Temple destroyed by fire robs historic Maroni lodge
Fire razed the three story Maroni Temple in a residential district after five hours despite efforts by local firemen lacking an aerial truck. The 30 year old brick structure housed Masons and valuable paraphernalia including paintings and library items. One person injured as fire spread. investigators suspect attic insulation. Local reports place the loss at thousands, with replacement plans under consideration as the community aids displaced members.
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Smith
Maroni Temple
Arthur Ras
Little Rock
Arkancasabandong State Centennial Prompts Epidemic Fear
A garbled long article notes plans for a centennial celebration and mentions influenza fears, proclamations, and a proto-epidemic context. It references Roy L. Thompson and officials, with scattered fragments about refunds, expenses, and public notices, alongside other wartime and local matters. The readable portions indicate a public event tied to a health scare and financial arrangements.
Soldier Hewes Maden Killed by German Troops Near Cablenz Bridge
Reported in a neutral zone near the Cablenz bridge a US Private Hewes Maden was shot and killed by German troops while a unit crossed into the area about a mile from the boundary. Details remain sparse as authorities investigate the incident.
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Cablenz
Hewes Maden Ofcramento
Daly
Cablenz Bridge
Advocates New Cable To U S Tokyo Wakichi Uchida to Travel
Wakichi Uchida a leading advocate of the proposed new cable between Japan and the United States plans to depart for America and England next month to promote the venture.
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U. S
Tokyo
Wakichi Uchida
Japan
United States
America
Wagland
Mont
Senate passes land lease bill on royalties and ownership limits
The Senate endorses a land leasing bill setting royalties for coal lands from 5 to 20 cents per ton and 6 to 25 percent of production for other minerals. It bars alien stock ownership in leases except where the president must take over operations, with Alaska excluded and certain lands to be sold. The measure also fixes phosphate royalties at 2 percent of production value.
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Senate
Harris
Eodl
Linda
Unclear Mexican Invasion Plot Aims At U S
A garbled report claims a failed plan to provoke Mexican incursions into the United States. It mentions General Carlos, Sonora, and secret schemes tied to wartime intelligence, with disputed figures and witness details.
Garson Scores Northcliffe Feud Stirs Union Debate
Press feud erupts as Belast sir Raw and Carnon attack Viscount Northcliffe labeling him an absentee capitalist. Congress plans legal status for a capital labor conference urged by President Wilson. Senator Kenyon calls a joint labor committee meeting.
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Belast
Raw
Carnon
Viscount Northclifferf
England
Austrians Seek Extension at Peace Conference
The Austrian delegation asks for more time to respond to the terms of peace, requesting an extension to the decision deadline.
Public Drive Targets High Prices Amid War Time Controls
Government and state officials push a nationwide campaign on price limits with results described as encouraging. A grand jury probes profiteering and hoarding in the Cincinnati district as Swift & Company fights to reclaim 61000 pounds of stored meat. The War Department offers five million pounds of frozen meats to municipalities for sale through September 25.
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Poumidd
Atonige Poultry
Lees
McAlister
Ettotal
Missoni
Swift & Company
Chiat Packer
Ohio
United Tos District
New York
Chicago
War Department
Stock Raisers Back Federal Packing Plant Controls
Western and southern stock raisers testified before the senate agriculture committee opposing the Kenyon and Kendrick bills to license the packing industry. A telegram from the American Livestock Association urged federal control to curb abuses from concentrated power and to separate packers from stockyards. German doctors sought for the Russian army with promised pay and homesteads. An appeal for farm labor hires spread across Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Michigan and Indiana with wages from 40 to 65 dollars monthly for ox teamers and 80 to 100 dollars for horsemen during corn gathering season.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Kenyon
Kendrick
Gronna
American Livestock Association
Hieseage
Chicago
Ilinote
Wisconsin
Iowa
Michigan
Indiana
Mark Crawford
Miipeis
United States Employment Service
Nore
Senate Prohibition Enforcement Bill Clears Senate
In a late session the prohibition enforcement measure passed the Senate by a wide margin and moves to conference with the House. An attempt by Senator Shields to limit wartime prohibition failed, while an amendment added a Panama Canal Zone liquor and drug prohibition provision. The bill will define any beverage over one percent alcohol as an intoxicant.
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Senate
Panama Canal Zone
Shields Dem
Tenessee
St Louis Welcomes Wilson with Rousing Ovation
President Wilson received a record ovation in St Louis as crowds cheered from every walk of life. Governors and Chamber officials praised the reception and the Coliseum ovation was described as the most enthusiastic of his tour.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ubuslev
St. Louis
Coliseum
Labor and Capital Meeting in Washington October
President Wilson calls a conference on labor and industry to meet in Washington in October. It will include five members chosen by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, five by the national industrial conference board, fifteen by the American Federation of Labor, three by farming organizations, three by investment bankers, and sixteen public representatives.
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Washington
Wilson
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Matamal Industrial Conference Board
American Federation of Labor
Missouri Farmers Warn Labor Leaders Advised
Missouri Farmers' Association adjourned after electing Clarence Fitzpatrick of Misgineville as president and J Ball of Montgomery City as vice president. KOW Schowgerdt of Mayview named treasurer. Deputies raided a Laurens County home finding contraband whisky in a hollow stump near a nest with a hen on eggs. Berlin reports German reply to Allied notions of Austria representation in the Reichstag, while Presbyterian New Enland Conference supported immediate ratification of the peace treaty.
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Phalia
Missouri Farmers
Clarence Fitzpatrick
Misgineville
No J
Ball
Montgomery City
Kow
Schowgerdt
Mayview
Potmerd
Tabor
Organized Jalor
Maron
BE. C, Plores
Newberry
F. ©. Tindal
RF. Mayes
Laurens County
Berlin
Austria
Reicherath
Grralany
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