First Draft a Great Success Says Crowder
General Crowder outlines a class one selective service plan and urges extending registration to men turning 21 since June 5 1917. He notes about 1 000 000 qualified men under current rules and expects 700 000 more yearly to join class one amid broad national support.
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Washington
United States
Crowder
Baker
Congress
General Crowder
Friends of the Selective Service
May Call Special Session in Texas Legislature
The report notes a forthcoming Texas special legislative session likely after a Thursday conference on drought relief. Leaders from business circles attended Governor Hobby's meeting urging prompt relief for drought-stricken seasons and a drive to boost Texas feed and food production. Governor Hobby reiterated full effort to aid the state.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
W. P. Hobby
Hiokby
State of
Fire Devastates Norfolk District Killing Three
A major blaze and a series of explosions in Norfolk Virginia nearly wiped out two city blocks including the Monticello hotel. Police and naval authorities deem the fires incendiary. Loss is estimated above two million dollars with many injured.
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Norfolk
Monticello
Brite Ranch Raided Again Near Marfa Texas
Mexican bandits struck the Brite ranch thirty five miles southwest of Marfa and the same distance from Valentine Texas on Thursday. The same ranch was raided on Christmas morning with one American and two Mexicans killed in the assault.
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Marfa
Tex
Brite Ranch
Valentine
Texas
Yaqui Indians Kill Passengers Near Nogales
Passengers arriving in Nogales on Thursday report Yaqui Indians surrounded a village near Querobach Sonora on Wednesday killing five persons and wounding many others.
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Nogales
Ariz
Southern Pacific de Mexico
Querobach
Sonora
To Withdraw Passenger Trains
Washington orders from Director General McAdoo will withdraw hundreds of eastern passenger trains. A committee of Eastern traffic officers recommended removing most parlor and sleeping cars, retaining only those needed for essential travel routes.
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Washington
Mississippi
McAdoo
McAdoo Orders Faster Freight Movement in Wartime Plan
Washington reports President Wilson has placed US railroads under government control with McAdoo directing a war board to run them. He issued a formal order to move traffic by the most direct routes and pool freight where possible to speed the war effort and efficiency.
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Washington
United States
McAdoo
Wilson
Railroads’ War Board
War Board
America
U. S. Balloon Lands in Mexico
A U S Army observation balloon crossed into Hidalgo Mexico about forty five miles up the Rio Grande from Laredo Texas after being fired on by Mexican troops Sunday. A gale blew it off course from San Antonio and three bullet punctures forced a descent. The crew of eight aviator students under Captain Dave McCullough were taken in charge by Mexican soldiers and later returned to Laredo.
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U. S
Mexico
Laredo
Tex
Hidalgo
Rio Grande
San Antonio
Dave McCullough
Soldiers Kill Mexican Bandits Near Eagle Pass
Six Mexican bandits were killed in a clash with United States troops and Texas rangers Saturday at San Jose Mexico opposite the Indio ranch twenty miles south of Eagle Pass. The American force crossed into Mexico pursuing cattle thieves. no American casualties were reported.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
United States
Texas Rangers
San Jose
Mexico
Indio Ranch
Credits to Allies Reach New Loan Milestone
Washington reports Secretary McAdoo authorized further loans to the allies totaling 348.5 million dollars on Saturday. The breakdown includes 185 million to Great Britain, 155 million to France, 7.5 million to Belgium, and 1 million to Serbia. Cumulative Allied credits now stand at 4.2364 billion.
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Washington
McAdoo
Great Britain
United States
France
Belgium
Serbia
Southern states overproduce corn beyond needs
A report by the United States Chamber of Commerce committee of statistical experts finds that with the exception of Texas and Oklahoma, Southern states produce more corn than required for local use and are able to export.
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Texas
Washington
Committee of Statistical Experts
United States Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma
Increase in Shipping Losses Says Admiralty
London reports a sharp rise in merchant shipping losses during the past week. The admiralty states eighteen British merchantmen of 1600 tons or more were sunk by mine or submarine, with three smaller vessels also lost, compared with twelve losses the prior week.
