Cotton Products company plan outlines New Orleans talks
Western Newspaper Union reports the Southern Cotton Association finalized plans to organize a 100 million dollar Cotton Products company in New Orleans. Other items note a new internal revenue stamp rollout, embargo lifts on cattle, and war tax bill effects on tobacco beer and many goods.
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Washington
The
Cotton Products Company
New Orleans
Southern Cotton Association
Dispatched World News Briefs From April 1917 Era
Mexico City regains confidence as Villa forces may back Zapata. Hokkaido mine disaster leaves 437 dead. Turkey guards embassy mail. German Reichstag drafts a 5 million mark war credit. western Greece and Ionian earthquake hits Santa Maura and Corfu. Reginald McKenna reports 120000 suspicious aliens investigated, 342 interned after 6000 houses looted. Juarez El Paso rail link to Mexico City opens, isolating capital from Vera Cruz line.
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Juarez-El Paso
Mexico City
Villa
Vera Cruz
International Thanksgiving at Chicago Y M C A Draws Many Nations
Twenty different nationalities attended the annual Thanksgiving dinner at the Chicago Central Y M C A. The report notes a global mix among attendees and highlights cultural diversity within the event.
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Chicago Central Y. M. C. A
Russians Turn Tide as War Rages in Poland and East Prussia
Reports from Petrograd and Berlin claim heavy fighting around Lodz and Lowicz with Russian advances strengthening positions. Dispatches say German and Austrian forces suffer heavy losses while Russians seize trenches and capture prisoners. Kaiser William visits Hindenburg on the eastern front.
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London
Poland
France
Belgium
Germany
Warsaw
Largdé
Holland
Kaiser
Berlin
Petrograd
Lowicz
Glovne
Sobota
Glovno
Lodz
Strykow
Gloyno
East Prussia
Mazur Lakes
Angerapp
Lowitz
Rzeszow
Carpathians
Koneczna
Bartfeld
Sczuko
Mezo Laborez
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Feligerad
Hungary
Ineyi
Emperor William
Marshal von Hindenburg
Mackenzen
Prussian
Darkehmen
Vistula River
Vienna
Suvotov
Val ‘Jevo
Cacak
Asice
Plucky German Aviator Sends Front War Dispatch
A German observer aboard reports from the Dunkirk front about bombing English troops during landings and an infantry engagement at Poperinghe. His lieutenant Sch is wounded in the leg while the narrator remains unharmed and continues reporting from the hospital scene.
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William Tiben
Wymore
John Trausrnicht
Iben
Trausrnicht
Beatrice
Westerday
Dunkirk
Allex
Sch
Poperinghe
Obaeivaline
Germany's Army Corps On Fronts Explained
A semi official communication from Paris reports Germany has twenty five and a half active army corps used against France and four against Russia. Thirty three reserve corps split between France and Russia. In total fifty six and a half corps active or reserve on both fronts. Landwehr adds eight against France and seven against Russia for thirty territorial divisions.
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Germany
Paris
France
Russia
Landwehr
German Fleet Reported In North Sea
Copenhagen dispatch in the Daily Mail says the German fleet was again steamed into the North Sea, reported from Copenhagen.
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North Sea
London
Copenhagen
Daily Mail
Renew Attack on Zeebrugge
London reports a quiet day on the Belgian and French fronts as the British fleet renews bombardment of Zeebrugge and Allied troops gain minor advances. The Paris statement notes enemy defense in Belgium remains limited with feeble artillery while Allied positions near Fay are secure. In Soissons region artillery fire is intermittent. in the Argonne Bagatelle attacks are repulsed. in the Woevre forest of Apremont the bombardment yields no result.
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London
Belgium
France
Paris
Fay
Soissons
Argonne
Bagatelle
Woevre
Apremont
Roumania May Join War On Allied Side
London reports Roumania has completed preparations to enter World War I with the Allies. A war against Germany and Austria is said to be delayed by talks with another Balkan state, while Roumania’s mobilized army could pressure Austria and complicate Turkish interests.
