Reserve Army Plan Will Pay Soldiers Up to 300
A detailed reserve army bill plans an auxiliary class for former soldiers and a future National Guard like system. Enlistees may serve seven years with four years active, then become reservists subject to recall by act of Congress. Nov 1 1916 marks key steps with voluntary options and pay scales culminating at 300 dollars.
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Sam
Cincinnati
America
War Department
Congress
Secretary of War
The Whale Doomed by Modern Harpoon Exploits
The Coast Seamen's Journal warns the Greenland white whale faces near extinction due to bomb harpoons and steam whalers. Global kills reached about 22 500 in 1911, with oil yields around 12 500 000 dollars, while the main hunting ground shifts to the southern hemisphere and whale reproduction remains slow.
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Coast Seamen's Journal
Greenland
Arctic Ocean
R. Lynekker
Four Wisconsin constitutional amendments on fall ballots
The article outlines four proposed amendments: fixing judge pay timing to align with other state officers, Milwaukee land purchases for parks, a new power for cities to buy and sell real estate and condemn property to curb bad deals, and granting women the vote to extend suffrage to wives mothers and sisters statewide.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Germany
Wreck on Soo Line Leaves Seven Injured at Allentown
The Chicago and Minneapolis Express on the Soo line derailed at Allentown at 6 40 this morning due to a broken rail. Seven passengers and crew were injured including Edward Lueloff Louis Lueloff F M Gee R Mayer Carl Arnold and W W Gauge. Two cars toppled into the ditch but no one was killed or seriously hurt. The mail car spared due to its steel construction. The train was running about a mile a minute slow when derailment occurred.
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Fond DU Lag
Wily
Chicago
R. Mayer
Kelly
Pordler
Carl Arnold
E. Gauge
Soo
Arnold
Gouch
Questions of Life in The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser
An advertisement promotes The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser by K V Pierce M D a 1008 page Home Doctor Book with engravings and colored plates bound in cloth. It claims free delivery for 31 one cent stamps from 662 Washington St Buffalo NY and warns readers not to confuse it with quack pamphlets.
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K. V. Pierce
Washington St
Buffalo
New York
Woodsman Marcus Perished on Rail Line Near Marengo
The body of a woodsman named Marcus was found north of the Soo Hine station at Marengo last Monday evening. The coroner took charge and the death was deemed accidental as a train passing through between six and seven o'clock struck him, splitting the body. Further details about Marcus are not known.
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Soo Hine
Marengo
Markus
Insurgent Woodmen Win In Des Moines Court Ruling
Judge Bradshaw holds Modern Woodmen of America changes violate member contract rights and void changes to rates without member consent. Insurgent wing sought amendments adopted in Chicago in 1912. Court notes member contracts include certificate, articles, by laws, and state statutes.
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Des Moines
Bradshaw
District Court
Modern Woodmen of America
Chicago
Society
State of
Timois
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