Italy Faces Severe Food Shortage Amid War Aftermath
Rome reports Italy's food situation is dire with wheat crops 45 million bushels below normal and livestock halved. Italy cites needed aid from America to feed about 3 million in the Treviso Dalmatia and Istria regions while warning of shipping shortages and continued reconstruction strain.
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Caproni
Italy
Maly
America
Caporetto
Germany
Uy’s
Austria
Trieste
Istria
Dalmatia
Albania
Centurica
France
Palestine
Iberia
Petates
Europe
Public Auction Sells Coffin From Notorious Woman Spy
London reports the sale at public auction of furniture tied to a well known Woman Spy who was recently deported. The last item listed is a mahogany coffin she had made for her West End apartments, lined in pink silk with a hinged top and a large gold name plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
West End
Harry Doyle of Cheyenne Meets Brother After Five Years
Harry Doyle, stationed at Camp Meade Maryland, writes home about army life and praise for Uncle Sam. He describes football duties as right end on his battalion team which seeks camp championships. He also recounts meeting his elder brother Lieutenant Walter B Doyle USN commanding submarine H I in Washington DC after five years apart.
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John Doyle
Harry
Camp Meade
Sam
Tis
Batalion
Army
Doyle
Washington, D. C
Walter B. Doyle
Death in coal mine wreck and other Wyoming incidents
Cumberland reports the death of J M Faddies, mine superintendent, when a coal train car broke away and crashed at the Union Pacific mine. In Casper a brown bear escaped and was shot after being trapped in a rooming house vestibule. Also in Casper a woman shot two others in a domestic dispute, with one victim in critical condition. all involved are described as negro.
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Cumberland
Wyo
Caro
Union Pacific Coal Company
J. M. Faddies
Faddies
Witel
Cara
Carper
Casper
James Barr
Brooin
Jack Jones
Ster
Jones
Big Bear Ol! Company
Casper, Wyo
Alberta Hollingsworth
State Hospital
Mamie Madlock
Madlock
Hollingsworth
Midwest
Madlock Gates
Tex
Influenza declines in Sheridan with one death
Sheridan reports improved influenza conditions with only one fatality and four new cases. The deceased is W. T. Weller, 44, who resided in Sheridan for ten years and leaves a widow and four children. Eleven cats were noted on Sunday.
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Sheridan
W. T. Weller
Weller
Schools Aid Bureau Faces Principals’ Citizenship Task
School principals admit initial doubt about running citizenship classes for aliens but have changed views after realizing the importance and necessity of the work. The passage discusses outreach and training efforts to prepare newcomers for American citizenship.
Schools Expand Citizenship Classes For Foreigners
An educational official advised that citizenship education was impractical in big cities due to costs and lack of resources. After grasping the potential, he argued public schools have a duty to educate aliens like native-born children and secured teachers and equipment quickly. Many teachers lack adult instruction or foreign language experience, but foreign learners’ eagerness helps solve problems. More schools run citizenship classes this year, with foreigners taught reaching record levels.
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Lem
Raymond F. Crist
Naturalization
Big City
Theden
Daily Market Report from Chicago and Omaha Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Hogs receipts 75 000 in Chicago with prices mostly 10 cents lower than yesterday. Butchers and packing buyers report declines across hog grades. Cattle receipts 23 000 with slow beef and butcher markets and mixed price tones. Calves and feed ers steady to higher in parts. Sheep receipts 23 000 with lambs and yearlings steady to lower in places. Omaha reports hog receipts 15 000 with steady to 10 cent lower prices. heavy to mixed ranges. Cattle receipts 6 600 with market weak to 70 cents lower. native and western steers range 9.59 to 18.50. calves 7.50 to 13.50. Market summaries reflect creases and regional price shifts.
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Chicago
Kansas City market report shows steady hog and cattle prices
Hogs receipts 13 000 market steady with heavy as high as 17 70 per cwt and butchers at 17 70 light hogs 17 60 pigs 12 50 to 14 50. Cattle receipts 6 000 market steady steers 18 00 to 20 16 westerns 10 00 to 16 00 cows 12 50 heifers 7 00 to 13 50 stockers 6 50 to 13 50 calves 6 00 to 23 50. Sheep receipts 4 000 market strong lambs 12 00 to 15 95 yearlings 10 00 to 12 00 wethers 9 00 to 10 50 ewes 8 00 to 9 26.
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Omaha
Neb
Texas
Kansas City
Western
Helfers
Funeral of Young Pederson at Capito Avenue
George C. Pederson died December 4 in the Union Pacific ward of St. John's hospital from Spanish influenza. Funeral at Early's chapel Capito avenue and Eighteenth street today at 1 o'clock conducted by Rev. Huston. Only family present. He worked as a switchman for Union Pacific about two years after ten years with New York Central. He served in the Navy from age 18 to 26. Survived by mother Mrs. Josephine Pederson of Little Bear and siblings. sister in Chicago, brother in St. Louis will not attend.
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George C. Pederson
Union Pacific
St. John's Hospital
Early's Chapel
Capito Avenue
Eighteenth Street
A. Huston
Upton Pacific Railroad
New York Central
Pederson
United States Navy
Josephine Pederson
Little Bear
Chicago
St. Louis
Communities unite to build road for timber in Juab County
In Juab county Utah two communities join the county farm bureau to blaze a road up Pigeon Creek canyon for timber. The project, costing about 3009 dollars in labor and materials, aims to supply both towns with needed timber and benefit local development.
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Utah
Juab County
County Farm Bureau
Pigeon Creek Canyon
Dawson to Erect Memorial for Heroic Dead
Dawson plans a monument in memory of Klondike and Canadian Yukon sections men who died in France. The newly formed War Veterans' Club is coordinating the memorial effort. Cordova reports an influenza quarantine allowing one entrant at a time into the post office for mail.
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Dawson
Y. T
Klondike
Canadian
Yukon
Batte Fields
France
War Veterans’ Club
Cordova
Alaska
Miss Zimmerman Taken Home After Influenza Death
Miss Helen Zimmerman, a Union Pacific stenographer who died from Spanish influenza, will be taken from Cheyenne to Ironton Ohio, her birthplace. Because of illness in her family and influenza restrictions, there will be no funeral service, but the body may be viewed at Early's undertaking parlors.
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Helen
Zimmerman
Union Pacific
U. P. Warg
St. John's Hospital
Cheyenne
Ironton
Ohio
Carl Backle
Durham
Arly
Capitol Avenue
Daughter of Hon Peter Kool Drove Down Runaway Coal Car
In Sheridan Doris Kool daughter of Hon Peter Kool of the Kool Coal Company jumped into a car after a coal car broke away on the Burlington road. She raced the runaway car to warn a train and crew and prevent a collision causing only minor damage.
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Peter Kool
Sheridan
Doris Kool
Kool Coal Company
Burlington Road
Miss Kooi
R. W. Orr
Italy authorizes 65 million lire for farmer seeds
Rome reports the agriculture minister Milani secured 65 000 000 lire to fund agricultural credits for seed supplies. Institutes will operate loans through local channels with decreed procedures, guiding borrowers to obtain working capital for planting and cultivation via regional institutes.
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Rome
Milani
BATONIC Promises Quick Relief From Acid Stomach
The ad claims acid stomach causes many illnesses and offers BATONIC tablets as a quick remedy. It asserts improved digestion, energy, and mood, with testimonials and a money back guarantee through local druggists.
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Eatonic
Wuiffér
Shor
Lena
United States
Somo
Melcy
Batonic
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