Plague of Lice Ravages Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report from Spalato underlined widespread typhus rise and a lice plague in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Officials restrict gatherings and require medical certificates for travelers. American Red Cross and Hoover mission plan aid to 28 hospitals as rail lines remain high risk.
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Associated Press
Spalato
Bosnia
Herzegovina
Ihen
American Red Cross
Hoover Food Mission
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Uncle and Nephew Buried on Same Day in Shared Services
Funeral services were held today for two family members with both interred at Mount Hebron Cemetery. The drownings victim J. Ford Carper, son-in-law to Winchester residents, died June 7 in the James River off Newport News, and his uncle Robert M. Carper died at home. Both services were led by local clergy.
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Mount Hebron
J. Ford Carper
James River
Newport News
Church of the Sacred Heart
John McVerry
Carper
John F. Carper
Walter Capper
Winchester
May Capper
Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Company
Robert M. Carper
North Market Street
E. O. Brubaker
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Children’s Home Fund Drive Urges Immediate Help
Statewide effort presses for donations to the Children's Home Society to shelter destitute Virginia children. War orphans flood in as overcrowding grows, with 2,500 children aided to date and 1,100 to 1,500 still in legal wards awaiting placement.
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Children’s of Virginia
Virginia
Camin | Hichmond
Europe
Pease
Children’s Home Society
Children’s Home Society of Virginia
C. E. Pleasants
North 7Th Street
Richmond
British thrift urged to balance revenue and lifestyle
The British War Savings Committee outlines an enduring stance on thrift in England. It stresses restraining luxury and promoting economy and simplicity among the well to do, to prevent waste of goods and services, applying war savings to all classes and incomes.
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England
Labor convention attacks Burleson in Atlantic City
The American Federation of Labor adopted a unanimous resolution urging President Wilson to remove Postmaster-General Burleson. It accuses Burleson of opposing labor rights, interfering with unions, and implementing anti labor policies across government agencies in defiance of Wilson.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Fure
Wilson
Burleson
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Bureson
Peoper
Women at Work During War Boosts Female Labor Force
War era sees millions of women in chemical and metal works street railways ambulance service barber and elevator jobs. Many faced ailments that kept them from serving, but Lydia E. Pinkham’s Compound is urged as a healthful aid to return strength and work capacity.
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Lydia
Pinkham
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