Venizelos Rises as Greece's Leader in War Prospects
London reports formal Entente recognition of Venizelos led Crete provisional government in Crete with Crete as focal point. Athens cabinet renews pro war entry proposals to Entente. New York hosts Venizelos party launch. 309000 Greek Americans invited. initial fund of 1000 dollars, with a planned 100000 monthly.
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Greece
Venizelos Party
United States
London
Entente
Crete
Venizelos
Canea
Athens
Lambros
Siilies
M. Kalogeropoulos
U. S
New York
America
Manacore
Eight Men Adrift In Lake Michigan Gale
Eight men aboard a powerless derelict scow are adrift in Lake Michigan amid a severe storm. The scow Marion towing the Aurora failed to progress and broke the tow line near Manistee, with the Aurora driven by seas toward the harbor entrance and locked out. Rescue chances are described as dubious.
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Manistee
Mich
Lake Michigan
Marion
Aurora
Cleveland
Ludington
Honors Veteran Janitor at Short Ridge High School
Indianapolis Oct 17. Short Ridge High School honors James Biddy after twenty five years as janitor. Alumni placed a tablet in the halls recounting his faithful labors and the cheer he gave to “his boys and girls” during a quarter century of service.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Shortridge High School
James Biddy
Detroit Enforces First Dry Sunday in Years
Detroit records show arrests for drunkenness dropped to one fifth of a usual weekend total as Police Commissioner Couzens orders closing of Sabbath saloons and enforces a dry Sunday in Detroit Michigan on October 17.
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Detroit
Mich
Couzens
LYNCHING IN MISSING DETAIL PALUCah KENTUCKY
In Palucah Kentucky a mob lynched two Black men after a five hour jail entry attempt. One man was charged with attacking a white woman and the other with approving the act. The mob dragged them to the woman’s home and hanged them, later burning their bodies. Public outrage followed as thousands gathered.
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Palucah
George Rose
Brock Finley
Asa Thornhill
Finley
Thornhill
Thanksgiving date set by proclamation
Long Branch New Jersey October 17 Thanksgiving will be on the last Thursday in November as usual. President Wilson will designate November 30 as the official date in his proclamation despite suggestions to set it on November 28.
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Long Branch
N. J
Wilson
Rich Woman Hangs Herself In Ann Arbor Tragedy
Mrs Henrietta Walker aged twenty wife of Joseph Walker of St Andrews Florida died by hanging in Ann Arbor Michigan Oct 17. A fortune from her late father and a conflict with her mother are blamed. Her husband Joseph Weather is described as a wealthy southerner. Billy Jordan longtime boxing announcer also dies in San Francisco Oct 17 at Yourville after months of illness.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Henrietta Walker
Joseph Walker
St. Andrews
Florida
Billy Jordan
San Francisco
Cal
Tilly Jordan
United States
Yourville
Toordan
Brazil Considers Maimed War Victims in Immigration Bill
Rio de Janeiro reports Deputy Gustavo Barroso is pushing a bill to regulate entry into Brazil for persons maimed in the European war. Barroso fears a flood of crippled immigrants overwhelming the country.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Gustavo Barroso
Barroso
Allies Attack Bayaume Road In Somme Offensive
British and French forces press toward the German stronghold on the Pe ronne to Deethune line as Sailly Saillisel is penetrated. German counterattacks push back but see losses. Seehwaletter and Gueudecourt areas report renewed fighting with fronts shifting along the Somme.
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Paris
Bayaume
Peronne
Deethune
Sailly Saillisel
French War Office
Au Sailly Saillise
London
Somme
War Office
Seehwaletter Line
Bach
Berlin
German War Office
Gueudecourt
Bapaume
Sailly-Soisse
Four Crown Fording River Tragedy Claims Four
Potosi Missouri October 17 George Noohan clerk of Washington county his wife his mother in law Annie Campbell and Wade Richardson ten years old of St Francois county were drowned in the Bug river near Blackwell while attempting to ford the stream
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Potosi
George Noohan
Washington County
Annie Campbell
Wade Richardson
St. Francois County
Blackwell
Gerard to See President Monday in New Jersey
James W. Gerard the American ambassador to Germany will meet President Wilson in Long Branch New Jersey next Monday following his return to the United States last week.
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Gerard
Long Branch
N. J
James W. Gerard
Germany
Wilton
Chicago Live Stock Markets Report Hogs and Cattle Prices
Hogs receipts 48 000 with light shipments 9 50 to 10 00 and heavy packing 9 25 to 9 40. Cattle receipts 28 000 with good to choice steers 10 00 to 10 75 and butcher cows 6 25 to 6 65, prime dealers 11 09 to 11 75. East Buffalo quotes cattle 240 cars and hogs 190 cars with prices: heavy hogs 10 00 to 10 15, lambs 10 60 to 10 75, yearlings 8 50 to 9 96, veals 13.00.
