Wreck on New Haven Kills 9 in Triple Train Collision
Nine killed and at least 65 injured in a three train wreck east of Milford Connecticut when a west bound local rammed an express stalled ahead. A flagman died trying to warn the oncoming special and eight others were hospitalized or died later.
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New Haven
Conn
Indian River
Milford Station
Curtis
W. R
Stamford
Tourtelotte
G. L
Allen
George C
Groton
Conners
Patrick
New York City
Freye
J. J
Bridgeport
Hyland
Susie G
McGinnis
Edward
Hoohanzerian
Maedivous Bes
Werner
Prederick
Connecticut River
Lanralton Hall
Washington Postal Memo Opposes Teuton Armament View
The U.S. government informed ambassadors abroad that merchantmen armed defensively are not ships of war and cannot be attacked without warning. President Wilson's memorandum argues international law cannot change without broad agreement, and that defenses must be judged case by case while awaiting belligerent assent.
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Washington
United States
Austria
Wilson
Tragic Milk Train Collision Claims Young Boy
Reading man William McChallicher, eight, of West Reading, leapt from a milk train stopped for an oncoming engine near Kutztown and was killed, his head crushed by the locomotive. Driver Charles Geiger, Mrs. Bessie Weidner, and her small son in the rear were uninjured. the auto was only slightly damaged.
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Reading
Kutztown
Willian McChallicher
West Reading
Charles Geiger
Bessie Weidner
Wiifield
New Canal Dredging Record Set by Fleet
Dredging fleet on the canal completed 57 300 cubic yards in 24 hours at Panama Canal. Previous record was under 45 000 cubic yards. Dredge Cascadas stations removed 23 506 cubic yards in the record period.
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Panamia
Nama Canal
Crai Nerd
Appam Seized by U S Marshals Aboard British Liner
U S Deputy Marshal J B West seized the British liner Appam at Newport News under a federal writ as Lieut Borg and the prize crew protested. The German officers kept the two marshals confined aft and denied them food while Judge Edmund Wad vell directs the case with the Liverpool ship still under German control.
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Norfolk
Edmund Waddill
United States District Court
British and African Steam Navigation Co., Limited
Liverpool
Appam
Newport News
J. B. West
Norman Hamilton
Lieut. Borg
United States Court
Waddil
Lieut. Berg
United States
Federal Court
Arrest Lincoln German Spy in New York City
Ignatius T. Trebitsch Lincoln once a British MP and confessed German spy was arrested at Broadway and Thirtieth Street by Department of Justice agents. He was cuffed 35 days after his escape from U S Deputy Marshal Frank Johnson of Brooklyn.
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England
New York
Ignatius T. Trebitsch
Lincoln
House of Commons
Senate reports Americans killed in Mexico and on border 1910–1915
President Wilson transmitted a State Department reply to a Senate inquiry detailing American fatalities in Mexico and at the border from 1910 to 1915. The report tallies 204 total deaths from various causes, noting 76 Americans killed in Mexico in 1913–1915 and 47 in 1910–1912, with most deaths labeled as killed rather than murdered by combatants.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Department of State
Senae Resoluton of
Mexico
United States
Lansing
HueNan uprising crushed and leaders executed
Reports from Pekin note a revolutionary outbreak in HueNan was suppressed and its leaders executed. Also in El Paso a sheriff and deputy were wounded in a jail breakout response while pursuing fugitives.
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Pekin
China
HueNan
Annapolis
Senate
London
James W. Gerard
Germany
Munich
Copenhagen
Mediterranean
Belgium
American Commission For Relief
Great Britain
EL Paso
Texas
Dwight
Stephens
Luna County
New Mexico
Buck Sevier
Rincorn
N. M
Demine
Germans and Italians Advancing on Multiple Fronts Amid Heavy Fighting
In Artois and Champagne France Germans push 800 metres of trenches, seize seven officers and 319 men. French counterattacks reclaim most positions, with heavy casualties on both sides. Italians seize Calla region, Macegno, Ronchi, and push toward Trent. London reports German seaplane raid on east and southeast coasts with limited British losses. Yser front sees renewed German attempts. Albanian ongoing moves near Durazzo and Avlona with Berat captured by Albanian forces allied to Teutons.
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Londons
Artois
France
Champagne
Meuse
Dun
Couchez
Paris
London
Germany
War Office
Lowestoft
Suffolk
Yser Cane
1Gium
Ypres
Canal
Albania
Bazar-Sjak
Durazzo
Avlona
Berat
Russian push nears Trebizond after Erzerum victory
Petrograd dispatches report Erzerum evacuated by Turkish garrison in 36 hours of bombardment and bayonet assault. Armenians massacred by Kurds before retreat. Russians advance toward Trebizond. Baiburt captured. Grand Duke Nicholas’ forces within 50 miles of Trebizond.
