Conference Attended by Governor and Charity Board Members
A weekly conference in Little Rock with Governor Brough and State Charity Hospital Board members plus University of Arkansas Medical Department representatives discussed starting the State Charity Hospital. They approved the idea but deferred action pending a legality check.
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Idea
Little Rock
State Charity Hospital
Brough
Srice Charity Hospital Board
University of Arkansas Medical
Tole Folsom Clinic
Second
Sherman Streets
Isaac Folsom
Deasute Institute
Frank Pace
University of Arkansas
State General Hospital
Broweh
Brief News And Notes From Arkansas County
Farmers across Fayalle county order fall seed in bulk including 675 bushels of wheat 600 of oats and 50 of rye. Texas shipments bring blooded cattle to Johnstons and Holstein Friesian cows. A special train carries 100 bowers on a Chamber of Commerce social trip. Company H privates report home stations and a death in action near Ypres. Vaccination rises among Malvern schoolchildren. Arkansas Oklahoma coal output down 86220 tons in July. Marion county grader reports road work on Yellville to Rush road.
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Latfayelie County
John Winham
Mide
Jonesboro
Takeity
Ralroad
Chamber of Commerce
Luther Embson
Efforts Against Draft Stirred in Baxter County Scene
Reports say Mrs. Wyatt and Herbert Fairless led a Working Class Union drive in Baxter County. She spoke at Pangburn schoolhouse, and 75 to 80 shots were fired at the building. Sheriff Plant dispersed another meeting. the case was turned to federal authorities. Exemption board in Mountain Home issued 41 exemptions, 23 for dependents, five rejected, and four failed to appear. Yardage about taxes in Independence County. A flag ceremony in Yellville raised $25 for a courthouse flag. Local stockman plans to move cattle to Kit Carson range. Independent tax data: 1916 real property valued at 2,785,617 and personal property 1,008,000. Domed flag project in Yellville failed when climber declined. Arkadelphia Milling Company film plans tie to wheat campaign. Texarkana motor truck company to deploy to Europe with equipment. Crittenden exhibit window set aside for Tri-State fair. White County draft reception planned in Jonesboro. Warrant surge for fishing law violations after Berryville investigation. White County Equal Suffrage League urges poll tax payers to tax property to avoid penalties. Forrest City farmer shipped 40 bushels of apples to Memphis merchants.
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Herbert Fairless
TC. Plant
United States
U-Boat Toll Is Only Nominal Report Claims Sinkings
Washington reports the U boat toll is nominal as fleets are convoyed by warships and destroyers. Admiral Benson says German submersibles remain a problem but are less menacing than at war’s start. Atlantic crossings to Allied fleets are safer due to new convoy methods and improved ship protection.
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United Stated
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Francs
Cernig
Admiral Benson
Aneraciuns
Ty Secretney Danswis
Admuiral Benson
Benger
Unitef States
Price shifts in Denmark and Stockholm goods ripple through markets
Reports indicate Denmark faces record pork prices with bacon at 49 cents per pound, down from 63. Stockholm sees pork prices capped while vegetables stay costly. Meat, vegetables, and textiles show varied trends as supply tightens. London socialist talks end without Stockholm agreement, leaving unresolved policy.
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Terlin
Men's Tailore
Troops Occupy Helsinki Parliament Building
Helsingfors reports Russian troops occupy the parliament to prevent reassembly of the diet in defiance of the decision. City remains calm as events unfold under tense conditions.
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Helsingfors
Federal Child Labor Law Aims to End Interstate Jobs for Under 14s
Washington reports detail a new federal child labor law enforcement push under the Labor Department. Abbott leads inspectors to remove children under 14 from mines mills canneries and factories engaged in interstate trade. The act enforces an eight hour day and sets age related work restrictions, while states must shape education provisions for affected youths.
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Chicago
Tabor
Children’s Bureau
M Abbots
Mige
Abe Hott
Where Women Never Talk Cortus The Island Tale
The Greek island of Fano near Cortus has long banned women from speaking to men. With 1824 residents most men work abroad as waiters in the United States while wives never converse with visitors. A wartime pattern ends in brief shyness and strict custom, shaping island life and social rules.
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Fano
United States
Amelia
Durie
SERVIAN MAIDS TO HAREMS KIDNAPPED TO BULGARIA AND CONSTANTINOPLE
British reports confirm Serb premier Pasitch in London says thousands of Servian girls aged 10 to 14 have been abducted and deported to Constantinople Bulgaria and Asia Minor since February 1918 with eight thousand sent to Constantinople and two thousand to other regions. A British government steamship project to replace submarine losses has begun trials.
