housekeeper
Hannah B. Hood
Cloverdale
Lydia
J. Hubbard
Francesville
Mary M. Ketchurn
Greensburg
Prudence Louthen
Logansport
Mary McNamee
Wabash
Nancy A. McLain
Muncie
Susan L. Parsons
Angola
Mary O. Rogers
Somerset
Mary E. Reinharmer
Winchester
Sarah C. Rhorer
Unionville
Ettle M. Summers
Saratoga
Louisa Summers
Decker
Sarah C. Spencer
Polly Ann Thomas
J. Donohue
Madison
Nancy A. Stephens
Rosetta Wilson
Margaret E. Ewart
Portland
Mary L. Hoerter
Huntingburg
Sarah E. Brown
Grenefield
Eliza A. Bowen
Worthington
Wyckoff
Indianapolis Association of the Baking Industry
Valparaiso
Porter County
Josephine
Hannah Lindholm
Chicago
Pleasant Township
Dean Birky
Beemer
Neb
Jonas Birky
William Summers
Ernie
Fannie Arnold
Charles Isenberger
Citizens’ Bank
la Crosse
Boone Township
Council of Women
H. E. Barnard
Supreme Court of Indiana
Madison J. Bray
Duncan C. Givens
Circuit Court
John W. Spencer
Shortridge High School
Lake Erie and Western Railway Company
Carl D. George
Frank Lucas
Whitey
United States Fuel Administration
Horace H. Herr
Federal Fuel Administration
Supreme Court
Terre Haute
Rockville
Crawfordsville
Frankfort
Kokomo
Huntington
Home Garden Plan Saves Time Money and Labor for Gardener
A Washington report from the United States Department of Agriculture urges gardeners to plan home plots on paper, diagram space, and allocate ground to vegetables. It emphasizes cooperation of families, especially children, and suggests writing for a home gardening bulletin.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Garden crop rotation plan for extended summer yields
The plan describes spring to summer vegetable rotation with rows of strawberries flanked by successive plantings. Peas mature then kale fills gaps, onions prep tomato beds, onions pulled as needed for tomatoes, spinach follows tomatoes, bulb onions harvested for space, beans carrots and peas yield then late cabbage, potato onion sets between cabbage rows, and radishes lettuce harvested to allow late beans between parsnips. Continuous planting between old and new rows keeps the garden productive all summer.
Planning a Home Garden Layout for Multiple Crops
Guidance on arranging a home garden to maximize yield with one or two crops per season. Discusses row orientation for horse drawn tools versus hand cultivation, location of permanent crops, hotbeds, soil variation, and drainage. Recommends south or southeast slopes, wind protection, near the kitchen, and sturdy fencing to deter animals.
War Garden School Regiments Hailed in Wilson Letter
President Wilson writes Secretary Lane urging every school to raise a regiment for the volunteer war garden army with an estimated value up to 500 million dollars. The army ordnance bureau seeks 400 million for urgent ordnance production. Political and military shifts abroad are noted alongside railroad procurement plans up to 2 billion under McAdoo administration.
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Wilson
Lane
French workmen set to visit United States delegation aim
Foreign Marcel Cachin announces a forthcoming delegation of workers from France England and Belgium to the United States to clear up the misunderstanding that kept American delegates from the London allied labor conference. Admiral von Diederichs dies at Baden Baden after clashes with Dewey.
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Marcel Cachin
Paris
France
England
Belgium
United States
Allied Labor Conference
London
Admiral von Diederichs
Manila
Dewey
Philippines
Baden Baden
War News From The Front In Early 1918
The weekly military review describes Germany’s Russian push as futile while the main war hinges on the Western front where French British Italian Belgian and American forces press. Bonar Law warns Britain must secure seas for U S aid. American relief workers receive honors in Paris. American troops hold about eight miles of trench frontage in France. Pershing’s forces move on schedule. Submarine losses exceed Germany’s December production. An American patrol exits a shell hole to cross No Man’s Land, and the Armenia is beached and damaged after torpedoing.
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Germany
Russia
War Department
Weekly
Military Review
West Front
Teutonic
France
Washington
Pershing
Wilson
Toul
No Man’s Land
Munyon Dies at Palm Beach Former Philadelphia Doctor
Personal "pr." J. M. Munyon, a Philadelphia medicine maker, died of heart disease in Palm Beach Florida. He founded a $2,000,000 industrial school for orphaned or fatherless girls. George Von L. Meyer, ex cabinet member and diplomat, died in Boston after weeks of illness. He was born in Boston in 1858. John E. Redmond, Irish leader, died in London from heart failure after an operation. He was born in Wexford, Ireland in 1851.
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George von L. Meyer
Boston
John E. Redmond
London
Wexford
Ireland
Tornado Leaves Northwestern Ohio in Ruin and Death
A powerful tornado swept across northwestern Ohio killing four people and injuring many others. It destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes and barns, with estimated property losses ranging from 1 million to 35 million dollars as it passed through Canton and surrounding areas.
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Ohio
Senate approves sale of all enemy property in U S
Legislation requested by alien property custodian A Mitchell Palmer to sell enemy property in the United States was approved 64 to 0 by the Senate. An amendment to acquire title to German steamship docks at Hoboken was accepted. Debate condemned German culture and aims while promising protections for Germans and Austrians living here.
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Washington
A. Mitchell Palmer
Senate
Hoboken
N. J
Germany
United States
Teutonic Movement
Underwood
Alabama
End Shipyard Strike in Brunswick as Workers Return
Brunswick Ga March 13 The strike at the American Shipbuilding plant ended with about nine hundred employees walking out Saturday. All but three have returned to work.
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Brunswick
American Shipbuilding
Senate Approves Deficiency Bill With Hoboken Pier Provision
Washington March 13. Without a dissenting vote the senate passed an amendment to the billion dollar urgent deficiency bill granting the president power to purchase the German owned piers at Hoboken.
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Washington
Senate
Hoboken
Practical guidelines for home garden vegetable choices
The piece advises selecting vegetables by family taste and freshness. It notes peas beans asparagus and sweet corn should be cooked soon after picking, while potatoes cucumbers squashes and melons use space efficiently and potatoes store well making them a strong staple after allocating space to other crops.
Get Ready to Plant For Better Garden Yields
Plan your garden by deciding what to grow and how much. Prepare seeds and tools, map out tasks, and you will save time and money while boosting yields.
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America
Intensive culture helps maximize yield in small gardens
All available space in the small garden should be used with intensive culture and carefully arranged rotation to produce the maximum yield per foot.
Home Gardeners Urged to Fortify With Knowledge
The home guardener of this year is forewarned and forearmed. Every peck of vegetables grown for home use from ground never before used for food will release meat or wheat behind our battle lines. Join the home gardeners.
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Home Gardens
America
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Taris
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Soviet Congress
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U. S
Guyer
Arle
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Austria
Fred Tf. Dubois
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Jonathan L. Bourne
Oregon
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Karol B. Spery
Teutonic War News
Britain
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
James R. Barbour
Jted Cross
Ralph Preston
American Relief Clearing House
Legion of Honor
Armenia
New York
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Royal Flying Corps
Prescott
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Tex
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Caider
Jewett Banking Company
Jewett, Ir
Canton
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William Jennings Bryan
Charlee Chaplin
Hog Island
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Francis T. Bowles
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Kaiser
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