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London
Admiralty
Rio Grande cabbage crop damaged by weekend freezes
Brownsville Texas reports indicate that 10 to 40 percent of the lower Rio Grande Valley cabbage crop was destroyed by freeze events on Saturday and Sunday nights. Full extent of the damage will be determined in the coming days as reports are compiled.
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Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Land Bank Lends $2,139,575 to Texas Farmers in 1917
Land Bank of Houston reports loans totaling 2,139,575 dollars extended to Texas farmers during 1917. Figures were compiled on Monday.
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Land Bank
Houston
Tex
Farmers of Texas
Federal Land Bank of Houston
Women Nurses to Serve Aboard Naval Hospital Ships
Washington reports that women nurses will be employed on two naval hospital ships for the first time in American history. They are to be assigned to ships soon ready for service, marking a milestone for women in the armed forces.
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Washington
Tax gathering begins as new year starts in 1917
Washington reports the central task of collecting income tax starts January 1 with filing due by March 1 for those above set income thresholds. Rates range from 2 to 7 percent with surtaxes for high earners, and payments may be split into four installments or paid in full for interest benefits.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Treasury
German males to register under enemy aliens decree
The week of February 4 was set for the registration of about 500000 unnaturaliized Germans in the continental United States by police or postmasters under President Wilsons enemy aliens proclamation. Germans must provide detailed information, photograph, and fingerprints and carry a certificate card. Violation risks internment. women and under 14 are exempt, Austria-Hungary subjects exempt.
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Washington
Department of Justice
United States
Wilson
Austria-Hungary
Gyroscope Expert Remanded for Treason in Brooklyn Case
Paul Hennig a naturalized German foreman at a Brooklyn torpedo factory was jailed without bail in federal court on treason charges. He allegedly supervised the gyroscopes that steer torpedoes and authorities say some gyros were found maliciously mutilated.
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New York
Paul Hennig
Brooklyn
United States
Hennig
France
Guns for All in Month Promised by Army Official
Major General Crozier testifies before the senate military committee promising complete rifle supplies for all American forces within a month. Springfield rifles for every regular and national guard member to be ready before February 1, and remodeled Enfields for the first national army to be finished in a week.
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Washington
Crozier
Senate Military Committee
Freeze Ravages Brownsville Region Causing Major Damage
Brownsville Texas reports a severe freeze causing damage potentially reaching a million dollars in the truck and sugar cane sectors of the lower Rio Grande Valley. The United States Weather Bureau cites a 25 degree minimum in Brownsville with colder conditions inland and ice up to two inches thick in the city.
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Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
United States Weather Bureau
Americans Sink German Sub In Channel of British Coast
Passengers aboard an American passenger steamer report sinking a German submarine off the British coast as it opened fire during approach. The incident involves gun crews and the approaching vessel contributing to the destruction of the sub.
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London
Chilean government declines to permit ministers to take archives
In Santiago the Chilean government refuses to allow Chilean ministers bound for Brazil Ecuador and Bolivia to manage the archives of the German legations in those nations.
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Germany
Santiago
Chile
Brazil
Ecuador
Bolivia
Coastal Oil Fields Production Report Week Summary
In the coastal oil region only one significant completion occurred the week ending Sunday. Holiday slowdowns delayed wildcat work. The top well was Gulf Refining No. 23 Bright Penn at Nedgerly, flowing 1500 barrels per day from 3150 feet, still producing over 1000 barrels daily.
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Houston
Tex
Nedgerly
Gulf Refining Company
Bright Penn
Two Fire Officials Die in San Antonio Collision
San Antonio fire chief W R Bishop and acting lieutenant Robert Kopplin were killed when their car collided with a mobile fire truck at Alamo Plaza and East Commerce Street. Bishop's chauffeur was fatally injured and nine others, including three soldiers, were seriously hurt in the crash Monday.
