Small Pox Epidemic Strains Greece Amid War Demobilization
In Athens and Piraeus a smallpox outbreak hits both children and adults as demobilized troops move inland. Vaccination faces vaccine shortages and quarantine limits. Amid panic, the ikons of Saint Barbara and the Virgin of Tinos become central to public faith, with processions and an annual pilgrimage drawing thousands and supporting the island of Tinos’ $100,000 yearly income from pilgrims.
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Athens
Greece
New York
Piraeus
Messandria
Egypt
Castelloria
Bue
Asia Minor
St. Barbara
Nicomedia
Daphni
Chryssospiliotissa
Chateaubriand
Barbara
Maximnum
Galerius
Tinos
Constantne I
Lourdes
Island
Lawrence Travilla for State Board of Equalization
Political ad endorses Lawrence Travilla as Republican nominee for State Board of Equalization. It highlights his credentials, antiestablishment stance, and tax equalization platform while stressing loyalty to Republican values and his independence from financial interests.
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Lawrence Travilia
State Board of Equalization
Mass of Documents For Mexican Board
Washington officials prepare to send extensive documents on the Mexican situation and adequate cerocal force to aid the joint commission seeking a border solution. The meeting place favors Portsmouth Maine but final choice awaits consultation with Mexican ambassador designate Elieseo Arredondo. James Linn Rogers, state department special agent at Mexico City, attends after traveling north with the Mexican commissioners.
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Washington
State Department
Joint Commission
Lansing
Porstmouth
Elieseo Arredondo
James Linn Rodgers
Mexico City
Twenty Indicted for Frauds in Election in West Virginia
Charleston, Aug 27 Twenty men led by Edward O Toole of United States Steel coal interests in West Virginia were indicted by a federal grand jury for alleged election frauds in McDowell county. The cases cover one district with investigations planned in other counties where frauds were reported. O Toole is accused of bringing 200 voters into the state to back William F Hite for the US Senate.
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Charleston
W. Va
Edward O'Toole
United States Steel
West Virginia
McDowell County
O'Toole
William F. Hite
United States
Woman organizer to visit Egypt to boost Illinois campaign
Chicago Aug 27 Mrs Jessie Hardy Mackaye head of the woman’s part in the Illinois Hughes and Fairbanks campaign will depart Monday for a southern state tour. She aims to organize the state by congressional districts by Sept 15. A large delegation will attend Republican day at the state fair in Springfield. She says the woman’s party will keep state and national campaigns separate and will not enter Illinois congressional contests.
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Chicago
Jessie Hardy Mackaye
Hughes
Fairbanks
Springfield
Geo H Wilson for Attorney General and Local Official
Geo H Wilson served as Attorney General candidate and state official. He acted as State's Attorney of Adama County from 1896 to 1900, as Corporation Counsel of Quincy in 1907-08, and as State Representative for the 386th District across the 46th 47th 48th and 49th General Assemblies. He chaired the Temperance Committee, served on the State Bar Association board, backed the Woman's Suffrage bill on its third reading, and was active in Vermont M E church in Quincy. He chaired the Lay Delegation to the General Conference in Saratoga Springs in May 1910 and belonged to Bodley Lodge No. 1 A F & A M.
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House
State Bar Association
Vermont
M. E. Church
Quincy
Saratoga Springs
Americans Tire of Service with Allies in Paris
American volunteers in Paris seek release from military obligations in the French foreign legion or aviation corps but are told by authorities that intervention is impossible. A U.S. citizen serving as a belligerent for a friendly nation loses the rights of citizenship until the war ends, though his nationality remains intact.
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Paris
French Foreign Legion
French Aviation Corps
Julius Johnson for State Auditor Hails From Mingisan
Julius Johnson, a native Mingisan born April 18, 1871 in Lynn Henry County, is a seasoned Republican candidate for Illinois State Auditor. Endorsed March 9 1916 by Swedish American Republican League of Illinois and April 17 1916 by Rock Island County Republican convention, he pledges efficient, economical office and prompt courteous service to anyone with business before the office.
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Fifteenth
Adams, Schuyler, Fulton, Knox and
Henry
Lawrence Travilla
State Board of Equalization
America
Julius Johnson
Lynn
Henry County
Illinois
Republican League
Ilinois
Princeton
Allegiance to France and British Volunteer Roles
The text contrasts two U S individuals during the era: one who pledges loyalty to France and signs a declaration to obey French military authorities, and an American who volunteers with the British army who remains in a distinct legal position.
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France
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