Longtime La Moile resident Catherine May dies at 91
Catherine May, aged ninety one, died after a short illness at her daughter’s La Moile home. Born February 26, 1826 in County Sligo Ireland, she immigrated to America at twenty six and lived in Niagara Falls Scranton Pa Homer Ridge and finally La Moile. She is survived by four sons and five daughters.
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May
la Moile
Frank
Washington
Edward
Los Angeles
James
Homer Ridge
Katherine Moore
Bess May
Lewiston
Idaho
Margaret
Buttemont
Mary Murphy
Homer
Ella Brennen
U P Correspondent Receives Permanent British Front Credentials
William Philip Simms Paris manager of United Press has been accredited permanently to the British general headquarters in France for the duration of the war. He will have access to the British front and divisional HQ including English Canadians Australians New Zealanders Irish and Scots. Palmer will later represent the Associated Press exclusively at British headquarters.
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United Press
Simms
Frederick Palmer
Associated Press
Palmer
London
William Philip Simms
Paris
France
William G. Shepherd
W. S. Forrest
Charles P. Stewart
General Headquarters
French Front
Robert Derry
Henry Wood
Wisconsin drys plan convention in Milwaukee meeting
Temperance organizations from across Wisconsin gathered in Milwaukee on Thursday to prepare plans for the county and state convention, likely to be held in Madison in January.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Madison
Sunshine and moonshine as cheapest state treasures
A playful regional quip contrasts California sunlight with Kentucky moonshine, highlighting local economies and cultural stereotypes in a breezy, humorous note.
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California
Kentucky
Wires unable to carry orders of south and west
New York stock market sees heavy western and southern demand overwhelming wire capacity. Western Union and AT&T cables strained as immense buying drives rapid trading, with foreign participation rising and New York set to remain financial center postwar.
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United Press
New York
Western Union
American Telegraph & Telephone Companies
Germany
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
South
West
R. T. Halsey
The
Exchange
William C. van Antwerp
Utah Copper
Texas Oil
Montana Power
Big Wage Raises Go Into Effect Across U S Steel and Others
The United States Steel Corp leads a wave of pay hikes effective Friday boosting 250 000 workers by ten percent in a move to offset rising living costs. Other major increases include American Woolen and American Clothing Manufacturers associations plus several refineries and municipal workers. The drives reflect widespread corporate action as earnings soar and payrolls rise beyond 200 million.
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New York
United States
United States Steel Corporation
American Woolen Company
Boston
Independent Facturers Association of
New Bedford
American Clothing Manufacturers Association
National India Rubber Company
Bristol
R. I
Sharon
Bayonne
Elizabeth
Claremont
Standard Oil Company
City of
Eastman Kodak Company of
Rochester
N. Y
Glove Manufacturers’ Association of
Gloversville
Arlington Mills
Lawrence
Mass
Chicago
John W. O'Leary
Chicago Association of Commerce
Darken Your Gray Hair with Q-Ban Color Restorer
Promote Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer a non dye formula that claims to remove gray, restore natural color, and improve scalp health. Advertising asserts dandruff reduction and hair strength with a money back guarantee and 50 cents for a large bottle from Hoeschler Bros drug store in La Crosse Wisconsin with parcel post for out of town buyers.
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Hoeschler Bros
la Crosse
Wis
Parcel Post
Prohibition Bill Reported Favorable by House Panel
The House judiciary committee reported favorably a national prohibition bill and a nation-wide food investigation bill. The women’s suffrage bill was reported without recommendation. Representative Baker of California authored the suffrage resolution. Both the suffrage measure and the Webb prohibition amendment require two thirds in both houses and three fourths of states for ratification.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Representative Baker
California
House
Senate
War talk and claims on peace from London dispatch
London report quotes General Maurice on peace asks and says peace proposals encourage Allied efforts. It cites British and French estimates of German losses since July 1 totaling about 700000 men with 95000 captured, plus 135 heavy guns 180 field pieces and 1314 machine guns.
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London
Maurice
Hollweg
Somme
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Lavallieres
Irvine’s
Irvine
Main Street
LA Crosse, Wis
U. P
Rause Clothing Co
By Lowell Mellett
Europe
New York Stock Exchange
van Antwerp
William Shearer
New England
Oliver Goldsmith
Third St
Iver Johnson
Otto
O. J. Dumke
South Fifth Street
Elliott
Loeffler CO
Gilles
Club Soda
Dublin Stout
Roth
Peg
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