Mohmand Drive Uses Live Wire Frontier Punishment
British forces in the Northwest Frontier drive net 400 Mohmands inside Peshawar district after barbed wire and a 4500 volt live barrier deter raids. Units including infantry and cavalry swept canals, cane fields, and villages to round up fighters, delivering detainees to an internment camp.
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Associated Press
Peshawar
Northwest Frontier Province
India
Afghanistan
Sir George Roos-Keppel
Government of
George Roos-Keppel
Mohmand
Baramta
Kabul
Plant wizard Luther Burbank marries Elizabeth Waters
Luther Burbank, renowned plant scientist, wed Elizabeth Waters, his private secretary, in San Francisco on December 20. He is 67, she 28.
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Luther Burbank
Elizabeth Waters
Secre
Tary
Burbank
San Francisco
Lloyd George Urges America to Enforce International Law
In Everybody's for January, Isaac F. Marcosson recounts Lloyd George’s war message to Americans. He warned that Destiny calls on the United States to enforce respect for international law as the war drags on.
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Lloyd George
Isaac F. Marcosson
America
Destiny
Deciding to Decide on Voting Change
A cautious citizen says they already decided how to vote but remain unsettled about whether to change their mind. The exchange frames voter indecision and the paradox of commitment versus flexibility in political choice.
Embroidered Name Found in Suit Sparks Suit Claim
A Buffalo Express snippet notes a man named in a lawsuit after his tailors allegedly stitched his name inside a coat pocket showing the garment’s ownership or authorship. The unusual detail underscores the dispute’s peculiar evidence.
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Buffalo Express
Nationwide Baby Week urged for 1917 to aid mothers
Washington January 5. The children's bureau reports 1916 as a pivotal baby year with over two thousand communities participating in the first nation wide Baby Week. It notes 700 villages and rural towns joined, and plans for 1917 to run May 1 to May 6 with emphasis on educated mothers and better prenatal and confinement care.
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Washington, D. C
Children’s Bureau
United States
Children's Bureau
Bureau
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Why Birds Emigrate Northward Over Kansas City
Kansas City observers report vast flocks of blackbirds moving north in an unbroken stream for about thirty minutes. F. P. Newman and his son watched thousands of birds rise east of his home as he studied National Geographic magazines, noting the unlikely springtime migration and speculating on cold weather or a warm front driving the movement.
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Kansas City
F. P. Newman
Norton Avenue
National Geographic Magazine
Newman
Oklahoma
Texas
Railroads Set New Record in Last Year
The Railway Age Gazette reports 1916 saw record traffic and earnings for US railroads with 1098 miles of new construction and 170000 freight cars ordered domestically. Exports added 2983 locomotives and total locomotive orders reached 5906, while receivers held 34,559 miles of line. The piece contrasts 1916 with 1906, noting slower expansion but rising earnings, and predicts continued prosperity if net operating income stays above 5 to 6 percent.
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Railway Age Gazette
United States
St. Louis
San Francisco
Western Pacific
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic
Boston & Maine
Texas & Pacific
Sem
Ales
Paderewski Loses Temper at Polish Relief Meeting
Ignace Jan Paderewski lashed out in a Metropolitan Opera House address under the Polish relief committee of Philadelphia. He halted four times to scold prominent citizens behind him seating during his Poland plea, first targeting Dr J Dordonsky the meeting chairman over a draft.
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Ignace Jan Paderewski
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Metropolitan Opera House
Polish Central Relief Committee of
Philadelphia
Poland
Paderewski
J. Dordonsky
Rameenie Haproneat
Paderewski Disrupts Concert Over Draft and Coughs
The famed pianist Paderewski interrupted a performance as he complained about a draft and audience movement. He warned he would walk out if quiet was not restored, scolding those in the rear and coughing during the recital while Doctor Dordonsky urged calm.
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Doctor Dordonsky
Paderewski
Made in America products highlighted by Electro chemical Society
A session of the American Electro chemical Society convention highlighted domestic goods from electric furnaces and cells. The article notes copper aluminum abrasives bleach steel and other materials as largely American produced with aluminum reduction and artificial nitrate from Niagara Falls among key milestones and plants.
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American Electrochemical Society
America
Niagara Falls
Falls
How to Relieve Catarrh With Simple Home Remedy
A dated home remedy advises buying Parmint double strength from a druggist and mixing 1 oz with hot water and 4 oz sugar to drink as a tablespoon four times daily. The note promises quick relief from catarrh and head noises, opening nostrils and easing breathing. It touts ease of preparation, pleasant taste, and low cost.
Near Total Industrial Shutdown Looms Over Three Months
The text warns that today’s action would force almost every mill and factory in the nation to close within three months. It highlights critical electrochemical products essential to the steel industry including graphite phosphorus hypochlorite lime magnesium carbon bisulphide calcium carbide hydrate sodium ferro silicon and other iron alloys.
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Bloomfield
N.J
Ailroads
Montana
South Carolina
California
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