World War Turmoil Reports and Notable Disasters
A war summary from Washington notes the liner Persia torpedoed off Alexandria with 400 aboard and 155 landed. Reports from Vienna and Petrograd cite heavy Allied losses and large troop transport sinkings. Montenegrin and French actions, the Castelorizo base, and Romanian ambitions are cited along with battles on the Russian front. Local tragedies include a Traverse City hotel fire deaths and a St Joseph gambling house shooting.
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State Department
Washington
United States
Garrets
Alexandria
Persia
Charles St. Grant
Boston
McNeely
Aden
Pan American unity urged as war looms
John Barrett warns a Pan American union ready to act against any future aggression, while notes from Vienna report Austrian punishment for sinking of the Ancona and promise of indemnity for American victims. Americans in Vienna face travel hurdles as German visa refusals persist. British seizure of German mail to Ambassador Bernstorff raises Lusitania case tensions.
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Washington
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
Europe
New World
Ancona
Penfield
Vienna
Germany
Holland
Bernstorff
von Jagow
Lusitania
Notable deaths and political shifts reported
Personal Associate Justice Joseph R. Lamar died at his Washington home after months of illness at age fifty eight. Al Ringling, oldest of the Ringling brothers, died in Baraboo Wisconsin from heart trouble and Brights disease. Emperor William, ill with neck infection, received relief after doctors lanced a suppurating area. Gov Winfield Scott Hammond of Minnesota died suddenly in Clinton Louisiana from a stroke likely triggered by ptomaine poisoning. Thomas L Shevlin of Minneapolis, lumber merchant and Yale football coach, died of pneumonia after catching a cold while coaching. J A A Burnquist sworn in as Minnesota's nineteenth governor succeeding Hammond.
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Joseph Rucker Lamar
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Bench
al Ringling
Ringling Brothers
Baraboo
Wis
Mr. Ringling
Chicago
Winfield Scott Hammond
Minnesota
Clinton
Thomas L. Shevlin
Minneapolis
Minn
Mr. Shevli
Yale
J. A. A. Burnquist
St. Paul
Winfield & Hammond
Clinton, la
Kilbane Wins Narrowly As Mitchell Fades In Cincinnati Bout
Sporting Ritchie Mitchell challenged lightweight champion Johnny Kilbane at Music Hall in Cincinnati. The ten round bout ended with Kilbane holding a shade over Mitchell. A separate heavyweight title fight between Jess Willard and Fred Fulton, set for March 4 in New Orleans, was scrapped by Willard's manager Tom Jones and promoter Tommy Burgos.
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Ritchie Mitchell
Milwaukee
Johnny Kilbane
Music Hall
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Jess Willard
Fred Fulton
Minnesota
Tom Jones
Willard
Tommy Burgos
State Fair nets profit and plans for 1916
State board reports a net profit of 17000 for the 1915 fair with 18000 of the 20000 savings in premiums due to hoof and mouth disease preventing stock showing. Meeting January 11 12 to discuss old business and 1916 fair preparations. Illinois National Guard officers were received by Governor Dunne on New Year’s Day for a briefing and luncheon.
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Treasury — Board
Springfield
Len Small
Kankacf
State Board of
Keo
Agriculture
M. B. Davison
Davison
Dunne
Illinois National Guard
Adjt
Frank §. Dickson
Mona Dunne
St. Nicholas Hotel
Federal War Department
Board finds state tour fruitful with few violators
Board exam tour across the state reports good results and few violators. Last month 637 shops checked. four licenses revoked for false experience statements. Employment department aided by proving competent barbers, with 183 permits issued and totals of 691 licenses issued and related remittances.
Illinois News Brevities Recap Affects Several Cities
In Ford county a jury found Ellsworth not guilty in the Kempton dynamite case assault to murder. Effingham hosts a Democratic conference naming national convention delegates. Evanston reports the death of student Francis Harvert by suicide after exam failure. Hoopeston notes Vermilion county corn husking record by Hall Mich Millard at 8 552 bushels in 39 days. Galesburg reports life sentence appeal by Harry Hopkins for murder of Police Chief Mathews. Sterling weighs a Northwestern league plan with Elgin De Kalb Sterling Dixon Clinton Syracuse. January meeting planned. Chicago reports Jack Sheridan captured in San Antonio for automobile thefts. The Chicago Opera Company brings McCormack back to La Boheme with Farrar. Hoopeston’s 90 year old rural carrier T W Harris resigns after 14 years service. Champaign notes Dr T J Burrill elected president of the Society of American Bacteriologists. Danville reports death of Capt Henry W Goodspeed. Raymond Dodge elected president of American Psychological Association. Chicago pneumonia deaths total 201 in four days. la grippe epidemic strains hospitals. Chicago appellate court docket lists 1000 cases in 1915 with 733 opinions. October term has 503 pending cases.
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Paxton
Ford County
The
People
Ellsworth
Kempton
Centralia
Harmony
Effingham
Evanston
Francis Harvert
Hoopeston
Vermilion County
Herbert Millard
Galesburg
Harry Hopkins
T. L. Mathews
Supreme Court For Freedom
Waggoner
Sterling
Joseph Killian
Oshkosh
Chicago
Jack Sheridan
Bloomington
San Antonio
Tex
John Rourke
James Coon
Sheridan
Chicago Opera Company
John McCormack
McCormack
Geraldine Farrar
T. W. Harris
United States
Champaign
T. J. Burrill
University of Illinois
Society of American Bacteriologists
Leo F. Rettgar
Yale University
A. Parker Hitchens
Glenolden
Danville
Henry W. Goodspeed
Danville Soldiers’ Home
T. W. Goodspeed
Kimbark Avenue
University of Chicago
Health Department
Appellate Court
First District of Illinois
James S. MecInerney
Trade Revival in Western Canada Presses Ahead
A 1915 Dominion business survey notes a true trade revival across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with record crops and unprecedented bank clearings in Winnipeg and port towns. Farmers prosper, debt repayment rises, and eastern critics praise western Canada's forward momentum heading into 1916.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Winnipeg
Montreal
Toronto
Fort William
Port Arthur
Canada
West
United States
Europe
Western
Western Canada
Dominion
Shorter the Better Bare Synopsis
A tired editor asks for a brief haircut and a bare synopsis, prompting the barber to resume cutting as the editor accepts a concise summary.
Cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills Bright's Disease claim
Mrs A L Crawford of Medfield Massachusetts says Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her Bright's Disease after doctors declined help. She describes swelling eyes and legs and failing health before starting the pills, noting gradual improvement and full cure. Dodd's Kidney Pills cost 50 cents per box from Dodd's Medicine Co Buffalo NY. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets are 60 cents.
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A. L. Crawford
Medfield
Mass
Dodd
Bright
Dodd’s Medicine Co
Buffalo
Two in Talk Ended in Hand-to-Hand Fight
The two began with a heart to heart conversation but it escalated into a physical fight. No further details are provided.
Brom o Quinine Cure Ad Claims Rapid Cold Relief
An old ad touts a product named Bromo Quinine claiming a single day cure for colds. It urges readers to call for Zul and notes a signature by E. W. Grove. The copy references widespread use in Great Britain and a large male audience.
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E. W. Grove
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