News of the Week Cut Down for Busy Readers
The Allies have lost more than a million men in killed wounded and missing since the grand offensive began three months ago. German experts at Bertin call the estimate conservative as battles rage across Europe. Bulgar Teutonic forces claim a Tutrakan victory with 20 000 Romanians captured. Russians threaten Vidin and bombard Halicz while Verdun sees French gains along a Little Front. Other items report new wartime shifts, rail labor disputes, and domestic incidents.
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Bertin
Tutrakan
Roumania
Bucharest
Dobrudja
Black Sea
Constanza
Berlin
Petrograd
Diverse News Briefs From New York and Beyond
A letter in the New York Medical Journal blames mosquitos for infantile paralysis, linking it to plague and yellow fever spread. Rioting marks the start of a major New York street railway strike with elevated trains uprooted by stones and bottles. President Wilson predicts a suffrage triumph in Atlantic City as the National American Woman Suffrage Association meets. An aviation fall at Governor's Island injures J. Wiman and Charles Deere, possibly mortal. Iron ore freight rates near-unreasonable per the ICC. A fatal auto-train crash near Vandyne, Wisconsin, leaves William Tank and Otto Bergmann dead and one near death. A subway and elevated lines strike is voted by electric railway workers after a mass meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cox are found dead in Hartley, Indiana, with a coroner's inquest.
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New York Medical Journal
Charles 8. Braddock, Jr
Washington Acts To Reinstate All Post Office Employees
President Wilson announced at Washington that postmasters must reinstate all post office department employees immediately upon discharge from the militia, without waiting for department approval. He noted hopeful legislation on railroad disputes and anticipated quick action after Congress reconvenes. The report covers Senate actions on Denmark West Indies purchase, federal appropriations, print paper price probe, and ship subsidy measures.
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Post Office Department
National Guard
Washington
Congress
Wilson
Senate
Federal Trade Commision
Pershing Heads to Mexico for Command Post
General Pershing left Columbus New Mexico for his Mexican headquarters after inspecting the punitive expedition base. Mexican bandits tried to derail a passenger train near San Luis Potosi. Carranza troops charged the raiders and captured 12. The captives were hanged.
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Pershing
Columbus
N.M
Mexico
San Luis Potosi
Carranza
Spraying for Control of Apple Scab at Highmoor Orchards
Six year long experiments at Highmoor Marine orchard, started with 500 trees and expanded to over 2,000, tested sprays including bordeaux mixture and arsenite of lead. Findings show fungicidal blends, timing, and application methods reduce apple scab and rust, with dry powder dusting offering practical advantages.
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Highmoor
Marine
Ben Davis
Baldwins
Gen Darts
Bit of an Experiment for the Next Crop
A Colorado Agricultural College piece urges farmers to try small scale experiments with new crops next season. Start with a quarter to an acre, place it on average ground beside standard crops, and let the crop prove its worth without turning the whole farm into an experiment.
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Breeze Boyack
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Colo
Fermentation Causes Bloat in Stock and Home Remedies
The article notes that red clover and white clover blossoms contain sugars that ferment in stock after ingestion, producing carbon dioxide and bloating. It cites a Kentucky experiment station finding of formalin drench for bloating and mentions a formalin solution ratio and a paraphrase of related remedies.
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Kentucky
Not Perplexing To Graft Fruit Trees
A reader explains grafting apple and pear trees to improve fruit quality. Starting with a three year old seedling, two scions are inserted, then one shoot is retained to form a new crown. Careful removal of weaker limbs follows to ensure a solid union and a productive head.
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Renal
Promoters of Vigilance Debate Rhetoric and Courage
Senator Sorghum argues that taking principled stands invites enemies but is necessary to avoid naivety. He cautions that real progress comes from willingness to risk opposition in pursuit of stronger governance and accountability.
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Senator Sorghum
Intimidation and warning frame awkward family moment
A disjointed OCR fragment shows a niece recounting fear after being kissed by a man who threatened retaliation. The text also briefly mentions an ice cream cone stand and an inventor from New York, creating a jumbled catalog item with no clear event.
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New York
Hay hay and oats joke from old Maine town
A short dispatch recounts Hogan the elder in a rural Maine market town doing aseft work in a stable while younger men enlist. He telephones a dealer for hay straw and oats and faces a humorous miscommunication about who the order is for, with a rough retort about the horses.
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Hogan
London Mail
King George's Collection of Trench Periodicals
King George of Ingland gathers a private front line collection of trench periodicals issued for private circulation. The complete set contains many extremely curious issues that may prove valuable in the future.
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King George
King George of
Ingland
Trench
Cherishing a Sentiment on Betting Horses
A brief quotation contrasts fondness for horses with aversion to betting. The speaker refuses wagering due to the moral unease and expected ill feeling that accompanies horse racing gambling.
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Turtukail
Roumanian
Black Ben
Belchik
Kavarna
Kallarka
Sofia
London Daily Mail
Athens
Negotin
Danube
Vidin
Halicz
Lemberg
Verdun Front
Paris
War Office
Somme
Berny
Vermandevillers
Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Ommiecourt
Hospital Farm
Ravinette Wood
Marrieres Wood
Paris War Office
Hadith Milenberg
Marion
Anna Wirkland
Urbana
Tit
Harold Gentven
Beaver Daw
Wis
Munele
R. ©. Murphy
Internal Revenue
Iowa
Dubuque, In
Palmers' Crossing
Rives Junction
Mich
Michigan Railway
Headon, A
H. P. Ripley
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Topeka
Kaw
Santa Fe
United States Supreme Court
A.anapoli
Sacramento
Cal
Johnson
Amertently
United States
Chiengo
York
Atlantic City
N. J
National American ‘Woman Suffrage Association
J. W. Struthers
Charles Deere
Wiman
Army Aviation School For Eivilians
Governor's Island
Wimans
William Tank
Otto Bergmann
Zwickeyla
Vandyne
Interborough Rapid Transit Company of
Fregk Cox
Hartley
Aecorquer
Curtis
Kansas
Senate Lobby Committee
Denmark
Danish West Indies
Senate Appropriations Committee
Dixon C. Williams
Chicago
J. Hamilton Lerwie
House of Representatives
Wubert Dent, Jr
Montgomery
Ala
Representative Way of
Hrem Shi
SIP Aqual P
Artstage
Ston Ike
Kentucky Station
Orange
Mass
Skinner Mfg.c CO
Omaha
U USA
W. L. Douglas
San Francisco
America
Wetley Kegg
Brockton
Www
L. Douglas St
Bey
Brocktoe
Collum Place
Saco, Me
Old Orchard Road
Pacific Coast
Peiledelphis
Shlovie Bostow
Milivauhien
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