Tragic trolley crash on West Third Street Bridge kills two
In Cleveland two street cars collided on the West Third street bridge causing the structure to collapse and sending the cars thirty feet to the Baltimore and Ohio tracks below. Two dead are Mrs Clara Dilla and Otto Borchert. More than thirty injured, including Edna Weddington who telephoned for aid.
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Western Nowupawer Union Nova
Cleveland
Ohio
Third Street
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Clara Dilla
Passanger
Otto Borchert
Scranton
Riuaway
Edna Weddington
Erie Railroad
Discontinues Infantile Paralysis Notification System
Federal authorities abandon the public health notification system used to report cases of infantile paralysis among children under 16 leaving New York and widespread in Baltimore and Philadelphia. Twenty five health officers were withdrawn though three in New York and one in Philadelphia remain at posts as a precaution.
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Washington, D. C
Public Health Score
New York
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Philatelphia
Quarantine Lifted at Border Points by Mexico City
Quarantine on children under 15 in Laredo and surrounding area due to infantile paralysis in the United States was lifted on orders from Mexico City. The move revokes the quarantine at all border points and ends the public health restriction.
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Laredo
Tex
Mexico
United States
Mexico City
Attack on German airship sheds near Brussels
British official statement reports another raid on German airship sheds near Brussels. One British aeroplane was lost in the attack.
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London
Brussels
Count Okuma Resigns as Japan's Prime Minister
Tokio Count Okuma steps down as prime minister due to failing eyesight. Cabinet members also resign and present their letters to the emperor, marking a major political shift in Japan.
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Okuma
Tokio
Count Okuma
Japan
Twenty Five Workmen Killed in Rail Tunnel Collapse
Twenty five workmen died when a portion of the railroad tunnel on the Viseux La Cheppelle line collapsed, according to the Echo Belge.
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Amsterdam
Viseux-La Cheppelle
Echo Belge
Darcey Knocks Out Chip In Ninth Round Title Bout
Sydney match reports vstrainn middleweight champion Darcey stops George Chip, former American champion, in the ninth of twenty rounds at the fialc venue. Chip, once American champ, absorbs a decisive KO as Darcey retains the title.
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Sydney
Austreliz
Les Darcey
Vstrainn
George Chip
Teutons Claim Major Victory and Prisoner Lift
Berlin reports a major victory with more than 3,000 prisoners captured and extensive booty from the Transylvanian front. German forces claim success near Elvr mintistadé and Maksaras as Romanians are repelled in the Mares valley and the Georgeny theater.
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Berlin
Gerath Vot Walkentayn
Sheriusumistiadt
Sansylvanin
Elvrmintistadé
Hothsnthurin Pass
Pass
Ugiuse
Cainer
Hatzeger
Stroll Sztrigy Valley
Woman slain and burned in Ossipee tragedy
Mountain View Ohio October 2 Mrs Frederick L Smith wife of a Boston real estate broker was burned in a Friday fire that destroyed a Lake Ossipee summer home. Police say she was beaten and strangled with a rope, and Sheriff Candler arrested Small as a suspect after the body was recovered. The fire was likely an attempt to cover the crime. The corpse fell into a basement pool with the rope still around neck.
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Mountain View
N. OH
Frederick L. Smith
Boston
Lake Ossipee
Candler
Small
Troops To Return Home From Border Regions
A list of units designated to go home includes Second Maine Laredo regiment New York artillery Brownsville First Pennsylvania field artillery El Paso Battery A Rhode Island field artillery El Paso First battalion First Massachusetts field artillery El Paso First Illinois Field artillery Wisconsin battery San Antonio Second Massachusetts El Paso First Connecticut Nogales First Fontana Doug last First squadron New Jersey cavalry First battalion New Jersey artillery Columbus Battalion District of Columbia Nao First squadron Utah cavalry Nogales and First Ambulance corps New York McAllen These troops will be replaced by 10000 Castossmen ordered to the border.
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San Antonio
Tes
Seoa
Maine
Laredo
New York Artillery
Brownsville
Pennsylvania Field Artillery
el Paso
Rhode Island Field Artillery
Massachusetts Field Artillery
Ilinois Field Artillery
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Nogales
Douglast
New Jersey Cavalry
New Jersey Artilery
Columbus
District of Columbia
Nao
Utah Cavalry
First Ambulance Corps
New York
McAllen
Town Taken by Haig's Men on Somme Front Advance
London Oct 3 British troops in the center along the Somme line have made an advance on a 3000 yard front east of Eaucourt l Albaye to the Albert Bapaume road. Firucourt Abbaye is reported to be in British hands. Operations aided by armored tanks.
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London
Somme
Eaucourt l'Albaye
Albert-Bapaume Road
Firucourt Abbaye
Twenty-five Die in Tunnel Collapse in Belgium
Amsterdam reports a railway tunnel collapse near Wise Aix-Chapelle resulting in twenty-five workmen killed Monday afternoon. The Scho Belge confirms the fatal accident and ongoing rescue efforts.
