Expert to Oversee Orchard Spraying Watch in County
Prof A J Gunderson of the University of Minnesota horticultural department visited Quincy with Farm Advisor Rusk to scout sites for a county experimental orchard. The project aims to place a full time expert in charge to study fruit conditions and advise orchardists on optimal spraying times to protect trees and improve yields.
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A. J. Gunderson
University of Hiindis
Quincy
Rusk
Gunderson
Gurndérson
Serbian capital recaptured amid Austro German offensive
The cablegram via Ambassador Penfield reports Belgrade under Teutonic pressure and Serbs still in Belgrade with efforts to regain the capital. The report notes Austro Hungarian and German forces driving toward Turkey, amid contested control of Belgrade by early war forces.
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Ngton
Edward W. Red
Ambassa
Penfield
Vienna
Belgrade
Urs Ing
Yan
Turkey
President Wilson Takes Holiday Drive To Harper's Ferry
President Wilson and Mrs Galt and two Misses Smith from New Orleans motor to Harper's Ferry West Virginia for lunch and a theater visit. The White House car traveled 72 miles by noon and many townspeople awaited the return while the president tipped a waitress and paid the bill at the inn dining room.
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Washington
Wilson
Normal Galt
Lucy
Mary Smith
New Orleans
Harper's Ferry
West Virginia
White House
Potomac
Shenandoah Rivers
Woodrow Wilson
Galt
Frederick
Rockville
Reasons to dismiss NYNH&H rail monopoly indictment
Ten reasons are listed in a motion to dismiss the indictment against 11 directors of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad for monopolizing New England traffic. The filing argues that unification of common carriers under the New Haven could not create an illegal monopoly and questions conspiracy timing, the Sherman Act, and benefits to the people of New England. Charles S. Mellen, former president, will be among the first witnesses, possibly Wednesday.
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New. York
New. York, New ‘Haven
Hartford Railroad
New England
Hunt
New Haven
Charles .S
Mellen
Arrests After Disturbance at Occidental Saloon
James Lenane and Willig Chewning were arrested by Officers Yornham and Riney at midnight for peace disturbance after fighting at the Occidental saloon on Hampshire Street. Chewning claimed Lenane and another man jumped him. the third party escaped before police arrived. Both men were released on bail.
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James Lenane
Willig Chewning
Yornham and
Riney
Occidental Saloon
Hampshire Street
Chewning
Lenane
Pea Ridge Oil Co to Drill Near Timewell
Timewell Oct 16. Business circles discuss Pea Ridge Oil Co plans to drill two miles south of Timewell. Local investors in Clayton Timewell expect results as field gets a thorough test with expert drillers. Surveyors and a former state geologist vetted prospects, aiming to tap oil and gas between north oil and south gas zones in Pike County.
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Kenady
Timewell
Pea Ridge Oil Co
Clayton
Geogolist
Pike County
Trawlers Brought Into Grimsby With Fish Cargoes
London dispatch states eight German trawlers were brought into Grimsby on October 2 and 3 and three more on October 9. The vessels were engaged in fishing, not mine laying, and their cargoes of fish were sold at Grimsby. The crews were interned.
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London
Grimsby
Dumba and party sail from Falmouth to Rotterdam
London dispatch reports the steamship Niew Amsterdam departed Falmouth for Rotterdam on October 1 1917 carrying Dr Constantin Theodor Dumba the Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the United States his wife and his valet.
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London
Niew Amsterdam
Falmouth
Rotterdam
Constantin Theodor Dumba
United States
Galles Asks For Aid To Refugees In Agua Prieta
General Elias Calles telegraphed Carranza requesting sixty thousand dollars in gold be sent to Agua Prieta to aid refugees who have gathered there in large numbers.
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Galles
Douglas
Ariz
P. Elias
Calles
Carranza
Agua Prieta
Campaign Against Zapata Moves From Mexico City
In Mexico City on Oct 16 forces of Gen. Gonzalez will depart Monday morning for Toluca 36 miles away to begin the campaign against Zapata troops. He plans an aerial observation flight with an army aeronaut to view the hostiles. Delegates to the former convention sent a request for amnesty to Gen. Gonzalez, who urged a personal amnesty petition instead.
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Mexico City
Gonzales
Toluca
Here
Lagos Chazaro
Gonzalez
Feel Fine Take Cascarets For Ever
An advertising-style notice touts Cascarets as a gentle liver cleanse promising relief from bile buildup and the symptoms of biliousness. It urges readers to buy a 10-cent box at the drug store to wake with a clear head and rosy skin, even suggesting mothers give Cascarets to sick children.
Tuberculosis Care Plans Amid War Front Struggles
Paris reports ongoing government effort to handle tubercular soldiers after war strains. The War Department provides 3 francs daily for three months while public health screens and isolates affected men. Officials aim to place patients in sanitoria for specialized treatment under doctors.
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Paris
War Department
Army Iis
Jules Brisac
Public Health Service
Associated Press
Wanted Men Pants and Large Shoes Ad
Mrs Meyers seeks men’s second hand pants and large shoes at 816 Alampshire. Call 1721-W for details.
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Meyers
Alampshire
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Illinois
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Red ‘Cross
Nurs
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Taiken
Dumba
Zapata
C. T. Dorsey
Maine
Uway
J. D. McMillen
4Th St
Breiner Singer Co
Hampshire St
North Twenty-fourth Street
North 8Th St
J. FP Brenner
New
Fovel and
Cale
Brenner Singer Co
Morris
Brothers
Shoe Factory
Vermont
Giles Brothers
Kespohl
N. 4Th St
Walton Heights
Care Whig
Ohio Street
Duker
Maine St
Bath
Oertle
Hampshire
M. A. Duker
Maine Street
Westinghouse
Ford
Clough-Reihm — Co
Broadway
We Boy
Briscoe
Ford, “& Passenger
Overland
Sepassenger
Clough- Rethel; Co
18Th
Klovigh Reihun
Willard
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