Ukraine independence reshapes European maps
An Aberdeen Scotland backed piece explains Ukraine's self rule and its impact on Europe. It notes Kiev as the center, Little Russians and Ruthenians as key groups, and the challenge of drawing borders amid Polish and Russian tensions.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Echo
Wm. McIntosh
Russia
Ukraine
Europe
Rada
Kiev
Petrograd
Brest
Dokryne
Malorusski
Moseccow Petrograd
Great
Hahol
Don River
Black Sea
Austria
Galicia
Carpathian Mountains
Switzerland
Food Campaign to Enroll Women for Food Conservation
The Food Administrator orders Federal Food Commissioners to start a second enrollment drive for women on October 14 1917. The week long campaign aims to supplement the earlier effort by state councils of defense and the Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense, which ended on September 6.
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State Councils of Defense
Woman's Committee
Council of National Defense
Federal Food Commissioners
Peculiar 1800 gold coin received at subtreasury
A peculiar gold coin dated 1800, about the size of a five dollar piece, was received by Receiving Teller Keifer at the subtreasury in Philadelphia. The coin’s gold is nearly red, bears the Goddess of Liberty, and is not from any government mint. It was likely privately minted and weighs more than circulating $5 gold pieces.
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Philadelphia
Teller Keifer
Liberty
Skull Flattened Bullet Strikes Child in Atlanta
A nine year old girl Harriet Owing was shot in the forehead by a stray 22 caliber bullet. Doctors removed the bullet and she returned home. The incident highlights dangers of sharpshooter fire in city areas. Community notes report local moves including Paul Weigand's son Louis in Seattle and health concerns of Mrs. Reeves family.
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Atlanta
Harriet Owing
Paul Weigand
Echo
Louis
Seattle
Fred Reeves
Wenatchee
S. A. Potter
M. Johnson
Local social notes include visits and parties across town
Eighteen attendees at a luncheon, furloughs for Roswell McNett of the 9th Field Artillery from Fort Sill, Wiley Rice visiting from Win ton, and plans for the Lake Wenatchee shingle mill. Miss Minnie Sauer hosted a party honoring Miss Freda Gartner, with a long list of guests. Adeline Page hosted a Valentine party with games, music, dancing, and lunch. F. A. Loskamp returns from Seattle to Elk River Idaho for mining property work, seeking a sale within sixty days. Mr and Mrs F H Hutchings plan Seattle and San Bernardino trip to visit their son in the auto business, traveling after spending time in Los Angeles.
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Emily Woodrow
Ethel Maston
Dorothy Hauck
Helen Moore
Eleanor Gage
Annie Martin
Iva West
John McKenzie
Dan Nicholson
Glen Putnam
Henry Woldivet
Angus Nicholson
Welcome Sauer
Minter Love
Ernest Hylton
Henry Sauer
Willard Wamsley
Adeline Page
Olive Blankenship
Lowell Hendricks
Helen Blankenship
Jennie Osborn
Louise Rumohr
Frances Page
Beanor Gage
Ted Ritchie
Alvin Morton
Bruce Smith
Theodore Kuch
Sam Burgess
Howard Roach
Henry Wold
Ivet
Gilbert Reeves
F. A. Loskamp
Seattle
Elk River
Idaho
F. H. Hutchings
San Bernardino
A. Hutchings
Los Angeles
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Illinois
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War Department
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Wesley L. Jones
Washington
W. S. Culbertson
U. S. Tariff Commission
N. Y. Journal of Commerce
John Sharp Williams
Baker
Frederick Smith
American Bar Association
Democratic State Committee
Ohio
Federal Trade Commission
Paris
Andy
State of
New York
Wilson
Garfield
Lane
Cox
The
House of Nationalities
Lenine
Lemberg
Poland
Roumania
City News
of Women’s
Leavenworth
Roswell McNett
9Th Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Schofield Barracks
H. T
Wiley Rice
Winton
Kohlhase
Lake Wenatchee
Minnie Sauer
Freda Gartner
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