World News in Brief Warns Anthracite Strike and Rail Crisis
President Wilson warns anthracite operators and miners against strikes and says a commission will settle disputes if talks fail. Railroads, shippers, and the ICC report a nationwide freight jam easing as loadings improve. Taxes on theater admission are to be collected, and a large war insurance payout tally is announced. Multiple incidents include disasters in Minnesota and West Virginia, and legal actions from draft dodgers to capital punishment referendums.
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Wilson
Sk O
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Commission
Guided Mine Workers of America
Mmine
Wilkes-Barre
Military Order elects Pf Coonta as commanding general
Personal Admiral Robert Pf Coonta was elected commanding general of the Military Order of Foreign Wars in New York at the convention of the national commandery. Brigadier General Frank Taylor US Army retired died suddenly at his daughter’s Seattle home at age seventy eight. Egeph Rey, Dr Samuel Sterting Palmer of Columbus, was moderator of the Presbyterian general assembly in Philadelphia. William J Gay, longtime vice president of Burkey and Gay Furniture, died of pneumonia in Grand Rapids Michigan.
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Robert Pf. Coonta
Military Order of Fereign Wars
New York
Ntional Commandery
Frank Taylor
Seattle
Wash
Tle
Egeph
Rey
Samuel Sterting Palmer
Columbus
Ereetor
Presbyterian General Assembly
Philadelphia
Broad Street Church
William J1. Gay
Burkey & Gay Furniture Company
Grand Rapids, Mich
Four at Ni netie boat mishap near Winnipeg
Four patients drowned at Ni netie Main 95 miles from Winnipeg while boat overturned on the lake beside the government tuberculosis treatment institute. The vessel capsized during the outing leaving the patients missing in rough waters.
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Ninetie
Main
Winnipeg
Boutine
Government Institute For Treatment of Tuberculosis
Campaign funds totals cited in Wood and Lowden campaigns
Washington reports at Senate inquiry show Hitchcock stating Wood campaign spent at most 15000 in New Jersey and 12000 in Maryland, with many states self-financed. Lowden campaign totals reach 404984.78 dollars with detailed state by state expenditures and salaries across headquarters, party clubs, and publicity.
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Washington
Frank H. Hitchener
Leonard Wood
Senate
Wood Organization
New Jersey
Maryland
Hitchcock
New York
Wood
General Wood
Kenyon
William ©. Proctor
Norman Gould
Thomas C. Miller
Moses
New Hampshire
Lowden
L. L. Mimerson
Lowdon
Chairman Kenyon
Springfield
Ill
Chicago
Mr. Kimmerson
Emmerson
Lowdon Young Men's Club
Mannerson
Georgia
Lincoln Johnson
Tennnerson
Alabama
Trwins
Oklahoma
Stag
TW. Kayser
Texas
George I. Rockwell
Virginia
South Dakota
Fred Sterling
Ulinois
New York Governor Signs Beer and Boxing Bills
Governor Smith signed the Walker bill legalizing beer with up to 2.75 percent alcohol by weight. He also signed the boxing bill restoring professional boxing to legal status.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
Hunt's Salve Appeal and a King at Grand Canyon Tale
An advertising pitch touts Hunt's Cure as a guaranteed remedy backed by a local druggist with testimonials. The piece also cites a quip about poisoning Indianapolis in a street scene and a humorous exchange with Albert of Belgium at the Grand Canyon, noting impossible war plans.
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M. Timerlin
Durant
Oklahoma
Hunt
A. B. Richards Medicine CO
Sherman
Texas
Allen's Foot Base Ad Prompt for New Shoes
An advertisement urges soldiers in training to shake Allen's Foot Base into their shoes each morning and sprinkle it in foot baths. It claims prevention of blisters sore spots and swollen feet, easing pain and bunions while breaking in new shoes.
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Plattsburg Camp Mantal
Allen
Sacred Huang Shan Wakes Under Ming Dynasty Revival
The North China Herald recounts Pu Men’s 800 year old pilgrimage to Huang Shan in Anhui where a royal audience funded a sacred village. A brass pagoda for Thousand God Pagoda became the Purple Sand temple now Merciful Light hall, amid Buddhist prosperity and mountain road building.
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Pu Men
Huang Shan
Anhui Hills
Peking
North China
Brisk英 golf tale from Boston Transcript
An Englishman famed for learning laments his poor golf game to his caddie. The caddie replies that mastery of small things does not translate to golf, noting the sport lacks a tie to other connected arts.
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Boston Transcript
Not Nowadays. Would you say two can live as cheap as one
A brief, quoted exchange centers on two living together versus one, highlighting rising costs and a skeptical remark about shared living arrangements. The dialogue hints at financial strain and evolving attitudes toward domestic partnerships.
Impossible triple role sparks farce on tour
A theater manager demands actor Wellington play Henderson Uncle Bill and the Spider in The Silent Foe. Wellington refuses, noting no one can perform three parts simultaneously and end with Uncle Bill separating Henderson and the Spider in the third act.
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Wellington
Henderson
Uncle Bill
the Spider
Spider
Bill
Measuring Time Inching Toward Twelve
Ernest learns time by the clock face. He knows the hour numbers but the minute hand’s meaning eludes him. When the minute hand sits at five minutes to 12 he declares it an inch to 12, prompting an exchange about time concepts.
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Ernest
Friend discovers friend in unexpected bond
A reflective note on friendship where a man learns that one true friend can exist within a broader circle. The piece suggests speakers fail to firmly convince audiences while highlighting the value of genuine, trusted companionship.
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Red Wing
Minn
Godfrey Swanson
Hutt Creek
Login
W. Va
Thorpe Waddingham
Salt Lake City
J. L. Miller
Caliente
Nev
Salt Lake
Latimer
Grover C. Bergdoll
Fort Jay
Maclay Heyne
Ma. Heyne
Uand
North
Portland
Ore
C. M. Standifer Construction Corporation
Oregon
Alden St. John
Memphis
Denn
Carl Cubler
Elgil
San Antonio
Tex
Delta, C
James Warner
People’s Savings Bank
Dalrymple
Huw
Indianapolis
American Legion
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Burkesyville
Alden
J. John
Yenn
Carl Cuhler
Figin, NL
Gex
Awiram Johnson
California
Delaware
United States
Wolcott
Dover
Saulsbury
Michigan
Wood and Lowdon
Illinois
W. T. Hull
C.F. Buck
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Carl A. McAssey
Joseph Dunne
North Dakota
Triana
Joseph S Baldwin
Wines
Missouri
Senator Reed
Walker
Indianapolis News
Grand Canyon of the
Colorado
Albert
Samuel G. Blythe
Saturday Evening Post
Fletcher
Erner
Peste Cereal Coompany Geet
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