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Chicago
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
Mast Buffalo
N. Y
Stop Look Listen urged after rising toll at grade crossings
Bloomington warns rising grade crossing deaths with 18 killed and 30 injured in three months. Winoia Central urges motorists to Stop Look Listen at tracks while officials estimate widespread risk and the cost of eliminating crossings could reach 215700000 dollars.
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Bloomington
Oet
Winoia Central Railway Manareement
Miiacie Central
Soldier Tosses Hardtack Proposal Wins Bride in Train
In Decatur, Fred Schultz of Linder New Jersey hurls a hardtack with his name from a moving train near Ram sey Illinois. Emma H Klipper picks it up and they wed at the First Methodist church. Also Gary plans Gary Plan praised by Japanese and British viewers via Teachers World.
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Decatur
Fred Schultz
Linder
N. J
National Guard
Ramsey
Ilinois
Emma H. Klipper
Gary
Ind
William Wirt
England
Teachers’ World
London
Beatrice Foster Killed in Fire Accident at Wisconsin
Madison is a University of Wisconsin library school student Beatrice Foster twenty seven fatally burned when a lighted match set her kimono on fire. She was alone in her room and died at the hospital within an hour. Foster had prior work as an assistant librarian at Platteville Normal.
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Madison
Wis
Beatrice Foster
University of Wisconsin Library School
Miss Foster
Macomb
Library
Platteville Normal School
Box Factory Fire Destroys Pioneer Plant in Crawfordsville
A fire in Crawfordsville Indiana destroyed the main part of the Pioneer Box factory causing losses exceeding 50 000 dollars. Firefighters battled the blaze as the plant suffered extensive damage and production halted.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Pioneer Box Factory
Three Inches of Snow in Calumet and Copper Region
Three inches of snow covered Calumet and surrounding copper country as strong winds forced ships to seek shelter. Lake Superior showed little traffic while the area endured wintry weather.
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Michigan
Calumet
Michael
Copper
Lake Superior
Funk's Louisiana Land Sold At Public Auction
United States marshal Frank M. Miller sold at public auction in Heahnville the lands of the Louisiana Desta Lands company owned by the Funks known as the corn kings of Titiness. W. G. Moore bought the several thousand acre tract for 500 dollars and assumed all debts, acting for the Funks. Paradise, La. was the town involved and C. Oliver Holmes of Indianapolis, a creditor, had initiated proceedings against the company.
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New Orleans
Frank M. Miller
United States
Heahnville
Louisiana Desta Lands Company
Funks
Corn Kings
Titiness
Aro W. G. Moore
Paradise
Oliver Holmes
Indianapolis
Ind
Judge denies petition to place bank books under county clerk
Noblesville Ind Oct 17 Special Judge Parr denied Elmer L Sturdevants request to remove Hamilton Trust Co books from the receiver and place them with the county clerk He allowed limited access for Sturdevant to examine the books in preparing his defense to an indictment charging conspiracy to wreck the bank where he was president when it was closed by the state auditor.
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Noblesville
Ind
Parr
Elmer L. Sturdevant
Hamilton Trust Company
Sturdevant
Haymakers to Meet In Anderson District Lodge Meet
Haymakers from surrounding cities converge on Anderson Indiana for a district lodge meeting scheduled Saturday. Preparations include a parade expected to draw about 1500 lodgemen through the city streets.
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Anderson
Ind
Hine
Roumanians in Transylvania Reported Crushed by Germans
Berlin reports say the Roumanian army invading Transylvania is practically destroyed with seven mile penetrations in places. A military critic says the first Roumanian army was annihilated and a smaller portion of the second army only survived with timely reinforcements. The claim follows renewed German offensives and Austro German pressure across the fronts in Roumania and Dobrudja as Russia and Italy press the Central Powers.
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Paris
Bucharest
Giocado
Bronului
Cloicastri Catului
Alt Valley
Kalleiian
von Falkenhayn
Roumania
Vienna War Office
Guiergya
Polistoeca Valley
Nearm
Dobrudja
von Mackensen
Russia
Italy
Galicia
Volhynia
Petrograd
Carpathians
Stokhod
van Mackensen
Roumaniens
Berlin
Transylvania
Ferdinand
New York City Registers 738 710 Voters in 1916 Election
New York City reports 738 710 registered voters, up 70 899 from last year, but forecasts of reaching 150 900 were not met. Total registration exceeded 1912 by 23 124, blamed partly on many foreign born men returning to Europe.
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New York
New York City
Europe
Gary Tin Mills Begin Operation Near Chicago
Gary's new tin mills have produced their first sheet. The American Sheet and Tin Plate Company began construction last December and completed the plant ahead of schedule. The rail mill will employ about 2,000 workers at average daily wages around five dollars, with company officers present for the opening.
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Chicago
Gary
Platecomm
Avarard Wege
Dar Gilets
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