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Amsterdam
Aix-jChapelleine
Scho Belge
Dutch Quelling Rebellion in East Indies
The Hague reports rebel forces in the Dutch East Indies are being quelled. Official dispatches indicate the rebellion near Mocarateht has surrendered, easing local unrest as government measures proceed.
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the Hague
Dutch East Indies
Mocarateht
Villistas Nearly Wiped Out as Carranza Forces Advance
General Ramos leads Carranza troops against Villa followers near Chihuahua City. More than a hundred Villistas killed and Bandelio Uribe captured as Ramos divides his force to block northward moves toward the American expeditionary force. Casthuirinchic garrison involved. Treviño’s reinforcements arrive and march into action.
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Chihuahua City
Mex
Villista
Bauelio Uribe
Carfanza
Custhuirinachie
Treving
Matias Ramos
Ramos
Carranza
Vilin
Casthuirinchic
Bandelio Uribe
Villa
Leutenant
Apolonio Trevino
Orreon
Russians Renew Drive on Lemberg Foe Pushes Back
London reports the Russian two pronged assault on Lemberg making gains both northeast and southeast of the Galician capital. Allied forces claim over 4,000 prisoners taken, with about 2,000 captured in the Brody area while Austro German positions on the Zloty Lipa river flank are overcome.
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London
Lemberg
Leopold of
Bavaria
Archduke Karl
Petrograd
Berlin
Brody- Krange
Brexezany
Alota Lipa
Zloty Lipa
Czar Congratulates King on Somme Battle
London October 2 The Czar Nicholas of Tuisskt sent congratulations to the British forces for the Somme achievements, according to a press bureau statement. King George replied in suitable terms.
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London
Nicholas of
Tuisskt
Ising
Somme
George
Bust of Frondot sculpture bought by Prick found fake
In Paris on October 4 a bust billed as a Frondot sculpture by Henry C. G. Prick, an American millionaire, is now believed to be a counterfeit. Experts say the piece is a copy of a lost Le Moyne work and not the original Frondot.
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H. G. Frick
Paris
Jean Frondot
Henry CG. Prick
le Moyne
Marriage License Ends Suit in New York
A marriage license costing $1 ended a breach of promise suit filed by Miss Anna Waknel against former caplayer Jacob Henkel. Henkel’s defense and the case progression were discussed as the parties prepared further proceedings.
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New York
Anna Waknel
Jaco Henkel
Henkel
Britain Sees Europe Ready for Peace despite German Claims
Lord Robert Cecil said Europe seeks only a truce, not victory, noting Germany’s turn in tone after Bethmann-Hollweg’s Reichstag speech. He dismissed British aims of world supremacy and warned against allied deception about motives while Berlin reports Germany’s harvest strengthens its stance.
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London
Europe
Germany
Robert Cecil
von Bethmann-Mollweg
Belgium
Eselund
Lord Robert
England
Berlin
Sletary
Reichstag
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Great Britain
von Bethinnon-Hollweg
Japan friend of America and steel chief Gary probes yellow peril
Ebert H. Gary chairman of United States Steel spent three months in Japan seeking evidence of the yellow peril. He announced in Chicago that he is convinced Japan's feelings toward the United States are friendly and that any differences can be settled by negotiations.
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Chicago
Ebert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Japan
United States
Train Hits Car, Eight Dead In Michigan Crash
Eight people are killed and 42 injured when a Grand Trunk train traveling southbound at Dequindre Street and East Forest Avenue crashes into a crowded crosstown streetcar Sunday in Detroit. The seriously injured number is stated, and the bodies of the dead are described as heavily mangled, complicating identification.
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Petratt, Mich
Dequindre Street
East Forest Avenue
Crocker to Sell Horses in Wiraclog Private Stable
London October 2 Richard Croker announced he will dispose of all horses in Wiraclog private stable on October 27.
Grave Diggers Win Strike at Calvary Cemetery
Fifty grave diggers in Calvary Cemetery settle the strike with a victory for workers. Pay increases by 25 cents to 2.75 per day, with standard hours maintained and conditions improved.
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Nwo York
Calvary Cemetery
Norwegian Steamer Robert Lee Captured by Germans
An October Telegraaf dispatch reports the Norwegian steamer Robert Lee captured by German forces and taken to Zeebrugge. The crew is said to be being sent to Amsterdam for detention.
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Amsterdam
Oet
Telegraaf
Robert Lee
Zeebrugge
Iowa Leads as Nation's Top Agricultural State for Corn
Iowa remains the leading corn and oats producer as government forecasts project a corn crop of 872,690,000 bushels for Iowa this year and an oat crop of 181,026,000 bushels. Illinois ranks next with 836,740,000 bushels of corn and 168,259,000 oats, while the United States total corn yield is forecast at 432,000,000 bushels. Wheat and potato outputs are also summarized, with national totals and five-year averages noted. Cattle market reports from Lake City highlight C. W. Owens' top-shipping performance and recent price carries.
