Refugees from Mexico to receive wartime aid and housing
President Wilson receives a detailed refugee report as the War Department and the labor agency mobilize to assist Mexican refugees. Solicit or labor directs consuls to find work. war department housing and medical facilities are explored. Red Cross may handle cases unfit for labor.
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Washington
Mexico
Wilson
Solicitor Densmore
War Department
Red Cross
Congress
Carolina
State Department
Department of Labor
Argentine Bill Aims to End British Blacklist Practices
Representative Avellaneda leads a push in the Argentine Congress for a law prohibiting all commercial practices tied to the British blacklist of enemy firms. Violations could bring fines up to 2000 pesos, imprisonment up to six months, and charter cancellation. Avellaneda, once speaker, is a key proponent with strong chances of passage.
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Buenos Aires
Avellaneda
House of Representatives
Grit and Optimism Win for This Girl
Eleanor Darnell, 20, of Minneapolis, walked on crutches for the first time after treatment at Phalen Park's institution for cripple children. Dr. Arthur J. Gillette led casts and leg weights that strengthened her, with optimism of a complete cure. Her progress inspires others and she taught at the hospital school during recovery.
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Minneapolis
Minn
State Hospital For
Phalen Park
America
Eleanor Darnell
Fifth Avenue
South
Miss Darnell
Eleanor
Middle West
Phalen Park Institution
Arthur J. Gillette
Colonel Roosevelt to Make Few Speeches
Oyster Bay report says Colonel Roosevelt will keep to his plan of five remaining speeches and will not share a platform with ex president Taft. He has not increased appearances despite campaign pressure, with his next address slated for Battle Creek Michigan near month end.
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Oyster Bay
L. I
Roosevelt
Taft
Battle Creek
Mich
Look Younger By Keeping Liver and Bowel Health
An old age warning notes some appear aged by forty due to liver and bowel neglect. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets to ease constipation and biliousness, calling them easy to take and effective, available everywhere.
Brandy Purloined in Davidson County Case Near Lexington
Fifty gallons of aromatic brandy were recovered Tuesday night from Will Hinkle’s barn five miles north of Lexington on the Winston road. Hinkle is in bond of 8500 to answer for spirits on his premises though he claims no knowledge of the unloading from a downed car en route from Virginia. Officers suspect a local white man connected to a “spirit” express. The town board voted to ease tent show restrictions for two days during the Davidson County fair. Davidson Democrats expect appearances by Bickett on October 3 with other speakers. Republicans plan events as schedules form.
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Lexington
Will Hinkle
Here
Winston Road
Davidson County
Virginia
Hinkle
Board of Town Commissioners
Davidson
Bickett
Gardner
Robinson
Finley
Lockhart
Walter Murphy
Bob Glenn
German Conference At Eastern Headquarters Draws Leaders
Amsterdam reports German newspapers prize the conference at eastern headquarters with participants including Kaiser Wilhelm II and Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg. Archduke Charles and Enver Pasha attend for Austria Hungary and Turkey respectively, while Bulgaria is represented by King Ferdinand and the crown prince. Dutch papers foresee drastic strategic changes and possible sacrifices on the fronts as the fate of the Near East seems to be decided.
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von Bethmann-Hollweg
von Hindenburg
von Ludendorf
Germany
Archduke Charles
Austria-Hungary
King Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Enver Pasha
Frankfurter Zeitung
Near East
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United States
Atonsul
Alonzo B. Jarrett
Lareno
Ias
LOS
Alice McKay Keily
Ann Morgan
National Patriotic League
New York
W. R. Derrard
Laredo
Chamal
Tamaulipas
Alex
Okla
Osceola
Tex
Lampasas
de Witt Long
Consul Garrett
Walter Hitt
Channal
Midland
M. C. Cameron
Pharr
Mr. Cameron
Sadie
Atlantic Sales Company
North Carolina
Argentina
Amsterdam
London
Portance
Mar
Cannon-Fetzer Co
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