Memphis Pageant Honors Harahan Bridge Opening May
Financially arranged Memphis pageant set for May 22 to 24 celebrating the J Hurahan bridge opening. About 4000 performers and seating for 40,000 will depict Memphis and Mississippi River history from DeSoto’s era. The three-line railroad bridge spans three miles, cost about 6 million, opened July 15, 1916.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jlurahan Bridge
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
DeSoto
High Bluffs
Great Waterway
St Lows
J. T. Harahan
Hiinots Central
St Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
Iron Mountain
St. Louis & Southwestern
Cotton Belt
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Rock Islands
Snodgrass Quits Braves Over Salary Cut
Los Angeles Jan 27 Fred Snodgrass outfielder for Boston National League club announced he refused to sign a new contract and quit the game to enter business. The Boston club cut Snodgrass salary from 5000 to about 4000 dollars a year.
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Los Angeles
Fred Snodgrass
Boston
Braves
Snodgrass
Ely's Dream Realm Nostril Relief Adclaims Instant Air
An advertisement promises instant relief for stuffed nostrils and head congestion with Ely's Dream Realm. It claims the topical cream penetrates air passages to soothe inflamed membranes and relieve symptoms quickly.
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Ely
No Leak in Elkhorn Oil Lease Says State Official
Senator Sibley defends Mid west deal and Ohio Oil company lease, stating no inside information or improper profits. He asserts open procedures and calls criticism a political attack, noting many leases for state lands, but oil found only on five of 200 prospects.
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Elkhorn People
Midwest
Kinney
Ohio Company
Ile
Asan
Sibley
Snez
Toa
Iron County
Pat O'Connor
Natrona
Tom Powers
Goshen
Riner Loth
Powers
O'Connor
O’connor
Holliday
Laramie
Colorado Fuel and
Rockefeller County
Poverty County
Senate
T. C. Diers
Sheridan County
Diers
Senator Sibley
Committee On Corporations
Riner
State Land Board
State Tax Commissioner
State
Tenner Urges Larger Home Plate and Three-Ball Batting Rule
National League president Tenner proposed to the joint rules committee that home plate be enlarged from seventeen to eighteen inches and that a batsman be awarded first base on three balls. He argued the change would boost batting and efficiency in play.
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New York
Tenner
National League
Joint
Tie
French Priest Killed In Sahara
Paris reports Father de Foucauld a French missionary and savant killed by nomads in the Sahara where he spent years. Once the Vicomte Charles de Foucauld and army officer, he shed his title to explore Morocco in disguise. He studied Touareg life and aimed to teach hygiene, receiving little gratitude.
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Paris
Father de Foucauld
Sahara
Charles de Foucauld
Morocco
Let Players Row Says Bill Donovan
New York reports Bill Donovan argues that a players quarrel during a strike would benefit baseball even if demands are not met. Wilbert Robinson echoes the view, condemning excessive cordiality among players and urging fiercer competition on the field.
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Bill Donovan
New York
Wilbert Robinson
Baltimore
Liquidation of Mexican banks progresses rapidly
The liquidation of the state banks of emission provided for by a recent decree is advancing quickly. Commissions acting as federal receivers have already assumed control of banks in Vera Cruz, Puebla, Queretaro, and Guanajuato. Major Henry S. Barrett of the Maryland national guard is suspended for one year by President Wilson for alleged criticism of the guard service and officers.
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Mexico City
United States
Vera Cruz
Puebla
Queretaro
Guanajuato
Washington
Henry S. Barrett
Fourth Infantry
Maryland National Guard
Wilson
National Guard
Wyoming Plots Statutory Prohibition Against Liquor
Legislation to stop manufacture and sale of liquor in Wyoming from January 1, 1918, is readied. The measure would ban all traffic in intoxicating liquor and even prohibit common carriers from transporting liquor within the state. The debate showcases a tight, bone dry framework and sharp partisan exchanges.
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Wyoming
Graham's Lectures Treat for Mason in Capitol avenue
Robert D. Graham of Colorado, a renowned Masonic lecturer, spoke to a large gathering at the Consistory temple on Capitol avenue. Tonight at the same venue he will lecture on The Mission and Purpose of Freemasonry with lantern slides, free to admitted Masons and one guest each, beginning at 8 o'clock.
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Cherenné
Robert D. Graham
Colorado
Capitol Avenue
Graham
United States
Order
Brotherhood
Road Bill Aims for Efficient Expenditures On Shoshone Reservation
The bill introduces a state road charge for the Shoshone Indian reservation and assigns a two year oversight of the $25,000 federal road fund. Warren states the measure will save money and speed better road construction by cutting waste and inefficiency.
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Warren
House approves amended appropriation for Thermopolis hot springs reserve
Debate over House Bill 62 yields a reduced appropriation of 90000 dollars for the Thermopolis reserve. The bill now funds general improvements and maintenance while cutting bath house, water works, and light plant projects. Several related measures pass third reading, including bank legislation and state symbols bills.
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Fred Holdredge
Hot Springs
Thermopolis
Big Horn
Bath House
Pilot County Division
White
House
Sibley
Wyoming
Daley
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State Board of Examiner
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Anuric
Melita Eugar
Countrie
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A.G
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