Review of the World War and Other History Making Events of 191
A sweeping yearend survey notes the United States entry into World War I, major military and political shifts, and key campaigns from 1916 into late 1916. It covers reforms, revolutions in Russia, submarine warfare, Allied offensives, and the evolving global alliance landscape with references to Greece, China, Japan, and Latin American nations.
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United States of America
American Republic
Germany
Nicholas
Russia
United States
West Front
Arras
Ater
Manders
St. Quentin
Austria
Tolmino
Adriatic
Italy
China
Cuba
Brazil
Siam
Constantine
Greece
France
Roumania
Wilson
Senate
Laconia
Irish
Alaska Mail by Air Contract for Des Moines Leader
Earl L. Byers, nephew of Des Moines corporation counsel H. W. Byers, wins a $49,500 annual contract to fly mail and passengers twice weekly from Nome to a inland mining camp 381 miles away. The route crosses rugged, high snowfall terrain with no landing strips. landing and takeoff would be perilous in winter conditions. He pilots a Curtiss tractor and devised serial navigation methods to cope with Alaska's extremes.
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Earl L. Byers
H. W. Byers
Des Moines
United States
Byers
Nome
Shuld Byers
Alaska
Dressing Down Recalled in Jabbs Salad Days
A former colleague recalls a sharp rebuke delivered to Jabbs, noting it occurred during his early, formative years. The remark hints at a tough, perhaps formative, managerial moment in the subject’s career.
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Jabbs
War Congress Opens as World War I Dominates
The Sixty fifth Congress began a war session on April 2 with landmark actions including a $5 billion bond issue and an $8 billion war securities purchase power. Key measures passed or advanced cover conscription, large war appropriations, the espionage act, air service development, food control, and revenue reforms.
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United States
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Germany
House
Senate
Army
Wilson
War and Navy Departments
Disasters 1917 World Wide Fires Quakes and Explosions
The year 1917 saw widespread disasters on land and sea with thousands of deaths and substantial property loss. Notable events include a January 6 earthquake in Fornasa (800 deaths), January 25 Bali Island (50 deaths), and February 2 Chicago tenement explosion and fire (25 deaths).
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Formosa
Bali Island
Malay
Chicago
Industrial unrest marks 1917 war era in United States
The year saw widespread labor tensions amid war conditions. Strikes threatened in railroads, copper mines, and shipyards, with a Supreme Court ruling upholding the Adamson law. Labor leaders supported government war efforts and price controls were expanded to curb living costs.
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United States
United States Supreme Court
Ita
Arizona
Bighee
Ariz
Industrial Workers
Eastern
San Francisco
Wilson
American Federation of Labor
Buffalo
Four Brotherhoods
Wilson appoints Hoover to lead food and fuel control
President Wilson in May named Herbert E. Hoover head of a food control board and, after a food-control bill passed, made him food administrator on August 11. Wilson also fixed basic coal prices on August 21 and named Dr. H A Garfield fuel administrator on August 28. The wheat committee set the 1917 crop price at $2.20 a bushel on August 38.
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Wilson
Herbert E. Hoover
Belgian Relief Commission
Food Control Board
Congress
Mr. Hoover
H. A. Garfield
United States
United States Wheat Committee
United States gains Virgin Islands after purchase
The Danish West Indies were bought from Denmark for 25 million dollars and placed under U S jurisdiction on January 27, later renamed the Virgin Islands. Racial violence shocks several cities with multiple deaths and prosecutions. military and police actions occur in Houston and Milwaukee. National politics focus on New York and Chicago with Socialist tickets defeated. Hylan wins New York mayoralty. A constitutional amendment for national prohibition advances after Senate and House approval.
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Danish West Indies
Denmark
United States
Virgin
New York
Chicago
Judge Hylan
Fusion
Milwaukee
Wis
Houston
Tex
San Antonio
House of Representatives
Senate
End of Mexico US tensions 1917 easing after Pershing withdrawal
The 1917 shift began as US entered World War I drawing attention away from border hostilities. Pershing and American forces left Mexico on February 6 after nearly a year there. Carranza elected president March 11 signaling stability, Villa activity suppressed until November when Ojinaga fell to Villa allied troops, Carranza troops fled into the United States.
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United States
Mexico City
Germany
Mexico
Jn Ddan
Japan
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
United States Department of State
Algonquin
China
Shanghai
Nicholas
Russian Revolutionary Movement
Duma
Council of Ministers
Prince Looff
Arras
Soissons
City of
Memphis
Milnois
Vigilaneta
Wilson
Congress
Healdron
Senate
House of Representatives
Cuba
Austria-Fungary
Reims
Vacuum
Simms
Atlantic
Russia
Kronstadt
Petrograd
American Commission
Elihu Root
American Railroad Commission
John F. Stevens
John J. Pershing
France
London
Washington
Conatarnine
Balkans
Great Britain
Constantine
Prince Alexander
Sibert
Eleutherios Venizelos
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Kerensky
Galleta
Prince Lyvoff
Chan
Korniloff
Alexieff
Isonzo
Teuton
Italy
Antilles
Peru
Uruguay
Brazil
Ostend
George von Hertling
Michaelis
North Sea
Finland
Tagliamento
Piave
Plave
St. Quentin
Scarpe
Byng
Hindenburg
Cambrai
Bolsheviks
M. Lenine
Carranza
General Pershing
Oarrianza
Villa
Aids
Ojinaga
Turmoil in 1917 Across Nations Drives Instability
A survey of 1917 unrest highlights revolutions and civil strife from Russia to Greece China and Cuba with Irish home rule tensions in Britain and US Japan diplomacy. It notes monarchist efforts in China and a unified republican stance after internal conflicts. It also covers US tax filing requirements and penalties for the 1917 income tax year and the role of Treasury officials in aiding taxpayers.
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Russia
Czar
Nicholas
Constantine
Greece
China
Heaunn Tang
Chang Hsun
Peking
Inter
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Cuba
Gomez
Great Britain
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Ireland
United States
Japan
McClure
Heavy coinage during year shows US mint gold gains
Treasury officials report fiscal year 1916 gold acquired at mints and assay offices totaled 508,083,262.92 dollars, a large rise from the prior year driven by heavy imports of foreign, bullion and coin. Cuban government gold deposits and U S recoinage figures are also noted along with overall coinage and domestic stock estimates.
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Treasury Department
United States
Happiness In Adaptability Quote
The excerpt cites a Hume maxim praising adaptability noting a person is happiest when suited to his temper but greater still when he can adapt his temper to any circumstance.
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Hume
Pilgrim Progress Bubbles Up In Young Student’s Tale
A seven year old, inspired by a teacher request, crafts a self described critique of a beloved classic. The child’s poster recalls The Pilgrim’s Progress with effort and affection, noting the pilgrim’s hardships and perseverance as told in nightly readings.
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Pilgrim
Youti
Teerini
Saturday Wavening Post
Wealth and Poverty Refine Social Ties and Isolation
Wealth and poverty shape choices in companionship and freedom, creating isolation and depression. Suspicion over motives of courtesy and praise tests sincerity of friendship, highlighting social strain through economic disparity. Exchange.
Paying for Poetry Poet and editor Cartoon
A Buffalo Express joke frames poetry as a costly habit with a poetess asking about payment and an editor replying his rest cure is twice yearly on doctors orders. The quip highlights high costs and editor satire.
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Buffalo Express
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