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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1917
Page
6
Across the Italian front Austro German forces press the Trentino Piave line while Italian detachments counterattack. In France and the Americas the war effort expands with shifts in leadership and shipping, plus measures on drafts and neutrality.
President Wilson addresses the American Federation of Labor in Buffalo urging unity for war effort and labor reform. He labels Germany the aggressor, condemns pacifists, praises Gompers, and calls for cooperation between labor and capital while protecting freedoms and rejecting lawlessness.
A Princeton graduate recounts how German espionage in Belgium grew complex with seven layers of spies. A U S ambulance driver hears a rumor of an assassination attempt on President Wilson and considers the safest slang to warn a friend amid multilingual risks.
In Kansas City on November 15 350 delegates from Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas fields voted 185 to 167 to reject the automatic penalty clause and condemn it as unfair They will meet today to decide next steps led by Alexander Howat president of Kansas Miners and joined by district chiefs D A Frampton and John Wilkinson The miners back the Kansas City agreed penalty clause but oppose the central clause as unfair and un American
President Wilson moves to avert a railway strike during wartime by summoning heads of the Big Four brotherhoods to the White House on November 22. He urges labor leaders to defer any action until after critical transportation needs pass, and signals government readiness to run roads if needed.
Edward Cunningham heads the Texas State Federation of Labor and asks Samuel Gompers whether building trades calls cover the Texas Louisiana oil laborers strike. If Gompers says yes, 10000 workers may return to work immediately. W A Campbell seeks federal mediation after operators ignored mediators Barrett and Musser.
Ponca City Oklahoma announces the opening of its new city built municipal auditorium tonight. The $50,000 facility is designed to host public events and community gatherings for the town.
Chicago's 1917 city directory lists 2 652 900 residents, a gain of about 40 000 names from the previous edition. The updated book notes the population growth reflecting city expansion and census figures of the era.
A teacher tests students on a rhinoceros lesson asking for a dangerous animal with a horn. A small boy volunteers and answers that a motor car is dangerous and has a horn, delivering a humorous twist.
An old advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Pellets as beneficial for liver and bowels. It states one pellet serves as a laxative and three as a cathartic.
A confrontation aboard a transit ride centers on a conductor enforcing a rule that travelers must pay fare for children over seven. The eight year old passenger triggers the dispute as the caller challenges the policy and visibility of posted rules.
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