Soldier legal guide explains pay allotments and wills
The Judge Advocate General's department offers guidance to soldiers at Camp Mills and Camp Upton on pay allotments, wills, guardianship, debts, mortgages, and installment purchases. It details how to make valid wills, dowers, and guardianships, and warns that military service does not suspend debts or contracts.
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New York
France
Europe
Judge Advocate General’s Department
Camp Mills
Camp Upton
United States
Court of Appeals
Legal Aid Bureau
the Educational Alliance
United States Army
Navy
Fidence
Arkansas farmer applies for night watchman job in Memphis
A young Arkansas farmer visited the federal building in Memphis and asked the engineering department for a night watchman position. He stated a wish to be sent to a detention camp to guard soldiers, but was told soldiers can guard themselves day and night.
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Memphis, Tenn
Arkansas
Federal
Engineering
Tie
Beavers Dam Creek On Ranch North Of Helena
Reverend E J Stanley reports beavers are causing significant damage by damming White Tail Deer Creek on his Helena area ranch. Workers must daily haul several piles up the creek to clear the channel of obstructions built by the industrious animals.
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Helena
Mont
E. J. Stanley
White Tail Deer Creek
Girl Wears Live Snake at Switzer's Camp
Miss Nellie Bradley of Los Angeles wears a 40 inch live yellow and black gopher as a neck tie while at Switzer's Camp in the Arroyo Seco. She defends the fad and cannot understand the aversion to her pet.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Nellie Bradley
Switzer
Arroyo Seco
Miss Bradley
Grant
Indiana Faces Coal Shortage Prompt Action From Fuel Administration
Indiana officials seek federal guidance on coal relief as Lieutenant Governor Bush wires President Wilson and Dr. Harry A. Garfield to obtain plans for Indiana. The attorney general is asked to confirm state legal authority to take drastic relief steps amid a widening shortage. Garfield arrives in Washington to assess Indiana complaints and urge action.
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Indianapolis
Bush
Goodrich
Wilson
Garfield
Fuel Administration
Indiana
Washington
Harry A. Garfield
Indiana apple crop valued at 27500000 dollars this year
The Indiana Horticultural society reports an estimated government crop total of 5,775,000 bushels of apples for Indiana. Farm price per bushel rose about 10 cents from 1916 to 1.20 dollars. The apple crop averages about 4 percent of the value of corn crops. The annual convention and apple show will be held in Washington from November 21 to 27.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana Horticultural Society
The
Horticultural Society
Washington
Traction Interurban Crash Probed in Tipton
An investigation begins after a northbound Union Traction interurban collided at Tipton city limits. The first car, stationary while turning for repairs, in an older wooden structure, was crushed by the second car a steel modern model. Harry Becraft of Kokomo sustained severe injuries. one leg was amputated. About thirty others were injured.
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Tipton
Union Traction
Harry Becraft
Kokomo
Jackson Found Guilty in Fatal Operation Case
Ray Jackson was found guilty in the circuit court of an alleged criminal operation linked to the death of Miss Barbara Frieze, aged eighteen. A new trial motion was filed. bond increased from 3000 to 5000 dollars. Sentence includes a 400 dollar fine and three to fourteen years in the Jeffersonville reformatory.
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Jackson
Bedford
Ray Jackson
Circuit Court
Barbara Frieze
Supreme Court
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Hoosier Band Joins Mississippi A. and M. College
The Second Indiana band and Companies I and II arrived in Meridian, Mississippi, en route to Camp Shelby. They joined the Mississippi A. and M. college band during fair week, performing several selections. The troops were in good shape and wished to stay in Meridian for the fall.
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Hoosier
Meridian
Miss
Indiana Band
Shelby
Mississippi A. & M
Equipment for Home Guards in Wayne County Adopted
Richmond October 16 The board of county commissioners adopted a resolution asking the county council to appropriate 1000 dollars for the four home guard companies of Wayne county. Local businessmen will raise an additional 2000 dollars to fund uniforms and guns for the units.
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Richmond
Board of County Commissioners
Wayne County
City Librarian reports 127 dollars for war relief funds
Miss Belle Hanna city librarian announces a total of 127 raised in Greencastle for the library war relief fund. Money came largely from clubs lodges and organizations. One hundred books are being packed for shipment to Camp Shelby Hattiesburg Miss for the soldiers.
