German Weakness Revealed In Somme Report
British captured document by Gen Count Sixt von Arnim shows German forces lacking guns aeroplanes and materiel while praising British infantry and air superiority. It notes artillery fire methods misfired signals and supply limits but reports food supply adequate during the Somme battle lessons for German conduct.
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Volt Arnim
France
Germany
The
Somme
Count Sixt von Arnim
von Arnim
von Armin
von = Arnim
Publishing chief proposes marriage as answer in suit
Jacob Henkel chief engineer for a publishing house faced a $50 000 suit from his housekeeper Miss Anna Kuhnel. Henkel filed a proposal of marriage in the supreme court and Kuhnel accepted, agreeing to meet at the city hall. The photo shows them leaving the marriage license bureau.
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Jacob Henkel
Anna Kuhnel
Miss Kuhnel
Henkel
Supreme Court
Warriage License Bureau
First Successful Ocean Appendicitis Operation
On the USS Sheridan a private soldier Milton S. Finch underwent the first successful appendicitis operation at sea. Major K A Dean performed the surgery aboard while en route from Mapila via Honolulu, with Finch recovering and later sent to the Presidio hospital.
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San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
United States
Sheridan
Mapila
Honolulu
Maj
K. A. Dean
United States Medical Corps
Milton Ss. Finch
Finch
Dean
Philippines
Presidio
Dream Restores Speech For War Wounded Welsh Private
In London a Welsh Private Morris who lost his speech after Somme injuries reportedly regained it in a dream. He dreamed he was in the trenches during a shell blast and shouted. upon waking he could speak again, astonishing hospital staff.
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London
Morris
Somme
Summers Saves 500 From Tips as Bellboy in Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor youth John Summers, seventeen, saved $500 in a year from bellboy tips. He earns $10 a month plus board. weekly tips range from $10 to $20. He bought a typewriter with his savings and rents it to guests as a side line.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
John Summers
Strychine Will Kill Crows Says State Board
Harrisburg experts were asked to explain why strychnine kills crows but not chickens when eaten. The state livestock sanitary board urged crow extermination and provided usage instructions. An experimental report claimed brown leghorn chicks were unharmed by strychnine in corn, while crows feeding on the bait died, and quail showed no effects.
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Harrisburg
State Department of Agriculture
The
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Chinese girl first at Boston University College of Business
Miss Mabel Chen Fong becomes the first Chinese girl to attend Boston University and enrolls in the College of Business Administration to pursue a BBA. She plans to return to China to teach American business methods after earning her degree. She is a Boston high school graduate and works as a salesgirl.
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Boston
Mass
College of Business Administration
Boston University
Mabel Chen Fong
Fong
China
The
Girls High School
Chen Féng
Twenty year old Clara Bishott seeks husband to support her mother
Clara Bishott, twenty, places a public notice hoping to marry a man aged 23 to 30 who earns at least 50 a week, is gentle and kind, and will provide for her mother. She says financial struggle prompted the appeal and she must persevere for her mother’s sake.
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Clara Bishott
Clara Bischoff
Governor Revises Texas Quarantine Proclamation in 1916
Governor Ferguson revokes part of the April 1 1916 quarantine for ports south of 25 degrees north latitude effective November 1 1916 while keeping rules against landing infected vessels and imposing strict health isolation for persons with dangerous diseases. The proclamation urges local health officers to enforce the rules and report outbreaks.
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Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Texas
James ©. Ferguson
State of
Gulf
City of
James E. Ferguson
John G., McKay
Receivers Named for Texas Road in Louisiana
B F Bush receiver for St Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Railway requested receivership after a $400000 judgment. Pearl Wicht of New Orleans and J L Lancaster of Texas & Pacific named receivers by Judge Foster at Shreveport. John Copeland acquitted in Marshall case. New gold shipment valued at $15 million received by J P Morgan & Co from Canada.
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Texas Road
Shreveport
B. F. Bush
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company
Rufus B. Foster
Texas & Pacific Railway C Company
Texas & Pacific
Pearl Wicht
New Orleans
J. L. Lancaster
Texas &Pacific
Foster
New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Canada
Texas Sailor Reported Drowned During Gale
The Navy Department said Irvin Taylor Adams of Commerce Texas a seaman on the armored cruiser San Diego fell overboard and drowned in a gale off the Gulf of Tehauntepee October 26.
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Texas
Washington
Navy Department
Irvin Taylor Adams
Commerce
San Diego
Gulf of Tehauntepee
Late Arkansas Governor dies at 65
John Sebastian Little, 65, former Arkansas governor and congressman, died Sunday at the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Little Rock Arkansas.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
John Sebastian Little
State Hospital
Dodson's Liver Tone vs Calomel advertised as health cure
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe mercurial free liver and bowel cleanser, claiming calomel can cause sickness bone damage and salivation. The pitch promises morning relief from headache dizziness and stomach upset and notes the product is vegetable and harmless with a money back guarantee.
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Dodson
Los Angeles Police Arrest Rate Census Snapshot
Los Angeles police arrested one person for every twelve residents last year, signaling a high enforcement level amid ongoing crime concerns and public safety debates within the city.
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Los Angeles
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Somme Region
Teutonic Corps
Dream
Quail
John Copeland
Galveston
State National Bank of Marshall
William Black
Marshall
L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
America
Brockton
Ge W. LL
Douglas Shoe
Claudius Ptolemeus
B. C
James Boche
Melrose
Camdy
California
Hawaii
Libby
Binkley Medical CO
Clark St
Nappanee
Ind
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