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London
Balkan
Europe
Austria
Prussia Reports Large Casualty Totals War Losses
Berlin reports the eighty-eighth and eighty-ninth Prussian casualty lists naming 7 397 officers and 10 292 men killed wounded and missing. The total Prussian casualties reach 644 762 though not including Saxon Württemberg Bavarian lists.
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Prussia
Berlin
Wuerttemberg
Gutierrez Arrives in Mexico City Amid Civil War Turmoil
Dispatches from El Paso report Provisional President Gutierrez and General Villa entering Mexico City receiving an encouraging reception. Separately, Gen Ramon Iturbe’s forces reportedly captured Guaymas on the west coast with Hermosillo under attack, while Vera Cruz issued a military bulletin confirming Iturbe’s advance with infantry and artillery driving Villa outposts.
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el Paso
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Villa
Gutierrez
General Villa
Mexico City
Carranza
Naco
Ramon Iturbe
Guaymas
Hermosillo
Sonora
Vera Cruz
Iturbe
Villa Garison
Business Conditions Improving Report Promises Growth
The comprehensive study on the European war's impact on U.S. business, drawn from 600 correspondents including governors, mayors, union officials, industrial associations, banks and building societies, will be released at the National Civic Federation's fifteenth annual meeting in New York. The report finds improving conditions and predicts further prosperity in the coming months.
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New York
United States
National Civic Federation
Pan American Union Calls Conference on Neutrality Rights
Washington reports grave disagreements between South American nations and European belligerents have prompted a conference of the Pan American Union governing board. Diplomats from twenty republics will consider proposals from Argentina Chile Peru Uruguay and Ecuador to strengthen neutral rights and bar belligerent warships from American waters.
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Pan-American Union
Washington
South America
Europe
The
Pan- American Union
Argentina
Chile
Peru
Uruguay
Ecuador
Americas
Supreme Court Endorses Oklahoma Jim Crow Law
The Oklahoma law requiring separate railroad coaches and a depot waiting room for white and Black passengers was approved by the Supreme Court. It upholds a federal court decree and states that discrimination must occur before a case can be decided.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Nebraska Bank Resources Rise Amid Growth in State
Nebraska banks show a strong year with total resources up by 5,116,264, deposits exceeding 1,704,000 and loans and discounts increasing 7,010,438. During the period forty six new state banks began operations, twenty of which were conversions from the national system.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Governor Names Judge Button in Nebraska Appointment
Governor Morehead appoints County Attorney F. W. Button of Dodge County to fill the Sixth Judicial District seat after Judge Hollenbeck resigns. Hollenbeck will leave the bench January 1, 1915, and Button will assume office on that date.
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Lincoln
Neb
Morehead
F. W. Button
Dodge County
Conrad Hollenbeck
Hollenbeck
Exports Rise in November Driven by War Demand
Washington Secretary Redfield told the house appropriations committee that U S exports increased by 63 million dollars in November versus last year. He noted the total would have been about 140 million higher if cotton and copper had been exported, attributing part of the rise to the war.
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Washington
Redfield
House Appropriations Committee
United States
War end delays ratifications. churches join peace rites
The American Peace Centenary Committee will postpone all ratifications until Europe ends the war. Only churches schools and colleges will participate in the already arranged peace celebration. Washingtons Committee of 100 halted its functions possibly until 1917.
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New York
Europe
Washington
Anxiety Grips Rome as Parliament Prepares Policy Address
Anxiety mounts in Italy as parliament readies for the cabinet's policy statement. Four hundred and forty deputies and three hundred senators gather in Rome to hear Premier Salandria outline ministerial aims and Italy’s stance in the current European war.
