Happenings of the World Tersely Told
Reports from Mexico describe Villistas' defeat near Cieneguilla and Villa's suspected hideout. US and Mexican officials dispute rail usage. Three Americans and a Spaniard killed near Rosario, Sonora. Lan sin denies troop withdrawal. Bandits kill fifty near Patreon and Zacatecas. a fatal road race accident occurs at Corona.
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United States
Rosario
Sinaloa
Mex
Tucson
Ariz
Mazatlan
European War Updates From London and Petrograd Fronts
Reports from London and Petrograd detail British steamers Aven and Acamton sunk with unknown crew fates, a German seaplane attack on Oesel island, and a Russian advance toward Trebizond. British ships Zent and Simla torpedoed, 48 missing, two dead. French British forces claim gains near the Meuse and at Bethincourt.
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Aven
London
Oesel
Gulf of Riga
Berlin
Ministry of Marine
Paris
Fastnet
Martin
Tragedy in Detroit: Mrs Dieble and two children die in blaze
In a fire that destroyed Homer Dieble's Detroit home, Mrs Dieble aged twenty two and her two children Irma and Evelyn perished. In Toledo the street car strike ended with workers winning a three cent raise but barred from wearing union buttons and an open shop rule remains.
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Homer Dieble
Detroit, Mich
Toledo, O
Senate adopts Smith amendment to Chamberlain bill
Washington action reports 75 hours of vocational training monthly for enlisted men in the regular army. The fortifications bill advances to the house with $34,297,050 total direct appropriations and $12,300,000 in contracts. President Wilson breaks precedent by dining at Fort Myer with General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff, instead of a cabinet member.
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Senate
Washington
Hoke Smith
War Department
Wilson
Fort Myer
Hugh L. Scott
Army
Membare
Cabinot
Teutons Make Gains on Verdun Front in Fresh Assault
Paris reports German attacks near Le Mort Homme and Hill 304 with 500 yards of trench penetrated and 100 prisoners taken as Verdun battles intensify. Berlin counters detailing repulsed efforts, captured troops and weapons amid costly fighting along the Meuse and surrounding villages.
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Paris
le Mort Homme
Dead Man’s Hill
Teutons
War Office
Verdun
Meuse
The
Fontaine St. Martin
Vacherauville
Douaumont
Woeevre
St. Eloi
la Bassee
Arras
Bethincourt
Alsace and Lorraine
Avecourt
Sorveaux
Crow’s Woods
Poivre
Indianapolis author Nicholson named assistant secretary of war
Washington reports Meredith Nicholson of Indianapolis will be named assistant secretary of war in reliable official circles. Nicholson was suggested by Secretary Baker and backed by Vice President Marshall. Indiana Senators Kern and Taggart told the president the appointment would be acceptable. Nicholson declined a minister to Portugal last year to keep his children in school.
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Washington
Meredith Nicholson
Indianapolis
Nicholson
Baker
Marshall
Kern and
Taggart
Portugal
United States
Waite Pleads Not Guilty in Father-in-Law Murder
Dr Arthur Warren Waite pleaded not guilty to the murder indictment of his father-in-law John E Peck of Grand Rapids Michigan. In general sessions court Judge Grain committed Waite to the Tombs without bail as the arraignment concluded.
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Waite
New York
Arthur Warren Waite
Grain
General Sessions
John E Peck
Grand Rapids
Mich
Internal sanitation and rapid film drying advances
A newspaper column promotes a health fad recommending hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the digestive tract and improve appearance and appetite. It also reports on an electrical drying method for photographic films using large drums and a 3000 watt heater to cut drying time to about a quarter of prior durations.
Bermuda Becomes Britain's Oldest Colony
Bermuda now ranks as Britain's oldest colony after the English flag was raised in 1612 by colonists from the Virginia Company. They stopped at the islands on the way to Virginia, reached Jamestown in famine, then returned. The name Bermuda derives from explorer Juan de Bermudez.
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Britain
Bermuda
Virginia Company
Virginia
Jamestown
Juan de Bermudez
Fitted For It and Wits From A Breakfast Dish
A light column of punny quips about a shoemaker, prudery as a wig, and a handy husband who saves breakfast with Grape Nuts. Testimonial notes claim Grape Nuts and Postum improved health after a five year stay in a hot country and eased indigestion for a friend, ending with the familiar “There’s a Reason.”
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Oppressed Mennonites in Canada and Crowfoot Co. finances
A Canadian Mennonite correspondent argues Mennonites face little oppression in Western Canada while praising the climate and yields since 1874. An Alberta case study shows Crowfoot Farming Co. revenues and expenses from 1912 to 1915, with rising costs per acre and a cash dividend of 58 percent in 1915, along with average seeding and cutting dates.
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United States
Canada
Europe
Russia
America
South Dakota
Diedrich Goossen
Western Canada
Crowfoot Farming Co
Crowfoot
Alberta
Inside Information from a Whimsical Sea Tale
A whale in distress seeks digestion help from a friendly shark while worrying about the inner man. The scene plays with humorous dialogue as the tale presents coastal whimsy and nautical character interactions.
Salts Jad Salts advertised for kidney relief
An advertisement urges Jad Salts as a remedy for sluggish kidneys caused by heavy meat intake. It claims the drink cleanses the kidneys, neutralizes urine acidity, and ends bladder weakness, recommending four ounces daily before breakfast. The ad also pairs with a late note about marital boredom after marriage.
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Mexico City
Queretaro
Jose Cavazos
Cieneguilla
Chihuahua City
Villa
Candido Aguilar
Mex As
Lansing
Mexico
Patreon
Zacatecas
San Antonio
Tex
Wild Bob” Burman
Eric Schrader
Chicago
W. H Speer
Corona
Cal
Argyle, Fla
Minneapolis
Minn
Maclay Hoyne
J. P. Morgan
San Francisco
F. K. Jackson
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Wisconsin
Philipp
la Follette
Lafayette Chandler
John H. Dicker
St. Charles
Nock Island & Pacific
Howe
Okla
Wy Sas
GaMmasgea Withlas
Steamship
Sussex
Turkey
Trebizond
Petrograd
Tiflis
Surmenes
Germany
Holland
Palembang
Trafalgar Square
Svetkavits
Taropol
Mediterranean
Athens
London Daily Mail
Preveza
Greece
Tigris
Kut-el- Amara
Lake
Umm el-Henna
Indiana
Western
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