Austria Crashes Under Hunger and War Time Gloom
A Berne correspondent reports Vienna faces dire hunger with one in four residents on government relief. Prices soar over 100 percent since the war, while food and fuel shortages bite the public. Death toll rises among civilians as hospitals fill, and empty shops line the streets as the city braces for worse times ahead.
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London
Austria- Hungary
Berne
Werat
Vienna
Wholesale Purchasing Association of
Austrian Consumers’ Associations
Austria
Burgermeister
Austria-Hungary
Switzerland
Princesses of the Blood in Massachusetts Legislatures
The two women Woonutoonekanuske and Teeweelema known as Charlotte and Melinda Mitchell, descendants of Chief Miassasoit, live near Middleboro Massachusetts and are highlighted as potential pension recipients under a bill in the legislature. The ladies are aged seventy one and eighty one.
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New England
Woonutoonekanuske
Teeweelema
Charlotte
Melinda Mitchell
Miassasoit
Plymouth
Middleboro
Mass
Baby Hero Halts Battle on Fog Shrouded Front
German cavalry officer recounts dawn scene in no man’s land where a lone baby crawled between trenches. A French soldier saves the child and is met with a rare shared moment of peace as both sides cheer, halting fire for a stunned, hopeful instant.
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New York
IlIidgar von Schmidt Pauli
Girl Now Boarding Officer on Coast
Miss Klaabeth Clark becomes the pioneering woman boarding officer of the immigration service in San Francisco. She boards incoming vessels in all weather from dawn to dusk, rises at 3 a m in summer, uses Jacob’s ladder for rough seas, and travels between the wharf, tug, and steamers in the Bay of San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Sam
Klaabeth Clark
Immigration Service
Tere
Bay of
Russia buys American steamer Nevada for Russian port trade
The Goodrich steamer Nevada, built in 1915 and 212 feet long, has been purchased by M Seckleshoff of Petrograd representing the Russian government for about 750000. The vessel will sail east via the St Lawrence to the Atlantic to load cargo for a Russian port. The Nevada cost Goodrich about 275000 to build.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Goodrich
Nevada
St. Lawrence
Atlantic Seaboard
M. Seckleshoff
Petrograd
Goodrich Company
Even Pickles Are Higher
A government order for several thousand barrels of dill pickles for the army and navy pushed up next season’s crop prices at Riverhead and Calverton Long Island. J Fred Smith a Brooklyn buying agent signed contracts at three dollars per thousand, up from two to 2 25. Farmers say government concern signals broader food preparedness with pickles seen as a luxury not a necessity.
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New York
Army
Navy
Riverhead
Calverton
L. L
J. Fred Smith
Ing
Brooklyn
Proud of 19 cent tubers in Bucks County
Doylestown report features Edward Chittick of Plumstead township who raised 269 bushels of potatoes per acre at 19 cents a bushel. He shows off Murphys potatoes averaging a pound each, with several six inch specimens and one weighing about 1 3 quarters pounds. He did most work himself and claims costs were low, citing labor figures from US surveys. He can cut ten bushels with a knife in half a day and stays focused on farming.
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Doylestown
Edward Chittick
Plumstead Township
Bucks
Murphys
Mr. Chittick
Blow Restores Man's Voice in Boxing Mishap
In New Castle Pennsylvania Mike Liskas reportedly regained his voice after a punch to the chin from his cousin John Liskas during a boxing bout. Mike had been unable to speak for a year and had spent hundreds on treatment before speaking the moment blood appeared in his mouth.
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New Castle
Mike Liskas
John Liskas
Mike
John
Ducks Free Themselves From Millpond Ice
Miss Sarah Winters of Rushford Minnesota saw her ducks trapped on a millpond break free after she forced them from the ice by sawing a path. The birds emerged unharmed despite their ordeal.
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Rushford
Minn
Sarah Winters
Church Built in Single Day in Berkley Suburb
Residents of Berkley a suburb began a church on Saturday morning and completed it for worship the next morning. The frame structure was worth several hundred dollars and stood in the new community.
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Chicago
Berkley
Liberal Iowa Assembly Passes War Measures and Ed Fund Boost
Des Moines reports the Thirty-seventh Iowa General Assembly adjourned after approving broad war time appropriations and a large increase for educational institutions. The body created new agencies, expanded state activity with child welfare, banking and vital statistics bureaus, and passed numerous local and statewide bills on bonds, taxes, municipal powers, public works, and state administration.
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Des Moines
Child Welfare Bureau
Banking Department
Vital Statistics Bureau
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