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San Antonio
Tex
W. R. Bishop
Colonel Charles Bigelow Dies During Houston Lecture
Colonel Charles Bigelow, noted lecturer and traveler, collapsed on stage in Houston while delivering a talk on preparedness and German cruelties. He died of heart disease before finishing his speech, leaving attendees in shock.
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Houston
Tex
Charles Bigelow
Two Americans Killed by Bombs Near French Camp
During a moonlit night German aviators dropped bombs near a town and two American privates in a camp in a wood were killed. The American Army holds the area and investigates the incident as part of wartime operations in France.
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France
La Follette expelled from Madison club
United States senator Robert M. La Follette was expelled from the Madison club Saturday for unpatriotic conduct and having given aid and comfort to the enemy. The action occurred in Madison Wisconsin and reflects wartime tensions.
Special War Medal Issued by American Numismatic Society
A special war medal commemorating the United States entry into World War I has been issued by the American Numismatic Society. Designed by Eli Harvey, it features a bald eagle on a crag with wings spread, and carries the date April 6, 1917. Only 500 copies were minted, with 560 silver and the rest bronze, all fully subscribed.
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United States
American Numismatic Society
Eli Harvey
North America
Wilson
Congress
Just a Private at Camp Taylor Tells a Mail Mystery
A Jennings county man asked a postmaster in North Vernon about his son's mail. The postmaster guessed general delivery, but the man said he is not a general yet, just a private at Camp Taylor.
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James N. Culp
North Vernon
Indianapolis News
Jennings County
Camp Taylor
Weary wayfarer and stern woman in quiet doorway exchange
A weary traveler with a bandaged eye tells a stern woman at a back door that he was hot and always as he looks now. She replies with recognition of his prior visit when he wore a deaf and dumb sign.
Grove's Old Standard General Tonic Ad
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic touts quinine and iron as a general tonic. It claims to act on the liver drive malaria enrich the blood and strengthen the system. Price 60 cents.
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Grove
Gas and electric myths about turning off lights
Dialogue explores beliefs about turning down gas and electric lights and their effects on sparking pressure and waste. The speakers debate whether reducing gas or electric usage lowers or raises risk and waste, noting contradictory ideas about how turning off lights influences outcome.
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Bill
Silly Dullmus Night Debate in the Hall
In a quiet hall Dullmus asks if the night’s sawtooth plan should be brought in as simple clarity. Simplicity-Is replies with a cautious yes awaiting a final call.
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Dullmus
Patton urges Pennsylvania to rent tractors for 1918 spring plowing
J L Patton calls on Pennsylvania to rent tractors to aid farmers during the 1918 spring plowing season. The plea aims to boost agricultural output and relieve farm labor shortages as hardship increases.
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J. L. Patton
Pennsylvania
Outclassed Whisper of Crimson Gulch Dialogue
A traveling man notes Crimson Gulch is quiet when most boys are away handling machine guns. Broncho Bob agrees that a six shooter seems futile in that situation.
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Crimson Gulch
Broncho Bob
Ike
Tetterine Promises Soft Velvety Skin For Women Ad
An advertisement urges women to seek a fair smooth skin and claims Tetterine clears pimples and blotches. The product is sold by druggists or mailed for 50 cents by Shuptrine Co Savannah GA.
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Shuptrine Co
Savannah
Ady
Relative Waves
A dated quote contrasts evolving times with a call for accountability as a chicken thief faces potential grand larceny indictment.
Capudine Relief Ad and Burleson Umbrella Remark
An advertisement touts Capudine as quick liquid relief for headaches and nervous strain. The note adds the Postmaster General Burleson carrying an umbrella instead of a cane and mentions Chile plans to build 60 to 70 new schools annually.
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Burleson
Chile
Spartan Women Suffered Untold Tortures
A fragmented notice notes price 50¢ and $1.00 for Femenina a female disorder advertisement. It claims harsh treatment of Spartan women and mocks dedication to Spartan identity. It also mentions crooks and Italian fish price increases.
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Goa
K.M.C
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Eresees
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Dalles
Texas Kerosene Motor
Miere
Peoria
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Willet Seed Company
Augusta
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