Western roads merge under new management October 16
Reports say Missouri Pacific Western Pacific and Denver Rio Grande will consolidate October 16 under unified control. Receivership debts and bond guarantees prompt restructuring as three western systems move toward a single post merger entity.
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Missouri Pacific
Western Pacific
Denver & Rio Grande
St. Louis
Denver & Rio Granite
Missouri
Deen Ier
Witsalin
Moss
Mixeoury Pacific
Rio Grande
Western Pacificuaranty
Merced
Seize 200 Enemy Aliens In New York Roundup
A roundup in Greater New York arrested Germans who violated entry permits to restricted zones or entered without permits. Over 200 men were taken into custody by police with navy cooperation. Cars ferried prisoners to police HQ as hundreds of detectives searched boroughs, with many carrying satchels and suitcases thought to contain important documents.
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New York
Navy
Cuse
Police Department
Manhattan
Negro Purchases $36,000 Arkansas Farm
J A Clement of Pine Bluff Arkansas sold to Joe Rose a negro Warner 64 acres of land on the pike between Mine Bluff and Ladd for 36240 dollars.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
J. A. Clement
Joe Rose
Warner
Mine Bluff
Ladd
Dr. Gallaudet Dies Former College President
Dr Edward Gallaudet former president of Gallaudet College Washington a teacher of the deaf for 54 years and an authority on international law is dead in Hartford Conn
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Gallaudet
Hartford
Conn
Edward Gallaudet
Gallaudet College
Washington
Mussulman Women Win Jobs in Constantinople
In recent examinations between 60 and 70 young Muslim women were successful and about 60 have already entered service of the Turkish government in Constantinople.
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Constantinople
French Vote More Money for War and Theater Fires
Paris deputies pass quarter year appropriation bill by 480 to 4 for 12,160,000,000 francs. In Dallas Texas two theaters burn Queen Theater Newport theater and Hunt Grocery Co store on Elm street, damages exceed 100,000 dollars. In La Paz Bolivia deputies submit bill to establish proportional tax on non concentrated copper ores and concentrated sulfides.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Dallas
Tex
Queen
Oid Newport
Hunt Grocery Co
Elmstreet
Bolivia
Ta Paz
Bae Paz
Yale Undergrads At War Pivot Amid Autumn Enrollment
Yale University in New Haven reveals 2000 undergraduates and 40 professors assigned for wartime duties as autumn registration closes. The intake includes 90 freshmen among the enrolled students.
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Yale
New Haven
Conn
Emetier
New Liberty Bond Plan Details Announced by Treasury
Secretary McAdoo outlined the second Liberty Loan offering to the public. It totals at least 3 billion dollars with bonds issued in 50 dollar multiples, 25 year maturity, 4 percent interest payable semiannually. Subscriptions begin with staggered payments in November and December 1917 and January 1918.
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Wasington
MeAdoo
Ovcrs
Secretary of the Treasury
Public Service Commission
Hannibal
Louis
Mad & Capital
In & Ber
Abo Bildos
Ito
Illinois suffrage animates drive for constitutional convention
Illinois women and the UI Friends of the program push for a constitutional convention to seek a suffrage amendment. Grace Wilbur Trout leads activists, with Catherine Waugh McCulloch aligning to back a suffrage clause. The effort unites state suffrage factions once divided.
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Springfield
Ilinois
Fiftieth General Assembly
Suffragista
Grace Wilbur Trout
Hi Caco
Ilinois Equal Suffrage Association
Catherine Waugh McCulloch
Evanston
Thasinew
McCulloch
Deadlocked Wage Talks Hit Midwest Mines
Negotiations by a special committee of coal operators and miners on worker wage demands in Illinois Iowa Indiana Ohio and western Pennsylvania are deadlocked amid stalled wage discussions and unresolved terms.
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Washington
Special Committee of Coal Operators
Iainois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsyvania
Dancer Mata Hari Death Sentence Upheld in Paris
Paris reports the supreme court rejected Mata Hari's appeal after she was condemned to death by court martial for espionage. The case centers on the Dutch dancer known as Mata Hari facing execution in France.
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Paris
Supreme Court
Mata Hari
Austia Arrests 17 German Agents Amid Espionage Crackdown
In Petrograd 17 agents of a German intelligence network are arrested, all Swedish nationals. In Stuttgart Arkansas a mob of 150 rice farmers seized four W W agents from the county jail, then whipped and tarred and feathered them two miles north of town. Lifelong smoker dies at 113 in New York leaving 118 descendants. Rabbi Barnett Wolinsky dies at 113 after a life of smoking but no alcohol.
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Austia
Petrograd
W. W's
Stuttgart
Ark
W. W
New York
Barnett Wolinsky
London calls for lasting peace beyond victors and vanquished
Premier Asquith told a Leeds mass meeting that true peace cannot come from ceasefires or trophies. He warned against any settlement imposed by winners or losers that ignores the peoples and historic aspirations involved, noting Germany’s reply to the papal note offers only vague generalities without real steps toward peace.
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London
Asquith
Leeds
Germany
Washington debates slacker bill amid Senate allied talks
Secretary Lansing told the house military committee that provisions of the alien slacker bill are under negotiation with allied governments. Some members fear a floor fight if negotiations fail, while indications point to reporting a version continuing the secretary’s talks. Miller predicts cheaper flour as John Pillsbury weighs in on food price investigations. Women tenants become railroad passenger agents in Chicago with Estelle Courtney named ticket agent with the Grand Trunk.
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Washington, D
Senate
United States
Lansing
House Military Committee
House
Miller
St. Paul, Minn
John Pillsbury
Minneapolis
State Commission
Chicago
Grand Trunk
Mise Estelle Courtney
Gardner
Mixsouri
Congrese
War Department
Gov
Gartner
Secretary of War
Baker
Washington
Ubentate
Dichingon
Clinton
Ruby
Lebanon
Devker
Joplin
White House
Ond
Hakwr Hy
Missouri
Kanese
Scandal Probe Echoes in Missouri Indictments and Bonds
A batch of reports from Missouri outlines an indictment against Lee Jordan for fraudulent dealings at the penitentiary tied to a Jefferson City grocery firm. The piece also notes state road bonds, prison payroll allegations, hotel inspections, military reorganization protests, and plans for a state park, with multiple counties and officials named.
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Delemon City
Lee Jordan
War Ten
McClung Jordan
Falal
Jefferson City
Scott Beine
Berally
Campaian
Jordan Covere
Jordan
Mei‘lang
Joby
Keenieaf
McAllister
Grand
Invest Gation
James Welch
Convics
Harry Clayton
Chicago
Missouri
McAliteter
Surgery Marvels A Teers ofeer in the Unted Ttates
A garbled note describes medical feats in the United States medical corps returning from Great Britain. It mentions operating on a patient, erasing a hearing, and concerns over outcomes and rest periods with unclear details and many misread words.
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Great Britain
Mettien
Corns Lift Out Without Any Pain By Freezone
A titled ad claims Freezone dissolves corns and calluses painlessly with a few drops from a drugstore bottle. It promises instant relief as the ether-based solution pierces skin without irritation or infection risk. If unavailable, the ad notes pharmacists can obtain it from wholesale sources.
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Corns
Ecinnal
Groves Tasteless Tonic Ad Teases Malaria Cure
An old label promises groves tasteless tonic will drive out malaria and build the system with iron and tin to restore health. The ad blends health claims with a playful aside about fashion and throne imagery. It also promotes La Ore Ole Hair Dressing for gray hair, priced at $1.00.
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