War Tax Bill Passes in Senate Amid Prolonged Debates
Washington reports the war revenue bill cleared the Senate 84 to 6 with Republican opposition and Southern riders defeated. The measure lists new excises on whiskey wine and brandy, and taxes on theaters and telegraph services. The vote and amendments reflect a tug of war over Civil War era taxation and domestic tariffs.
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Senate
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Sputherte
Aithoweh
Felocts Vardaman
Mississippi
Chatroan
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Sohacet
Fey Gy
Port
Bredhont
Jones Lippitt
McCtadbe
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Mina Redes
Ter Toon
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Petre TV
Tyne
Cayes
Taduis
Wilpon Rand
Custon
Raeh
Marine Aed
Patiefes
Cent
Paossitno Eickets
Bank Robbery Nets Over Twenty Thousand Dollars
Six masked men robbed the First National Bank of Sedro-Touley in Belingham Washington on October 20 escaping with more than twenty thousand dollars in currency.
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Belingham
Wash
First National Bank
Sedro-Touley
Panama Canal Traffic Surges Past Early Expectations
Washington October 20. Traffic through the Panama canal has exceeded expectations. Up to October 7 one hundred vessels had passed through since its opening.
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Panama Canal
Big
Washington
Trafic
Govethals
Up U
Canal
Villa signals support for provisional Mexican government
General Villa informed the United States that facilities in Mexico are near end and he will back any provisional government set up by the national convention at Aguascalientes. He rejected claims of candidacy while Carranza seeks freedom to run, and urged U S acknowledgment of his stance.
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Washington
Villa
United States
Mexico
Aguas Cali
Carranza
Ceneral Villa
Antonio Val Rere
Phy Ota Gravertiisent
Untitled military draft inquiry fragments
Fragmentary OCR text references U S Reserve Army and military force context. Mentions a command or minister and a request or discussion about weaponry, training, and possible draft or mobilization actions. Contains garbled names and places, with uncertain dates and details, suggesting a historical wartime notice or parliamentary inquiry.
Meat Packers Convention Opens Ninth Assocation Meeting
The ninth annual convention of the American Meat Packers association opens with sessions on packing house methods and distribution concerns. More than seven hundred members are expected, with a formal dinner and speeches by leaders from New York and other states.
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Clisaca
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Soyer
United States
Midi
Ihonusind Torah
Vernona Jarbeau Dead in Merorep accident
The article reports Vernona Jarbeau killed during an incident described with damaged OCR text. It mentions possible relatives and local names and an incident involving a horse and a fall on the pavement. Further legible details are unclear due to the garbled source.
Dye material shipment to Rotterdam targets U S dye famine
Berlin reports a full cargo of dye materials has been sent to Rotterdam to be shipped to the United States in an effort to end the dye famine. The plan originates in Amsterdam with Berlin noting the action.
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Amsterdam
America
Rotterdam
United States
Czar Strips Germans and Austrians of Honorary Titles
From Petrograd comes news that the czar orders all German and Austrian subjects awarded the honorary rank of counselor of commerce be deprived of the title. Paris reports Socialist leaders oppose holding an international socialist peace congress in the United States as untimely.
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London
Oet
Reuter
Petrograd
Paris
France
United States
Blanket as Army Overcoat Adopted by British Troops
Shortage of overcoats prompts army to use blankets for coats. An American idea, a central slit serves as head opening with buttons and loops at each end for closures. Belt worn outside.
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Continent
Correct Russian flag dispute clarified by Telegraph reader
A London reader describes three Russian flags in a Telegraph letter. He states imperial standard uses a yellow flag with a double eagle, the naval ensign is white with a blue St Andrew cross used only by the navy, and the ordinary tricolor of white blue and red may be used by private individuals to show ally admiration.
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Russia
London
Telegraph
Vienna Ends English Racing Terms Amid Changes
The Vienna paper notes shifts in sport terminology with English terms like steeplechase and handicap being replaced by German equivalents such as jagdrennen aus sleicharennen and strublingsrennen in local usage. Authorities push for broader adoption of native terms.
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Vienna
Austria
Fragmented catalog of promotional and quip text
A jumble of ad copy and quotations appears, mentioning Red Cross pall blue remedies and a London Opinion line. It includes scattered phrases about wisdom, revenge, and a Pierce’s Pellets product, blending miscellaneous ads with aphorisms and mock advertisements.
Judge Miller Credits Dodds Kidney Pills For Cure
Gray County Probate Judge Philip Miller of Cimarron Kansas describes five years of heart trouble and kidney symptoms ending after using Dodds Kidney Pills. He claims dizziness chills and palpitations ceased and offers to publish his letter. Advertisement promotes Dodds Kidney Pills and related items from Buffalo New York.
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Miler
Gray Co
Philip Miller
Cimarron
Kan
Judge Miller
Dodds Kidney
Sour Dealer
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Frea
Cottage terms drift from England to American usage
The piece notes that cottage as laborer housing never took root in the United States, being kept for literary and sentimental use and later applied to grand summer homes. Harvard professors Greenough and Kittredge discuss how the word shifted from its English laborer meaning to villa connotations in American culture.
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England
London
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