New Orleans Suffered Severe Flood and Loss After Storm
A West Indian hurricane battered the central gulf coast causing at least sixteen deaths and extensive property damage. In New Orleans the storm toppled the tug Corsair with fifteen aboard, drowning Captain J. Menges and others. Rivers and streets flooded, rail lines washed away, and damage is estimated near $2 million. Local officials fear for displaced residents along the lower coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
Frenier
Manshae
Slidell
Lake Ponchartrain
Coden
Miss
Bay Front Shell Road
Ruddock
Gulfport
Birchwood
Baton Rouge
Beaumont
Texas
J. Menges
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Cincinnati
Stanley Meyers
Deckhard
Algiers
Mike Florine
Garg
Behrman
Sev‘eral
the Conservation Commission
Canal Street
Louis le
Nashville
Poydins Street
Grand Army encampment to meet in Kansas City in 1916
Kansas City was chosen today by near unanimous vote for the 1916 Grand Army of the Republic encampment. President Wilson greeted nearly 5,000 veterans and wives during a misplanned White House reception. The Loyal Legion and other groups were represented as the encampment proceeds with officer elections and plans for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas City
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
White House
GALR
Wilson
East Room
Loyal Legion
Association of Ex- Prisoners of War
Union Army
Women's Relief Corps
G. AR
Atlantic City
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington Memorial Amphitheatre
Woman's, Relief Corps
Carrie Alexander Bahrenberg
Belleville, Ill
G.A. R
Prohibit Moose Killing in Maine Game Laws
Bangor Maine Sept 30 Maine's big game season opens tomorrow with deer shooting from now to December 15 Guides report deer numbers at ten year highs Deer license holders at 15 will be allowed two deer Moose, though plentiful, remain protected by a new four year close time to preserve the species
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Maine
Rockefeller plan proposed for Pueblo Colorado Fuel and Iron
Denver reports that John D. Rockefeller Jr. announced an industrial plan described as broader and more democratic than unionism will be submitted to officers and employees at Pueblo. He stressed the plan includes all workers, union members or not, and denies it attacking organized labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Colorado’ Fuel_ and Iron company
Pueblo
Rockefeller
Colorado
W.L. MacKenzie King
J. B. Welborn
Oufset
Congressional
United Mine ‘Workers of America
United Mine Workers
Mr. Rockefeller
Carranza Reports Five Arrested on Mexican Side of Rio Grande
Brig. Gen. E P Nafarrate, Carranza commander at Matamoros, announced five Mexican American bandits were arrested on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. One was wounded. they were chased by American troops. Nafarrate said a 500-strong Mexicans near Progreso Crossing planned to invade the U S. U S patrols remain alert. A mountain gun battery arrived at Harlingen from El Paso. The five arrests were made Sunday at Camargo by Lieut. Col. Gerardo Cuellar and are held pending Obregon instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Texas
Rio Grande
E. P . Nafarrate
Carranza
Matamoros
Progreso
United States
Harlingen
Il Paso
Nafarrate
Gerardo Cuellar
Camargo
Obregon
Dawes Residence Guards In Chicago After Threats
In Chicago on September 30 two guards stood outside the suburban residence of Charles G. Dawes president of the Central Trust Company of Illinois. He plans to repay part of the proposed 500 million loan to the Allies. Guards were placed there at the insistence of Dawes and friends after receiving several threatening letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawes
Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Central Trust Company of
Ilinois
Explosion in Hanna City Mine Kills One Man
Fire follows an explosion at Logan Coal Company mine in Hanna City. Martin Perritt is dead and Frank Robinson is fatally injured. seventy seven miners were in the mine when the blast occurred, as rescuers pulled 75 others to safety. Investigators and night manager Fred Walters led efforts amid continued flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Logan Coal Company
Hanna City
Martin Perritt
Hanna’ City
Frank Robinson
Robinson
Perritt
Fred Walters
State
Rock
S4ife
Chicago Strikes Turn Violent Amid Duty of Workers
Sept 30 Chicago reports a violent fourth day of garment worker strikes with one death. A 10 year old Leo Schroeder died when a house collapsed during a shooting incident linked to strikers. In the downtown district five hundred protesters stormed a building, urged workers to join the walkout, and clashes with police followed. Labor officials protested police brutality to Mayor Thompson. Most arrests sought jury trials, while union leaders claim more than 25,000 quit work. manufacturers cite about 2,000 remaining on strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Leo Schroeder
Thompson
Honor Early Suffragist Centenary Celebration Planned
