Italian Count Serves Beside Soldiers in Italian Front
Milan dispatch details Umberto, Count of Salemi, son of Princess Letitia, serving as a simple soldier with the cavalry guides at Voghera. He has seen front lines, endured exile for youthful indiscretion, and now fights on foot while his relatives push reforms in Italy’s military.
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Milan
Italy
Europe
Umberto
Count of Salemi
Voghera
House of Savoy
Sarso
Amedeo
Duke of Costa
Bonaparte
Turin
Emanuel
Aosta
Victor
Louis
the Abruzzi
Catherine Elkins
Abruzzi
Adriatic
Count of
Salemi
Letitia
Duke of
Naval College
Russia
Balkans
Portugal
Spain
Petrograd
Warsaw
Moscow
Duke of Salemi
Lone
Indian indentured labor to be abolished say Indian officials
Correspondent reports India welcomes the pledge to end the indenture system sending laborers to Jamaica Trinidad British Guiana Fiji and Dutch Guiana. Viceroy says recruiting will continue until new conditions are ready and educated Indians call the system slavery-like.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Delhi
India
Jamaia
Trinidad
British Guiana
Fiji
Dutch Guiana
Bengal
United Provinces
Central Provinces
Punjab
Aimir
Natal
Mauritius
Illinois Manufacturers Plan for Preparedness Hosts in DC
Two hundred members of the Illinois Manufacturers Association led by Samuel Hastings arrived in Washington to entertain Illinois lawmakers at a banquet and to present a preparedness plan. Secretary John M. Hean described the display as meant to press for effective wartime readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Samuel M. Hastings
Washington
Illinois
House
Senate
John M. Tlean
London Air Clears as Smoke Declines Says Professor
London observers report cleaner air and longer sunshine during winters. Prof. F J Brodie notes a marked drop in smoke from factories and better home heating with gas use. He says London leads in brighter sunshine gains versus Oxford and Hastings across the British Isles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
F. J. Brodie
Royal Miseroscopical Society
United Kingdom
British Isles
Oxford
Thames Valley
Hastings
Manila to radically change city government in June elections
Correspondent notes Manila will elect a ten member municipal board under a new charter, replacing the six member setup. The election on June 6 features 75 candidates and marks a clash between old Filipino political elites and a rising generation with new ideas, plus an appointed alcalde similar to a city mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terest
Fire destroys Gulf Compress in Decatur Alabama
A fire at the Gulf Compress company in Decatur Alabama yesterday afternoon gutted the cotton compress and between 10 000 and 12 900 bales of cotton plus 12 freight cars. The loss was estimated at about 1 000 000 dollars. The blaze started from a chimney of a nearby cabin and could not be checked in time.
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Decatur
Ala
Gulf Compress Company
Bearsville Merchant Promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar
A Bearsville West Virginia merchant recounts a patron whose child with croup was helped after buying Foley's Honey and Tar Compound from his store. The letter notes a full recovery before morning and accompanies a Mann Drug Co. advertisement.
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Croup
M. T. Davis
Bearsville
W. Va
Foley's
Mann Drug Co. Adv
Two Salisbury Men Involved In Pistol Duel on Fisher Street
On Fisher street in Salisbury two men, George G. Poole and Will R. Rabe, fought a pistol duel. Poole fired a first shot that hit Rabe in the forehead, but the bullet glanced and left only a sheet wound. A second shot and Rabe’s lone shot went wild. an officer summoned by Poole’s wife halted further shooting.
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Salisbury
Fisher Street
George G. Poole
Will R. Rabe
Notice of Sale of Taxes in High Point North Carolina 1916
Property owners in High Point are notified that lands listed will be sold at public auction on May 15, 1916, at 12 noon at City Hall for delinquent taxes. The list covers numerous parcels with owner names and locations across the city, including several estates and corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
D. C
North Carolina
Electric light for phonograph enlightens records
A new electric lamp attachment for phonographs lights the grooves and disc when the instrument’s arm is raised, with an on off switch integrated in the device.
Pennsylvania Plans 10 000 Cherry Trees for Birds
Pennsylvania will plant 10 000 cherry trees this year to provide food for insect killing birds. The effort aims to support local wildlife and bolster biodiversity in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
We Know of No Other Remedy That We Can Recomm
A fragment states there is no alternative remedy available. The line suggests a legal or medical context where the speaker asserts the lack of other options. Further context would specify the domain and parties involved.
Property list of 1 lot sales in city tax ledger 1916
City Tax Collector Robert Brockett Jr publishes a ledger listing individual 1 lot property owners by name and street, including Gabriel Jno W of Fairview and many others on E Washington Moon Land Burns Leonard Gurley and Moon Land areas, with small prices and totals, dated April 15 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Motor Co
Snow
Byerly
Randolph
Bumpass
B. H
Railroad
J. W
Bradshaw Leighter
A. B
City Lloyd
Gypsie
Meador Leary
KE. W
Moon Land NG Ee Os Oka
Aes
Estate
Broad
Suilley, Kate
Swift
Sullivan
Jas
Primm Tuttle
Vail
Wagoner
Park
Weavil
Elmer
Vernon
Alford
Calvin
Fale Precce
Allston
Lee
Leonard Beaman
Isaacs
Hoover Boger
Ira J
E. Broad Brown
Geo
Moon Land
Burnett
A. C
E. Broad Burns
Jesse
Gurley Land
Clinton
Samuel
Champion Craven
Jan
Thissell
Craven
Monroe
Donnell
H. A
Fairview
Jane
Lawson
Daniel
Leonard
Maben
Robert
Burns Hi Mack
Virgil
Thinsell Robbins
Jas. M
Turner
Jas. A
Ware, Samuel
Mobile
Welborn
Thomas
Hobson
Carter
Darrow
Moon Lam
William
Champlin
Lot
Gurley
Foust
Thos. A
Foster
Annie
Taylor
Ingram
Lindsay
Jennie
Mabelle
Logan
Amanda
Miles
S. E
Phillips
Walter
Moon
Hee
Pennier
John
Short
Dames
Simmons
Ollie
Sledge
Mary Garrett
Smith
Fd. M
Weat
Stone
Arthur
Byres Walker
W. S
Burns Land
Wall
T. A
F. Lee
Wells
Rev. J. W
White, Lee
Williame
Bert
Filbert Wiley
Caroline
E. Bemme
Robert Brockett, JR
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the Munici
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Southern Railway
Teeeee
Ashevoro
Asheboro
Carolina& Yadkin River
R. R. Co
Thomasville
Jordontown
Denton Eee
High Rock
E. Commerce
Greeson
H. E
Roland Park
Horney, Collins
Pickett Brier
Johnson
J. Wesley
Kearns
E. M
Centennial
Long
W. M
Messer
Louise
Moore
Mrs
C. M
Dewey
Shelton
Willowbrook
Leach
Geo. T
West Leonard
Chas. L
Mary E
Reed
Nalls
Alice
Adams
Payne
L. D
Sehmitz
K. C
Barker
Sehhrest
A. L
Liberty
C. A
Tom- Teek Wagoner
Zelina B
Pie
Welch
Carrie L
Jorem
Ces
Seer Eee
Hart Drug Co
Fred
Anderson
Benj
Bias
Victoria
Tepes
Ford
F. O. B. Detroit
Arctic Ice & Coal
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