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Ames
Iowa
Agelu
Union
Illinois
Hlinois
Yéair Ulinois
United States
Lowa
Lok
Indiana
Missouriquich
Texas
Towa
Lake City
C. W. Owens
Chicago
Owens
New York City
Fatal Fire in Waterloo Traps Firefighters
Nine men were seriously burned and Assistant Chief Martin Burke was fatally injured in a Waterloo fire at a cleaning establishment. A gasoline tank exploded, coating rescuers in burning fuel and trapping several inside. Burke was carried from the building by his crew during the blaze.
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Waterloo
Martin Burke
Arc Department
Murke
Land Makes Big Increase In Shenandoah Area
Shenandoah notes long time resident Joseph A Latimer who came to the vicinity fifty years ago as an early settler. He bought a 169 acre farm near town for five dollars an acre. Now he would not sell for two hundred fifty dollars per acre. Edith Lidd, a Chicago music student from Shenandoah, lost one hundred dollars in the failure of a Chicago private bank and may not return to school this term due to illness.
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Shenandoah
Joseph A. Latimer
Lowan
Edith Liddd
Chicago
Lidd
Motorists Arrested in State License Law Campaign
In To wa City State agents Brunson and Shipley under instructions from Attorney General Cosson arrested sixty motorists for failing to comply with the state automobile license law. Each arrest alleges the violator displayed only one number or none on their plate as part of a statewide effort to cut auto accidents.
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Towa City
Brunson and Shipley
Cosson
Alxty
Many Drug Venders In Iowa Grow In Popularity
A state pharmacy commission report presented to Gov. Clarke shows a rise in traveling drug stores in Iowa. The two year period ending July 1 1918 yielded 377066 in collections, up from 78432 earlier, and about 425 venders operated last year, an increase of 48 percent. Vendors travel by covered wagons selling medicines to farmers, including livestock remedies, paying 100 annually for licensure.
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State Pharmacy Commission
Clarke
Iowa
Soldiers' Home Muster Reveals 582 Veterans at Marshaltown
The Marshaltown Soldiers' Home reports 582 men who served in war, per Lieut. Cal. O Marshall. Muster selects veterans for government aid to states. Women and a few men never in war bring total membership to 41.
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Marshaltown
Cal
Marshall
Darton
Fine Consolidated School Opens Near Waterloo
Fine Consolidated School in Orange township five miles south of Waterloo opens with seven teachers and 200 pupils. The rural complex includes a modern church edifice for the Church of the Brethren and a four year high school, with advanced equipment and domestic arts and manual training departments.
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Fine Consolidated School
Waterloo
Orange Township
Here
Church of the Brethren
United States
Dedicate New Hospital at Mary Greeley
Hundreds from Ames and nearby Des Moines gathered for the dedication at Mary Greeley hospital. Captain Wallace M. Greeley, Story county’s wealthy citizen, funded about $80,000 for the project and donated a $2,000 personal check for equipment and furnishings. He built the hospital in memory of his late wife.
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Ames
Des Moinés
Mary
Blind students begin term at Vinton college with 9 enrolled
Nine students started the year at Vinton Iowa College for the Blind with about 53 more expected later in the term. Opening was delayed nearly a month by order of the state board of health due to fears of infantile paralysis. Miss Anna Samson and Miss Jeannette Evans are now instructors.
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Vinton—Ilowa College For the
State Board of Health
Anna Samson
Jeanette Evans
Leads In Corn Canning In Ames Iowa Convention
The Iowa Canners Association met in annual convention and reported a 60 000 acre sweet corn production in the region. About 30 association members attended the gathering in Ames Iowa.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Canvas' Association
Prisoners Run Canning Plant At Flynn Farm
Three hundred gallons of tomatoes were canned by the prison crew at the Flynn farm near Des Moines. The plant was installed by the state board of control after private canners refused to pay what the board deemed a fair price for the state's labor.
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Fort Madison
Flynn Farm
Des Moines
State Board of Control
Iowa City Glove Plant Burns Amid Fire Loss
Fire destroyed the Iowa Glove Company plant in Iowa City with estimated losses around 25000 dollars. Proprieter S. L. Close narrowly escaped smoke inhalation as investigators seek the fire's origin which remains unknown.
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Iowa City
Ilowa City
Iowa Glove Company
S. L. Close
Ancient burial mounds found in Johnson county Iowa
A professor from Iowa University has discovered nearly four hundred prehistoric burial mounds in Johnson county near Lone Tree. The contents of the burials, if any, will be investigated by the team led by Prof. Loren Stuckey.
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Loren Stuckey
Iowa University
Johnson County
Des Moines District Judge Orders Massive Alcohol Destruction
Judge Hubert Utterback ordered destruction of 3944 quarts of beer and 720 pints of whiskey. Deputies dumped the liquor into the Des Moines River, the largest single destruction in Des Moines history, from carloads seized at Rock Island depot.
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Tes Moines
Hubert Utterback
Sherif John Griffin
Res Moines
Sheriff's Office
Des Maines
Aly
Rock Island
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