Washington Newsroom Reports Draft Promise and Food Policy Debates
Washington Provost General Crowder outlines that only class one men will be drafted and married men with dependents are excluded. Hoover warns of sugar supply concerns and urges laws to regulate meals in hotels and restaurants. War bureau reorganizations and naval affairs circulate, with McAdoo dissolving the railways war board and appointing a civilian-led advisory cabinet.
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Crowder
Congress
Washington
Food Administration
Hoover
Senate
Aid .S
Railroads
McAdoo
Railroads War Board
Hale Holden
Chicago
America
U.S
Teutonic War News
National Guard
France
Houston
B. M. House
American War Mission
Treasury
Unified Railway Administration
National Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
British War Office Reports World War I Actions In Europe
The British war office states a successful night raid in Italy capturing prisoners with limited losses. Western front prisoner tally shows 74 840 taken in 1907, including 1 572 officers, plus 642 machine guns. Several merchant ships sunk. six German planes downed by French forces. Rome notes intensified bombardment and a new Italian front advance near Monte Tomba. Allenby’s Palestine line north of Jerusalem reports heavy Turkish casualties and prisoners.
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Tifelian Front
British War Office
London
Italy
Lanake
Western Front
Meares
Rome War Office
Padua
Monte Tomba
Osteria di Monterena
Maranzine
War Office
Palestine
Allenby
Jerusalem
Wilson Outlines Railroad Policy and Mobilization
President Wilson told Congress that he has taken control of the nation’s rail and water transportation systems to ensure swift mobilization for the war. He urged swift passage of bills under Justice Department supervision, promising government administration, limited disruption to current operations, and fair guarantees to railway owners and creditors.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Department of Justice
House
Senate
Secretary of War
America
América
Wage Board Plan Set For Railroad Wages
Washington January 5 Railway Director McAdoo and union chiefs agreed on a wage board to set wages for railroad workers under government control. The board will settle disputes and be appointed and at work within 30 days under the plan.
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Washington
McAdoo
Ester
Bandits Driven Back By U S Troops In Texas Action
Mexican bandits who raided the Drite ranch near Candelaria were driven back across the border by United States troops and Texas rangers. No troops crossed the border. Two bandits were reported killed.
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U. S
Texas Rangers
Marfa
Tex
Drite
Candelaria
United States
Rangers
Cured Balking at the Garage Visit
A veterinary surgeon visits a garage this morning after Greene reports the car balking. The vet previously cured a horse of balking, prompting Greene to trust his hands on the car despite doubts about his automotive expertise.
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Redd
Greene
Reliable Kidney Remedy Swamp-Root Ad Claims
Advertises Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a physician prescribed kidney liver and bladder strengthening medicine. Promotes its long tested reputation and urges readers to obtain a sample bottle by sending ten cents to the company with mention of the paper.
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Ady
Just a Private at Camp Taylor
A Jennings county man inquires about his son's mail at North Vernon post office. James N. Culp, former newspaper man and now postmaster, asks if mail goes by general delivery. The reply: No, he is not a general yet, just a private at Camp Taylor.
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James N. Culp
North Vernon
Indianapolis
Jennings County
Camp Taylor
Guroy snatches prompts unseen in odd medical tale
A clipped item presents garbled trade names and phrases, mentioning Bromine, Quinine or AGTR terms, then abruptly shifts to a dialogue involving Mr Meekton and Henrietta. The odd structure suggests a fragmented column or ad copy with misread words and minimal coherent narrative.
Cuticura Soothing Ointment Ads in City Series
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment for soothing and healing irritated skin. Directions include bathing with soap and hot water, then drying and applying ointment, with offer of free samples from Cuticura Dept X Boston. Prices listed and a New York civic campaign note follows.
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Guatemala City
New York
the Centraland South American Telegraph Company
San Jose
Guatemala
Dept. X
Boston
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Deafness Cure
Catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local apps. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to cure by acting on the blood. The ad offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured and notes circulars free from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. The piece ends with two unrelated quotes about arguing with a man and artists drawing a cork.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Too Big to Work With Pencil
Bruce Barton author of More Power to You spent six months in a Montana construction camp. He left to take up newspaper work in Chicago. The camp foreman asked in scorn if a man of his size should swing a pick instead of a pencil.
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Bruce Barton
Montana
Chicago
Pittsburgh to open city coal mine on land
A report notes Pittsburgh will open a coal mine on municipal land to obtain 500 to 700 tons of fuel daily. The text contrasts a soldier’s ascent through hard work with a son asking how to rise when going over the top.
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Pittsburgh
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Ordnance Bureau
War Baker
Council of National Defense
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Cleveland
Samuel M. Kaplan
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Serbia
Belgium
Chile
N. J. Poe
Los Angeles
Miguel Martinez
Nogales
Ariz
Southern Pacific of Mexico
Empaline
Sonora
Paso
Harrisburg Tipe and Pipe Bending Company
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
American Red Cross
W. H. Moran
United States Secret Service
Moran
William J. Flynn
Louis Fons, &An
Americn First
Edmund F. Melniy
Milwintve
Wis
Fons
Wemite
Prink Reguse
Beaver Creek
Barren County
Kentucky
Federal Food Administration
Bacehus
Hercules Powder Company
Salt Lake City
Utah
Germany
Amsterdam
London Times
Kholsheviki
Leon Trotzky
Vetrograd
Count Luxburg
Buenos Aires
Petrograd
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Norway
Kronstadt
Russia
Admiralty
Paris
Apde
Federal Treasury
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The
Gentaur Gompan
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York
Oe Oy Ky
Pied Je
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Henrietta
New York Municipal Ownership League
Castoria
el Paso
Golden State Limited
St. Louis
California
L. M. Allen
Rock Island Lines
la Salle Station
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