Authorities Seek Aid From Two Governors Over Line Breach
Arkansas and Missouri officials urge Gov Hays and Gov Painter to curb bootlegging on the state line in Oregon County Missouri. Telegrams from local leaders request joint action to stop liquor sales, while federal and state measures prepare for hunting season rules and river dredging plans along the Arkansas River valley.
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United States
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Minnapolis
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Memphis
Branched Notes From Arkansas Rural Life Drifts Across Counties
A series of brief items from Arkansas reports recounts deaths and accidents, local incidents, and community events. Among the entries are a Pocahontas youth dying from wounds after an attempted home entry, Amity saw miller Tadper Thohet killed during loading, and multiple local mishaps, court actions, and civic notes across Crittenden, Conway, Faulkner, and nearby counties, detailing arrests, legal matters, school building progress, and harvest conditions. The scattered notes place figures like Thom as Carr, Sheriff Sam Manidin, and Judge W Driver in local memory, with farm, road, and town life threads prevailing.
Would Help Farmer Will Ask Congress to Advance Money for Public Works
Washington. The secretary of agriculture outlines a plan to prepay future receipts from national forests to fund roads trails bridges and other public works. The move aims to stimulate agricultural development relieve local tax burdens and aid forest resources while counties with substantial national forest land would benefit.
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United States
Rudd
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Ohio Direct
Workmen Unearth Coffin Near Ladoga Indiana
Workmen digging for a cellar at New Ross uncover a coffin containing fragments of human bones. The grave lies away from any cemetery. About fifty years ago a man named Noftstiger disappeared from New Hoos and was never seen again. Local residents suspect foul play and believe his body was buried in the wooded area now under cultivation.
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New Ross
Noffstiger
New Hoos
Graveyard for sale at public auction in St Louis area
The Old Milton burying ground near East Alton, the oldest graveyard in the region, is to be sold at public auction for taxes and costs. An assessment of two dollars was levied for the East Alton drainage district, payable in annual installments of twenty three cents. Trustees report lack of funds for upkeep and former treasurer W Watery paid the installments out of his own pocket.
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Quarry Stone Poisonous Incident Reported
De John H H, Cayuga County health officer, reports a blast at a quarry released poisonous stone dust. Six people are hospitalized and one likely death. Dr Whitlock says the illness was caused by the blasted rock. Horses nearby were injured.
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de John HH
Cayuga
Doetur Whitlock
Kaiser and Archduke Visit Front After Russian Evacuation
The Kaiser and Archduke Frederick of Austria traveled to the Lem bers front to rally troops and encourage German and Austrian forces. After the Russian withdrawal they met to commend their men’s valor and discuss ongoing operations.
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Yale students earned $57,458 through campus work bureau
New Haven Yale students who worked their way through college last year earned a total of $57,458 in positions obtained for them by Yale university’s bureau of appointments. The bureau assisted 600 students, arranging work and scholarships across many fields, with earnings and duties detailed for varied jobs and activities during the university year.
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Winchester Speating Arms Company
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Man from Rome Claims Countless Names in Cross-Named Identity
In Rome near Morrison's campground the 24 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Carver asserts he has more names than any other American. Friends call him Lord Tal madge Zachariah Taylor Benjamin Franklin Eleazer Poole Stewart Breek enridge Carver, a signature described as a blend of a Bible con cordance and a history of the United States.
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Morrison's
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United States
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Russians Strike German Lines in Eastern Front Actions
London reports on Russian forces breaking through near the Dyita and Niemen rivers, capturing towns and threatening German groups around Poniewesz and Vilkomir. Austrians press Serbia near Orsova with Danube landing attempts repulsed. Zeppelin raid on England kills six and wounds 23, with 14 houses damaged across multiple sites.
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Russians seek lace trade to employ maimed soldiers
Theodore Kryahtotoveh, a Russian special commissioner, says Russia plans to create a market in the Tribes States for Koustar lace and Wandwork by peasants. He arrived from Petrograd via Japan to present the plan and provide jobs for maimed soldiers in San Francisco.
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Theodore Kryahtotoveh
Russia
United States
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Japan
Seeks Strange Beast Bet in Washington
Preston Gibson, famed for a $1000 bet that Charley the Nationals could catch a thrown baseball from the Washington Monument, now wagers $1000 with a Metropolitan Club colleague that a four-footed animal with blue and white stripes, stripes no wider than two inches, can be produced.
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Preston Gibson
Charley
Nationals
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Sexton Declared Bankrupt Over Cemetery Lots
Joseph M. Smith, sexton of a cemetery in Vehkosh, Wisconsin, has been adjudged bankrupt. He stated in his petition that he managed 100 lots at two dollars yearly each and received extra pay for digging slaves, but not enough Vehkosh residents did the work to cover expenses.
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Joseph M. Smith
Last Civil War Officer Retired
Col. John J. Klein, the last active Civil War officer of the 1st United States Army, has been placed on the retired list at age 64.
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Washington
John J. Klein
United States Army
Lst
Music teacher drowned at high school pool in Champaign
Zella Wine slow a music teacher was found drowned in four feet of water at the Champaign high school swimming pool. Authorities believed heart trouble caused the accident and considered it an unexpected death.
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Zella] Wineslow
Convention City Chosen for 1916 Typographical Union
Baltimore to host the 1916 International Typographical Union convention as announced for the year. In Washington the Postmaster General approved an 11 cent stamp to cover both insurance and parcel post charges, aligning with new postal rate needs.
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Los Angeles
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International Typographical Union
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Burleson
Worth Closes London House After War Losses
Consternation spread among Worth's employees when Manager Pence announced the London house would close due to reduced business caused by the war.
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London House
London
Pence
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