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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1917
Page
2
General England plans to organize 24 new companies as part of a broader expansion. Details on locations and sectors remain sparse, with officials outlining the initiative as a major economic effort and job creator.
The era note details legal and political shifts in Arkansas with debates over woman suffrage poll tax receipts, governor-backed measures, and public notices. It covers labor strikes, legislative actions, appointments, marriage license changes, and new state officials amid a broad array of early 20th century civic matters.
A bill by Senator Brown passed granting towns and counties authority to refund warrants and regulate license poolrooms and alleys. The measure, linked to Pulaski county and city warrants, aims to extend refunds to an increased population and authorize suppression and regulation of certain local venues.
Cuba reports a major rebellion collapse with ex president Miguel Gomez and his entire staff captured. Official word says amnesty may follow for some rebels while prisoners face trials. casualties include Gomez’s son, secretary, and several aides as government forces claim victory.
Reports from Tian Tian claim premier Tuan Shi Jui will return to the capital to push a policy shift. President Li Yuan Ming may grant the cabinet full power to frame foreign policy as the cabinet favors severing relations with Germany and steering the nation toward the entente. The parliament appears inclined to follow the leadership line rather than the president.
Washington dispatch reports alarming literacy figures for South America. It states that about three of four residents cannot read or write, with Argentina at 50 percent and Chile at 63 percent literacy. The United States shows 7.7 percent illiteracy, while Howarth mirrors St. Paul in having a single high school with 460 pupils. Argentina’s population roughly matches Pennsylvania’s, yet its high school enrollment is a sixth of that state’s.
George W Guthrie of Pittsburg died in Tokyo from apoplexy at 8:00 am Thursday. He had been American Ambassador to Japan since May 20, 1915, and earlier served as Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1906 to 1909, a prominent Democratic figure.
The Federal Trade Commission will not undertake the food cost investigation ordered by President Wilson due to Congress not providing the necessary funding.
The White House announced that the president can seize control of merchant ships immediately and call an early session of Congress to pass necessary war measures. Secretary Trimly indicated the aim to back government efforts, despite pressing legislation delaying full action.
A sparse wartime notice notes costs easing for a single item, contrasting with prior years. It mentions cheaper prices but provides few concrete details or names, reflecting limited readable text from the era.
A garbled report mentions a Nashville incident involving a person named Toe Tou Laghteinger and a church stool. The text is unclear about specifics, but implies an arrest and a return to retrieve an item. Further readable details are absent.
In Pittsburgh a raid captured 37 game cocks valued at 10100. The court condemned them to death and ordered them into hospital soup pots. A man named Philip told navy officers he could blow up Say King from a fin can to a bat and sought to join the navy as a professional dynamiter.
Mrs Lucia Ames Mead of Boston secretary of the Women’s Peace Society was laughed from the stage during an attempted anti-preparedness speech by Northwestern students. Meanwhile Robert Ho West Plains, a rural mail carrier and former Rough Rider, killed himself with poison. Chicago widow Mrs Catherine Cudahy and Milan Cuduit’s widow were named papal countess by Pope Benedict XV in an official announcement.
Fire at the Trex chemical plant in Sweetwater caused total destruction with losses estimated between $100000 and $200000. Involved violence included a skull fracture in a fight over money near Taylorville, while Joe Campbell, a Black man, was convicted in Will County for murdering Mrs. Edmund M. Allen, wife of former Warden Allen of Joliet penitentiary. Governor Lewden sought a reprieve until May 18.
A Fulton New York woman recounts relief from long standing female weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She had been told only surgery would help but recovered enough to resume work and daily activities. The article urges other women with similar symptoms to seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. for help.
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An local advertisements page features Red Cross Ball Blue laundry ads promising whiter clothes, plus tonics and pills claims for heart nerve and liver relief. Products include Kenowine tonic and Dr Plerve's Pleasant Pellets, with prices noted.
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