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Constantinople
London
Serbia
Asia Minor
M Pasiteh
M. Pasiteh
Italy Lowers Military Height Requirement in Rome
Rome announces a reform lowering the military height from six feet two inches to four feet six inches, applying this month to conscripts born between 1876 and 1888. The change narrows eligible ages and redefines service requirements across the nation.
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Rome
the Deeres
Prizes for Patriotic Plays Listed by Drama League
Washington announces prizes of 500, 260, and 100 dollars for the top three patriotic plays suited for amateur performance. Chicago reports a stockyards wedding resembling a circus parade with 49 cowboys, riot workers in a cart, and a motor truck convoy.
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Washington
Drama League of America
Chicago
Stock Yards
W. W. Men Put In Jail in Epokane
Twenty seven men, most said to be W. W. agitators, are jailed here on order. They are held as prisoners in a crackdown report from Epokane with authorities citing unrest and potential violations.
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Epokane
Bom
High Jumper With One Leg Impresses At Meet
Stockholm-W Backman a young student from Umea makes 4 feet 9 inches in the high jump at the Orbeyhus students meet. The performance is remarkable given the jumper has but one leg.
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Stockholm
W. Backman
Umea
Orbeyhus
Germany poised for war claims in 1900 and 1913 testimony
Gen Michelsson, a military attache at the Russian embassy in Berlin 1906 to 1911, testified at Gen Soukhomlinoff's treason trial that Germany's military buildup was known to the Russian war ministry. He said Germany contemplated declarations of war in 1900 and again in 1913 and discussed a possible alliance against Russia. The court allowed him to answer only with the president’s permission.
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Russia
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Soukhomlinoff
Berlin
Kuselan
Nh Michelasin
Whit Power Rmany
Administrator Buys Potatoes for Chicago Storage
The national food administration began plans to purchase and store 1,000,000 bushels of potatoes in Chicago for after January 1. Potatoes will be sold at cost after expenses. A city loan will supply working capital for starting the project. The plan includes warehousing receipts as loan collateral. Also in Boonville a body was found in the Missouri River near town. Nellie Brown had recently disappeared.
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National Food Administration
Yoo
Federal Reserve Board
River
Boonville
Nellie Brown
Missouri River
Government Pays Boys for Army Contract Work in Philadelphia
The U S government issued its first payment to schoolboys for Army tent peg manufacture in Philadelphia. A War Department check arrived to cover work by high school students under the contract, marking a historic step in federal pay for youth labor in wartime.
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Philadelphia
Fnith States
War Department
Russia Loses Big Port to German Forces at Riga
New York Riga reports Russia’s Gulf of Riga port falls to German control amid a retreat and rear-guard actions. Russians evacuate, burn villages, and abandon Dvina crossings as Germans advance along both riverbanks toward Riga. The fortress stocks and ammunition likely moved or destroyed to prevent capture. The city’s strategic value tied to Baltic access and the broader northern front as winter approaches.
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Russia
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Duina
Dahlen
Bern
Gulf of Finland
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Florti
Rink Oiko Teiaine
Rien
Livonia
Petrograd
Russian Empire
Odessa
Von Papen Seen With German Propagandists in Buenos Aires
Reports claim Captain Franz von Papen, German military attaché, directs work of propaganda in Buenos Aires. Witnesses say papers have seen him with German propagandists and have alerted the British consul.
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St. Truenos Aires
Frang von Pen
A Shineton
Cran Spiew
Propaganda fears stir Washington on inciting Negroes
A Patriotic Education Society statement notes anonymous letters and postcards urging African Americans to incite insurrection against whites. The issue arises as negro leaders bring the matter to attention amid wartime tensions. Spanish King Alfonso intervenes in a Belgian matter, with a Heleron official pardoned after deportation and a sentence commuted.
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Washington
Patriotic Education Society
Madrid
Taito
Alfonso
Count D'Oultremont
Germany
Fire in Salonik Leaves 60000 Homeless, Enormous Loss
London reports the Salonik fire has left about 60,000 homeless with extensive property damage. Cambridge Harvard Alumni Bulletin notes some 6,000 Harvard graduates and undergraduates are currently engaged in war work.
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London
Salonik
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Alumni Bulletin
German bankers confer on European finance information
German bankers gather for a conference on European finance information. Key delegates discuss market insights and policy implications amid ongoing EU financial reforms.
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