Daylight Saving Bill Briefly Explained
A congressional bill by Rep Borland and Sen Gallinger outlines five time zones for the continental US plus Alaska. It sets standards for carriers and government timing, with clocks advancing one hour from last Sunday in April and returning on the last Sunday in September.
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Congress
William W. Borland
Missouri
Jacob Gallinger
New Hampshire
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Greenwich
Alaska
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Committees On
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Normal School Jubilee Celebrated in Bloomington
Ili nois State Normal school marked its 60th anniversary in Bloomington on February 17 with an exercises program. A. G. Proctor of St. Joseph Michigan delivered the principal address recounting the Lincoln nominating convention of 1860, of which he is the sole surviving member.
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Normal School
Bloomington
Ilinois State Normal Scholo
A. G. Proctor
St. Joseph
Mich
Lincoln
Admiral Benson Would Be Chief Naval War Planner
Washington reports Admiral William S. Benson as the leading naval figure should hostilities arise. The senior officer would oversee plans for fleet movements and operations, bringing four decades of service, command of dreadnought Utah, and role as first chief of naval operations after the 1915 act.
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Benson
Washington
United States Navy
William S. Benson
Dewey
Admiral Benson
Navy
Navy Yards
Utah
Georgia
Lee
Appomattox
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Hartford
Essex
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Alliance
Yantie
Greely
Polish deputies to attend Reichstrath May session in Galicia autonomy talks
Amsterdam reports the Austrian Reichstrath will be summoned in mid May and Galicia autonomy to be debated after the war. German parties pushing Polish deputy exclusion yielded to Count Clam Martinec and Poles will attend the May session. In Huntington Mrs. Lulu DeFoe faces Cabell county jury next Monday seeking exoneration under unwritten law after killing Mrs. Rose Wood McMasters on a street car last summer.
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Amsterdam
Reichstrath
Ar Est
Budapest
Galicia
Clam Martinec
Huntington
W. Va
Lulu DeFoe
Cabell County
Moses named pig club agent for North Carolina
J E Moses former Escambia County Alabama agricultural agent has been chosen as pig club agent replacing B P Polk. Moses a Auburn Polytechnic Institute graduate specializing in swine will begin duties in North Carolina on February 20. His prior work includes leading swine programs at Magnolia Arkansas state farm schools and promoting pig clubs across Alabama. Pig club enrollment grew from 768 in 1915 to about 1538 in 1916, signaling rapid program expansion.
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B. P. Polk
Louisiana
J. E. Moses
Escambia County
Ala
Mr. Moses
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
State Farm Schools of Arkansas
Magnolia
Alabama
North Carolina
Moses
Agricultural Extension Service
Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Medicine Praised by Family
A. Baxter of Wheeler Wisco advocates Foley's Honey and Tar as the best cough medicine for children and adults. The product contains no opiates, is safe for babies, and helps with croup, coughing, and cold relief, sold by Mann Drug Co.
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A. Baxter
Wheeler, Wisco
Foley
Mann Drug Co
Inland Bird Migration From Cold Wave Shocks London
The January freeze in Singland drove wild birds inland in an unusual winter migration. Gulls and occasional rocks moved from coast to farmlands and rivers as shooting parties formed to curb the birds that disrupted farming. Flocks of geese were also seen in their V formations.
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London
Singland
Want Female Co-Operation in Australia War Effort
Sydney February 17 news quotes Donald Mackinnon the newly appointed director general of recruiting saying a major movement will seek women’s cooperation across the commonwealth. He notes reduced tensions from the conscription feud and reports broad support for the war effort.
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Sydney
Australia
Commonwealth
Donald Mackinnon
Kinley Grocery Ownership Transfer Reported
On January 27, 1917 J. C. Davis purchased C. A. Becks interest in the Kinley Grocery company. All accounts are payable to J. C. Davis and all bills are payable by him. Signed.
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J. C. Davis
C. A. Beck
Kinley Grocery Company
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Navy Advisory Board
South Boston
Hydrographic Service
New York
Dispatch
Dolphin
Cleveland
Carolina
Annapolis Academy
Washington Navy Yard
Eosat Survey
Monongahela
PIC Club
C.W. Comstock
Chandler
Guilford Davidson
Rowan Davie Catawba
Iredell
Bell
And
Comstock In Point, N. C
Reading Matter
Review OF Reviews
Scribner’s
Vanity Fair
Young’s
Atlantic Monthly
Saucy
Parisienne
Woman ’S Home Companion
McClure
Popular Science
Ainslee
People’s
Graphic Arts
Pictorial Review
Billboard
Literary Digest
Moving Picture World
Outlook
Sporting News
VOGUE
BON Ton
GREEN
Clipper
Leslie
ROYAL
McCall’s
Motion Pictures
Pearson
Motion Picture Classic
Munsey
North American
People’s Home Journal
Popular Mechanics
Collier’s
Cosmopolitan
Hearst
Harper’s Bazaar
Saturday Evening Post
Ladies’ Home Journal
Greensboro Daily News
Hearst’s
Sunday American
NEW York World
NEW York Times
THE
Atlanta Journal
J. A. Hart Drug Company
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