Best Man is Stricken Blind at Pawtucket Wedding
William Allison served as best man for Robert Williams and Ada Caston at Congdon Street Baptist church in Pawtucket when he suddenly collapsed and became totally blind. He is a 24 year old Pawtucket High School graduate and was known as a football player. Eye specialists said he would likely not regain sight.
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Pawtucket
R. I
William Allison
Allison
Robert Williams
Ada Caston
Congdon Street Baptist Church
Pawtucket High School
Relief Funds Distributed by Jewish Relief Committee In Europe
Fragmentary text notes funds distributed in Iland Lithuania and Courland by the Jewish Relief Committee. Mentions appropriations for relief with figures around 15 to 50 dollars, indicating variable allocations. No clear dates or full totals given.
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Ung
Ewish Relief Committee
Iland
Lithuania
Courland
Russian cotton mills may not operate again
London reports Sir Charles Macara says Russia’s prewar cotton sector has collapsed amid revolution. Of 9.9 million spindles, only 200k to 300k may run, with mills nationalized, workers displaced, and critical raw cotton scarce, leaving machinery stripped for parts.
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London
Russia
Charles Macara
Yorkshire Post
Moscow
Charles
Sir Charles
New York
Germany
Austria
Europe
Close Mexican gambling houses crackdown in Tacubaya
Mexico City reports reforms under the new regime close gambling houses at Tacubaya and nearby areas once a social hub for rich Mexicans and foreign visitors. The move follows broader wartime relief and economic strain affecting workers and factories across Europe and beyond.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Tacubaya
Channel cyclist Miss Zetta Hills fails near coast
London Oct 15 The British channel cyclist Miss Zetta Hills rode forty eight miles on a water cycle built with paddle spokes but the machine broke down three and a half miles from the British coast. The tide pulled her off course and after twelve hours of pedaling victory was snatched from her within sight of the goal.
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London
Zetta Hills
Hugh Luck
Calais
Boulogne
Joint Distribution Committee Million Dollar Claim Stated
The text cites a claim of a one million dollars per month associated with the Joint Distribution Committee and mentions Felix Warburg as a key figure. It references aairman, implying an aviation-related misprint or fragment. Further context from the article is needed to clarify roles and dates.
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Joint Distribution Committee
Felix “J. Warbure
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