World War Headlines and Domestic Notices From the Era
A multi-fact segment reports on early World War I casualty estimates by Gen. Greene, naval actions including the sinking of the Arabian, French gains in Champagne and Austro Hungarian advances in Serbia, Russian offensives, and Baltic winter conditions. It also notes passport demands for ministers, a primaries related court case in Indianapolis, bail for Lawson in a Nimmo murder, Goethals remaining as Panama governor, and local incidents including explosive plant scares, a new naval board, a Riley birthday banquet, Terre Haute mayoral impeachment, Eastern Star sessions, Hoopeston council, Chicago garment strike riots, a deadly tornado in Morgan City along with other city notes.
Notable Early 20th Century Figures Reported in Distressed States
Personal Church Howe, former consul to SheMed, England, Montreal, Palermo, and Antwerp, died at Auburn Nebraska. Miss Eliza Proctor Otis, famed American actress, critically ill with neuritis at her St Paul Hotel apartment in New York. Rumor claims Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria is dangerously ill and crown prince summoned to Vienna. Robert Finch, ex mayor of Toledo, vanished five years ago, has died in Detroit Michigan.
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Eliza Proctor Otis
St. Paul Hotel
New York
Francis Joseph of
Austria
Vienna
Robert Finch
Tolledo, O
Detroit
Mich
Mary Putney Wins Kentucky Futurity Classic
The sensational Massachusetts filly Mary Putney won first money in the Kentucky Futurity at Lexington. In the final mile she trotted in 2.0514, capturing the richest of the colt stakes.
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Massachusetts
Mary Putney
Lexington
Train Wreck Near Maltrata Kills Fifty in Mexican Route
Dispatches to Washington report a passenger train from Vera Cruz to Mexico City wrecked near Maltrata with fifty slain and about twenty wounded. Also, Zapatista assault on Mexico City October 2 repulsed with roughly seven hundred dead, including a general.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Maltrata
State Department
Washington
Laredo
Fire damages Empress of India offshore and Bombay cotton stores burn
A mysterious blaze badly damaged the former Canadian Pacific liner Empress of India in the forward section, reports Liverpool. The Overseas News Agency in Berlin says British cotton stores at Bombay were destroyed by fire, resulting in losses of about $16,009,000.
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Liverpool
Bombay
Herlin
Record Wheat and Corn Crops Size and Value Report
A government report from Washington on October 1 estimates a US wheat crop of about 1,002,000,000 bushels valued at roughly 910.8 million dollars, a corn crop of 3,026,000,000 bushels worth about 2,133.0 million, and oats at 1,517,000,000 bushels valued around 422.23 million. The Haitian chamber of deputies ratified a treaty with the United States by 75 to 6, with advisory notes from Rear Admiral Caperton.
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United States
Washington
Haltian Chamber of Deputies
Caperton
Indianapolis meeting urges morals health and roads reforms
Vice-President Thomas A. Marshall addresses Indianapolis county commissioners urging better morals, health, and roads. Dr J N Hurty and Dr Alfred Henry discuss public health, while A G Bachelor and Jesse Taylor push state highway planning and maintenance. Officials note potential legal fixes on town election timing amid unsettled statutes.
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Thomas A. Marshall
Dr.j.n
Hurry
Indianapolis
Indianapolia
Thomas R. Marshall
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Alfred Henry
A. G. Bachelor
New York
Jesse Taylor
Ohio
Marshall
Republic
T. Elect
Lam Saru
John
N. Hurty
Indiana
Inglang Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
A. G. Bachelder
American Auto Mobile Scandation
Lurien
National Highway Institation
Iniiana
Congress
Riad
State News Briefs From Indiana and Abroad
Reports include the death of Ivan Gardner killed by a freight train on Vandalia line after misreading a wave. The Harmay school boy lingered on a culvert as a freighter rode by. Mrs. Culla J. Wayhinger named president of the Aliuan Women’s Christ Temperance union. State officers largely re-elected. Invitations issued for future conventions and national can, with midwinter session to decide the 1816 venue.
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Brazil
Ivan Gardner
Vandalia
Harmay School
Rrack
Robert Gardner
Hanahry
Cleo Albright
Gardner Bay
Culla J. Wayhinger
Uplanes
Ine Aliuan Women's. Christin Temperance
M. EB
S Tate
Elizabeth Stanley
Liberty
Mary BR. Woodward
Eiphaniag City
Ose. Pearce
Sharpsville
Clara Sears
Indianapolis
Christine
Giabal
Evansville
Mix
Tevanayjitle
Cuticura Hair Growth Ad Program Promises Relief
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap to cleanse and Cuticura Ointment to soothe the scalp. It claims occasional use aids premature baldness and urges readers to sample free via a postcard offer from Cuticura Dept XY Boston.
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Cuttcura
Boston
Bold
Converted Baptist Sermon Sparks Gambling Paragraph Burn
In a Kansas City Star recount, Deacon Whang and Brad Simmons joke about a post sermon "sousin' hozanner" meeting to burn up gambling paragraphs. Goat refuses, noting his recent conversion but fearing backsliding and the temptation of risky writings.
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Bradder Simmons
Whang
Goat
Bimmons
Dan Snow
Brudder
Kanaas City Star
Not a Thorough Job Bishop Arrives in North Dakota
A 1914 report notes a new Episcopal bishop, formerly rector at Hagerstown Maryland, bringing his family to Fargo North Dakota. A neighbor recalls the boy shoveling snow and jokes about Maryland snow compared to Fargo, with the child replying in a Southern drawl that it snowed there but not thoroughly as here.
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North Dakota
Episcopal Church
Hagerstown
Fargo
Maryland
Contrasting Train Robbery Methods Noted In Heist
The report contrasts two train robbers with opposite methods as one loaded the rifle while the other rifled the load. The dialogue highlights how their approaches differed during the incident.
Scotland's Deal on Mechanical Potato Planters
Scotland is adopting four mechanical potato planters to boost efficiency. The move aims to reduce labor costs and increase yield, with farms integrating the new equipment this planting season. Industry officials suggest the machines will modernize crop operations across regional fields.
Doctor's Experience on Coffee and Nervous Prostrations
A doctor with wide experience warns coffee can harm nervous systems and provoke prostration. He cites cases of weakness and shakiness when patients use coffee despite inner distress.
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An Naval
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