World War Era Briefs From Across The Globe
European waters seen wrecks as Maloja sinks after a mine with 147 dead including 1117 Lascars. Empress of Fort William perishes rescuers. Verdun sieges see 15600 French captured. Durazzo changes shift as Russians seize Kermanshah. Britain reports air raid losses and Italian withdrawals near Durazzo. Westburn blown up by German crew near Teneriffe. Hochfeld escapes Madeira. Interned steamers seized. Katon Harrison affair in Fort Worth. Du Pont profits surge to 57.8 million. Kansas farmers urged railcars. lynching in Georgia. Raleigh double electrocution. Edison plant strike. naval losses in Lake Michigan. New York boarding house fire kills five.
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Peninsular and Oriental Line
Straits of Dover
Fort William
Fletcher is Named Ambassador to Mexico by Senate
The senate at Washington confirmed Henry Prather Fletcher for the post as ambassador to the government of Mexico. Other items mention German clarifications on assurances about unarmed merchant ships, naval committee criticisms by Admiral Winslow, a demand for the China steamship passengers, and Wilson's remarks to Hungarians.
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Germany
United States
Washington
Berlin
Senate
Henry Prather Fletcher
Mexico
United States Navy
House Naval Committee
Winslow
China
China Mail Steamship Line
Great Britain
State Department
Teutonic Powers
Wilson
Stone
Missouri
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Henry P. Fletcher
Two Die and Two Injured in Milwaukee Street Car Crash
A car struck a street car in Milwaukee killing Doctor Eisen and Hans Streicher and fatally injuring two others. In Detroit Michigan, John J. Shoop, Chicago schools superintendent, was elected president of the National Education Association department of superintendence at its annual convention.
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Milwaukee
Eisen
Hans Streicher
John J. Shoop
Chicago
National Educational Association
Detroit
Mich
Dynamite blast destroys Maplewood houses killing two
Two people were killed and twenty eight injured after dynamite stored for sewer construction exploded in Maplewood, a St. Louis suburb. About thirty houses were demolished and windows shattered for miles as rescuers searched ruins for more victims. The Coorey Construction Company powder house owned the dynamite and the blast created a sixty foot diameter crater.
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St. Louis
Maplewood
Coorey Construction Company
Henry James Dies After Illness in London
Henry James the American born novelist died in London on Monday after two months of pneumonia. Born April 15 1843 in New York he became a British subject last July and resided in England writing novels and short stories about Americans abroad.
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London
Henry James
New York
Great Britain
England
Ray Henry
Mary R. Walsh James
Mail Robbery Threatens Large Currency Shipment
Robbery of four registered mail pouches tied to currency shipments to New York banks. The theft occurred Saturday morning on a U S mail truck aboard a ferry from Communipaw New Jersey to Liberty Street Manhattan. Three pouches originated in Washington and one in Baltimore with reports claiming a Washington package held 200000 dollars.
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New York
United States Mail
New Jersey Central Railroad
Communipaw
N. J
Liberty Street
Washington
Baltimore
Senate ratifies Haiti treaty creating protectorate role
The senate unanimously approves a Haitian treaty giving the United States a virtual protectorate over the republic. After a brief debate over specific provisions, the final vote shows no opposition. The pact authorizes a U.S. constabulary presence and control of Haiti finances.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Black Republic
Nuri Bey, Enver Pashas Brother, Killed in Egypt Fight
An additional dispatch from war headquarters reports Nuri Bey, brother of Enver Pasha and Turkish war minister, killed during fighting in western Egypt between British South African forces and Turkish led tribesmen, received on Monday.
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Enver Pasha
London
Nuri Bey
Egypt
Canada as a postwar settlement draw for U S settlers
A Canadian Interior Department note argues against postwar hesitation by Americans to settle in western Canada. It cites no conscription, outlines tax structure, notes high grain yields and rising land values, and warns against old wartime myths while highlighting strong farm profits and a secure financial outlook.
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West
Canada
Red Cross
Flanders
United States
Ottawa
Wainwright
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Transformation Turns Article on Electricity to Current Pi
A messenger laments breaking a piece of paper that once contained an article about electricity. A bystander quips that now it is a piece of current pi.
New Treatment for Swollen Veins
Swollen veins are dangerous and often burst. Sufferers are advised to use Emerald Oil Gait strength from a pharmacist, applying twice daily as directed until swelling normalizes. Physicians note its hospital use and long-lasting concentration, with claims it also reduces swollen glands and goitre when used steadily.
Five Autos in British North Borneo and Two Million in US
A clipping notes there are only five automobiles in British North Borneo versus 2,400,000 in the United States, reflecting stark car ownership contrasts. It includes a quip about gasoline millionaires and an advertisement for Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, plus a brief gag about a wrist watch "up his sleeve."
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Borneo
British North Borneo
United States
British Borneo
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Gascarets promise quick relief for bilious headaches
A classic ad touts Cascarets as a cure for biliousness headaches and constipation. It claims the chewables cleanse the stomach remove sour foods and foul gases improve liver bile and bowels by morning with a 10 cent box bought from any druggist.
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de Douaumont
Verdun
Durazzo
Vienna
Alexei Kuropatkin
Petrograd
Kuropatkin
Ruzsiky
Wilson Viner Dido
Reuter
Kermanshah
Agagia
Liege
Maubeuge
Antwerp
Paris
War Office
Durazzo Lakes
Westburn
Teneriffe
Canary Islands
Madeira
Funchal
Katherine Vance Harrison
Charles Harrison
Charles Culberson
Texas
W. R. Warren
Fort Worth
Tex
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company
Kansas
Capper
Cartersville
A. ¥. Heath
Raleigh
George Poston
Ernest Lowry
Grant Davis
Edison Phenoplant
Silver Lake
Robert N. Walters
B. M. Bixby
Lake Michigan
United States Naval Training School
North Chicago
Frank H. Funk
State Public Utilities Commission of
Illinois
E. H. Wayne
Delevan, IL
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern Railroads
Western
House
Suburb OF
America
Europe
Jersey City
U. S
Guardian OF
Haiti
W. J. White
Department of the Interior
Dr. Pierce
Patience
Patrice
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