British Pension Wives of Turks Basra Relief by Force
In Basra occupation, British authorities fund pensions and allowances for Turkish officials and their families. Pensions are granted based on class, enabling wives to live in customary manner. many civic improvements and revenue management are underway. Applications are processed via the political officer with local translators aiding the Turkish speakers.
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Louis Edgar Browne
Chicago News
Basra
Arabia
Turkey
Ashar
Busra
Ashar Creek
Pension Turk
America
Vast British war clothing needs reveal massive supply task
British war office reports show 90 million yards woolen cloth and 84 million yards shirt flannel used for the army in 20 months of war. More than 840 million buttons, 9 to 10 million woolen gloves, and 13 million cap comforters accompany boots and garments. The figures illustrate the enormous effort behind equipping millions of troops and supporting allied forces, with textile demands multiplying many times over prewar levels.
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London
War Office
France
Russia
Turkish War Pension Page Reveals Alimony Grants
The article details monthly allowances granted to families of Turkish soldiers and others, including a Turkish POW wife in India receiving $13 and a police corporal’s widow support. It notes various cases from $4 cents to $49 monthly, mentions a fake Christian applicant, and cites about 60 Turk government pensioners and over 200 families aided. Investigations are swift and awards light red tape.
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Toms
India
Basra
Tigris
Magistrate Finds Two Jobs For A Man In Eight Minutes
In Jamaica Magistrate Kochendorfer tested his claim that any man out of work can find employment quickly. He and witnesses walked from the courthouse to Max Miller's furniture store where a $16 weekly collector job awaited. They then visited F B Smith's coal yard for a $12 weekly yard foreman post. John Kennahan of the Long Island Farmer firm refused due to lack of a union card, and the magistrate returned with two job offers and one refusal within eight minutes.
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New York
Kochendorfer
Jamaica
Max Miller
Miller Anid
Miller
F. B
Smith
John Kennahan
Long Island
Kennahan
Cat a Good Hunter in Ohio Tale of 20-Pound Cat
In Upper Sandusky, Ohio 8S 8 Hart of Carey owns a 20 pound black cat that ignores game laws. The cat stalked to the woods and returned with a large rabbit by the scruff of the neck without harming the meat. It made a second trip and brought home a wooden
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Upper
Sandusky
Hart of
Opossum Found In Grave Glass Vessel In Marion Cemetery
Workmen at Marion cemetery discovered a fat opossum wedged in a glass receptacle atop a grave. It is believed the animal fell from a tree limb into the receptacle, which measures about a foot wide at the top and three feet wide at the bottom.
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Marion
Hunters report rare white-faced glossy ibis in Kansas
Near Stafford a party of hunters encountered a long-legged bird that resembled a crane and moved like a duck. Six guns fired. the bird fell short of its southern migration. George Stansfield secretly consulted Lawrence professors who identified the catch as a white-faced glossy ibis, a rare Kansas waterfowl with delicate, ever-changing coloring.
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Topeka
Kan
Stafford
Oklahoma
George Stansfield
Lawrence
Kansas
No Need for a Jail in Longhorne Pa
Philadelphia reports Longhorne a town of 825 in the northern suburbs will tear down its jail after two years with no use. Local officials said the structure is unnecessary and will be demolished.
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Philadelphia
Longhorne
Dry farming cereals yield in Wyoming trials tested
Three years of dry farming experiments at the Cheyenne experiment farm Archer Wyoming under U S Department of Agriculture and Wyoming state coop produce preliminary results. Winter wheats like Chirka Kharkof and Kubanka lead yields while early sowing mid September and higher seeding rates affect outcomes across wheat oats barley flax and sorghum varieties.
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Wyoming
Union News Service
Archer
Wyo
Cheyenne
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
Wyoming State Board of Farm Commissioners
Plaing
Ghirka
Kharkof
Turkey
Preston
Montana
Chirka
Kubanka
Erivan
Marquis
Kherson
Casper Sees Record Building Boom Ahead
Casper plans show more than 260000 dollars in new business blocks to be spent in the next year, with plans already accepted signaling the greatest building era in the city’s history.
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Casper
Caspers
Western mining and oil news from the frontier fields
Prices for lead silver copper tungsten and crude ores are listed by the Western Newspaper Union News Service. Mines show activity at Sets property Mineral Park old Silver King Wallapail mountains Oatman Shamrock Black Range Great Cafton Fife Hill Top Dos Cabezas Sunshine Hackberry Harqua Hala Bonanza Republic Gold Dust and other sites with new shafts smelter plans and a low cost ore treatment claim.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
New York
Bar Allver
Sets
Mineral Park
Silver King
Wallapail Mountains
Oatman Shamrock
Black Range
Kingman
Cafton
Fife Syndicate
Hill Top
Dos Cabezas
Sunshine
Old Hackberry
Yuma County
Mining activity and ore discoveries across western mines
Mining operations are active at the Whitepine and Iron Cap mines, with high grade ore shipping to smelters. Spencer copper mines push winter development and shipments to Iola. John R. Brown reports a car of lead-silver-copper ore from Iron Cap, aiming for monthly output. Tungsten demand boosts big-company activity. Gold King mill at Gladstone resumes after six weeks, with new ground development. Gillespie silver mine bonds sold to Pyramid Mining for extensive development in Sunshine. Vindicator mine Cripple Creek reports ore on eighteenth level averaging 1.5 oz gold per ton, with a vein length about 700 feet and ongoing drift work. ore mined to 40 feet depth.
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Johnson
Republic
Gold Dust Mines Company
Oatman Camp
Whitepine
Ottawa
John Kaminky
Alice
Spencer
Iola
John R. Brown
Iron Cap
Silver Creek
Gladstone
Boulder County
L. A. Ewing
E. J. Webb
Gillespie
Sunshine
Pyramid Mining and Exploration Company
Vindicator
Cripple Creek
New Mexico Mining Ventures and Oil Prospects Reported
Blue Star Mining Company incorporated at Mountainair with 160000 capital. Fourteen to fifteen claims covered, work to start immediately. Chi no Copper transports 12,000 tons daily from Santa Rita to Hurley mill. Meadows operators move drilling east of Farmington after abandoning the site. W D Howard and D White of Deming offer road and Cook's Peak silver property to Paul A Larnen and R Leamith for about 40000.
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Blue Star Mining Company
Mountainair
Santa Rita
Hurley
Chino Copper Company
Farmington
W. D. Howard
D. White
Deming
Cook's Peak
Paul A. Larnen
R. Leamith
Bayard Station
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Wash
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Evelyn
Sweden
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