In Johnstown New York plans are nearly complete for the centennial celebration of Elizabeth Cady Stanton birth on February 12 1815 to mark the suffrage amendment campaign in New York. Speakers invited include Dr John Elliott New York State Senator Edgar T Brackett of Saratoga and Mrs Harriet Stanton Blatch Elizabeth Cady Stanton daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
WN. Y
Elizabeth Cady’ Stanton
John Elliott
New York
Edgar T. Brackett
Saratoga
Harriet Stanton Blatch
Elizabeth, Cady Stanton
Recognition of Equality in Empire Council
ETROGRAD Sept 30 reports M. Weinstein, a council of the empire member, becoming the first Jew to sit in the council. His election is seen as a response to recent demands for equality and inclusion within government and industry circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etrograd
Lonsevec Receay of Commerce and Industry
M. Weinstein
Council of the Empire
French in Champagne Make Gains
Paris reports French forces gained ground north of Mesnil and east toward Hill 190 and the road from Ville-Sur-Tourne to Cemayn-Dormois with additional prisoners. German positions at Ouvrage de la Defaite were reoccupied after a counter attack, while a second counter assault was repulsed and large numbers of field guns and heavy pieces were captured since Sept. 25. Aerial bombardment hit Guignicourt station. Belgian fronts saw intermittent shelling at Ramscapelle Caeskrike Renninghe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Champagne
Mesnil
Belgium
Artois
Armancourt
Roye
Beuvraignes
Betwen
Massiges
Ville-Sur-Tourhe
Cemayn- Dormois
Ouvrage de la
Guignicourt
Ramscapelle
Caeskrke
Renninghe
Concessions by Company at Westinghouse Vote Planned
Pittsburgh Sept 30 After an announcement that President E M Herr of Westinghouse Electric and Mfg Co agreed to shorter hours and higher pay averaging ten percent 7000 workers met and will vote tomorrow on an offer to end strike demands Ballot boxes will stay at plant entrances and if the majority refuse workers may be called out early Saturday The company employs about 10 000 workers including many machinists on war munitions The workers organized by the American Federation of Labor demanded an eight hour day a 20 percent wage rise and reinstatement of a discharged machinist Herr offered eight hours forty minutes pay with two hours less work per week but full pay plus a six percent bonus on earned wages payable quarterly netting about ten percent yearly increase
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
E. M. Herr
Westinghouse Electric and Mfg. Co
American Federation of Labor
Herr
Silliman Summoned to Washington for Pan American Talks
In Vera Cruz on Sept 30 John R. Silliman President Wilsons personal representative in Mexico has been summoned to the United States. He is expected to join Pan American diplomacy conferences addressing the Mexican situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vera: Cruz
John R. Silliman
Wilson
Mexico
United States
French Losses Light in Recent Offensive Says Insiders
Paris October 1 diplomats and officers at a position to know report French losses in the recent offensive were relatively light despite heavy German efforts. Soldiers attribute the low casualties to the rapid pace of the German thrusts and the swift counteractions that followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Dramatic World War Front Reports Extend Across Europe
Sept 30 dispatches describe Anglo-French forces consolidating gains in Artois while facing stiff German counter-attacks in Champagne. Reports note French footholds, limited breakthroughs, and German losses near Masiges though defense lines hold. Hindenburg advances near Dvinsk and Vilna, with Russian retreats south of the Pripet. Bulgaria’s actions cited as deferring aggression against Serbia, Greece wary of broader crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Artois
Champagne
Massiges
Russia
Serbia
Koelnische’ Zeitung
Auberville
von Hindenburg
Dvinsk
Vilna
Minsk
Baranovichi
Pripet
von Mackensen
Styr
Bulgaria
Athens
Greece
M. Toncheff
Cet
Fragmentary note on dissonant expenses and names
A jumbled OCR fragment references expenses and subscriptions, mentioning Boston centers, a trust, Loeb & Co, and figures like Baron Reading and Mr Homnbere. The text is garbled with unclear context, making exact events or actions unreadable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Loeb
Individ Baron
Reading
England
Chaiman -of- the
Homberg
Pilgrim's
Society of the United Fencing
Homnbere
Memorial Tablet At Manassas Unveiled In Virginia
In Manassas Virginia on Sept 30 an bronze tablet was unveiled to mark the first meeting in amity of former opposing armies on the battlefield. The inscription notes De Commendation of the Manassas Jubilee of July 21 1911 and the ceremony took place at the courthouse near the historic site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assas
Manassas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baton
Menges
Corsair
Belleville
W.R. C
Westinghouse
Rai
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!