Women Volunteers Urged to Aid War Effort in Indiana
Indiana women are urged to register with the State Council of Defense to establish a nationwide information channel for war agencies. The drive aims to map women power, with 160000 registrations planned by mid January and 40000 already signed.
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Council of Defense
Women of America
Indiana
State Council of Defense
Council of National Defense
Indiana State Council of Defense
James P. Goodrich
State House
Indianapolis
Woman's Committee
Will H. Hays
Anne Studebaker
South Bend
State Defense Council
National Committee
Washington
Woman seeks Ty Cobb train in hotel lobby scene
An elderly Brooklyn woman waits two hours in a New York hotel lobby hoping for a Ty Cobb train. Clerks explain she misread Grand Central and point to Cos Cob Connecticut as her destination. The piece contrasts her quest with a separate note on a 24-hour Sheepshead Bay motorcycle record.
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New York
Bell
Ty Cobb
Grand Central Station
New Haven
Connecticut
Brooklyn
Coscob
Sheepshead Bray
French War Department
Sheepshead
Boulevard Saint-Germain
Americans Go The Limit In Paris Motorcycle Riot
War correspondent notes Americans in Paris ride massive motorcycles at alarming speeds, with guidance by campaign hats and steady hands. He observes French traffic sees greater power, claiming American machines deliver about 11 horsepower versus the French standard.
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Paris
Educated Women In Russia Before the Revolution
The article notes Russian educated women enjoyed freedoms equal to men. Women owned and managed factories and estates, earned university degrees, taught at all levels, practiced medicine and dentistry, and pursued law. Democratic reformers sought jury rights. long-serving women teachers earned government pensions, extending to widows through husbands.
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Russia
Constitutional Democrats
Duma
Hold on Wrong Woman On Street Car
A street car stop ends with a man offering his arm to a woman who is not his companion. He glances down the street as an object bumps his hand and a black woman exits beside him, prompting a startled apology. A nearby automobile adds tension to the incident.
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Indianapolis News
The High Cost of Illness in U S Workers
The United States public health service estimates 3,000,000 people ill at any time and 30,000,000 wage earners lose about nine days yearly. Total wage loss reaches 500 million dollars while doctor and medicine bills total 180 million.
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United States Public Health Service
Evian Diary Reveals War's Wounded Return to France
American Red Cross worker Mrs. June Richardson Lucas details Evian’s repatriation scene. She describes paralyzed and diseased refugees, brutal German captivity, and emotional scenes of old people and children arriving in France. The piece contrasts grim suffering with French gratitude toward America.
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Red Cross
Belgium
France
Milton Bronner
Evian
Wiss
Germany
June Richardson Lucas
William Palmer Lucas
Doctor Lucas
University of California
Jeanne D'Arc
Bowie
America
Real Cost and Economic Consequences of the War
Fr W Hirst formerly of the London Economist argues the real cost will total 145 billion dollars if the war ends this winter. He distinguishes real cost from budget figures and warns of a large social and economic revolution, with mobilization costs and currency restoration for Britain Germany France Austria Hungary United States and Italy. He notes Britain’s tax revenue has risen most among belligerents, limiting its war debt.
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Fr. W. Hirst
The
London Economist
Mr. Hirst
Great Britain
Great Britain and Colonies
GerMaNy
France
Austria-Hungary
United States
Abe
Italy
Hirst
Europe
Perrys Seem Destined for Wealth Through Luck
The Perry family gains wealth through luck and land deals. J. S. Perry of Chicago profited 17000 from 102 acres of Irish potatoes in Louisiana. His brother reportedly earned 5 million from Texas land tied to a debt settlement. F. H. Perry, who took 1280 acres in Texas to satisfy a debt, learned a quicksilver mine was found on his property.
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Perrys
Perry
J. S. Perry
Chicago
Louisiana
Texas
F. H. Perry
Lone Star
Woman receives 2500 legacy for lifesaving act long ago
In Greenboro New York Lloyd F Vosburgh's will leaves 2500 to Mrs Miriam Booth Loftus of Stony Point now Mrs William Loftus for saving his life when a canoe overturned at Lake Ontario in 1911. His will leaves 5 to each of his two sons and 35000 to be split between two nieces.
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New York
Lloyd F. Vosburgh
Greenboro
N. Y
William Loftus
Loftus
Miriam Booth
Stony Point
Lakeville
Lake Ontario
Vosburgh
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