Weather forecaster touts 95 percent accuracy in October
Washington dispatch reviews a long range forecast system and past results. It cites 95 percent accuracy for October 1916 forecasts for St. Louis and calls for Canada to improve its weather bureau and adopt similar long range forecasting methods.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Journal of Agriculture
West Indies
United States Weather Bureau
Vancouver
Pacific
Rockies
Plains
Great Lakes
Ohio
Newfoundland
Canada
United States
Canadian Weather Bureau
Ontario
Manitoba
Thieves Foiled in Ford Auto Theft near Bryan
Sheriff's office in Brazos County追 and Harris County officers tracked a stolen new model Ford from Houston toward Bryan. The car was traced by serial number altered from 1,287,931 to 1,887,981 by changing threes to eights. Rice Land Company of Houston owned the vehicle. R C Mount and Mr Rice identified and recovered it. An examining trial before Justice McGee began but was not completed.
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T. C. Nunn
Brazos County
Harris County
Houston
Bryan
Nunn
L. S. Morehead
Navasota
College Road
Ford
Detroit
McGee
Minnesota Republicans Win State in Official Count
The complete official count shows Hughes leading Minnesota with a plurality of 396 votes, earning 12 electoral college votes. The result confirms Hughes as the statewide winner.
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Minnesota
St. Paul, Minn
Hughes
Leach seed separator boosts cotton yields for Brazos County
Farmers of Brazos County are urged to hire Marvin Elliott to separate cotton planting seed with the Leach seed separator. The machine is demonstrated at farms and is endorsed by local farmers bankers and merchants. Contact Earnest Elliott P O Box 901 Bryan Texas for details.
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Marvin Elliot
Marvin Elliott
President to Take Oath on Sunday
Washington reports there will be no lapse in Wilson’s service as March 4 falls on Sunday. The State Department issued a form letter clarifying the law and the secretary of state will advise the president to take the oath on Sunday with inauguration expected Monday March 5. The Democratic chairman may discuss plans with local leaders if Hughes concedes next Friday.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
State Department
Lansing
Charles E. Hughes
Vance C. McCormick
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Substitute Dodson's Liver Tone for Calomel
Dodson's Liver Tone replaces calomel as the town's preferred liver remedy. Local druggists report safer relief from liver sluggishness and constipation with this vegetable tonic, sold at 50 cents a bottle and guaranteed by all sellers. Children and adults alike may take a spoonful at night for next day vitality without the cramps calomel can cause.
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Dodson
Notice of death and unpaid assessment
Notice states death of Mrs. B. Gandy and an assessment due within ten days. Signed by secretary Joe B. Reed.
Brazos County Agricultural Effort Seeks Woman's Club Aid
Brazos county farm demonstration agent C L Beason appeals to the Bryan Woman's Club for cooperation in advancing local agriculture. He encloses a soil map of community centers and urges unity to put Brazos County first toward town and country progress and prosperity.
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Beason
Ladies of
Bryan
C. L. Beason
Brazos County
Woman’s Club of
Texas
A. M. Waldrop
Woman's Club
Co. L. Beason
Harris Transfer Sends Magnolia Manager to Houston
J C Harris, manager of Magnolia Petroleum Company Little Rock division, is transferred to Houston as division manager and will assume duties Thursday. He replaces J Q Tabor who resigned to take other duties in Houston according to the Houston Post.
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J. C. Harris
Little Rock
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Houston
Mr. Harris
J. Q. Tabor
Houston Post
Peace negotiations move toward joint neutral call
Berlin reports indicate neutrals plan a joint call to belligerents urging delegates to a peace convention. The Swiss frontier note in Koelnische Zeitung says several European neutrals are in touch with the United States as belligerents consider a conference. French troops advance toward Mona stir, outskirts of Kanena, and capture Hill 1,212 near Cernabend.
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Berlin
Koelinische Zeitung
Cernabend
Iven
Monastir
Kanena
Winter in Berlin as Front Battles Reported
Winter grips Berlin with trains snowbound near the Swiss frontier. Reports say Entente forces were defeated south of Monastir with heavy losses. German forces retook a Chergel height captured by Serbians on November 15. Germans and Austrians advance in Alt and the Jiul valley. Fire repulse near Sailly-Sanlisel. Romanians progress near Dragoslavel in Transylvania. Russians capture sixteen crew after downing a Zeppelin southeast of Pinsk.
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Berlin
Germany
Exchange
Monastir
Chegel
Alt
Jiul
Sailly-Sanlisel
Bucharest
Dragoslavel
Pinsk
Petrograd
Serbians Capture 800 Trenches East of Cerna River
Paris reports Serbians seized eight hundred trenches yesterday to the east of the Cerna river as fighting flared along the front. tropas incursion details remain sparse.
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Paris
Cerna River
Fighting in German East Africa Boosts British Position
London reports the campaign to clear German East Africa shows favorable progress for Britain. German forces failed to seize a small British post at Malangali. A British relief column arrived, repelling the attack, killing and capturing some attackers and taking booty.
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London
German East Africa
Malangali
British Advance Near Ancre Front Northeast of Beaumont Hammel
British forces renewed their attack along the French front near the Ancre and Baleancre rivers last night advancing northeast of Beaumont Hammel and north of Beaucourt as fighting continued.
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London
Ancre
Baleancre River
Beaumont Hammel
Beaucourt
Fire at Kountze destroys multiple buildings and bank
A Wednesday night fire in Kountze Texas destroyed the bank building the telephone office a barber shop and three vacant structures with an estimated loss of 8000. L H Adams Co faced about 3500 in damages. The origin is unknown.
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Kountze
Texas
L. H. Adams &Co
Tramp and Sonny Share a Tiny Life Moment
A brief dialogue frames a quirky exchange about old shoes and a puppy, highlighting a street scene moment between a tramp and a boy. The snappy banter captures a flitty, urban vignette with minimal context.
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Sonny
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