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Rome
Italy
Salandria
Balance of Trade Favorable in Washington Trade Report
Exports from western ports handling 80 percent of U S trade totaled 43 098 852 for the weekend and imports 26 685 557 leaving a favorable trade balance of 16 413 295 The report notes a monthly balance near 63 million and suggests an excess under 70 million for the period despite unclear figures from the damaged text.
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Washington
United States
Tabor
United
States
Neb r 50 years of Nebraska news snippets sweep
Nebraska items pan across Omaha Lincoln and surrounding towns. Notes report farm aid for Belgium donations of flour, a new lighting contract for Norfolk, a seven month old baby smothered in Weeping Water, a fire in Friend, and various local incidents. Public notices include arrests, accidents, deaths, and civic events across the state with numerous named towns and individuals.
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John Hudson
Ahern & Cassat
Friend
Nebraska
Lincoln High School
York Eleven
James Gow
Bellevue
William
McKay
Albion
Henry Seymour
State Board of Assessment and Equalization
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Norris
Clarence Maloney
Pender
Carl
Wolf
Beatrice
Harlan
Eustis
William H. Talcott
Johnson
Kansas
Herman Reynolds
University Place
Guy Rust
George Miller
Fair Grounds
Nelson
George Pearson
Tecumseh
Rock and
Hanning
William McKenney
Edgar
T. B. Coffman
Beaver City
Presbyterian
Hastings
Hong Kong
China
Sam Wah
Omaha
Nina Workman
Lincoln Telegraph and Telephone Company
Loomis
Herbert Dana
Fremont
Mildred Isabel Francis
Roy Francis
Charity Organization Society At
Belgium
Kamilla Frederickson
Hartington
Denmark
F. H. Hein
Gest
Sean
Rae Nudontene
Om Otro
Egie Art Institute
Brady
Farmers’ Society of Equity
Soni
Prize Winners Named in University Story Judging Contest
The Western Newspaper Union reports fifty competitors at the university contest judging stories for 100 dollars in prizes. Top scorers include Lynn Acker Harvard and Louis Reynolds Ashland with 18 and 15 dollars respectively, while N. P. Zeman Benson tops cattle judging and Lyman Acker Harvard leads hogs. Other notable winners include John Rice Norfolk and P C Smith Beaver City among the list of awardees.
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Lynn Acker
Harvar
Louis Reynolds Ashland
John Rice Norfaly
P. C. Smith
Beaver
City
N. Pp. Zeman
Benson
Lyman Acker
Harvard
Beavy City
John Rice
Norio
Substitutes for Corn and Sorghum Seed in Hog Feeds
An experiment at North Play experimental farm evaluated substitutes for corn in hog diets. Cane geewa yielded half the value of corn per bushel, with grain cane seed at 50 cents per bushel and alfalfa hay at $3. costs were $57 per 100 pounds. Feeding cane geewa and corn in equal pairs reduced pork cost to $4.30 per 100 pounds. In another test, corn priced at 47 cents per bushel and hogs at $5.90 per 100 pounds. cape seed sold for 55 cents and corn 82 cents per bushel. With high hog prices, both corn and cane showed higher feeding value, while Milo maize with three quarters corn matched barley and neared corn value.
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North Play
Cape Seed
North Vlarte
Full Care of Vegetables Storage in Trenches
Department of Horticulture at Nebraska College of Agriculture outlines trench storage for root crops and apples. It explains digging a long trench with a foot of soil, proper drainage, and using straw or soil to cover produce. Procedures include burying beets carrots and parsnips, bleaching celery, and tying cabbage tops downward for preservation.
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Nebraska College of Agriculture
Good Dairy Rations and Profitable Orchards in Nebraska
The article outlines dairy rations for a 1,000 pound dairy cow producing 30 pounds of milk, with three options using available feed like alfalfa and corn silage. It also notes profitable Nebraska orchards, state horticultural society meeting details, and plans to display relics and agricultural exhibits in Lincoln.
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Nebraska College of Agriculture
Nebrask
Nebraska
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