Cuba Red Cross forms 100 bed hospital unit in Cuba
Havana reports the Cuban Red Cross led by Mme Mariana Menocal begins equipping a 100 bed hospital unit with Cuban physicians and nurses for service on the western front in France. A $1,000,000 fund is to be raised, with early contributions and factory like production underway in Havana.
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Havana
Cuban Red Cross Society
Mme. Mariana Menocal
Sthe
Cuba
France
Red Cross
Island Republic
Theed Cross
Alwoode
Republic
Morte
Sammy En Route to Cantonments Shows Homeward Yearning
On trains across the United States the new National Army soldiers ride toward cantonments while Y M C A secretaries ride along to ease homesickness. Sammy, the mountaineer or college student, fears leaving home and longs to return, with mothers and wives waving and men sharing coffee, cards, and songs to ease the journey.
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Sammy
United States
South
Gasphuse Gang
Freon Hells Witchen
New York
Yaphank
Two Lands
Fort Caribou
America
Kaiser Bill
New England
New National Army
Ecantonments
Samimy
Saramy
Women to Organize for War Work Meeting
A nationwide movement will be launched by the National Security League at a mass meeting in Carnegie Hall to organize services of the mothers wives sisters and sweethearts of men going to the front. Speakers include Miss Nathleen Bourke Frederic Walcott and S Stanwood Menken president of the league.
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New York
National Security League
Carnegie Hall
Nathleen Bourke
Frederic €."Walcott
Food Administration
H.C. Hoover
S. Stanwood Menken
League
Southern Good Roads Convention Opens in Nashville
Delegates from southern states gather in Nashville for the ninth annual Southern Appalachian Good Roads association meeting. The convention runs through Saturday and will discuss adopting a state highway system for Kentucky Tennessee Virginia West Virginia Alabama Georgia and the Carolinas.
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Nashville
Tenn
Southern Appalachian Good Roads Association
Kentucky
Tenessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Alabama
Georgia
Carolinas
Boxing cards announce Dillon Smith Burns Sharkey matchups
Promoter lists Jack Dillon versus Jet Smith in a 10 round bout in Brooklyn and Billy Miske facing Nid Norfolk in a 12 round fight in Boston. Frankie Burns meets Jack Sharkey in a 40 round match set for Albany with no further details.
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Jack Dillon
Jet Smith
Brooklyn
Billy Miske
Nid
Norfolk
Boston
A. Hie
Frankie Burns
Jack Sharkey
Albany
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Promises Cough Relief
An elderly and a younger user endorse Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and hay fever. Mrs. Chas. Reitz of Allens Mills writes that she has used the remedy for whooping cough asthma and hay fever and found it beneficial.
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Foley
Chas. Reitz
Allens Mills
America urged to guide Balkan peace after war
A Bulgarian newspaper editorial from Mir argues for American control or supervision of the Balkans after war. It asserts the United States, neutral and informed, should defend oppressed rights, judge between allies, and push for national unification, justice, and democracy in Macedonia and surrounding areas.
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Balkans
Mir
Balkan
America
United States
Macedonia
Arthur Balfour
Unusual Sea Colors Reported Around World Coasts
Descriptions note the sea showing striking hues as red in the Bay of Loango yellow along Japan’s coast white near Cape Palmas and near Maldive islands the water appears almost black apart from blue and green shades.
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Bay of Loango
Japan
Cape Palmas
Maldive Islands
Prompt Action x ver is Trouble
A historic ad-copy promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets as a bowel regulator and liver stimulant. It claims quick relief from biliousness headaches sour stomach and bloating with no nausea or castive after effects. Sold by Mann Dru Co.
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Mann Dru
Women who posed nude face regrets after artist arreste
Pittsburg Oct 16 More than a score of young women who answered a local newspaper want ad and posed nude for an artist and illustrator are amid distress after Edward Clifford was arrested on counterfeiting charges. Secret service says the women may testify. One woman fainted and others near prostration. Some are married and fear husbands’ reactions. Clifford paid $1 an hour and classified models as he sought subjects.
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Pittsburg
Edward Clifford
Secret Service
Clifford
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