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Greencastle
Belle Hanna
Brary War Relief Fund
Camp Shelby
Hattiesburg
Miss
Frank B. Defrees Dies at 74 in Chicago Hospital
Frank B. Defrees aged seventy four died in a Chicago hospital after a long illness. He formerly managed a flour mill in Goshen and was brother-in-law of the late John H. Baker, U S district court judge. He is survived by his widow and two daughters.
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Frank B. Defrees
Goshen
John H. Baker
United States District Court
Chicago
Soldiers at Camp Taylor order 31 million cigarettes
Orders for 31 million cigarettes and tobacco arrive for Camp Taylor soldiers in Louisville Kentucky. Army officers estimate 2,000,000 cigarettes are used weekly by 82,000 men in camp. Milk becomes the favored drink among troops.
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Louisville
Camp Taylor
Soldiers Buy Bonds At Fort Harrison Subscriptions Grow
Subscriptions by soldiers at Port Harrison are expected to exceed half a million by midweek. Reports show total Lib erty Loan subscriptions reaching 186000.
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Fort Benjamin Harrison
Port Harrison
Liberty Loan
Diptheria Fatal in Day Rochester Ort
Seven year old Lloyd Thompson son of Mr and Mrs Edj Thompson died of diphtheria after 24 hours illness in Rochester Ohio.
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Rochester
Lloyd Thompson
Edj Thompson
Big Game Hunter’s Fearless Africa Tales Revealed
A New York Sun war correspondent recalls a seasoned gentleman ranker who spent years in Africa. He describes unmatched daring including repelling a band of Ashantees for six days, raiding ivory, and facing a charging rhino and a charging chimpanzee with two rifles and a revolver. He kept a wristwatch through dangerous escapades and spoke in a brusque but soft manner.
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England
France
New York Sun
Africa
Civilization
Equatorial
Wilds
War bread causes trouble across the country
Digestive troubles and eruptions are linked to war bread with imported flour containing beans and rice ingredients. Lord Rhondda orders an inquiry. The Dundee Advertiser notes weak keeping properties of regulation flour and suggests safer, digestible bread methods.
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Paris
Coons and Turkeys in a Colonial Cooking Debate
A Columbus Journal writer argues Massachusetts hunters prefer coon meat to turkey and imagines the process of driving dogs and guns into forests to hunt. The piece mocks Ohio’s state of mind and notes the coon as a fine game animal but not meat.
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Massachusetts
Columbus
Ohio
John Alden
Cotton Gears Promising Hardwearing Technology
A note from Popular Science Monthly reports gears made from ordinary cotton outperform steel gears. Steel teeth screech and wear due to scraping, while compressed cotton teeth are noiseless and durable. A large cylinder of cotton disks is compressed to one sixteenth of its former length.
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Popular Science Monthly
Contention over politics sparks heated exchange
A heated quarrel erupts when one man rebukes another about politics, quipping that the other should consult an alienist. The exchange ends with uncertain irony as the men react to the remark and debate lingers.
Weather as a recurring Remarkable Theme in History
The passage notes frequent remarks on weather over the past decade or more. It questions how to account for the consistent characterization of weather as remarkable, suggesting a pattern of heightened weather discourse rather than a single event.
A Railroader's Yarn From Edith Barnard Delano
A veteran engineer nicknamed Mike recalls life at the throttle and a bold wartime choice. He contrasts Bill Edson who refuses Liberty bonds with the old guard who bought one, recounting a flood crisis and John M. King'sHarper's Ferry bridge decision that kept the line intact.
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Edith Barnard Delano
Mike
The
Brotherhood
G. M
Gamden
Bill
Germany
Bill Edson
Harper's Ferry
Niagara
Cumberland
Baltimore
John M. King
Central Building
Maintenance of Way
Harper’s Ferry
King
Mr. King
Harper’ Ferry
Han
Harper’s
Make the World Happier Through the Second Liberty Loan
A call to join the second Liberty Loan urging citizens to subscribe as a patriotic duty. It frames success as essential to aid the Allies and prevent a hostile global government, stressing pride in supporting humanity and proving America’s resolve. The piece compares investment value to moral duty and highlights the Kaiser’s claims versus American humanity.
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America
British Tommies Wit in Malta Gardens
A Malta feature notes British soldiers famed for humor as they cultivate gardens on rocky ground by importing soil and laying it on the surface. The sight attracts interest from the Foismy and a corporal jokes about keeping a cow in a window box after the war.
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Malta
Prominent Beauty Seeks Answer Nightly Proposal Recalled
A popular beauty recalls a marriage proposal paused by memory lapse. The suitor frets, asking if he truly promised to answer that night and wonders what forgotten vow may emerge as they converse.
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