Season of straw votes and early forecasts in 1916 race
The piece surveys 1916 presidential forecasters. The New York Herald predicts a tight race with no clear walkover, showing Hughes leading in several states and Wilson in others. The World forecast allocates electoral votes with doubts in Ohio New York and Indiana. Both sides see New York and Indiana as pivotal as November 7 approaches.
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Cotton Wheat Cotton Firm at an Advance
New York September 25 cotton market opened firm with gains around 16 points before selling moderated. Trading showed smaller southern offerings and futures held near early levels with December near 16.10 and January around 16.25 as market activity continued through morning sessions.
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New York
Wheat Prices Rise on Scarcity and Export Demand
Wheat rose on the season with scarce offerings and reports of strong export demand. Opening prices climbed with December futures at about 1.56 to 1.57 and May around 1.56 to 1.57, then gained further in some cases.
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Chicago
Four Thousand American Bankers in Convention
Four thousand leading bankers gathered in Kansas City for the American Bankers Association annual meeting. Topics include financial, commercial, and social relations with South America. Speakers include Frank A. Vanderlip of National City Bank, Joseph Chapman of Northwestern National Bank, and Joseph Hirsch of Corpus Christi National Bank. Social events are planned for attendees’ wives.
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American Bankers’ Association
South America
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank
New York
Joseph Chapman
Northwestern National Bank of
Minneapolis
Joseph Hirsch
Corpus Christi National Bank
Corpus Christi
Texas
Polish Women Gather to Press Polish Relief Effort
Buffalo delegates from the Polish Women s Alliance of America plan a week long convention to press for permission from European powers to send food and relief to starving Poland. Mrs Ignaz Paderewski attends to address 18 000 members and support ongoing relief campaign despite Wilson s failed appeal.
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United States
Poland
Wilson
Polish Women’s Alliance
Polish Women’s Alliance of America
Ignaz Paderewski
Heart Disease Menaces New York Schoolchildren
New York health department report finds about fifteen thousand of the city’s schoolchildren suffer heart disease. It cites infectious diseases and improper living as causes with rheumatic infections most prevalent. Four persons die each year, and officials plan a public health campaign to curb the problem.
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New York
Health Department
Two Zeppelins Brought Down Over England Rallying City
London witnesses view two large Zeppelins shot down after raid over the southeast. One crashed in Man Gold Essex, while the second fell near Essex after being disabled by anti aircraft fire. Crew captured or killed with widespread destruction and civilian casualties reported in London districts.
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London
Esesx
Essex
Germany
Nearly Billion Dollars in Securities Absorbed Abroad
New York reports a further increase of 807,381,666 in American railroad securities abroad absorbed by U.S. financial interests and investors since July 31, 1916, per L. F. Loree. Loree notes total par value fell from 2,704,402,364 in 1915 to 1,284,563, and that current figures reflect strain on financial institutions without evidence of central powers ownership.
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Loree
Tveld
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Phrenological Ingenuity Aids Murder Arrest in New York
Lieutenant Grant Williams used skull analysis and wax modeling to recreate a man’s face from an unidentified skeleton found at Canarsie on September 12. The reconstruction led relatives from a Canarsie feud to view the face and identify the missing Dominick LaRossa, who vanished in November 1914.
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New York
Grant Williams
Canarsie
Williams
Dominick LaRossa
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