Memphis Pageant Set for May to Open Yiarahan Bridge
Memphis plans a May pageant celebrating the Yiarahan bridge opening linking Tennessee and Arkansas. About 4000 performers will stage a history of Memphis and the Mississippi River from DeSoto to Jim, with seating for 40,000 as the double tracked bridge, opened 1916, spans three miles costing about 9 million dollars.
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High Bluffs
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St Louis
J. T. Harahan
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Iron Mountain
St. Louis & Southwestern
Cotton Belt
Chicago, Ork Island and Pacific
Rock Island
Snodgrass quits baseball over salary cut
Los Angeles Jan 27 Fred Snodgrass outfielder of the Boston club announced he refused to sign a new contract with the Braves and said he had quit the game to enter business The Boston club cut Snodgrass salary from 8000 to about 4000 dollars per year
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Cal
Fred Snodgrass
Boston
Braves
Snodgrase
Instant relief nasal spray claim for cold relief
Advertised remedy promises immediate relief from nasal congestion and catarrh. It claims to open nostrils, clear air passages, reduce headaches, and provide instant ease by applying a fragrant antiseptic healing cream inside the nostrils.
Sibley Defends Oil Lease Deal Against Leakage Claims
Senator Sibley rejects allegations of inside information in the Mid west oil lease with Kinney and Miller. He argues the Elkhorn agreement was open, noting many leases exist, few yield oil, and the office acted to encourage exploration while denying political motive.
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Elkhorn People
Midwest
Mr Kinney
Oho Company
Asan
Sibley
Tenner Seeks Bigger Home Plate and Three-Ball On-Base
New York January 20 President Tenner of the National League announced he will urge the joint rules committee to raise the home plate from seventeen to eighteen inches and to allow a baseman to reach base on three balls instead of four. He argues the changes would boost batting and offense.
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New York
Tenner
National League
Tie
French Priest Killed In Sahara
Paris reports Father de Foucauld a French missionary and savant killed by nomads in the Sahara where he had lived for years. Once Viscount Charles de Foucauld, he left the army to explore Morocco, later studying Touareg culture and language without pursuing conversions.
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Father de Foucauld
Sahara
Charles de Foucauld
Morocco
Let Players Row Bill Donovan on Baseball Strike Tone
New York January remarks from Bill Donovan and Wilbert Robinson urge unity or conflict among ball players during the strike. They argue that feuding would hurt the game, while some call cordial behavior sportsmanlike, a view they dispute as rot.
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New York
Bill Donovan
Wilbert Robinson
Baltimore
Liquidation of Mexican Banks Rapidly Progressing
Mexico City and Washington reports show state banks of emission being liquidated under decree. Commissions similar to U S federal receivers have taken over banks in Vera Cruz Puebla Queretaro and Guanajuato. Maj Henry S Barrett of the Maryland National Guard is suspended from rank for one year by President Wilson for alleged criticism of guard service and officers.
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United States
Vera Cruz
Puebla
Queretaro
Guanajuato
Washington
Henry 8. Barrett
Fourth Infantry
Maryland National Guard
Wilson
National Guard
Prohibition Bill Advances in Wyoming Legislature
The Wyoming legislature discussed far reaching liquor prohibition measures, including a bone dry bill to ban all intoxicating liquor by January 1, 1918. Debate featured Senators O Connor Powers and Holliday over county naming and penalties for carriers, with broader scrutiny of state officer conflicts in oil lease dealings.
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Wyoming
Iron County
Pat O'Connor
Natrona
Tom Powers
Goshen
Riner Loth
Powers
O'Connor
Holliday
Laramie
Colorado Fuel and
Rockefeller County
Poverty County
Senate
T. C. Diers
Sheridan County
Diers
Sibley
Committees On Corporations
Niner
State Land Board
Graham's Lectures Treat for Mason
Robert D. Graham of Colorado, a noted Masonic lecturer, spoke to a large gathering at the Consistory temple. Tonight he lectures on The Mission and Purpose of Freemasonry with lantern slides, free admission for Masons and one guest, beginning at 8 o'clock.
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Cheyenne
Robert D. Graham
Colorado
Capitol Avenue
Graham
United States
Order
Brotherhood
Road bill aims to cut waste on Shoshone reservation roads
The bill introduces a system to oversee road work on the Shoshone Indian reservation and cap the $25,000 federal road fund. Warren says the measure will save money for the state and build better roads by enforcing efficiency and reducing waste.
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Warren
Wyoming House Passes 1917 Budget Amendments and Bills
Debate over Thermopolis reserve funding reduces appropriation from 150000 to 90000. Maintenance 50000, new bath house 25000, water works 15000 kept. light plant and bridge items removed. House third reading approves varied measures including state flowers and flags, school maintenance, land leases, and military training compulsion.
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Hot Springs
Thermopolis
Big Horn
Bath House
Pilot County Division
White
House
Sibley
Wyoming
Daley
Lucas
Wyoming School For
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Wyo
Sheridan County
Board of Land Commissioner
United States
Holdrege
Wyoming Industria I Atitute
H. B
State Board of Examiner
Eniin
W. Sproul
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