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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1916
Page
4
The Petersburg Daily Progress published afternoons except Sundays at 14 East Table Street lists subscription rates of three dollars per year and one dollar per single copy. Advertising charges include one cent per word, display 50c per inch, funeral and marriage notices 50c, and local line rates 16c to 25c per line. Post office second class mail registration included.
A long column surveys President Wilson age and workload, food economy calls, naval expansion, a New York auto injury case over clothing claims, Virginia vote patterns, and a switch from volunteer army to universal training. It also covers delinquent state poll taxes, enforcement challenges, and sizable sums owed.
President Wilson holds a Monday night conference with newspaper correspondents after a yearlong suspension. He signals no immediate peace move for Europe but readiness to act if justified and ties possible extra Congressional session to railroad legislation. He opposes funding the deficit with bonds and notes a likely no inauguration hall. Wilson stays silent on universal military warning.
Washington reports urgent American appeals to Turkey to allow relief for British prisoners of war. Ambassador Elkus in Constantinople has sought permission to use a British fund to send aid, but Turkish authorities have not provided location or number of prisoners. The case is highly delicate, risking wider diplomatic break that could strand foreign interests in Turkey.
Seven men described as foreigners who were at times reported killed by bandits in Mexico reached Eagle Pass today in a telegram to railroad officials. The group includes Dr. Thomas Flannagan W A Scott Jacob Myer W C Palmer Edgar Kock acting German vice consul Julio Senner a Swiss citizen and a man named Schaefer. They were said to be traveling from Parral to El Paso.
State of Ohio Toled o Lucas County oath by Frank J Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney & Co. promises pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason witness. Cure taken internally and acts through blood. Send for testimonials. Sold by druggists 75c. Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
John D. Archbold, president of Standard Oil of New Jersey, filed for probate in New York. The will leaves about $20 million to his widow, John D. Archbold Jr., and his children Marie A. Van Beuren Annie M. Saundersen and the late John F. Archbold, with minor bequests. The widow gets the Tarrytown home and one third of the estate. the children share the remaining two thirds equally.
Washington December 118 Secretary of War Baker today asked Congress for an eight and a half million dollar appropriation to provide benefits for dependents. The proposal seeks support for military families and widows, detailing how funds would be distributed and overseen by the department.
The request seeks 8 1/2 million dollars for the War Department to support families of enlisted men and National Guard in the current fiscal year. Payment continuation is planned until muster out, with the Guard remaining in Federal service through June 30 next year. At least 1.6 million is needed to cover December payments. The Public Health Service also warns against worrying, citing nervous diseases and longevity.
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