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Paris
Erzerum
Petrograd
Nicholas
Black Sea
Upper
Alsace
Largitzen
Ypres
Berlin
Navy Denies Milkship to Germany Demand
New York report that Dr A mund von Mach urged a US warship to Europe with milk for German and Austrian babies. Secretary Daniels refused saying no naval vessel can enter the war zone without Congressional authorization.
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New York
Amund von Mach
Citizens’ Committee
United States
Europe
Germany
Austria
Daniels
Congress
Berlin tightens butter ration to four ounces per person weekly
Berlin authorities cut butter to a quarter pound per person each week, to be taken on bread card presentation. The measure, part of broader ration tightening, affects other items as well.
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Berlin
Ber
Vuchy
Fall of Erzerum Report Shows Heavy Casualties
An official Constantinople dispatch says about 5 000 Russians were killed and many wounded over three days of combat as Erzerum fell to Ottoman defenses. Petrograd estimates the garrison at 100 000 but final surrender status remains unconfirmed. The capture could open Asia Minor to Russia and affect Mesopotamian pressure as German offensives broaden on the Western Front.
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Rome
Erzerum
Constantinople
Petrograd
Asia Minor
Trebizond
Black Sea
Asia
Europe
Armenia
Mesopotamia
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Flanders
Artois
Champagne
Zeppelin Crew Perishes After 6000 Foot Fall
About twenty two men aboard a Zeppelin airship were killed when it was shot down by the French near Brabant le Roi. The craft fell from 6000 feet and burned. French bombardment between the Meuse and Moselle yielded success. Trebizond evacuated as Russians tighten their dragnet in Armenia. British war credits rise to 10 410 000 000 with 2 100 000 000 more asked. Hamburg Lübeck and Bremen leaders urge peace overtures within three months. Moslems suffer from deep snow while retreating forces discard gear.
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Brabant-le-Roi
Trebizond
Armenia
House of Commons
Hamburg
Luebeck
Bremen
Meuse
Moselle
Forest of
Apremont
Fishermen Report Cood Luck at Coast Resorts
Social town meetings in Almonesson evolved into a permanent group led by women. Davis Rash Jr Louis Shellhorn and John Roselle named local preachers at Haddonfield M E Church. revival services at Glassboro M P Church under Rev James Cody.
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Almonesson
Davis S. Rash, Jr
Louis Shellhorn
John E. Roselle
Haddonfield M. E
Glassboro M. P
James C. Cody
Cascarets advertise liver and bowels health remedy
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets as a universal laxative for liver stomach and bowels claiming quick relief from constipation indigestion biliousness and headaches. It urges 10 cent boxes for lasting relief and notes widespread store availability with a playful aside about children. The copy also mentions patent post bases and Grip preventive laxative products.
True Mustarine relief for rheumatic pains advertised
An old advert promises instant relief from rheumatic pains with true Mustarine in a yellow box priced around 25 cents. It claims to ease aches and sore throats and notes Begg Medicine Co. Rochester NY as the maker. Also mentions a proposed steamship line funded by Ecuador with Guayaquil to Philadelphia service and indigenous staffing.
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Begg Medicine Co
Rochester
N. Y
Congress of Ecuador
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Philadelphia
Claims Lye Peels Not Injurious Says Prof Jaffa
Prof M E Jaffa of the California state board of health says lye peeled peaches are not more harmful than hand peeled fruit. He notes food value quality and flavor are unchanged and indistinguishable except for knife marks. Analyses show acidity remains unaffected by lye peeling.
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M. E. Jaffa
California State Board of Health
Bridgeport Booms Amid War Business Growth
Bridgeport, Connecticut, experiences a population rise from 115000 to about 150000 this year driven by wartime industry. About 20000 workers are employed by a single firm across three eight hour shifts, reflecting the wartime economic surge.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Seaweed substituted for bone in cutlery handles
The article notes seaweed being processed into a composite to replace bone in cutlery handles, highlighting a sustainable material alternative.
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Erzerum Garrison
New Jersey
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Parent-Teachers’ Association
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Woman's Needle Work Guild
Haddonfield
Anna B. Kiermer
Gloucester Public Schools
Columbia University
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Anderson
Edward Knight
Wenonah
California
Gertrude Baker
Raymond Maguire
Jlandisville
Minotola
Barrington
Centre Township
White Horse Pike
Clements Bridge Road
Great Egg Harber
Burlington
Peach Growers' Association
Vineland
Waddon Township
Heaney’s Woods
Westmont Park
Edward Lodline
Charles Walters
Westville
Butte, Mont
Gloucester Township Board of Education
Salem County Democratic Club
W. Howard Reeves
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Salem
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