Crossing Gate Tests In Illinois Draw Rail Officials
State railroad commissioners and J A Peabody of the Chicago and North Western inspect automatic crossing gates in Illinois. Officials push research to reduce grade crossing deaths as new electrically operated gates with warning bells are tested.
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New Iowa Hospital Work Near Woodward Ready in 1917
Des Moines reports the Meadows at Woodward near Des Moines will open early 1917 as Iowa’s first state hospital and colony for epileptics. Fourteen buildings form unit one with plans to expand to 1,200 patients, after 1911 1912 appropriations and a May 1914 land purchase for 1144 acres.
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War News Notes from Across Nations and Home Front
Reports from Europe and beyond cover export bans on cattle and meat preserves by the Dutch government. Bombings in Bucharest kill sixty, with many wounded as German air raids escalate. Russian offensives yield 420,000 prisoners and 2,500 machine guns, plus 600 cannons. German officer salaries cut. war ministers gain and officers with dependents receive indemnities. Amsterdam says a third German sub may sail for American waters, larger than the Deutschland. Australian Senate backs conscription referendum. women likely to vote on sending men to war. Combles falls on the Somme as French and British push forward. Two Zeppelin airships shot down in London raid. crews and casualties reported. Prices rise for bread and fuel. IWW workers detained in North Yakima. Looming hotel for working women to be run under Catholic oversight. Price hikes hit Sioux City papers. Lynching of two men in Nowata, Oklahoma. Standard Oil stocks hit record highs. Congress seeks livestock industry reform. Anti-suffrage plans discussed in New York with aims to organize opposition nationwide.
Bread Price Rise Spurs Chicago Bakers to Raise Loaf Cost
Flour prices climb to wartime highs prompting bread to jump from 6 to 6 cents per loaf and boosting prices of other baked goods. Harding begins west tour in support of Hughes and Fairbanks visiting several states. Chicago club women urge embargo on wheat and flour, defending bakers amid war exports and costs.
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Mexican Trouble Flares as Villa Band Attacks Near El Valle
Dispatches from Juarez report Villa forces closing on the Pershing expedition near El Valle as bandits rob trains and even shoes from passengers. Wholesale executions said in Chihuahua City. over 100 Villa adherents killed and Ban delio Uribe captured. Carranza troops suffer heavy losses at Cusihuirlachic, a key mining center southwest of Chihuahua City. Telegraph lines west of Chihuahua interrupted and bridges burned near Sama Ysabel.
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Record August gains in postal savings banks nationwide
Posts savings banks show a near five million dollar rise in deposits for August with gains spread across the country. Agricultural prices for meat animals rise about 4.17 percent from mid August to mid September, per the Agriculture Department. James W. Gerrard leaves Berlin for a belated vacation while Grew handles embassy duties. American goods exports hit half a billion dollars in August, a global high, with total exports up 35 million from May. Six thousand National Guardsmen from thirteen states ordered to the Mexican border. 10,000 border troops to be mustered out. Britain withdraws cigar tobacco import regulations affecting American growers.
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