Ardmore Gasoline Tank Car Explosion Kills Dozens
Ardmore Oklahoma September 27 a gasoline car exploded in Santa Fe yards during repairs. The blast killed at least 40 and wounded about 200. Fires swept the business district ruinizing Union stations hotel Madden Co store Swift Co and Dewitt Cigar. Martial law imposed as rescue teams searched wreckage.
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Ardmore
Oklo
Acore
Union
Whittington
Madden & Co
Pennington Wholesale Grocery Company
Swift & Co
Dewitt Cigar Company
Main Street
Whittington Hotel
Shdep
C. & Neil
Santa Fe
Oklahoma City
W. J. Bmidurn
Turks Expel All Catholic Priests in Constantinople
A Sofia dispatch to Reuters reports private advices from Constantinople saying the Turks are expelling all Catholic priests from the city.
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London
Sofia
Reuter’s
Constantinople
Prohibition Expected to Take Effect January 1 1917
Reports indicate an extra session may pass a local option bill to make prohibition effective January 1 1917. The measure would affect state revenue, removing taxes on near beer and potentially raising the burden in 1917. A local option clause may allow counties and larger cities to vote on near beer sales.
Poison mix in department store nerve medicine scare
In Philadelphia on September 27 a dean demonstrator and about a score of people drank a slow poison mixed with a nerve medicine. The liquid contained poisonous Mauld though the pellet claimed it was pure water. May A Farmell was treated at a hospital and an analysis will determine the danger.
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Philadelphia
Sanorann Demonstrator
Soy Hospital
Mise May A. Farmell
Demand for Eight Hour Day At Pratt & Whitney Plant
In Hartford 1500 of 3200 Pratt & Whitney workers vote to present an eight hour day demand to Hartford branch officials of Niles Bement Pond. They seek time and a half for overtime double pay for Sundays and holidays no wage cut from the 54 hour schedule and reinstatement of two discharged tool makers.
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Hartford
Conn
Pratt & Whitney Company
Niles-Bement Pond
New York
Verdict of $60,000 Against Mrs Harriman in Land Case
Rochester reports a sheriff's jury awarded $60,000 against Mrs Mary W Harriman and the estate of Edward J Harriman to Mira Anna W N Lauer of Penfield. The suit claimed false representations about land bought from Harriman agents in 1804. Mrs Harriman did not defend.
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Rochester
Mary W. Harriman
Edward J. Harriman
Mira
Anna WN. Lauer
Penfield
Harriman
Western Cuba Hit By Tropical Storm
Washington reports Western Cuba was struck by a tropical storm moving north from the Caribbean. High winds threaten ships off Mexico’s east coast over the next two days, and the Florida coast has been warned of the approaching storm.
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Washington
Cuba
Caribbean Sea
Weather Bureau
Mexico
Florida
Royal welcome planned for Dixie highway tourists in Atlanta
Civic groups in Atlanta organize a central committee to arrange entertainment and accommodations for Dixie Highway visitors arriving October 14. Representatives from Atlanta Automobile and Accessories association Rotary club Ad Men’s club and more form a planning body. Officials expect 250 500 cars with escorts from Chattanooga Dalton Rome Cartersville and other towns. A big banquet and cabaret are planned for the evening in Atlanta with committees to handle hotels storage and tours.
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Atlanta
Chicago
Miami
Fin
Atlanta Convention Bureau
R. N. Reed
Atlanta Automobile and Accompories Association
Central Committee
Ansley Hotel
The
Atlanta Automobile and Accessories Association
Rotary Club
Ad Men's Club
Atlanta Retail Merchants’ Associaton
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Builders’ Exchange
Atlanta Real Estate Board
City Council
County Commissioners
Atlanta Hotel Men's Association
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta Chamber
Ivan Aden
Convention Bureau
Middle West
Orth Ae Weil Ag
Macon
Tan
Chattanooga
Dalton
Rome
Dixie
Pome
Cartersville
Ringgold
Governor Harris Calls Nov. 3 General Assembly Meeting
A long notice outlines Governor Nat Harris’s formal call for an extra session of the General Assembly to convene on November 3. The call references proposed legislation on prohibition, state appropriations for 1916 and 1917, and various urgent fiscal and regulatory matters facing Georgia. It also notes issues around Western and Atlantic Railroad lease settlement and credit facilitation amid wartime economic shifts.
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Nat Harris
General Assembly
Hillar W. Langston
Atlanta
Darktown
Dlizabeth Harris
Amos Warner
Bleveral
Langston
Walter Langston
Peachtree Hill
Mr. Langston
Elizabeth Harris
Amos
Elizabeth
Harrig Jaat
Georgia
Atria
Huntington Killed in Auto Accident Near Diego
Oneonta N Y September 27 Willard V Huntington of San Francisco nephew of the late Collis P Huntington and brother of Henry Huntington railroad financier was killed today in a motor car accident near Diego. In turning out to pass a team big car plunged through a fence and down a 50 foot embankment. Mr Huntington was born here.
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Oneonta
N. Y
Will Hunt Weevil In Fulton County
Commissioner of Agriculture James D. Price will inspect Fulton county farms to determine if boll weevil has reached the area. The move aims to protect farmers and consider adding Fulton to the quarantine, enabling cotton seed shipments to Atlanta mills for seed ginned before the weevil arrived. Farmers from Coweta and Carroll counties cited price drops from 48 to 40 cents, prompting a modification allowing already on hand seed to be shipped into Atlanta.
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James D. Price
Fulton County
Pulton County
Atlanta
Coweta
Garrell
Price
Jute Replaces Cotton Twine for Letters in Post Service
Washington announces use of jute instead of cotton twine for tying letters starting November 1. About 2,500,000 yards of twine to be supplied under a contract awarded to a Boston manufacturer at about 9.9 cents per pound. The switch follows a year of cheaper cotton substitutions with a lowest bid of 15.875 cents per pound.
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Washington
Snstead
Postal Service
Boston
Berlin Increases Bread Rations for Children
Berlin reports a further bread ration rise with the Overseas agency noting children aged nine to eleven will receive one additional pound per week. The September 27 dispatch from Berlin via wireless to Sayville confirms the policy shift as wartime needs grow.
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Berlin
Sayville
Allies Strike At German Elbow In West Front
London reports the great French and British offensive at the elbow of the German line remains vigorous with gains maintained and sometimes improved. British repulse German attacks near Hulluch Loos while Champagne sees French troops press the second German line. Argonne battles continue with German reports claiming no progress north of Beausejour and east of the Aisne.
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London
Argonne ‘Forest
Hulluch
Loos
Champagne
Republic
Argonne
Paris
Lille
Souchez
Rheima
Beausejour
Aisne
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