Railroads pool coal cars under Eastern committee order
Pittsburg December 5 The Eastern railroads general operating committee orders immediate pooling of all coal carrying cars on its lines and asks the American Railway Association to obtain government authority to pool private owners coal car equipment with a set compensation rate. The text also references Adamsgon's Balsam as a cough remedy advertisement.
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Pittsburg
General Operating Committee
Eastern Railroads
National Defence
American Railway Association
Nimble Call for 475 Graduate Nurses for Army Service
Washington December 8 four hundred seventy five graduate nurses are needed for immediate and urgent army service before December 12. In the next year at least 20,000 nurses will be required in army hospitals in the U S and Europe. Miss Dora E Thompson says about 80,000 nurses are in the country and only 3500 have been assigned to duty with 1500 in France.
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Washington
Europe
Dora E. Thompson
Army Nurse Corps
France
Hylan bans wire tapping after January first
Mayor elect John F. Hylan announced that tapping telephone wires will be forbidden except under court or district attorney authority after January 1. He said tapping will not be permitted to detect crime and violators will be prosecuted. The note recalls past police listenings under Mayor Mitchel’s administration during inquiries into private charitable expenditures.
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New York
John FI. Hylan
Great Gift Pack to France Deluges Robost Mail Campaign
About 600000 Christmas parcels were sent to American troops overseas following a nationwide drive urging early gift mailing. Railroads War Board reported heavy surges as parcels of varying sizes were opened and re wrapped. no parcel was rejected for size though many exceeded 20 pounds, some reaching 100 pounds.
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New York
Railroads’ War Board
Winners of CAT STORY CON TEST Prizes Announced Next Sunday
Winners of prizes in the CAT STORY CON TEST will be announced in next Sunday's Post.
Wild South American Horses Roam Vast Plains
As many as ten thousand ownerless horses roamed the plains of South America in the not remote past. They descend from horses brought by Spanish explorers and, while driven by fear, soon serve man with sagacity and endurance. Their mares are sometimes sacrificed for feasts and a note about Fan and a candy ritual appears, ending with a shooter for an aged workhorse. GEORGE DOYLE. North street, Stoneham.
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South America
San Martin
Nelly Breaks the Ice on a Spring Morning
In a rural scene Nelly the pony breaks a glass cold frame as she searches for fresh clover in a sunny garden. The narrator recalls harsh winter fodder and recounts the amusing escape as the pony shatters the glass lights seeking water.
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Nelly
Bessie H. Flagg
Boscawen
N. H
Jim the Milk Route Horse Defies New Driver
Albert Catherwood of 58 Epping Street Lowell tells of Jim a large chestnut horse owned by his father who runs a milk business. Jim refused a fall route change, bucking tipping a wagon and breaking harness before being driven back to his accustomed path by another horse.
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Jim
Albert Catherwood
Epping Street
Lowell
Prince the Horse Saves Grandpa in Prairie Fire
A family story from Iowa recalls Prince, a clever thoroughbred, warning and carrying Grandpa to safety as a prairie fire races toward them. Doris Noyes of Newburyport asks readers if they would be proud of such a horse and deserve love.
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Mother
Iowa
Prince
Grandpa
Prairies
Grandma
Princes
Doris Noyes
Barton Street
Newburyport
Fan's Sweet Tooth Van and Her Friendly Cookie Chase
A gentle horse named Fan enjoyed cookies and candy, following anyone who called her by the cue Cookie Fan. She would nuzzle and thank her kind owner, endearing herself to all who fed her treats.
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Fan
George Doyle
North Street
Stoneham
Van
The Obedient Horse Named Bess
A mill man discovers his daughter asleep with her doll while his horse Bess refuses to move after dinner. He finds the scene on the track and praises the horse with Well done, Bess.
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Bess
True Story Quoted From Noted Book
The text presents a quoted line about fairness and reward with a horse fed apples and hay. It attributes the excerpt to Edith S. Munsey of Malden Massachusetts and notes it is from a well known book in paraphrased form.
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Edith S. Munsey
Linden Avenue, Malden
Jumbo the horse seeks revenge after slur at North Adams store
A grandmotherly tale recounts Jumbo the white horse once slapped on the nose by a passerby in front of a North Adams fruit store. The horse later menaced the man by ears back and teeth bared, shaking him years ago. Jumbo lived about 28 years, noted as faithful.
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North Adams
Jumbo
Grafton
Marjorie Stiles
Army to receive 10,500,000 pairs of marching shoes
Washington reports that American soldiers in France and those in training in the U S will start receiving the army marching and trench shoe contract the government placed months ago. Delivery of 106 500 000 pairs began today and will continue through May.
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Washington
France
Coal Dealers Barred From Preincreased Prices
Washington announces that coal jobbers and retailers may not charge the 55 cent per ton advance on anthracite for stocks on hand at the end of November. The higher price applies only to coal shipped after 7 a.m. December 1, 1917, aimed at halting attempts to profit from preexisting shipments.
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Washington
Fuel Administration
Police Chiefs Pick Kansas City for 1918 Meeting
The International Association of Chiefs of Police announced Kansas City as the 1918 meeting site. The convention in Washington noted the re election of President Michael T. Long of Newark and discussed the policeman's role in the war.
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Washington
Michael T. Long
Newark
N. J
Kansas City
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Iron-Nuxated Iron Boosts Strength at Fifty
An advertisement claims iron as the key to renewed vigor in a man of 50. It touts Nuxated Iron as easily absorbed, contrasts it with other iron forms, and promises doubled strength within four weeks for healthy individuals, with a $100 charity offer if not proven.
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Boston
Mass
B. Sauer
EB. Sauer
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